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Snooker-China's governing body upholds lifetime bans for match-fixing

June 22 (Reuters) - China's snooker authorities have upheld lifetime bans for match-fixing handed out to Liang Wenbo and Li Hang by the sport's world governing body (WPBSA) and given five other players longer suspensions for domestic matches.

2 years ago
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Ryan Blaney ends drought, wins Coca-Cola 600

Ryan Blaney got back on the winning track Monday and capped a great weekend for team owner Roger Penske. The Team Penske driver broke a 59-race winless streak with a victory in the 64th annual Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. ...

2 years ago
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Anger as Surabaya court acquits two police over Kanjuruhan crush

Another officer was jailed for 18 months but families of the victims said he had been treated too leniently. ...

2 years ago

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Makassar, Banjarmasin, Batam experience most ‘climate shifts’: Report

The report noted areas that experienced high levels of climate shifts tended to be locations close to the equator and the coasts.

2 years ago
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Hundreds of homes damaged after thunderstorm in East Java

Heavy rains and strong winds that hit on Monday and Tuesday have left hundreds of homes damaged in Sidoarjo and Jember regencies in East Java.

2 years ago
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Bali braces for restrictions during G20 Summit

Among the restrictions is a ban on holding big religious ceremonies involving many people, which the predominantly Hindu population is known for.

2 years ago
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Bogor administration tears down buildings on landslide-prone areas

Bogor municipal administration tore down three buildings on Tuesday, following a landslide in Kebon Kelapa subdistrict, which killed four people earlier this month.

2 years ago
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IPB develop winged-bean varieties to supplement soybeans

A research team from the Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) has developed three varieties of winged-bean -- locally known as kecipir -- as potential legume alternatives to soybeans.

2 years ago
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Police detain woman carrying gun outside presidential palace

The woman had not entered the palace compound and that President Joko Widodo was not present, said a presidential official.

2 years ago
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Arema fan dies from injury, bringing death count in Kanjuruhan crush to 134

The death of 17-year-old Reyvano Dwi Afiansyah brought the total number of death from the Kanjuruhan stampede to 134.

2 years ago
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Central Java police question four for allegedly hurling stones at highway traffic

The Central Java Police are questioning four people for allegedly hurling stones at passing traffic near kilometer 460 of the Semarang-Surakarta Toll Road in the past week. Police have yet to name any suspects.

2 years ago
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After rolling out IndoVac, Jokowi pushes for self-sufficiency in vaccines

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has officially rolled out Indonesia's first developed COVID-19 vaccine Indovac for adult primary shots, instructing his administration to seek ways to achieve self-sufficiency in vaccines.

2 years ago
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Family mourns Indonesian woman wrongly targeted in drive-by shooting

After opening up to the media following the tragic news of 25-year-old Novita Brazil in a drive-by shooting in San Antonio, the family has requested privacy as they wait for the repatriation of her remains.

2 years ago
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Two decades on, Indonesia remembers Bali bombing tragedy

Survivors of the 2002 Bali bombings and victims’ loved ones gathered on the holiday island and elsewhere on Wednesday to mark two decades since the terrorist attack that killed more than 200 people and changed the country’s national security landscape.

2 years ago
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PSSI, FIFA go ahead with stadium audit amid calls for PSSI’s accountability

FIFA and the Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) will go ahead with plans to ensure Indonesia will still be able to host the U-20 World Cup and any future matches safely, despite calls for accountability over the PSSI’s role in the Kanjuruhan tragedy.

2 years ago
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Malang regency proposes Rp 580 billion budget for renovating Kanjuruhan

"President [Joko] Jokowi [Widodo] has promised the funding for the renovation project and I have signed the proposal for Rp 580 billion. This is also proposed by a team from the local public works agency," Malang Regent M. Sanusi said, as quoted by Kompas.com.

