JAKARTA, Jan 11 — Indonesian President Joko Widodo acknowledged on Wednesday a series of incidents amounting to 'gross human rights violations' had taken place in his country's past, including the bloodshed and arrests that took place in 1965 and 1966.

BEVERLY HILLS, California, Jan 11 — Young "Elvis" star Austin Butler and veteran actress Michelle Yeoh took home top movie awards at the Golden Globes ceremony on Tuesday as Hollywood returned and embraced a show that had been knocked off television by a diversity and ethics scandal.

JAKARTA, Jan 10 — Efforts by Indonesian authorities to trace Malaysian cargo vessel MV Dai Cat 06 which was reported missing from the waters of Pemangkat, west Kalimantan have not been successful, according to local media reports.

MADRID (Spain), Jan 9 — Chinese social media company TikTok must remember to respect European Union rules, including transparency requirements regarding its algorithms, Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton said on Monday.

BOGOR, Indonesia — Indonesia and Malaysia, the world's biggest producers of palm oil, agreed on Monday to work together to fight "discrimination" against the commodity after a meeting between leaders from the countries.

BOGOR (West Java), Jan 9 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who is on a two-day official visit to Indonesia will be holding discussions with Indonesian President Joko Widodo or better known as Jokowi at the Bogor Presidential Palace today.

BEIJING, Jan 9 — As China opened its borders on Sunday after three years of restrictions that were implemented due to Covid-19, the test samples of coronavirus-positive passengers arriving from abroad will be analysed to determine the variant.

Reuters, Jan 8 — Twitter Inc made further staff cuts in the trust and safety team handling global content moderation and in the unit related to hate speech and harassment, Bloomberg news reported on Saturday.

TOKYO, Jan 8 — A Jetstar flight made an emergency landing at Chubu Centrair International Airport in central Japan on Saturday due to a bomb threat, though no device was found, officials said.

BANGKOK, Jan 7 — Thailand has reported its first case of the new Covid variant, XAY.2.

HONG KONG/BEIJING, Jan 7 — China is in talks with Pfizer Inc to secure a licence that will allow domestic drugmakers to manufacture and distribute a generic version of the U.S.

SHANGHAI, Jan 7 — Ant Group said on Saturday its founder Jack Ma will no longer control the Chinese fintech giant, as the firm seeks to draw a line under a regulatory crackdown that was triggered soon after its mammoth stock market debut was scuppered two years ago.

TOKYO, Jan 7 — A domestic flight operated by low-cost carrier Jetstar Japan Co made an emergency landing on Saturday morning at an airport in central Japan following a bomb threat, local media reported.

WASHINGTON, Jan 7 — Fast food titan McDonald's is planning to cut some of its corporate staff, Sputnik quoted a CNN report citing a company memorandum.

MEXICO CITY, Jan 7 — Mexican security forces captured on Thursday (January 5) drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, a son of jailed kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, triggering a wave of violence ahead of a visit by US President Joe Biden next week.

GENEVA, Jan 7 — Reduced working hours and more flexible working time arrangements, such as those used during the Covid-19 crisis, can bring benefits for economies, businesses and workers, such as greater productivity and improved work-life balance, a new report released by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Friday (January 6) found.

HO CHI MINH CITY, Jan 6 — Almost four in five travellers in Asia are eager to travel internationally in 2023 as concerns over inflation and rising costs are unlikely to stop them from packing their bags, reported a new study conducted by Klook in November 2022.

JAKARTA, Jan 6 — Almost 1 million people in Indonesia lost their jobs due to layoff in the first 11 months of 2022, the republic’s Employers’ Association (APINDO) said, citing data from the unemployment claims filed to the workers' social security agency, BPJS Ketenagakerjaan.

SINGAPORE, Jan 6 — Southeast Asia's tourist economies are set to be leading beneficiaries of China's scrapping of travel bans as they have steered clear of the Covid-19 tests before entry that Europe, Japan and the United States have imposed on Chinese visitors.

BANGKOK, Jan 6 — Thailand would not require tourists – including from China – to undergo a pre-departure Covid-19 test.