General Elections Commission Chair Hasyim Asyari announced that Defence Minister Prabowo and his vice presidential running mate, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, won a majority of votes on February 14, winning 59 percent, or more than 96 million votes. Anies Baswedan secured nearly 41 million votes, or 25 percent of the total count, while Ganjar Pranowo received 27 million votes, more than 16 percent.
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After two days blockading the world’s largest coal port, hundreds climate change activists have been arrested in Australia
More than 100 climate change activists have been arrested in Australia after a two-day blockade of the world’s largest coal port. Climate activist group Rising Tide, which organised the action at the Port of Newcastle on Australia’s east coast, said around 1,500 people were at the protest.
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Myanmar junta attack on village killed around 100 people
Around 100 people, including women and children, have been killed after Myanmar’s military junta bombed the Kant Balu township in the Sagaing region on Tuesday. The National Unity Government (NUG)’s Ministry of Labour said in a statement, the attack resulted in the “loss of scores of innocent civilians and injuring many more, including children and pregnant women,” and describing it as a “heinous act” that constitutes “a war crime.” Local news outlet The Irrawaddy reported that a junta aircraft dropped two bombs and fired on the village while people were gathered for the opening of a new town office.
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Russian strikes on Ukraine kill 2 foreign
Two foreign aid workers were reportedly killed in eastern Ukraine on Sunday as Russian shelling hit a van carrying a team of four working with a Ukrainian nongovernmental organization, while dozens of Russian drones targeted Kyiv and wounded at least one civilian.
