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Demi Lovato sorry over sexual prank on bodyguard

NEW YORK - Demi Lovato’s best-known songs include “Sorry Not Sorry.” But when it comes to sharing details of a sexual joke on her bodyguard, she is sorry -- mostly.

The pop singer triggered a flurry of negative reactions over the weekend when, in a largely innocuous exchange with fans on Twitter, she was asked to name the funniest prank she has ever pulled off.

Lovato said that she hired a sex worker to enter the hotel room of her bodyguard when they were staying in Las Vegas, where prostitution is legal.

“She walked into his room without permission and grabbed him in his ‘area’ and he freaked,” Lovato said, sharing her amusement.

A number of Twitter users took Lovato to task, saying that she was admitting to a serious episode of sexual harassment, an issue that has drawn growing attention amid the rise of the #MeToo movement.

Lovato deleted the post and quipped: “I swear I could tweet something about craving jelly beans and it would offend someone.”

But she also urged upset people to revisit her song “Warrior” in which she speaks of being a survivor of sexual abuse.

“Maybe you’ll have more compassion for a simple mistake,” she wrote, while adding: “So sorry if anyone was offended.” (afp)

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A picture taken on June 2, 2018 shows a skeleton of an undeterminate carnivorous dinosaur on display at the first floor of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Rare dinosaur skeleton sells for two million euros

PARIS - The skeleton of an extremely rare form of dinosaur sold for more than two million euros ($2.3 million) at the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Monday.

The bones of what scientists believe to be “probably a new species” of the carnivorous allosaurus were discovered during a dig in Wyoming in the United States in 2013.

The 150-million-year-old skeleton, which is 70 percent intact, was snapped up by an unnamed French art collector, who promised that the specimen will be lent out to a museum.

The buyer “wants it to be on display in a French museum,” auctioneer Claude Aguttes told AFP. The dinosaur, which is more than nine metres (30 feet) long

and 2.6 metres high, lived during the late Jurassic period, said Eric Mickeler who works for the Aguttes auction house.

He said it was the “only one of its species” to have yet been discovered.

Dinosaur expert Eric Geneste had earlier told AFP it was impossible to “classify the skeleton yet as a allosaurus” because it was more robust, “with longer shoulder blades and a different number of teeth”.

“In fact there are as many differences between it and an allosaurus as between a human and a gorilla,”

he added.

Japanese and Swedish telephone bidders also tried to buy the dinosaur, pushing the bidding above the 1.8 million euro estimate.

The same French auction house sold an allosaurus called “Kan” for 1.1 million euros in 2016.

Mickeler said that “herbivores do not quite excite businessmen who buy dinosaurs the same way as carnivores do. They want to buy carnivores like themselves.”

Part of the proceeds of the sale of the skeleton by a British collector will go to towards funding further archaeological digs. (afp)

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This photo taken on May 12, 2018 shows a boy looking out from a window of a house beside a garbage-filled creek in Manila. The blanket of trash on a creek that flows between the makeshift homes of a Manila slum is so dense it appears one could walk across it like a paved street.

Manila ‘trash bin’ waterway choked with plastic

The blanket of trash on a creek that flows between the makeshift homes of a Manila slum is so dense it appears one could walk across it like a paved street. However, the thick and fetid mosaic of plastic bottles, takeaway containers and plastic bags is just a porous layer atop the filthy water of Estero de Magdalena.

It is one of the tributaries that run into Manila’s most important and heavily polluted waterways, the Pasig River.

City officials blame the slum’s residents for using the creek as an open-air dump and have installed massive strainers in the water that keeps the trash from flowing downstream.

“They (residents) are turning the creeks into a trash can,” said Lorenzo Alconera, an official with the city engineering department.

“We want to block it at that point so we can easily collect the garbage. We do not want it to flow into the Pasig River,” he added. Trash that makes it into the river can then be swept out into the South China

Sea or be sucked back by tides into the Laguna de Bay, the country’s largest lake.

Plastic pollution is a major problem in the Philippines, which along with China, Vietnam and Indonesia is frequently listed among the world’s worst offenders.

The city says it periodically uses heavy equipment to scoop the rub-

bish from the water and ends up with five to 10 truck loads of waste to haul away.

That is of little consolation to the impoverished families who live in homes cobbled together from pallets, scraps of wood and corrugated steel stained with rust. Authorities say the trash-choked creek is a breeding ground for preventable illnesses like cholera and typhoid fever.

Beyond concerns over the infections that thrive in the waterway, residents also have to deal with a constant and unavoidable concern:

its stench.

“We cannot properly sleep because of the garbage. Whether it rains or is sunny, there are the smells,” 35-year-old vendor Marlyn Estrada Calderon told AFP. (afp) 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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For homecoming traffic, Tabanan Police alert 250 personnel Supported by 18 security posts

TABANAN —As usual, the homecoming traffic of the Eid Al Fitr has been visible a week earlier. Police authority has started to prepare for security. Tabanan Police have mobilized 250 personnel, with the preparation of 18 posts ranging from integrated service posts, security to services. It also includes the mapping of the jam-prone and accident-prone road sections.

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Chief of Tabanan Police Traffic Operations, I Made Sukiarta

Chief of Tabanan Police Traffic Operations, I Made Sukiarta, with permission from the Chief of Tabanan Police Traffic Affairs, Ida Ayu Made Kalpika Sari, explained that 250 personnel for the safekeeping of Eid traffic will be divided and placed at each post having been predetermined. “A total of 250 personnel will be scattered at some points in the ten subdistricts in Tabanan,” he said on Monday (Jun. 4).

Related to the post preparation, four units of fixed post have been prepared at Dadakan post, intersection of Tabanan University, Kediri traffic light, Kediri subdistrict and Gerokgak traffic light post. As for the security post, there are nine points namely at Al Huda Kediri Mosque, Lumajang post in Kerambitan subdistrict, Bu-

nut Puhun post in East Selemadeg, Berembeng and Antosari post (Selemadeg), Joger post (Baturiti), Alas Kedaton post (Marga) and post at An Nur Mosque (Penebel). “On average, there are six police officers on guard at the post,” he explained.

Other than security post, there are four post stations in TAC Megati post (East Selemadeg), Adipura statue post (Tabanan), Corn Statue post (Baturiti), and Tanah Lot post in Kediri sub-district.

And lastly, there is an integrated service post located in Soka Indah or restaurant area of Soka Beach in West Selemadeg. The service particularly in the integrated service post involves all institutions in Tabanan district according to police coordination with

the local government.

There are free health services, free workshops, free massages and distribution of free fasting break snacks.

“We also involve the elements of health, fire brigade, military personnel, transportation agency, crane officers and municipal police. So, there are other agencies on duty at the integrated service post,” he explained.

So far, these posts are still under construction, and they are targeted to be completed on June 6. “The posts have been established from June 1 and should have been finalized on June 6,” he explained.

Sukiarta asserted the accidentprone road sections in Tabanan are currently observed on Jalan Bypass Soekarno from Kediri Animal Market

to the front area of Hardy’s Tabanan.

Then, the traffic jam-prone areas are at Al Huda Kediri Mosque, Joger, Corn Statue in Baturiti and Samsam II Climb in Kerambitan subdistrict.

