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US President Joe Biden has said he hopes to have a ceasefire “by next Monday” in the Israel-Gaza war.

His comments come amid reports of some progress reached in ongoing negotiations involving Israel and Hamas representatives in Qatar.

“My national security advisor tells me that we’re close,” Mr Biden said.

Israel launched a large-scale air and ground campaign in Gaza after Hamas gunmen killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel on 7 October.

The attackers also took 253 people hostage, a number of whom have since been released.

The Hamas-run health ministry in the Gaza Strip says at least 29,782 people have been killed in the territory since then, including 90 on Sunday alone.

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President Biden, whose country is Israel’s main ally, was speaking to reporters in New York City about the possible ceasefire.

“We’re close,” he said. “We’re not done yet. My hope is by next Monday we’ll have a ceasefire.”

A spokesman for the US State Department had said earlier on Monday that “progress” has been made in negotiations to release the Israeli hostages in the last several days, but that it remains unclear whether Hamas will accept the latest proposed deal.

“We’ve had progress with the conversations we’ve had between Egypt, Israel, the United States and Qatar,” said spokesman Matthew Miller.

Last week the US was widely criticised for vetoing a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Instead, it proposed its own temporary ceasefire resolution, which also warned Israel not to invade the southern Gazan city of Rafah.

On Sunday, the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had presented the cabinet with “the upcoming operation plan”- referring to Rafah.

Israel has been under mounting international pressure not to launch such an offensive in the city, home to many Palestinian refugees who have fled from other parts of Gaza.

In a separate development, Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh resigned along with his government, which runs parts of the occupied West Bank.

President Mahmoud Abbas accepted his decision, which could pave the way for a technocratic government.

Mr Abbas is under pressure from the US to reform the PA so it can govern Gaza after the Israel-Hamas war ends.https://curanmai.com/

Last week, Mr Netanyahu presented a vision for the territory that made no mention of any role for the PA.

BLEJERMOT.com  Rakyat Merdeka – Menko Kemaritiman dan Investasi Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan mengatakan, Pemerintah tengah berupaya mengurangi emisi karbon dengan merehabilitasi 600 ribu hektar hutan mangrove. Menurut dia, keberhasilan program ini bisa tercapai jika semua pihak mampu memberdayakan masyarakat pesisir. 

Hal tersebut disampaikan Luhut di akun Instagram miliknya @luhut.pandjaitan, Senin (26/2/2024). Luhut mengatakan, Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Uni Eropa mencatat selama 12 bulan berturut-turut, bumi telah mengalami suhu lebih panas 1,5 derajat celsius dibandingkan era praindustri 1850-1900. Fenomena ini adalah yang pertama kalinya dalam catatan sejarah.

Hal ini juga membuat kemunculan sejumlah fenomena alam yang mengubah beberapa bagian bumi menjadi tidak sama lagi dengan kondisi beberapa abad silam. Seperti peningkatan suhu bumi sebanyak 1,5 derajat celsius yang menyebabkan kerugian besar bagi ekosistem seperti gelombang panas, kekeringan, banjir, hingga kelangkaan air yang akan kita jumpai dalam beberapa waktu ke depan. 

“Ini adalah sebuah wake up call bagi kita semua untuk melakukan upaya mitigasi dalam mengurangi emisi karbon,” tulis Luhut. 

Menghadapi hal itu, lanjut Luhut, pihaknya telah mengambil langkah cepat bersama World Bank beserta Kementerian/Lembaga terkait termasuk TNI Angkatan Darat yaitu berfokus pada rehabilitasi 75 ribu hektare dan mengkonservasi 400 ribu hektare mangrove sebagai bagian rencana besar Rehabilitasi 600 ribu hektare Mangrove di Kawasan Pesisir.

“Potensi besar mangrove yang amat penting dalam penyerapan karbon yang lebih tinggi secara alami, akan kami manfaatkan antara lain untuk transformasi ekonomi hijau dan akan terus mengarah ke karbon biru yang lebih ramah lingkungan serta berkelanjutan,” ucap Luhut. 

Menurut Luhut, hal ini penting mengingat Indonesia berkomitmen mengendalikan perubahan iklim global dan rehabilitasi mangrove diharapkan dapat mendukung penurunan emisi sesuai dokumen kontribusi nasional (NDC).

