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People inspect buildings damaged by a flash flood in Agam, West Sumatra, Indonesia, on May 13, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Rescuers on May 14 searched in rivers and the rubble of devastated villages for bodies, and whenever possible, survivors of flash floods that hit Indonesia’s Sumatra Island over the weekend. Monsoon rains and a…
By his own admission, Gibran Rakabuming Raka was a “nobody” a few months before Indonesia’s elections. Now, the eldest son of President Joko Widodo looks set to become the country’s youngest-ever vice president. Mr. Gibran’s meteoric rise to running mate of president-in-waiting Prabowo Subianto, who declared victory last week, was fuelled by his father’s wild…
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A shallow 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit near the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey said, with no damage or casualties immediately reported. The tremor hit at 9:43 p.m. local time (1443 GMT) at a depth of 9.9 kilometres, according to the USGS. Indonesia’s geophysics agency (BMKG) reported no immediate tsunami but…
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