“We hope the travelers and other road users to remain alert and cautious,” he added.

To anticipate the possibility of accidents during the homecoming traffic, he appealed to homecomers that they would be better to join in the free homecoming trips organized

by Tabanan district government. As planned, it has prepared 13 buses with the destinations to Madura, Surabaya, Jember, Pasuruan and Situbondo and will be escorted by the police to Gilimanuk Harbor.

“However, if there are people wishing to use private vehicles, they are encouraged to carry no excessive goods so as not to disturb the comfort during the homecoming journey,” he hoped. (kmb28)

Simultaneous regional leader elections

Nusa Penida most vulnerable to cheating

SEMARAPURA —The election of Klungkung regent and Bali governor has been around the corner. The Electoral Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) of Klungkung has mapped the potential for fraud. Of the four sub-districts, Nusa Penida is the most vulnerable.

Chairman of Panwaslu Klungkung, I Komang Artawan, revealed the mapping is based on experience in the previous regional leader election and the result of monitoring

by Field Electoral Supervisor (PPL). “But the potential is not too high. It remains in alert level. Based on the past experience, the incident is one hundred percent of the same puncture,” he said on the sidelines of the inauguration of the 350 poll superintendents (PTPS) at Puri Denbencingah, Akah village, Klungkung, on Monday (Jun. 4).

In response to that, his committee has attempted prevention since the election stage began. This is further maximized by driving the PTPS. “Totally, there are 350 polls, especially in Nusa Penida, there are 107,” he said. However, other sub-districts, namely Klungkung, Banjarangkan and Dawan do not escape from supervision.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Electoral Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) of Bali, I Ketut Rudia, said the fraud on the five-year political event has the potential to occur in the distribution of logistics. This became the

focus of his supervision. “PTPS in cooperation with the PPL does inherent supervision, including in the distribution of ballot boxes to villages,” he said.

Submitted further, the violations also have the potential to occur in the distribution of voting invitation (C6) form. “Based on the experience, there is utilization (C6-red) by certain individuals. C6 is only given to those registered in the fixed voter list (DPT). Then, it is taken to the polling station to vote. If found outside, it is a criminal. This should be closely monitored and ensured,” he said.

Action of money politics also need to be watched out by the community and so does the action of intimidation to choose one of the candidate pairs. So far, such things have not been monitored and there are no reports.

“Nevertheless, this needs to be cautioned. If this happens, the perpetrators will be subject to decisive sanction,” said this man from Karangasem.

Meanwhile, the PTPS officers are carefully selected from those having reliable independency. In other words, they do not engage in political parties or the activities of one of the candidate pairs. “Of course, if they are not neutral, they will be fired,” he said while adding that they were assigned from day 23 before the election to seven days after the election. (kmb45)

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Australian Consulate-General’s Waste to Wealth initiative holds workshops at ISI Denpasar and Udayana University Following the successful launch of the Australian Consulate-General’s (ACG) Waste to Wealth initiative on Saturday (2/6) with a beach clean-up, the ACG today continued its program with two workshops held at the Indonesia Institute of the Arts (ISI) Denpasar, and Udayana University.

Waste to Wealth is a week-long initiative organized by the ACG that aims to promote environmentally sustainable tourism practices in Bali and West Nusa Tenggara.

A full-day collaborative workshop entitled ‘Waste as Art’ was held by internationally renowned Australian environmental artist Dr John Dahlsen, together with 30 students from ISI Denpasar’s Faculty of Arts and Design. Dr Dahlsen and

the students collaborated to create art installations with waste found on the beaches of Bali.

Dr Dahlsen told students that his work as an environmental artist began by accident, when he started collecting plastic from beaches in Australia in the mid-90s. “While my art has changed and evolved over time, my underlying commitment to increasing awareness of environmental concerns has never wavered,” said Dr Dahlsen.

At Udayana University’s #AussieBanget Corner, Australian environmental science educator Ms Louise Hardman, and academic chair of Murdoch University’s environmental engineering program, Dr Martin Anda, presented a workshop entitled Being Aware of Our

Environment. Approximately 40 students and academics were present. Ms Hardman’s key message was ‘Plastic waste is polluting our oceans, which we all share, so we need to find solutions to change it into something that has value and when something has value, it no longer become rubbish’. She also outlined her education program, which focused on transforming waste into valuable items with her purpose-built mobile plasticrecycling machine.

In his presentation, Dr Martin Anda talked about engineering solutions to environmental problems and the importance of education in managing environmental challenges. Dr Anda also visited Undiknas University Bali, and provided an

open lecture to around 100 students from the faculties of business and economics. Dr Anda encouraged future education cooperation and collaboration between Australia and Indonesia, including in the engineering and environmental science sectors.

Australian Consul-General Dr Helena Studdert appreciated the collaboration with local education institutions in running the workshops as part of the Waste to Wealth initiative. “Environmental issues are very much interconnected with education and we hope by bringing these educators to the universities, we can help increase students awareness and skills to make informed decisions and actions regarding to our environment”, said

Dr Studdert.

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SpaceX will not send tourists around the Moon this year as previously announced, and will delay the project until the middle of next year, US media reported on Monday.

SpaceX delays plans to send tourists around Moon: report

WASHINGTON - SpaceX will not send tourists around the Moon this year as previously announced, and will delay the project until the middle of next year, US media reported on Monday.

“A new timetable for the flight -- now postponed until at least mid2019 and likely longer -- hasn’t been released” by the California-based company, said the report in The Wall Street Journal.

The reason for the delay is unclear. But it is a “sign that technical and production challenges are disrupting founder Elon Musk’s plans for human exploration of the solar

system,” said the report.

“SpaceX also is confronting industry doubts about market demand for its Falcon Heavy rocket,” it said.

The tourists would ride aboard a Dragon capsule, hoisted into space on SpaceX’s most powerful rocket to date, the Falcon Heavy, which made its first test flight only four months ago.

SpaceX spokesman James Glee-

son said, in an emailed statement to AFP, that the company “is still planning to fly private individuals around the moon and there is growing interest from many customers.”

SpaceX has not publicly released any new timeline for the mission, first announced in February 2017.

At the time, Musk said on Twitter the moon tourist mission was slated to happen “late next year,” referring

to 2018.

Two private citizens, who have not been named, “have already paid a significant deposit,” Musk added.

The trip would mark the farthest humans have ever traveled to deep space.

The United States has not sent astronauts to the Moon since NASA’s Apollo missions of the 1960s and ‘70s.

SpaceX is also planning to send astronauts to the International Space Station later this year, marking the

first time since the US space shuttle program ended in 2011 that people have blasted to space from US soil.

SpaceX has told NASA it is targeting the first astronaut test flight no earlier than December 2018.

Some observers, however, say the schedule could slip to 2019.

“Once operational Crew Dragon missions are under way for NASA, SpaceX will launch the private mission on a journey to circumnavigate the Moon and return to Earth,” SpaceX said in a statement. (afp)

German car sales plunge in May as diesel falls out of favour

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Sales of new cars in Germany plunged in May, official figures showed Monday, dragged lower by public holidays and mounting uncertainty about the future of scandal-plagued diesel.

BERLIN - Sales of new cars in Germany plunged in May, official figures showed Monday, dragged lower by public holidays and mounting uncertainty about the future of scandal-plagued diesel.

A total of 305,057 new cars hit German roads last month, the KBA federal vehicle licensing authority said, a drop of 5.8 percent year-onyear.

Of those, just 95,000 cars were diesels, a number more than 27 percent lower than a year before.

Diesel’s ongoing slide came as Hamburg became the first German city last month to ban older diesels

from two stretches of road to combat air pollution, with other cities mulling similar restrictions.

Diesel’s reputation has lain in tatters ever since Volkswagen admitted in 2015 to installing software in millions of diesel vehicles worldwide designed to dupe emissions tests.

Since then, concerns about pollution and the falling resale value of diesels have seen consumers turn away from the once popular technology.

Whereas diesels still accounted for around 45 percent of all car sales in 2016, that share fell to 38 percent in 2017 and the decline has continued into 2018.

But industry bodies said the car sector remained in good health, pointing out that overall car sales from January to May were up 2.6 percent compared with the same period a year earlier.

The VDIK foreign carmakers’ association said in a statement that May’s dip in registrations was partly down to a string of public holidays that kept dealerships closed.

“The German passenger car market continues to be in solid shape, even though public holidays and long weekends have somewhat slowed down the momentum,” said VDIK president Reinhard Zirpel.(afp)

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Dominant commodities affecting the decline in the export to Australian are jewelry products, knit goods products as well as furniture products and home lighting.

Bali’s exports drop

Destination to Australia plummeted sharply DENPASAR — The value of Bali’s exports in April 2018 dropped 16.79 percent. When compared to the achievement of Bali’s exports in March 2018 amounting to USD 59,043,288, in April it showed a decrease of USD 49,130,390.

Head of the Bali Central Statistics Agency (BPS), Adi Nugroho, said the decline almost happened to every major country of the export destination. The highest decline happened to the exports to Australia worth USD 2,738,038 or more

than half compared to the previous month. Dominant commodities affecting the decline in the export to Australian are jewelry products, with a decrease of -97.79 percent, knit goods products with a decrease of -70.58 percent as well as furni-

ture products and home lighting with a decrease of -35.15 percent.

Other than exports to Australia, the exports to French destinations also experienced a significant decrease of -46.87 percent. Dominant commodities undergoing the

decline in the exports to France included patchwork (-87.70 percent), leather products (-65.31 percent) and non-knitted apparels (-59.44 percent).

On the other hand, different condition was indicated by the export destination to the Netherlands that showed an increase of 38.54 percent. In April was the highest export carried out to the

DENPASAR — Having declared to be found guilty of importing psychotropic of Group IV, a British man, defendant Adam Scott Holand, 48, was charged with imprisonment for two years and six months (2.5 years) in the Denpasar District Court on Monday (Jun. 4).

Public prosecutor Ida Bagus

Argita Candra before the panel of judges led by Ketut Tirta said the defendant imported psychotropic in the form of 655 yellow Centaur tablets, a plastic bottle labeled with Solina and Diazepam BP 5 mg tablet.

In this case, the prosecutor declared if the defendant’s acts are proved in accordance with the first alternative

indictment of violating Article 61 Paragraph (1) of Law No. 5/1997 on Psychotropic.

Responding to the indictment, the defendant who was accompanied by his legal counsel Suroso would file a plea in the next trial.

Previously, in the indictment was described that the arrest of the

stranger originated from the arrival of the defendant in Bali from Bangkok on Tuesday (Jan. 23). He flew to Bali by using AirAsia with flight number FD398 to Denpasar. However, upon arrival at the arrival terminal of Ngurah Rai International Airport on Wednesday (Jan. 24) at 02:45, the defendant showed suspicious move-

Netherlands throughout 2018.

Dominant products contributing to these increases include sugar and confectionery products showing triple increases. In addition, the export of straw-based products to the Netherlands also increased by 107.40 percent. Similarly, the export to the United States also increased from the previous month as much as 2.78 percent. (kmb42)

ments so the officers then examined with X-Ray. Customs and excise officers detected a strange item so that the defendant was led to the room. At that time, the officers found the item in the form of plastic bottle with the label of Solina, Diazepam BP 5 mg tablet containing 655 yellow tablets with the label of Centaur. (kmb37)

Suspected of importing psychotropic, British tourist sued 2.5 years

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Chinese tourists leave behind many problems

BERLIN - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned German Chancellor Angela Merkel Monday that Iranian meddling in the Middle East could touch off massive new refugee flows to Europe, as they clashed about the future of the nuclear deal with Tehran.

Having run for few years, business operators in Bali get the experience of handling Chinese tourists. focus on profit orientation. “There is a case where Chinese guests traveling to Bali are invited to the art shop. They are quarantined inside in order to be able to shop. Or whether they are shopping or not when having exceeded one hour, the art shop concerned must pay to the agent as much as USD 35 or 50,” he explained.

Besides, averagely new art shops in Bali

sell products from China such as silk, knives, pans, cigarettes, snacks and so forth. On that account, it certainly reduces the sales of products or local handicrafts of Bali.

According to him, Bali does not need a large volume of Chinese guests. However, what Bali wants is the quality Chinese guest.

“The government has to enforce the laws and should not only do it vivaciously at the begin-

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ning. It must be sustainable in order to take action against those illegal agents and illegal tour guides. We propose to the government to empower newly graduated Balinese youth from high school to learn Chinese language for free to reduce dependency on Chinese tour guides from outside Bali,” he explained.

Therefore, later on Balinese culture will remain well preserved. (kmb42)

Needs keep increasing, clean water supply constrained by topography MANGUPURA - With the increasing number of population in the area of South Kuta, the need for clean water is certainly increasing.

Of the total 72,000 customers owned by Tirta Mangutama Municipality Waterworks (PDAM) of Badung, as many as 25,000 customers are located in South Kuta.

President Director of Tirta Mangutama, Ketut Golak, said on Monday (Jun. 4) that South Kuta area with high hilly topography surely has high potential of complaints against the supply of clean water. So far, this becomes an obstacle because it must pump water to get to higher area.

Admittedly, today many people want to have a house in the area with hilly location in South Kuta to find a good view. However, on the one hand the drawback is how to drain water to the area. “Currently, in the upper area there are many settlements, while below there are also many settlements, so the water supply will certainly get divided,” he concluded.

Surely, the most difficult areas are those having high topography. To that end, his company continues to seek for the addi-

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DENPASAR - Many tourism circles, especially in Bali, complain about Chinese tourists. However, the government, mainly central government, apparently persists on boosting the visit of Chinese tourists to Indonesia.

The government believes that Chinese tourist market has large potential because there are 118 million Chinese tourists traveling overseas in 2015 and 133 million in 2017. This market will be seized by Indonesia because the China’s economy is believed to continuously grow.

But having run for few years, business operators in Bali get the experience of handling Chinese tourists. Although the visit increases, they leave behind many troubles.

