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06 Apr 2025, 06:15 GMT+10
Indonesia stabilizes rupiah amid U.S. tariff threatThe Indonesian central bank, Bank Indonesia (BI), vowed to maintain the stability of the rupiah by optimizing its triple intervention strategy, following the imposition of U.S. "reciprocal tariffs" on Indonesian exports, an official said on Saturday.Executive Director of the BI's Communication Department Ramdan Denny Prakoso explained that the triple intervention involves intervening in the foreign exchange spot market, the Domestic Non-Deliverable Forward market, and the secondary market for government securities.UNFPA appeals for humanitarian support in South SudanThe United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has called upon all political leaders in South Sudan to prioritize peace, stability and the well-being of the people in need of humanitarian support amid rising political tensions in the country.The ongoing instability threatens to derail humanitarian response, making it even more difficult to deliver critical services to those in need, the UNFPA said in a statement issued in Juba, the capital of South Sudan on Friday evening.Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to 3,455The powerful earthquake that struck Myanmar has claimed 3,455 lives, left 4,840 people injured, and 214 remain unaccounted for as of Saturday, according to the official media Myanmar Radio and Television.U.S. largest port sounds alarm on Trump's tariffsTariffs could lead to a 10 percent drop in cargo volume moving through the Port of Los Angeles later this year, the U.S. largest port's Executive Director Gene Seroka warned Friday."We need lumber from Canada; appliances from Mexico; aluminum, steel, copper and furniture from China," Seroka explained in an interview with the Politico, an American political digital newspaper."I just wanted to help people:" dying Gazan volunteer"Forgive me, Mom. I just wanted to help people. I just wanted to save lives," breathed a dying volunteer in the Gaza aid convoy ambush, a humanitarian official said on Friday.Recordings of the deadly March 23 Israeli ambush of the emergency vehicle convoy also contain Israeli soldiers' conversation in Hebrew with a missing worker, said Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) President Younis Al-Khatib.Danish PM urges unity with Greenland amid U.S. pressureDanish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has called for unity between Denmark and Greenland in response to growing pressure from the United States, emphasizing that the two parts of the Kingdom must remain closely aligned to safeguard their shared interests.She made the remarks in an interview with Greenlandic newspaper Sermitsiaq during her three-day visit to Greenland from Wednesday to Friday. The visit marked an important step in Denmark's effort to consolidate ties with Greenland.
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