https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/02/el-nio-keeps-food-prices-hot-despite-easing-inflation https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/30/2026_10_30_181132_1793360780.jpg A boy walks in a dried-out rice field in Takalar regency, South Sulawesi, on Oct. 13, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/02/countries-must-pay-more-towards-who-indonesian-candidate https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/04/21/2025_04_21_162059_1745234948.jpg Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin answers journalists' questions via live zoom during the ministry's press conference in Jakarta on April 21, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/02/japan-considers-doubling-defense-spending-over-next-five-years https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/04/2026_05_04_175342_1777864972.jpg Honor rendered: Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reviews a guard of honor on Saturday, May 2, 2026, during a welcoming ceremony at the Government Office in Hanoi. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/02/trade-surplus-narrows-on-rising-energy-imports https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/05/2026_08_05_178333_1785909973.jpg Gantry cranes load containers onto a Portuguese-flagged vessel on June 24, 2025, at a shipping terminal at Tanjung Emas Port in Semarang, Central Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/02/nine-dead-in-small-plane-crash-near-trumps-florida-home https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/02/2026_11_02_181196_1793610429.jpg Roads are closed after a jet crashed on November 1, 2026 in Greenacres, Florida. Early reports say it was carrying nine people and crashed and erupted into flames near a residential neighborhood. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/02/domestic-foreign-orders-lift-manufacturing-activity-in-october https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/28/2026_10_28_181036_1793140037.jpg Stacks of shipping containers on March 31 at Tanjung Priok Port, North Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/02/plan-to-turn-red-and-white-cooperative-clinics-into-bpjs-providers-draws-scrutiny https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/23/2026_02_23_172921_1771862401.jpg Local empowerment: A man walks past a Red and White cooperative outlet on Feb. 23 in the Blok M area of Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/02/some-stocks-excluded-in-composite-index-as-idx-starts-new-month https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/30/2026_10_30_181135_1793365488.jpg A woman walk past in front of an electronic board displaying stock prices on Oct. 30 at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) building in South Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/02/singapore-braces-as-indonesia-slaps-back-at-neighbours- https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/28/2026_10_28_181062_1793194872.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (right) speaks with Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan during a closed-door meeting at the President's private residence in Hambalang, Bogor regency, West Java on Oct. 28, 2026. According to the Presidential Secretariat, the meeting was held upon Singapore's request. https://www.thejakartapost.com/sports/2026/11/02/antonelli-becomes-youngest-formula-one-world-champion https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/02/2026_11_02_181189_1793601142.jpg Mercedes' Italian driver Kimi Antonelli raises the trophy after clinching the Formula One World Championship title during the podium celebrations following the Formula One Mexico City Grand Prix at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City on November 1, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/02/france-opens-attempted-murder-probe-over-petrol-bomb-attacks-on-security-forces https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/02/2026_11_02_181188_1793600635.jpg A protester flashes a “V“ sign with a street fire in the background during nationwide demonstrations over the rising cost of living and inequality organized by Yellow Vest movement, labor unions and high school and university students, in Nantes, western France on October 31, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/sports/2026/11/02/ten-hag-says-relegation-a-real-possibility-for-manchester-united- https://img.jakpost.net/c/2022/11/14/2022_11_14_132172_1668410336.jpg Manchester United's Dutch manager Erik ten Hag (left) directs substitute Manchester United's Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo during the English Premier League soccer match against Southampton at St. Mary's Stadium in Southampton, United Kingdom, on Aug. 27, 2022. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/02/south-korea-to-double-spending-on-ai-and-chips-in-2027 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/02/2026_11_02_181187_1793596834.JPG South Korean President Lee Jae Myung delivers a budget speech for 2027 at the National Assembly in Seoul on Nov. 2, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/02/indonesias-fires-are-releasing-centuries-of-stored-carbon https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/25/2026_10_25_180965_1792906354.jpg Motorists drive with their headlights on amid thick, soupy haze on Oct. 24, 2026, along Jl. Tjilik Riwut in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/02/warmer-arctic-colder-relations-up-north https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181159_1793509913.jpg RV Kronprins Haakon, a polar research icebreaker owned by the Norwegian Polar Institute, sails