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World’s ‘oldest’ rock art discovered in Indonesia

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January 23, 2026 JAKARTA – Sulawesi, the fourth largest island in the country and the 11th largest in the world, made headlines in 2024 thanks to the world’s oldest-known dated cave painting of a wild pig in Maros Pangkep area in South Sulawesi believed to be made around 51,200 years ago. But researchers recently found … Read more

Degrees of danger: Beating the heat in Southeast Asia

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January 10, 2025 SINGAPORE – South-east Asia is one of the regions most vulnerable to rising temperatures caused by climate change and rapid urbanisation. What will it take to heat-proof the region? Experts at the First Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN) South-east Asia Heat Health Forum discussed how human health, well-being and livelihoods in … Read more