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…
INDONESIA: ‘BRIDE KIDNAPPING’ TRADITION FUELS CHILD MARRIAGE DESPITE NEW BAN
BEH LIH YI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Indonesia…
Updated: Hundreds dead after earthquake and tsunami hits Indonesian island of Sulawesi
Updated: 9am, 1st October, 2018More than 830 people have been killed and hundreds more injured after an earthquake and tsunami struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The 7.5 magnitude earthquake and a powerful tsunami destroyed hundreds of homes in the city of Palu in central Sulawesi and the neighbouring city of Donggala when they struck […]
Facebook apologises after Lombok earthquake balloons blunder
Thomson Reuters Foundation Facebook apologised on Wednesday after users posting about a deadly earthquake in Indonesia on the social media platform saw their messages decorated with images of balloons and confetti. A 6.9 magnitude quake struck the tourist island of Lombok on Sunday, killing at least 347 people and leaving thousands homeless, according to the […]
Death toll from Lombok quake continues to rise
The death toll from Sunday’s earthquake on the Indonesia island of Lombok has risen to at least 98 with many more still missing. The Indonesian Government’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency has reportedly said it expects the toll, which also includes hundreds of injured, to climb further as debris is cleared. The search for the missing is […]
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 […]