Indonesian authorities have rescued a critically endangered baby Sumatran elephant after it became separated from its mother at a palm-oil plantation.
Sumatran elephants are on the brink of extinction with only about 2,400 to 2,800 left in the world, according to the global conservation body, WWF.
The two-month-old male calf was found at an oil-palm plantation in Riau province on the western island of Sumatra on Monday after residents alerted authorities, local conservation agency official Ujang Holisudin said.
“We suspect this elephant was left behind by his group or his mother,” Ujang said, adding that the calf was alone when authorities found him.
A rescued wild Sumatran elephant calf is cared for by a member of staff at the Minas Elephant Training Centre in Riau province on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
The baby elephant was found in good health after medical checks and brought to the conservation agency’s elephant training centre near the provincial capital Pekanbaru, he said.
“They’re unaware of people in their immediate vicinity. A variation on spatial awareness or situational awareness as it relates to spaces where people gather.”
“There are an astonishing amount of people who will stand in a grocery store blocking one half of the aisle with their body and block the other half with their shopping cart while they peruse items. You can walk right up to these people, obviously unable to pass, and they don’t even notice. Like are people not just constantly aware of where their body is in space in public? I can’t imagine.”
The Indonesian Coast Guard (Bakamla) intercepted an attempted smuggling of 60,000 baby lobsters in the waters near D Island, Thousands Island regency, Jakarta, on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
The operation, conducted by the KN Pulau Marore-322 patrol vessel, resulted in the seizure of two suitcases containing 22 plastic bags of baby lobsters, which were abandoned on an unmanned wooden boat.
The operation was held following a tip-off from the Indonesian Military Strategic Intelligence Agency (BAIS TNI) regarding a suspected smuggling attempt in the area. The Bakamla Task Force immediately reported the findings to Rear Admiral Octavianus Budi Susanto, Director of Maritime Operations at Bakamla, who ordered KN Pulau Marore-322, the nearest available patrol unit, to conduct an interception and inspection operation.
KN Pulau Marore-322 Commander Lieutenant Colonel Adi Poetra Parlindungan then mobilized a Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) team to locate and inspect the suspected vessel.
At 2:10 am, the VBSS team detected an unmanned wooden boat approximately 1.0 nautical mile (NM) away. Upon boarding and searching the vessel, officers discovered two suitcases containing 22 bags of baby lobsters. The smugglers had abandoned the boat, leaving no crew members on board.
By 2:30 am, the KN Pulau Marore-322 team had completed the search and secured the seized cargo. The suitcases were then transported to Muara Baru Port for further examination. However, the wooden boat was found in a severely damaged state, leaking water, making it impossible to tow back to shore.
Further inspection of the seized items revealed that the 22 plastic bags contained approximately 60,000 baby lobsters, with an estimated market value of Rp 1.05 billion (US$67,000). The lobsters were then handed over to the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) and the Fisheries Resources Surveillance Agency (PSDKP) Jakarta for further investigation and legal proceedings.
“This operation is part of our tasks to safeguard Indonesia’s maritime territory and prevent illegal activities at sea. We will continue with our efforts in enforcing maritime security laws,” Rear Admiral Octavianus said in a statement as quoted on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
12th March 2025 – (Manila) Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has departed for the Netherlands following her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, being served an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in relation to his controversial “war on drugs.” The arrest occurred shortly after he returned to Manila from Hong Kong, with a plane taking off for The Hague at 11.03pm local time on Tuesday.
The younger Duterte departed Manila at 7.40am on an Emirates flight to Amsterdam, according to the Office of the Vice President (OVP).
“The OVP will provide additional details about the Vice President’s trip as needed,” it stated.
What lies ahead for Duterte: ICC detention centre in The Hague The Vice President indicated that her trip to The Hague was arranged to visit her father and discuss their legal options with his lawyers.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr confirmed the flight, stating that it would allow the former president to face charges of crimes against humanity stemming from his administration’s anti-drug campaign, which resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands. Mr Duterte’s youngest daughter, Veronica, took to social media to claim that the plane had been used to “kidnap” her father.
The former leader, who turns 80 this month, has been accused of overseeing a violent crackdown that disproportionately affected impoverished urban communities. Reports indicate that as many as 30,000 individuals were killed during this campaign, with victims predominantly being men in low-income areas.
