Xinhua writers Bai Xu, Wang Aona, Ye Shan CANBERRA/JAKARTA/TOKYO, April 23 (Xinhua) -- French Nobel Prize-winning author Albert Camus might have never imagined that his book, The Plague, could become popular again among readers nowadays, who found th...

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Moscow [India], April 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian President Vladimir Putin is yet to decide on whether he will attend the G20 Summit in the Indonesian province of Bali in November, his spokesperson said on Friday. "We will inform you about our decision...

by Dames Alexander Sinaga JAKARTA, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia has seen a decline in daily COVID-19 cases in the past few weeks although the relaxation of restrictions continued in the face of increasing public mobility during the fasting month of...

JAKARTA, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Track laying of the Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Railway (HSR) has begun in Bandung Regency, Indonesia's West Java province, the railway's operator has said. A statement released on Wednesday by the KCIC, a joint venture c...

by Dames Alexander Sinaga JAKARTA, April 21 (Xinhua) -- The number of Indonesia's thermal coal shipments overseas is rising following Europe's ban on Russian coal amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Russia, the world's third-largest coal supplier, ...

Senior officials from Britain, the United States and Canada walked out on Russia's representatives at a Group of 20 meeting on Wednesday with many members condemning Moscow's war in Ukraine, exposing deep divisions within the bloc of the world's majo...

Washington [US], April 21 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday (local time) met US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and discussed ways to strengthen economic cooperation, in the bilateral and global contexts. According to the Mi...

Senior leaders of the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom walked out of a meeting of the Group of 20 major economies on Wednesday in protest of the G-20's decision to allow Russian officials, including Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, to par...

New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): Global growth momentum is dampened by prolonged inflation, supply chain disruption, volatility in energy markets and investor uncertainty, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while taking part in the G20 Financ...

JAKARTA -- Nobel Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta garnered 62.09 percent of the total votes in Timor Leste's presidential run-off as all the votes have been counted, according to the country's election administration body on Wednesday. The presidentia...

JAKARTA, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Jose Ramos-Horta leads the presidential run-off in Timor Leste, according to the country's Election Commission Secretariat on Wednesday. With 98 percent of the total votes already counted, Ramos-Horta has garnered 72.74 ...

With their demarches against Russia, Western members of the global club are demolishing its purpose April 20, 2022 has every chance of going down in the history of modern ...

With their demarches against Russia, Western members of the Big 20 are demolishing the group's purpose April 20, 2022 has every chance of going down in the history of mode...

Jose Ramos-Horta appears to be on his way to his second tenure as president of East Timor after Tuesday's runoff election.Preliminary results released Wednesday by the country's election commission show that, with more than 60% of all votes counted, ...

Purchases more than doubled in March, according to customs data China's National Bureau of Statistics said the country's coking coal imports from Russia soared to 1.4 mill...

Western officials want to steer clear of Russian representative at a key meeting in Washington Some Western nations are set to boycott parts of a summit of G20 finance mi...

Western officials want to steer clear of Russian representative at a key meeting in Washington Some Western nations are set to boycott parts of a summit of G20 finance mi...

by Xin Ping BEIJING, April 20 (Xinhua) -- American Neorealism political scientist John Mearsheimer wrote in The Tragedy of Great Power Politics that "the U.S. has followed a 'buck-passing' strategy, remaining on the sidelines while getting others to ...

JAKARTA, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Bank Indonesia (BI) has revised the projected figure for the country's economic growth this year to the range between 4.5 percent and 5.3 percent, the BI's Governor Perry Warjiyo said on Tuesday. "This figure is slightly...

JAKARTA -- Bank Indonesia (BI) has revised the projected figure for the country's economic growth this year to the range between 4.5 percent and 5.3 percent, the BI's Governor Perry Warjiyo said on Tuesday. "This figure is slightly lower than the pre...

JAKARTA -- Asia's youngest nation Timor Leste held its second and final round of the presidential election on Tuesday, contesting Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta and incumbent Fransisco Guterres, according to local media. The country of 1.3 million p...

JAKARTA, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed and several others were injured after a mini-market building collapsed in Indonesia's South Kalimantan province on Monday, a top rescuer said on Tuesday. The accident occurred at about 4:30 p.m. l...

JAKARTA, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Asia's youngest nation Timor Leste held its second and final round of the presidential election on Tuesday, contesting Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta and incumbent Fransisco Guterres, according to local media. The count...

