Can China and Indonesia’s strong financial ties withstand ‘resource nationalism’?
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Can China and Indonesia’s strong financial ties withstand ‘resource nationalism’?

Back in 2009, when China’s economy was expanding at about twice today’s pace, a little-known private firm made a quiet bet on uncharted territory: Indonesia. The company was on a quest: to secure nickel, a vital industrial metal used in stainless steel production and, increasingly, to power advanced batteries. That bet proved lucrative. By leveraging Indonesia’s vast nickel reserves – the world’s ...

What happened to Yonna? Twitch streamer reacts after e-bike accident on livestream
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What happened to Yonna? Twitch streamer reacts after e-bike accident on livestream

Twitch streamer and TikTok creator Yonna crashed an e-bike during a recent IRL livestream after losing control and hitting a gate. She first answered “No” when friends asked if she was okay but later laughed and joked about the incident. No serious injury has been confirmed. Yonna recently returned to Kai Cenat’s Streamer University 2026 as Drama Club director.

東京 八丈町にレベル4土砂災害危険警報 厳重警戒を

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気象庁は29日午前6時31分、東京 八丈町に「レベル4土砂災害危険警報」を発表しました。土砂災害の危険性が非常に高くなっているため、厳重な警戒が必要です。気象庁は、自治体からの避難の情報を確認し、崖の近くなど危険な場所にいる人は速やかに安全な場所に避難するよう呼びかけています。

US diplomats stage UN walkout after France criticizes human rights record under Trump

US diplomats stage UN walkout after France criticizes human rights record under Trump

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France had also intervened after Trump administration had opposed the reappointment of UN human rights chiefUS diplomats walked out of a United Nations meeting after France criticized the country’s human rights record under Donald Trump.The staged walkout, which occurred on Monday during a UN security council meeting on the Ukraine-Russia war, came days after the Trump administration cited “forced...

US diplomats staged UN walkout after France criticized human rights record under Trump

US diplomats staged UN walkout after France criticized human rights record under Trump

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France had also intervened after Trump administration had opposed the reappointment of UN human rights chiefUS diplomats walked out of a United Nations meeting after France criticized the country’s human rights record under Donald Trump.The staged walkout, which occurred on Monday during a UN security council meeting on the Ukraine-Russia war, came days after the Trump administration cited “forced...

Florida executes man in first of two lethal injections planned in single day

Florida executes man in first of two lethal injections planned in single day

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Governor Ron DeSantis has made the state’s death chamber the nation’s busiest at the end of his final termA former police officer convicted of the on-duty rape and murder of a young girl was put to death on Tuesday, the first of two lethal injections planned for a single day in Florida, hours before an 80-year-old man was to become the second-oldest inmate executed in modern US history.It has been...

伊豆諸島南部 線状降水帯発生のおそれ 直前予測を発表

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気象庁は、東京の伊豆諸島南部では今後3時間以内に線状降水帯が発生する可能性が高まっているとして29日午前6時18分、「線状降水帯直前予測」の気象防災速報を発表しました。「線状降水帯」は発達した積乱雲が連なって大雨をもたらす現象で、東京の伊豆諸島南部では非常に激しい雨が降り続いて、命に危険が及ぶ土砂災害や洪水が発生する危険性が急激に高まる可能性があります。気象庁は、崖や川の近くなどにいる人は自治体からの避難の情報や周囲の状況を確認するよう呼びかけています。

Burnham to seek cross-party consensus over urgent reforms to social care

Burnham to seek cross-party consensus over urgent reforms to social care

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Prime minister invites Badenoch and Davey – but not Farage – to discuss how to fix decades-old funding crisisAndy Burnham has promised “problem-solving, not point-scoring” before a speech on social care in which he will set out his strategy for resolving one of the most intractable issues in British politics.The prime minister has invited Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, and Ed Davey, the L...

