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Bieber defends manager after Taylor Swift ‘bullying’ accusation

WASHINGTON - Justin Bieber accused Taylor Swift of “crossing a line” Sunday after she reignited their longstanding feud in a post attacking his manager for buying the rights to much of her multi-platinum back catalog. Swift said she suffered years of “manipulative bullying” at the hands of Scooter Braun, an industry powerhouse whose Ithaca Holdings recently bought Big Machine Label Group, which produced Swift’s first seven albums. “Essentially, my musical legacy is about to lie in the hands of someone who tried to dismantle it,” Swift wrote, claiming she had never been offered the chance to buy the rights to her back catalog, which includes “Fearless” and “1989”. “Never in my worst nightmares did I imagine the buyer would be Scooter,” she wrote Sunday, signing off “Sad and grossed out.”

Canadian superstar Bieber took to Instagram to defend Braun, a music industry powerhouse who also manages Ariana Grande and has worked with Kanye West -- another artist who has feuded with Swift in the past. “For you to take it to social media and get people to hate on scooter isn’t fair,” Bieber wrote, posting alongside an old photo of him and Swift together in the early days of their joint rise to pop superstardom. “Seems to me like it was to get sympathy u also knew that in posting that your fans would go and bully scooter.” Swift’s huge social media presence is backed up by legions of fiercely loyal fans -- known as “Swifties” -- who frequently round on those perceived as slighting her. “I feel like the only way to resolve conflict is through communication,” Bieber wrote. “So banter back and fourth online i dont believe solves anything.” (afp)

is quitting acting because it is incompatible with her Islamic faith, sparking a social media storm.

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In this file photo taken on June 24, 2018 Bollywood actress Zaira Wasim poses for a picture as she arrives for the IIFA Awards of the 19th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) festival at the Siam Niramit Theatre in Bangkok.

In a lengthy social media post published Sunday, Zaira Wasim said she was leaving the profession because becoming a Bollywood star had “damaged” her relationship with God. The 18-year-old won major awards for her two film roles to date and was considered a rising star of Indian cinema. “This field indeed brought a lot of love... my way, but what it also did was to lead me to a path of ignorance, as I silently and unconsciously transitioned out of imaan (faith),” she wrote on Instagram. “While I continued to work in an environment that consistently interferes with my imaan, my relationship with my religion was threatened,” she added. Wasim, from the restive Indian-administered area of Kashmir, shot to fame in 2016 when she starred alongside Bollywood icon Aamir Khan in the hit movie “Dangal”. She won a National Film Award

Jokowi does not need to increase coalition: Observer

JAKARTA - There was no need to add more parties to join the coalition of supporters of Jokowi-Ma’ruf Amin, Political observer of the Syarif Hidayatullah state Islamic university, Jakarta, Iding Rosyidin said. “If we talk about a democratic perspective, I don’t think it is important that (the coalition) must be big, because if the opposition is small, ‘check and balances’ are lacking,” Rosyidin said when contacted here Monday. IBP/net

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Bollywood star quits acting over Islamic faith MUMBAI - A Bollywood actress who starred in India’s highest-grossing movie said she

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for her role as an aspiring female wrestler, and the film went on to become India’s highest-grossing movie. It also enjoyed massive success in China. Wasim followed that up with a Filmfare Critics Award for her outing in 2017’s “Secret Superstar”, in which she played a young, Muslim singer-songwriter who becomes a YouTube sensation. Bollywood has a long tradition of Muslim movie stars -- the three Khans: Aamir, Salman and Shah Rukh have dominated box offices for the last three decades. There are far fewer Muslim actresses however -- in particular from the divided Kashmir region -- and some social media users took to Twitter to criticise Wasim for invoking Islam as her reason for stepping away from acting. “Exit is your choice, reason, by all means. Just do not demean it for everyone else. The industry where all work shoulder to shoulder, no differences, caste, religion

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or where you come from,” wrote actress Raveena Tandon. Jammu and Kashmir police officer Imtiyaz Hussain said he respected her decision, but added that she “can’t invoke religion and faith” to justify it. “Are others in the field some kind of sinners? This dawning of new reality should be her own truth & her own interpretation of religion. Period,” he wrote. Others rallied to her defence. “It’s her life to do with as she pleases. All I will do is wish her well & hope that whatever she does makes her happy,” tweeted former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah. Wasim’s last film will be “The Sky is Pink”, due out in October, where she will be seen alongside Priyanka Chopra Jonas. The filmmakers said in a statement that Wasim had been “a complete professional” throughout the shooting of the movie, which finished in June. (afp)

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For example, there is the National Mandate Party (PAN), which from the beginning became the Prabowo-Sandiaga coalition party, Rosyidin said adding that PAN should not join the Jokowi-Ma’ufuf coalition. While for Democrats, Rosyidin assessed that since the beginning they had joined the Prabowo coalition only to fulfill Prabowo’s requirements to advance in the nomination of the 2019 Presidential Election. “For Democrats, even though they are in the coalition (Prabowo-Sandi), yesterday it was just not fulfilling the requirements, it was not fully visible to the Democrats,” he said. On the other hand, on a parliamentary seat count, Jokowi-Ma’ruf coalition was superior. Therefore, an addition in the coalition parties is not necessary, he said. Meanwhile, the decision of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) to remain an opposition party was right, according to Rosyidin. “PKS is a medium power. Actually, in my opinion, the PKS is good in opposition with Gerindra, with a pretty 10 percent victory of the candidates, the highest achievement for PKS,” he explained. However, the right opposition was an opposition that could provide criticism as well as solutions, not critics who seemed to be “nosy”, Rosyidin stressed. He gave an example of the government of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) when the Democrats came to power, the PDI-P as the opposing party was an example of an opposition that could be the balance of the government at that time. “The problem is just how to be the opposition. Well, Gerindra’s mistake is that his opposition tends to be from criticism. The opposition must sort out what issues are worth criticizing or not,” he said. Regarding the importance of the opposition’s role in government, he explained that the opposition is important because it functions as a counterweight and controls the power to avoid corrupt actions. “In any country with an authoritarian system, for example, there must be an extraordinary phenomenon of corruption because there is no one controlling,” he said. (ant) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http://globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http://ustream.tv/ channel/global-fm-bali.

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Temperature expected to drop in Mount Batur for next few weeks

I Ketut Catur Marbawa from Bali’s Natural Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA) said yesterday that forecasts predict the drop in temperatures will occur for the

next few weeks at least. Indeed, as showcased by Accuweather, temperatures in the area might reach as low as 8 degree celsius. “The temperature has lately been colder than usual. Our officers on the ground are saying the same. Climbing has been normal,” Marbawa said. It’s good to hear that the drop in temperature hasn’t affected climbing activities of Mount Batur, though BKSDA said it will continue its observation and might close off the hiking trail temporarily, should temperatures drop to an

“extreme level.” According to Wayan Merta from Bangli’s Tourism and Culture Agency, the colder temperature has actually attracted more visitors to the area. Though Bali might be a tropical island, the basic rule of the higher the altitude, the chiller it gets still pretty much applies (so no, don’t wear those shorts). Furthermore, a sunrise hike, which usually starts at around 2 or 3am, does require that you wear clothes warm enough to see you through a few cold, dark hours. (ant)

Bali surfers to compete against international surfers in Padang Padang’s Rip Curl Cup

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Local Kuta surfer Raditya Rondi will be joining 15 other invited surfers to compete in the 2019 Rip Curl Cup at Padang Padang Beach in Uluwatu this month after winning first place in the trials event last week. “This is the first time I’ve had to qualify for the main event through the Trials and it actually feels amazing,” Raditya said, alluding to his former status as a perennial invite to the main event. Raditya is no stranger to this championship; having reached the Rip Curl Cup finals in both 2013 and 2014, but falling short of a title on

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If you’re planning on doing a sunrise hike of Mount Batur any time soon, it might be a good idea to add that extra layer of clothing, as maximum temperatures at the peak have been as low as 19 degrees Celsius recently.

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both occasions. The 30-year-old is a multiple Asian Surfing Champion winner and known as both a contest tactician and an intense competitor. Raditya’s trials win this year marks a welcomed redemption for the surfer, after he was eliminated from the event last year. “During the trials, I was up against amazing local surfers, but I was a bit lucky with the good waves and I managed to win,” Raditya told Coconuts Bali. He’ll be competing next to seven other Indonesian surfers, including 2-time Rip Curl Cup Champion Mega Samadhi and Indonesian

surfing ambassador and 2014 Rip Curl Cup Champion Garut Widiarta. “I’ll be up against international surfers as well during the Main Event, and I hope I can beat them and become the champion this year,” Raditya said. The 2019 Rip Curl Cup will see a total of 16 invited surfers vying to claim the prize, including international surfers, such as defending champion Jack Robinson from Australia and Hawaii’s Barron Mamiya, who earned back-to-back Breakthrough Performer Awards at the Wave of the Winter Awards. (r)

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ing cocktail at the Gourmet Bar enjoy rejuvenating treatments at the newly renovated InBalance by Novotel Spa that come with 7 single treatment rooms. 3 double treatment rooms and 1 suite. The spa offers an impressive spa menu made from the island’s rich, traditional technique and recipes. Discover the thrilling simplicity of flavourful contemporary cuisine. Inventive yet well-balanced dishes for delightful meals which you can enjoy at any of the resort’s restaurants or in the privacy of your room. Novotel’s signature all-day dining restaurant, The Square, will certainly satisfy your appetites with delectable international and local cuisines. Or sit back and relax by the pool at the Gourmet Bar to enjoy a light meal and refreshing drinks in an easy-living atmosphere and tuck into bread, pastries and cakes at Pause Café which serves breakfast, lunch and dinner in a cozy and friendly atmosphere. Watch the beautiful sun rise over the Indian Ocean at 2.28 Private Beach Club and enjoy an ultimate tropi-

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‘10 steps ahead’: Kenya’s tech war on wildlife poachers

OL PEJETA - Every morning, at the far perimeter of the wildlife reserve capped by Mount Kenya, a khaki-clad ranger meticulously sweeps the earth of animal footprints, covering their tracks from any poachers. It’s an antiquated approach to outsmarting would-be hunters, but this ranger is not alone. High on a mast nearby, a new camera scans around the clock for intrusions, relaying real-time images to armed guards at park headquarters. It is among the latest technology deployed to combat poaching at Ol Pejeta, a private conservancy on Kenya’s Laikipia plateau that shelters the only two northern white rhinos left on earth, among other endangered giants. A handful of surveillance cameras may not seem very sophisticated for a sanctuary which is also home to the largest population of critically endangered black rhinos anywhere in East Africa. But it’s just the tip of the spear. Last month, Ol Pejeta launched what it calls the world’s first wildlife tech lab -- a research hub at the heart of the sanctuary dedicated to bringing conservation management into the information age. Inside a retrofitted shipping container, computer engineers are testing the next generation of animal tracking chips and developing remote sensors that could one day monitor everything from ranger health to river levels. “We are very much in our infancy when it comes to this kind of stuff. It is pretty cutting-edge from a conservation perspective,” Richard Vigne, the chief executive of Ol Pejeta, told AFP. Among other projects, researchers are working towards a chip small enough to fit in a rhino horn, but capable of live transmission of the animals’ exact location and core vitals. “No one else in the conservation space in Kenya is testing this... For me, that was very exciting,” said Damian Otieno, a Kenyan IT engineer who left an office

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Damian Otieno, an IT engineer, demonstrates on his computer how technology is applied to animal tracking at Ol-Pejeta conservancy at Laikipia’s county headquarters, Nanyuki, near Mt. Kenya, on May 28, 2019.

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Residents interning to Japan expected to develop their potential in Badung

job for a career in conservation tech, and now leads the Ol Pejeta initiative. Tech advocates say advances in data collection and smart applications on game reserves could prove revolutionary, and upend decades-old approaches to conservation across the world.

Until this year at Ol Pejeta, the only way to know if a poacher was lurking near a wildlife corridor was to spot him yourself, or trawl through pictures captured by a motion-triggered camera trap. “If I had a bugbear about the world of conservation, it’s that it tends to be fairly slow on the uptake when it comes to new technologies... that has to change,” said Vigne. Now, three cameras with artificial intelligence capable of telling man from beast send alerts in real time if disturbances are detected. This is critical for the 250 elite rangers tasked with safeguarding 360 square kilometres (90,000 acres) of bushland grazed by more than 150 rhinos. The last successful poaching at Ol Pejeta was in October 2017, when a northern black rhino was slaughtered. But the threat remains. Last year, three rhinos were found dead with their horns missing in Meru National Park, on the other side of Mount Kenya. Rhino horn is highly valued in parts of Asia for its believed medicinal qualities and still fetches higher prices than gold, said Samuel Mutisya, head of conservation at Ol Pejeta. “In principal, we are a bank without doors,” he told AFP. Most intel on game reserves is gathered on foot by rangers in difficult and dangerous terrain, and the walkietalkie reigns supreme. Poor network coverage and the huge cost of infrastructure has hamstrung the rollout of even basic telecommunication services in some remote habitats. (afp)

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The creator of the app said they had ‘greatly underestimated’ the demand.

‘DeepNude’ app to ‘undress’ women shut down after furor

WASHINGTON - The creators of an application allowing users to virtually “undress” women using artificial intelligence have shut it down after a social media uproar over its potential for abuse. The creators of “DeepNude” said the software was launched several months ago for “entertainment” and that they “greatly underestimated” demand for the app. “We never thought it would be viral and (that) we would not be able to control the traffic,” the DeepNude creators, who listed their location as Estonia, said on Twitter. “Despite the safety measures adopted (watermarks), if 500,000 people use it, the probability that people will misuse it is too high. We don’t want to make money this way.” Articles in The Washington Post, Vice and other media showed how the app could be used to take a photo of a clothed woman and transform that into a nude image, sparking outrage and renewed debate over nonconsensual pornography.

“This is a horrifically destructive invention and we hope to see you soon suffer consequences for your actions,” tweeted the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, a group that seeks protection against nonconsenual and “revenge” porn. Mary Anne Franks, a law professor and president of the CCRI, tweeted later, “It’s good that it’s been shut down, but this reasoning makes no sense. The app’s INTENDED USE was to indulge the predatory and grotesque sexual fantasies of pathetic men.” DeepNude offered a free version of the application as well as a paid version, and was the latest in a trend of “deepfake” technology that can be used to deceive or manipulate. Although the app was shut down, critics expressed concern that some versions of the software remained available and would be abused. “The #Deepnude app is out there now and will be used, despite the creator taking it off the market. If only there were a way to disable all the versions out there,” CCRI tweeted. (afp)

MANGUPURA — The Badung district government through the Industry and Manpower Agency in June has dispatched five workers to Japan. They are part of the 15 Badung residents having passed the apprenticeship program selection to Japan. Head of the Badung Industry and Manpower Agency, IB Oka Dirga, explained that for 2019 Badung is targeting to send 15 workers. So far, it just dispatched five people while the rest will be dispatched in stages. In terms of rules, those that have been dispatched will be in Japan for 3 years and can be extended. Meanwhile, after returning home to Badung, they are hoped to develop their potential in Badung. Of course, they will do in accordance with the abilities and experience obtained while working in Japan. Oka Dirga added that those having been dispatched are in accordance with the needs of workers in Japan. He said they are mostly in the field of agricultural plantations, animal husbandry and food processing. “It has been previously adjusted to the interests of the people in Badung. Afterwards, they are adjusted to the needs in Japan and cooperated with the work training institutions,” he said on Sunday (Jun. 30).