Luhut menilai, keberhasilan program ini akan dicapai jika integrasi seluruh stakeholder mampu memberdayakan masyarakat di sekitar pesisir. “Dengan begitu ekosistem mangrove di pesisir Indonesia tidak hanya menjadi tempat penyimpanan karbon, tetapi juga mampu menjadi sumber alternatif baru mata pencaharian bagi masyarakat sekitar ekosistem mangrove berada,” pungkasnya.https://curanmai.com/

By Kathryn Armstrong

BBC News

Volodymyr Zelensky says 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed during Russia’s full-scale invasion.

The Ukrainian president said he would not give the number of wounded as that would help Russian military planning.

Typically, Ukrainian officials do not make casualty figures public, and other estimates are much higher.

It comes after the defence minister said half of all Western aid for Ukraine has been delayed, costing lives and territory.

Mr Zelensky said on Sunday that he was providing an updated death toll in response to the inflated figures that Russia has quoted.

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“31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died in this war. Not 300,000 or 150,000, or whatever Putin and his lying circle are saying. But each of these losses is a great loss for us.”

Speaking about the wider losses in the war, Mr Zelensky said tens of thousands of civilians had died in the areas of Ukraine occupied by Russia but the true number was unknown.

“I don’t know how many of them died, how many were killed, how many were murdered, tortured, how many were deported.”

It is rare for Ukraine to provide a military death toll, and other estimates suggest a much higher number.

US officials in August put the number of Ukrainian soldiers killed at 70,000 and as many as 120,000 injured.

In terms of Russian losses, Mr Zelensky said 180,000 Russian soldiers have been killed and tens of thousands more injured.

BBC Russian, in a joint project with the Mediazona website, has established the names of more than 45,000 Russian servicepeople who had died. But it estimates the total number to be greater than that.

In February, the UK’s defence ministry estimated that 350,000 Russian troops had been killed or injured.

President Zelensky’s address came after his defence minister, Rustam Umerov, called out the country’s Western allies for delays in military aid.

“At the moment, commitment does not constitute delivery,” he said.

Ukraine is currently experiencing a variety of setbacks in its mission to drive Russia from its territory.

Mr Umerov said that the lack of supplies put Ukraine at a further disadvantage “in the mathematics of war”.

“We do everything possible and impossible but without timely supply it harms us,” he said.

Germany warned in November that a European Union (EU) plan to deliver a million artillery shells by March would not be met.

In January, the EU said just over half of these would reach Ukraine by the deadline and that the promised amount would not be there until the end of 2024.

President Zelensky said one of the reasons Ukraine’s highly anticipated counter-offensive last year did not start earlier was the lack of weapons.

That counter-offensive largely failed – one of a number of setbacks Kyiv has faced after some early successes in repelling Russia after it invaded in February 2022.

Mr Zelensky also suggested on Sunday that plans for the counter-offensive were leaked to Russia ahead of time.

Last week, it was announced that Ukrainian troops had withdrawn from the key eastern town of Avdiivka – Moscow’s biggest win in months.

Mr Zelensky also blamed this partly on faltering Western weapon supplies.

The Biden administration, meanwhile, has said the hold-up in Congress of a $60bn aid package for Ukraine contributed to the fall of the town.

Western leaders travelled to Kyiv on Saturday in a show of solidarity with Ukraine as the country marked two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion.

There, it was announced that Italy and Canada had signed security deals with Ukraine – bolstering support until the country could join Nato.

Canada’s deal included more than three billion Canadian dollars (£1.7bn) in financial and defence aid.

It is not only Ukraine that is having trouble resourcing its military activities. Russia is also struggling to provide ammunition and weapons, according to Western officials.

“Russia’s domestic ammunition production capabilities are currently insufficient for meeting the needs of the Ukraine conflict,” a Western official claimed.

They added that Moscow has been able to increase its supply only by seeking out alternative sources of ammunition and weapons, which do not offer a long-term solution.https://curanmai.com/

BLEJERMOT.com  Rakyat Merdeka – Pak Mariyo, warga Sragen, Jawa Tengah memenuhi nazar berjalan kaki dari kota tempat tinggalnya ke Jakarta, karena Pemilu 2024 berjalan sesuai harapannya.

