JAKARTA — With the Islamic month of Ramadan now over, a familiar sight has returned to the streets of daytime Jakarta: street vendors serving up chicken porridge, and everyone from office workers to delivery drivers perched on plastic stools around the steaming carts, digging into a bowl of the congee-like breakfast staple.
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ROKAN HULU/PADANG/CENTRAL ACEH, Indonesia — In separate incidents in early March, officials across three Indonesian provinces rescued a critically endangered Sumatran tiger with its leg amputated, arrested six people for butchering another of the big cats, and detained five suspects in rural Aceh allegedly selling tiger body parts.
Palestine Solidarity Since 1997, Hebron has been separated into two zones, H1 and H2 under Palestinian and Israeli administration respectively. About 1,000 settlers live in the heart of the city of 225,000 inhabitants. The Palestinians are subjected to daily harassment by the Israeli soldiers and settlers.
Across continents, “sacrifice zones” resemble wounds carved deep into the fabric of our planet. These are regions where ecosystems and livelihoods have been ravaged by fossil fuel and other industries that promise progress but leave devastation in their wake.
The Trump administration wants to slash health care under the guise of “government efficiency. ” In case you wondered how sincere that rationale is, they also want to funnel unprecedented sums to a military that can’t even pass an audit.
Unprecedented numbers of emaciated dugongs have washed up dead along Thailand’s Andaman Sea coast over the past three years, prompting marine scientists to urgently investigate what’s driving their decline.
On Tuesday, at the Central American Security Conference, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged that the Trump administration would “take back” the Panama Canal to contest “China’s influence. ”
On Tuesday, at the Central American Security Conference, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged that the Trump administration would “take back” the Panama Canal to contest “China’s influence. ”