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Elon Musk announces $8 monthly charge for verified Twitter accounts

The announcement comes only days after the world's wealthiest man took sole control of the social media giant in a contentious $44 billion deal. ...

3 years ago

Final module docks at China's Tiangong space station

Tiangong is one of the crown jewels in Beijing's well-funded programme -- which has landed robotic rovers on Mars and the Moon, and made the country only the third to put humans in orbit -- as it looks to catch up with major spacefaring powers like the United States and Russia. ...

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In this file photo taken on June 24, 2018, US rapper Takeoff, of Migos, performs onstage at the 2018 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. The rapper Takeoff, a member of the Grammy-nominated hip hop trio Migos, was fatally shot at a bowling alley in Houston, Texas, on November 1, 2022, according to entertainment outlet TMZ. He was 28 years old.

Rapper Takeoff, member of Migos, shot dead at 28

Police in the Texas city said they received a call at approximately 2:34 am that a shooting was underway. Takeoff was found dead at the scene, they said.

3 years ago

Unboxed: Dikta Wicaksono’s debut solo EP ‘Sendiri’ incorporates elements of pop, blues, funk and swing music. (Courtesy of Yteam Records)

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'Subject to evolution': Dikta Wicaksono on debut solo EP

With the release of his debut solo EP Sendiri, the former co-vocalist of Yovie & Nuno claims his creative identity, self-reliance and individualism.

3 years ago

Financing the future: Michael Gilmore, cofounder of the Money Awareness and Inclusion Awards, believes that children should be taught personal finance at school, and that the world still has something to learn about money from Indonesia. (Courtesy of Michael Gilmore)

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[What I've Learned] Michael Gilmore: Financial literacy advocate

What I’ve Learned is a column that presents candid interviews with policymakers, artists, activists and businesspeople on facing challenges and making a difference.

3 years ago

Mega deal: A user displays the Twitter account of Elon Musk on a smartphone against a photo of Musk in the background on April 14 in Washington, DC. Musk's US$44-billion deal to buy the global messaging platform still needs the backing of shareholders and regulators.

Elon Musk, who runs four other companies, will now be Twitter CEO

Musk, who also runs rocket company SpaceX, brain-chip startup Neuralink and tunneling firm the Boring Company, fired Twitter's previous chief, Parag Agrawal, and other top company officials last week.

3 years ago

This handout picture released by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) on May 8, 2018 shows an artist's impression of the exiled asteroid 2004 EW95, the first carbon-rich asteroid confirmed to exist in the Kuiper Belt and a relic of the primordial Solar System. This curious object likely formed in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and must have been transported billions of kilometres from its origin to its current home in the Kuiper Belt, according to the European Southern Observatory.

New potentially hazardous asteroid discovered

The 1.5 kilometer- (0.9 mile-) wide asteroid, named 2022 AP7, was discovered in area notoriously difficult to spot objects due to the glare from the Sun.

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Rallying cry: French aerospace engineer, pilot and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet poses during a photo session in Paris on Oct. 7. Pesquet’s new book La Terre entre nos mains features photos showing the threats of climate change, which he captured while in space.

‘Earth is in our hands’: Astronaut Pesquet’s plea for the planet

From his unique viewpoint hundreds of kilometers above Earth, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet told AFP he felt helpless watching fires rage across the planet below, calling for more to be done to protect this fragile "island of life".

3 years ago

Meat-free?: Pope Francis waves at the end of his weekly general audience at Saint Peter's Square in the Vatican on Oct. 26. United Kingdom researchers suggested on Tuesday that Pope Francis I encourage Catholics to return to no-meat Fridays to help reduce global carbon emissions.

Catholics could help cut carbon with meat-free Fridays: Study

Pope Francis I could help reduce global carbon emissions by urging Catholics to return to not eating meat on Fridays, United Kingdom researchers said on Tuesday.

3 years ago

Instagram experiences overnight outage, accounts suspended and locked

Millions of users found themselves unable to access the social media platform for hours.

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In this file photo taken on February 15, 2016 Singer Taylor Swift performs during the 58th Annual Grammy music Awards in Los Angeles. Keen to keep viewers glued to the Grammys, the Recording Academy has asked the music world's powerhouse performers to anchor yet another awards gala forced to go virtual.

Taylor Swift makes US song charts history with 'Midnights'

Taylor Swift made music history Monday, becoming the first artist ever to simultaneously nab all 10 spots on the top US song chart after the release of her album "Midnights."

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Parapat hills: Pictured are the hills on the edge of Toba Lake in Parapat, North Sumatra in September. In the last few months, the area has been impacted by floods, which is caused by logging on the top of the hills. (JP/Tonggo Simangunsong)

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Can we save North Sumatran forests with local Batak wisdom?

Passed down for generations, some believe that local Batak wisdom is the solution to deforestation.

3 years ago

Luxury design: Mercedes-Maybach S-Class offers a first-class experience for passengers by gearing the best comfort from its suspension and road noise compensation.

Mercedes-Maybach’s latest designs feature hand movement technology

With unmatched Mercedes-Benz User Experience technology, the Mercedes-Maybach GLS and S-class offer customization to meet customers’ preferences.

3 years ago

Meet the artist: Bunga Yuridespita stands next to her cabinet, 'Each of Us Is A Bricklayer'.(JP/Sylviana Hamdani)

Art & Culture

Timeless Creativity combines art and furniture in an avant-garde exhibition

Murai Art Projects presents a unique exhibition that combines artistic flair and functional furniture designs.