To be able to dispatch workers to Japan, he applied a strict selection. The most important in the selection, according to Oka Dirga, are language capability and their readiness. “We have selected them first. If they are ready according to the needs of the owner, then we train in accordance such needs. In particular, it is related to language mastery, and we also train in the job training institutions (LPK),” he concluded. All this time, he explained that Badung had only sent three employees to Japan for three times. Each year it targets 15 employees from various fields. He admitted there are many requests from Japan. But Badung only has the quota for 15 people because if having many quotas the supervision is difficult. In addition to dispatching workers, to reduce unemployment in Badung, his agency also continues to provide training like mechanical training in collaboration with an agency in Bandung including Bekasi. “We do not only do training in Badung. After participating in the training they are expected to be able to open employment opportunities in Badung. Other than the automotive sector, a lot of training has also been carried out. (kmb23)

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Innovation of this young man to make such wooden eyeglass frame becomes quite popular. The glasses are not only popular among Indonesian people but also overseas because his products look unique and ethnic.

Recycled wooden glasses look unique and ethnic

DENPASAR — Reza, 25, a young man who initially liked to play skateboard, is now trying to process skateboard waste into high-value products, namely recycled wood glasses.

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Head of the Badung Industry and Manpower Agency, IB Oka Dirga.

He then gave a brand to his wooden glasses with Cik Eye. “We use recycled skateboard waste. It belongs to Canadian wood,” explained Reza. Commenced in 2016, the business originated from Reza’s hobby who likes to play skateboard. In addition, he also likes to wear glasses. From collaboration of his hobbies, he got an idea to make glasses from recycled wooden skateboard. He had encountered similar products but the price is quite expensive, so he tried to make it. “Since wooden sunglasses are expensive, so I try to make them,” he explained. Innovation of this young man to make such wooden eyeglass frame becomes quite popular. The glasses are not only popular among Indonesian people but also overseas because his products look unique and ethnic.

Thus, it is not only demanded by young people but also by old people. Other than selling in off-line stores, Reza also sells his products via online. “We also serve export order, but remain little. Foreigners that come here brought our products to their home country,” he explained. Customers can order glasses in accordance with their taste. Moreover, customers can also order a minus or plus lens. However, more customers buy glasses just for style. “We order the lens in Jakarta,” he said. He admitted the manufacturing process applies a machine in combination with manual method. His employees already have experience in making glasses. Within three days, he can produce three glasses and within a month totally produces 20 pieces. His wooden sunglass is sold for IDR 700,000. (kmb40)

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Results of lab test received by EA declares pollution by factory waste

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Champak is one of the flowers having high economic value. Some people even earn millions of rupiahs each month from selling champak flowers.

Selling champak can generate millions of rupiah monthly

GIANYAR — Champak is one of the flowers having high economic value. Some people even earn millions of rupiahs each month from selling champak flowers. Like I Made Jingga from Beng village, Gianyar, he sells champak every day.

I Made Jingga revealed that each of his champak trees with a height of around 10 meters maximally produces 600 flowers every day and minimally between 100 and 300 flowers. “So, every day the champak trees bloom more than 100 pieces,” he said. This native to Beng Kelod Kangin hamlet also admitted the price of champak is erratic every day. On average, the price of champak in the market can be IDR 10,000 per 50 pieces. “However, when entering rerainan or auspicious days, the champak can be valued at IDR 50,000 per 30 pieces,” he said. When calculated, the amount of flowers sold every day can get millions of rupiahs from the hundreds of flowers

picked. “I used to sell the flowers at Pejeng Market as well, so the results could support the family,” he said. In addition to being sold at the market, he admitted that consumers often come directly to his house to order the flowers. Champak is usually used by beauty salon owners for decoration, and ritual paraphernalia on piodalan or festivals in a number of temples. “Usually, during the wedding party season, beauty salons order a lot. Since I do have only one yellow champak tree, I only sell the yellow ones,” he said. Jingga added that most residents of Beng Kelodan, Beng, sell yellow champak flowers. Across the hamlet, there are only 25 families where each of which can have three to four champak trees. Meanwhile, he has cared for the champak tree at his house since 10 years ago. At that time, he got the champak tree seedling in his moor. After that, the tree was planted in the home yard. “Until now, the champak tree on my home yard has become one of my life-supporting incomes,” he said. (kmb35)

NEGARA — Jembrana Environmental Agency (EA) finally received the results of laboratory tests regarding the alleged pollution in the Limo Bay River, Tegalbadeng Barat village, Negara sub-district. From the results of lab tests on several water samples in the river flow and the waste water treatment plant (WWTP) gutter, it is known there is still an element of waste flowing through the river in the settlement. Even though waste treatment plant (WWTP) has been implemented, it remains not to comply with the quality standards. Head of the Jembrana Environment Agency, I Wayan Sudiarta, stated on Monday (Jul. 1) the results of the lab tests indicated there is still pollution in the river due to factory waste. Furthermore, the existing condition of the Limo Bay River is still polluted by various parameters. Water samples were taken at several river points starting from upstream to downstream of the river estuary. At least there are seven parameters where the results have not complied with the quality standard. In short, there are indications of pollution. The seven parameters include the dissolved residues (TDS), biological oxygen demand (BOD), dissolved oxygen (DO), chemical oxygen demand (COD), fat oil, sulfide (H2S) and the presence of microbes. Chiefly for wastewater of fish processing plants, at the point of aeration vessel, inlet and outlet,

some parameters did not meet the quality standard. Besides, microbes also develop in the aeration system. “The results have dropped. And they do not meet the quality standards, “he explained. This is the impact of industrial activities along the Limo Bay River. Then, COD of pollution is also carried out by all industrial activities on the Limo Bay River. DO pollution happened due to fish canning activities, while TDS pollution happened due to all industrial activities are using chemicals. Pollution is ensured not only from fish processing plants disposing of processed wastewater into the Bay Limo River. However, it also happens due to all the production activities along the river. Related to this matter, he will deliver to the entrepreneurs in order to optimize their waste treatment. So, in the future there will be no disposal with the WWTP system any longer that pollutes the environment. Last June, a team from Jembrana district led by Assistant II of the Jembrana Regional Secretariat, I Gusti Ngurah Sumber Wijaya, decided to take samples of water in the river frequently complained about. This is to ensure the condition of the river whether it is polluted including the condition of the WWTP of the fish processing plant. The team also expected the factory to reforest the area around the plant, including the field around the WWTP. (kmb26)

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From the results of lab tests on several water samples in the river flow and the waste water treatment plant (WWTP) gutter, it is known there is still an element of waste flowing through the river in the settlement.

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Police stand outside the Legislative Council building in Hong Kong on July 2, 2019, a day after protesters broke into the building. Hong Kong’s leader on July 2 condemned “the extreme use of violence” by masked protesters who stormed and ransacked the city’s legislature in an unprecedented challenge to Beijing’s authority.

Hong Kong grapples with protest aftermath as China demands criminal probe HONG KONG - Hong Kong Tuesday grappled with the aftermath of a night of unprecedented anti-government protests which saw parliament ransacked, as Beijing called for a criminal probe into the unparalleled challenge to its authority. The semi-autonomous financial hub has been thrown into crisis by weeks of demonstrations over a bill that would allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland, with the issue becoming a lightning rod for resentment towards Beijing. On Monday -- the 22nd anniversary of the city’s handover to China -- anger spilt over as groups of mostly young, hardline protesters, breached the legislative council. They hung the city’s colonial-era flag in the debating chamber, scrawled messages such as “Hong Kong is not China” on walls, and defaced the city’s seal with spray-paint. Police charged into the building shortly after midnight to retake control. The events pose an unprecedented challenge to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, and on Tuesday, Beijing wasted no time in asking Hong Kong to investigate the “criminal responsibility of violent offenders” for “serious illegal actions”. It also slammed Donald Trump for interfering in the city’s affairs, after the US president said that protesters are “looking for democracy” but “some governments don’t want democracy” -- an apparent swipe at Beijing. Hong Kong has been rocked by massive protests over the past three weeks. The rallies -- including a huge pro-democracy march on Monday -- have been largely peaceful while calling on the city’s Beijing-appointed chief executive Carrie Lam to resign. But they have failed to win concessions, with Lam refusing to permanently shelve the extradition law or step down, and by Monday some

hardline protesters appeared to have reached breaking point, and stormed the legislature.

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Lam -- whose approval ratings are at a record low -- condemned “the extreme use of violence”, describing the vandalism as “heartbreaking and shocking”. The legislature was closed Tuesday, as police collected evidence from the debris-strewn building, while workers swept surrounding areas littered with shattered glass, broken umbrellas and hard hats. Pro-democracy lawmaker Eddie Chu, who was stopped from entering his office, said police told him the building was “a crime scene”. Legislative council president Andrew Leung, whose portrait was among those defaced by protesters, said major meetings were now cancelled until October. “Our security systems, our fire services, our lifts... need to be tested before we can resume any meetings”, the pro-Beijing politician said. Under the terms of the 1997 handover from British to Chinese rule, Hong Kong enjoys rights and liberties unseen on the mainland. But protesters accuse Beijing of reneging on that deal with the help of unelected leaders. Activist Joshua Wong, who was the face of the city’s 2014 pro-democracy demonstrations, told reporters the protests were a response to “the tyranny... (and) imperial rule of Beijing and the Hong Kong government”. Veteran pro-democracy lawmaker Claudia Mo accused Lam of “trying to shift public opinion by focusing on our young offenders”. “Instead of trying to solve the problems being raised they are trying to solve the problem raisers and that is a very communist tactic”, she said. (afp)

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Wall collapse kills 18 as monsoon chaos hits Mumbai

MUMBAI - At least 18 people were killed in Mumbai Tuesday when a wall collapsed as the heaviest monsoon rains in a decade brought chaos to India’s financial capital and surrounding areas.

Scores more were injured when the structure came down around 2:00 am (2030 GMT Monday) in a slum, said Tanaji Kamble, a disaster management spokesman for Mumbai’s local authority. The tragedy came as the teeming coastal settlement of 20 million residents was lashed by heavy rains for a second consecutive day, bringing the city to a virtual standstill. Authorities declared Tuesday a public holiday and advised all residents to stay indoors. Schools and colleges were closed while more than 100 flights were either cancelled or diverted from Mumbai airport. The airport’s main runway was shut after a SpiceJet plane carrying 167 passengers and crew overshot the runway shortly before midnight Monday. “Currently secondary runway is in use, our team is trying their best to bring the main runway back in operation and this may take up to 48 hrs,” the airport tweeted. According to Skymet Weather, a private weather tracking agency, large swathes of Mumbai received around 350 millimetres (13 inches) of rain overnight into Tuesday morning, the most in a decade. The deluge left low-lying areas submerged. “Everything around us is flooded. It’s scary and

the problem persists every year despite government promises,” Vishal Agawane, a 32-year-old resident of the Dharavi slum, told AFP. Around 1,000 people living close to the city’s Mithi river were evacuated to higher ground as it threatened to burst its banks, said Kamble, the disaster spokesman. Train services on Mumbai’s colonial-era rail network, a lifeline for the city’s population, were disrupted due to waterlogged tracks, while motorists were seen pushing cars through flooded streets. Rescuers were sifting through the debris of the wall that collapsed in a slum area in Mumbai’s north, in the hope of finding more survivors trapped under rubble. - ‘Begging for water’ -

An unnamed man helping efforts told NDTV that they had located a 10-year-old girl. “She is begging for water. The fire department is doing its best to try to rescue her,” he told the news channel. Building collapses are common during the monsoon, when dilapidated structures buckle under the weight of continuous rain. Three people, including a toddler, were also killed Tuesday in Thane district, which borders Mumbai, when a wall collapsed at a school. And six labourers died near the western city of Pune, 150 kilometres (around 100 miles) from Mumbai, when a wall fell onto their makeshift shacks. At least 15 labourers died in a similar accident on Saturday. (afp)

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An Indian man walks with a bicycle along a waterlogged street in Mumbai on July 2, 2019, following heavy monsoon rains. Mumbai was lashed by heavy rains for a second consecutive day, bringing the city to a virtual standstill.

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BUSINESS Bolivian economy island of stability but storm clouds loom

LA PAZ — Abraham Rodríguez’s small shoe store grew into a factory that employed more than a dozen workers during an economic boom in Bolivia when prices for the gas and minerals it produces soared.

Today, he can only employ one worker. He says the tax-free import of goods and the black market have affected his sales and have caused him to go into debt. “My life was better 10 years ago. There were sales and the shoe store grew,” Rodríguez said in his workshop located in La Paz. “Today, the market has reduced. My employees left because I couldn’t afford to pay their salary.” Surrounded by nations reeling from economic crises, Bolivia remains a rare example of economic stability and growth. And in more than 12 years under President Evo Morales, poverty has dropped steadily in South America’s poorest country helped by soaring natural gas production. But experts say his economic model is facing mounting challenges, including rising debt, shrinking reserves and devaluing currencies in its main trade partners, and some Bolivians are starting to feel the consequences. Despite the storm clouds, Morales says he must be returned to power in Oct. 20 elections as any change would bring chaos. Bolivia’s first indigenous president is one of the few remaining leaders of the wave of leftists who swept into office in South America in past decades. About 45,000 artisan workshops in Bolivia closed in recent years, according to the Confederation of Micro and Small Enterprises, which estimates an annual loss of more than $2 billion a year in its sector, or about 5 percent of the gross domestic product. Thousands of artisans and other workers swapped their jobs and turned to commerce because the sale of imported electronics and other goods from China became more profitable. This meant the number of people who joined the informal sector has swelled to about 50%, one of the region’s highest rates. Big industries are also complaining about a slump in the first months of the year, with the agroindustry taking the biggest hit. And there are less earnings from gas exports and a reduction of the market, said Hugo Siles, an economist of the National Industry Chamber. Bolivia exports most of its gas to Argentina and Brazil. But its neighbors are facing challenges: Argentines are frustrated by a recession, a sharp depreciation of their currency and spiraling inflation. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro had a big election victory last year but is struggling to advance his agenda and is also coping with a tumbling currency. “Argentina and Brazil have had strong devaluations, and that made them more competitive in their exports,” Siles said. “Bolivia has had a fixed and stable exchange rate against the dollar for

eight years, which means industries that have a high component of domestic input are affected by imports and contraband.” The fiscal deficit has been rising for six years since the boom in commodity prices ended, and it closed at 7% of GDP last year. This, as well low private investment, a sharp decline in currency reserves, the increase in public debt with still-low international prices, and an economy dependent on commodities, are causing “tensions” in Bolivia’s economic policy, said Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, the U.N. independent expert on foreign debt and human rights. “The fixed exchange rate to control inflation leads to an increase in import prices and a growing deficit in the balance of payments,” he said. Bolivia’s external debt rose in March to $10 billion, or about 25% of the country’s GDP. But central bank president Pablo Ramos discarded the possibility of a devaluation of the local currency. “The purchasing power depends on the level of prices. We have low inflation (about 0.6% in 2019),” Ramos told The Associated Press. “This price stability guarantees purchasing power and we must maintain it.” A few months ago, Morales said the economy was “shielded,” but his economy minister, Luis Arce, recently acknowledged that Brazil’s crisis will affect Bolivia. Brazil remains Bolivia’s top market for energy, but exports to

