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Medan, Indonesia – Delima, a sales representative in Indonesia’s fourth-largest city, used to collapse the moment she got home after spending the whole day on her feet serving customers.But recently, Delima, who works at a cosmetics store in one of Medan’s upscale malls, has felt like she has “nothing to do”.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“The mall is so quiet now, and when customers do come into the store, they have no intention of buying anything. They just use all the free testers, especially perfume, and then leave,” she told Al Jazeera.Delima’s experience reflects “Rohana” and “Rojali”, the latest buzzwords to sweep Indonesian social media, in action.“Rohana” and “Rojali”, portmanteaus of the Indonesian…

Copenhagen-based sales outfit LevelK has acquired world sales rights to the Finnish period drama “Tell Everyone,” directed by Alli Haapasalo (“Girl Picture”), which will be presented on Thursday at Finnish Film Affair, the annual industry event running parallel to the Helsinki Intl. Film Festival – Love & Anarchy.  “Tell Everyone” is set at the turn of the 20th century, exploring themes of rebellion, belonging and freedom through the eyes of women confined to Seili, a remote sanatorium island for those deemed “troublesome.” The film follows Amanda Aaltonen, a fiercely independent young woman with a spirit of anarchy and adventure. In 1898 she arrives at…

Wedged between Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, and the region of Darfur in the west, the Kordofan states have become the latest frontline in a civil war that’s been raging since 2023 between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The battle for the region – which is made up of three states and has a population of almost eight million – has intensified since the army focused on regaining the territory from the RSF as it pushes towards Darfur. The BBC has managed to get rare access to South Kordofan, where people are paying a heavy price in this…

A gunman armed with a rifle opened fire on a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas on Wednesday, killing one detainee and critically wounding two others before taking his own life, authorities said.Officials reported that the shooter left behind ammunition marked with the phrase “ANTI-ICE” written in blue. The FBI is investigating the attack as an act of targeted violence. Acting ICE director Todd Lyons confirmed that the suspect identified was a man named Joshua Jahn.The shooting comes at a time when ICE has emerged as the sword arm of US President Donald Trump’s attempts to…

Perhaps the most exciting part of the chip is the graphics performance: The Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme both use a new Adreno GPU architecture. Qualcomm says power efficiency has improved by 2.3X, so hopefully that means these laptops can scale up performance when it’s needed, in games or creative applications. Qualcomm says gaming will take a big step forward in this next generation. Qualcomm showed a chart with 2.2X faster frame rates in Hitman World of Assassination and 2.1X faster in Black Myth Wukong. Of course, these Qualcomm laptops continue to rely exclusively on integrated graphics, meaning…

Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian has conceded defeat in the seat of Bradfield, abandoning her court challenge to overturn the result 145 days after the federal election.Kapterian, who narrowly lost to independent Nicolette Boele, released a statement on Thursday saying she was satisfied the correct outcome had been declared in the once blue-ribbon seat, held by the Liberal party since its creation in 1949.“After a final review of the ballot papers following the two different results in Bradfield, I am satisfied that, overall, the correct outcome has been declared,” Kapterian said.“After asking the on-field decision to go to the video umpire,…

The government’s flagship NHS pledge to get back to hitting the 18-week waiting time target in England by the end of the parliament is hanging in the balance, experts say.An analysis by the Health Foundation shows, on current trends, waiting times will still be over 20 weeks by July 2029.The think-tank is warning the huge efforts being put into reducing waiting times also risks distracting from other priorities in the NHS, including improving access to GPs.But the government said it was pleased with the progress being made – and expected the pace of improvement to increase.The 18-week target requires 92%…

Sep 24, 2025, 10:37 PM ETCLEVELAND — George Valera hit a two-run homer in the third inning, Jose Ramirez had a two-run double in the seventh and the Cleveland Guardians became the first major league team to overcome a deficit of 15 1/2 games and take the lead in either division or league play, beating the Detroit Tigers 5-1 on Wednesday night.Cleveland (86-72) has a one-game lead over Detroit (85-73) with four games to play. The Guardians also have the tiebreaker by taking the season series.Editor’s Picks1 RelatedThe 1914 Boston Braves were 15 games back in the National League on…

For decades, Silicon Valley has valorized the college dropout. Founders like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg left school early to build companies and they became billionaires.  That ethos was later institutionalized through initiatives like the Thiel Fellowship, which famously pays promising students $100,000 to leave college and start companies. For many years, the famed accelerator Y Combinator also quietly reinforced that culture. While it never explicitly required students to drop out, many of its most successful alumni, including Dropbox’s Drew Houston, Reddit’s Steve Huffman, and Stripe’s John and Patrick Collison, joined the program young and left school behind…

ReutersMohammed Hajjaj said his relatives were killed when a shelter for displaced families was struckMore than 80 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, most of them in Gaza City, local hospitals said.Women and children were among at least 20 who died when a strike hit a building and tents sheltering displaced families near Firas market in Gaza City’s central Daraj neighbourhood overnight, according to first responders.The Israeli military said it struck two Hamas fighters and that the number of casualties did not align with its own information.Meanwhile, Israeli tanks and troops continued their advance…