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Yemen prisoner swap starts as truce talks set for second round
AFP, Published on 14/04/2023
» SANAA - Hundreds of captives from Yemen's brutal civil war were set to be reunited with friends and family as a major prisoner swap started on Friday, hours after truce talks broke up with an agreement to meet again.
Praying for victory: Ukraine Muslims mark Ramadan
AFP, Published on 04/04/2023
» UNDISCLOSED LOCATION (UKRAINE) - Muslims are observing Ramadan in war-ridden Ukraine for a second year, and most people praying at a mosque near the eastern front line this week were soldiers in camouflage fatigues.
Phuket eyes Saudi, Australian markets
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 04/06/2022
» Phuket tourism operators are banking on promising markets such as Australia and Saudi Arabia to support the industry during the low season.
Indonesia to drop outdoor mask mandate
Reuters, Published on 17/05/2022
» JAKARTA: Indonesia will no longer require people to mask up outdoors, its president said on Tuesday, as Covid-19 infections decline in the Southeast Asian country.
At least 10 killed as bomb rips through mosque in Afghan capital
AFP, Published on 30/04/2022
» KABUL - A bomb blast in the Afghan capital ripped through a Sunni mosque and killed at least 10 worshippers on Friday, interior ministry officials said, the latest in a wave of attacks that have rocked the country during the fasting month of Ramadan.
Palm oil surges 5% as market prepares for Indonesia export ban
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/04/2022
» Palm oil jumped more than 5%, while rival soybean oil hit a fresh record high as traders prepare for the start of Indonesia’s export halt.
Indonesia to allow key palm oil exports, sparking price swings
Published on 25/04/2022
» Palm oil slumped on prospects that top producer Indonesia’s surprise ban of cooking oil exports will not be strict as feared.
Palm oil soars on Indonesia ban in risk to global food inflation
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/04/2022
» Palm oil rallied after top producer Indonesia said it will ban all exports of cooking oil, a surprise move that threatens to worsen global food inflation and aggravate volatility in crop markets still reeling from the war.
Study shows 99% on Indonesia's most populous island have Covid antibodies
Reuters, Published on 18/04/2022
» JAKARTA: Almost all residents of Indonesia's most populous island of Java have antibodies against COVID-19, owing to a combination of prior infection and vaccination against the virus, a government-commissioned survey showed.
Slow start to Bali reopening
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/12/2021
» Wayan Sentiani, 36, is earning barely a tenth of what she used to from selling T-shirts and sarongs near Kuta beach. For about a decade, she would get up to 2 million rupiah ($140) a day from mostly Australian, Chinese and European shoppers.