Previously, Chairman of the Bali Tourism Board (BTB) revealed that China has its own payment system that has the potential to reduce foreign exchange.

Chairman of the Indonesian Tour Guide Association (HPI) of Bali Chapter, I Nyoman Nuarta, conveyed that Chinese tourists coming to Bali tend to increase. Although being high, they leave behind many troubles.

The frequent problems faced in the field are that many Chinese guests traveling to Bali do not use legal travel agencies and tour guides. Multiplier effect for local community of Bali has not been contributed well when compared to other tourists.

In addition, Chinese market has never been directly proportional to the tagline of tourism featured by Bali, namely cultural tourism. Both travel agency and tour guides rarely tell about the culture of Bali. They just

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tion of networks and water pumps such as in Ungasan and Pecatu. “Indeed, there are some grievances from the community living in high topography areas. So, we continuously study because we have to use pumps to raise water,” he said.

Meanwhile, the supply of raw water from the estuary dam continues to be arranged.

Recently, his company already installed intake water gate to filter garbage. It is done to keep the raw water quality. The raw water capacity of the estuary dam currently reaches 425 liters per second and will be further increased to 500 liters per second.

He admitted that it currently still lacks of raw water. Nevertheless, it continues to perform data collection related to the needs in South Kuta. For this year, his company is targeting to get 2,000 new customers in Badung. However, he will also pay attention to the ability of the discharge or water production. He keeps anticipating by preventing the condition of having many customers and many pipelines, but the water does not exist.

When asked about the preparation related to the IMF annual meeting next October, his

company has done a lot of preparations. One of them is by establishing a rapid reaction unit (URC) and cooperation with partners for handling the PDAM network disruption.

Moreover, it has prepared a quick reaction unit post in the area of South Kuta. In addition to this team, the post will also be guarded by two officers from the partners.

“The URC team usually does maintenance.

If there is any leakage, they will be accompanied by partners for handling it,” he said.

During the implementation of the IMF annual meeting, the need for clean water is certainly very high. To anticipate the existence of external factors such as leakage and pump damage, the PDAM will prepare a water tank truck. Besides, it will also make coordination with the provincial government of Bali during the big event.

Nevertheless, Golak hoped the hotel and the community to make ground tanks or cistern to hold water. In case of disturbance, they still have water stock. “External factors also affect the decline in services as they are unpredictable. This should be understood,” he concluded. (kmb23)

At the start of a three-day European tour dominated by strategic differences on Iran, Netanyahu charged that Tehran has been able to bankroll a growing military presence in countries such as Syria and Yemen because sanctions had been lifted in exchange for its halt in nuclear enrichment activities.

Iran wants to “basically conduct a religious campaign in largely Sunni Syria but try to convert Sunnis,” he said at a joint press conference with Merkel.

“This will inflame another religious war -- this time a religious war inside Syria and the consequences will be many, many more refugees and you know where exactly they will come,” he said.

More than one million asylum seekers, with Syrians making up the biggest group, arrived in Germany since 2015, creating deep new political divisions in the country and shrinking Merkel’s ruling majority in her fourth term.

Germany, France and Britain are three of the signatories of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between world powers and Iran, aimed at keeping Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

Netanyahu, who has long railed against the deal, will continue on to Paris for meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday and British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday.

All three countries have vowed to try to salvage the hardfought accord since President Donald Trump announced the US withdrawal from it last month.

The European powers argue it is the best way to head off a regional arms race and have vowed with Russia and China, the two other signatory countries, to keep it alive. (afp)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel points the way to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after addressing a press conference after a meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin on June 4, 2018. Benjamin Netanyahu embarked on a three-day European tour in Germany set to be dominated by strategic differences on Iran, as leaders attempt to rescue the nuclear deal after the US withdrawal.

First Saudi women get driving licences

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Saudi Arabia on Monday began issuing its first driving licences to women in decades, just weeks before the historic lifting of the conservative kingdom’s ban on female motorists.

RIYADH - Saudi Arabia on Monday began issuing its first driving licences to women in decades, authorities said, just weeks before the historic lifting of the conservative kingdom’s ban on female motorists.

Ten Saudi women swapped their foreign licences for Saudi ones in multiple cities, including the capital Riyadh, as the kingdom prepares to end its ban on June 24.

The move, which follows a government crackdown on women activists, is part of a much-publicised liberalisation drive launched by powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as he seeks to modernise the petro-state.

“Ten Saudi women made history on Monday when they were issued driving licences,” said the information ministry’s Centre for International Communication (CIC).

“Expectations are that next week an ad-

ditional 2,000 women will join the ranks of licensed drivers in the kingdom.”

The official Saudi Press Agency said the swap came after women applicants were made to undergo a “practical test”, but it did not offer details.

“It’s a dream come true that I am about to drive in the kingdom,” Rema Jawdat, one of the women to receive a licence, was quoted as saying by the CIC. “Driving to me represents having a choice -- the choice of independent movement. Now we have that option,” added Jawdat, an official at the ministry of economy and planning who has previous driving experience in Lebanon and Switzerland.

In preparation for the lifting of the ban, Saudi Arabia last week passed a landmark law to criminalise sexual harassment, introducing a prison term of up to five years and a maximum penalty of 300,000 riyals ($80,000). (afp)

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Italy’s newly sworn-in Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said his government wanted to reduce the country’s huge public debt “through growth”, not austerity, as he made his first speech to the Italian Senate Tuesday.

Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte gestures as he speaks during a confidence debate at the Senate in Rome on June 5, 2018. Italy’s populist coalition will test its power on June 5 in the first of this week’s two parliamentary confidence votes in the new government. The first eurosceptic government in a founding EU nation was sworn in on June 1 after almost three months of political turmoil that raised concern across Europe and sparked weeks of volatility on financial markets.

Switch to e-cars will cost Germany 75,000 jobs: study The growing use of electrified vehicles is expected to cost Germany’s crucial car sector some 75,000 jobs by 2030, a study found Tuesday, with smaller auto parts suppliers set to be worst hit.

The IG Metall union, which commissioned the study along with BMW, Volkswagen, Daimler and a string of car parts makers, said the pivot towards cleaner engines posed a “major challenge” to Germany’s biggest industry, which employs more than 800,000 people.

Electric engines are simpler to build and require far fewer parts than petrol- or diesel-fuelled cars.

According to the study, carried out by the Fraunhofer Institute, the shift will eliminate 100,000 of the 210,000 jobs in drivetrain manufacturing by 2030, while around 25,000 new roles will be

created linked to batteries and other specific requirements for electric cars.

The figures were calculated on the assumption that by then, 25 percent of all cars on Germany’s roads will be fully electric, while another 15 percent will be hybrids, which combine an electric motor with a traditional internal combustion engine.

Today, these cars account for less than two percent of the market.

IG Metall chief Joerg Hofmann said the government and company bosses needed to take urgent action to prepare the industry for the upheaval, including through retraining schemes.

But he also warned that not everyone would survive the electric revolution. “There will be suppliers who won’t be able to adapt

their business model, especially among small- and medium-sized companies,” Hofmann told reporters in Frankfurt. Whereas it takes some 4,000 workers to assemble a million gasoline-powered engines per year, just 1,840 are needed to build the same number of electric motors, the study said.

