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Sports 4 years ago

Competitors in Olympics athletes' village infected with COVID-19

Two athletes from the same country and competing in the same sport staying in the village in the Har...

National 4 years ago

Conflicting statements brings uncertainty over PPKM Darurat

The national COVID-19 task force reported 51,952 new confirmed infections on Saturday, bringing...

National 4 years ago

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Nearly half of Jakartans may have had COVID-19, serosurvey suggests

Researchers believe many of the cases were asymptomatic.

World 4 years ago

Germany picks through rubble after deadly floods sweep western Europe

Western Germany has suffered the most brutal impact of the deluge that also pummelled Belg...

Business 4 years ago

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State banks offer solar panel loans to boost adoption

The loans are intended to offset the upfront costs of installing rooftop solar panels and to help me...

World 4 years ago

Death toll rises to 170 in Germany and Belgium floods

Some 143 people died in the flooding in Germany's worst natural disaster in more than half ...

National 4 years ago

Govt drops self-paid COVID-19 vaccinations after public outcry

Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung confirmed on Friday that the government had scrapped plans to allow ...

World 4 years ago

Sydney tightens lockdown as Australia's COVID-19 cases rise

Authorities in New South Wales state, of which Sydney is the capital, also banned hundreds of thousa...

World 4 years ago

Colombia police say former Haiti official suspected of ordering murder of Moise

Moise was shot dead when assassins armed with assault rifles stormed his private residence in the hi...

National 4 years ago

Govt extends PPKM Darurat to end of July

In its latest response to the daily tally of 54,000 new cases recorded on Friday, the government has...

World 4 years ago

APEC leaders vow to accelerate equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines

In a statement issued at the extraordinary summit meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation f...

Sports 4 years ago

First COVID case found at athletes' village, raising fears ahead of Game

Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto confirmed that a visitor from abroad who is involved in organising the G...

World 4 years ago

US efforts 'to destroy Cuba' have failed: President Diaz-Canel

"The United States has failed in its efforts to destroy Cuba, despite spending billions of doll...

World 4 years ago

Biden, Xi join APEC talks on pandemic response

The unprecedented online talks involving heads of state from the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Coo...

Business 4 years ago

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BI tightens capital control over payment system firms

The bigger the company, the more heavily regulated it will be, said financial systems surveilla...

Business 4 years ago

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Tax cuts extended to year-end

The Finance Ministry has extended at least six tax incentives but has shrunk their scope to relieve ...

National 4 years ago

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Officials slammed for ‘tone-deaf’ remarks amid COVID-19 crisis

As healthcare workers and hospitals struggle to treat record numbers of COVID-19 patients in many pa...

National 4 years ago

Govt bans Idul Adha festivities in PPKM Darurat areas

The government has banned public celebrations of Idul Adha (Day of Sacrifice), which is set to fall ...

National 4 years ago

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HIV support groups stretched thin amid pandemic curbs

As the pandemic sweeps through Indonesia at an alarming rate, mobility restrictions have exacer...

Business 4 years ago

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Employers call for relief aid as govt mulls extending PPKM Darurat

The government is caught between a rock and a hard place as it mulls over extending the emergency re...

Sports 4 years ago

Nigerian Olympics delegate is first hospitalised with COVID-19

The individual, a non-athlete in their 60s, tested positive on Thursday evening at the airport with ...

Business 4 years ago

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Let's just keep coal plants, PLN says, banking on carbon capture

Indonesia’s state-owned electricity company wants to keep coal power plants running until well...

World 4 years ago

Pakistan admits terrorism possible in Chinese workers' bus blast

Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry tweeted that initial investigations of Wednesday's incident ...

World 4 years ago

COVID-19 shatters haj dreams of older pilgrims

Saudi Arabia has for a second consecutive year confined the annual haj to a limited number of reside...

World 4 years ago

Melbourne returns to lockdown as Australia scrambles to curb outbreak

More than 12 million Australians are now under stay-at-home orders after Melbourne residents began t...

World 4 years ago

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Interview: Colombian ambassador talks COVID-19 strategies, post-pandemic plans

The Jakarta Post spoke with Colombian Ambassador to Indonesia Juan Camilo Valencia Gonzalez about In...

World 4 years ago

Biden, Merkel vow to defend democratic values amid China's rise

"We will stand up for democratic principles and universal rights when we see China or any other...

World 4 years ago

Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus

Britain's biggest supermarket groups will encourage staff and customers to keep wearing face cov...

National 4 years ago

Govt distributes free medicines to support self-isolating patients

The government started on Thursday the distribution of free medicine packages to support the self-is...

Business 4 years ago

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Cyberattacks loom as pandemic forces employees to work from home

Many employees in Indonesia working from home so as not to spread the coronavirus may unwittingly be...

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