Ketut Maryana

Friday | April 28, 2023 Sitting at the oversized crescent desk on a set lit up by massive screens, smartly-suited Suleiman Maswadeh fits right in with his colleagues at Israel’s public broadcaster Kan 11. However, it is apparent from Maswadeh’s name and extremely faint Hebrew accent that he is not frequently seen on Israeli television.

Australia | 3rd March 2023 At a temporary Aboriginal gathering space dubbed Marri Madung Butbut — or “Many Brave Hearts” in the language of Sydney’s original inhabitants, the Gadigal people — eight performers emerged through lasers and lights that appear to move and thrust to the electronic beat. The rousing anthem proclaimed, “You can’t tell

New Zealand | Monday | February 13, 2023 Around 58,000 homes are without power in New Zealand’s upper North Island on Monday as the approach of Cyclone Gabrielle brings strong winds, heavy rain and huge swells to Auckland and nearby regions. Although her most devastating gusts bypassed Norfolk Island, Gabrielle passed over the Australian territory

Jerusalem | January 22, 2023 In accordance with an Israeli High Court judgement that it was unfair to nominate the Shas party leader to positions in government, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu removed important ally Aryeh Deri from all cabinet roles on Sunday. Due to his criminal convictions and the fact that he declared he

Malaysia | Thursday | November 24, 2022 Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim was sworn in as prime minister on Thursday, capping a three-decade political journey from a protege of veteran leader Mahathir Mohamad to protest leader, a prisoner convicted of sodomy, and opposition leader. His appointment puts an end to the historic post-election crisis that lasted five

Wed October 26, 2022 Many in the South Asian nation were quick to congratulate Rishi Sunak on becoming Britain’s first prime minister of Indian heritage this week. Some in the media even claimed that he was their own. India was previously a part of the British Empire, which covered such a large area of the

Hong Kong  | July 25, 2022 More than a dozen cities in China have issued red alerts, the strongest possible heat warning, so millions of people are preparing for even hotter weather this weekend. In the next 24 hours, temperatures are predicted to exceed 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in 19 cities in the

Brussels | Fri, March 25, 2022 On Friday, the European Union and the United States will announce a deal to supply Europe with additional US liquefied natural gas (LNG), as European leaders gather to reduce their reliance on Russian fossil fuels and address an energy shortage. The agreement, which will be presented by US Vice

Stockholm, Sweden | Mon, March 14, 2022 According to a research released Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, certain Asian and Oceanian countries are increasing their weapons acquisitions as they become more apprehensive of China’s growing regional aspirations. The analysis compares global weapons transactions from 2013 to 2021 to the previous five years

Australia | March 2, 2022 As the wild weather slowly turns south toward Sydney, military helicopters evacuated stranded individuals from rooftops of flooded homes in eastern Australia, and a tenth victim was discovered on Tuesday following days of severe rain. The death toll rose to ten after a woman in her 80s was discovered dead