Jakarta [Indonesia], April 19 (ANI): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 on the Ritcher scale hit Indonesia's Sulawesi on Tuesday, as per the National Center for Seismology (NCS). "Earthquake of Magnitude: 6.0, Occurred on 19-04-2022, 06:53:13 IST,...

Dili, East Timor - East Timor's citizens head to the polls on Tuesday to choose either a Nobel laureate or the incumbent president, a former guerrilla fighter, as their next leader.Polling stations in Southeast Asia's youngest country open at 7 a.m. ...

Washington [US], April 19 (ANI): United States sanctions on Russia over its military operations in Ukraine can be reversed if Moscow changes its behaviour, a US Treasury official said, ahead of a major economic meeting in Washington this week. "We al...

The data from the Indonesian island of Java can be explained by a wider booster shot rollout, the survey's author saysA March study of 2,100 residents in Java, Indonesia's most populous island, has revealed that 99.2% of people had antibodies for Cov...

New Delhi [India], April 18(ANI): The much-awaited National Esports Championships 2022 (NESC '22) started on Monday with Esports Federation of India (ESFI) set to select the Indian contingent for the upcoming 2022 Asian Games. Under the 'AESF Road to...

The data from the Indonesian island of Java can be explained by a wider booster shot rollout, the survey's author says A March study of 2,100 residents in Java, Indonesia...

The virtual meeting will be aimed at ?ending the acute phase? of the coronavirus pandemic, the US has saidThe White House announced on Monday that the US, Germany, Belize, Indonesia and Senegal will host the second global Covid-19 summit in May. Whil...

JAKARTA, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government has told its people not to travel abroad during Muslims' Eid al-Fitr holidays, which will run from April 29 to May 8, in a bid to avoid a possible spike in COVID-19 infections. "Many other count...

JAKARTA, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Almost the entire Indonesian population has COVID-19 antibodies, obtaining from vaccinations or infections, or both, Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin said on Monday. A serological survey conducted by the Ministry o...

by Bambang Purwanto JAKARTA, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Helicopters, as a transportation mode, are offering a promising market in the aviation sector in Indonesia for business, leisure and emergency purposes, a legislator has said. "Flying taxis can be an ...

© Provided by Xinhua Indonesian Muslims, with the archipelago's diverse ethnic cultures, enjoy various types of food including Kolak and other sweet dishes such as Ketan Bintul rice, Kicak, and Barongko.by Hayati Nupus, Wang Aona

April 14, 2022 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today concluded a successful visit to Indonesia and Vietnam. The visit focused on deepening our countries' already strong relation...

April 14, 2022 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today concluded a successful visit to Indonesia and Vietnam. The visit focused on deepening our countries' already strong relation...

April 11, 2022 - Jakarta, Indonesia - Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today, met with Retno Marsudi, Indonesia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Jakarta. During her visit to Indonesia, Minister J...

April 9, 2022 - Brussels, Belgium - Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that she will be travelling to Indonesia and Vietnam from April 9 to 14. While visiting these two strategic pa...

DUBAI, 29th March, 2022 (WAM) -- The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has participated in the panel discussion held by the Indonesian government und...

JAKARTA, 23rd March, 2022 (WAM) -- Dr. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, Head of the Emirati Parliamentary Division Delegation at the Inter-Parliamentary ...

JAKARTA, 23rd March, 2022 (WAM) -- The Indonesian government has extended the visa on arrival (VoA) programme to cover international travelers...

BALI, 21st March, 2022 (WAM) -- Dr. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, Head of the Emirati Parliamentary Division Delegation at the Inter-Parliamentary Uni...

ABU DHABI, 17th March, 2022 (WAM) -- His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander o...

JAKARTA, 14th March, 2022 (WAM) -- A strong quake struck off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island early on Monday, sending residents f...

JAKARTA, 10th March, 2022 (WAM) -- At least 253 residents living on the slopes have been evacuated after Mount Merapi released hot clouds that...

JAKARTA, 10th March, 2022 (WAM) -- At least 253 residents living on the slopes have been evacuated after Mount Merapi released hot clouds that ...

ABU DHABI, 7th March, 2022 (WAM) -- His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of...

JAKARTA, 26th February, 2022 (WAM) -- The National Disaster Management Authority of Indonesia has announced that it has vacated around 6,000 p...

JAKARTA, 25th February, 2022 (WAM/Reuters) -- A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the near the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Fr...