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Indonesia arrests a suspect wanted by China for running a $14 billion investment scam

Oct. 10, 2024 09:22 AM EDT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's immigration officers on the tourist island of Bali have arrested a Chinese suspect sought by Beijing for helping run over $14 billion investment scam to clients in China, officials said Thursday. The 39-year-old man, identified only by his...

Takeaways from AP's report on how shrimp farmers are exploited as supermarkets push for low prices

Sep. 30, 2024 20:39 PM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — A new investigation focused on three of the world’s largest producers of shrimp released on Monday claims that as big Western supermarkets make windfall profits, their aggressive pursuit of ever-lower wholesale prices is causing misery for people at the bottom end of the supply...

As big supermarkets pursue profits, new research shows growing exploitation of shrimp farmers

Sep. 30, 2024 20:36 PM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — Indonesian shrimp farmer Yulius Cahyonugroho operated more than two dozen ponds only a few years ago, employing seven people and making more than enough to support his family. Since then, the 39-year-old says the prices he gets from purchasers have fallen by half...

Landslide triggered by rain leaves 12 dead and 2 missing at an illegal gold mine in Indonesia

Sep. 28, 2024 06:02 AM EDT

SUNGAI ABU, Indonesia (AP) — Mud, rugged terrain and lack of telecommunications hampered rescue efforts Saturday after a landslide set off by torrential rains smashed down into an unauthorized gold mining operation on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, killing at least 12 people. ...

15 killed after a landslide struck an illegal gold mine on Indonesia's Sumatra island

Sep. 27, 2024 05:53 AM EDT

PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — A landslide triggered by torrential rains struck an unauthorized gold mining operation on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 15 people, officials said Friday. Dozens others were reported missing. Villagers were digging Thursday for grains of...

Official says landslide kills 15 people at an illegal gold mine on Indonesia's Sumatra island

Sep. 27, 2024 04:36 AM EDT
PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — Official says landslide kills 15 people at an illegal gold mine on Indonesia's Sumatra island.

Pakistani Taliban deny attacking a convoy of foreign ambassadors

Sep. 23, 2024 05:49 AM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban on Monday denied involvement in a bombing attack on a police convoy that was escorting foreign ambassadors in the restive northwest, as authorities said they were still trying to determine who was behind it. Most of the ambassadors and senior...

A New Zealand pilot is freed after 19 months in rebel captivity in Indonesia's Papua region

Sep. 21, 2024 21:17 PM EDT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia was freed Saturday by separatist rebels. Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old pilot from Christchurch, was working for Indonesian aviation company Susi Air when...

AI is helping shape the 2024 presidential race. But not in the way experts feared

Sep. 21, 2024 00:04 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the 2024 election looming, the first since the mass popularization of generative artificial intelligence, experts feared the worst: social media flooded with AI-generated deepfakes that were so realistic, baffled voters wouldn’t know what to believe. So...

Separatist rebels say Indonesian army attacks threaten the safety of kidnapped New Zealand pilot

Sep. 20, 2024 04:39 AM EDT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua region warned Friday that increased Indonesian military attacks in recent days to rescue a New Zealand pilot who was taken hostage over a year ago could instead threaten his safety. Independence fighters led...