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Many smokers have moved to e-cigarettes in a bid to stop smoking But now, Los Angeles City Council has voted to ban the use of electronic cigarettes in the city's restaurants, bars, nightclubs and public spaces. The council voted unanimously to ban the battery-powered devices, which are filled with ...

Denpasar is a booming market for drugs dealers as the Bali provincial capital has a high number of drugs users, a local police chief said Wednesday. The Denpasar City Police recorded 183 drug cases in 2013 and there were 14 cases in the first two months of 2014. “The number of users is usually high...

Susana, 41, works on a reog mask made from recycled newspaper in front of her small store on a sidewalk in Surabaya, East Java, on Tuesday. Susana, who also makes other traditional handicrafts that sell for between Rp 20,000 (US$1.72) and Rp 250,000, said she aimed to preserve local culture through ...

Hundreds of foreign tourists visited Semarang, Central Java, arriving on two foreign cruise ships — MV Crystal Symphony from the Bahamas and MV Rotterdam from the Netherlands — which berthed at Tanjung Emas Port, Monday. State-owned port operator PT Pelindo III Tanjung Emas branch general manager, T...

More than 80,000 women will be running for office in this year's presidential election in Indonesia, encouraged to be part of the country's plan to have more women in power. Aceh Around 170 women are learning to run for office in a conference hall of a hotel in Banda Aceh, Indonesia's northernmost ...

Though Alfonso Cuarón's space epic Gravity dominated the 86th Academy Awards with seven wins in the 24 categories, Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave secured the ceremony's biggest honor, Best Picture. 12 Years a Slave beat out 288 other films that were eligible for Best Picture. The film came out in...

Three months have now passed since Indonesia recalled its ambassador from Canberra and the rift that prompted Jakarta to take this serious step is no closer to being resolved. Indeed, it has got worse, with more questions emerging about Australian intelligence and border protection operations in an...

In response to rising demand for full-service flights, Batik Air will add domestic and international destinations, including Singapore, at the end of this year. It will fly to the city-state three times daily from Jakarta. Batik, the full-service unit of the low-cost carrier Lion Air, began operatin...

There will likely be a significant jump in timber exports to the European Union following the ratification of an agreement signed to curb illegal timber trade. Deputy Trade Minister Bayu Krisnamurthi said Friday that Indonesia expected an increase in timber and timber product shipments to the EU by...