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Chinese and Indonesian leaders pledge deeper ties after rare Beijing summit
In this photo released by the Press and Media Bureau of the Indonesian Presidential Palace, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, left, pose for photographers with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during their meeting in Beijing, China, Tuesday, July, 26, 2022. Widodo arrived in Beijing on Monday night on the first stop of a trip that will also take him to Japan and South Korea later this week. (Laily Rachev/Indonesian Presidential Palace via AP)
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G20 finance meetings in Bali overshadowed by war in Ukraine
Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, right, and Central Bank Governor Perry Warjiyo attend a press conference at the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, on Saturday, July 16, 2022. (Sonny Tumbelaka/Pool Photo via AP)
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G20 talks overshadowed by Ukraine war as host Indonesia seeks consensus
Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani, second left, delivers her speech during the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Friday, July 15, 2022. Top financial officials from the Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations are gathering on the Indonesian island of Bali for meetings that begin Friday. (Sonny Tumbelaka/Pool photo via AP)
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Russia attends G20 meeting set to be dominated by conflict in Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Denpasar, Indonesia July 7, 2022. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT.
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Ukrainian Canadian Congress calls on Trudeau to lead effort to expel Russia from G20
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau participates in a gun violence roundtable at Rexdale Community Centre in Toronto, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. The Ukrainian Canadian Congress wants Justin Trudeau to lead a campaign to expel Russia from the G20. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
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25 missing after ferry sinks in Indonesia
This handout picture taken and released on May 28, 2022 by the Indonesian Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows a rescue team evacuating some survivors after a ferry with 43 passengers sank in the the Makassar strait. - Twenty-six people were missing on May 28 after a ferry ran out of fuel and sank in bad weather off the coast of Indonesia, officials said. (Photo by Handout / Indonesia Search and Rescue (BASARNAS) / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Indonesia Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by HANDOUT/Indonesia Search and Rescue (BAS/AFP via Getty Images)
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How to reduce your grocery bills in seven easy steps
Hand of a woman adding hazelnuts in pasta and pumpkin dish. Female chef making a dish of pasta, pumpkin and mushroom.
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Vancouver man faces deportation from Bali for alleged naked dance on sacred volcano
This handout photo taken on April 25, 2022 and released on April 26 by the Bali Immigration Office shows Canadian tourist Jeffrey Craigen detained by immigration authorities in Denpasar, on Indonesia's resort island of Bali. - Craigen is facing deportation from Indonesia's Bali island after a video of him dancing naked at a sacred mountain went viral. (Photo by Handout / BALI IMMIGRATION OFFICE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / BALI IMMIGRATION OFFICE" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by HANDOUT/BALI IMMIGRATION OFFICE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Landslide kills 12 women at illegal gold mine in Indonesia
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Melanie Joly to travel to Indonesia and Vietnam to expand partnerships
Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, April 7, 2022. Canada's foreign affairs minister is travelling to Asia for meetings to expand partnerships and engage with nations as part of the government's forthcoming Canadian Indo-Pacific Strategy. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Olivier Matthys
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Indonesia greets Ramadan with mass prayer as COVID-19 restrictions ease
Muslim women perform an evening prayer called 'tarawih' that marks the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, April 2, 2022. During Ramadan Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
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Indonesia seeks longer shelf life for vaccine donations as millions of COVID-19 shots expire
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 29, 2022 a nurse administers a Pfizer booster vaccine for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Jakarta on March 29, 2022. - The United States March 29, 2022 authorized a fourth dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna Covid-19 vaccines for people 50 and older, as authorities warn of a possible new wave driven by the BA.2 variant. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP) (Photo by ADEK BERRY/AFP via Getty Images)
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Globe Climate: What does it take to move an entire city?
Skyline of Central Jakarta, as seen from an apartment on Jalan Panjang, West Jakarta, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. Urban density and traffic congestion are some of the main reasons of the relocation of the capital city of Indonesia to the regencies of Panajem Paser Utara and Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, due to be built by 2024.
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How to move a capital city: An exclusive look at Indonesia’s plan to replace sinking, polluted Jakarta
Aerial view from the fire lookout tower at Bukit Soedarsono, of the designated site of the new capital city of Indonesia on the land of IHM (ITCI Hutani Manunggal). Visit accompanied by Public Relations officer of IHM Turunen sector, Hasanuddin, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. Land owned by IHM – a private company that provides raw materials for paper – about 256,000 hectares (633,000 acres) will be used for the construction of the new capital city. The central government area will utilize 5,644 hectares (14,000 acres) of the land. The land is an industrial forest, mainly of eucalyptus and acacia trees. The new capital city of Indonesia in the regencies of Panajem Paser Utara and Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, is due to be built by 2024.
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Earthquake measuring 6.2 kills at least seven, injures more in west Indonesia
Primary school students evacuate from the school building after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Sumatra Island, Indonesia, February 25, 2022 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/ Iggo El Fitra/ via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. INDONESIA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN INDONESIA.
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Trapped in Indonesia, Rohingya struggle to get by as laws block their path to asylum elsewhere
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Indonesia passes law to relocate capital to remote Borneo
Heavy machinery (R) is used to load coal onto trucks at the Karya Citra Nusantara (KCN) Marunda port in Jakarta on January 17, 2022, after Indonesia eased an export ban on the commodity. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP) (Photo by ADEK BERRY/AFP via Getty Images)
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Indonesian officials aim to wrap up discussions this weekend on whether to lift ban on coal exports
Workers walk near a tugboat carrying coal barges at a port in Palembang, South Sumatra province, Indonesia, on Jan. 4.
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Stricken boat with more than 100 Rohingya allowed to dock in Indonesia
Rohingya children are seen on a boat waiting for evacuation as they arrive at a port in Krueng Geukuh near Lhokseumawe, North Aceh, Indonesia, December 31, 2021, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Syifa Yulinnas/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. INDONESIA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN INDONESIA.
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Indonesia allows Boeing’s 737 Max to fly again three years after deadly Lion Air crash
FILE PHOTO: A Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 airplane is parked on the tarmac of Soekarno Hatta International airport near Jakarta, Indonesia, March 15, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo