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A general view of the village forest or Hutan Desa of Lubuk Beringin from Bukit Bujang, Bungo district, Jambi province, Indonesia. Photo by Tri Saputro/CIFOR Science is increasingly finding evidence of the effectiveness of agroecological practices — such as mulching, intercropping, agroforestry, biological pest control and composting — as ways to address the interwoven global […]

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – State-owned railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) offers 18,576 train tickets at cheap prices starting from Rp100,000 to various destinations ahead of the Chinese New Year 2023. The promotion dubbed New Year Deals is aimed at improving the service to customers in coinciding with the 2023 New Year and Lunar New Year. […]

The US announced last year that it was planning to replace the aging F-15 fighter jets at the Kadena Air Force base in Japan with more capable and modern warplanes. Now, the US is relocating its fighters from Europe to the Japanese Air Base to fill the deficit left by the withdrawal. The Pentagon stated […]

Founded in Singapore in 1893, the Straits Philosophical Society was a society for the “critical discussion of questions in Philosophy, History, Theology, Literature, Science and Art”. Its membership was restricted to graduates of British and European universities, fellows of British or European learned societies and those with “distinguished merit in the opinion of the Society […]

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture accentuated that youth development is one of the priority programs in 2023 to realize excellent and quality human resources. “Youth development becomes a priority to realize quality human resources and generation,” the ministry’s Deputy for Coordination of Children, Women, and Youth Quality Improvement, Femmy […]

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Minister of Investment/Head of the Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Bahlil Lahadalia urged the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to support Indonesia’s chairmanship for ASEAN 2023. This was conveyed by Lahadalia during the courtesy meeting with Secretary-General of UNCTAD Rebeca Grynspan in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday (Jan 17). “Collaboration […]

Reuters Zurich, Switzerland   ●   Wed, January 18, 2023 2023-01-18 12:33 0 5c4ec6c0663df738e36394020c6d7753 2 Economy Zurich,World-Economic-Forum,Davos,US,China Free US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in Zurich on Wednesday for frank talks on the global economy, sovereign debt issues and climate change, as the world’s biggest economies work to repair frayed […]

FILE – The TikTok logo is seen on a cell phone on Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston. On Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, Wisconsin became the latest state to ban the use of TikTok on state phones and other devices, a move that comes amid a push for a federal ban and after nearly half of […]

Threats, advantages seen in China’s shrinking population BEIJING (AP) — For seven decades, China’s Communist Party has ruled the world’s most populous country. As the nation’s population crests and begins to shrink, experts say, it will face challenges ranging from supporting the elderly to filling the ranks of its military. Population growth has been slowing […]

VIETNAM, January 17 – HÀ NỘI — Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vương Đình Huệ and Speaker of the Republic of Korea National Assembly Kim Jin-pyo had official talks on Tuesday in Hà Nội as the latter is on an official visit to Việt Nam. The Vietnamese top legislator appreciated the fact that this […]