Duterte was apprehended at Manila’s main airport early on Tuesday, just hours after the ICC issued the warrant. “Early in the morning, Interpol Manila received the official copy of the warrant,” the presidential palace stated. It was confirmed that he is now in custody.
Video footage showed Duterte being assisted onto the plane, walking with a stick and surrounded by security personnel. His lawyer indicated that the aircraft was bound for The Hague, although this was not officially confirmed until Marcos’s announcement.
President Marcos, who had previously allied with Duterte’s daughter, has changed his stance regarding ICC cooperation amid rising tensions between the two families. He asserted that the arrest was executed properly and in compliance with Interpol protocols, stating, “We did not help the International Criminal Court in any way.”
Sara Duterte, meanwhile, expressed her discontent with the proceedings, claiming, “If you are a Filipino, you will never obey the foreigners inside your own country.” She dismissed the significance of communicating with Marcos, stating there was no point in addressing someone who would allow a citizen to be extradited.
The former president’s supporters argue that the ICC lacks jurisdiction, citing the Philippines’ withdrawal from the Rome Statute in 2019. However, the ICC maintains that it retains authority over alleged crimes committed prior to this withdrawal.
Rodrigo Duterte has long been a polarising figure, having promised a ruthless approach to drug-related crime during his presidential campaign. His administration’s legacy is marred by accusations of extrajudicial killings and human rights violations, prompting calls for accountability from various rights groups and victims’ advocates.
A determined student will cycle 2,500km across nine countries to raise funds for the fight against breast cancer – after his mother overcame the disease.
As Jesper Hartikainen pedals 200km a day from London to the Finnish capital, Helsinki, he said his mother will often be on his mind.
Mr Hartikainen, 21, was in his second year at the University of Bristol when he got the dreaded call.
Jesper Hartikainen is planning to cycle from London to Helsinki to raise money for a cancer charity (University of Bristol/PA)
“I was in the living room when I saw she was ringing. I knew she had gone for a check-up but I didn’t think anything of the call.
“Mum started breaking down on the phone and I realised what was happening. I just felt helpless.”
His mother, Johanna, underwent multiple operations and radiotherapy for the breast cancer. Fortunately, it was caught early and she made a full recovery.
Now, Mr Hartikainen wants to raise money for Prevent Breast Cancer, which aims to stop the disease through early diagnosis and lifestyle change.
Mr Hartikainen, who studies economics at the University of Bristol, said: “Mum was so lucky that it was caught early, I know people who haven’t been so lucky and it’s exponentially worsened.”
He is training hard for the cross-continental cycle, which will see him pedal through France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and finally Finland.
“When I first proposed the idea mum thought I was mental,” Mr Hartikainen said.
“But I’ve kept saying I’m doing it and now she’s really on board. She’s even taking a sabbatical and spending some of it following me in the support car.”
Mr Hartikainen grew up in Weybridge, Surrey, but much of his family lives in Helsinki.
As he nears the finish line, his family, including his mother, will be out to support him.
His mother, a risk manager in a bank, said: “I am incredibly proud of Jesper for taking on such a mammoth challenge raising money for a very worthy cause.
“I am hoping that his challenge will help raise awareness of the importance of check-ups which can result in early diagnosis and easier treatment of breast cancer.”
Jesper Hartikainen is taking on the challenge after he finishes his studies at the University of Bristol (University of Bristol/PA)
After tearing his ACL and meniscus in 2020, he moved into cycling, and he now takes part in bicycle and triathlon races.
“Part of me genuinely worries that I’ll hit some kind of wall and won’t even be able to spin the pedals. But the other half of me knows that I won’t let that happen, because the reason I’m doing it is more than enough motivation,” he said.
Mr Hartikainen sets out in July after finishing his degree at the University of Bristol.
“I have thoroughly enjoyed my time studying in Bristol, meeting some amazing people and creating some great friendships along the way,” he said.
“In a way it’s starting to really feel like home and I would love to return to this incredible city in the future.”
Find out more about the cycle and donate to the cause here.
Dia Mirza has spoken about her career and comparisons with the co-finalists of Miss India 2000 – Priyanka Chopra and Lara Dutta.
