Saudi Arabia Network Association & Media Group on Future Cooperations
Top officials of Media Group Network (NGN) lead by CEO Mohammad Mirdal Akib have a friendly meeting with new Saudi Arabia Ambassador to Indonesia Faizal bin Abdullah Al Amudi in Jakarta to discuss future cooperations.
In the meeting Ambassador Faizal explained some of his plan to boost cooperation with Indonesian government and civil society including to promote the new image of Saudi Arabia for Indonesians.
Mostly Indonesians only understand Saudi as a holy land and only for muslims to do religious duty of hajj pilgrim and religious trip of umrah as there are a lot of aspects in Saudi that can be explored by Indonesians including vary cultural and historical aspects.
Saudi is expecting to boost economic cooperations with Indonesia such as in fisheries he said.
Meanwhile in the occossion MGN's CEO offered further cooperations to support the idea by introducing other sides of the country to Indonesians.
Mirdal was accompanied editor in chief of MetroTv Budianto Editor in Chief of medcom.id Indra Maulana, news director of Media Indonesia, Ade Alawi and sales and marketing director of MetroTv Menik Andini.
Turkiye Earthquake Aftermath
At least three people were killed and over two hundred others were injured in a new six point four magnitude earthquake in parts of Hatay Province, Turkiye on Monday. Earthquake was centred in the town of defne in Turkey’s Hatay Province one the worst-hit regions in the magnitude seven point eight quake that struck on February 6.
More buildings collapsed trapping some people while scores of injuries were recorded in neighbouring countries. It was felt in Syria Yordan, Cyprus, Israel and as far away as Egypt some aftershocks were also recorded.
Turkish interior minister said so far three people were killed and two hundred thirteen were injured. Meanwhile search and rescue efforts were underway in three collapsed buildings where six people were believed to be trapped.
Zelenskyy Says Biden Agrees War Must End This Year
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke about the significance of US President Joe Biden's visit earlier in the day in his nightly video address on Monday saying that the two agreed that Russia must be defeated in 2023.
According to Zelenskyy he had talked with President Biden about how to do everything to ensure common victory this year in the war that Russia unleashed.
He added that the defense needs of Ukraine are known and he thanked his us ally for their support.
President Biden swept unannounced into ukraine earlier on monday to meet with Ukrainian leader in a defiant display of western solidarity with a country still fighting what he called a brutal and unjust war days before the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion
Biden spent more than five hours in the Ukrainian capital consulting with Zelenskyy on next steps honoring the country’s fallen soldiers and seeing us embassy staff in the besieged country.
Jayson Tatum wins All-Star Game MVP With 55 Points to Set Record
Jayson Tatum scored an all-star game-record 55 points on his way to winning MVP Honors and team Giannis ended Lebron James’ hold on all-star captain supremacy by beating team Lebron 184-175 in the nba's annual showcase exhibition on Sunday night.
Jayson Tatum put on a record-setting show and made giannis Antetokounmpo look like a genius.
Tatum had 27 points in the third quarter another all-star game record for any period. He was the first pick by Antetokounmpo in the starters’ portion of the all-star draft and in the end that pick proved to be the right one.
And the MVP Award Tatum was given is named for Kobe Bryant one of his heroes. Tatum broke Anthony Davis’ all-star record of 52 points. He was 22 of 31 from the floor plus had 10 rebounds and six assists.
Donovan Mitchell added 40 for Team Giannis which got 26 points from Damian lillard including the game-winner to push his team past the target score.
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Ukrainian Stronghold Of Bakhmut In Push For Donetsk
Russian forces on Sunday continued to target Bakhmut ahead of the one-year anniversary of the conflict in Ukraine.
Russia has recently intensified its push to capture all of the eastern industrial heartland of the Donbas where Bakhmut is located.
Damaged properties and piles of debris were seen and explosions were heard in the city amid the fighting.
For the past few months Russian forces have fought fierce house to house battles trying to encircle bakhmut and push deeper into the Donetsk region.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Russia has recently intensified its push to capture all of the eastern industrial heartland of the donbas where Bakhmut is located.
Damaged properties and piles of debris were seen and explosions were heard in the city amid the fighting.
For the past few months Russian forces have fought fierce house-to-house battles trying to encircle bakhmut and push deeper into the Donetsk region.
While in Kharkiv region Ukrainian servicemen remained upbeat despite attempts by russian forces to advance their positions.
A member of the 92nd brigade explained that the Russians had focused their efforts on breaking through Ukrainian lines in the Kupiansk area.
But the fighters there said they are not worried as the Russians worked "chaotically". And troops were about to rotate back into a frontline position.
Not far from Kupiansk, civilians in Zelene Village waited for humanitarian aid while the loud booms of explosions echoed in the background.
Residents there were worried about a possible attack soon as the village lies only about 10 kilometers from the frontline.
