Around the world, people ushered in the Lunar New Year, the most important annual holiday for Chinese people.
An estimated two billion people celebrate the Lunar New Year, which corresponds to the first new moon of the lunar calendar that occurs between late January to early February.
European leaders want to reduce deforestation by curbing the use of palm oil in the automotive sector. But the South East Asian nations say the restrictions are discriminatory.
Widodo says the government would seek to restore the rights of victims "fairly and wisely without negating judicial resolving", though did not specify how.
The powerful earthquake prompted the Indonesian geophysics agency to issue a potential tsunami warning initially, but it was lifted later.
A European proposal to tackle deforestation can end up hurting a key source of revenue for these Southeast Asian countries.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim met with Indonesian President Widodo where both leaders discussed border issues with Myanmar, trade and migrant worker rights.
The ship, which carried mostly women and children, is the fifth boat of Rohingya refugees to land in Indonesia since November, according to authorities.
Jakarta, Indonesia's current capital, is sinking at an alarming rate due to the excessive extraction of groundwater.
The UN refugee agency will provide Rohingya language translators and counselling to determine if they were from the group of 190 Rohingya who were reported to be drifting in a small boat in the Andaman Sea for a month.
Each year thousands of the mostly Muslim Rohingya, heavily persecuted in Myanmar, risk their lives on long, expensive sea journeys in an attempt to reach Malaysia or Indonesia.
The bill, which is expected to be signed into law by President Joko Widodo, will apply to dozens of crimes committed as far back as 18 years ago, including drug, terrorism and money laundering offences.
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