“For the time being, we suspect she’s a murder victim. If anyone might have lost a member of their family, please report it to the authorities right away,” spokesperson of the Tabanan police, First Inspector Made Budiarta told Detik on Monday. According to a statement issued by the police, the woman’s corpse was found by accident yesterday afternoon, when local resident I Nyoman Widana was cutting the grass in his backyard. He was trying to investigate the origin of a stench when he discovered that it was coming from cardboard box bound with a black rope. He called on a friend, identified as I Ketut Surayana, and together they tried to open the cardboard box. Inside, they saw what appeared to be human thighs. The two immediately reported the matter to the village authorities, who proceeded to file a report to the local police. The statement also said that the victim has long blonde hair and was wearing a black t-shirt and shorts when the body was found. Police added that two of her teeth appeared to be missing, while parts of her body – including her genital area, neck and parts of her head – were already decomposing. The recent discovery calls to mind Silke Braun, a 55-year-old German woman who was found disturbingly dead in the Yeh Ho River, near Tabanan’s Tegallinggah Village in 2017, half naked with her neck, hands, and feet bound. Police have yet to solve her murder case. (kmb)

Ministry invites Malaysia’s travel agents to visit E Java and Bali AP Photo/Juan Karita

2013 in the wake of a debt crisis that threatened to break up the euro. Export-dependent manufacturing has suffered due to the trade conflict between the U.S. and China. But domestic demand has held up, and the economy is further supported by record low interest rates set by the European Central Bank. Weakening indicators about future growth and slack inflation have led the ECB to

signal more stimulus may be coming. Unemployment is what economists call a trailing indicator, meaning it follows developments in the economy by months or years. The lower unemployment rate shows the progress that Europe has made in recovering from the Great Recession and the debt crisis that threatened the euro’s existence earlier this decade. The ECB however must look

ahead when doing monetary policy since its stimulus measures can take months to have an effect. In particular, stubbornly weak inflation of only 1.2 percent has led the ECB to say that unless there is improvement more stimulus would be needed. That could come in the form of bond purchases that pump newly printed money into the economy, or further interest rate cuts from current

record lows. The bank has set a rate of negative 0.4 percent on deposits it takes from commercial banks, an extraordinary step. The negative rate is a penalty aimed at pushing banks to lend the money. The ECB’s inflation goal is just under 2 percent, a level considered best for the economy. It has been unable to achieve that goal despite years of stimulus efforts. (ap)

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TABANAN - Police in Tabanan yesterday said the corpse of a woman was found inside a cardboard box in the backyard of a local resident. Authorities have yet to determine her identity, but strongly suspect that she’s a murder victim.

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In this June 28, 2019 photo, Abraham Rodr guez sews shoes at his shoe shop in Villa Rosasani on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia. Rodr guez s small shoe store grew into a factory that employed more than a dozen workers during an economic boom in Bolivia when prices for the gas and minerals it produces soared. Today, he can only employ one worker.

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the region’s largest country have plunged due to lower demand and declining fields. Official reports say that exports fell from a peak of 31 million cubic meters a day of natural gas in 2014 to 23.8 million cubic meters a day in 2017. Still, the Bolivian government remains optimistic and is betting on continuity. Since Morales took office in 2006, the economy has grown by an annual average of about 4.5%, well above the regional average, and the International Monetary Fund says it will grow at 4 percent this year. Experts, however, warn that growth is largely dependent on savings and external credits from China, while the $15.1 billion in international reserves reached in 2014 plunged to $8 billion last March. Morales is credited for his pragmatic economic stewardship that spread Bolivia’s natural gas and mineral wealth among the masses, but he has lost support following allegations of manipulating the justice system, corruption scandals and his insistence in running for a fourth term in office. Bolivia’s long-governing president warns that if he is not re-elected in October Bolivia could break with its recent run of stability and return to a past of economic turmoil influenced by the policies of international organizations. “Before, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund decided the economic destiny of Bolivia,” Morales recently said on Twitter. “Today, our people decide their own future.” (ap)

Europe’s unemployment lowest in more than a decade

FRANKFURT — The unemployment rate in the 19 European Union countries that use the euro fell to its lowest in more than a decade in May as domestic demand and low interest rates help keep the recovery going. Official figures Monday showed the jobless rate declined to 7.5 percent from 7.6 percent in April, well below the peak of 12.1 percent in

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KUALA LUMPUR - The Indonesian Ministry of Tourism has invited nine Travel Agents/Tour Operators of Malaysia and one companion from the representative of VITO (Visit Indonesia Tourism Officer) in Malaysia to make a familiarization trip to Banyuwangi in East Java, and Bali. “The Fam Trip was held on June 23-29, 2019 in order to support the Bali & Beyond Travel Fair (BBTF) Event in 2019,” said head of subdivision of area IV / A (Malaysia Peninsula) of the ministry’s regional II, Nurdiansyah when contacted from Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. In addition to supporting by bringing nine Malaysian buyers to attend BBTF 2019, this Fam Trip also aims to increase sales of Banyuwangi and Bali tour packages for the Malaysian market while increasing awareness of those destinations. “Fam Trip is also an effort of the

Ministry of Tourism to maintain the continuity of the Kuala Lumpur - Banyuwangi international direct flight route by Citilink (a subsidiary to the Indonesian flag carrier Garuda Indonesia), which has been opened since December 19, 2018,” he said. He said in Fam Trip the participants were invited to get to know interesting tourist and culinary objects and try some accommodation options at the destination. A number of Banyuwangi destinations visited are De Djawatan, Aamdani Restaurant, Luminor Hotel, Ijen Crater, Vienna Pondok Restaurant, Osing Tourism Village, Osing Deles Souvenir Center and Ikan Bakar Pesona Restaurant While the Bali destinations visited are Ketapang-Gilimanuk Harbor, Kurnia Village Restaurant, Tanah Lot Temple, Surya Mandala Cultural Park, Warung Subak Pekendungan, Infinity8 Hotel Nusa

Dua. Pandawa Beach, Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park, New Beranda Resto and Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center are the visited locations of BBTF, in addition to Kuta Plaza Restaurant and Kenja (farewell cocktail party), Bebek Bengil Restaurant, Souvenir Center “The Basket” and Bali Surf Outlet “Overall, the implementation of the Fam Trip activities for BBTF 2019 Support for TA / TO Malaysia went well and smoothly. The participants also said they were happy because they had been introduced to a new destination, namely Banyuwangi with the Ijen crater and its blue fire,” he said. He said the introduction and promotion of tourist destinations in Banyuwangi for the Malaysian market is very important as an alternative tourist destination mostly to Jakarta, Batam, Bali, Medan, Bandung and others. (ant)

41st Bali Art Festival

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Time : 11.00 MIT Location : Ratna Kanda Stage Program : Parade of Prembon Mask Dance, by Tugek Carangsari Arts Group, Carangsari village, Petang subdistrict, representing Badung Regency Time : 14.00 MIT Location : Ayodya Stage Program : Workshop on making wind instrument s like windmill and other wind instruments like Pindekan, sunari, guwangan Time : 16.30 MIT Location : in the area of the Art Centre Program : Nglawang – performing dance and musics by going around the area, by Manik Suara Arts Group, Kubu village, representing Bangli regency Time : 19.00 MIT Location : Ayodya Stage Program : Parade Arja Dance Drama, by Arja Group of Putra Jelantik, Apuan village, Susut subdistrict, representing Bangli Regency Time : 19.30 MIT Location : Ksirarnawa Hall Program : Parade of Janger Malampahan Dance, by Guntur Madu Arts Group of Petang subdistrict, representing Badung Regency Time : 19.30 MIT Location : Ardha Candra Amphitheatre Program : Colossal Calonarang, by Kayonan Arts Group, Klungkung Regency

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A mother and daughter pose in front of their makeshift shelter at the Samos refugee camp, just above the island’s capital city of Vathy on June 18, 2019.

Greek road-trip: migrant issue looms large on ‘weary’ Samos in Greek elections

SAMOS - When night falls on the Aegean island of Samos, scores of migrants leave the filthy camp above the island capital of Vathi for some fresh harbour air.

Many locals are not happy to see them. And after years of cohabitation, the migrant issue looms large over national elections on Sunday. “Samos used to be very calm and very clean, and now there’s garbage and the stench of urine everywhere,” says Anna Loukazaki, a painter who runs her own boutique at Vathi. The island is “very weary” of the migrants, she adds. Less than two kilometres from the coast of Turkey, Samos is among a handful of Greek islands thrust to the forefront of the migration crisis in 2015, when more than 800,000 migrants and refugees mainly from war-torn Syria made the perilous Aegean crossing from Turkey. Crammed inside barely-floating dinghies and boats, hundreds died in the attempt. An EU deal with Ankara in 2016 drastically reduced the flow to the islands of Samos, Lesbos, Chios, Kos and Leros. But a few dozen still arrive daily by boat -- risking their lives in the process -- and it is enough to overwhelm capacity: the Samos camp, built for 650, houses over 3,000 people. “Generally, people here are not hostile to the mi-

grants, they are hostile to the government who they feel is responsible for the situation,” says Ioannis Kaltakis, a local lawyer. But Kaltakis insists that the government “will pay for its failure to guard the borders” in national elections coming on July 7 where the migrant issue will be the “main criterion” for Samos voters. Georgios Stantzos was in June elected mayor for a constituency that accounts for about half of Samos. He says islanders are “very disappointed” with the government in Athens and also the European Union. “It’s as if the EU decided to make Samos a warehouse of human souls,” he told AFP. “But mainly, there is great disappointment with the Greek government that has failed to manage the situation,” he adds. In European parliament elections in May, the Samos vote was consistent with the rest of Greece. The conservative New Democracy party topped the ballot, ahead of the leftist Syriza party of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Nationalist parties, including neo-Nazi Golden Dawn, picked up about 3,000 votes. The Greek migration ministry has struggled for months to alleviate pressure on Samos, pledging in 2018 to shut down the camp altogether this year. The relocation of more than 5,000 refugees to the mainland in 2018 also made little difference as more arrived to take their place, the ministry says. (afp)

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Antarctic sea ice in dizzying decline since 2014: study WASHINGTON - After mysteriously expanding for decades, Antarctica’s sea ice cover melted by an area four times greater than France in just a few years and now stands at a record low, according to a study published Monday. Scientists already knew Antarctica was thawing at an increasing rate, like the Arctic, because of accelerating discharge from glaciers, the rivers of ice that push up slowly against the shore. But between 1979 and 2014, they observed a phenomenon that was both intriguing and reassuring: the sea ice cover was expanding. From 2014 to 2017, however, “the Antarctic lost almost as much as the Arctic” over almost 40 years, NASA climatologist Claire Parkinson told AFP, and the trend has continued ever since. From a peak area of 12.8 million square kilometers, the sea ice cover receded two million square kilometers for reasons that remain unknown. “It went from its 40-year high in 2014, all the way down in 2017 to its 40-year low,” said Parkinson, whose findings were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The team analyzed microwave measurements from NASA and military satellites over the period to build up the most precise picture to date of the historic sea ice cover, measuring only area but not thickness. - Competing theories -

Neither the reason for the

earlier expansion nor the current decline are well understood. Competing hypotheses exist, pinning the changes on everything from the hole in the ozone layer to shifting winds and ocean currents, but it’s far from clear cut. “None of the hypotheses are good in my opinion,” said Douglas Martinson, an oceanographer from Columbia University, one of the paper’s peer reviewers. But he cautioned against trying to apply findings from the Arctic to the Antarctic, saying it would be “like comparing apples to army trucks.” The Arctic is an ocean surrounded by land, while Antarctica is a continent surrounded by oceans, where icebergs are less constrained. Unlike the Arctic, Antarctica is not warming and remains the coldest place on Earth, as well as its largest source of freshwater. Its mountains are covered in ice are capable of raising the level of the oceans by 57 meters, according to a 2013 study. Chris Rapley, a climate scientist from the University College of London, said the previous gains did not in any way undermine the thesis of global warming. “It simply demonstrates that in a complex, interconnected system, counter-intuitive outcomes can occur -- at least for a while. “We have a tendency to seek simplistic explanations of cause and effect, when in reality the situation is much more complicated and nuanced.” (afp)

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A humpback whale dives into the Gerlache Strait in Antarctica, February 28, 2019.

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BPPT uses artificial rain to overcome forest fires

JAKARTA - The Technology Assessment and Application Agency (BPPT) uses weather modification technology, better known as artificial rain, to overcome drought and forest and land fires (karhutla) in the Riau region. “We are using weather modification technology for karhutla in Riau,” said Head of the BPPT Center for Weather Modification Technology Tri Handoko Seto when contacted by ANTARA here Monday. The BPPT had also received requests from regions such as South Sumatra to use the same technology to stimulate acceleration of rain formation in an effort to prevent and overcome land and forest fires, Seto said. In addition, the Jakarta administration submitted a request to utilize the technology to overcome air pollution, according to him. BPPT spends around Rp50 billion annually to use the technology, he noted, adding that when demand increases, BPPT can spend Rp70 billion to Rp80 billion from technology users to make weather modifications. In addition to using the technology to stimulate the acceleration of the process of rain, BPPT also helps efforts to wet peatlands to reduce the risk of fire. (ant)

Indonesia’s foreign policy is projected as continuity

DEPOK - An observer for the International Relation of the University of Indonesia, Shofwan Al Banna Choirruzad, has projected President Joko Widodo’s (Jokowi) second-term Indonesian foreign policy as continuity from the previous period. The first period of Jokowi’s administration was a period of adjustment and time to get to know each other between the head of government and the bureaucrats who carried out the foreign policy, Shofwan said. “Yesterday was trial and error (tried and wrong) and they got acquainted with each other. Now that it has finished, it should be able to run more optimally,” he said when Antara met him in Depok, Monday. During the 2014 – 2019 period, there are still many foreign policy concepts that have not been optimally executed, according to Shofwan. He gave the example of the aspect of economic diplomacy where conceptually Indonesia wanted to open up new markets, but in fact, was still loyal to traditional markets such as the United States, East Asian countries, and Europe. Meanwhile, Indonesia is still considering looking for opportunities to trade optimally in the large African market and is said to be the new target market. Therefore, the next follow-up period is considered as the right time to continue the concepts that have been raised previously by running more optimally. “I think this second period is about how to boost what has been done,” Shofwan added. Regarding the possible continuity of Jokowi’s second-term government foreign policy, Shofwan assessed that this would help other countries to interact with Indonesia. “They already know who Jokowi is, what he has done, and what he wants,” he added. The continuity of foreign policy that is likely to be implemented by Jokowi for the 2019 – 2014 period is also believed not to have a major influence on any new aspects that could be promoted by Indonesia. “If we look at the draft campaign policy, most of the messages are to continue what has been done, with some new emphasis... But overall, I don’t think there are many changes,” he said. (ant)

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Indonesian police personnel show photographs of leader Para Wijayanto and various seized items, at a press conference in Jakarta on July 1, 2019, as Wijayanto was detained by counterterrorism police with his wife on at a hotel in Bekasi, a city on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta.