Seattle police recover machine gun and ghost gun from scene of mass shooting

Seattle police recover machine gun and ghost gun from scene of mass shooting

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Three people died, including one of the suspects, and at least five more were wounded, including two-year-old boySeattle police recovered a modified machine gun and an untraceable “ghost gun” from the scene of a mass shooting at a food festival this weekend that left three people dead – including one of the suspects – and at least five more wounded, police chief Shon Barnes said Tuesday.Sunday’s s...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang meets US officials as scrutiny grows over China chip access

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang meets US officials as scrutiny grows over China chip access

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Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang is meeting US officials and lawmakers in Washington this week amid reports that its export-controlled processors have been used to train advanced Chinese artificial intelligence models. Huang met with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday, US outlet Axios reported, citing an anonymous source. Neither the US Commerce Department nor Nvidia confirmed that...

Former Gavin Newsom aide shares fresh details of affair

Former Gavin Newsom aide shares fresh details of affair

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Ruby Rippey writes in Vanity Fair of relationship with then San Francisco mayor and appears to contradict his accountA former aide to Gavin Newsom has publicly shared for the first time her full account of their affair, which took place more than two decades ago when Newsom was mayor of San Francisco.In a new essay published in Vanity Fair on Tuesday, Ruby Rippey writes about her struggles with al...

イオンモール熊本で爆発 地震でガス漏れか 2人死亡1人心肺停止

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熊本県によりますと、地震のあと爆発があった嘉島町のショッピングセンター「イオンモール熊本」で、29日午前4時までに8人が建物内から救助されました。このうち20代の女性2人が死亡し、1人が心肺停止の状態になっているということです。このほか、5人がけがをしていますが、命に別状はないということです。現場では、緊急消防援助隊や警察、自衛隊が連携し、建物内で呼びかけに反応があった場所を中心に捜索活動を行っているということです。

イオンモール熊本で爆発 ガス漏れか 2人死亡 1人心肺停止

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熊本県によりますと、地震のあと爆発があった嘉島町のショッピングセンター「イオンモール熊本」で、29日午前4時までに8人が建物内から救助されました。このうち20代の女性2人が死亡し、1人が心肺停止の状態になっているということです。このほか、5人がけがをしていますが、命に別状はないということです。現場では、緊急消防援助隊や警察、自衛隊が連携し、建物内で呼びかけに反応があった場所を中心に捜索活動を行っているということです。

New York offers college admission for residents unenrolled from Howard University

New York offers college admission for residents unenrolled from Howard University

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Historically Black institution withdrew more than 500 first-year students for missed tuition paymentsNew York residents who were unenrolled from Washington DC’s Howard University have been offered a reprieve after the historically Black institution withdrew more than 500 first-year students for missed tuition payments in late July. On 27 July, Kathy Hochul, New York’s governor, announced that affe...

【地震速報】熊本 宇城で震度4 津波の心配なし(5:49)

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29日午前5時49分ごろ地震がありました。この地震による津波の心配はありません。震源地は熊本県熊本地方で震源の深さはごく浅く、地震の規模を示すマグニチュードは4.1と推定されます。各市町村の震度は以下のとおりです。▽震度4が、熊本県宇城市。▽震度3が、熊本県美里町、熊本県甲佐町。

Australia news live: Jacinta Allan was subjected to ‘vile sexism’ as premier, Julia Gillard says

Australia news live: Jacinta Allan was subjected to ‘vile sexism’ as premier, Julia Gillard says

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Former PM says ousted Victorian premier was ‘courageous in combating misogyny’ and was a trailblazer for other women. Follow updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFormer union boss and former leader of the Labor party Bill Shorten has leant his support behind newly crowned Victorian premier Ben Carroll’s announcement he will call a royal commission into the construction...

Georgia teen who killed four in school shooting sentenced to life in prison without parole

Georgia teen who killed four in school shooting sentenced to life in prison without parole

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Cole Gray pleaded guilty to 55 counts, including murder, for shooting at Apalachee high school in 2024Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA US judge on Tuesday sentenced a teenager who killed two students and two teachers in a shooting at Apalachee high school in Georgia to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole.Colt Gray, 16, had pleaded guilty on Friday to 55 counts,...