The iconic Homo erectus fossil was welcomed home with a repatriation ceremony and a new museum exhibit in Jakarta.

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From the smouldering flanks of Java to the isolated craters of Flores, Indonesia's volcanoes are some of the grandest in the world. Climbing their slopes before dawn offers unforgettable views of the ...

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SUMENEP, East Java – In one of East Java’s toughest rulings on sexual abuse, the Sumenep District Court has sentenced the head of a local Islamic boarding school, or pesantren, to 20 years in prison ...

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Calling the design decision crass and disgusting as well as illegal, an environmentalist group is demanding that President Trump’s image be removed from the 2026 national parks pass. Greene: New ...

THE SCOOP Smack in the center of Nassau County, East Meadow is best known as the home of the 930-acre Eisenhower Park, nearly 100 acres larger than Manhattan's storied Central Park. But, said one ...

Excavated with colonial labor and shipped to the Netherlands, the famous fossil is being repatriated to Indonesia along with 28,000 other fossils. The skull cap of 'Java Man' was discovered by Eugène ...

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck East Java province in Indonesia on Monday. The Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said that the earthquake was at a depth ...

Editor: As it comes up on the second anniversary of my own opportunity to be with over 300 volunteers selected to decorate The White House for the holidays, I feel compelled to express what so many ...