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Indonesia evacuates residents, shuts airport after Java volcano erupts

Indonesian authorities orders people living near a volcano to leave their homes on Friday and a major city closes its airport after the 5,500 metre (18,000 ft) peak send a column of steam and ash into the sky.

27 killed as bus crashes in Indonesia

At least 27 people died and 16 others were injured when a bus carrying domestic tourists crashed on the Indonesian island of Java, police said on Saturday.

Google defeats Oracle in Java code copyright case

Google wins a major US court battle with software firm Oracle after a jury ruled it did not unfairly appropriate parts of the Java programming language.

Women write better code, study suggests

Computer code written by women has a higher approval rating than that written by men - but only if their gender is not identifiable, new research suggests.

The Indonesian horse that acts as a library

Adult illiteracy in Indonesia is dropping, but one region has almost a million adults who cannot read. In central Java, one man and his horse are helping improve access to books.

May 11, 2018
May 11, 2018

Indonesia evacuates residents, shuts airport after Java volcano erupts

Indonesian authorities orders people living near a volcano to leave their homes on Friday and a major city closes its airport after the 5,500 metre (18,000 ft) peak send a column of steam and ash into the sky.

February 11, 2018
February 11, 2018

27 killed as bus crashes in Indonesia

At least 27 people died and 16 others were injured when a bus carrying domestic tourists crashed on the Indonesian island of Java, police said on Saturday.

May 28, 2016
May 28, 2016

Google defeats Oracle in Java code copyright case

Google wins a major US court battle with software firm Oracle after a jury ruled it did not unfairly appropriate parts of the Java programming language.

February 14, 2016
February 14, 2016

Women write better code, study suggests

Computer code written by women has a higher approval rating than that written by men - but only if their gender is not identifiable, new research suggests.

May 7, 2015
May 7, 2015

The Indonesian horse that acts as a library

Adult illiteracy in Indonesia is dropping, but one region has almost a million adults who cannot read. In central Java, one man and his horse are helping improve access to books.