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Landslides and flash floods hit Indonesia’s Java island, leaving 10 dead and 2 missing

Dec. 09, 2024 20:23 PM EST

SUKABUMI, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers recovered 10 bodies that were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the country’s main island of Java, officials said Monday. Two people are still missing. Torrential rains since...

Indonesia’s new President and ministers begin a military-style retreat which includes morning drills

Oct. 25, 2024 09:55 AM EDT

MAGELANG, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s newly inaugurated President Prabowo Subianto and his cabinet ministers started a military-style retreat on Friday at a military academy in the Java province. Wearing army attire from camouflage hats and clothes to combat...