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Indonesia, Saudi Arabia agree on strategic cooperation worth 27 bln USD
Xinhua News Agency
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JAKARTA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia and Saudi Arabia have agreed on business cooperation worth some 27 billion U.S. dollars in various sectors, including clean energy, petrochemical industries, aviation fuel services, healthcare,...
Indonesia, Australia eye to enhance biosecurity partnership
Antara
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July 3, 2025
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Agricultural Quarantine Agency (Barantin) and Australia's Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry (DAFF) agreed to enhance cooperation to improve biosecurity and quarantine systems, as well as market...
Indonesia Denounces Israeli Assault Killing Gaza Hospital Director
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN) Indonesia sharply criticized an Israeli assault that claimed the lives of Marwan Al Sultan, the director of the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza, and his family, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported Thursday. The Indonesian government...
Indonesians in Johor bus crash had just landed at KLIA
The Malaysian Star
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July 3, 2025
BATU PAHAT: The bus involved in a pre-dawn crash at KM80.7 of the North-South Expressway (PLUS) was carrying 45 Indonesian plantation workers who had just arrived from Lombok, Indonesia. The Consul of the Consulate-General of the Republic of...
Indonesia’s free meal programme faces backlash after food poisonings
The New Zealand Herald
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July 3, 2025
It was slated to reach as many as 17.5 million children this year to the tune of US$4.3 billion ($7b). But so far it has only served five million students nationwide from January to mid-June, according to the Finance Ministry. The poisoning issues...
Indonesia finds 31 survivors as ferry sinks near Bali
United News of Bangladesh
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Rescue operations were underway on Thursday to locate 29 missing people after a ferry sank off Indonesia's popular resort island of Bali, leaving at least five dead. According to the National Search and Rescue Agency, 31 people were rescued from...
Indonesian rescuers search for 30 missing people after ferry sinks near Bali
The Globe and Mail
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July 3, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Indonesia rescue team members sail on dinghies during a search operation for missing passengers, on Thursday.Johannes P. Christo/Reuters Indonesian authorities intensified on Friday a search operation for 30 people...
Medical collegia, professionalism and the threat of an overreaching state
The Jakarta Post
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henever a physician steps into an operating room to perform a medical procedure, society trusts them with confidence, believing they have completed years of thorough education, rigorous hands-on training and fair evaluation. This trust isn't...
Indonesia, Saudi Arabia agree on 27 billion dollars investment
Antara
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July 3, 2025
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia and Saudi Arabia agreed to invest 27 billion US dollars, or around 437 trillion rupiah, in various fields, including clean energy, petrochemicals, and aviation fuel services. The investment was formalized during a...
General : Indonesia Calls For Stronger AICHR Role In Advancing ASEAN Human Rights
Bernama
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July 8, 2025
By Mohd Iswandi Kasan Anuar JAKARTA, July 8 (Bernama) -- Indonesian Foreign Minister, Sugiono, on Tuesday called for a more responsive and impactful ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), urging deeper collaboration and...
Indonesia: Passenger Ferry Sinks Off Bali Island; 4 Dead, Over 30 Missing
News24
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July 3, 2025
Four people have been confirmed dead after a ferry carrying dozens of people and vehicles sank in the Bali Strait, of Indonesia, local media reported on Thursday. Indonesia news agency, Antara, said the Tunu Pratama Jaya roll-on/roll-off vessel...
BRICS summit ends on health issues and role of global south countries
Africanews
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July 8, 2025
Leaders from the bloc's 11 member countries and invited partners gathered for the last session to discuss global health, climate challenges, and COP30, set to take place in Brazil in November. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva opened...
Indonesia rescuers find dozens of survivors in ongoing search after ferry sinks near Bali
NBC News
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July 3, 2025
GILIMANUK, Indonesia — Rescuers were searching Thursday for 29 people who were missing after a ferry sank and five people died the previous night near Indonesia's resort island of Bali. As of Thursday afternoon, 31 people had been rescued from the...
Indonesia: Rescuers find 31 survivors after ferry sinks near Bali, says NSRA
Mint
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July 3, 2025
Rescuers were searching Thursday for 29 people who were missing after a ferry sank and five people died the previous night near Indonesia’s resort island of Bali. As of Thursday afternoon, 31 people had been rescued from the ferry's 53 passengers...
Prabowo’s Brics debut puts Indonesia’s Asean ties and US relations to the test, analysts say
The Straits Times
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July 8, 2025
JAKARTA – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s debut at the Brics summit in Brazil marked a bold step in Jakarta’s bid to elevate its global standing, though analysts warned the diplomatic milestone could strain ties with the rest of Asean, the...
Ferry sinking: Police deploy medical team to autopsy bodies
Antara
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July 8, 2025
Banyuwangi, East Java (ANTARA) - The East Java Regional Police’s disaster victim identification (DVI) team has deployed 31 medical personnel to autopsy the bodies of KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya passengers who died after the ferry sank in the Bali...
Indonesia free meal plan stunted by poisonings
Cebu Daily News
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July 3, 2025
This picture taken on June 23, 2025 shows elementary schoolchildren eating food prepared by the government’s free meal program at a classroom in Jakarta. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto touted the populist scheme as a solution to the high...
AIRS Medical Earns Expanded MDR Certification for AI-Powered MRI Image Enhancement Solution SwiftMR™
WISC Channel 3000 - Wisconsin
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SEOUL, South Korea, July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- AIRS Medical, a leader in AI solutions for diagnostic imaging, has received Medical Device Regulation (MDR) certification from the European Union (EU) for SwiftMR across all body parts. This...
Swiss Re & UNDP collaborate on parametric coral reef insurance for Indonesia
Reinsurance News
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July 8, 2025
Supported by the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA) through the UK’s Blue Planet Fund, the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Insurance & Risk Finance Facility (IRFF) is partnering with Swiss Re and the Indonesian...
Indonesia ferry sinks leaving 4 dead, 30 missing
Al Bawaba
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ALBAWABA - Indonesia's rescue authorities said that at least four people were confirmed dead after a ferry sank in rough seas on its way to Bali Island. Moreover, the rescue authorities added that 31 people were saved, while 30 others are still...