Officials in Vietnam are investigating the Chinese milk tea brand Chagee, which is set to open its first store in the country, for using images of the so-called “nine-dash line” map on its ...

Police in commercial hub Ho Chi Minh City are investigating Chagee about a map on its website showing the “nine-dash line” marking Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea. The city’s Department of ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted late Thursday, sending a dark ash tower eight kilometers (nearly five miles) into the sky as officials raised the alert level to its highest ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Indonesia’s Parliament unanimously voted to pass a controversial revision of its military law on Thursday ...

13 countries are lying on the equator, with 3 continents, and 3 major waterbodies included.

Because the Earth is round, the sun is more directly overhead during the day at the equator than at the poles. This means more energy reaches the surface of the Earth near the equator. And that ...

Indonesia’s parliament has ratified a contentious law allowing members of the military to hold more government roles, despite criticisms that it could expand the armed forces’ role in civilian ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. With crocodile attacks on the rise in the Central Mamuju district of Indonesia’s West Sulawesi, where the ...

During an equinox, the center of the sun is on the same plane as the equator. After the vernal equinox in March, the Northern Hemisphere tilts toward the sun until the June solstice, when the sun ...

TANJUNG REJO, Indonesia (AP) — The loud whirr of a chainsaw ... Cocoa trees are high maintenance: Grown only near the equator, they require a precise combination of steady temperatures, humidity ...

TANJUNG REJO, Indonesia (AP) — The loud whirr of a chainsaw sounds ... Cocoa trees are high maintenance: Grown only near the equator, they require a precise combination of steady temperatures, ...

The decal features Hawaii’s universal gesture of goodwill. As Kokua Line has previously reported, license plates spelling “Hawai‘i” with an okina as required by a state law approved in ...