The year 2000 was a watershed for Indian pageantry. All three Miss India finalists went on to win international crowns that year. Lara Dutta was crowned Miss Universe,Priyanka Chopra won Miss World, and Dia Mirza completed the hat-trick with the Miss Asia Pacific title. Naturally, there were comparisons. In a recent interview, Dia addressed those comparisons and emphasised how the three of them managed to carve out individual, distinct paths as actors. (Also read: Priyanka Chopra’s mother says she traumatized her with boarding school: ‘Usko mentally prepare nahi kiya’)
Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta, and Dia Mirza were the three winners of Miss India 2000.
Dia Mirza on comparisons with Lara Dutta, Priyanka Chopra
Priyanka was still a teenager then, while Dia and Lara were in their early 20s. Highlighting how their starts were different, Dia told Zoom, “Priyanka still had some support from her parents, but Lara and I didn’t. Lara was already living here because she was modelling and she had opened her heart to me and shared her apartment, which was the size of a matchbox. I remember helping her pack for her Miss Universe and going away. Priyanka was just doing extraordinarily well, almost from the get-go. She had other battles to fight and deal with, and some of those intensified with time. But she was doing really well. I really had awe and respect for it. I remember thinking to myself, ‘My God, if I was half the actress she is, how much further I would be able to go’.”
Dia emphasised on how the financial situation was often dire for her and Lara, living in Mumbai and making ends meet on their own. “We (Lara and I) shared Wai Wai noodles because paise nahi the (we had no money). Lara and I modelled and saved that money. Neither of us used any money from our parents to do anything. Even in Priyanka’s situation, she had solid support, and her parents were very involved, but with us, we just had what we had earned and saved. There’d be days when savings would run out, and payments would be due. We would be sitting in these expensive gowns coming back from fancy events and choosing Wai Wai because that’s all we could afford,” the actor recalled.
Dia said that eventually Lara and Priyanka found acting success with Andaz even as she herself was struggling. But she added that over time, they each found their space, and the comparisons stopped.
Dia Mirza’s recent work
Dia was most recently seen in Nadaaniyan, in which she played Ibrahim Ali Khan’s mother. The film, which marked Ibrahim’s acting debut, also starred Khushi Kapoor, Mahima Chaudhry, Suniel Shetty, and Jugal Hansraj. The film was released on Netflix on March 7 to largely negative reviews.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – 9-month-old baby boy, James Satterfield, sat on his parents’ lap inside Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital on Tuesday, while his parents described the long journey they’ve all been on.
In the months leading up to James’ delivery, doctors told first-time parents Madison and Andrew Satterfield, their boy had a life-threatening heart defect.
It would require multiple open-heart surgeries, to save his life.
“There was lots of tears, lots of emotions, lots of fear of just, the unknown,” Madison Satterfield said. “We were both just very taken aback and had never in a million years thought that would be what was happening, or part of our story.”
James was diagnosed with hypoplastic right heart syndrome, meaning about half of his heart wasn’t developing properly.
Doctors at Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital came up with a comprehensive care plan for James before he was born.
“At first it was definitely scary because we got to hold him for like 10 minutes and then he was whisked away to the NICU,” Andrew Satterfield said.
After multiple surgeries and a month-long recovery, James was able to go home.
The hospital’s CHAMP (Complex Congenital Heart at Home Monitoring Program) helped guide the Satterfield’s through James’ recovery at home.
Now almost 10-months-old, doctors said James is doing great.
“It’s by far the most rewarding part of our job is to see them thriving,” Pediatric Cardiologist, Dr. Amy Svenson said. “We always tell [parents] in the beginning, you’ll always look back on this and say, I made it through that.”
The Satterfield’s said James will need another heart surgery when he turns three.
There is also the chance, later in life, he’ll need a heart transplant.
James’ father, Andrew, said this whole journey has made them stronger, and they’ll be ready for whatever, with the guidance of their doctors.
“If anyone gets a diagnosis like this, you can do it,” Andrew Satterfield said. “It’s hard, I’m not going to sit here and act like it’s easy, but with what we’ve been provided and the resources, obviously it’s not ideal but how he looks today I’m just so glad we made the decision to go forward with the pregnancy.”
A father has been found guilty of ploughing his Mercedes SUV into his own son at a car wash amid a bitter row over infidelity.
Kamil Mohammed Nadir, 55, drove his Mercedes SUV into his son Rebath Kamil, 40, at the Local Car Wash in Dalmuir, near Glasgow, in July 2021 after he accused his father of infidelity.
Horrifying CCTV footage showed the moment Kamil, a former freedom fighter from Iraq, drove his large vehicle into his son.
