A Grand Launching “Cafe Dangdut” New York was held in the Times Square area, New York. This event featured Dangdut singer Fitri Karlina, dances, gamelan and others. Although this event is called a grand launching, the existence of “Cafe Dangdut” is still in progress.
Read More »McDonald’s Will Eliminate Plastic Toys From Children’s Menu
Fast-food chain restaurant giant McDonald’s said Tuesday it will remove plastic toys from Happy Meals, a special menu package for children, in 2025. “From now on and gradually around the world until the end of 2025, our ambition is that every toy sold on the Happy Meal menu will be …
Read More »Australians Again Hold Protest Against COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
Demonstrators again marched in Australia’s second-largest city on Wednesday. They are protesting against mandatory COVID-19 vaccination regulations in the construction industry. Police said 44 people were arrested among hundreds of protesters on Tuesday. The protests that have been going on for the past two days are aimed at the Victorian …
Read More »BLBI ‘Discount’ Injures Public Justice
JAKARTA – Director of the Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS) Bhima Yudhistira assessed that giving discounts or lower BLBI debt payments hurt public justice. He assessed that the money used by the government in BLBI is public money collected in the form of taxes. According to him, the …
Read More »Picked up by “Coldplay”, How is Jokowi’s Commitment in Combating the Climate Crisis?
JAKARTA – The Twitter world was shocked when “Coldplay” invited President Jokowi to intervene to tackle climate change. The famous British band wants Jokowi to join and form a coalition with the Ban Ki-Moon Centre, a quasi-international organization based in Vienna, Austria that focuses on global issues. “@jokowi will you …
Read More »Afghanistan’s Healthcare System Nearly Collapses
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Wednesday that Afghanistan’s health care system is on the verge of collapse and the country is facing a humanitarian catastrophe without urgent action from the international community. Earlier this week, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and WHO regional director for the eastern Mediterranean, Ahmed …
Read More »CDC Holds Vote to Determine Who Recipients Third Vaccination
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said they would vote in the early hours of Thursday (23/9) to determine which groups were eligible to receive booster injections or booster from Pfizer-BioNTech. A CDC panel met on Wednesday to discuss who should take precedence over receiving the third …
Read More »FDA approves third dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for the elderly
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday (22/9) approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster vaccine for those 65 years of age and older and some Americans who are at high risk. The move paves the way for accelerating the vaccination program. Booster dose or booster will be given at …
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