Day: November 1, 2022

Mount Kerinci ejects 200-meter-high column of volcanic ash

Mount Kerinci, located in Jambi and West Sumatra provinces, spewed a 200-meter-high column of volcanic ash on Tuesday, the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) reported here. “The ash column was observed to be gray to brown with moderate to thick intensity (and moving) toward the north and

Acute kidney injury: Ministry provides antidote to 17 hospitals

The Health Ministry has distributed 146 vials of Fomepizole, an antidote for treating atypical progressive acute kidney injury, to 17 hospitals across Indonesia, the ministry’s spokesperson, Mohammad Syahril, informed on Tuesday. “As of October 31, 2022, we have obtained a total of 246 vials of the Fomepizole antidote. Some 146

Number of acute kidney injury cases reaches 304

The number of acute kidney injury (AKI) cases in Indonesia has reached 304 as of October 31, 2022, with most of the cases recorded in Jakarta, Health Ministry spokesperson Mohammad Syahril has said. “Until yesterday, the number of AKI cases in Indonesia was 304 cases and those who are still

Solomon Islands province rejects Chinese mobile towers

China’s Huawei is building dozens of communications towers across the Solomon Islands, boosting mobile internet access ahead of next year’s Pacific Games, but the country’s most populous province continues to reject the Chinese-funded infrastructure. Malaita province banned Chinese projects after the Solomon Islands government switched its diplomatic recognition to Beijing

Third Committee Delegates Highlight Systemic Racism, Killings of People of African Descent, Ongoing Legacies of Colonialism, Slavery, in Rights Debate

Independent Expert Underscores Modern Slavery in Physical and Online Slave Markets, Organ Harvesting Children of African descent are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system, experts told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today, as delegates engaged in a series of interactive dialogues on the link between systemic racism