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Sun, 03 Jul 2022 22:05:39 GMT
Australian PM Pledges Military Aid on Kyiv Visit
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday pledged further military support to Ukraine, including armored vehicles and drones, while meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv.Making the first ever visit to Ukraine by an Austra...

Sun, 03 Jul 2022 15:27:14 GMT
Commission on Limits of Continental Shelf to hold 55th session in New York
New York [US], July 3 (ANI): The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf will hold its fifty-fifth session from 5 July to 19 August in New York, US. The purpose of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) is to facilitat...

Sun, 03 Jul 2022 13:18:01 GMT
China's Zheng/Huang claim Malaysia Open mixed doubles title
KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 (Xinhua) -- China's Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong won the mixed doubles title at badminton's 2022 Malaysia Open that concluded here on Sunday. Zheng and Huang stormed to a 21-13, 21-18 victory over Thailand's Dechapol Puavaranukr...

Sun, 03 Jul 2022 12:55:28 GMT
AIFF condoles death of former Indian goalkeeper EN Sudhir
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): All India Football Federation (AIFF) condoles former India International and goalkeeper EN Sudhir who passed away earlier on Sunday. Sudhir who made his international debut against Indonesia in Rangoon (currently Yang...

Sun, 03 Jul 2022 08:18:31 GMT
China's FM Wang Yi to visit Southeast Asian countries; aims to reassert ties
Beijing [China], July 3 (ANI): China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay an official visit to Myanmar, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia from July 3 to July 14. Zhao Lijian, China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, on Friday announced that ...

Sun, 03 Jul 2022 05:37:17 GMT
PM Modi delivers 'strong message' at G7 Summit
Munich [Germany], July 3 (ANI): In the recently concluded G7 meeting in Germany, Prime Minister Narendra Modi underlined the necessity to address the Ukraine conflict in a peaceful manner through dialogue and peace and pitched India as a solution pro...

Sat, 02 Jul 2022 16:05:05 GMT
Axelsen, Momota to contest badminton's Malaysia Open men's singles final
KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Top men's singles shuttler Viktor Axelsen of Denmark will face Japan's Kento Momota in the final of badminton's 2022 Malaysia Open, following their respective victories in the semifinals on Saturday. Axelsen outplayed...

Sat, 02 Jul 2022 14:55:32 GMT
PM Modi's message at G7 summit: Address Ukraine conflict through dialogue, peace
Schloss Elmau [Germany], July 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a clear message for the world's richest nations comprising G7 to address the Ukraine conflict in a peaceful manner through dialogue and peace and pitched India as a solution prov...

Sat, 02 Jul 2022 03:30:01 GMT
Chinese speed climbers dominate IFSC Climbing World Cup in Villars
GENEVA, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese sport climbing team pocketed five out of six medals in the speed events at the IFSC Climbing World Cup stop in Villars, Switzerland on Friday. China's Long Jianguo, Wu Peng and Long Jinbao swept the men's event,...

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 19:55:02 GMT
China's growing influence poses threat to dominance of US
Beijing [China], July 2 (ANI): China's growing influence poses a threat to the dominance of the existing superpower country, the US and also threatens the peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region. "China has become the world's second-largest eco...

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 19:36:54 GMT
UAE President, Indonesian President witness signing of Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
ABU DHABI, 1st July, 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan witnessed the signing of the UAE-Indonesia Compre...

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 19:21:46 GMT
CEPA with UAE to bring economic prosperity to Indonesian SMEs, common people: Indonesian envoy
By Binsal Abdulkader ABU DHABI, 1st July, 2022 (WAM) -- The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) signed between Indonesia and t...

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 19:21:46 GMT
CEPA with UAE to bring economic prosperity to Indonesian SMEs, common people: Envoy
By Binsal Abdulkader ABU DHABI, 1st July, 2022 (WAM) -- The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) signed between Indonesia and...

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 18:14:35 GMT
UAE President receives Indonesian President
ABU DHABI, 1st July, 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received Joko Widodo, President of Indonesi...

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 16:26:44 GMT
UAE President, Indonesian President perform Jumuah Prayer at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
ABU DHABI, 1st July, 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia, performe...

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 16:18:02 GMT
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, July 1
JAKARTA -- Statistics Indonesia (BPS) on Friday announced that the inflation stood at 4.35 percent year on year in June, the highest in five years, exceeding the upper limit of Bank Indonesia's target range of 4 percent. The June inflation rate was c...

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 16:05:33 GMT
Chinese FM to attend several high-level international meetings
BEIJING, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will chair the seventh Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Myanmar and attend the G20 Foreign Mi

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 16:05:33 GMT
Chinese shuttlers advance at Malaysia Open 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese shuttlers continued their winning streak at the Malaysia Open 2022, advancing into the semifinals in several categories on Friday. Olympic gold medalist Chen Yufei outplayed Japan's Nozomi Okuhara 14-21, 2...

