Tag: Indonesia

• Tuesday, January 7th 2025 - 07:13 UTC

  Indonesia joins BRICS as full member, Brasilia confirms

  

  Brazil's government confirmed Monday that Indonesia had joined the BRICS bloc as a full member, making it the first country to do so this year, Agencia Brasil reported. The alliance now has the fourth largest population on the planet, with the new partner's 284 million inhabitants making it the 10th largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity, according to the World Bank.

• Tuesday, April 11th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Brazilian President announces alliance with Indonesia and Congo

  

  In an exclusive TV interview marking his first 100 days in office, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced on Monday (10) that he will meet in June with his colleagues from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia to launch an alliance between the countries that hold the largest rainforests on the planet, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  Indonesia earthquake toll reaches 310 dead

  

  Search and rescue teams in Indonesia have so far retrieved 310 bodies after Tuesday's 5.6-degree tremor that hit the Cianjur region in the country’s West Java province, it was reported Friday. The whereabouts of at least 24 people are still unknown and over 36,000 residents have been displaced, the authorities also said.

• Wednesday, November 16th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Brazil signs biodiversity deal with Indonesia and Congo

  

  Brazil's Foreign Ministry announced that the South American country had reached a biodiversity agreement with Indonesia and Congo to preserve their respective tropical rainforests, which are the largest in the world.

• Friday, November 11th 2022 - 10:54 UTC

  Alberto Fernández and Macron review world issues in Paris

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Thursday met with his French colleague Emmanuel Macron in Paris on the first stop of his new international tour that will later bring him to the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia.

• Monday, March 14th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  State-Owned Enterprises essential in global recovery, G20 reviews

  

  Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair last week played a key role during discussions in Jakarta regarding global health actions towards a prompt recovery. State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) were found to be pivotal in this regard. Indonesia this year presides over the G20.

• Monday, April 26th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  Indonesian submarine found at sea bottom cracked in three - all 53 crew dead

  

  The Government of Indonesia has announced the missing KRI Nanggala-402 submarine, which disappeared about 60 miles off the coast of Bali early on Wednesday morning, has been found split in three on the seafloor - none of the 53 crew survived.

• Tuesday, February 23rd 2021 - 13:29 UTC

  Halal chicken dispute blocks Brazil/Indonesia free trade talks

  

  Brazil should only begin free trade talks with Indonesia if it adopts recommendations made by a World Trade Organization panel in 2017 after a dispute over halal chicken, Brazil's meat lobby ABPA said in a letter sent to three government ministries.

• Saturday, February 20th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  Some 45 pilot whales stranded on an Indonesian beach: three survive

  

  Regional officials on the northeastern Indonesian island of Madura said on Friday at least 45 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach there have died, while rescuers managed to push three back out to sea.

• Saturday, December 26th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Indonesia asks Brazil for data on the Chinese vaccine

  

  With the slow development of its own phase three clinical trial of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate, Indonesia said it has asked for data from Brazil, where a similar trial is progressing smoothly.