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Navy probes torpedo-like object found in West Nusa Tenggara - Archipelago
9+ hour, 36+ min ago (238+ words) he Indonesian Navy said Thursday it was investigating a torpedo-like object discovered by a fisherman near the Lombok Strait, a key maritime route connecting the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The 3. 7-metre-long and 65-centimetre-wide object was fished from the ocean on…...
US-Iran truce hangs in balance as war flares in Lebanon - Middle East and Africa
15+ hour, 18+ min ago (815+ words) United States-Iran ceasefire fractures emerged quickly as Israel carried out its heaviest strikes on its neighbor -- including in densely packed central Beirut -- since the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah joined the war in early March. he fragile two-week truce between Iran…...
Housing project launched for Senen shantytown dwellers - Jakarta
12+ hour, 54+ min ago (247+ words) The government has begun building hundreds of houses in Central Jakarta for recently evicted residents of a shantytown in Senen, whose informal railside settlement was visited by President Prabowo Subianto late last month, when he pledged to provide them with…...
Emperor penguins listed as endangered species: IUCN - Environment
5+ hour, 44+ min ago (551+ words) he emperor penguin has been declared an endangered species as climate change pushes the icon of Antarctica a step closer to extinction, the global authority on threatened wildlife announced Thursday. Its change of status from "near threatened" by the International…...
Oil prices jump, stocks drop on Mideast ceasefire doubts - Markets
3+ hour, 6+ min ago (433+ words) il prices jumped and most stock markets fell Thursday on investor concerns over the Middle East ceasefire holding and as the key Strait of Hormuz remained largely blocked to traffic. Equity markets across the globe had soared and crude futures…...
Geopolitical tensions and the urgency of energy sovereignty - Academia
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (358+ words) The rush toward EV and biofuel adoption risks shifting Indonesia's ecological burden from coal chimneys to indigenous forests. True energy sovereignty lays not in massive corporate permits but in the resilient, community-led models already thriving in the heart of the…...
Philippines unveils new coast guard command in disputed South China Sea - Asia & Pacific
14+ hour, 33+ min ago (319+ words) he Philippine Coast Guard unveiled on Thursday its first dedicated command center in the Spratly island chain, a flashpoint in the disputed South China Sea that has been the site of repeated confrontations with Chinese vessels. The headquarters of a…...
Heavy equipment sales projected to rise as RKAB approvals gather pace - Companies
9+ hour, 51+ min ago (174+ words) eavy equipment sales in Indonesia are expected to pick up in the second half of this year, driven by the gradual approval of mining companies" annual production plans (RKAB), industry players say, although rising commodity prices have yet to trigger…...
How "ocean peacebuilding" can help calm global conflicts - Academia
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (863+ words) History and research both show that the ocean can be used as a catalyst for building peace, even in the most unexpected places and amid the sharpest geopolitical tensions. onflict and turmoil are seemingly rife in the ocean. Choked shipping…...
Criminalizing creativity: A test for Indonesia's creative economy vision - Academia
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (639+ words) Criminalizing creativity: A test for Indonesia's creative economy vision'The Jakarta Post Please Update your browser Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found…...