After stalling in the forecourt of the car wash, he can be seen rapidly accelerating into the washing area.
Rebath, who was spotted walking away from a car, was smashed into a wall as the car hit him.
Large barrels of water were seen splitting under the force of the crash.
While the CCTV footage has no sound, Kilmarnock High Court, where the case was heard, was told the crash victim screamed at his father ‘you tried to kill me over a woman’.
The court heard that the bitter feud between the father and son began after Nadir and his wife had separated, and Nadir accused Rebath of telling his siblings that he had been seeing another woman.
Kamil Mohammed Nadir (pictured) drove his Mercedes SUV into hisson Rebath Kamil, 40, at the Local Car Wash in Dalmuir, near Glasgow
Horrifying CCTV footage showed the moment Kamil drove his large vehicle into his son
Rebath told police in the hours after the attack: ‘My father said my brother said I’d seen my dad with another woman.
‘I said I did not say that. I said I had seen him with someone, that’s all.’
But the implication appeared to be enough to infuriate the father, who the court was told had gone to the car wash to confront his sons.
He screamed at them: ‘I will kill you all.’
Prosecutor Donald Davidson read Rebath’s police statement to the court, which read: ‘I would say that my dad was trying to kill me.
‘He drove the car straight at me and he hit me with it. If he was trying to scare me he would have stopped the car but he didn’t.’
But Rebath in court denied giving this statement.
Accompanied by an interpreter, he claimed his English was not good enough to ‘say those words.’
‘This is not my statement. These are not my words.’
Rebath in court claimed he did not remember anything about the incident, and said he loved his father, asking the court if he could approach him in the dock and ‘kiss his hand.’
Meanwhile, Nadir’s youngest son Datsan, told police in 2021 that he and his other brother Daban quickly began beating their dad up in the wake of the attack.
He said: ‘We started punching my dad. We were holding on to him to stop him from leaving. He was trying to kick us and struggling with us.
Nadir was found guilty of assaulting his son to the danger of his life following a three-day trial
Rebath, who was spotted walking away from a car, was smashed into a wall as the car hit him.
‘Rebath was crying and shouting at my dad “you tried to kill me over a woman”.
‘My dad was shouting: “This is what I’m going to do to you”.’
But in court, Datsan backtracked and said he had ‘fabricated’ his statement to police, adding that he couldn’t remember exactly what he said at the time.
But Davidson refuted the youngest son’s claims, telling him: ‘I put it to you directly that you gave this statement to police on the day when your brother was injured you were telling the truth to police that your father uttered the threat to you: “That’s what I will do to you”.
She added: ‘Isn’t it the truth that your father shouted in Kurdish “I’m going to kill you all’ before driving the Mercedes at your brother?’
Datsan admitted: ‘It was the truth at the time.’
Paul Mullen, Nadir’s defence, asked the youngest son: ‘When your father got out of the vehicle and had his hands in the air did he say he was trying to kill himself?”
Datsan replied: ‘I don’t recall. He was very shocked and pale faced.’
Mullen described Nadir as ‘a local Kurdish community leader was involved in negotiating a separation between [the children’s] parents and that separation had caused a degree of anxiety within the family.’
Despite this, Nadir was found guilty of assaulting his son to the danger of his life following a three-day trial.
Judge Scott Pattison, who remanded the former freedom fighter into custody, said: ‘It seems to me you drove your car right at him as he worked and that you did that deliberately and at speed
It was good fortune that he was not fatally injured.
‘The reason for your attack on him is still unclear although there’s some evidence of him making an adverse report to your wife about you
‘The course of your offending constitutes very serious violence.’
I was born in Bangladesh, though my family is originally from Myanmar.
My father fled Myanmar in 1992, escaping violence and persecution.
Life in the refugee camp in Bangladesh was difficult – we were completely reliant on humanitarian aid. I could not find any happiness. Mentally, I was in a terrible headspace and relied on sleeping pills for some respite. There were strict restrictions on movement, and education was almost non-existent.
I was only able to study up to Grade 5 (equivalent to Standard 5 in the Malaysian public education system), and even that was not in a formal school setting. The English I speak today, I learned from a private learning centre that I attended for a couple of years from 2008 to 2011.
In 2019, I came to Malaysia. Like many others, I arrived through unofficial means, seeking safety and a better future. Life here is safer in some ways, but it is still full of challenges.
