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Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her mother while trying to escape the giant waves. Ms. Asnani, now a school teacher, was only 17 at the time. Her father, who was a fisherman, never returned home from sea. She doesn’t know…
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Sydney, Australia: The five remaining members of the Australian “Bali Nine” drug ring say they are “relieved and happy” over their return home after 19 years in jail in Indonesia. The men — the last behind bars among nine Australian smugglers who were jailed in Indonesia in 2005 — flew into Darwin on Sunday under…
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A video allegedly showing a cloud sinking from the sky in Indonesia is doing the rounds on social media. In the video, we can see a few men wearing identical uniforms run towards a white object that falls to the ground from the sky. We fact-check this claim through this article. An archived version of this post can…
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Australian soldiers take cover beside sandbags during an Indonesia-Australia joint amphibious landing exercise on Banongan Beach, Situbondo, Indonesia, on Nov. 13, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The Indonesian and Australian militaries began joint combat drills off Indonesia’s main island of Java on Wednesday (November 13, 2024) with about 2,000 troops training in air, maritime, amphibious…
Jakarta: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory in a phone call after landing in Washington on an official visit that includes a meeting with President Joe Biden on Tuesday. Prabowo, who has said he will pursue a non-aligned foreign policy, posted a video of his call to Trump made after…
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36-year-old Italian surfer Giulia Manfrini has died after being fatally impaled by a swordfish during a freak incident in Indonesia. According to ABC Australia, Ms Manfrini was surfing at a popular surf break off the West Coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, when the accident occurred. She was fatally injured after a swordfish speared her in the…
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Tipping Point: What does WWF’s 2024 Living Planet Report say? | Video Credit: The Hindu World Wildlife Fund’s 2024 Living Planet Report shows a decline in every indicator used to track nature globally. This report uses the Living Planet Index, which tracks sizes of animal populations and how they are changing. It can be used…
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A landslide triggered by torrential rains struck an unauthorized gold mining operation on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 15 people, officials said Friday (September 27, 2024). Dozens others were reported missing. Villagers were digging Thursday (September 26, 2024) for grains of gold in the remote Solok district of West Sumatra province when mud plunged…
A woman was found dead last month inside the belly of a reticulated python in another district (file). Makassar, Indonesia: A woman was found dead inside the belly of a snake after it swallowed her whole in central Indonesia, police said Wednesday, the second python killing in the province in a month. Siriati, 36, had…
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China Badminton Association also expressed deep sorrow and shock. Zhang Zhijie, a 17-year-old Chinese badminton player, died after collapsing on the court during the Badminton Asia Junior Championships in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, as per a report in Marca. The shuttler was playing against Japan’s Kazuma Kawano in the opening game on June 30, which was tied…
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