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Elon Musk's Twitter lifts rule against Covid misinformation

Twitter said it has stopped enforcing a policy intended to prevent the spread of Covid misinformation, as new owner Elon Musk continues to remake its content moderation policies.

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William and Kate head to the US for first time in eight years

Prince William and his wife Kate head to the United States this week for their first visit in eight years. ...

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French baguettes get UNESCO heritage status

The French baguette -- one of the abiding symbols of the nation -- was given UNESCO heritage status on Wednesday. ...

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No bed of roses: Elma Lucyana’s “Chopin - Prelude in A Minor #1“ and “#2“ recalls bittersweet childhood memories. (JP/Tunggul Wirajuda)

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Artists Invite Artists exhibition highlights Indonesia’s rising creators

The 2madison café and gallery bring contemporary Indonesian from their art hub in South Jakarta’s hip Kemang district onto the wider world.

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Time to digitize: Prambors FM embraces the modern era by launching a YouTube channel, a downloadable mobile application and a partnership with other digital-focused applications.(YouTube/Screenshot)

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Radio stations fight or join their enemy, the streaming giants

The two-year global pandemic and the surge of digital streaming platforms have put Indonesia's radio stations on edge. Some of them, however, decided to adapt and embrace the changing times.

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Chilean craftswoman, Esperanza Eloiza Munoz poses with her pottery pieces in Quinchamal, Chile, on November 26, 2022. The black pottery made in the Chilean villages of Quinchamalí and Santa Cruz de Cuca, whose raw material is in danger of disappearing due to logging, was recognised by the UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding on November 29, 2022.

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Chile ceramics, Colombian wisdom get UNESCO heritage status

Two social traditions from South America were honored Tuesday as UNESCO recognized the rapidly disappearing skill required to make black pottery in Chile and the ancient knowledge of Colombian Indigenous groups as intangible cultural heritage practices.

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How film and TV can help the climate change battle

Fictional films and TV have immense power to shift attitudes on political issues, yet they remain little-used in debates over climate change.

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Noodling on: Bakmi Tjo-Kin opened on Jl. Cihapit not long after Grammars. The shop is located on the corner that Anton calls “the fault line” that divides Jl. Cihapit in two. (JP/Anindito Ariwandono)

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Is Jl. Cihapit’s newfound trendiness another case of gentrification?

As the iconic traditional market and its surroundings in Bandung face a surge of tourists in search of a hip scene, concerns have been raised about gentrification and shifting demography.

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A gallery assistant stands near 'Rest' by Oleksandr Syrotenko during the press preview of 'In the Eye of the Storm' an exhibition on Ukrainian avant-garde art in the first decades of the 20th century at the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum in Madrid on November 28, 2022.

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'More to offer' than war: Ukraine works on display at Madrid museum

Dozens of modern artworks removed from Kyiv to protect them from Russian strikes that have already done huge damage to Ukraine's cultural heritage will go on display at a Madrid museum on Tuesday.

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A detail of the first league football club FC Fehervar stadium is seen in Szekesfehervar, Hungary, on November 9, 2022.

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Lights go out on Hungary stadiums, theatres as energy crisis bites

Rocketing energy bills are forcing Hungary to shutter libraries, theatres, swimming pools and even its new football stadiums for winter.

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Taking action: Stevia Angesty started Feelwell Ceramics (FWC), aiming to bring safe sanitation to some of the poorest communities in Indonesia.

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What I’ve learned: Stevia Angesty, Feelwell Ceramics founder

Stevia Angesty left her career at McKinsey to start Feelwell Ceramics (FWC) and made it her mission to bring safe sanitation to some of the poorest communities in Indonesia.

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An image of Elon Musk is seen on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2022.

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Twitter owner Musk signals new 'war' against Apple

Twitter owner Elon Musk opened fire against Apple over its tight control of what is allowed on the App Store, saying the iPhone maker has threatened to oust Twitter.

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Tearing the stage: Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield of Metallica perform before the main event bout at Triad Combat at Globe Life Field on Nov. 27, 2021 in Arlington, Texas. The band has made recordings of its infamous show in Lebak Bulus Stadium, Jakarta on April 11, 1993, available to stream as an online event called 'The Black Box'.

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Metallica announces new album '72 Seasons'

The album is set for release on April 14 of next year, and the tour will kick off that same month in Amsterdam.

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Stand up for children: United States media personality Kim Kardashian attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, California, the US, on Feb. 10, 2020. The reality show star said she is “re-evaluating“ her involvement with luxury fashion house Balenciaga, after it apologized for ads featuring children holding teddy bears wearing what critics called bondage gear.

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Kim Kardashian ‘re-evaluating’ Balenciaga ties after controversial ads

Reality show star and social media titan Kim Kardashian said she is "re-evaluating" her involvement with luxury fashion house Balenciaga, after it apologized for ads featuring children holding teddy bears wearing what critics called bondage gear.

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Master of game: Visitors play video games next to the character of Sega franchise Sonic the Hedgehog at the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba prefecture, Tokyo, on Sept. 15. Cocreator of video game series Sonic the Hedgehog, Yuji Naka, was arrested on Friday for alleged insider trading, public prosecutors in Tokyo said.

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‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ cocreator arrested over insider trading

The cocreator of classic video game series Sonic the Hedgehog has been arrested for alleged insider trading, according to public prosecutors in Tokyo.

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NFT art enthusiasts: Some visitors attend the Tezos exhibition during Art Moments Jakarta in Sheraton Grand Jakarta. (Courtesy of TZ APAC)

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Indonesian NFT communities talk surviving its 'wintertime'

Stakeholders in the country's NFT industry share their insights and tips to survive the sharply declining market.

