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Indonesia's Golkar party poised to elect Jokowi ally as chief
JAKARTA - Golkar, Indonesia's second-largest political party, is expected to inaugurate a key ally of President Joko Widodo as its new...
Aug 21, 20241 min read
Parties backing Indonesia's Prabowo close ranks to thwart rival's Jakarta governor bid
JAKARTA - Parties backing President-elect Prabowo Subianto on Monday rallied behind a single candidate for governor of the capital...
Aug 19, 20242 min read
Indonesia's president-elect Prabowo secures parliamentary majority
JAKARTA - Indonesia's president-elect Prabowo Subianto has secured a parliamentary majority after the party that backed his rival in the...
Aug 16, 20242 min read
Analysis-Prabowo's free meals plan poised to expand Indonesia dairy consumption, imports
JAKARTA - Indonesia's president-elect campaigned on a pledge to provide free meals to over 80 million school children, a costly and...
Aug 14, 20244 min read
Indonesia holds first cabinet meeting in planned new capital, Nusantara
JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo held his first cabinet meeting in his planned new capital, Nusantara, on Monday, as the...
Aug 12, 20242 min read
US, Brazil to work together on climate partnership, says Yellen
RIO DE JANEIRO - The U.S. and Brazilian governments announced a climate partnership agenda on Friday, seeking to deepen ties on an...
Jul 27, 20241 min read
Indonesia presses Myanmar on peace commitments as ASEAN ministers meet
Indonesia's foreign minister at a regional meeting on Thursday called out warring camps in Myanmar over their refusal to agree to...
Jul 25, 20242 min read
Coral bleachings devastate Bali reefs as sea temperatures rise
BONDALEM, Indonesia - Indonesian conservationist Nyoman Sugiarto has been working for 16 years to preserve coral on the reefs of Bali,...
Jul 8, 20242 min read
Russia's Sovcomflot says its ship rescued crew from tanker off Yemen
LONDON - A ship operated by Russian shipping group Sovcomflot rescued the crew of a tanker taking in water off Yemen's coast this week,...
Jun 27, 20242 min read
Explainer-How Indonesia's deforestation persists despite moratorium
JAKARTA - Indonesia's Awyu tribe of the Papua region has filed a case to the Supreme Court seeking to cancel permits for palm oil...
Jun 20, 20243 min read
Ukraine summit sees hard road to peace as way forward uncertain
BUERGENSTOCK, Switzerland - Western powers and their allies at a summit in Switzerland denounced Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Sunday,...
Jun 17, 20243 min read
Indonesia's toll rises to 62 from deadly Sumatra floods, 25 still missing
TANAH DATAR, Indonesia -The death toll from weekend flash floods and mud slides in Indonesia's West Sumatra province rose to 62 on...
May 16, 20242 min read
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