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Sports 2 months ago

From Diogo Jota to George Foreman, sporting deaths in 2025

Remembering the sports greats who passed away this year.

Academia 5 months ago

PREMIUM
Ovarian cancer, a silent and stealthy threat to women

Unlike breast and cervical cancer, no routine and simple screening tests can help patients detect ovarian cancer.

Editorial 6 months ago

Save the forest

Deforestation often benefits a few political and business elites in Jakarta, leaving rural communities with limited resources to protect themselves from environmental degradation.

Academia 6 months ago

PREMIUM
Excessive use of force by the police recurs, here’s how to stop it

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has found the police are the state institution most frequently accused of human rights violations.

Academia 9 months ago

PREMIUM
Haj, heat and faith: No pilgrim should be left behind

The growing toll of haj pilgrims as temperatures rise has exposed another dimension in the issue of environmental injustice, where climate change is disproportionately affecting the vulnerable among the millions of Muslims who travel to Mecca each year to fulfill their religious obligation.

Academia 1 year ago

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A call for a decisive transition to a green economy

Switching to cleaner sources of energy is not likely to solve pollution problems in mining areas, as the nickel downstreaming process still produces tailings that can contaminate waters.

Editorial 1 year ago

Act now or many more will die

Despite previous galodo occurrences, neither authorities nor local residents appeared to understand the danger that lay ahead or what measures should be taken to mitigate loss of life and property.

Editorial 1 year ago

Hot new world

However we define this sweltering weather, the past few weeks may offer a glimpse of our future: hotter days, and more of them, amid the climate crisis.

Editorial 2 years ago

Nobody wins Ukraine war

After two years of war, both Russia and Ukraine have conceded losses not only in the form of the lives of thousands of troops and civilians, but also the devastation of their economies.

Election Updates 2 years ago

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Calls grow to review single-day format after more than 100 poll workers die

Up to 108 election workers have died and more than 14,300 others have fallen ill as of Feb. 22, which has prompted soul-searching and calls to reassess whether the country really needs to hold the presidential and legislative elections on a single day.

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