How toxic century-old oil wells trap thousands of workers in Java

Tech Insider : Business, Style

Oil wells from the Dutch colonial era lie scattered across Indonesia, polluting the earth and destroying locals' chances at making a living off anything but oil. We visited the workers who risk their lives daily to survive off the little oil that's left.

Yeti set out to conquer the cooler market. A supply-chain murder almost derailed it.

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Illustration of two men on a motorcycle holding a gun, following another car in the road.

Anuj Shrestha for BI

Burger King and Popeyes franchises fined for child labor law violations

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A Burger King sign outside of a store.
Burger King franchise owners were fined in Massachusetts.

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India's airlines have received 999 hoax bomb threats this year

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A Vistara Airlines passenger plane en route from Mumbai to Frankfurt made an emergency landing at Erzurum Airport on September 6, 2024, due to a bomb threat in Erzurum, Turkiye.
A Vistara Airlines plane en route from Mumbai to Frankfurt made an emergency landing on September 6, 2024, due to a bomb threat.

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Putin has 2 daughters he barely ever talks about, and is rumored to have at least 1 more

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Lyudmila Putina
Russian President Vladimir and his now ex-wife Lyudmila Shkrebneva.

Sergey Ponomarev/AP

Spain approves law allowing 4 days of 'paid climate leave' after recent deadly floods

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A woman collects supplies from an excavator shovel from her flood-affected home in Massanassa, Valencia, Spain, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024
Floods devastated Valencia and other parts of Spain in October 2024.

AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti

Trump's saber rattling about tariffs is unsettling China

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US President-elect Donald Trump, Chinese leader Xi Jinping
US President-elect Donald Trump, Chinese leader Xi Jinping

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Winter storms could disrupt travel in the Northeast this Thanksgiving weekend

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Cars Road Winter Storm
 Parts of New England could see up to one foot of snow by Friday morning.

AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty

Photos that offer a glimpse of what life is like for workers in notoriously isolated North Korea

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Song Un Pyol, manager at the upscale Potonggang department store in Pyongyang, North Korea, stands in the snacks aisle while being interviewed by The Associated Press on June 19, 2017.

Photos show the heaviest November snowfall in 100 years blanketing South Korea and causing chaos

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Workers clean snow in front of the statue of King Sejong at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024.
Workers clean snow in front of the statue of King Sejong at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, South Korea.

AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

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