Tag: Indonesia
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Syria, Indonesia to enhance bilateral relations
Damascus, SANA- Syria and Indonesia discussed on Tuesday the importance of boosting bilateral relations between the two countries. Speaker of People’s Assembly, Hamouda Sabbagh, received an Indonesian parliamentary delegation, headed by Fadli Zon, Chairman of the Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee at the House of Representatives. Sabbagh hailed Indonesia’s stances in support of the Syrian issues and…
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Biden says it’s ‘unlikely’ the missile that hit Poland was fired from Russia
President Joe Biden of the United States arrives at the formal welcome ceremony to mark the beginning of the G20 Summit on November 15, 2022 in Nusa Dua, Indonesia. Leon Neal | Pool | via Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden said it is unlikely that the missile that hit Poland and killed two people was…
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Indonesia’s GoTo reports wider nine-month loss
Motorcyclists travel past a billboard advertising GoTo’s initial public offering in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday, April 8, 2022. GoTo, formed through the merger of Gojek with e-commerce pioneer Tokopedia, raised $1.1 billion in one of the worlds biggest stock debuts this year and is slated to list in Jakarta April 11. Dimas Ardian | Bloomberg…
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Electric car sales surged by 55% in 2022 to hit over 10 million: IEA
Electric vehicles from Tesla photographed in China. The world’s second largest economy is a major player when it comes to the sale of electric vehicles. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Electric car sales jumped to more than 10 million last year, with China accounting for roughly 60% of the market, according to…
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Plastic pollution credits could be the new carbon offsets
Humanity has produced over 9.5 billion metric tons of plastic. That’s over one metric ton, aka 2,200 pounds, per each of the Earth’s 7.9 billion inhabitants. That plastic doesn’t go away. “All the plastic we’ve ever produced since the inception of the material is still here,” said David Katz, Founder and Chairman of Plastic Bank,…
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Monsoon rains force halt in Indonesia quake rescue efforts
Residents move to a safer place after a 3.9-magnitude aftershock in Cugenang, Cianjur on November 23, 2022, following a 5.6-magnitude earthquake that hit the area on November 21.(Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP) (Photo by ADEK BERRY/AFP via Getty Images) Adek Berry | Afp | Getty Images Searchers in Indonesia on Wednesday rescued a 6-year-old…
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Hong Kong retains spot as most expensive business destination in Asia
Hong Kong has been named the most expensive location in Asia for business travelers — for the second year in a row, according to a new report. ECA International’s latest Daily Rates research ranked countries based on costs for short trip expenses: four-star hotel rooms, meals, laundry, alcoholic and soft drinks, journeys by taxi and…
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Tips from eFishery founder Gibran Huzaifah on running a profitable start-up
Indonesian Gibran Huzaifah Amsi El Farizy is no stranger to the start-up world. While he was still a college student, Farizy started his own fish-rearing business — and by the time he graduated in 2012, he was managing 76 ponds. Now at 33, Farizy runs Indonesia-based startup eFishery, which developed products such as automatic feeders…
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Does being a digital nomad save money? It depends on where you go
Sipping a cold pint of beer in Budapest can cost $2. Dinner for two in a pub in Prague? About $22. And a month’s rental for a sleek studio apartment in the center of the Portuguese city of Porto can set you back $650. With these sorts of living costs, it’s no surprise that many are…
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Indonesia says economy is more resilient to absorb inflation shocks
Indonesia is taking steps to make its economy more resilient so it can withstand global shocks like inflation, especially from the United States, said Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati. As the world’s largest economy, what the U.S. does has strong implications worldwide, including Indonesia, said the minister. To fight inflation, the U.S. has hiked interest…