on Feb. 18, 2026, off Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen Island in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/02/empty-jargon-cannot-fill-families-wallets https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/03/2026_02_03_172177_1770137760.jpg Police officers and health workers respond on Jan. 29, 2026, to suspected mass food poisoning cases linked to the free nutritious meal program at SMA 2 Kudus senior high school in the capital of Kudus regency, Central Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/02/ukraine-claims-another-indonesian-recruited-to-russian-military-killed https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181157_1793497706.jpg A Russian serviceman secures a polling station on Sept. 18 in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, as people vote in Russia's parliamentary election amid the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181158_1793497706.jpg This handout photograph taken on Tuesday by the press service of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces shows a local resident walking among damaged residential buildings in the frontline city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/02/why-investors-should-not-walk-away-from-indonesia-now https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/08/14/2025_08_14_165394_1755136195.jpg Rows of containers are stacked on July 24, 2025, in an industrial area at the Batang Industropolis, a special economic zone in Batang regency, Central Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/02/tesla-samsung-oppose-new-us-tariffs-on-vietnam-as-probe-deadline-nears https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/02/2026_11_02_181183_1793583099.jpg A man riding an electric motorbike past the logo of Samsung Electronics on a billboard in Bac Ninh province, on April 8, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/02/can-bi-support-growth-without-sacrificing-the-rupiah https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/28/2026_09_28_180143_1790582247.jpg A teller places a bundle of rupiah banknotes into a currency counter machine on June 4, 2026, at a money changer in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/02/timor-leste-indonesia-and-the-meaning-of-asean-membership https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/12/30/2025_12_30_170849_1767060334.jpg An attendant adjusts the flag for Timor-Leste after the country formally joined the ASEAN the ASEAN Summit on Oct. 26, 2025, in Kuala Lumpur. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/02/two-more-companies-named-suspects-in-wildfire-probes https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181166_1793533341.jpg A child looks out of a classroom window on Wednesday before students at the elementary school were sent home early because of thick smoke from a land fire behind their school at Alalak village in Barito Kuala, South Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/02/student-protests-gain-momentum-amid-little-response-from-govt https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/29/2026_10_29_181088_1793245514.jpg Students stage a protest against economic hardship, graft and the government's handling of devastating wildfires causing toxic haze that has sickened thousands on Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta on Oct. 28, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/02/analysis-the-prabowo-gibran-government-is-clearly-falling-short https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181168_1793534931.jpg Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka (right), sits with coordinating ministers and cabinet ministers on Monday during a plenary cabinet meeting at the State Palace in Jakarta. ( Presidential Secretariat/Laily Rachev) https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/02/supreme-court-ruling-renews-calls-for-gibran-to-step-down https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181160_1793518109.jpg Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka looks on before President Prabowo Subianto's speech on the macroeconomic framework to lawmakers at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta, on May 20, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/02/budget-pressure-building https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/14/2026_09_14_179711_1789360401.jpg Motorcyclists queue to refuel on Sept. 10 at a gas station in Makassar, South Sulawesi. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/01/prabowo-asks-kadin-to-be-govts-strategic-partner https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181169_1793537531.jpeg President Prabowo Subianto shakes hands with Kadin member and Lippo Group Chairman James Riady on Saturday at the President’s Hambalang residence in Bogor, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/01/indonesia-calls-for-g20-unity-against-global-crises-in-foreign-ministers-meeting https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181165_1793532079.jpeg Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir attends a plenary session at the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Atlanta, the United States, on Oct. 30, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/01/vendors-musicians-boycott-rans-carnival-amid-backlash-over-youth-pledge-event https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/10/25/2024_10_25_156561_1729830579.jpg Special Presidential Envoy for Youth and Arts Workers Development Raffi Ahmad gives a salute during the inauguration ceremony of Supreme Court chief justice, heads of state institutions and presidential special envoys and advisors led by President Prabowo Subianto at the State Palace in Jakarta on Oct. 22, 2024. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/01/danantara-claims-time-tie-up-is-nonfinancial-despite-logo-appearance https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181161_1793526908.jpg The logo of state asset fund Danantara appears on the backdrop as Mati Amin (left) and Shabana Basij-Rasikh, co-founder of Afghan online education platform SOLAx, pose for a photo at the 2026 TIME100 Next Gala at Current at Chelsea Piers in New York City on Oct. 29, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/01/wto-chief-urges-indonesia-to-join-interim-mechanism-insists-priority-reform https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/29/2026_10_29_181094_1793258095.jpg The engraved logo of the World Trade Organization is seen on Oct. 29, 2026, on one of the twin columns at the entrance to the WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/29/2026_10_29_181095_1793258294.jpg World Trade Organization director general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks to reporters during a roundtable interview at the WTO’s Geneva headquarters in Switzerland on Oct. 27, ahead of the 2026 Global Review of Aid for Trade from Oct. 29 to 30. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/01/clashes-break-out-as-hundreds-of-thousands-protest-in-france https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181156_1793495650.jpg Protesters wearing Halloween costumes pose in front of the French national flag during a demonstration in Lyon, central-eastern France on October 31, 2026, part of nationwide demonstrations over the rising cost of living and inequality organized by Yellow Vest movement, labor unions and high school and university students. “Exceptional“ security deployment with 70,000 police officers and gendarmes mobilized and an alarmist tone: for Act III of the protests against the high cost of living, right in the middle of Halloween festivities, the authorities fear a repeat of the October 17 nightmare. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/01/german-rioters-loot-shops-as-gen-z-demos-turn-ugly https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181155_1793494749.jpg Protesters light smoke flares after a demonstration organized by “GenZ regelt!“ (Gen Z has got this!) in Berlin on October 31, 2026. The German demonstrations have been inspired by similar movements across Europe, including in France and Italy, which have seen young protesters voice anger at political elites whom they accuse of ignoring their concerns. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/01/indo-pacific-quad-ministers-work-on-supply-chains-denounce-arbitrary-export-restrictions https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181154_1793494135.JPG Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong (from left to right) pose for photographs at the Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, US, October 31, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/01/ecological-crisis-in-spotlight-ahead-of-un-climate-summit https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/30/2026_10_30_181132_1793360780.jpg A boy walks on a dried-out rice paddy in Takalar regency, South Sulawesi, on Oct. 13, 2026. The local authorities have recorded 75,000 hectares of rice fields across the province affected by droughts caused by an El Niño-induced prolonged dry season. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/30/2026_10_30_181131_1793360779.JPG Activists hold placards during a rally outside the United States Embassy in Central Jakarta on Oct. 30, 2026, urging the government to take more action to address the climate crisis and forest and land fires across the country, https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/31/chinas-factory-activity-returns-to-contraction-in-october https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/12/2026_09_12_179666_1789188131.JPG Employees work on the production line at a factory of Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio in Hefei, Anhui province, China, on April 2, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/31/jakartas-accessibility-gap-limits-mobility-for-the-disabled https://img.jakpost.net/c/2018/12/03/2018_12_03_59987_1543850410.gif People with disabilities try out recently built pedestrian facilities on Dec. 3, 20218 along Jl. Sudirman, Jakarta. The activity was organized by the Institute for Transportation and Development (ITDP) to celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which falls every Dec. 3. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/31/crypto-exchanges-call-for-quick-moves-to-bolster-defenses-after-binance-heist https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/31/2026_10_31_181153_1793411098.JPG Binance logo and hacker code are seen in this illustration taken on Oct. 30, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/31/gen-z-protests-reach-germany-as-over-160000-expected-at-halloween-rallies https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/31/2026_10_31_181152_1793410689.JPG A worker secures a Versace store with wooden boards ahead of expected protests by the youth movement “Gen Z regelt“ in Frankfurt, Germany, on Oct. 30, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/31/rare-javan-banteng-calf-born-at-conservation-center-in-west-java https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/30/2026_10_30_181126_1793346446.png A female Javan banteng (Bos javanicus javanicus) interacts with its newborn calf at the Pangandaran Javan Banteng Reintroduction Center in Pananjung Nature Reserve, Pangandaran regency, West Java, on July 27, 2025.