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View all search resultsDemonstrations that were sparked by low wages, unemployment and anger over lawmakers' lavish perks grew after footage spread of a paramilitary police vehicle running over a delivery motorcycle driver.
3 days agoIsrael has said it plans to seize the city, where about a million Palestinians have been sheltering, as part of its declared aim of eliminating the militant group Hamas, and has intensified attacks on what it has called Hamas' last bastion. ...
3 days agoEnvironmentalists have blamed the deadly floods on overtourism and overdevelopment, particularly the conversion of agricultural land into commercial buildings. ...
3 days agoThe trip is taking place after President Donald Trump rebuked Israel over the unprecedented attack against Hamas leaders meeting in Doha on Tuesday.
3 days agoTrains in resource-poor Japan are increasingly being powered by renewable energy sources, as their operators seek to do their part in the country's drive to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 to combat global warming.
3 days agoA new House proposal for Danantara to invest in domestic fertilizer factories aims to tackle the industry's long-standing issue of import dependency as part of a strategy to overhaul the subsidized fertilizer system.
3 days agoFollowing the FDA’s advisory over contaminated frozen shrimp from Indonesia, the government revealed it had detected the same radioactive isotop in scrap metal imports from the Philippines, though it has not confirmed a link between the two.
4 days agoFollowing the successful staging of Construction & Engineering Week, the Indonesia Energy & Engineering (IEE) Series 2025 officially opened Energy & Engineering Week, held at JIExpo Kemayoran, from Sept.17 to 20.
18 minutes agoThe vote comes ahead of a meeting of world leaders on Sept. 22 - on the sidelines of the high-level UN General Assembly - where Britain, France, Canada, Australia and Belgium are expected to formally recognize a Palestinian state.
4 days agoFormally called the New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, the text states "Hamas must free all hostages" and that the UN General Assembly condemns "the attacks committed by Hamas against civilians on the 7th of October."
4 days agoAIESEC at the University of Indonesia (UI) has held LeadSummit 2025, the grand finale of the LeadSeries, delivering a day of inspiration and collaboration for students from across the country.
4 hours agoFrench politicians sounded the alarm after the Fitch agency downgraded the country's credit rating, with the outgoing interior minister on Saturday blaming the move on "decades of fiscal mismanagement".
4 days ago"[Palestine] is a country, it is a nation, I will be representing an actual country," insisted Nadeen Ayoub, the first Palestinian to compete in Miss Universe.
4 days agoNationwide, food scraps and yard waste are the largest share of household trash, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council.
4 days agoThe announcement came just hours after Paudel appointed former Chief Justice Sushila Karki to lead the country, following the deadly "Gen Z"-led anti-graft protests that forced Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to resign.
4 days agoKirk was an electrifying presence on the US far-right, with a huge following that helped Donald Trump build the youth vote in his election victory last November.
4 days agoThe wet season in the archipelago starts this month and ends in April 2026, with peaks expected between November and February in most parts of the country.
5 days agoThe raid has threatened to destabilize ties at a time when the countries are seeking to finalise a trade deal, which includes a US$350 billion investment fund to support strategic US industries.
5 days agoIn July, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off the Kamchatka peninsula, triggering tsunamis up to 4 meters high across the Pacific and sparking evacuations from Hawaii to Japan.
5 days agoAs the specter of privatization again rises over the city’s utility service, a civil coalition is advocating for Jakartans concerned that the planned restructuring of PAM Jaya from a city-owned to a limited liability company will ultimately lead to commodification of the basic resource and further cut off access for the urban poor.
5 days agoA mother’s suicide in West Java, which also claimed the lives of her two children, has cast a harsh spotlight on Indonesia’s deepening mental health crisis, where economic hardship, stigma and limited access to care continue to drive rising, yet vastly underreported, cases of self-harm.
5 days agoThree people were killed in the fire at the Makassar City Council building. Two of the victims were council staff members, while the third was a civil servant. All three were reportedly trapped inside a room as the building was engulfed in flames.
5 days agoManaged by the country's central bank Norges Bank and fueled by its vast energy revenues, the fund is the world's biggest, with a value of nearly $2 trillion and investments in more than 8,600 companies across the globe.
5 days agoIndonesia has reaffirmed its support for Qatar and called for diplomatic efforts toward a just and lasting peace in the Middle East based on a two-state solution.
5 days agoShortages have gripped Indonesia once again, with Shell, BP and Vivo fuel stations running low in several regions. The fuel shortages have caused long lines at Shell, BP and Vivo stations as well as increased demand at state-owned Pertamina stations, despite scandals over low-quality fuel.
5 days agoSocial mobility, sociologists note, could be restored through better access to education and more job opportunities, but that would require industrialization, investment and a stronger formal sector.
5 days agoFollowing a string of violent protests across the country, the House of Representatives included the asset forfeiture bill in its 2025 National Legislation Program (Prolegnas) priority bill, aiming to pass the long-awaited draft law by the end of the year.
5 days agoFor years, the state’s approach aligned more closely with regimes that repress rather than protect free speech.
5 days agoExperts warned that the regulation could further hurt the domestic ethanol downstream sector, even as Indonesia plans to launch a mandatory ethanol-based biofuel program.
5 days agoAccording to Victor, the explosion occurred at around 5 a.m., nearly leveling four houses and causing significant damage to four others. While no fatalities were reported, seven residents including a toddler, were injured in the incident.
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