2 years ago
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Violent Indonesian passenger on Turkish Airlines intoxicated: Police

Spokesperson for the Jakarta Police Sr. Comr. Endra Zulpan said that the passenger, identified by his initial MJJB, assaulted the flight attendant when he was reminded of his disorderly conduct.

2 years ago
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Police say expired tear gas released at Kanjuruhan

National Police spokesperson Insp. Gen. Dedi Prasetyo said the police internal investigation team found that certain canisters fired into the stadium’s playing field and stands – and blamed for the ensuing deadly stampede – had 2021 expiry dates.

2 years ago
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Police confiscate more assets of alleged Medan gambling ring boss

North Sumatra Police have confiscated more property in Medan worth around Rp 21.6 billion (US$1.4 million) owned by illegal online gambling suspect Jhoni, who is still at large.

2 years ago
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Six charged over Kanjuruhan soccer stadium disaster

The suspects include three police officers over their use of tear gas, the head of the organizing committee and the chief security officer of the home club Arema FC.

2 years ago
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Safety experts call for review of all public venues after Kanjuruhan tragedy

Following the stampede and crush at Kanjuruhan Stadium that caused the deaths of 131 people to date, experts have called on the government to review all public venues for events from sports to entertainment.

2 years ago
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Jokowi blames locked doors, steep stairs for deadly stampede

Hundreds of fans were crushed on Saturday in one of the world's worst soccer disasters, as they fled an overpacked stadium in Malang, after police fired tear gas to disperse supporters of the losing side who flooded the pitch. 

2 years ago
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PSSI shifts blame for Kanjuruhan tragedy, fines Arema Rp 250 million

The Soccer Association of Indonesia’s (PSSI) disciplinary committee on Tuesday deemed Arema FC to be at fault for Saturday’s Kanjuruhan Stadium tragedy in Malang, East Java.

2 years ago
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East Java police chief apologises for Malang stadium disaster

"As the regional police chief, I am concerned, saddened and at the same time I am sorry for the shortcomings in the security process," Insp. Gen. Nico Afinta told a press conference in Malang.

2 years ago
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Relatives, survivors grieve at East Java hospital after stadium stampede

"It was her first time (at a match)," said Etik, holding back tears outside the intensive care unit at the Saiful Anwar hospital in the centre of Malang, East Java.

2 years ago
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Arema FC president to take 'full responsibility' for deadly stampede

At least 125 people were killed in the soccer stampede in Malang, East Java at the weekend, officials said, in one of the world's worst stadium disasters.

2 years ago
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Seventeen children among the dead in East Java soccer stampede

Violence and hooliganism have long been features of Indonesian football, especially in places such as Jakarta, the capital, but Saturday's disaster in a small town in Java has thrown a spotlight on the problem.  

2 years ago
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Chaos before stampede delivered disaster to Malang football fans

"People were pushing each other and... many were trampled on their way to the exit gate," the 22-year-old survivor told AFP. 

2 years ago
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At least 125 killed in soccer stampede

Tens of thousands of fans rushed out of a Malang stadium when police fired tear gas, a move that critics deem excessive and the main cause behind the stampede.

2 years ago
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Stormed field, tear gas turn soccer match into deadly stampede

Survivors and families recall how thousands of fans stormed the playing field and police responded with tear gas, triggering a stampede in Malang, East Java.

2 years ago
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How a deadly crush at an East Java soccer match unfolded

At 8 p.m. local time on Saturday, a match between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya kicks off at the Kanjuruhan Stadium, Malang in East Java. 

2 years ago
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One dead, hundreds of homes damaged in 6-magnitude quake in North Sumatra

The local disaster agency has recorded at least one fatality in the 6-magnitude quake that struck North Tapanul at around 2:24 a.m. on Saturday.

2 years ago
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Final death toll from East Java stadium stampede is 125

After the match in East Java province between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya ended on Saturday night, supporters from the losing team invaded the pitch and police had fired tear gas, triggering a stampede and cases of suffocation, East Java police chief Insp. Gen. Nico Afinta told reporters.

2 years ago

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