Volkswagen’s staff representative Bernd Osterloh told reporters that the car giant would respond to the changes by phasing out jobs through retirement schemes and “using the opportunities presented by the transformation”.

Despite being home to some of the world’s biggest and best known carmakers, Germany’s auto industry was slow to focus its attention on the greener, smarter vehicles of the future -- allowing newcomers like Tesla to take the lead.

But German firms have stepped up their efforts in the wake of Volkswagen’s 2015 “dieselgate” emissions cheating scandal, which

badly damaged the reputation of diesel cars and spurred a push towards more environmentally friendly engines. (afp)

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Learn About Culture at Blahbatuh Grand Palace

Italian PM says yes to debt reduction but through growth

“We want to reduce our public debt, but we want to do so with growth and not with austerity measures,” he told senators during his policy speech, after which he will ask for parliament’s confidence.

Italy’s new populist government has pledged to deliver a government programme of ambitious anti-austerity measures to boost the Italy’s sluggish economy.

But the proposals given the country’s sizeable debt-- highest debt-GDP ratio in Europe apart from Greece -- have worried their partners in the European Union.

Conte said the debt “is now sustainable, but must nevertheless be reduced, with a view to achieve economic growth”.

Tne new premier added that it was the governments “objective” to reduce the economic growth gap between Italy and Europe.

But the head of the first eurosceptic government within a EU founding nation also made overtures to the bloc.

“Europe is our home,” Conte said, adding that he wanted a “stronger but also fairer Europe”. (afp)

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Wow, Kids Like Bindu Village Retreat Attraction

Bindu Village Retreat, an outbound center, located at Bindu hamlet, Mekar Bhuana, Abiansemal, Badung, is favored by tourists. Tourists from around the world love all the existing cultural activities. So, do not be surprised if Bindu Village Retreat managed by the Putra Jenggala tourism awareness group (Pokdarwis) is a favorite tourist destination because it is visited by every day.

Once arrived at the location, tourists are immediately tempted by cultural attractions. For instance, it received visitors consisting of students from Sunrise School on Tuesday (May 22). They really liked the location because it has beautiful natural scenery, cool atmosphere and friendly people.

The activities of farmers in managing their fields were witnessed in person, not packaged specifically as a tourist attraction.

They are children of expatriates living on the Island of the Gods amounting to 23 people belonging to the third and fourth grade.

Their visit was accompanied by four teachers. At the location, they joined in the activities, such as fishing, plowing paddy fields using cows, planting rice, trekking, visiting medicinal plants, cooking and tubing while bathing. This activity was carried out for 3 – 4 hours.

They looked so happy to enjoy all the activities. For example, fishing activities was carried out from looking for bait (worm) by digging soil. Similarly, in the plowing activities, they were directly involved in taking the cows from the cage. Meanwhile, for cooking activities, they did from twisting

satay batter and looking for vegetables to be cooked. Ultimately, the tour was closed with having meals together.

These kids were very impressed with the plowing game. Sitting down on a cow-pulled plough is just like a luxury car ride. They often asked for additional rides, so it could go round the paddy field twice. The joy they expressed in their language. “They are very happy with the cultural attractions conducted by farmers at this village. They learn the process from finding ingredients, cooking and eating together,” said I Gusti Nyoman Suastawa, a member of Pokdarwis of Bindu village.

Since the participants are children, Suastawa explained the trekking distance only covered about 500 meters. However, during the trip they can see the rice fields, camping tents, and various types of paddies. It also happens to the path and other activities because this only serves as an introduction.

“We hope other schools can come here to learn about nature. Here we offer very complete activities,” he said.

Suasrawa said that Bindu Village Retreat has the concept of a

package where guests can enjoy a variety of cultural activities directly. With a stay of seven days at people’s homes, they will get the program to enjoy various attractions of this Bindu Village Retreat.

“During their stay at Bindu Village, tourists always do activities related to culture in person,” he said.

These activities include ngayah (doing devotional work) with residents at the local hamlet, joining cremation procession, wedding ceremony, cooking rice and participating in paddy field work and other community activities. “They can watch and engage directly in real cultural activities, not the artificial ones. All this activities are done by local residents, without paying as carried out by local communities,” he added.

The Bindu Village Retreat founded about six months ago is frequented by tourists from France, Germany, America, the Netherlands and other countries in Europe. In addition, domestic tourists also like it because they usually come in groups with his company or family. “We have the concept of rice field garden because there are cultural activities in the garden,” he concluded. (kmb)

When getting bored with crowded tourist atmosphere, try to make a visit to Blahbatuh Grand Palace in Gianyar. This palace is relatively cool and can give positive aura.

This palace poses the house of ancient Blahbatuh king. All materials and design of building are selected from the best quality, unique design and hard to imitate. On entering the royal palace area, visitors will feel different aura and taksu or divine vibration.

The palace is located at Kebon hamlet, Blahbatuh, Gianyar.

Approximately, it is 18 km from Denpasar. Now, the function is preserved as cultural art preservation.

On Saturdays and Sundays or at any given time, the royal palace area is full of children preserving Balinese culture. “We provide space for children to preserve cultural activities,” said Wayan Aksara, Spokesperson of Blahbatuh Grand Palace.

Elementary and junior high school students learn to dance, play gamelan and paint. In a certain time, there are also activities of making ritual paraphernalia.

Participating children coming from various regions are free of charge.

“We bring in coach from the royal palace. We want to preserve the function of royal palace as the center for art conservation and invite young people to love their ancestral culture,” said Aksara.

Meanwhile, A.A. Kakarsana, one of the descendants of the king of Blahbatuh said that Blahbatuh Royal Palace still preserves all the existing buildings. The location designed pursuant to kosala-kosali (Balinese geomancy) is still sustainable. If there is a damaged building, it is repaired in accordance with the original style.

Great, wise and dignified atmosphere can still be felt. Spatial division remains beautiful as it is divided into the outermost, middle and innermost courtyard. Originality of the building architecture remains

to be well maintained. Uniquely, there is a carving motif that cannot be imitated, even though done by a skilled sculptor. Gunung Rata located in the Rajadani building (king’s room) is still original and no one can imitate it.

All the ornaments contain the philosophy of life. The material of red brick is neatly arranged to form a slash. Because of its sacredness, women who are in their period are not allowed to enter this area, and this ban is also valid for the members of royal family. A veteran of Vietnam War from America, General Tropel, has seen the architecture four times. “We once asked people to imitate the wall design, but none of them succeeded,” he said.

People entering the palace area must pass the entrance gate with traditional architectural style. It is beautifully decorated with colorful flower garden posing the native plants to the Island of the Gods.

Likewise, the existing big trees are rare plants that grow sustainably.

“We deliberately plant the rare plants belonging to the ancestors of Balinese people. In addition to preserving, these trees can also spread positive aura,” he said.

Loji, a building to receive guests, is still solid and traditionally embellished. Beside it, there is a set of gamelan instrument commonly played by natural artists from local village. Manual weaving activities are still done by old ladies. However, they are craftsmen living nearby the royal neighborhood.