Indonesia arrests leader of Al Qaeda-linked extremist network

Indonesian police said Monday they had arrested the leader of Al Qaeda-linked extremist network Jemaah Islamiah, which carried out the 2002 Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people. Para Wijayanto was detained by counterterrorism police with his wife on Saturday at a hotel in Bekasi, a city on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta, National Police spokesman Dedi Prasetyo said. Police said Wijayanto was a long-time leader of Jemaah Islamiah (JI), one of Indonesia’s oldest terrorist groups, which was behind a series of deadly attacks in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation. Prasetyo said Wijayanto was also suspected in sending at least six batches of Indonesians abroad to fight in Syria, and provided support to militants in the terrorism hotspot of Poso on Sulawesi island. Al-Qaeda-linked JI was founded by a handful of exiled Indonesian militants in Malaysia in the 1980s, and grew to include cells across Southeast Asia.

The group was responsible for the country’s worstever terrorist attack, the 2002 Bali bombings in which citizens from at least 21 countries, including 38 Indonesians, were killed. It was also blamed for the 2003 car bombing at the JW Marriott hotel in Jakarta that killed a dozen and a suicide car bomb the following year outside the Australian embassy that killed 10. A crackdown by Indonesian authorities in the late 2000s almost saw the group wiped out, according to the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC). In recent years, counterterrorism police in Indonesia have focussed their attention on Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD), which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) group. (afp)

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Desa Visesa Ubud Presents Balinese Permaculture Living Concept GIANYAR - Desa Visesa Ubud proudly announces the forthcoming NEW movement to promote the Balinese Permaculture concept together with Ms. Indonesia 2015 from Bali, Ms. Karina Prabasari and various communities. Visesa Bali permaculture is designed as an invitation to stand back to the basics of life and honoring the Balinese tradition in the real meaning. Back to Nature, learn the nature first hand. Eat food cultivated from the earth upon which you stand, natural healing, share the joy of life with community, connect and smile with local people, as a global-family. “Balinese Permaculture concept” is the development of agriculture ecosystem according to the rules that aim at farming land in complete sustainability and self-sufficiency. Visesa has dedicated more than two hectares of land to organic culture grown exclusively with natural compost. Species have been inter-planted for controlling pest while advanced waste recycling allows minimal use of inputs and energy. Besides universal permaculture methods, the Balinese traditional calendar that designates auspicious days for planting, ploughing, seeding and harvesting is strictly respected. The Chief of Desa Visesa, Mr. Edi Suarayasa says “…Our mission to honor the past tradition, by promoting a complete sustainability and self-sufficiency method as tools in the era of change. Together we make a movement of awareness and knowledge of Balinese sustainable farming and agriculture principles that captures the essence of Bali’s living tradition. It is also part of our commitment to the conservation the local Bali permaculture concept”. ‘Bali Permaculture’ is designed as a regular program at Desa Visesa Ubud from 2 days fun experience to one month full on certified courses. The courses has been created and produced by an internationally acclaimed team from Japan and Indonesia. This combination of luxury resort, rice field and village surrounding and dedicated team promises a unique learning experience in at the Visesa Bali Permaculture village. The Permaculture activities are available every day from 8.30 to 4.30pm for short or long courses at Desa Visesa Ubud. (IBP/net)

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US player Cori Gauff celebrates after winning a point against US player Venus Williams during their women’s singles first round match on the first day of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 1, 2019.

‘My goal is to win Wimbledon,’ says teen Gauff after Venus shock

LONDON - Cori Gauff, at 15 the youngest ever qualifier for Wimbledon, is not content with just beating five-time champion Venus Williams -- now she wants to win the title. The teenage American, who was not even born when Williams won her first two Wimbledon singles titles, showed not an ounce of fear on Court One, making light of the 24 years age difference and her ranking of 313 as she eased to a 6-4, 6-4 victory. Gauff made no bones about her ambitions at the tournament. “My goal is to win it,” she said. “I said this before: I want to be the greatest. “My dad told me that I could do this when I was eight. “I’m still, like, not 100% confident. But you never know what happens.” Gauff said she was determined to make the most of her opportunities. “I mean, like my motto is just like wing it,” she said.

“I’ve said that before. This is kind of a sad thing, we’re all going to die one day, I just want to make the most of it.” Gauff, who revealed Rihanna and Beyonce were her role models off the court, said she had not allowed her admiration of childhood idol Williams affect her play. However, she did have a slight wobble at the end when she let slip three match points. Williams, whose exploits along with her younger sister Serena inspired Gauff to take up the sport, made no secret of how far Gauff could go. “I think the sky’s the limit, it really is,” said Williams. “Just have fun. Enjoy life. That’s all you can do.” Gauff, who said Roger Federer had been a big help too re-energising her and could claim some credit for her winning the French Open junior title last year, said she had finally been able to muster the courage to address one of the Williams sisters after twice failing to prior to that. “I was just telling her thank you for everything she’s done,” said Gauff.

“She and her sister have been, like, heroes for me and many other little girls out there. I was just thanking her.” Gauff sank into her chair and cried in the immediate aftermath of the victory. Later she recalled the previous time she had been reduced to tears. “The movie ‘Endgame’ when Ironman died, I was crying,” she said. “Every time I think of it, I get teary-eyed because I really liked Ironman.” Gauff, though, said there is another side of her when she is off the court. “I’m definitely really goofy off the court,” she said. “I’m always cracking jokes. I was practicing, people were taking pictures of me. “Actually quite a few people. I was actually, like, smiling. “The pros who have been here for a long time, they’re serious. “But I can’t just help laugh because it’s weird for people to take pictures of me and not smile.” (afp)

Cavendish left out of Dimension Data team for Tour de France

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PARIS - British cyclist Mark Cavendish will miss the Tour de France for the first time since 2007 after being left out of this year’s eight-man Dimension Date team on Tuesday. The 34-year-old sprinter, who has won 30 stages on the Tour de France, has struggled for form since returning to action this year

after a second bout of the debilitating Epstein Barr virus. He has only made the podium once in 2019 -- third place in the third stage of the Tour of Turkey in April -- and could only finish 22nd in the British National Championships road race on Sunday. Cavendish is just four stage wins shy of Eddy Merckx’s record

of 34. The South African team include two previous stage winners in the shape of the Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen (three wins) and 38-year-old Briton Steve Cummings (two wins). Italian sprinter Giacomo Nizzolo makes his Tour debut at the age of 30. (afp)

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Brazil coach Tite losing sleep ahead of Argentina Copa semi Brazil coach Tite admitted on Monday he’s been having sleepless nights ahead of the Copa America semi-final against Argentina. Tite took over from the sacked Dunga following Brazil’s poor performance at the 2016 Centenario Copa America and said that he is just as nervous now as he was during his early matches in charge of the national team. “I couldn’t sleep properly, I’m not Superman, I’m the way I am and I can deal with that,” he said ahead of Tuesday’s match in Belo Horizonte’s Mineirao stadium, the scene of Brazil’s 7-1 semi-final humiliation against Germany at the 2014 World Cup. “Yesterday I woke up at 3.15 am, I was thinking about what I’m going to do. “As a coach I always have a notepad next to me to write something down. That’s the reality of being a coach, not just me, (Argentina coach Lionel) Scaloni too, all of us.” This match has been billed as a clash between the individual brilliance of Argentina’s star players such as Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero against the collective ability of Brazil. But Tite said the Argentina team is more than just a collection of individuals and that it would be impossible to try to just stop those singular talents. “Argentina make the most of those individual talents linking them into a coherent unit,” he said. “You can’t eliminate Messi, you might be able to reduce what he can do but you can’t neutralize a player of that level, just as you can’t neutralize (Philippe) Coutinho, (Roberto) Firmino, Willian, David (Neres) -- at some point, they will produce something.” In goalkeeper Alisson, Brazil have one player who is used to knocking Messi out of important competitions. He was in goal in 2017/18 when Roma came back from a 4-1 Champions League first leg deficit against Messi’s Barcelona to win 3-0 at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico and reach the semi-finals on away goals. And in May, having since made a then-world record £56 million ($71 million) transfer to Liverpool at the start of the season, he was part of the side that produced a remarkable 4-0 victory at Anfield in the Champions League semi-final second leg after losing the first leg 3-0 at the Camp Nou. “In football there’s no logic, there are matches where one player makes a difference: I saw that when we played against Messi and he made the difference,” Alisson said about the Champions League first leg between Barcelona and Liverpool in which Messi scored a brace. “But in the second match our team prevailed and we qualified.” He added: “Every match has its story; the match with Roma had its story, the match with Liverpool had another story. Fortunately they were two stories that went my way.”

Mane misses penalty, scores twice as Senegal qualify Liverpool star Sadio Mane scored twice after having a penalty saved as Senegal defeated Kenya 3-0 in Cairo Monday to book an Africa Cup of Nations last-16 place. The Champions League-winning forward had a timidly-struck first half penalty saved by Patrick Matasi before making amends with a brace after a goalless opening 45 minutes. Ismaila Sarr put Senegal ahead on 63 minutes and Mane netted on 71 and 78 minutes, his second goal coming from another penalty. Kenya were reduced to 10 men just before the second penalty was taken with Philemon Otieno sent off for a second yellow card. Algeria made 11 changes to the team that beat Senegal last week and still beat Tanzania 3-0 in Cairo to top Group C with nine points. Senegal were runners-up with six points, Kenya third with three and Tanzania, back at the tournament after 39 years, ended pointless. The qualification of Senegal raised to 12 the number of teams who have secured places in the second round, which kicks off Friday. Hosts Egypt, surprise side Madagascar, Algeria and Morocco advanced as group winners and Uganda, Nigeria, Senegal and the Ivory Coast as runners-up. Defending champions Cameroon and Mali play Tuesday and will finish third at worst in their groups, which would secure two of four places reserved for teams filling that position. Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo have already taken two of the spots allocated to the four best third-place countries. With Algeria having qualified and Tanzania eliminated before the final group matches, the focus was on the battle for second place between Senegal and Kenya.

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A war of words between the coaches preceded the game with France-born Kenya handler Sebastien Migne suggesting Senegal lacked the mental strength to become African champions. Senegal coach Aliou Cisse responded by reminding Migne that his side were ranked 82 places higher in the world and the loss to Algeria was the first in four years in Africa. Kenya were lucky to reach half-time level with Senegal at the June 30 Stadium as apart from the Mane penalty miss, captain Victor Wanyama was not punished for handling in the box. Patrick Matasi also made two great saves, blocking an Idrissa Gueye close-range shot and tipping a Sarr header over via the top of the crossbar. Kenya came close to snatching the lead against the run of play just past the hour when a Dennis Omino snap shot was brilliantly parried by Alfred Gomis. A minute later and Senegal were ahead as Matasi fell while trying to clear a cross and Sarr turned to fire superbly into the corner of the net. Mane atoned for his penalty blunder by adding a second on 71 minutes, taking advantage of poor defending from Mohamed Musa off a long ball to run through and score. Given a second penalty chance, Mane made no mistake, tucking the ball into the corner despite a brave attempt by the outstanding Matasi to reach it. At the Al Salam Stadium, Tanzania contained Algeria for 35 minutes before conceding three goals by half-time with Islam Slimani opening the scoring before Adam Ounas added two. (afp)

- Aguero confirmed, but not Messi -

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Brazil’s coach Tite takes part in a training session in Belo Horizonte, Brazil on July 1, 2019 on the eve of the Copa America semifinal football match against Argentina.

Scaloni was giving little away about his team selection, although he’s expected to stick with much the same line-up as beat Venezuela 2-0 in the quarter-finals. That means Messi and Aguero would line up alongside Lautaro Martinez in attack. “Aguero will play, I’m saying that because I’ve read there’s a doubt, so to be clear,” said Scaloni. That’s as far as he would go, though. “No-one’s confirmed for the team, not even Messi. Only Aguero,” he added. Aguero has had a mixed tournament so far, having a quiet game in the opening 2-0 defeat to Colombia before he was dropped for the 1-1 draw with Paraguay. But he made a goalscoring return to the starting line-up in the 2-0 defeat of Qatar and was involved in both Argentina’s goals against Venezuela. Little was expected of Argentina before the tournament but they have been improving and this clash between the continent’s two heavyweights is eagerly anticipated. The pressure, though, is on Brazil “because they’re the hosts and have something to prove in front of their fans,” said Scaloni. Although he said they were at an advantage as “they’ve been together a long time with the same coach and players who’ve played together for a long time.” Argentina, on the other hand, are in a period of transition since their dismal 2018 World Cup exit, with several new and inexperienced players in the squad, as well as a new coach. (afp)

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Senegal’s forward Sadio Mane celebrates after scoring a goal during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) Group C football match between Kenya and Senegal at the 30 June Stadium in the Egyptian capital Cairo on July 1, 2019.

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Netherlands’ forward Vivianne Miedema speaks during a press conference at the Groupama stadium in Lyon, on July 1, 2019, during the France 2019 football Women’s World Cup. The Netherlands will face Sweden in a semi-final match of the France 2019 Women’s World Cup on July 3, 2019.

Dutch Arsenal connection gunning for World Cup glory

The Netherlands stand one step away from their first ever women’s World Cup final thanks to a core of players aiming to conquer the world after taking Arsenal back to the top in England. Vivianne Miedema’s thumping headed opener in their 2-0 quarter-final win over Italy on Saturday helped give her side a last four clash with Sweden on Wednesday. It was her third in France after scoring an astonishing 31 goals in 28 games for the Gunners as they won their first Women’s Super League in seven years. Lining up behind her, for both club and country for the past two years, have been attacking midfielder Danielle van de Donk, centre-back Dominique Bloodworth and goalkeeper Sari Van Veenendaal, and Miedema recognised the impact having same players form the spine of both teams. “Obviously it’s really easy, we’ve been playing together for two years, we play as goalie, centre back, number 10 and me and it’s the same at Arsenal so you get to know each other a lot better,” Miedema said after beating the Italians. “I just need to look at Dominique Bloodworth and I know where’s she’s going to play the ball. It’s the same with DVD (Van de Donk), we just have that connection. It helps me a lot and it helps our team a lot, and I’m happy that we’ve got that.” Saturday’s strike also increased 22-year-old Miedema’s total as her country’s top scorer to 61 in 80 matches for an international side considered relative minnows until very recently but who in the last three years have surged to the highest reaches of the women’s game. Since taking charge, initially as interim coach, in 2016, Sarina Weigman has led the Dutch to just their second ever World Cup two years after winning every match, and plaudits for the way they played, in the European Championships. “I didn’t expect to be in the semi-finals of this World Cup,” sais Miedema, whose team

have shown they know how to battle.

