© Provided by Xinhua JAKARTA, July 24 (Xinhua) -- People walk on a zebra crossing like catwalk models at the Dukuh Atas area in Jakarta, Indonesia.The Dukuh Atas area in Jakarta has recently become viral among fashion lovers who gather here and sh

BEIJING, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Here are the latest Chinese sports headlines over the past week:1. Wang Jianan takes historic long jump gold for China at athletics worlds© Provided by Xinhua Wang Jianan stunned the f

Grobogan, Indonesia, 23th July, 2022 (WAM/ANTARA) -- The 2022 ASEAN Para Games torch began today its journey on a relay course after its flam...

As inflation surges around the world, politicians are scrambling for ways to keep food affordable as people increasingly protest the soaring cost of living. One knee-jerk response has been food export bans aimed at protecting domestic prices and supp...

Jakarta [Indonesia], July 23 (ANI): A 5.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province on Saturday, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. According to Xinhua News Agency, the quake hit at 14:35 loca...

© Provided by Xinhua BOGOR, Indonesia, July 23 (Xinhua) -- In Indonesia's Bogor, special handmade toys are becoming popular especially among young people. The insect robotic toys, made from recycled materials, are sold to customers as gifts or decor...

Philip Morris, the maker of Marlboro and L&M cigarettes, will give up its presence in Russia by 2023Philip Morris International CEO Jacek Olczak said on Thursday that the tobacco firm will wrap up its business in Russia by the end of the year. The co...

CHONGQING, July 22 (Xinhua) -- The New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, an important trade and logistics passage, transported 216,000 TEUs of goods in the first half of 2022, up 30.3 percent year on year. The corridor, jointly built by provinci...

JAKARTA, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Just one month after being declared free from bankruptcy, Indonesian flag carrier Garuda Indonesia announced Friday that it had added three Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft to its operation and would increase its flight frequen...

JAKARTA, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia was mulling the rollout of the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccines as the pandemic is predicted to last longer than expected and the antibodies decline after six months of inoculation, Health Ministry spokesman Moh...

JAKARTA, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan said Friday that the government was mulling over a plan to revoke the domestic market obligation (DMO), a policy for mandatory local sales, to boost crude palm oil (CPO) exports an...

BEIJING, July 21 (Xinhua) -- At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Joko Widodo of the Republic of Indonesia will visit China from July 25 to 26, Chinese Foreign Ministry spoke

BEIJING, July 21 (Xinhua) -- At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Joko Widodo of the Republic of Indonesia will visit China from July 25 to 26, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced Thursday. In response...

JAKARTA, July 21 (Xinhua) -- An aircraft of the Indonesian low-cost airline Citilink was forced to make an emergency landing Thursday morning at Juanda International Airport in the Indonesian province of East Java after its pilot had a health emergen...

JAKARTA, July 21 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised its forecast for Indonesia's economic growth in 2022 to 5.2 percent, up from its April projection of 5.0 due to healthy domestic demand and steady export growth. In the Asian D...

Beijing [China], July 21 (ANI): At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indonesian President Joko Widodo will visit China next week, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced Thursday. The visit will take place from July...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran basketball team lost to Jordan 91-76 in the quarterfinal round of the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup on Wednesday. - Sports news - Iran's Mohammad Jamshidi scored 23 points and Dar Tucker chipped in 29 points for Jordan.Iran started the ...

Cambridge [England], July 20 (ANI): Findings from a recent study looking at how neophobia, or the fear of new things, affects birds may be crucial in saving critically endangered species. The findings of the research were published in the journal 'Ro...

JAKARTA -- The Indonesian government is speeding up the construction of the Herbal and Horticulture Technology Science Park (TSTH2) in North Sumatra province as the country's "super priority" tourism destination, a government official said Wednesday....

JAKARTA, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's investment realization rose 35.5 percent year on year in the second quarter of this year, amid global economic uncertainties over the conflict in Ukraine and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior gover...

JAKARTA, July 20 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government is speeding up the construction of the Herbal and Horticulture Technology Science Park (TSTH2) in North Sumatra province as the country's "super priority" tourism destination, a government offici...

Taipei [Taiwan], July 20 (ANI): India's Parupalli Kashyap made a winning start to his campaign at Taipei Open 2022, defeating Chi Yu Jen of Chinese Taipei in the first round of the men's singles category on Wednesday. Kashyap defeated his opposition ...

