© Provided by Xinhua The Indonesian government has announced to reopen its borders for foreign tourists in major traffic hubs like airports and seaports, passengers who are fully vaccinated with certificates and negative PCR test results can possess...

DHAKA -- Bangladesh on Saturday received another 5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's pharmaceutical Sinopharm Group. A plane of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Chinese vaccine doses landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal Internati...

JAKARTA, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 3,385 within one day to 4,188,529, with the death toll adding by 185 to 140,323, the country's Health Ministry said on Saturday. According to the ministry, 7,076 more peo...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Federal Reserve will probably hint at its meeting next week that it is moving toward announcing a reduction in monthly asset purchases in November, according to a Bloomberg survey of economists released Friday. Two-thirds of ec...

JAKARTA, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government has reminded its neighboring country Australia of its regional obligation to maintain peace, stability and security after the latter announced its decision to acquire nuclear-powered submarines ...

Two important global events are coming up that are widely hoped to help address what the United Nations calls the "dual challenge" - fighting climate change and ensuring that poorer countries can develop sustainably. Energy is a central theme in both...

JAKARTA, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Floods inundated hundreds of houses in Indonesia's Gorontalo province on Friday, affecting 929 people in 275 households in three villages. "The floods occurred due to heavy rainfalls that caused Paguyuman river located i...

JAKARTA, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government will reopen its resort island of Bali for international visitors in October, as the number of COVID-19 cases has been declining in the country, Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment ...

KABUL -- Afghanistan's central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), has urged people to use local currency in transactions and avoided using foreign currencies. "In accordance with article 33 of the Da Afghanistan Bank law, the Afghanistan currency and i...

BOOM Esports signed support player Timothy "Tims" Randrup to their Dota 2 roster on Friday. Tims, 24, joins the Indonesian organization after spending nearly five years with TNC Predator. He had competed with the Philippines-based organization since...

JAKARTA, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 3,835 within one day to 4,185,144, with the death toll adding by 219 to 140,138, the country's health ministry said on Friday. According to the ministry, 7,912 more peopl...

Jakarta [Indonesia]/ New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI/PRNewswire):It is designed to bring new online orders and instant payments for Indonesian MSMEs through an open platform by providing instant technology enablement to fast-track merchantsbrand...

The Australian Government is abandoning its French submarine program in favour of a partnership with the United States and the UK, writes Dr Binoy Kampmark.IT DOES NOT get any messier or more chaotic than this. Since 2009, when Australia's Future Sub...

BEIJING, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - ADDIS ABABA -- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 8,096,504 as of Thursday afternoon, the Africa Centers for ...

Two important events hosted by the United Nations are coming up that are widely hoped to help address what the U.N. calls the "dual challenge" - fighting climate change and ensuring that poorer countries can develop sustainably. Energy is a central t...

XI'AN, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Despite a medal-less finish, the 12-girl Macao artistic swimming team cherished its National Games appearance, said head coach Wang Ruihua in a recent interview with Xinhua. The artistic swimming competition concluded befo...

JAKARTA, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- The number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 3,145 within one day to 4,181,309, with the death toll adding by 237 to 139,919, the country's Health Ministry said on Thursday. According to the ministry, 14,633 more pe...

JAKARTA, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- The administration of Indonesias's capital Jakarta on Thursday started conducting its pilot cinema reopening program as the number of daily COVID-19 cases in the city was declining, a city official said. The Jakarta tour...

Photo: Pixabay/hhachCoastal litter is a big environmental problem. But how does this litter differ around the world, and why? In the first global analysis of its kind, we set out to answer those questions using data collected by thousands of citizen ...