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Wildfires in Kalimantan Trigger Regional Haze and National Park Closures

Wildfires in Indonesia's Kalimantan region have caused a surge in hotspots and hazardous air quality that has affected neighboring Malaysia and Brunei. The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reported a significant increase in hotspots in West Kalimantan as of August 31,…

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2 sources across 2 countries · Hong Kong · Indonesia

Who reported this

  • South China Morning Post Hong Kong · Centre-right · Alibaba Group
  • Tempo English Indonesia · Centre-left · PT Tempo Inti Media

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· evening

Brunei sighting of fugitive Sukumara Kurup proven false

Authorities have concluded that a recent lead suggesting the fugitive Sukumara Kurup was living in Brunei was false. The mystery surrounding Kurup, who vanished in 1984 after strangling a man and faking his own death, was revived this week by a claim from retired police officer…

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2 sources · India

Who reported this

  • The Indian Express India · Centre · Indian Express Group (Goenka family)
  • Hindustan Times India · Centre-right · HT Media (KK Birla group)

What the colours mean

  • Left
  • Centre-left
  • Centre
  • Centre-right
  • Right
  • A hatched block means the outlet is affiliated with, or controlled by, a state.

Political lean describes where an outlet sits within the politics of its own country. It is never a position on a single global scale.

Political lean is comparable inside one country and not across them, which is why the bar groups by country first. Publicly funded broadcasters are not marked as state-linked.

The owner of each outlet is listed as a matter of record, not as a judgement about the outlet.

Every source for this story reports from India.

· morning

Indonesia Sanctions Companies and Intensifies Firefighting as Haze Spreads Regionally

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has ordered the revocation of business permits for corporations found responsible for forest fires as toxic haze spreads across Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei. The Ministry of Forestry has already imposed administrative sanctions on six…

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7 sources across 6 countries · 1 of them is linked to a state

Who reported this

  • Tempo English Indonesia · Centre-left · PT Tempo Inti Media
  • The Jakarta Post Indonesia · Centre-left · PT Bina Media Tenggara
  • South China Morning Post Hong Kong · Centre-right · Alibaba Group
  • The Japan Times Japan · Centre · News2u Holdings
  • Al Jazeera Qatar · Centre-left · State-affiliated · Qatari government funded
  • The Guardian United Kingdom · Centre-left · Scott Trust Limited
  • Associated Press United States · Centre · Non-profit news cooperative

What the colours mean

  • Left
  • Centre-left
  • Centre
  • Centre-right
  • Right
  • A hatched block means the outlet is affiliated with, or controlled by, a state.

Political lean describes where an outlet sits within the politics of its own country. It is never a position on a single global scale.

Political lean is comparable inside one country and not across them, which is why the bar groups by country first. Publicly funded broadcasters are not marked as state-linked.

The owner of each outlet is listed as a matter of record, not as a judgement about the outlet.

· morning