- ‘I know exactly what they’re doing’ -

The Dutch have struggled to express themselves in France but have won two matches in the dying seconds, including their 2-1 last 16 win over Japan, and have scored the majority of their goals in the final 20 minutes. “We’ve been complaining a lot that we’ve not played the best football but in the end we’re in the semis, we’ve done amazing and we can be really proud,” Miedema added. Jill Roord has just joined Arsenal, a move which would have further strengthened the Gunners’ Dutch link had Bloodworth and Van Veenendaal not left pre-tournament. However, both departing players agree with Miedema that the connection between the four Dutch dynamos is hugely important to their success. “I think it’s very important. I realised on the pitch that Daniela and Viv are in front of me and I know exactly what they’re doing,” said Bloodworth. “I think we are all in the core of the team so I think it’s important that we’re so fluent in working together.” The 27-year-old Van de Donk has been crucial for Arsenal, scoring 13 times for the London club in their charge to the title last season and also winning the 2016 FA Women’s Cup. She scored in the 3-0 Dutch hammering of potential final opponents England in the semi-finals of the Euros -- her only goal of that tournament -- and has proved to be a player for the big occasion. Van Veenendaal said the Arsenal quartet “feel each other” when they’re out on the pitch. “We’re all playing through the middle of the game and we know what we’re doing and we know from each other what we’re doing,” she said. “I think that will definitely help. (afp)

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Brazil coach Tite losing sleep ahead of Argentina Copa semi Brazil coach Tite admitted on Monday he’s been having sleepless nights ahead of the Copa America semi-final against Argentina. Tite took over from the sacked Dunga following Brazil’s poor performance at the 2016 Centenario Copa America and said that he is just as nervous now as he was during his early matches in charge of the national team. “I couldn’t sleep properly, I’m not Superman, I’m the way I am and I can deal with that,” he said ahead of Tuesday’s match in Belo Horizonte’s Mineirao stadium, the scene of Brazil’s 7-1 semi-final humiliation against Germany at the 2014 World Cup. “Yesterday I woke up at 3.15 am, I was thinking about what I’m going to do. “As a coach I always have a notepad next to me to write something down. That’s the reality of being a coach, not just me, (Argentina coach Lionel) Scaloni too, all of us.” This match has been billed as a clash between the individual brilliance of Argentina’s star players such as Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero against the collective ability of Brazil. But Tite said the Argentina team is more than just a collection of individuals and that it would be impossible to try to just stop those singular talents. “Argentina make the most of those individual talents linking them into a coherent unit,” he said. “You can’t eliminate Messi, you might be able to reduce what he can do but you can’t neutralize a player of that level, just as you can’t neutralize (Philippe) Coutinho, (Roberto) Firmino, Willian, David (Neres) -- at some point, they will produce something.” In goalkeeper Alisson, Brazil have one player who is used to knocking Messi out of important competitions. He was in goal in 2017/18 when Roma came back from a 4-1 Champions League first leg deficit against Messi’s Barcelona to win 3-0 at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico and reach the semi-finals on away goals. And in May, having since made a then-world record £56 million ($71 million) transfer to Liverpool at the start of the season, he was part of the side that produced a remarkable 4-0 victory at Anfield in the Champions League semi-final second leg after losing the first leg 3-0 at the Camp Nou. “In football there’s no logic, there are matches where one player makes a difference: I saw that when we played against Messi and he made the difference,” Alisson said about the Champions League first leg between Barcelona and Liverpool in which Messi scored a brace. “But in the second match our team prevailed and we qualified.” He added: “Every match has its story; the match with Roma had its story, the match with Liverpool had another story. Fortunately they were two stories that went my way.”

Mane misses penalty, scores twice as Senegal qualify Liverpool star Sadio Mane scored twice after having a penalty saved as Senegal defeated Kenya 3-0 in Cairo Monday to book an Africa Cup of Nations last-16 place. The Champions League-winning forward had a timidly-struck first half penalty saved by Patrick Matasi before making amends with a brace after a goalless opening 45 minutes. Ismaila Sarr put Senegal ahead on 63 minutes and Mane netted on 71 and 78 minutes, his second goal coming from another penalty. Kenya were reduced to 10 men just before the second penalty was taken with Philemon Otieno sent off for a second yellow card. Algeria made 11 changes to the team that beat Senegal last week and still beat Tanzania 3-0 in Cairo to top Group C with nine points. Senegal were runners-up with six points, Kenya third with three and Tanzania, back at the tournament after 39 years, ended pointless. The qualification of Senegal raised to 12 the number of teams who have secured places in the second round, which kicks off Friday. Hosts Egypt, surprise side Madagascar, Algeria and Morocco advanced as group winners and Uganda, Nigeria, Senegal and the Ivory Coast as runners-up. Defending champions Cameroon and Mali play Tuesday and will finish third at worst in their groups, which would secure two of four places reserved for teams filling that position. Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo have already taken two of the spots allocated to the four best third-place countries. With Algeria having qualified and Tanzania eliminated before the final group matches, the focus was on the battle for second place between Senegal and Kenya.

- War of words -

A war of words between the coaches preceded the game with France-born Kenya handler Sebastien Migne suggesting Senegal lacked the mental strength to become African champions. Senegal coach Aliou Cisse responded by reminding Migne that his side were ranked 82 places higher in the world and the loss to Algeria was the first in four years in Africa. Kenya were lucky to reach half-time level with Senegal at the June 30 Stadium as apart from the Mane penalty miss, captain Victor Wanyama was not punished for handling in the box. Patrick Matasi also made two great saves, blocking an Idrissa Gueye close-range shot and tipping a Sarr header over via the top of the crossbar. Kenya came close to snatching the lead against the run of play just past the hour when a Dennis Omino snap shot was brilliantly parried by Alfred Gomis. A minute later and Senegal were ahead as Matasi fell while trying to clear a cross and Sarr turned to fire superbly into the corner of the net. Mane atoned for his penalty blunder by adding a second on 71 minutes, taking advantage of poor defending from Mohamed Musa off a long ball to run through and score. Given a second penalty chance, Mane made no mistake, tucking the ball into the corner despite a brave attempt by the outstanding Matasi to reach it. At the Al Salam Stadium, Tanzania contained Algeria for 35 minutes before conceding three goals by half-time with Islam Slimani opening the scoring before Adam Ounas added two. (afp)

- Aguero confirmed, but not Messi -

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Brazil’s coach Tite takes part in a training session in Belo Horizonte, Brazil on July 1, 2019 on the eve of the Copa America semifinal football match against Argentina.

Scaloni was giving little away about his team selection, although he’s expected to stick with much the same line-up as beat Venezuela 2-0 in the quarter-finals. That means Messi and Aguero would line up alongside Lautaro Martinez in attack. “Aguero will play, I’m saying that because I’ve read there’s a doubt, so to be clear,” said Scaloni. That’s as far as he would go, though. “No-one’s confirmed for the team, not even Messi. Only Aguero,” he added. Aguero has had a mixed tournament so far, having a quiet game in the opening 2-0 defeat to Colombia before he was dropped for the 1-1 draw with Paraguay. But he made a goalscoring return to the starting line-up in the 2-0 defeat of Qatar and was involved in both Argentina’s goals against Venezuela. Little was expected of Argentina before the tournament but they have been improving and this clash between the continent’s two heavyweights is eagerly anticipated. The pressure, though, is on Brazil “because they’re the hosts and have something to prove in front of their fans,” said Scaloni. Although he said they were at an advantage as “they’ve been together a long time with the same coach and players who’ve played together for a long time.” Argentina, on the other hand, are in a period of transition since their dismal 2018 World Cup exit, with several new and inexperienced players in the squad, as well as a new coach. (afp)

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Senegal’s forward Sadio Mane celebrates after scoring a goal during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) Group C football match between Kenya and Senegal at the 30 June Stadium in the Egyptian capital Cairo on July 1, 2019.

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Netherlands’ forward Vivianne Miedema speaks during a press conference at the Groupama stadium in Lyon, on July 1, 2019, during the France 2019 football Women’s World Cup. The Netherlands will face Sweden in a semi-final match of the France 2019 Women’s World Cup on July 3, 2019.

Dutch Arsenal connection gunning for World Cup glory

The Netherlands stand one step away from their first ever women’s World Cup final thanks to a core of players aiming to conquer the world after taking Arsenal back to the top in England. Vivianne Miedema’s thumping headed opener in their 2-0 quarter-final win over Italy on Saturday helped give her side a last four clash with Sweden on Wednesday. It was her third in France after scoring an astonishing 31 goals in 28 games for the Gunners as they won their first Women’s Super League in seven years. Lining up behind her, for both club and country for the past two years, have been attacking midfielder Danielle van de Donk, centre-back Dominique Bloodworth and goalkeeper Sari Van Veenendaal, and Miedema recognised the impact having same players form the spine of both teams. “Obviously it’s really easy, we’ve been playing together for two years, we play as goalie, centre back, number 10 and me and it’s the same at Arsenal so you get to know each other a lot better,” Miedema said after beating the Italians. “I just need to look at Dominique Bloodworth and I know where’s she’s going to play the ball. It’s the same with DVD (Van de Donk), we just have that connection. It helps me a lot and it helps our team a lot, and I’m happy that we’ve got that.” Saturday’s strike also increased 22-year-old Miedema’s total as her country’s top scorer to 61 in 80 matches for an international side considered relative minnows until very recently but who in the last three years have surged to the highest reaches of the women’s game. Since taking charge, initially as interim coach, in 2016, Sarina Weigman has led the Dutch to just their second ever World Cup two years after winning every match, and plaudits for the way they played, in the European Championships. “I didn’t expect to be in the semi-finals of this World Cup,” sais Miedema, whose team

have shown they know how to battle.

- ‘I know exactly what they’re doing’ -

The Dutch have struggled to express themselves in France but have won two matches in the dying seconds, including their 2-1 last 16 win over Japan, and have scored the majority of their goals in the final 20 minutes. “We’ve been complaining a lot that we’ve not played the best football but in the end we’re in the semis, we’ve done amazing and we can be really proud,” Miedema added. Jill Roord has just joined Arsenal, a move which would have further strengthened the Gunners’ Dutch link had Bloodworth and Van Veenendaal not left pre-tournament. However, both departing players agree with Miedema that the connection between the four Dutch dynamos is hugely important to their success. “I think it’s very important. I realised on the pitch that Daniela and Viv are in front of me and I know exactly what they’re doing,” said Bloodworth. “I think we are all in the core of the team so I think it’s important that we’re so fluent in working together.” The 27-year-old Van de Donk has been crucial for Arsenal, scoring 13 times for the London club in their charge to the title last season and also winning the 2016 FA Women’s Cup. She scored in the 3-0 Dutch hammering of potential final opponents England in the semi-finals of the Euros -- her only goal of that tournament -- and has proved to be a player for the big occasion. Van Veenendaal said the Arsenal quartet “feel each other” when they’re out on the pitch. “We’re all playing through the middle of the game and we know what we’re doing and we know from each other what we’re doing,” she said. “I think that will definitely help. (afp)

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Desa Visesa Ubud Presents Balinese Permaculture Living Concept GIANYAR - Desa Visesa Ubud proudly announces the forthcoming NEW movement to promote the Balinese Permaculture concept together with Ms. Indonesia 2015 from Bali, Ms. Karina Prabasari and various communities. Visesa Bali permaculture is designed as an invitation to stand back to the basics of life and honoring the Balinese tradition in the real meaning. Back to Nature, learn the nature first hand. Eat food cultivated from the earth upon which you stand, natural healing, share the joy of life with community, connect and smile with local people, as a global-family. “Balinese Permaculture concept” is the development of agriculture ecosystem according to the rules that aim at farming land in complete sustainability and self-sufficiency. Visesa has dedicated more than two hectares of land to organic culture grown exclusively with natural compost. Species have been inter-planted for controlling pest while advanced waste recycling allows minimal use of inputs and energy. Besides universal permaculture methods, the Balinese traditional calendar that designates auspicious days for planting, ploughing, seeding and harvesting is strictly respected. The Chief of Desa Visesa, Mr. Edi Suarayasa says “…Our mission to honor the past tradition, by promoting a complete sustainability and self-sufficiency method as tools in the era of change. Together we make a movement of awareness and knowledge of Balinese sustainable farming and agriculture principles that captures the essence of Bali’s living tradition. It is also part of our commitment to the conservation the local Bali permaculture concept”. ‘Bali Permaculture’ is designed as a regular program at Desa Visesa Ubud from 2 days fun experience to one month full on certified courses. The courses has been created and produced by an internationally acclaimed team from Japan and Indonesia. This combination of luxury resort, rice field and village surrounding and dedicated team promises a unique learning experience in at the Visesa Bali Permaculture village. The Permaculture activities are available every day from 8.30 to 4.30pm for short or long courses at Desa Visesa Ubud. (IBP/net)

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US player Cori Gauff celebrates after winning a point against US player Venus Williams during their women’s singles first round match on the first day of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 1, 2019.

‘My goal is to win Wimbledon,’ says teen Gauff after Venus shock

LONDON - Cori Gauff, at 15 the youngest ever qualifier for Wimbledon, is not content with just beating five-time champion Venus Williams -- now she wants to win the title. The teenage American, who was not even born when Williams won her first two Wimbledon singles titles, showed not an ounce of fear on Court One, making light of the 24 years age difference and her ranking of 313 as she eased to a 6-4, 6-4 victory. Gauff made no bones about her ambitions at the tournament. “My goal is to win it,” she said. “I said this before: I want to be the greatest. “My dad told me that I could do this when I was eight. “I’m still, like, not 100% confident. But you never know what happens.” Gauff said she was determined to make the most of her opportunities. “I mean, like my motto is just like wing it,” she said.

“I’ve said that before. This is kind of a sad thing, we’re all going to die one day, I just want to make the most of it.” Gauff, who revealed Rihanna and Beyonce were her role models off the court, said she had not allowed her admiration of childhood idol Williams affect her play. However, she did have a slight wobble at the end when she let slip three match points. Williams, whose exploits along with her younger sister Serena inspired Gauff to take up the sport, made no secret of how far Gauff could go. “I think the sky’s the limit, it really is,” said Williams. “Just have fun. Enjoy life. That’s all you can do.” Gauff, who said Roger Federer had been a big help too re-energising her and could claim some credit for her winning the French Open junior title last year, said she had finally been able to muster the courage to address one of the Williams sisters after twice failing to prior to that. “I was just telling her thank you for everything she’s done,” said Gauff.

“She and her sister have been, like, heroes for me and many other little girls out there. I was just thanking her.” Gauff sank into her chair and cried in the immediate aftermath of the victory. Later she recalled the previous time she had been reduced to tears. “The movie ‘Endgame’ when Ironman died, I was crying,” she said. “Every time I think of it, I get teary-eyed because I really liked Ironman.” Gauff, though, said there is another side of her when she is off the court. “I’m definitely really goofy off the court,” she said. “I’m always cracking jokes. I was practicing, people were taking pictures of me. “Actually quite a few people. I was actually, like, smiling. “The pros who have been here for a long time, they’re serious. “But I can’t just help laugh because it’s weird for people to take pictures of me and not smile.” (afp)

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PARIS - British cyclist Mark Cavendish will miss the Tour de France for the first time since 2007 after being left out of this year’s eight-man Dimension Date team on Tuesday. The 34-year-old sprinter, who has won 30 stages on the Tour de France, has struggled for form since returning to action this year

after a second bout of the debilitating Epstein Barr virus. He has only made the podium once in 2019 -- third place in the third stage of the Tour of Turkey in April -- and could only finish 22nd in the British National Championships road race on Sunday. Cavendish is just four stage wins shy of Eddy Merckx’s record

of 34. The South African team include two previous stage winners in the shape of the Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen (three wins) and 38-year-old Briton Steve Cummings (two wins). Italian sprinter Giacomo Nizzolo makes his Tour debut at the age of 30. (afp)

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A mother and daughter pose in front of their makeshift shelter at the Samos refugee camp, just above the island’s capital city of Vathy on June 18, 2019.

