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The Oregon Zoo in Portland has welcomed its newest addition, a baby elephant. Oregon Zoo Asian elephant Rose-Tu has delivered a baby. Pictured on Feb. 1, 2025. Thirty-year-old Asian elephant Rose ...

Bali, Indonesia is seeing a significant spike in Dengue Fever cases. Picture: iStock. This trend also puts Badung Regency as the second-highest dengue fever area in the province. According to the ...

Portland's Oregon Zoo welcomed a new resident over the weekend, a baby Asian elephant that's already ... [+] up and walking. The Oregon Zoo in Portland is celebrating the weekend birth of a baby ...

Indonesia’s parliament has approved the creation of a new sovereign investment fund in order to manage some of the country’s most important state-owned enterprises and generate capital for ...

It's also considered to be the first Black-owned luxury hotel in the United States. While there’s still progress to be made, the growing number of Black-owned accommodations worldwide makes it easier ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – After a week of baby watch, Oregon Zoo’s beloved Asian elephant Rose-Tu gave birth to a new member of the zoo’s family. The calf was born around 4:29 p.m. Saturday ...

The 30-year-old Asian elephant gave birth at about 4:29 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1, after more than 20 months of pregnancy. The zoo says the calf appears to be a healthy female, weighing about 200 ...

Indonesia is poised to shift at least $61 billion of state assets into a powerful new investment fund that reports directly to President Prabowo Subianto. The new entity, Daya Anagata Nusantara ...

Sjafrie added that the cooperation was a strategic partnership between Indonesia and international partners to produce modern and highly competitive weapons systems. “Naming a ship is not just a ...