Two sacred objects in the form of Gajah Mada mask and Ki Tunjung Tutur weapon in the form of big blowpipe and wayang gambuh make this palace become more unique. This palace is also frequented by community leaders, government officials and travelers.

“We remain open for travelers who want to make a visit, but there are still certain rules to be followed,” he concluded. (kmb)

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Jordan PM resigns after anti-austerity protests

AMMAN - Jordanian Prime Minister Hani Mulki resigned on Monday after a wave of antiausterity protests by citizens suffering from high unemployment and repeated prices hikes.

Mulki was summoned by King Abdullah II after the capital Amman and several other cities were rocked by demonstrations that drew thousands of people.

“Prime Minister Hani Mulki submitted his resignation to the king this afternoon during a meeting at the Husseiniyeh Palace and the king accepted the resignation,” a government source told AFP. The king asked Education Minister Omar al-Razzaz to form a new government, the source added.

Jordan, a key US ally, has largely avoided the unrest witnessed by other countries in the region since the Arab Spring revolts broke out in 2011, although protests did flare late that year after the government cut fuel subsidies.

A mostly desert kingdom with few resources, the country has seen prices of several basic goods and services like bread, fuel and electricity steadily rise over the past year.

The rallying cries by demonstrators for Mulki to step down came after the government adopted a draft income tax law

and announced new price hikes based on recommendations by the International Monetary Fund.

Protesters had vowed not to “kneel” and earned support from trade unions as well as a majority of MPs opposed to the new tax.

The premier’s meeting with the king came hours after around 5,000 people gathered outside Mulki’s office in Amman, on the fifth consecutive day of protests.

James Dorsey, a Middle East analyst, warned that “cosmetic changes” like the prime minister’s removal may not be enough to satisfy protesters.

On Saturday Mulki -- who had formed his government in May 2016 -- met with trade union representatives who demanded the income tax law be revoked, but they failed to reach an agreement.

There was no immediate reaction to Mulki’s resignation from any of the 16 trade unions backing the protests.

“The tax bill will continue to hound the new government, whatever its policy, until the law is thrown out,” said Jordanian political analyst Adel Mahmoud.

“The new prime minister will face a number of strategic factors in dealing with the unprecedented street protests, the most important of which is to... open convincing channels of dialogue,” he told AFP. (afp)

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Residents carry the coffins of seven people who died following the eruption of the Fuego volcano, along the streets of Alotenango municipality, Sacatepequez, about 65 km southwest of Guatemala City, on June 4, 2018.

Toll rises in Guatemala volcano as more bodies recovered

ALOTENANGO - Rescue workers pulled more bodies Monday from under the dust and rubble left by an explosive eruption of Guatemala’s Fuego volcano, bringing the death toll to at least 69.

Children wave flags during a protest in Amman, Jordan, near the prime minister’s office on June 4, 2018. Jordanian Prime Minister Hani Mulki resigned on June 4 after a wave of antiausterity protests by citizens suffering from high unemployment and repeated price hikes.

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Of them, 17 have been identified so far, said Fanuel Garcia, head of the National Institute of Forensic Sciences.

In addition, there are 46 people injured, most of them seriously, more than 1.7 million being hit by the disaster, including 3,271 ordered evacuated and 1,787 in shelters in the departments of Escuintla, Sacatepequez and Chimaltenango since Sunday’s eruption.

The 3,763-meter (12,346-foot) volcano erupted early Sunday, spewing out towering plumes of ash and a hail of fiery rock fragments with scalding mud.

Authorities had warned the death toll could rise after searches resumed for survivors in communities on the mountain’s southern flank.

After an initial toll of 25 dead, it was revised upwards within

hours as bodies were recovered from villages razed by the tumbling mud.

“There are missing persons, but we do not know how many,” said Sergio Cabanas of Guatemala’s disaster management agency. A roll call of communities on the slopes of the volcano was under way.

The speed and ferocity of the eruption took mountain communities by surprise, with many of the dead found in or around their homes.

Cabanas said those who were killed had been overrun by fastmoving burning material discharged by the volcano Sunday.

Communities located on its southern slope were the worst hit. Several of the dead were children.

An AFP journalist saw at least three bodies burned in the rubble

of the village of San Miguel Los Lotes, where rescue workers, soldiers and police were desperately searching for survivors.

D ead d o g s , ch ick en s an d ducks also lay among the mud and ash, much of it still smoking.

“I do not want to leave, but go back, and there is nothing I can do to save my family,” a weeping Eufemia Garcia, 48, told AFP. She was searching for her three children, her mother, nephews and siblings.

Garcia, from Los Lotes, said she escaped with the help of her husband.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was deeply saddened by the “tragic loss of life and the significant damage caused by the eruption,” and said the UN was ready to assist national rescue and relief efforts. (afp)

MRT construction progress reaches 94.19 percent

JAKARTA - The progress of Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) construction in the capital city of Jakarta has reached 94.19 percent, PT Mass Rapid Transit Jakarta said. “The phase 1 construction of MRT (Lebak Bulus-Ragunan) has completed 94.19 percent,” President Director of MRT Jakarta William Sabandar said here on Tuesday.

He said, the construction of underground line section has

reached 96.59 percent and elevated line section has reached

Hungarian minister lauds charity funds from Indonesia JAKARTA - Hungarian Family and Youth Affairs Minister Katalin Novak has expressed her gratitude and appreciation to the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Hungary, Wening Esthyprobo Fatandari, who has donated funds collected at the Indonesian Days and Charity Bazaar 2018.

A statement from the Indonesian Embassy in Budapest received by Antara here on Tuesday mentioned that the appreciation and gratitude was delivered by Minister Novak through a letter to Ambassador Wening.

In the letter Novak also hopes that the efforts made by the Indonesian Ambassador in collecting charity funds could be a good example for the ambassadors of other fellow countries.

Ambassador Wening gave the donation to the Budapest Early Intervention Center, which is a foundation that handles and provides early childhood education especially for children at 0-5 years old with special needs.

The 400,000 Hungarian Forint funds, or about US $ 1,466, is 10 percent of the profit which was gained by the participants of the Indonesian Days and Charity Bazaar (IDCB) 2018. The event was held on May 5-6, 2018 at the Indonesian Embassy in Budapest.

Minister Novak noted that the Ambassador`s effort was a good precedent and could be a role model.

It is expected to invite more donations, mainly from representatives of other fellow countries in Hungary.(ant)

91.82 percent.

“We have planned to conduct MRT trial run in August 2018.

The construction is still in progress and we are monitoring this,” he continued.

The company would also conduct trial run for the railway rolling stock signalling and main

power supply in June.

“The construction of power line for MRT has been completed, and we will conduct trial run for rolling stock signalling,” William said, adding that the first set of rolling stock would be checked in August and the second set in

November.

“After the trial run, it will be continued with certification process by the Transportation Ministry`s Directorate General for Railways planned to be held in December 2018, and it would be completed as soon as possible,” William said.(afp)

Two Japanese Marine Self-Defense Force`s ships dock in Jakarta JAKARTA - Two destroyer ships of the Japanese Marine Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) docked at Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta on Monday, as part of the 60th Anniversary of Indonesia-Japan Diplomatic Relations.