I have two young children – one is three-and-a-half years old; the other is one-and-a-half. My eldest is non-verbal, but as refugees, we don’t have the means to access proper daycare for treatment for him. Even being pregnant was incredibly difficult; I could not afford prenatal care and only saw a doctor at seven months.
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My husband, due to his refugee status, cannot work. (Malaysia is not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention). This means that I am the sole breadwinner for our family. I volunteer with Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières), but this is not permanent, and our future remains uncertain.
Financially, things are extremely difficult. We struggle with rent, food and basic needs. The house we rent is expensive, costing RM800 per month – significantly higher than what locals usually pay, because we are foreigners. We also had to pay an extra RM700 in fees just to secure a place.
Despite all this, I try to keep a friendly relationship with my neighbours. I greet them during their festivals, and they return my kindness with smiles and small conversations.
Even though I am in Malaysia now, my thoughts are often with my family back in Bangladesh in the camps. My father is unwell, suffering from hepatitis, and the last I spoke to him was six months ago.
The situation for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is becoming increasingly desperate – movement in the camp is limited, and they risk being detained if they attempt to leave. Many take to the sea, hoping to reach safer lands. Just a few days ago, a friend told me that her husband left on a boat, and she has no idea where he is now.
The sea journey is dangerous. I know this firsthand because my brother attempted it in 2022. He was only 19 years old when he boarded a boat from Bangladesh. The boat capsized, and he drowned – 41 people were rescued by sailors. Losing him broke me in ways I cannot describe.
What I wish I could make everyone understand is that no one is choosing to leave Myanmar or Bangladesh by choice. No one wants to embark on those boat journeys in fear of our lives. We are solely fleeing persecution or containment, in search of freedom to live. What other options do we have?
Living as a refugee is a constant battle against discrimination, uncertainty and fear.
Two days ago, I had an unsettling experience with a ride-hailing driver. He asked if we were Rohingya, and when we hesitated, he started talking about how much he hated us. He assumed that all Rohingya come to Malaysia with the intention to commit crimes and burden the country.
The truth is, many flee with no destination in mind.
The driver even threatened to report any Rohingya he found without papers to the police.
My husband and I were terrified. We had to lie, saying we were from Pakistan. Fortunately, our destination was close, and we were able to leave the car quickly.
Despite everything, I have dreams. If I had the opportunity to study, I would learn tailoring. My sister was a tailor, and I always wanted to follow in her footsteps, but my circumstances never allowed it.
Instead, I had to work to support my family. Even now, my priority remains my children. I wish for them to have access to education and healthcare – things that have remained elusive to us for decades.
I don’t know what the future holds, but I hold on to hope. I continue to work, to care for my family with the limited opportunities available to me.
This International Women’s Day, I too dream of a day when ALL women and girls can live without fear, with dignity and with the rights that every human being deserves.
I hope for a future where rights, equality and empowerment are a reality for all. – MSF
Siti (a pseudonym) is a 27-year-old Rohingya refugee born in Bangladesh. She was due to be resettled to Japan in 2020, however, she has not heard back about that since. Siti’s story is one of thousands. Without any legal framework in place in Malaysia and its neighbouring countries, the Rohingya and other ethnic minorities fleeing Myanmar continue to struggle for basic necessities.
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The number of parents letting their adult children live with them is soaring due to increasing rent and house prices.
Some 53 per cent of parents will happily accommodate grown-up offspring as swathes of young adults return to childhood bedrooms because of stagnant wages and surging house deposits.
One in four parents are willing to let their children live with them for as long as they need, while one in five don’t expect any rent in return, data from property developer Latimer Homes reveals.
But the financial burden on parents could end up damaging family dynamics, it adds.
The children who do pay rent while living at home dish out £107 per week on average, the figures also show.
And despite 47 per cent of parents thinking their children should have flown the nest by the age of 25, two in three want to help them buy their first home but cannot afford to.
Some 53% of parents will happily accommodate grown-up offspring as swathes of young adults return to childhood bedrooms because of stagnant wages and surging house deposits.
Paul Walker, of Latimer Homes, says: ‘Young adults face many challenges in today’s housing market and are increasingly forced to turn to their parents for accommodation support.
‘However, the “parent landlord” phenomenon is a temporary fix, not a workable solution.’
More than four in five parents want to see financial planning become part of the school curriculum in a bid to help young people sort out their finances.
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