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 16:05:26 GMT
Indonesia posts inflation at 4.35 percent in June
JAKARTA, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Statistics Indonesia (BPS) on Friday announced the inflation stood at 4.35 percent year on year in June, the highest in five years, exceeding the upper limit of Bank Indonesia's target range of 4 percent. The June inflatio...

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 13:37:11 GMT
Sindhu, Prannoy lose in quaterfinals of Malaysia Open 2022
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], July 1 (ANI): Olympic medalist and India's ace shuttler PV Sindhu crashed out of the ongoing Malaysia Open 2022 after losing to Taiwan's Tai Tzu-Ying in the quarterfinals of the women's singles category on Friday. Playing on ...

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 09:36:51 GMT
Russian Missile Strike in Odesa Kills 17
Early morning Russian missile strikes in Ukraine's Odesa region Friday killed at least 17 people. Dozens of people were injured in the strikes. At least one of the targeted sites was a residential building.Russia's defense ministry said Thursday it h...

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 06:06:09 GMT
Explainer: Why Indonesia's Leader is Visiting Kyiv, Moscow
JAKARTA, INDONESIA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations, is visiting Ukraine and Russia for meetings with the leaders of the two warring nations after a...

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 03:03:06 GMT
Taliban hikes coal prices after Pakistan PM approves imports from Afghanistan
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 1 (ANI): The Taliban increased the price of coal by 30 per cent after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approved of importing coal from Afghanistan. The Ministry of Finance of Afghanistan raised the price of coal from U...

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 01:33:42 GMT
Indonesian villager captures 14 foot crocodile with single rope
SULAWESI, Indonesia: Using just a rope, an Indonesian man, supported by fellow villagers on the island of Sulawesi, captured a wandering 14 foot crocodile.In a video, the crocodile can be seen being secured around the jaws by the 53-year-old villager...

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 20:30:12 GMT
Russian, Indonesian presidents discuss Ukraine, food supplies
MOSCOW, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and visiting Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Thursday discussed the current situation in Ukraine and the supplies of grain and fertilizers amid a global food shortage. During a joint br...

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 17:03:09 GMT
Julia Roberts, George Clooney reunite for romantic comedy
Washington [US], June 30 (ANI): Two of the biggest stars of Hollywood, Julia Roberts and George Clooney have reunited yet again for a romantic comedy titled 'Ticket to Paradise'. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the trailer of the movie follows t...

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 17:03:09 GMT
Russia has no restrictions on export of fertilizers: Putin
Moscow [Russia], June 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has no restrictions on the export of fertilizers or food products, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Indonesian counterpart, Joko Widodo, on Thursday. During their meeting in Kremlin, Widodo raised t...

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 15:37:20 GMT
Malaysia Open: Carolina Marin, Lee Zii Jia suffer shock exits
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], June 30 (ANI): Carolina Marin and local hero Lee Zii Jia suffered shock exits at the ongoing Malaysia Open 2022 on Thursday. The Asian badminton champion lost 19-21, 21-19, 16-21 to Indonesia's Shesar Hiren Rhustavito. Other ...

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 14:21:00 GMT
China and Russia want to create G7 alternative media
Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports that Beijing and Moscow hope to expand BRICS to include four more nationsChina and Russia want BRICS, a club of five major emerging economies, to become a counterweight to the Western-dominated Group o...

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 14:11:43 GMT
It's Not Just Bulgarians: Why Half the World Likes Putin
Nearly half of even approve of Putin's war, according to several surveys, the latest of which is from Eurobarometer. But this is clearly not a unique phenomenon. The West is indeed united against Putin, but in the rest of the world the picture is qui...

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:13:21 GMT
China, Russia want to create alternative to G7 media
Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports that Beijing and Moscow want to expand BRICS to include four more nationsChina and Russia want BRICS, a club of five major emerging economies, to become a counterweight to the Western-dominated Group o...

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 17:31:50 GMT
Indonesian president pledges to seek peace between Russia, Ukraine
JAKARTA, Indonesia: Indonesian President Joko Widodo has said that he will urge his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts to open peace talks while visiting the two countries on a peace-building mission, adding that he will also ask Russian President Vl...

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 13:49:01 GMT
Roundup: Indonesia sees increase in COVID-19 cases of Omicron sublineages
by Dames Alexander Sinaga JAKARTA, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia has seen an increase in the number of newly-confirmed COVID-19 infections in the past weeks after the emergence of the Omicron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5 in the country. The Southeast A...

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 13:13:23 GMT
UK to allow food imports from Fukushima Guardian
London is lifting the ban imposed after the 2011 nuclear disasterThe UK will allow food imports from the Japanese prefecture of Fukushima starting on Wednesday, The Guardian has reported, citing Prime Minister Boris Johnson. This lifts the restrictio...

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 12:44:02 GMT
Chinese shuttlers continue momentum at Malaysia Open
KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shuttlers kept up their momentum on the second day of the Malaysia Open 2022 on Wednesday. Men's singles shuttler Lu Guangzu outplayed his Malaysian opponent NG Tze Yong 21-16, 21-23, 21-18 in a close first r...

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:18:05 GMT
PM Hasina to broach Rohingya repatriation in upcoming India visit: Bangladesh Foreign Secy
By Ashoke RajDhaka [Bangladesh], June 29 (ANI): Repatriation of Rohingyas are likely to figure on the agenda of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her upcoming visit to India, scheduled in September this year. Bangladesh Foreign Secretary...

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:18:02 GMT
China science, technology news summary -- June 29
BEIJING, June 29 (Xinhua) -- The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China. MAJOR SCI-TECH ISSUES The China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) has released the major issues in science, engineering and technol...

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 20:34:30 GMT
Indonesia's farmers adapt to climate change
As the effects of climate change become more apparent, long-held traditions will need to be resurrected. Others will need to be abandoned. April and May are the traditional harvest season for rice in Indonesia. As the rainy season starts to abate, f...

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 16:53:02 GMT
Putin to attend G20 summit
The Russian leader will travel to Indonesia for the meeting, despite Western leaders calling for Moscow's expulsion Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the G20 su...

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 16:53:02 GMT
Putin to attend G20 summit -Kremlin
The Russian leader will travel to Indonesia for the meeting, despite Western leaders calling for Moscow's expulsion Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the G20 su...

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 11:21:54 GMT
EU commission chief explains stance on call for G20 boycott
Ursula von der Leyen spoke against "paralyzing" the G20 despite calls to boycott the upcoming summit because of Russia It is better to have a frank face-to-face conversati...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 22:38:29 GMT
UAE president receives Indonesian Minister of Maritime Affairs
ABU DHABI, 16th June, 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received the Coordinating Minister for Mari...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 17:50:02 GMT
UAE Minister of State for Defence Affairs receives Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs of Indonesia
ABU DHABI, 16th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, Minister of State for Defence Affairs, has received General Luhut Binsar Pa...

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 22:07:07 GMT
Nasdaq Dubai welcomes listing of two Sukuk issuances by Government of Indonesia with total value of US$ 3.25 billion
DUBAI, 6th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Nasdaq Dubai today welcomed the listing of two Sukuk tranches issued by the Government of Indonesia, with a tot...

Fri, 27 May 2022 08:44:49 GMT
Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes off Lospalos, East Timor
LOSPALOS, 27th May, 2022 (WAM) -- An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck near the coast of Lospalos in East Timor on Friday, Reuters quoted the...

Mon, 23 May 2022 21:16:40 GMT
President of East Timor receives UAE Ambassador to Indonesia
DILI, 23rd May, 2022 (WAM) -- President of East Timor, Jose Ramos-Horta, has received Abdullah Salem Al Dhaheri, the UAE Ambassador to Indones...

Sat, 21 May 2022 15:49:58 GMT
East Timor adopts Document on Human Fraternity as national document
DILI, 21st May, 2022 (WAM) -- Jose Ramos-Horta, President of East Timor, expressed his happiness at the decision made by his country's parliam...

Sat, 21 May 2022 10:00:41 GMT
Indonesia eyes 587 GW power from clean energy plants by 2060
JAKARTA, 21st May, 2022 (WAM/ANTARA) -- Indonesia is planning to develop clean energy power plants to generate 587 gigawatts (GW) of power by ...

Thu, 19 May 2022 18:07:40 GMT
Republic of East Timor to adopt Document on Human Fraternity as national document
DILI, 19th May, 2022 (WAM) -- The newly elected President of East Timor, Dr. Jose Ramos-Horta, has announced his country's adoption of the Doc...

Thu, 19 May 2022 11:22:46 GMT
Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes Sumatra, Indonesia EMSC
SUMATRA, 19th May, 2022 (WAM) -- Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck southwest of Sumatra in Indonesia in wee hours of Tuesday, Reuters quoted ...

Tue, 17 May 2022 08:51:39 GMT
Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes Sumatra, Indonesia
SUMATRA, 17th May, 2022 (WAM) -- Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck southwest of Sumatra in Indonesia in wee hours of Tuesday, Reuters quoted ...

Sat, 14 May 2022 09:28:05 GMT
Indonesian President mourns passing of Sheikh Khalifa
JAKARTA, 14th May, 2022 (WAM) -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo has mourned the death of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. "I...



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