The two JMSDF ships Makinami and Kashima would dock in Jakarta from June 4 to 8, and hold some engagement with locals, namely courtesy calls to Indonesian Navy`s high ranking officials and mayor of North Jakarta, pay a tribute to Indonesia`s Heroes Cemetery Kalibata, and hold a music concert.

Rear Admiral Hiroyuki Izumi, the

commander of the two fleets, noted during a welcoming ceremony at the Tanjung Priok Port on Monday, said that he brought 600 personnel, including 191 young cadets who had just graduated from JMSDF Academy.

“This year, we have been sailing around the world within five months, from May 21 to October 30, and visiting 10 countries with 12 stops,” he noted. Aside from the commemoration`s visit, Izumi said that JSDMF holds a long distance sailing annually to train the young cadets about global perspective and partnership. This year, they will be sailing through distance of 31 thou-

sand miles.

“I think our friendship has an important role in maintaining prosperity and security in Asia,” he remarked.

The two JSDMF destroyers Makinami (weights 4,650 tons) and Kashima (weights 4,050 tons) will be opened for public for a day visit on Wednesday, June 6, at 9 to 11 AM. During the welcoming event, First Admiral Denih Hendrata, commander of Indonesian Navy of Jakarta`s Main Base III, expected that the visit would strengthen partnership between two countries` marine force through sharing of knowledge and experience.(ant)

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Japan’s Noguchi eyes Olympic climbing gold

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Spain’s Rafael Nadal returns the ball to Germany’s Maximilian Marterer during their men’s singles fourth round match on day nine of The Roland Garros 2018 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on June 4, 2018.

‘I don’t feel old’: Birthday boy Nadal after 900th win

DENPASAR - Did you know that Sanur has its own Sunday Market? The perfect place for some souvenir shopping in Bali! At the Sunday Market in Sanur local designers and owners of shops from Ubud to Seminyak sell their products. Fluor coloured Buddha’s, handmade jewellery, Batik scarfs, Balinese art, handmade leather bags, beach apparel, they have it all! And the Sunday Market in Sanur is never boring since the shops are different every week.

The vibe of shopping is realy good at the Sunday Market in Sanur, the designers are really friendly and love to tell you the story of their products. And if you want to see more of their designs, most of them own a shop in Bali! The market is located near the beautiful white beach of Sanur. Perfect to enjoy a relaxed Sunday in Sanur and a nice break from the a day at the beach.

The Sanur Sunday Market is one of the latest initiatives that brings together a multitude of merchants and local arts and crafts producers to display the best of their wares to the Sanur crowd, which comprises locals, expatriates and international visitors. The nice little layout takes place at the Sand Beach Club & Restaurant, and regularly features a farmers and craft market, where you can browse through a wide range of open-air stalls, offering breads, cakes, organic vegetables, cashews and granola, arts and crafts items, adults’ and kid’s fashion, jewellery, swimwear, toys, gifts and more. It is a great event to take the whole family to, just off the beach esplanade, where the kids can have fun with face painting, clay pottery making and creative crafts to be had. (net)

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The world number one’s 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (7/4) victory over the world number 70 was his 900th win at tour level.

It also saw him equal the record of 12 last-eight appearances at Roland Garros, which was set by Novak Djokovic the day before.

Top seed Nadal, who celebrated his birthday on Sunday, is now on his own in third on the all-time list for most match wins at Grand Slam events with 234 victories after passing Jimmy Connors.

“I don’t feel old. But I am 32, and I have been here since 2003, so it’s a long way, a lot of years,” he said.

“I started very young. That’s a real thing. But, no, I feel happy to be here. Being honest, I am enjoying the day by day on the tour and I hope to keep doing this for a while.”

Nadal powered 39 winners past Marterer, who pushed the Spaniard as hard as he could without ever threatening an upset.

He will face Argentinian Diego Schwartzman for a semi-final spot, after the 11th seed staged a thrilling comeback to down sixth seed Kevin Anderson 1-6, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7/0), 6-2.

“It’s always good to see him in the quarter-final because he’s a good friend, a good person. He’s a worker, and I’m happy to see him having all this success. Hopefully not too much (though),” smiled Nadal, who had a brief practice session with Schwartzman last week.

The 16-time Grand Slam champion has now won 37 consecutive sets at Roland Garros, just four short of Bjorn Borg’s record set between 1979 and 1981.

Nadal was caught cold in the

opening stages as some big hitting from Marterer brought him the first two games.

But it didn’t take Nadal long to figure out his opponent, reeling off four straight games en route to an inevitable one-set lead.

The 16-time Grand Slam champion raced through the second set in just 38 minutes, breaking his opponent’s serve twice.

But Marterer -- who was playing in the main draw for the first time -- moved into a 3-1 lead early in the third as he threatened to become the first man to take a set off Nadal at Roland Garros since the Spaniard’s 2015 quarter-final defeat by Djokovic.

But the reigning champion quickly hit back before securing a tie-break on his second match point when Marterer fired long, celebrating with a trademark fist pump. (afp)

TOKYO - Japan’s Akiyo Noguchi began climbing as a tearaway tot clambering onto the backs of cows for kicks on the family farm -- now she’s targeting Olympic gold.

The 29-year-old put down an early marker for the 2020 Tokyo Games, when sport climbing makes its Olympic debut, by capturing her third straight World Cup bouldering title last weekend.

But it could all have been so different for the world number one, whose decision to quit her university studies and become a professional climber provoked an angry reaction from her mother.

“It was 10 years ago and climbing wasn’t in the Olympics, it was still a minor sport,” Noguchi told AFP in an interview.

“When I told my parents I was dropping out of college to turn pro, they were extremely worried -- and my mum was dead against it.

“But my dad has supported my climbing since I was a kid and built a wall for me in the corner of the farm,” added the adrenalin junkie, who has 21 World Cup bouldering titles to her name.

“He insisted I do what makes me happy. But my mum knows now how much I love climbing and has seen how much effort I put into competing so all the family is behind me now.”

Noguchi admits she was a handful for her parents with her tomboy antics growing up in Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of Tokyo.

“My dad was a farmer and we grew up surrounded by animals,” she said. “I loved climbing on the cows, climbing up trees, climbing onto the roof of the cow shed to play as a kid.

“When I was 11 we went on a

family holiday to Guam and I tried a proper climbing wall for the first time.

“At the beginning I was still quite small so it was a challenge,” revealed Noguchi, who left it late to beat countrywoman Miho Nonaka in Tokyo at the weekend.

- ‘Just go for it’ “But I was determined to figure out a way up the wall.

I loved overcoming obstacles, that sense of achievement -- I was hooked.

“Obviously you need physical strength and power, but climbing is also about the thought process, ingenuity and really just going for it. Willing yourself to go higher -- that’s part of the fun.”

The Olympic format will combine three types of climbing techniques: speed, lead and bouldering, with the highest cumulative score deciding the winner.

Speed emphasises a climber’s pace, while lead climbing involves the athlete clipping into hooks along the face of the wall with the help of a teammate belaying below.

Bouldering sees athletes clamber up smaller rocks and faces without a rope, a deceptively challenging form of climbing that can involve dramatic leaps and impressive feats of strength.