Greek road-trip: migrant issue looms large on ‘weary’ Samos in Greek elections

SAMOS - When night falls on the Aegean island of Samos, scores of migrants leave the filthy camp above the island capital of Vathi for some fresh harbour air.

Many locals are not happy to see them. And after years of cohabitation, the migrant issue looms large over national elections on Sunday. “Samos used to be very calm and very clean, and now there’s garbage and the stench of urine everywhere,” says Anna Loukazaki, a painter who runs her own boutique at Vathi. The island is “very weary” of the migrants, she adds. Less than two kilometres from the coast of Turkey, Samos is among a handful of Greek islands thrust to the forefront of the migration crisis in 2015, when more than 800,000 migrants and refugees mainly from war-torn Syria made the perilous Aegean crossing from Turkey. Crammed inside barely-floating dinghies and boats, hundreds died in the attempt. An EU deal with Ankara in 2016 drastically reduced the flow to the islands of Samos, Lesbos, Chios, Kos and Leros. But a few dozen still arrive daily by boat -- risking their lives in the process -- and it is enough to overwhelm capacity: the Samos camp, built for 650, houses over 3,000 people. “Generally, people here are not hostile to the mi-

grants, they are hostile to the government who they feel is responsible for the situation,” says Ioannis Kaltakis, a local lawyer. But Kaltakis insists that the government “will pay for its failure to guard the borders” in national elections coming on July 7 where the migrant issue will be the “main criterion” for Samos voters. Georgios Stantzos was in June elected mayor for a constituency that accounts for about half of Samos. He says islanders are “very disappointed” with the government in Athens and also the European Union. “It’s as if the EU decided to make Samos a warehouse of human souls,” he told AFP. “But mainly, there is great disappointment with the Greek government that has failed to manage the situation,” he adds. In European parliament elections in May, the Samos vote was consistent with the rest of Greece. The conservative New Democracy party topped the ballot, ahead of the leftist Syriza party of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Nationalist parties, including neo-Nazi Golden Dawn, picked up about 3,000 votes. The Greek migration ministry has struggled for months to alleviate pressure on Samos, pledging in 2018 to shut down the camp altogether this year. The relocation of more than 5,000 refugees to the mainland in 2018 also made little difference as more arrived to take their place, the ministry says. (afp)

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Antarctic sea ice in dizzying decline since 2014: study WASHINGTON - After mysteriously expanding for decades, Antarctica’s sea ice cover melted by an area four times greater than France in just a few years and now stands at a record low, according to a study published Monday. Scientists already knew Antarctica was thawing at an increasing rate, like the Arctic, because of accelerating discharge from glaciers, the rivers of ice that push up slowly against the shore. But between 1979 and 2014, they observed a phenomenon that was both intriguing and reassuring: the sea ice cover was expanding. From 2014 to 2017, however, “the Antarctic lost almost as much as the Arctic” over almost 40 years, NASA climatologist Claire Parkinson told AFP, and the trend has continued ever since. From a peak area of 12.8 million square kilometers, the sea ice cover receded two million square kilometers for reasons that remain unknown. “It went from its 40-year high in 2014, all the way down in 2017 to its 40-year low,” said Parkinson, whose findings were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The team analyzed microwave measurements from NASA and military satellites over the period to build up the most precise picture to date of the historic sea ice cover, measuring only area but not thickness. - Competing theories -

Neither the reason for the

earlier expansion nor the current decline are well understood. Competing hypotheses exist, pinning the changes on everything from the hole in the ozone layer to shifting winds and ocean currents, but it’s far from clear cut. “None of the hypotheses are good in my opinion,” said Douglas Martinson, an oceanographer from Columbia University, one of the paper’s peer reviewers. But he cautioned against trying to apply findings from the Arctic to the Antarctic, saying it would be “like comparing apples to army trucks.” The Arctic is an ocean surrounded by land, while Antarctica is a continent surrounded by oceans, where icebergs are less constrained. Unlike the Arctic, Antarctica is not warming and remains the coldest place on Earth, as well as its largest source of freshwater. Its mountains are covered in ice are capable of raising the level of the oceans by 57 meters, according to a 2013 study. Chris Rapley, a climate scientist from the University College of London, said the previous gains did not in any way undermine the thesis of global warming. “It simply demonstrates that in a complex, interconnected system, counter-intuitive outcomes can occur -- at least for a while. “We have a tendency to seek simplistic explanations of cause and effect, when in reality the situation is much more complicated and nuanced.” (afp)

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A humpback whale dives into the Gerlache Strait in Antarctica, February 28, 2019.

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BPPT uses artificial rain to overcome forest fires

JAKARTA - The Technology Assessment and Application Agency (BPPT) uses weather modification technology, better known as artificial rain, to overcome drought and forest and land fires (karhutla) in the Riau region. “We are using weather modification technology for karhutla in Riau,” said Head of the BPPT Center for Weather Modification Technology Tri Handoko Seto when contacted by ANTARA here Monday. The BPPT had also received requests from regions such as South Sumatra to use the same technology to stimulate acceleration of rain formation in an effort to prevent and overcome land and forest fires, Seto said. In addition, the Jakarta administration submitted a request to utilize the technology to overcome air pollution, according to him. BPPT spends around Rp50 billion annually to use the technology, he noted, adding that when demand increases, BPPT can spend Rp70 billion to Rp80 billion from technology users to make weather modifications. In addition to using the technology to stimulate the acceleration of the process of rain, BPPT also helps efforts to wet peatlands to reduce the risk of fire. (ant)

Indonesia’s foreign policy is projected as continuity

DEPOK - An observer for the International Relation of the University of Indonesia, Shofwan Al Banna Choirruzad, has projected President Joko Widodo’s (Jokowi) second-term Indonesian foreign policy as continuity from the previous period. The first period of Jokowi’s administration was a period of adjustment and time to get to know each other between the head of government and the bureaucrats who carried out the foreign policy, Shofwan said. “Yesterday was trial and error (tried and wrong) and they got acquainted with each other. Now that it has finished, it should be able to run more optimally,” he said when Antara met him in Depok, Monday. During the 2014 – 2019 period, there are still many foreign policy concepts that have not been optimally executed, according to Shofwan. He gave the example of the aspect of economic diplomacy where conceptually Indonesia wanted to open up new markets, but in fact, was still loyal to traditional markets such as the United States, East Asian countries, and Europe. Meanwhile, Indonesia is still considering looking for opportunities to trade optimally in the large African market and is said to be the new target market. Therefore, the next follow-up period is considered as the right time to continue the concepts that have been raised previously by running more optimally. “I think this second period is about how to boost what has been done,” Shofwan added. Regarding the possible continuity of Jokowi’s second-term government foreign policy, Shofwan assessed that this would help other countries to interact with Indonesia. “They already know who Jokowi is, what he has done, and what he wants,” he added. The continuity of foreign policy that is likely to be implemented by Jokowi for the 2019 – 2014 period is also believed not to have a major influence on any new aspects that could be promoted by Indonesia. “If we look at the draft campaign policy, most of the messages are to continue what has been done, with some new emphasis... But overall, I don’t think there are many changes,” he said. (ant)

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Indonesian police personnel show photographs of leader Para Wijayanto and various seized items, at a press conference in Jakarta on July 1, 2019, as Wijayanto was detained by counterterrorism police with his wife on at a hotel in Bekasi, a city on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta.

Indonesia arrests leader of Al Qaeda-linked extremist network

Indonesian police said Monday they had arrested the leader of Al Qaeda-linked extremist network Jemaah Islamiah, which carried out the 2002 Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people. Para Wijayanto was detained by counterterrorism police with his wife on Saturday at a hotel in Bekasi, a city on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta, National Police spokesman Dedi Prasetyo said. Police said Wijayanto was a long-time leader of Jemaah Islamiah (JI), one of Indonesia’s oldest terrorist groups, which was behind a series of deadly attacks in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation. Prasetyo said Wijayanto was also suspected in sending at least six batches of Indonesians abroad to fight in Syria, and provided support to militants in the terrorism hotspot of Poso on Sulawesi island. Al-Qaeda-linked JI was founded by a handful of exiled Indonesian militants in Malaysia in the 1980s, and grew to include cells across Southeast Asia.

The group was responsible for the country’s worstever terrorist attack, the 2002 Bali bombings in which citizens from at least 21 countries, including 38 Indonesians, were killed. It was also blamed for the 2003 car bombing at the JW Marriott hotel in Jakarta that killed a dozen and a suicide car bomb the following year outside the Australian embassy that killed 10. A crackdown by Indonesian authorities in the late 2000s almost saw the group wiped out, according to the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC). In recent years, counterterrorism police in Indonesia have focussed their attention on Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD), which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) group. (afp)

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BUSINESS Bolivian economy island of stability but storm clouds loom

LA PAZ — Abraham Rodríguez’s small shoe store grew into a factory that employed more than a dozen workers during an economic boom in Bolivia when prices for the gas and minerals it produces soared.

Today, he can only employ one worker. He says the tax-free import of goods and the black market have affected his sales and have caused him to go into debt. “My life was better 10 years ago. There were sales and the shoe store grew,” Rodríguez said in his workshop located in La Paz. “Today, the market has reduced. My employees left because I couldn’t afford to pay their salary.” Surrounded by nations reeling from economic crises, Bolivia remains a rare example of economic stability and growth. And in more than 12 years under President Evo Morales, poverty has dropped steadily in South America’s poorest country helped by soaring natural gas production. But experts say his economic model is facing mounting challenges, including rising debt, shrinking reserves and devaluing currencies in its main trade partners, and some Bolivians are starting to feel the consequences. Despite the storm clouds, Morales says he must be returned to power in Oct. 20 elections as any change would bring chaos. Bolivia’s first indigenous president is one of the few remaining leaders of the wave of leftists who swept into office in South America in past decades. About 45,000 artisan workshops in Bolivia closed in recent years, according to the Confederation of Micro and Small Enterprises, which estimates an annual loss of more than $2 billion a year in its sector, or about 5 percent of the gross domestic product. Thousands of artisans and other workers swapped their jobs and turned to commerce because the sale of imported electronics and other goods from China became more profitable. This meant the number of people who joined the informal sector has swelled to about 50%, one of the region’s highest rates. Big industries are also complaining about a slump in the first months of the year, with the agroindustry taking the biggest hit. And there are less earnings from gas exports and a reduction of the market, said Hugo Siles, an economist of the National Industry Chamber. Bolivia exports most of its gas to Argentina and Brazil. But its neighbors are facing challenges: Argentines are frustrated by a recession, a sharp depreciation of their currency and spiraling inflation. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro had a big election victory last year but is struggling to advance his agenda and is also coping with a tumbling currency. “Argentina and Brazil have had strong devaluations, and that made them more competitive in their exports,” Siles said. “Bolivia has had a fixed and stable exchange rate against the dollar for

eight years, which means industries that have a high component of domestic input are affected by imports and contraband.” The fiscal deficit has been rising for six years since the boom in commodity prices ended, and it closed at 7% of GDP last year. This, as well low private investment, a sharp decline in currency reserves, the increase in public debt with still-low international prices, and an economy dependent on commodities, are causing “tensions” in Bolivia’s economic policy, said Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, the U.N. independent expert on foreign debt and human rights. “The fixed exchange rate to control inflation leads to an increase in import prices and a growing deficit in the balance of payments,” he said. Bolivia’s external debt rose in March to $10 billion, or about 25% of the country’s GDP. But central bank president Pablo Ramos discarded the possibility of a devaluation of the local currency. “The purchasing power depends on the level of prices. We have low inflation (about 0.6% in 2019),” Ramos told The Associated Press. “This price stability guarantees purchasing power and we must maintain it.” A few months ago, Morales said the economy was “shielded,” but his economy minister, Luis Arce, recently acknowledged that Brazil’s crisis will affect Bolivia. Brazil remains Bolivia’s top market for energy, but exports to

“For the time being, we suspect she’s a murder victim. If anyone might have lost a member of their family, please report it to the authorities right away,” spokesperson of the Tabanan police, First Inspector Made Budiarta told Detik on Monday. According to a statement issued by the police, the woman’s corpse was found by accident yesterday afternoon, when local resident I Nyoman Widana was cutting the grass in his backyard. He was trying to investigate the origin of a stench when he discovered that it was coming from cardboard box bound with a black rope. He called on a friend, identified as I Ketut Surayana, and together they tried to open the cardboard box. Inside, they saw what appeared to be human thighs. The two immediately reported the matter to the village authorities, who proceeded to file a report to the local police. The statement also said that the victim has long blonde hair and was wearing a black t-shirt and shorts when the body was found. Police added that two of her teeth appeared to be missing, while parts of her body – including her genital area, neck and parts of her head – were already decomposing. The recent discovery calls to mind Silke Braun, a 55-year-old German woman who was found disturbingly dead in the Yeh Ho River, near Tabanan’s Tegallinggah Village in 2017, half naked with her neck, hands, and feet bound. Police have yet to solve her murder case. (kmb)

Ministry invites Malaysia’s travel agents to visit E Java and Bali AP Photo/Juan Karita

2013 in the wake of a debt crisis that threatened to break up the euro. Export-dependent manufacturing has suffered due to the trade conflict between the U.S. and China. But domestic demand has held up, and the economy is further supported by record low interest rates set by the European Central Bank. Weakening indicators about future growth and slack inflation have led the ECB to

signal more stimulus may be coming. Unemployment is what economists call a trailing indicator, meaning it follows developments in the economy by months or years. The lower unemployment rate shows the progress that Europe has made in recovering from the Great Recession and the debt crisis that threatened the euro’s existence earlier this decade. The ECB however must look

ahead when doing monetary policy since its stimulus measures can take months to have an effect. In particular, stubbornly weak inflation of only 1.2 percent has led the ECB to say that unless there is improvement more stimulus would be needed. That could come in the form of bond purchases that pump newly printed money into the economy, or further interest rate cuts from current

record lows. The bank has set a rate of negative 0.4 percent on deposits it takes from commercial banks, an extraordinary step. The negative rate is a penalty aimed at pushing banks to lend the money. The ECB’s inflation goal is just under 2 percent, a level considered best for the economy. It has been unable to achieve that goal despite years of stimulus efforts. (ap)

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TABANAN - Police in Tabanan yesterday said the corpse of a woman was found inside a cardboard box in the backyard of a local resident. Authorities have yet to determine her identity, but strongly suspect that she’s a murder victim.

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In this June 28, 2019 photo, Abraham Rodr guez sews shoes at his shoe shop in Villa Rosasani on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia. Rodr guez s small shoe store grew into a factory that employed more than a dozen workers during an economic boom in Bolivia when prices for the gas and minerals it produces soared. Today, he can only employ one worker.

