Indonesia

Children among 30 killed in Indonesia matchstick factory fire

8:50 pm June 21, 2019

Jakarta: At least 30 people, including several children, were killed when a fire ripped through a private home that operated as a matchstick factory in Indonesia on Friday, authorities said. Pictures from the scene showed blackened corpses lying on top of each other in the burnt-out house after the blaze, which authorities said broke out […]

Fantastic there is conversation: Chris Hemsworth on changing gender norms in cinema

10:40 pm June 14, 2019

Bali (Indonesia): Chris Hemsworth’s movie choices post his success as Thor have one thing in common — strong and independent female characters. The actor played a handsome but daft-headed secretary in an all-female reboot of “Ghostbusters” and in his latest “MIB: International”, he features as Agent H opposite the franchise’s first on-field woman agent, Agent […]

Shared meals and torch-lit parades: Indonesia Muslims welcome Ramadan

9:23 pm May 5, 2019

Banda Aceh (Indonesia): From cleaning up relatives’ graves and sharing food with the poor to holding colourful torch-lit street parades, millions of Indonesians are getting ready to welcome the holy month of Ramadan in the world’s populous Muslim-majority country. Ramadan begins on Monday, with devotees fasting from dawn to dusk until Eid celebrations marking the […]

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