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Mon, 08 Feb 2021 19:27:30 GMT
Coup in Myanmar
Following Monday's coup in Myanmar, the EU and the USA are considering imposing new sanctions on that country. Already on Monday, US President Joe Biden declared that he would immediately review th

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 16:05:08 GMT
2 killed, 14 injured in bus crash in Indonesia's North Sumatra
JAKARTA, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and 14 others were injured after a bus carrying local government employees fell into a ravine in Lumban Pasir village, Mandailing Natal district i

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:34:35 GMT
Thohir points to Indonesia's economy faring better than other nations
Thohir points to Indonesia's economy faring better than other nations ANTARA English

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:34:11 GMT
German led low(er) temperature geothermal demonstration project in Indonesia - ThinkGeoEnergy
German led low(er) temperature geothermal demonstration project in Indonesia ThinkGeoEnergy

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:55:02 GMT
Live COVID-19 updates: Indonesia reports 8,242 new cases, 207 more deaths
BEIJING, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - JAKARTA -- The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 8,242 within on

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:44:02 GMT
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1100 GMT, Feb. 8
JAKARTA -- A total of 811,000 health workers in Indonesia have received the first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech as of Monday, Health Mi

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:44:01 GMT
Indonesia reports 8,242 new COVID-19 cases, 207 more deaths
JAKARTA, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 8,242 within one day to 1,166,079, with the death toll adding by 207 to 31,763, the health ministry said on Monday. Accord

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:36:07 GMT
Jakarta man books entire flight to Bali to protect himself from Covid-19 News News
Jakarta man books entire flight to Bali to protect himself from Covid-19 India Today

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:36:06 GMT
Yearender 2020- COVID-19 puts brakes on Jakarta's mass transit dream
Yearender 2020: COVID-19 puts brakes on Jakarta's mass transit dream Jakarta Post

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:35:58 GMT
Ferry passengers jump overboard after discovering others may have coronavirus
Panic-stricken passengers on a ferry preparing to dock in Maumere, Indonesia caused scenes of hysteria after jumping overboard once word got out that Covid-19 carriers were suspected on board.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:35:47 GMT
Shocking moment monkey on a bicycle grabs a toddler and drags her along an alley
Social media users could not believe it when this video of a monkey 'trying to kidnap' a toddler, thought to be inTanjungsari Village in Indonesia, went viral.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:35:47 GMT
Tunguska event was caused by an asteroid that bounced back to space
Russian scientists suggest the mysterious 'Tunguska event' explosion of 1908 was caused by an iron asteroid that entered the Earth's atmosphere and then bounced back into space.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:35:46 GMT
Powerful earthquake in Indonesia sending tremors across Darwin
Darwin residents have been left shaken after a powerful earthquake hit eastern Indonesia and sent tremors felt across the Top End.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:35:45 GMT
Indonesian man left in constant pain after facial 'birthmark' grew into enormous tumour
Andriadi Putra, 34, from Medan in North Sumatra, Indonesia, has trouble eating and talking because of the 'trunk' like tumour weighing around 88lbs. Putra suffers from Neurofibromatosis.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:35:44 GMT
British POW who was captured by the Japanese recalls the horror of his WWII experience
Bob Morrell, of Brighton, signed up to the RAF in 1938 at the age of 21 and was captured in Java, Indonesia. He told BBC Radio 4 how he was forced to work at a Japanese POW camp.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:35:28 GMT
Big Brother's Sarah McDougal reveals the heartbreaking way she hopes to spend the prize money
Big Brother's Sarah McDougal has revealed the heartbreaking reason why she wants to win the $250,000 prize money.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:35:27 GMT
Byron Bay woman jailed in Bali over bashing a local cop will be released from prison in days
Australian woman Sara Connor is set to be released from Kerobokan Prison in a matter of days after serving four years for her role in the fatal assault of a policeman on a Bali beach.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:35:26 GMT
Big Brother's Sarah McDougal returns to work at Bunnings
Reality star Sarah McDougal has returned to her her day job.The Big Brother housemate was spotted at Bunnings in Melbourne by a fan, who shared a photo to Twitter on Tuesday.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:35:25 GMT
Moment a macaque tries to undo shocked woman tourist's shorts and then peers down her top
Tourist Jill Porter, 38, was shocked to have a macaque sit on her at the Ubud Monkey Sanctuary in Bali, Indonesia. She admitted to feeling 'terrified' and 'quite shocked' at first.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:35:25 GMT
Bali is set to reopen to tourists in just eight weeks - but local experts warn it's a bad idea
International travellers will be able to visit the Indonesian island from September 11, and domestic tourists from July 31,Bali Governor, Wayan Koster announced on Sunday.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:35:24 GMT
Rampaging animals terrorise villagers in Indonesia
The long-tailed macaques have left their trees and been converging on the homes in the village of Lembang in West Java province, Indonesia.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:35:23 GMT
Love Island Australia's Charlie Taylor has been stuck in Bali for FIVE MONTHS
Charlie Taylor was the first person to be kicked out of the villa on the first season of Love Island Australia in 2018.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:35:22 GMT
How Reynold Poernomo's Girlfriend Helped Him Reconnect With His CultureĀ 
He stopped speaking Bahasa, Indonesia's official language, after moving to Australia when he was four-years-old.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:35:13 GMT
Hilarious pictures show what happens when cats turn into drama queens if they did not get their way
Cat owners from all over the world have shared hilarious pictures of their cats having various meltdowns, collated by Bored Panda, including one horrified by getting a lick from the family dog.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:35:11 GMT
Eden Dally jokes that he's going to Bali with Schapelle Corby
On Thursday, Eden posted a photo to Instagram of himself and Schapelle enjoying a few beers together, which he captioned with a joke about their Indonesian holiday

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:34:58 GMT
Extremist cleric Abu Bakar Bashir linked to the deadly Bali bombing is freed from prison
Abu Bakar Bashir, 82, the spiritual leader of militant group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), an Islamist network responsible for the 2002 Bali terror attack that killed more than 200 people, including 88 Austr

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:34:51 GMT
Chemical castration AND jail time for Indonesian child sex offenders
Experts will now have the power to asses whether convicted child sex offenders should undergo the operation on top of their jail time, Indonesian President Joko Widodo has ruled.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 10:12:39 GMT
Asian markets track Wall St records on stimulus optimism
Hopes that US lawmakers would pass President Joe Biden's huge stimulus package helped push Asian markets higher again Monday.After a rout at the end of Jan

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 06:25:23 GMT
Exclusive- Facing green pressure, Indonesia halts deep-sea mining disposal
Exclusive: Facing green pressure, Indonesia halts deep-sea mining disposal Reuters

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 16:18:07 GMT
Indonesia reports 10,827 new COVID-19 cases, 163 new deaths
JAKARTA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 10,827 within one day to 1,157,837, with the death toll adding by 163 to 31,556, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. Accor

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 13:37:24 GMT
All-woman Garuda team being trained in Karnataka
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 7 (ANI): A total of 16 young women, mostly from villages across Karnataka, are learning to shoot, handle terror, and improve their weapon-handling skills as par

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 11:30:01 GMT
Chinese-made vaccines help Asian countries combat COVID-19
HONG KONG, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- China has been racing to help its fellow countries in Asia to fight the coronavirus pandemic with home-developed COVID-19 vaccines, honoring its commitme



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