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Corpse of a woman found inside cardboard box in Tabanan

the region’s largest country have plunged due to lower demand and declining fields. Official reports say that exports fell from a peak of 31 million cubic meters a day of natural gas in 2014 to 23.8 million cubic meters a day in 2017. Still, the Bolivian government remains optimistic and is betting on continuity. Since Morales took office in 2006, the economy has grown by an annual average of about 4.5%, well above the regional average, and the International Monetary Fund says it will grow at 4 percent this year. Experts, however, warn that growth is largely dependent on savings and external credits from China, while the $15.1 billion in international reserves reached in 2014 plunged to $8 billion last March. Morales is credited for his pragmatic economic stewardship that spread Bolivia’s natural gas and mineral wealth among the masses, but he has lost support following allegations of manipulating the justice system, corruption scandals and his insistence in running for a fourth term in office. Bolivia’s long-governing president warns that if he is not re-elected in October Bolivia could break with its recent run of stability and return to a past of economic turmoil influenced by the policies of international organizations. “Before, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund decided the economic destiny of Bolivia,” Morales recently said on Twitter. “Today, our people decide their own future.” (ap)

Europe’s unemployment lowest in more than a decade

FRANKFURT — The unemployment rate in the 19 European Union countries that use the euro fell to its lowest in more than a decade in May as domestic demand and low interest rates help keep the recovery going. Official figures Monday showed the jobless rate declined to 7.5 percent from 7.6 percent in April, well below the peak of 12.1 percent in

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KUALA LUMPUR - The Indonesian Ministry of Tourism has invited nine Travel Agents/Tour Operators of Malaysia and one companion from the representative of VITO (Visit Indonesia Tourism Officer) in Malaysia to make a familiarization trip to Banyuwangi in East Java, and Bali. “The Fam Trip was held on June 23-29, 2019 in order to support the Bali & Beyond Travel Fair (BBTF) Event in 2019,” said head of subdivision of area IV / A (Malaysia Peninsula) of the ministry’s regional II, Nurdiansyah when contacted from Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. In addition to supporting by bringing nine Malaysian buyers to attend BBTF 2019, this Fam Trip also aims to increase sales of Banyuwangi and Bali tour packages for the Malaysian market while increasing awareness of those destinations. “Fam Trip is also an effort of the

Ministry of Tourism to maintain the continuity of the Kuala Lumpur - Banyuwangi international direct flight route by Citilink (a subsidiary to the Indonesian flag carrier Garuda Indonesia), which has been opened since December 19, 2018,” he said. He said in Fam Trip the participants were invited to get to know interesting tourist and culinary objects and try some accommodation options at the destination. A number of Banyuwangi destinations visited are De Djawatan, Aamdani Restaurant, Luminor Hotel, Ijen Crater, Vienna Pondok Restaurant, Osing Tourism Village, Osing Deles Souvenir Center and Ikan Bakar Pesona Restaurant While the Bali destinations visited are Ketapang-Gilimanuk Harbor, Kurnia Village Restaurant, Tanah Lot Temple, Surya Mandala Cultural Park, Warung Subak Pekendungan, Infinity8 Hotel Nusa

Dua. Pandawa Beach, Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park, New Beranda Resto and Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center are the visited locations of BBTF, in addition to Kuta Plaza Restaurant and Kenja (farewell cocktail party), Bebek Bengil Restaurant, Souvenir Center “The Basket” and Bali Surf Outlet “Overall, the implementation of the Fam Trip activities for BBTF 2019 Support for TA / TO Malaysia went well and smoothly. The participants also said they were happy because they had been introduced to a new destination, namely Banyuwangi with the Ijen crater and its blue fire,” he said. He said the introduction and promotion of tourist destinations in Banyuwangi for the Malaysian market is very important as an alternative tourist destination mostly to Jakarta, Batam, Bali, Medan, Bandung and others. (ant)

41st Bali Art Festival

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Time : 11.00 MIT Location : Ratna Kanda Stage Program : Parade of Prembon Mask Dance, by Tugek Carangsari Arts Group, Carangsari village, Petang subdistrict, representing Badung Regency Time : 14.00 MIT Location : Ayodya Stage Program : Workshop on making wind instrument s like windmill and other wind instruments like Pindekan, sunari, guwangan Time : 16.30 MIT Location : in the area of the Art Centre Program : Nglawang – performing dance and musics by going around the area, by Manik Suara Arts Group, Kubu village, representing Bangli regency Time : 19.00 MIT Location : Ayodya Stage Program : Parade Arja Dance Drama, by Arja Group of Putra Jelantik, Apuan village, Susut subdistrict, representing Bangli Regency Time : 19.30 MIT Location : Ksirarnawa Hall Program : Parade of Janger Malampahan Dance, by Guntur Madu Arts Group of Petang subdistrict, representing Badung Regency Time : 19.30 MIT Location : Ardha Candra Amphitheatre Program : Colossal Calonarang, by Kayonan Arts Group, Klungkung Regency

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Results of lab test received by EA declares pollution by factory waste

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Champak is one of the flowers having high economic value. Some people even earn millions of rupiahs each month from selling champak flowers.

Selling champak can generate millions of rupiah monthly

GIANYAR — Champak is one of the flowers having high economic value. Some people even earn millions of rupiahs each month from selling champak flowers. Like I Made Jingga from Beng village, Gianyar, he sells champak every day.

I Made Jingga revealed that each of his champak trees with a height of around 10 meters maximally produces 600 flowers every day and minimally between 100 and 300 flowers. “So, every day the champak trees bloom more than 100 pieces,” he said. This native to Beng Kelod Kangin hamlet also admitted the price of champak is erratic every day. On average, the price of champak in the market can be IDR 10,000 per 50 pieces. “However, when entering rerainan or auspicious days, the champak can be valued at IDR 50,000 per 30 pieces,” he said. When calculated, the amount of flowers sold every day can get millions of rupiahs from the hundreds of flowers

picked. “I used to sell the flowers at Pejeng Market as well, so the results could support the family,” he said. In addition to being sold at the market, he admitted that consumers often come directly to his house to order the flowers. Champak is usually used by beauty salon owners for decoration, and ritual paraphernalia on piodalan or festivals in a number of temples. “Usually, during the wedding party season, beauty salons order a lot. Since I do have only one yellow champak tree, I only sell the yellow ones,” he said. Jingga added that most residents of Beng Kelodan, Beng, sell yellow champak flowers. Across the hamlet, there are only 25 families where each of which can have three to four champak trees. Meanwhile, he has cared for the champak tree at his house since 10 years ago. At that time, he got the champak tree seedling in his moor. After that, the tree was planted in the home yard. “Until now, the champak tree on my home yard has become one of my life-supporting incomes,” he said. (kmb35)

NEGARA — Jembrana Environmental Agency (EA) finally received the results of laboratory tests regarding the alleged pollution in the Limo Bay River, Tegalbadeng Barat village, Negara sub-district. From the results of lab tests on several water samples in the river flow and the waste water treatment plant (WWTP) gutter, it is known there is still an element of waste flowing through the river in the settlement. Even though waste treatment plant (WWTP) has been implemented, it remains not to comply with the quality standards. Head of the Jembrana Environment Agency, I Wayan Sudiarta, stated on Monday (Jul. 1) the results of the lab tests indicated there is still pollution in the river due to factory waste. Furthermore, the existing condition of the Limo Bay River is still polluted by various parameters. Water samples were taken at several river points starting from upstream to downstream of the river estuary. At least there are seven parameters where the results have not complied with the quality standard. In short, there are indications of pollution. The seven parameters include the dissolved residues (TDS), biological oxygen demand (BOD), dissolved oxygen (DO), chemical oxygen demand (COD), fat oil, sulfide (H2S) and the presence of microbes. Chiefly for wastewater of fish processing plants, at the point of aeration vessel, inlet and outlet,

some parameters did not meet the quality standard. Besides, microbes also develop in the aeration system. “The results have dropped. And they do not meet the quality standards, “he explained. This is the impact of industrial activities along the Limo Bay River. Then, COD of pollution is also carried out by all industrial activities on the Limo Bay River. DO pollution happened due to fish canning activities, while TDS pollution happened due to all industrial activities are using chemicals. Pollution is ensured not only from fish processing plants disposing of processed wastewater into the Bay Limo River. However, it also happens due to all the production activities along the river. Related to this matter, he will deliver to the entrepreneurs in order to optimize their waste treatment. So, in the future there will be no disposal with the WWTP system any longer that pollutes the environment. Last June, a team from Jembrana district led by Assistant II of the Jembrana Regional Secretariat, I Gusti Ngurah Sumber Wijaya, decided to take samples of water in the river frequently complained about. This is to ensure the condition of the river whether it is polluted including the condition of the WWTP of the fish processing plant. The team also expected the factory to reforest the area around the plant, including the field around the WWTP. (kmb26)

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From the results of lab tests on several water samples in the river flow and the waste water treatment plant (WWTP) gutter, it is known there is still an element of waste flowing through the river in the settlement.

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Police stand outside the Legislative Council building in Hong Kong on July 2, 2019, a day after protesters broke into the building. Hong Kong’s leader on July 2 condemned “the extreme use of violence” by masked protesters who stormed and ransacked the city’s legislature in an unprecedented challenge to Beijing’s authority.

Hong Kong grapples with protest aftermath as China demands criminal probe HONG KONG - Hong Kong Tuesday grappled with the aftermath of a night of unprecedented anti-government protests which saw parliament ransacked, as Beijing called for a criminal probe into the unparalleled challenge to its authority. The semi-autonomous financial hub has been thrown into crisis by weeks of demonstrations over a bill that would allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland, with the issue becoming a lightning rod for resentment towards Beijing. On Monday -- the 22nd anniversary of the city’s handover to China -- anger spilt over as groups of mostly young, hardline protesters, breached the legislative council. They hung the city’s colonial-era flag in the debating chamber, scrawled messages such as “Hong Kong is not China” on walls, and defaced the city’s seal with spray-paint. Police charged into the building shortly after midnight to retake control. The events pose an unprecedented challenge to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, and on Tuesday, Beijing wasted no time in asking Hong Kong to investigate the “criminal responsibility of violent offenders” for “serious illegal actions”. It also slammed Donald Trump for interfering in the city’s affairs, after the US president said that protesters are “looking for democracy” but “some governments don’t want democracy” -- an apparent swipe at Beijing. Hong Kong has been rocked by massive protests over the past three weeks. The rallies -- including a huge pro-democracy march on Monday -- have been largely peaceful while calling on the city’s Beijing-appointed chief executive Carrie Lam to resign. But they have failed to win concessions, with Lam refusing to permanently shelve the extradition law or step down, and by Monday some

hardline protesters appeared to have reached breaking point, and stormed the legislature.

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Lam -- whose approval ratings are at a record low -- condemned “the extreme use of violence”, describing the vandalism as “heartbreaking and shocking”. The legislature was closed Tuesday, as police collected evidence from the debris-strewn building, while workers swept surrounding areas littered with shattered glass, broken umbrellas and hard hats. Pro-democracy lawmaker Eddie Chu, who was stopped from entering his office, said police told him the building was “a crime scene”. Legislative council president Andrew Leung, whose portrait was among those defaced by protesters, said major meetings were now cancelled until October. “Our security systems, our fire services, our lifts... need to be tested before we can resume any meetings”, the pro-Beijing politician said. Under the terms of the 1997 handover from British to Chinese rule, Hong Kong enjoys rights and liberties unseen on the mainland. But protesters accuse Beijing of reneging on that deal with the help of unelected leaders. Activist Joshua Wong, who was the face of the city’s 2014 pro-democracy demonstrations, told reporters the protests were a response to “the tyranny... (and) imperial rule of Beijing and the Hong Kong government”. Veteran pro-democracy lawmaker Claudia Mo accused Lam of “trying to shift public opinion by focusing on our young offenders”. “Instead of trying to solve the problems being raised they are trying to solve the problem raisers and that is a very communist tactic”, she said. (afp)

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Wall collapse kills 18 as monsoon chaos hits Mumbai

MUMBAI - At least 18 people were killed in Mumbai Tuesday when a wall collapsed as the heaviest monsoon rains in a decade brought chaos to India’s financial capital and surrounding areas.

Scores more were injured when the structure came down around 2:00 am (2030 GMT Monday) in a slum, said Tanaji Kamble, a disaster management spokesman for Mumbai’s local authority. The tragedy came as the teeming coastal settlement of 20 million residents was lashed by heavy rains for a second consecutive day, bringing the city to a virtual standstill. Authorities declared Tuesday a public holiday and advised all residents to stay indoors. Schools and colleges were closed while more than 100 flights were either cancelled or diverted from Mumbai airport. The airport’s main runway was shut after a SpiceJet plane carrying 167 passengers and crew overshot the runway shortly before midnight Monday. “Currently secondary runway is in use, our team is trying their best to bring the main runway back in operation and this may take up to 48 hrs,” the airport tweeted. According to Skymet Weather, a private weather tracking agency, large swathes of Mumbai received around 350 millimetres (13 inches) of rain overnight into Tuesday morning, the most in a decade. The deluge left low-lying areas submerged. “Everything around us is flooded. It’s scary and

the problem persists every year despite government promises,” Vishal Agawane, a 32-year-old resident of the Dharavi slum, told AFP. Around 1,000 people living close to the city’s Mithi river were evacuated to higher ground as it threatened to burst its banks, said Kamble, the disaster spokesman. Train services on Mumbai’s colonial-era rail network, a lifeline for the city’s population, were disrupted due to waterlogged tracks, while motorists were seen pushing cars through flooded streets. Rescuers were sifting through the debris of the wall that collapsed in a slum area in Mumbai’s north, in the hope of finding more survivors trapped under rubble. - ‘Begging for water’ -

An unnamed man helping efforts told NDTV that they had located a 10-year-old girl. “She is begging for water. The fire department is doing its best to try to rescue her,” he told the news channel. Building collapses are common during the monsoon, when dilapidated structures buckle under the weight of continuous rain. Three people, including a toddler, were also killed Tuesday in Thane district, which borders Mumbai, when a wall collapsed at a school. And six labourers died near the western city of Pune, 150 kilometres (around 100 miles) from Mumbai, when a wall fell onto their makeshift shacks. At least 15 labourers died in a similar accident on Saturday. (afp)

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An Indian man walks with a bicycle along a waterlogged street in Mumbai on July 2, 2019, following heavy monsoon rains. Mumbai was lashed by heavy rains for a second consecutive day, bringing the city to a virtual standstill.

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‘10 steps ahead’: Kenya’s tech war on wildlife poachers

OL PEJETA - Every morning, at the far perimeter of the wildlife reserve capped by Mount Kenya, a khaki-clad ranger meticulously sweeps the earth of animal footprints, covering their tracks from any poachers. It’s an antiquated approach to outsmarting would-be hunters, but this ranger is not alone. High on a mast nearby, a new camera scans around the clock for intrusions, relaying real-time images to armed guards at park headquarters. It is among the latest technology deployed to combat poaching at Ol Pejeta, a private conservancy on Kenya’s Laikipia plateau that shelters the only two northern white rhinos left on earth, among other endangered giants. A handful of surveillance cameras may not seem very sophisticated for a sanctuary which is also home to the largest population of critically endangered black rhinos anywhere in East Africa. But it’s just the tip of the spear. Last month, Ol Pejeta launched what it calls the world’s first wildlife tech lab -- a research hub at the heart of the sanctuary dedicated to bringing conservation management into the information age. Inside a retrofitted shipping container, computer engineers are testing the next generation of animal tracking chips and developing remote sensors that could one day monitor everything from ranger health to river levels. “We are very much in our infancy when it comes to this kind of stuff. It is pretty cutting-edge from a conservation perspective,” Richard Vigne, the chief executive of Ol Pejeta, told AFP. Among other projects, researchers are working towards a chip small enough to fit in a rhino horn, but capable of live transmission of the animals’ exact location and core vitals. “No one else in the conservation space in Kenya is testing this... For me, that was very exciting,” said Damian Otieno, a Kenyan IT engineer who left an office

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Damian Otieno, an IT engineer, demonstrates on his computer how technology is applied to animal tracking at Ol-Pejeta conservancy at Laikipia’s county headquarters, Nanyuki, near Mt. Kenya, on May 28, 2019.

