Indonesian News
Traveloka Under Fire After Anies Baswedan Speech Walkout
Indonesian travel site Traveloka denied that its co-founder Derianto Kusumo participated in a walkout during Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan’s speech at a Canisius College last weekend. #UninstallTraveloka became a trending topic on Twitter, though Derianto said he wasn’t even at the event. —Katadata
Drug Dealing Bali Government Official Finally Caught Hiding in a Cowshed
Jero Gede Komang Swastika, a top official in Bali legislative council, was caught by Counter Transnational and Organized Crime last night in his hiding place: a cowshed that belongs to his friend. The man who’s colloquially called as Mang Jangol had been running away from an investigation into his involvement in drug trafficking —Tribunnews
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Visitors Apologized for Feeding Zoo Animals Alcohol
A group of people thought it would be funny to share their bottle of red wine with a hippopotamus, deers, and zebras at the animal theme park Taman Safari in Bogor and post several videos of their pranks on Instagram. One of the women involved has apologized on Instagram, but it’s unclear if they have sorted things out with the theme park officials. —Kompas
International News
Italy Misses World Cup For The Second Time in its History
“A World Cup without Italia is like pizza without cheese,” said one Italy fan on Twitter after Italy lost a playoff against Sweden. The team’s captain, 39-year-old Gianluigi Buffon, announced his retirement in a post-match interview. “The blame is divided equally among us all. There must be no scapegoats,” he said. Other major nations that failed to secure a spot in next year’s World Cup are the Netherlands and the USA. —BBC
Zimbabwe Army Takes Over, Says President is ‘Safe’
The military has seized control. Soldiers and armed vehicles have blocked roads to main government offices, parliament and the courts in Zimbabwe capital, Harare. President Robert Mugabe, who has been in power since 1980, has not been seen or heard from but the military said on national TV that he is safe. “We are only targeting criminals around him (Mugabe) who are committing crimes that are causing social and economic suffering in the country in order to bring them to justice,” Zimbabwe Major General SB Moyo, Chief of Staff Logistics, said on TV. —Reuters
Osama bin Laden’s Secret Diary Revealed
In his secret journal, the al Qaeda founder wrote about everything from his thoughts on current political events to his exchanges between him and his sons—nothing too deep, though. An anonymous source who was close to bin Laden in the ’90s said that he was “a spiritual inspiration for hardened jihadists,” not “a religious scholar or an ideological thinker.” —Al Jazeera
Australia Said Yes to Same Sex Marriage in a Historic Poll
After an overwhelming vote of 61.6 percent for same-sex marriage, Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull said the parliament has to commit to implement marriage equality before Christmas. The national postal survey had a participation rate of 79.5 percent. —The Guardian
Everything Else
Why Women Discourage Each Other From Reporting Sexual Assault
Reporting sexual assault could potentially backfire on women. Broadly spoke to a sexual assault and criminal justice expert to find out why staying silent is often the most convenient option. —Broadly
Murphy Radio Flex Their Fingers In New Single ‘Sports Between Trenches’
Indonesia’s math rock trio just released a music video for a single from their upcoming album and it’s great. —VICE
Yu-Ming Wu, a cofounder of the “greatest sneaker show on Earth” teaches us how to spot counterfeit sneakers before spending millions of rupiah on them. —VICE
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