Facebook will scale back ALL political content in US news feeds – including posts from family and friends – in coming weeks to ‘turn down the temperature’ Facebook will start scaling back all political content in its News Feed for some users over the next few months The company said on Wednesday it would temporarily … Read more
Powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesian island of Sumatra The quake hit about 217 kilometres south-southwest of the city of Bengkulu It struck at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres at 7:52 pm local time (1252 GMT) It comes weeks after another powerful earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing 84 people, injuring 932, and impacting over 40,000 … Read more
Indonesia is the hardest major country to place on a map, according to a study. In a survey, participants from around the world were asked to pinpoint countries on an interactive map and a ranking of the top 20 countries people struggled to find was then drawn up. Indonesia came top of the ranking with … Read more
An age-defying grandmother who still models swimsuits in her 60s and often gets mistaken for being 20 years younger reveals her top five tips for looking and feeling young. Leslie Carleton, who spends her time living between her homes in Bali, Indonesia, and Los Angeles, has modeled in magazines, catalogs, television commercials and billboard ads around … Read more
The death toll from an earthquake that struck Indonesia’s West Sulawesi province on Friday has risen to 73 as experts warn another quake could trigger a tsunami. More than 820 people were injured and over 27,800 fled their homes after the 6.2-magnitude quake hit, a spokesman from the disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said. Some sought … Read more
A black box from an Indonesian jet which crashed minutes after take-off last week has confirmed that both engines were working when it smashed into the sea. Divers hoisted the flight data recorder (FDR) of the Sriwijaya Air plane from the seabed and downloaded the data in hopes of solving the mystery surrounding the cause … Read more
Monkeys at a Bali temple steal PHONES from tourists and demand food before giving them back in ‘unprecedented example of animal economics’, scientists discover Researchers studied behaviour of macaque monkeys living at Uluwata temple Found they steal items from tourists and barter food for their safe return Older monkeys also try and nab high-value items … Read more
An image of a warty pig painted onto the wall of an Indonesian cave some 45,500 years ago may be the ‘world’s oldest-known figurative artwork’, a study has claimed. Researchers from Australia and Indonesia found the painting of the native wild boar on the rear wall of the Leang Tedongnge cave in the south of … Read more
A Boeing 737 passenger jet with 62 people onboard is believed to have crashed into the sea after plummeting 10,000 feet shortly following takeoff from Jakarta, with witnesses claiming they heard two explosions. The Sriwijaya Air plane took off from Soekarno-Hatta international airport on Saturday at 1.56pm for a 90-minute flight over the Java Sea between Jakarta and … Read more
Boeing 737 jet with 50 passengers onboard VANISHES over sea after ‘falling 10,000ft’ on takeoff from Indonesian capital Jakarta By Jemma Carr For Mailonline Published: 10:56 GMT, 9 January 2021 | Updated: 11:00 GMT, 9 January 2021 A Boeing 737 passenger jet carrying 50 passengers has disappeared over the sea after plummeting 10,000 feet shortly after … Read more