Paslon 02 Prabowo-Gibran, jagoan Pak Mariyo di Pilpres 2024, sejauh ini berhasil meraup suara terbanyak. Berdasarkan hasil hitung resmi (real count) Komisi Pemilihan Umum (KPU) pada Minggu (25/2/2024) pukul 17.00.15 WIB, dengan data masuk 76,87 persen (632.821 dari 823.236 TPS), Prabowo-Gibran mencatat keunggulan 58,84 persen atau meraih 73.772.139 suara.

Sementara jagoan Pak Mariyo di Dapil Sragen 1, Budiono Rahmadi berhasil meraup 1.578 suara. Tertinggi mewakili Demokrat.

Tak kalah penting, impian Pak Mariyo menyaksikan Ketua Umum Partai Demokrat Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) menjadi menteri, tercapai. Rabu (21/2/2024), AHY dilantik menjadi Menteri Agraria dan Tata Ruang/Kepala Badan Pertanahan Nasional (ATR/BPN), menggantikan Hadi Tjahjanto yang kini menjabat Menteri Koordinator Politik, Hukum, dan Keamanan. 

Hal ini diungkap langsung oleh AHY, via Instagram. “Dapat kiriman dari kader bahwa ada Pak Mariyo yang saat ini sedang melaksanakan nazarnya, berjalan kaki dari Sragen menuju Jakarta. Terima kasih saya pada doa dan dukungan semangat Pak Mariyo. Perjalanan panjang yang penuh perjuangan, Insya Allah sampai dengan selamat sampai tujuan,” tutur AHY, Minggu (25/2/2024).

Netizen yang mampir di kolom komentar AHY berharap, putra sulung Presiden ke-6 RI Susilo itu mau menemui Pak Mariyo setibanya di Jakarta. “Semoga Mas AHY berkenan menemui Bapak yang melaksanakan nazarnya, setelah tiba di Jakarta,” tulis @sultanfirmansativa.

Sementara @rhapsody_bonsai mengatakan,”Sebegitu besar bangga dan harapan rakyat pada Mas Agus”.

Lain lagi @salimtamas_99. Dia mengingatkan AHY, untuk memberikan uang saku kepada Pak Mariyo. “Jangan lupa, beliau disakukan buat anak istrinya untuk 6 bulan ke depan, Mas Agus”.https://curanmai.com/

The body of leading Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has been returned to his mother, his spokeswoman says.

In a post on X, Kira Yarmysh thanked everybody who had demanded that the authorities hand over his remains.

“The funeral is yet to take place,” she wrote.

Navalny’s mother Lyudmila had reportedly been told to agree to a “secret” burial. If she refused, he would be buried at the prison colony where he died.

She has spent the last week in the town close to the prison where he died, trying to first confirm the location of his body then demanding it be returned to her.

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After signing a death certificate saying he had died of natural causes, she was then given three hours to agree to a “secret” funeral for her son.

If she didn’t agree he would be buried within the grounds of the prison where he died, Ms Yarmysh said his mother was told.

However, Lyudmila had apparently refused to negotiate with the authorities.

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Ms Yarmysh said the funeral plans were still not clear.

“We don’t know whether the authorities will interfere with it being carried out in the way the family wants and as Alexei deserves,” she said.

Earlier on Saturday, Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, accused Vladimir Putin of holding her late husband’s body “hostage” and demanded its release without conditions.

“Give us the body of my husband,” she demanded in a video address.

“You tortured him alive, and now you keep torturing him dead. You mock the remains of the dead.”

Ms Navalnaya again accused the Russian president of being behind the death of her husband.

The Kremlin has denied the allegations, calling Western reaction to the death “hysterical”.

Navalny died on 16 February in a Russian prison inside the Arctic Circle.

Details about what happened to him remain scarce. His team has offered security officers €20,000 ($22,000; £17,000) in reward and assistance in leaving Russia in exchange for information about his death in prison.

For years, he was the most high-profile critic of the Russian leader.

In August 2020, Navalny was poisoned using the Novichok nerve agent by a team of would-be assassins from the Russian secret services.

Airlifted to Germany, he recovered there before returning to Russia in January 2021, where he was imprisoned.

