Weekly Highlights: Rampant Widespread of Zika Virus

Liputan6.com, Jakarta - As we embark upon the first week of February 2016, a number of newsworthy information is lined up and carefully selected in our ‘Weekly Highlights’ segments to provide our audience with the most updated stories and developing ones ranging from domestic, regional to international issue. Without lessening the importance of each story, our segments provide the most appealing ones in each region that attract both the most readers and viewers.

Two stories have been viewed as winning in our ‘International Affairs’ section. The first one is focused on the unusually cold weather that hits mostly eastern part of Asia with death toll reaching 95 in Taiwan. The second story is concentrated on the recent decision made by Donald Trump to exclude himself from Fox News debate and hold a competing event in Iowa.

In our ‘What’s on Indonesia’ section, story of major drug bust performed by Indonesian National Narcotics Agency which resulted in the detainment of foreign nationals as part of a wider international drugs network has made it into our weekly’s domestic headline.

Popular in our ‘Trending Topic’ section is the rampant widespread of mosquito-bred Zika virus which has reportedly made its to dozen countries with reports of infections reported mostly in Brazil and causing baby defects.

Beauty and cosmetics have become the primary topics for our ‘Embassy Corner’ section as the Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia recently held a seminar on that particular note and went to promote its advancement in that field specifically for skin care products.

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