TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – A crowd of students from the University of Indonesia Student Executive Board (BEM UI) was intercepted by security forces in the Semanggi area, Central Jakarta, on Friday, June 12, 2026. The student bloc intended to stage a rally dubbed “Aksi Menuju Indonesia Bangkrut” (towards Indonesia’s bankruptcy) at HI Roundabout, Central Jakarta, on Friday afternoon, June 12, 2026.”It is true that the students were blocked by the authorities,” said the Chairperson of the UI Faculty of Law Student Executive Board, Anandaku Dimas Rumi, when contacted on Friday, June 12, 2026.As many as 1,000 UI students are expected to participate…
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The “Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional” (BRIN), Indonesia national agency for research and innovation, has commissioned the French shipbuilder PIRIOU to design and build two research vessels intended to strengthen Indonesia’s oceanographic capabilities: a multi-mission offshore hydro-oceanographic vessel (ORV–Ocean Going Research Vessel) and a coastal research vessel (CRV–Coastal Research Vessel). Piriou press release The order was officially signed on 11 June 2026 during a ceremony held in Indonesia, attended by representatives of BRIN, Stéphane BURGAUD, PIRIOU’s Commercial Director, and the project’s institutional partners. Both vessels will be built by PIRIOU VIETNAM, the Group’s industrial subsidiary in Southeast Asia, and will…
Pet-friendly caterers in Hong Kong say a new licence allowing dogs in restaurants from July could lift business by up to 20 per cent, after 1,000 operators secured places in the scheme’s first ballot.The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) on Friday held a ballot to select 1,000 restaurants, after receiving 1,615 eligible applications since submissions opened last month.Lawmaker Chan Hoi-yan, chairman of the Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene, officiated the draw in front of dozens of members of the public, including eager applicants hoping to find out whether they had made the cut.Co-owner of Uluru Cafe says…
Delhi woke up to cooler air and rain on Friday after days of punishing heat. The timing, however, raised a question: how did the national capital cool down just as the emergence of El Niño, a climate phenomenon historically linked to weaker monsoons and hotter weather over parts of India, was confirmed?To understand why Delhi’s weather has swung repeatedly between intense heat, dust storms and thunderstorms this pre-monsoon season, it is important to look at both the weather systems shaping conditions across north India and the broader climate signals emerging elsewhere.The immediate reason was a fast-moving squall line, a chain…
Source | ChemQuest Group Sanjay Luthra has joined the ChemQuest Group (Cincinnati, Ohio) as director. A seasoned marketing and sales executive with more than 30 years of success in the specialty chemicals industry, Luthra has had roles with companies like Arkema, Imerys, Vinavil Americas, EPS-Materials, Allnex and Bayer. Within those positions he has negotiated over $750 million in supply agreements, launched 15-plus market-leading products (generating $20 million in annual revenue) and consistently driven growth in coatings, adhesives, sealants and construction materials. With technical expertise spanning polyurethane systems, acrylics and other polymers, pigments and mineral technologies, Luthra has developed the insight to identify and scale climate-adaptive solutions in real-world…
KD Iron & Steel is undertaking a capacity expansion programme involving an investment of around ₹325 crore. KD Green Industries will merge with group company KD Iron & Steel Pvt Ltd as part of its strategy to expand its green manufacturing and infrastructure businesses.The merger is expected to strengthen manufacturing scale, improve operational efficiencies, consolidate group businesses and enhance the balance sheet of the combined entity, a company statement said. KD Green Industries has received the board’s in-principle approval for the said acquisition.The proposed merger, subject to completion of due diligence and statutory approvals, is aimed at creating a diversified…
Staff WriterIndustrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC), Dubai (DIFC) has raised $300 million from a three-year floating-rate and CNH 2.8 billion ($413 million) from a fixed-rate green bonds in a dual-currency issuance.The USD senior unsecured issuance saw its spread tightened to SOFR +35 bps from an initial price guidance of SOFR +90 bps. The reoffer price was set at par with the order book in excess of $1.1 billion, including $910 million JLM.The renminbi bond saw a spread at +1.64 from an IPG in the 2.15% area, with a reoffer price set at par. The order book was in excess…
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Flight Friday: Turkish Operators Outpace Eastern Europe Despite Smaller Fleet | Aviation Week https://aviationweek.com/themes/custom/particle/dist/app-drupal/assets/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to main content Daniel Williams June 12, 2026 Credit: Joe Pries Ahead of Aviation Week’s MRO BEER event in Istanbul, Flight Friday examines how Eastern European (excluding Russia) operators’ narrowbody and widebody monthly flight cycles compare to Turkish operators.Eastern European operators operate over 800 narrowbody aircraft and a little under 150 widebody aircraft. Utilization is up for both aircraft classes by over 16% when compared to May 2024, as we move further away from the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war.This is healthy growth. As for…
China’s criticism of Japan is intensifying rapidly. Within the context of China-Japan relations, the current campaign is unprecedented by any historical measure. It has three distinct characteristics. First, following Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks about Taiwan on November 7, 2025, critics in China doubled down on existing issues, including the problem of treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and the theory of the San Francisco Peace Treaty’s invalidity, expanding them into a narrative of “new militarism.” More recently, the scope of the rhetoric has widened further, to include the 80th anniversary of the International Military Tribunal…