Attempts at commemorating his death have been met by a heavy-hanhttps://curanmai.com/ded response from Russian authorities, with makeshift monuments cleared and hundreds arrested.

BLEJERMOT.com  Rakyat Merdeka – Direktur Eksekutif Data Riset Analitika Nana Kardina menilai, Partai Solidaritas Indonesia (PSI)  masih berpeluang lolos ambang batas parlemen 4 persen. Menurut datanya, sejak 2 pekan jelang pencoblosan elektabilitas partai pimpinan Kaesang Pangarep itu sudah memenuhi 4 persen suara.

“Survei Data Riset Analitika pada 2-3 minggu menjelang pencoblosan mencatat elektabilitas PSI berada di atas ambang batas (parliamentary threshold) 4 persen,” kata Nana saat dihubungi wartawan, Sabtu (24/2/2024).

Sementara itu, Nana melanjutkan, dari hasil quick count dari sejumlah lembaga survei, PSI berada pada kisaran 2,62-2,90 persen, atau mendekati 3 persen. Kemudian, dengan memperhitungkan margin of error di atas 1 persen, PSI masih memiliki peluang untuk meraih suara 4 persen. 

“Jika kita melihat data Sirekap KPU per 23 Februari 2024, data perolehan suara yang masuk dari seluruh TPS di Indonesia baru mencapai 62,09 persen, sehingga masih ada kemungkinan suara dari kantung-kantung pemilih PSI yang belum terhimpun,” ucapnya.

Nana menambahkan, di sejumlah daerah juga masih berlangsung pemilu ulang (PSU), pemilu lanjutan, dan pemilu susulan karena berbagai penyebab. Selain itu PSI, menengarai adanya surat suara yang rusak atau tidak sah mencapai 10 persen pada Pemilu Legislatif 2024, melonjak dari sebelumnya rata-rata 3-4 persen.

“Dengan keterbatasan saksi dari PSI, ada kemungkinan upaya mencurangi suara yang diperoleh PSI. Jika PSI bisa membuktikan temuan tersebut dan mengajukan gugatan, masih terbuka kemungkinan bagi PSI untuk menambah suara,” terangnya.

Nana melanjutkan, jika dilihat dari dapil-dapil di mana PSI memperoleh suara yang cukup signifikan, perolehan suara PSI memang lebih banyak diperoleh dari mencoblos partai dibanding suara caleg. Menurutnya, harus diakui bahwa PSI masih belum memiliki tokoh-tokoh yang populer sebagai vote getter, berbeda dari partai-partai besar yang sudah mapan di Senayan.

“Hanya beberapa nama yang cukup akrab dikenal publik seperti mantan ketua umum Grace Natalie dan Giring Ganesha, atau selebritis Helmi Yahya, yang relatif bisa mendulang suara melampaui suara partai,” katanya.

“Hal ini sekaligus menjadi catatan bagi PSI untuk bisa merekrut tokoh-tokoh potensial dan membesarkan kader-kader internal jika ingin meraih suara lebih besar lagi dalam pemilu berikutnya,” pungkasnya.https://curanmai.com/

By Phelan Chatterjee

BBC News

Ukraine says it has downed a Russian A-50 military spy plane – the second such claim in just over a month.

The plane was hit between the Russian cities of Rostov-on-Don and Krasnodar, Ukrainian military sources said, over 200km (124 miles) from the front line.

Emergency services reportedly found plane fragments in Kanevskoy district and put out a raging fire.

Russia has not commented on the claim. Saturday marks two years since Russia launched a full-scale invasion.

The head of Ukraine’s Air Force Mykola Oleshchuk thanked his service and military intelligence for helping to bring down the plane – a long-range radar detection aircraft – on Friday and noted the incident coincided with a key Russian military holiday.

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“Congratulations to the occupiers on the Defender of the Fatherland Day,” he said on Telegram.

Video shared online shows the moment the plane appears to be shot down in the air, as well as huge flames and thick, dark smoke seemingly rising after the crash.

Krasnodar’s emergency authorities later said an aircraft had crashed near the Trudovaya Armenia village, Kanevskoy district, and a fire was later extinguished. It provided no further details.

Meanwhile, at least one Russian military-aligned Telegram channel suggested the plane may have come down as a result of friendly fire. Fighterbomber wrote: “At the moment it is unknown who shot it down.”

