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Your sport on TV this week: Munster v Cardiff, Premier League and FAI Cup
Don’t Miss: Round two of the URC continues this weekend with three of the four Irish provinces registering wins last weekend. First up on Friday evening Ulster make the trip to Edinburgh with their game brought forward to 7pm due to Storm Amy....


How does sport contribute to trade in the EU?
Did you know that in 2024, there were 1.6 million people employed in the sport sector across the EU, with 37% aged between 15 and 29? Or that, in tertiary education, there were only 2 female students for every 5 male students studying sports? Did...

Every horror movie coming to Netflix in October 2025 (plus a chilling new documentary) By Randall Colburn
'Tis the season for tingling spines and covered eyes. Film lovers have no shortage of scary movies to stream this year. Netflix, for example, is beefing up its already-sizable horror library this month with an influx of new, old, and...

North Sumatra cops rescue 36 Indonesians bound for Malaysia
Some of the Indonesians rescued in a raid following reports of suspicious activity at a fish warehouse. (Bernama pic) PETALING JAYA: Police in North Sumatra have rescued 36 Indonesians, including eight women, from an alleged human trafficking...

Indonesia to reclaim 28,000 prehistoric fossils from Netherlands
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia is set to receive 28,131 fossils of early human species discovered by paleoanthropologist Eugene Dubois this year under a repatriation arrangement with the Netherlands, Culture Minister Fadli Zon announced. "The...

Sports News | Indian Veteran Gangjee Well Placed for International Series Charge After Rain-affected First Round in Jakarta
Jakarta [Indonesia], October 2 (ANI): Veteran Rahil Gangjee is the best-placed Indian player in the field on a rain-affected opening day of the Jakarta International Championship at the Damai Indah Golf PIK Course. The 47-year-old, a two-time...

Indonesia festival uses museums to promote SDGs for youth
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia Hidden Heritage Creative Hub, working with the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) and the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, is turning museums into learning spaces to promote the Sustainable Development...

W-Sport and WSL partner up again for 2025-26 in wide range of markets
Women’s sport-centric TV channel W-Sport has extended its rights deal covering English soccer's top-tier Women's Super League (WSL) through the 2025-26 campaign. Via an extension unveiled today, W-Sport holds rights to the 2025-26 WSL, which...

Indonesia pushes for return of historic keris, royal artifacts abroad
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Minister of Culture Fadli Zon affirmed that the government is working to secure the return of several historical artifacts belonging to Indonesia that remain overseas. These include the keris of national hero Teuku Umar, the...

Jakarta Offers Special Public Transport Fare of Rp80 for TNI Anniversary
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Jakarta Provincial Government will provide a discounted fare of Rp80 on public transportation during the 80th Anniversary of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) on Sunday, October 5, 2025. Jakarta Governor Pramono...

Indonesian startups face funding fallout from corruption scandals
At the beginning of September, Jakarta prosecutors paraded three suspects in an alleged USD 25 million corruption and money laundering scandal involving investment funds at agriculture startup TaniHub. The case has reverberated through Indonesia’s...
Indonesia's National Batik Day marked in Surakarta
Students wearing batik stage a fashion show in a commuter train in celebration of the National Batik Day in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, Oct. 2, 2025. Indonesia's National Batik Day that falls on Oct. 2 marks the United Nations Educational,...

Indonesia school collapse: 'No signs of life' detected
Detecting "no more signs of life," rescuers in Indonesia on Thursday decided to use heavy machinery to remove the debris of the school that collapsed on Monday. A part of the multi-story building of the school in Java collapsed on Monday while...

Fashion Titans Shift 20% of Production from China
Zàijiàn. Goodbye. U.S. giants are beginning to disengage from sourcing in China, the world’s great textile factory. So far this year, American fashion has taken 20% of the production it made a year ago in the country from the Asian giant, in an...

Criminally Underrated Action Star Leaves Hollywood Behind With Thrilling First Look at Martial Arts War Epic
The Raid star and seriously underrated action icon Iko Uwais has decided to stop waiting for Hollywood to find a place for him (the fact that they can’t is nothing less than an insult to both the actor and the genre) and take control of his own...
Indonesian school building collapse 'eye-opening' for disaster agency
An operation to rescue around 60 children trapped under an Islamic boarding school in Indonesia’s East Java province has now shifted into a recovery operation, with the death toll expected to significantly rise. The Al-Khoziny school in Sidoarjo...
Dozens missing after school building collapses in Indonesia
Jakarta, Oct 2, (dpa/GNA) – Dozens of people remain trapped after a multi-story school building collapsed in Indonesia, with rescuers continuing to search for survivors on Tuesday, more than 12 hours after the collapse. At least one student was...
Sports on TV for Friday, Oct. 3
(All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, Oct. 3 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN’S) 5 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Essendon at Melbourne 1 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 — AFL: Sydney at North Melbourne 3 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 — AFL: Brisbane...

Freeport-McMoRan Agrees to Divest 12% Stake to Indonesia at Zero Cost
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian government has successfully reached an agreement with Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX), the parent company of PT Freeport Indonesia. Minister of Investment and Industrial Estates, as well as Head of the...