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Indonesian navy drives away Rohingya boat
Reuters, Published on 29/12/2023
» JAKARTA - An Indonesian navy vessel in Aceh drove away a boat carrying Rohingya from Myanmar, a military spokesperson said, as growing numbers of would-be refugees from the strife-torn country face hostility from local residents.
Indonesia signals about-face on COP26 zero-deforestation pledge
Reuters, Published on 04/11/2021
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's environment minister has dismissed as "inappropriate and unfair" a global plan to end deforestation by 2030, days after her country, home to a third of the world's rainforests, was among more than 100 that made the zero-deforestation pledge.
Ramadan rule-breakers: Indonesians try to beat Eid exodus ban
AFP, Published on 23/05/2020
» JAKARTA - Indonesians are turning to smugglers and bogus travel documents to get around bans on an annual end-of-Ramadan exodus that could send coronavirus cases skyrocketing in the world's biggest Muslim majority nation.
Raincoats and donations: Indonesia's doctors battle virus surge
AFP, Published on 16/04/2020
» Reduced to sharing goggles and cheap raincoats, Indonesia's under-equipped doctors are battling a tide of coronavirus infections that is overwhelming its creaky health-care system -- and killing their colleagues.