Ukraine last claimed to have shot down an A-50 on 14 January.

A previous briefing from the UK’s ministry of defence said that Russia probably had six operational A-50s in service.

The plane, which detects air defences and co-ordinates targets for Russian jets, can cost hundreds of millions of dollars to build.

Ukraine has struggled to make significant advances against Russian forces in the south-east recently.

In last month’s incident, Ukrainian army officials said an Il-22 control centre plane was destroyed as well as the A-50.

In other developments:

• One person was killed and another three injured in a Russian drone attack on Ukraine’s southern port of Odesa on Friday evening, local officials said
• Ukraine’s top security official warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin would try to settle the Ukraine issue before November’s US presidential election, by seizing more territory and destabilising the country
• UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said his country was prepared to do “whatever it takes” to help Ukraine prevail
• French President Emmanuel Macron said “Ukraine is fighting for itself, for its ideals, for our Europe. Our commitment at its side will not waver”
• Blasts and a fire were reported in the early hours of Saturday at a metallurgical plant in Lipetsk, western Russia, with the local governor suggesting it was caused by an “aircraft crash”https://curanmai.com/

BLEJERMOT.com  Rakyat Merdeka – Indonesian Petroleum Association (IPA) akan kembali menggelar Konvensi dan Pameran tahunan, yaitu IPA Convention & Exhibition (IPA Convex). Tahun ini, IPA Convex diadakan pada 14-16 Mei 2024 mendatang di Indonesia Convention Exhibition (ICE) BSD City, dan menunjuk PT Dyandra Promosindo sebagai event organizer.

Diharapkan, penyelenggaraan IPA Convex dapat semakin menarik minat investor global migas ke Indonesia dan mendukung target Pemerintah untuk memenuhi kebutuhan energi di era transisi energi saat ini.

Wakil Ketua IPA Convex 2024, Leony Lervyn menyebutkan, tema yang diangkat pada penyelenggaraan IPA Convex tahun ini adalah “Gaining Momentum to Advance Sustainable Energy Security in Indonesia and the Region.”

Tema ini dipilih untuk menggambarkan posisi industri hulu migas di Indonesia, yang berperan siginifikan dalam memastikan ketersediaan energi (energy security) pada era transisi energi seperti saat ini, sekaligus potensi Indonesia terhadap negara-negara lain di wilayah regional.

Wakil Ketua IPA Convex 2024, Leony Lervyn [Foto: Ist]

“Industri migas masih dibutuhkan dan akan terus dibutuhkan di masa-masa mendatang, sehingga investasi migas menjadi signifikan untuk terus ditingkatkan. Melalui acara ini, kita ingin menunjukkan kepada dunia, Indonesia masih memiliki potensi migas bahkan memiliki kesempatan untuk menjadi leader di tingkat regional, ” kata dia.

Leony menyampaikan, IPA Convex 2024, akan dibuka oleh Menteri Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral, Arifin Tasrif pada 14 Mei 2024 mendatang. Selain itu, akan diadakan juga acara-acara lainnya, seperti: CEO Forum, Plenary Sessions, Technology Session, Technical Program (TPC), Pameran, Youth Program dan The Energy Night.

Menurut Leony, selain membahas isu-isu strategis di industri migas, IPA Convex 2024 juga berupaya memberikan edukasi dan awareness kepada generasi muda melalui Youth Program. Diharapkan, melalui kegiatan ini, generasi muda akan lebih memahami peran strategis industri migas.

“Kami ada beberapa program yang melibatkan generasi muda seperti IPA Goes to Campus pada saat pre event dan Students meet CEO pada saat acara IPA Convex 2024 digelar,” kata dia.

Sementara Direktur Eksekutif IPA, Marjolijn Wajong juga menyampaikan, industri migas masih dibutuhkan di tahun-tahun mendatang. Pasalnya, dalam setiap pertumbuhan ekonomi, energi menjadi salah satu faktor penentu. Untuk itu, dalam memenuhi kebutuhan energi dan menjaga ketahanan energi, investasi migas masih sangat dibutuhkan.