Bali [Indonesia], July 20 (ANI): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted 46 km southwest of Bengkulu in Indonesia on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said. The tremor was felt at 2346 GMT and the epicentre, with a depth of 57.17 km, was initial...

MPV sales are on the rise. Maruti Ertiga is currently the highest-selling MPV, with 10,423 units sold in June 2022. Other popular MPVs like Carens sold 7,895 units in the same month. Total MPV sales in India are over 25,000 units a month. This is a t...

Bogor, Indonesia - East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said Tuesday during a visit to Indonesia that he hoped to boost trade ties between the countries and seal a decades-long bid by his nation to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (AS...

CAIRO -- At least 22 people were killed and 33 others injured Tuesday in a bus-truck accident on the desert road of Minya Province in southern Egypt. "A passenger bus traveling to Cairo from the southern Province of Sohag crashed into the back of a t...

JAKARTA, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Timor-Leste is hoping to be able to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) when Indonesia becomes the chair of the ASEAN next year, the country's President Jose Ramos-Horta said during his visit to Indone...

PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia collected 3.26 billion U.S. dollars from all sources of taxes in the first half of 2022, up 22 percent from 2.67 billion dollars over the same period last year, according to a statement on Tuesday. The Southeast Asian country h...

JAKARTA, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo and President of Timor-Leste Jose Ramos-Horta agreed to strengthen cooperation in the economic sector during a bilateral meeting held here at the Bogor Presidential Palace on Tuesday. "We ...

JAKARTA, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia has detected cases of the highly contagious COVID-19 subvariant Omicron BA.2.75, or Centaurus, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said. "One case is in Bali, an international traveler, and the other two are in ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia: Indonesia's finance ministry said it has scrapped its export levy on all palm oil products until 31st August. The move is a new attempt to boost exports and reduce high inventories, without disrupting government revenues, it added...

Taipei [Taiwan], July 19 (ANI): India's mixed doubles pair of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto sailed into the second round of the Taipei Open 2022 on Tuesday. The Indian duo were tough in their 21-15, 21-8 victory over the world No. 95 Israeli du...

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 19 (ANI): Days after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approved of importing coal from Afghanistan, Kabul raised coal prices tonne for Pakistan, two days ahead of a visit by a delegation from Islamabad. The Taliban gov...

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 19 (ANI): Pakistan's economy which is already in a vulnerable position thanks to decades of corruption, mismanagement, and unstable governance, is now in a danger to collapse due to the economic fallouts of the Russia-Ukrai...

CANBERRA -- Australia's health minister has said that the "real number" of COVID-19 cases in the country is likely to double that which is being reported daily. Mark Butler on Tuesday warned the third wave of Omicron variant infections that Australia...

MADRID -- Spain's health ministry said on Monday that 510 people died from heat-related causes in the first week of a heatwave when the mercury reached 45 degrees Celcius in some parts of the country. The fatalities were reported by the Carlos III He...

ABU DHABI, 13th July, 2022 (WAM) -- Mubadala Petroleum, the Abu Dhabi headquartered international energy company, today announced that the dri...

BALI, 8th July, 2022 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, partici...

BALI, 7th July, 2022 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met with Su...

BALI, 6th July, 2022 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met with Re...

ABU DHABI, 4th July, 2022 (WAM) -- Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, said the comprehensive economic partne...

ABU DHABI, 1st July, 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan witnessed the signing of the UAE-Indonesia Compre...

By Binsal Abdulkader ABU DHABI, 1st July, 2022 (WAM) -- The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) signed between Indonesia and...

By Binsal Abdulkader ABU DHABI, 1st July, 2022 (WAM) -- The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) signed between Indonesia and t...

ABU DHABI, 1st July, 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received Joko Widodo, President of Indonesi...

ABU DHABI, 1st July, 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia, performe...

ABU DHABI, 16th June, 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received the Coordinating Minister for Mari...

ABU DHABI, 16th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, Minister of State for Defence Affairs, has received General Luhut Binsar Pa...

DUBAI, 6th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Nasdaq Dubai today welcomed the listing of two Sukuk tranches issued by the Government of Indonesia, with a tot...

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...