Prayers, wreaths mark 20th anniversary of Bali bombing
Updated: 6:15pm (AEST)Kuta, Indonesia/Sydney, Australia Reuters Survivors of the Bali bombing, alongside families and friends of the victims, prayed and laid wreaths on Wednesday to mark the 20-year anniversary of the attacks, joining gatherings held near the site of the blasts in Indonesia and across Australia. A total of 202 people, including 88 Australians and 38 […]
Trash for rice: Bali recycling scheme gives families pandemic lifeline
Gianyar, Indonesia Reuters For Balinese souvenir shop owner I Kadek Rai Nama Rupat, the past two years during the COVID-19 pandemic have been a fight for survival. The pandemic has prevented the foreign tourists that usually throng businesses like his on the Indonesian resort island from coming and rising food prices have compounded the economic pain. […]
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 strikes Bali, kills three
Jakarta, IndonesiaReuters An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 struck Indonesia’s Bali island on Saturday morning, killing at least three people, Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said. The quake affected the Karangasem and Bangli districts on the eastern side of the tourist island and a search has been concluded, the agency said in a statement, but authorities […]
StrangeSights: Saved by a whale’s tail; a flying car test flight; and, paying coconuts for college…
DAVID ADAMS looks at the odder side of life…
INDONESIA: “SURFER GIRLS” TURN THE TIDE ON SEXISM
BEH LIH YI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a social enterprise is helping girls find their feet – and not just on a surfboard…
POSTCARDS: CHURCH IN BALI EMPOWERS YOUTH TO BREAK CYCLE OF POVERTY
IVARS KUPCIS, in an article first published on the World Council of Churches’ website, reports from the Indonesian island of Bali…
Breaking: At least 82 killed in earthquake on Indonesian island of Lombok
At least 82 people have been killed on the Indonesia island of Lombok after a magnitude seven earthquake, a week after an earlier quake killed more than a dozen people there. The latest earthquake, which shook buildings as far away as Denpasar in Bali when it struck early on Sunday night, saw thousands of Lombok’s […]
COMMUNITY BUILDING: HOW ONE FAMILY IS SHARING CHRIST’S LOVE IN A BALI GYM
LAUREN MUSCAT visits a gym in the community of Sanur, Bali, that’s using martial arts training and education to help local children reach their potential…
ESSAY: AUSTRALIA’S CHANGE ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Writing from the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, BEN THURLEY, national advocacy coordinator at TEAR Australia argues that signing the Kyoto Protocol is just a first step in addressing climate change…
Postcards: A visit to a Bali orphanage
DEB MACKIE writes of her experiences at a Bali orphanage…