Another powerful quake strikes as magnitude 7.7 jolt rocks Indonesia

Another powerful quake strikes as magnitude 7.7 jolt rocks Indonesia

Logan Zapanta is a journalist from the Philippines with over three years of experience as an editor for several school papers based in Manila, now focused on covering issues and stories in Asia for Global South World. He earned his journalism degree in 2025 from the University of Santo Tomas, the oldest university in Asia, and served as associate editor and then editor in chief of The Varsitarian, the most followed campus paper in the Philippines.
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