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This webcam image released by the US Geological Survey (USGS) on November 28, 2022 courtesy of the National Weather Service, shows the lava in the summit caldera of Mauna Loa in Hawaii, which is erupting for the first time in nearly 40 years.

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Hawaii volcano, world's largest, erupts for first time in decades

Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, has erupted for the first time in nearly 40 years.

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In this file photo taken on February 3, 2016, Iranian actress Hengameh Ghaziani poses upon her arrival for a screening during the 34th edition of the Fajr Film Festival at the Milad Tower in Tehran.

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Prominent Iran actor freed on bail: media

Prominent Iranian actor Hengameh Ghaziani has been released on bail more than a week after her arrest for having supported nationwide protests.

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Oleksandra Matviichuk, a civil rights lawyer and head of the Center for Civil Liberties, testifies remotely before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee during a hearing on Capitol Hill on September 21, 2022 in Washington, DC.

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Nobel Peace laureate calls for weapons to free Ukraine

In an unusual move for a Nobel Peace laureate, the head of one of this year's prizewinning organisations called for weapons to help Ukraine defend itself and stop the atrocities.

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They love it darker: First launched in 2017, wedding photography project "Berawal Dari Teman" has become popular on social media and amassed more that 38,000 followers on Instagram.

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Photographer Krishna Pradana captures the unseen side of love

The lensman shakes up the wedding photography scene with Berawal Dari Teman – a photography project that lovingly deviates from the old cliché.

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Remember her story: Former mayor of Maidan Shahr, Afghanistan, Zarifa Ghafari poses for AFP during the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada on Sept. 10. Ghafari’s story as the country’s youngest female mayor who had to flee as the Islamists took over is depicted in a Netflix documentary, “In Her Hands“.

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‘Forgotten’ Afghan stories highlighted in two new films from Netflix, Nat Geo

The world's focus has shifted to the war in Ukraine, but two major new documentaries aim to throw the spotlight back on Afghanistan and the people left behind by the United States' rapid withdrawal last year.

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Musk announces gold, gray and blue badges for Twitter accounts

Twitter billionaire owner Elon Musk announced last Friday that the platform would be launching differently colored badges to distinguish between accounts.

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Quality films: Project Market Indonesiana Film is back for its third edition at Le Meridien Hotel, Jakarta on Nov. 25, aiming to attract investors to support Indonesian talents and movies.

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Project Market Indonesiana Film returns in search for stories worth telling

The festival’s third edition selects nine works and rewards filmmakers with mentorships from the University of Southern California’s professors.

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Entertainment forever: Indonesians prefer to prolong their digital subscriptions and premium accounts in numerous over-the-top (OTT) services like Netflix and Disney+ Hotstar for entertainment.

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Inside Indonesia’s love for digital subscriptions and premium accounts

Despite the threat of a recession, the demand for digital subscriptions in Indonesia is not dying down.

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A fishing boat lays its nets in the Marmara sea off the cost of Istanbul, on November 6, 2022. It is high season for the popular variety of tuna, with shoals teeming through the Bosphorus on their way from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. But pulled taut across the strait are fishing nets more than a kilometre (3,280 feet) long. Anglers who cram shoulder to shoulder along the banks say the nets leave them with little chance, and the fish with even less.

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'Where are the mackerel?' Alarm as Bosphorus fish stocks crash

It is high season for the popular variety of tuna, with shoals teeming through the Bosphorus on their way from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean.

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Thousands of cosplayers and anime fans flocked the Anime Festival Asia (AFA) in Singapore over the weekend, held for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world.

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Thousands throng Anime Festival in Singapore after long COVID hiatus

The three-day convention celebrates all things Japanese pop culture.

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For Jakarta: Archeologist Ary Sulistyo (left) and historian Kartum Setiawan (right) hand over a copy of the book 'Cerita Kota' to Jakarta Maritime Museum head Mis'ari (center) to be displayed in the museum's library. (JP/Sylviana Hamdani)

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‘Cerita Kota’ tells the good and bad of Jakarta

Four Indonesian archeologists and historians have worked together to reveal exciting parts of the city’s history.

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This is her now: Jennifer Lopez attends the Ralph Lauren SS23 Runway Show at The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens on Oct. 13 in San Marino, the United States. The singer announced on Friday that her new album titled 'This is Me… Now' will be released next year.

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Jennifer Lopez announces ‘This is Me’ album follow-up 20 years later

Twenty years after she put out her album This Is Me... Then, singer and actor Jennifer Lopez announced on Friday a follow-up This Is Me... Now, to be released next year.

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A fallen star: Chinese-Canadian ex-pop star Kris Wu, also known as Wu Yifan, attends an event in Beijing on Oct. 25, 2018. Wu has been jailed for 13 years after being found guilty of rape, a Chinese court said on Friday, following a scandal that drew widespread condemnation.

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Chinese-Canadian ex-pop star Kris Wu jailed for rape

Chinese-Canadian ex-pop star Kris Wu has been jailed for 13 years after being found guilty of rape, a Chinese court said on Friday.

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Latest on Twitter: The Twitter app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken on July 13, 2021. The bird app plans to roll out its verified service next Friday with different colored checks for individuals, companies and governments. Longer explanations are expected this week, according to chief executive Elon Musk.

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Elon Musk says Twitter's verified service with colors to start next week

Twitter Inc is planning to roll out its verified service next Friday with different colored checks for individuals, companies and governments, after a botched initial launch led to a surge in users impersonating celebrities and brands on the platform.

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