IPA Convex 2024, jelas Marjolijn, nantinya akan mengundang pemangku kepentingan sektor migas di Indonesia, serta para praktisi yang secara riil menavigasi perusahaannya di tengah tantangan dan potensi sektor migas Tanah Air. Konvensi ini akan mewadahi diskusi lintas isu sebagai masukan bagi pemerintah untuk memaksimalkan sektor migas dalam mendukung pertumbuhan ekonomi Indonesia.

“Harapannya, Indonesia dapat bermanuver di tengah isu transisi energi melalui penciptaan iklim investasi yang menarik,” ujarnya.

Direktur Eksekutif IPA, Marjolijn Wajong [Foto: Ist]

Sebagai informasi, Satuan Kerja Khusus Pelaksana Kegiatan Usaha Hulu Migas (SKK Migas) mencatat hingga akhir 2023, realisasi investasi hulu migas mencapai 13,7 miliar dolar AS atau sekitar Rp 210 triliun. Dibanding realisasi investasi pada 2022, realisasi investasi 2023 meningkat hingga 13 persen, melampaui pertumbuhan investasi hulu migas global yang diperkirakan berada di kisaran 6,5 persen.

Realisasi investasi hulu migas di 2023 sekaligus menjadikannya sebagai investasi terbesar sejak 2016 atau dalam delapan tahun terakhir.

Realisasi investasi hulu migas pada 2023 pertama kalinya mampu melampaui target investasi yang telah ditetapkan dalam Long Term Program (LTP). Pada 2024, SKK Migas menetapkan target investasi yang jauh lebih tinggi, sekitar 17,7 miliar dolar AS, atau di atas target LTP, yang sebesar 16 miliar dolar AS. (*)https://curanmai.com/

By Andre Rhoden-Paul

BBC News

Police say they have “grave concerns” over a TV presenter and his boyfriend who disappeared in Sydney in suspicious circumstances.

Possessions belonging to ex-Network 10 presenter Jesse Baird, 26, and Luke Davies, 29, were found on Wednesday in a bin in a suburb of the city.

Police have been trying to locate a third man – named by local media as a police officer who had dated Mr Baird.

On Friday morning, a man was taken into custody at a local police station.

New South Wales (NSW) Police have not confirmed if the 28-year-old – who handed himself in – is the man they were seeking to question over the disappearances.

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It comes after officers searched a home in the Balmain area of Sydney on Thursday night, seizing a number of items.

Officers found blood and moved furniture at Mr Baird’s home in the Paddington area, around 28km (17 miles) from Cronulla, the suburb where a worker found the couple’s belongings in a bin.

Blood-stained clothes, a phone and credit cards were among the items found.

Police believe the couple were in Paddington on Monday. CCTV footage obtained by 7NewsAustralia shows what it says appears to be the couple going into Mr Baird’s flatshare.

CCTV footage showing a white van in the area was also being looked at by police, the news outlet said.

Qantas flight attendant Mr Davies has not been in contact with his family or attended work since Monday, according to police.

Det Supt Jodi Radmore said all lines of inquiry were being investigated and told reporters: “We do believe, from the crime scene at Paddington and from property located at Cronulla, that there has been some sort of incident.”

She added that had given the force “great concerns for one, possibly both their safety”.

“Witnesses described a verbal argument,” she continued, “but it wasn’t reported to police at the time … it was only reported to police yesterday [Monday morning] during canvassing.”

New South Wales Police are appealing for information.

Mr Baird had been a presenter and red carpet reporter on Network 10’s morning show Studio 10 until the show was axed in December.

Qantas said it was providing support to Mr Davies’ colleagues.

“Our thoughts are with family, friends and colleagues of our crew member at this very difficult time,” the airline said in a statement.https://curanmai.com/

BLEJERMOT.com  Rakyat Merdeka – Berinternet merupakan kegiatan yang dilakukan banyak orang hampir setiap hari, bahkan setiap saat. Yang harus diwaspadai, berkembangnya teknologi dalam dunia internet, ternyata berjalan seiring dengan munculnya beragam tindak kejahatan siber.

”Karena itu, pastikan Anda aman berinternet. Antara lain dengan menerapkan komunikasi digital secara baik, mencakup etika dan pemahaman tentang bagaimana berinteraksi secara online,” kata Direktur Utama PT Tumbuh Bersama Bangsa dan founder edufair.id AA Ngurah Bagus Aristayudha, dalam webinar literasi digital yang digelar Kementerian Komunikasi dan Informatika (Kominfo) bekerja sama dengan Dinas Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) untuk komunitas pendidikan, di Kabupaten Dompu, Kamis (22/2).