3 years ago

Climate act: Pictured is a dinosaur skeleton displayed at Berlin's Natural History Museum. Two activists from the group Last Generation glued themselves to an exhibition of a dinosaur skeleton at the museum on Sunday, protesting the German government’s policies on climate

German eco activists glue themselves to dinosaur exhibit

Two environmental activists glued themselves to an exhibition of a dinosaur skeleton at Berlin's Natural History Museum on Sunday to protest the German government's climate policies.

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Concert turns deadly: Congolese singer Fally Ipupa performs during his concert at the overcrowded Martyrs stadium in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Saturday.

Eleven die in stampede at Fally Ipupa concert in DR Congo

A stampede left nine spectators and two police officers dead during a packed concert by African music star Fally Ipupa at the biggest stadium in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's capital, the interior minister said on Sunday, blaming the organizers.

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Funny cinema: Some of the feature films Ernest Prakasa has directed include, but are not limited to, 'Ngenest' (2015), 'Cek Toko Sebelah' (2016), 'Susah Sinyal' (2017) and 'Teka-Teki Tika' (2021).

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20 questions: Ernest Prakasa talks comedy behind the scenes

With two Citra Awards on his mantel, the 40-year-old Jakarta native is living proof that a stand-up comic can successfully cross over to the realm of cinema.

3 years ago

The picture “New York City I“ (1941) by the artist Piet Mondrian in the exhibition “ Mondrian . Evolution“ in the art collection North Rhine-Westphalia K20.

Art & Culture

Mondrian painting hanging upside down for 77 years

A large retrospective of the avant garde artist's work went on display Saturday at the Kunstsammlung museum in Dusseldorf, and one of the pieces on show is "New York City 1", painted in 1941.

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This handout image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona obtained on October 27, 2022 shows the impact crater, formed on December 24, 2021, by a meteoroid strike in the Amazonis Planitia region of Mars, is about 490 feet (150 meters) across, as seen in this annotated image taken by the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE camera) aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Meteorite that smashed into Mars shook planet, NASA says

On December 24, 2021, a meteorite hit Mars' surface, triggering magnitude 4 tremors, which were detected by NASA's InSight spacecraft -- which landed on the planet four years ago -- some 2,200 miles (3,500 kilometers) away.

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Elegant look: A model presents a cropped jacket made of Balinese Songket, combined with a white Mandarin-collared shirt, shorts and a short train. (JP/Sylviana Hamdani)

Designer Denny Wirawan celebrates 25th anniversary in fashion

Indonesian fashion designer Denny Wirawan celebrates his career’s 25th anniversary and makes wishes for the future.

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Halloween’s horror: Rescue team and firefighters work at the scene where dozens of people were injured in a stampede during a Halloween festival in Seoul, on late Saturday.

Factbox Some of the world's worst stampedes

At least 120 people were killed in a crush during a Halloween celebration in South Korea's capital Seoul late on Saturday. Here are details of some of the worst stampedes over the last three decades.

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Prehistoric creature: Visitors use their mobile phones to take pictures of the dinosaur skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex on display in Singapore on Friday.

T-rex in Singapore as experts decry ‘harmful’ auctions

Dinosaur fans got a glimpse of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton as it went on display in Singapore on Friday before an auction next month, as experts slammed the big-money bone trade as "harmful to science".

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Fans of South Korean K-Pop boy band unable to attend the show, gather outside the River Plate's Monumental stadium to listen to Kim Seok-jin -aka Jin- perform his single solo “The Astronaut“ with British rock band Coldplay, during the third of ten concerts of their “Music of the Spheres“ world tour, in Buenos Aires, on October 28, 2022.

BTS’ Jin bids farewell on ‘magical night’ in Buenos Aires

Thousands of young Argentine BTS fans were moved to tears as they said goodbye on Friday to K-pop superstar Jin, as he performed his emotional new single "The Astronaut" alongside Coldplay before taking a hiatus to perform mandatory military service.

3 years ago

Fearless faith: Singer-songwriter and producer Weda Mauve advises everyone to embrace their fears because, as he puts it, 'you live, you die. So, there's nothing to lose'. (Courtesy of Semesta Records)

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Indonesian musicians talk fears, nightmares and Halloween costumes

JESENN, Misellia, Satine Zaneta and Weda Mauve share the spooky, relatable things that often keep them up at night.

3 years ago

Robotic sighting: A life-size model of the spaceship InSight, NASA's first robotic lander dedicated to studying the deep interior of Mars, is shown at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, the United States, on Nov. 26, 2018.

NASA's InSight lander reveals details on outermost layer of Mars

Researchers found the stationary lander detected seismic waves along the planet’s surface, caused by two space rocks.

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Jin fever: A fan of the South Korean band BTS on Wednesday shows a scarf with the portrait of Jin (left) while camping near River Plate's Monumental stadium to attend Coldplay's Friday concert in Buenos Aires.

‘Ar-JIN-tina’- K-pop star sparks fan craze in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires has been gripped by "Jin" fever, with fans thronging to catch a glimpse of the K-pop superstar from BTS making what could be his last public appearance in a while.

3 years ago

On the grid: Brad Pitt visits Williams Racing during the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas on Oct. 23 in Austin, Texas, the United States.