Surf Epic Is Escapist Bestseller For Trump’s America
William Finnegan tested the patience of his publisher in the 20 years it took him to write his remarkable memoir ...
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Indonesia Foils Trade In Vulnerable Slow Lorises
Indonesian authorities have detained an alleged wildlife trafficker and seized nine protected slow lorises and a wreathed hornbill, an official ...
Obama On Temple Sojourn During Indonesia Holiday
Barack Obama took his wife and daughters to the ancient Borobudur temple on Java on Wednesday on a family vacation ...
Indonesia Seizes Pangolins, Scales Worth $190,000
Indonesian authorities have seized hundreds of critically endangered pangolins and scales in a haul worth $190,000 after uncovering a major ...
IS Claims Suicide Attack On Jakarta Bus Station
The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for a twin suicide bombing at a Jakarta bus terminal that killed ...
US Tries To Clear Waters After N. Korea ‘armada’ Confusion
The Trump administration on Wednesday tried to clear the waters after it gave confusing messages concerning the whereabouts of a ...
We Never Said the Armada Was On Its Way, White House Says
In a face-saving declaration, the White House on Wednesday claimed the president's comments about the carrier strike group he'd deployed ...
Key Leopard Population ‘crashing’, Study Warns
The leopard population in a region of South Africa once thick with the big cats is crashing, and could be ...
Trump’s Threatened ‘armada’ Still Far From N. Korea
An aircraft carrier the US Navy said was steaming toward the Korean Peninsula amid rising tensions has not yet departed, ...
Carrier That Trump Promised Would Intimidate Kim Won’t Arrive For DAYS
A U. S. aircraft carrier the Navy had said was heading toward the Korean Peninsula amid rising tensions has not ...
US Carrier Strike Group Still Far From N. Korea
A US aircraft carrier the Navy had said was heading toward the Korean Peninsula amid rising tensions has not yet ...
Internet Pioneer Robert Taylor Dies
One of the founding fathers of the internet, Robert Taylor, has died. While working at the Pentagon in the 1960s, ...
When Shall We Overcome?
As I do at every annual commemoration of our hard won independence from colonial subjugation, this year I waited for ...
History of African Wax Prints
You referred to them as ‘African wax prints,’ but what you may not know is that the fabrics are usually ...
Bomb Attack, Police Shootout In Indonesian City
A small bomb exploded in a park in the Indonesian city of Bandung on Monday, with the attacker fleeing into ...
Indonesians To Vote In Regional Elections, All Eyes On Jakarta Leftright 2/2leftright
Nearly 50 million Indonesians are set to vote on Wednesday in scores of regional elections but the most closely watched ...
Post -Election Ghana and the Quest For A Just Society
At my polling station in Kaneshie, nothing untoward happened. Voters patiently stood in line waiting for their turn to register ...
Down To the Wire.
Mr. Mahama's National Democratic Congress (NDC) is fighting hard to remain in power against the rising momentum of the New ...
Indonesians Rally Against Purnama Over Blasphemy Claims
Tens of thousands of Muslims are rallying in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, against the city's Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, who ...
Mystery Over Dutch WW2 Shipwrecks Vanished From Java Sea Bed
Three Dutch World War Two ships considered war graves have vanished from the bottom of the Java Sea, the Dutch ...