Webinar ini diikuti secara nobar oleh para siswa dan santri di sejumlah sekolah. Di antaranya SMAN 1 dan 2 Dompu, SMPN 4 Dompu, SMAN 1 dan 2 Woja, SMPN 1 dan 3 Woja, SMP-IT Imam Bukhori Dompu, serta MAN Dompu.

Mengusung tema ”Digital Safety 101: Dasar Keamanan Akun Media Sosial”, webinar ini merupakan kegiatan pertama yang digelar di NTB dalam bingkai kegiatan Gerakan Nasional Literasi Digital (GNLD) 2024.

Aristayudha tidak sendiri. Hadir pula secara online dua pembicara lain, yakni musisi Roland International Mia Marcellina dan Mom Influencer Ana Livian, serta Anissa Rilia yang bertindak selaku host.

Aristayudha menambahkan, pengguna internet di Indonesia yang semakin meningkat setiap tahun. Peningkatan ini mesti dibarengi dengan menumbuhkan kesadaran menjaga keamanan perangkat dan akun media sosial oleh penggunanya.

”Salah satu kunci keamanan digital adalah bikin password yang kuat dan unik. Yang lagi tren misalnya, penggunaan password alay, multi icon, ada huruf besar dan kecil, juga penggunaan angka dan emoticon lucu,” tuturnya.

Password alay, lanjut Aristayudha, justru lebih jitu menjadi fitur keamanan akun pribadi dibandingkan memakai nama akhir pacar atau tanggal lahir.

”Tidak kalah penting, lakukan otentikasi dua faktor dan sering ubah password dalam waktu tertentu agar akun lebih aman dari serangan beragam kejahatan siber,” saran dosen Bisnis Digital Universitas Bali Internasional (UNBI) ini.

Mia Marcellina, yang menjadi pembicara kedua, menekankan semakin seriusnya ancaman penjahat siber yang harus ditangkal. Di antaranya penipuan, kejahatan, dan pencurian akun. Lalu, malware, phising, scam, password lemah, serta human error adalah hal-hal yang sebaiknya diketahui oleh pengguna digital untuk mencegah terjadinya risiko.

”Untuk menghindari berbagai potensi buruk itu, salah satunya jangan sembarang klik link. Klik hanya situs dengan tanda http yang ada ’s’-nya, karena ’s’ itu artinya secured. Bahayanya, mereka bisa mengakses dan menyedot saldo m-banking kita. Sudah banyak korban,” jelas Mia.

Zaman memang sudah jauh berubah. Etika dalam bermedia sosial pun mesti dijaga. ”Jejak digital sangat berbahaya kalau tidak dijaga. Dulu, berlaku mulutmu harimaumu, sekarang menjadi jarimu harimaumu. Jaga betul jarimu saat bergaul di ruang digital, think before text,” pungkas Ana Livian.

Untuk diketahui, kegiatan #literasidigitalkominfo yang digelar sejak 2017, merupakan program nasional untuk meningkatkan literasi digital 50 juta masyarakat Indonesia pada 2024. Program Indonesia #MakinCakapDigital (IMCD) ini membahas setiap tema dari sudut pandang empat pilar utama. Yakni, kecakapan digital, etika digital, keamanan digital, dan budaya digital.

Berkolaborasi dengan Siber Kreasi dan 142 mitra jejaring seperti akademisi, perusahaan teknologi, serta organisasi masyarakat sipil, program ini membidik segmen pendidikan dan segmen kelompok masyarakat sebagai peserta.

Program literasi digital dipandang penting, utamanya untuk meningkatkan kemampuan masyarakat Indonesia dalam memanfaatkan teknologi digital secara positif, kreatif, produktif, dan aman.

Kecakapan digital menjadi kian urgen, karena–menurut survei Asosiasi Penyelenggara Jasa Internet Indonesia (APJII)–pengguna internet di Indonesia pada 2024 telah mencapai 221,5 juta jiwa dari total populasi 278,7 juta jiwa penduduk Indonesia.https://curanmai.com/