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job for a career in conservation tech, and now leads the Ol Pejeta initiative. Tech advocates say advances in data collection and smart applications on game reserves could prove revolutionary, and upend decades-old approaches to conservation across the world.

Until this year at Ol Pejeta, the only way to know if a poacher was lurking near a wildlife corridor was to spot him yourself, or trawl through pictures captured by a motion-triggered camera trap. “If I had a bugbear about the world of conservation, it’s that it tends to be fairly slow on the uptake when it comes to new technologies... that has to change,” said Vigne. Now, three cameras with artificial intelligence capable of telling man from beast send alerts in real time if disturbances are detected. This is critical for the 250 elite rangers tasked with safeguarding 360 square kilometres (90,000 acres) of bushland grazed by more than 150 rhinos. The last successful poaching at Ol Pejeta was in October 2017, when a northern black rhino was slaughtered. But the threat remains. Last year, three rhinos were found dead with their horns missing in Meru National Park, on the other side of Mount Kenya. Rhino horn is highly valued in parts of Asia for its believed medicinal qualities and still fetches higher prices than gold, said Samuel Mutisya, head of conservation at Ol Pejeta. “In principal, we are a bank without doors,” he told AFP. Most intel on game reserves is gathered on foot by rangers in difficult and dangerous terrain, and the walkietalkie reigns supreme. Poor network coverage and the huge cost of infrastructure has hamstrung the rollout of even basic telecommunication services in some remote habitats. (afp)

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The creator of the app said they had ‘greatly underestimated’ the demand.

‘DeepNude’ app to ‘undress’ women shut down after furor

WASHINGTON - The creators of an application allowing users to virtually “undress” women using artificial intelligence have shut it down after a social media uproar over its potential for abuse. The creators of “DeepNude” said the software was launched several months ago for “entertainment” and that they “greatly underestimated” demand for the app. “We never thought it would be viral and (that) we would not be able to control the traffic,” the DeepNude creators, who listed their location as Estonia, said on Twitter. “Despite the safety measures adopted (watermarks), if 500,000 people use it, the probability that people will misuse it is too high. We don’t want to make money this way.” Articles in The Washington Post, Vice and other media showed how the app could be used to take a photo of a clothed woman and transform that into a nude image, sparking outrage and renewed debate over nonconsensual pornography.

“This is a horrifically destructive invention and we hope to see you soon suffer consequences for your actions,” tweeted the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, a group that seeks protection against nonconsenual and “revenge” porn. Mary Anne Franks, a law professor and president of the CCRI, tweeted later, “It’s good that it’s been shut down, but this reasoning makes no sense. The app’s INTENDED USE was to indulge the predatory and grotesque sexual fantasies of pathetic men.” DeepNude offered a free version of the application as well as a paid version, and was the latest in a trend of “deepfake” technology that can be used to deceive or manipulate. Although the app was shut down, critics expressed concern that some versions of the software remained available and would be abused. “The #Deepnude app is out there now and will be used, despite the creator taking it off the market. If only there were a way to disable all the versions out there,” CCRI tweeted. (afp)

MANGUPURA — The Badung district government through the Industry and Manpower Agency in June has dispatched five workers to Japan. They are part of the 15 Badung residents having passed the apprenticeship program selection to Japan. Head of the Badung Industry and Manpower Agency, IB Oka Dirga, explained that for 2019 Badung is targeting to send 15 workers. So far, it just dispatched five people while the rest will be dispatched in stages. In terms of rules, those that have been dispatched will be in Japan for 3 years and can be extended. Meanwhile, after returning home to Badung, they are hoped to develop their potential in Badung. Of course, they will do in accordance with the abilities and experience obtained while working in Japan. Oka Dirga added that those having been dispatched are in accordance with the needs of workers in Japan. He said they are mostly in the field of agricultural plantations, animal husbandry and food processing. “It has been previously adjusted to the interests of the people in Badung. Afterwards, they are adjusted to the needs in Japan and cooperated with the work training institutions,” he said on Sunday (Jun. 30).

To be able to dispatch workers to Japan, he applied a strict selection. The most important in the selection, according to Oka Dirga, are language capability and their readiness. “We have selected them first. If they are ready according to the needs of the owner, then we train in accordance such needs. In particular, it is related to language mastery, and we also train in the job training institutions (LPK),” he concluded. All this time, he explained that Badung had only sent three employees to Japan for three times. Each year it targets 15 employees from various fields. He admitted there are many requests from Japan. But Badung only has the quota for 15 people because if having many quotas the supervision is difficult. In addition to dispatching workers, to reduce unemployment in Badung, his agency also continues to provide training like mechanical training in collaboration with an agency in Bandung including Bekasi. “We do not only do training in Badung. After participating in the training they are expected to be able to open employment opportunities in Badung. Other than the automotive sector, a lot of training has also been carried out. (kmb23)

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Innovation of this young man to make such wooden eyeglass frame becomes quite popular. The glasses are not only popular among Indonesian people but also overseas because his products look unique and ethnic.

Recycled wooden glasses look unique and ethnic

DENPASAR — Reza, 25, a young man who initially liked to play skateboard, is now trying to process skateboard waste into high-value products, namely recycled wood glasses.

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Head of the Badung Industry and Manpower Agency, IB Oka Dirga.

He then gave a brand to his wooden glasses with Cik Eye. “We use recycled skateboard waste. It belongs to Canadian wood,” explained Reza. Commenced in 2016, the business originated from Reza’s hobby who likes to play skateboard. In addition, he also likes to wear glasses. From collaboration of his hobbies, he got an idea to make glasses from recycled wooden skateboard. He had encountered similar products but the price is quite expensive, so he tried to make it. “Since wooden sunglasses are expensive, so I try to make them,” he explained. Innovation of this young man to make such wooden eyeglass frame becomes quite popular. The glasses are not only popular among Indonesian people but also overseas because his products look unique and ethnic.

Thus, it is not only demanded by young people but also by old people. Other than selling in off-line stores, Reza also sells his products via online. “We also serve export order, but remain little. Foreigners that come here brought our products to their home country,” he explained. Customers can order glasses in accordance with their taste. Moreover, customers can also order a minus or plus lens. However, more customers buy glasses just for style. “We order the lens in Jakarta,” he said. He admitted the manufacturing process applies a machine in combination with manual method. His employees already have experience in making glasses. Within three days, he can produce three glasses and within a month totally produces 20 pieces. His wooden sunglass is sold for IDR 700,000. (kmb40)

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Temperature expected to drop in Mount Batur for next few weeks

I Ketut Catur Marbawa from Bali’s Natural Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA) said yesterday that forecasts predict the drop in temperatures will occur for the

next few weeks at least. Indeed, as showcased by Accuweather, temperatures in the area might reach as low as 8 degree celsius. “The temperature has lately been colder than usual. Our officers on the ground are saying the same. Climbing has been normal,” Marbawa said. It’s good to hear that the drop in temperature hasn’t affected climbing activities of Mount Batur, though BKSDA said it will continue its observation and might close off the hiking trail temporarily, should temperatures drop to an

“extreme level.” According to Wayan Merta from Bangli’s Tourism and Culture Agency, the colder temperature has actually attracted more visitors to the area. Though Bali might be a tropical island, the basic rule of the higher the altitude, the chiller it gets still pretty much applies (so no, don’t wear those shorts). Furthermore, a sunrise hike, which usually starts at around 2 or 3am, does require that you wear clothes warm enough to see you through a few cold, dark hours. (ant)

Bali surfers to compete against international surfers in Padang Padang’s Rip Curl Cup

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both occasions. The 30-year-old is a multiple Asian Surfing Champion winner and known as both a contest tactician and an intense competitor. Raditya’s trials win this year marks a welcomed redemption for the surfer, after he was eliminated from the event last year. “During the trials, I was up against amazing local surfers, but I was a bit lucky with the good waves and I managed to win,” Raditya told Coconuts Bali. He’ll be competing next to seven other Indonesian surfers, including 2-time Rip Curl Cup Champion Mega Samadhi and Indonesian

surfing ambassador and 2014 Rip Curl Cup Champion Garut Widiarta. “I’ll be up against international surfers as well during the Main Event, and I hope I can beat them and become the champion this year,” Raditya said. The 2019 Rip Curl Cup will see a total of 16 invited surfers vying to claim the prize, including international surfers, such as defending champion Jack Robinson from Australia and Hawaii’s Barron Mamiya, who earned back-to-back Breakthrough Performer Awards at the Wave of the Winter Awards. (r)

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Bieber defends manager after Taylor Swift ‘bullying’ accusation

WASHINGTON - Justin Bieber accused Taylor Swift of “crossing a line” Sunday after she reignited their longstanding feud in a post attacking his manager for buying the rights to much of her multi-platinum back catalog. Swift said she suffered years of “manipulative bullying” at the hands of Scooter Braun, an industry powerhouse whose Ithaca Holdings recently bought Big Machine Label Group, which produced Swift’s first seven albums. “Essentially, my musical legacy is about to lie in the hands of someone who tried to dismantle it,” Swift wrote, claiming she had never been offered the chance to buy the rights to her back catalog, which includes “Fearless” and “1989”. “Never in my worst nightmares did I imagine the buyer would be Scooter,” she wrote Sunday, signing off “Sad and grossed out.”

Canadian superstar Bieber took to Instagram to defend Braun, a music industry powerhouse who also manages Ariana Grande and has worked with Kanye West -- another artist who has feuded with Swift in the past. “For you to take it to social media and get people to hate on scooter isn’t fair,” Bieber wrote, posting alongside an old photo of him and Swift together in the early days of their joint rise to pop superstardom. “Seems to me like it was to get sympathy u also knew that in posting that your fans would go and bully scooter.” Swift’s huge social media presence is backed up by legions of fiercely loyal fans -- known as “Swifties” -- who frequently round on those perceived as slighting her. “I feel like the only way to resolve conflict is through communication,” Bieber wrote. “So banter back and fourth online i dont believe solves anything.” (afp)

is quitting acting because it is incompatible with her Islamic faith, sparking a social media storm.

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In this file photo taken on June 24, 2018 Bollywood actress Zaira Wasim poses for a picture as she arrives for the IIFA Awards of the 19th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) festival at the Siam Niramit Theatre in Bangkok.

In a lengthy social media post published Sunday, Zaira Wasim said she was leaving the profession because becoming a Bollywood star had “damaged” her relationship with God. The 18-year-old won major awards for her two film roles to date and was considered a rising star of Indian cinema. “This field indeed brought a lot of love... my way, but what it also did was to lead me to a path of ignorance, as I silently and unconsciously transitioned out of imaan (faith),” she wrote on Instagram. “While I continued to work in an environment that consistently interferes with my imaan, my relationship with my religion was threatened,” she added. Wasim, from the restive Indian-administered area of Kashmir, shot to fame in 2016 when she starred alongside Bollywood icon Aamir Khan in the hit movie “Dangal”. She won a National Film Award

Jokowi does not need to increase coalition: Observer

JAKARTA - There was no need to add more parties to join the coalition of supporters of Jokowi-Ma’ruf Amin, Political observer of the Syarif Hidayatullah state Islamic university, Jakarta, Iding Rosyidin said. “If we talk about a democratic perspective, I don’t think it is important that (the coalition) must be big, because if the opposition is small, ‘check and balances’ are lacking,” Rosyidin said when contacted here Monday. IBP/net

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for her role as an aspiring female wrestler, and the film went on to become India’s highest-grossing movie. It also enjoyed massive success in China. Wasim followed that up with a Filmfare Critics Award for her outing in 2017’s “Secret Superstar”, in which she played a young, Muslim singer-songwriter who becomes a YouTube sensation. Bollywood has a long tradition of Muslim movie stars -- the three Khans: Aamir, Salman and Shah Rukh have dominated box offices for the last three decades. There are far fewer Muslim actresses however -- in particular from the divided Kashmir region -- and some social media users took to Twitter to criticise Wasim for invoking Islam as her reason for stepping away from acting. “Exit is your choice, reason, by all means. Just do not demean it for everyone else. The industry where all work shoulder to shoulder, no differences, caste, religion

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or where you come from,” wrote actress Raveena Tandon. Jammu and Kashmir police officer Imtiyaz Hussain said he respected her decision, but added that she “can’t invoke religion and faith” to justify it. “Are others in the field some kind of sinners? This dawning of new reality should be her own truth & her own interpretation of religion. Period,” he wrote. Others rallied to her defence. “It’s her life to do with as she pleases. All I will do is wish her well & hope that whatever she does makes her happy,” tweeted former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah. Wasim’s last film will be “The Sky is Pink”, due out in October, where she will be seen alongside Priyanka Chopra Jonas. The filmmakers said in a statement that Wasim had been “a complete professional” throughout the shooting of the movie, which finished in June. (afp)

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For example, there is the National Mandate Party (PAN), which from the beginning became the Prabowo-Sandiaga coalition party, Rosyidin said adding that PAN should not join the Jokowi-Ma’ufuf coalition. While for Democrats, Rosyidin assessed that since the beginning they had joined the Prabowo coalition only to fulfill Prabowo’s requirements to advance in the nomination of the 2019 Presidential Election. “For Democrats, even though they are in the coalition (Prabowo-Sandi), yesterday it was just not fulfilling the requirements, it was not fully visible to the Democrats,” he said. On the other hand, on a parliamentary seat count, Jokowi-Ma’ruf coalition was superior. Therefore, an addition in the coalition parties is not necessary, he said. Meanwhile, the decision of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) to remain an opposition party was right, according to Rosyidin. “PKS is a medium power. Actually, in my opinion, the PKS is good in opposition with Gerindra, with a pretty 10 percent victory of the candidates, the highest achievement for PKS,” he explained. However, the right opposition was an opposition that could provide criticism as well as solutions, not critics who seemed to be “nosy”, Rosyidin stressed. He gave an example of the government of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) when the Democrats came to power, the PDI-P as the opposing party was an example of an opposition that could be the balance of the government at that time. “The problem is just how to be the opposition. Well, Gerindra’s mistake is that his opposition tends to be from criticism. The opposition must sort out what issues are worth criticizing or not,” he said. Regarding the importance of the opposition’s role in government, he explained that the opposition is important because it functions as a counterweight and controls the power to avoid corrupt actions. “In any country with an authoritarian system, for example, there must be an extraordinary phenomenon of corruption because there is no one controlling,” he said. (ant) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http://globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http://ustream.tv/ channel/global-fm-bali.