Noguchi is looking to improve her lead and speed climbing techniques, beginning at the world championships in Innsbruck this September, which will feature all three disciplines.

But she has few rivals in bouldering, where climbers have five minutes to scale as many fixed routes as possible without having seen the wall in advance. (afp)

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This picture taken on May 20, 2018 shows Japanese Olympic medal hope Akiyo Noguchi during a bouldering training session in Tokyo.

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Karius suffered concussion in Champions League final - doctors Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius suffered a concussion shortly before the blunders which gifted Real Madrid their Champions League final crown last month, two Boston doctors who examined the shotstopper revealed on Monday.

A statement from doctors Ross Zafonte and Lenore Herget said Karius had undergone a comprehensive examination at Massachusetts General Hospital on May 31, five days after Liverpool’s 3-1 defeat to Madrid in Kiev.

“After carefully reviewing game film and integrating a detailed history ... physical exami-

nation and objective metrics, we have concluded that Mr Karius sustained a concussion during the match May 26, 2018,” the statement from Zafonte and Herget said.

Karius had complained to match officials in the 49th minute that he had been elbowed in a clash with Madrid defender Sergio

Ramos which went unpunished.

Two minutes later, Karius committed a howler when he attempted to throw a pass out to the Liverpool defence only for it to go straight to Real striker Karim Benzema for the opening goal of the final.

Karius also erred with Real’s third goal, fumbling Gareth Bale’s

long-range shot into his own net to complete a miserable night for the German goalkeeper.

Zafonte and Herget’s statement said it was possible that the concussion had impacted Karius’s performance.

“At the time of our evaluation, Mr. Karius’s principal residual symptoms and objective signs suggested that visual spatial dysfunction existed and likely occurred immediately following the event,” the statement said.

“Additional symptomatic and objectively noted areas of dysfunction also persisted. It could be possible that such deficits would affect performance.”

It added that Karius had shown a “significant and steady improvement since the concussive event”.

“We expect him to make a full recovery based on the results of the examination,” it added. “We have encouraged vigilance and an emphasis on safety in his eventual return to full activity.”(afp)

Ake strike gives Dutch 1-1 draw against 10-man Italy

Nathan Ake headed in a late equaliser as the Netherlands held 10-man Italy 1-1 in Monday’s international friendly in Turin between two heavyweights who failed to qualify for the World Cup. Simone Zaza had put Italy ahead after 67 minutes in Juventus’ Allianz Stadium but the hosts were hit two minutes later when defender Domenico Criscito was sent off for a tackle on Ryan Babel.

Bournemouth centre-back Ake got the equaliser past the

hosts two minutes from time, and almost added a second in injury time. Both sides are rebuilding after failing to reach the World Cup finals in Russia.

New Italy coach Roberto Mancini’s first three games in charge have resulted in a 2-1 victory over Saudi Arabia, 3-1 defeat by France, and 1-1 draw against the Dutch. “It was a friendly, I don’t know if that was really a red card,” said Mancini.

“Nevertheless it was an enormously naive error. Playing down to 10 men for 20 minutes

was tough, as we were already feeling tired.”

Mancini said he was optimistic with what he had seen in his first two weeks in charge.

“It’s difficult after 10 days to develop really complex tactical situations, but we saw some good things against France and again today,” said the 53-year-old.

“We’ve got to get playing and gaining experience and that’s what the friendlies are for. “The lads have got the right mentality, the balance of these days is positive but we have to put some things

Liverpool’s German goalkeeper Loris Karius lays on the pitch after the UEFA Champions League final football match between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine on May 26, 2018

Mastercard ends meals-for-goals campaign with Neymar, Messi Mastercard on Monday said it was changing a campaign in which thousands of free meals were to be given to the needy every time football superstars Neymar and Messi scored goals. Under the scheme, every time the Brazil and Argentina strikers scored, 10,000 meals would be donated to the United Nations World Food Program.

The idea, due to run until March 2020, drew fire from many on social media who said it was in poor taste. Brazilian national team coach Tite also criticized it as counterproductive because it put too much pressure on individual stars.

The credit card giant, which sponsors both players and the Bra-

zilian Football Confederation, says that instead a million meals will be donated in 2018, regardless of the goals scored. That is in addition to 400,000 meals already donated.

“We don’t want the fans, players or anyone else to lose focus of the crucial question of hunger and our efforts to help this cause,” Mastercard said in a statement in Brazil.

On-pitch rivals Neymar and Messi will continue to cooperate for the campaign, the company said.

On Saturday, Tite had addressed Mastercard directly, saying that one or two players should not shoulder the burden of generating the meals.

“This is a very good gesture...,

but it would be even bigger if the donation was made every time a goal was scored by all the athletes from Brazil and Argentina, because we play as a team,” he said, following Brazil’s pre-World Cup warm-up game against Croatia in Liverpool.(afp) Argentina’s midfielder Angel Di Maria (R) and Argentina’s forward Lionel Messi sttend a training session at the FC Barcelona ‘Joan Gamper’ sports centre in Sant Joan Despi near Barcelona on June 5, 2018.

MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP

Dutch defender Nathan Ake (L) celebrates after scoring a goal during the international friendly football match between Italy and the Netherlands at the Allianz Stadium in Turin on June 4, 2018.

right. There is optimism, people are enthusiastic about this young national team and this helps us.”

The Dutch are also forging a new era under Ronaldo Koeman after failing to qualify for both Euro 2016 and the World Cup. Four-time world champions Italy proved wasteful in the first half despite dominating play with chances from Andrea Belotti, Simone Verdi and Criscito.

Torino striker Belotti -- starting in place of Mario Balotelli -- had the ball in the net within three minutes but the goal was ruled offside.

Lorenzo Insigne -- wearing the captain’s armband on his 27th birthday -- then set up Verdi who fired over, with Criscito’s header cleared off the line by Ruud Vormer. Koeman’s side got into their stride more after the break but Italy nevertheless opened the scoring when second

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half substitute Zaza picked up a Federico Chiesa centre.

But minutes later Criscito was sent off for a mistimed tackle, giving three-time World Cup runners-up the Netherlands a numerical advantage.

“I’m happy with the goal because I had sad memories of the national team, I felt a little emotional,” said Zaza, who has been recalled by Mancini having not played since missing a penalty kick in Euro 2016 against Germany.

“We’re a young group and we need time to prepare. Unfortunately in a way we have a lot of time to prepare for the next tournament.”

The Dutch -- World Cup runnersup in 2014 -- follow last week’s 1-1 draw against Slovakia, having beaten Portugal 3-0 last Match.

For Italy it was another 1-1 draw in Turin after recent games against England, Spain and Macedonia.(afp)

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Karius suffered concussion in Champions League final - doctors Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius suffered a concussion shortly before the blunders which gifted Real Madrid their Champions League final crown last month, two Boston doctors who examined the shotstopper revealed on Monday.

A statement from doctors Ross Zafonte and Lenore Herget said Karius had undergone a comprehensive examination at Massachusetts General Hospital on May 31, five days after Liverpool’s 3-1 defeat to Madrid in Kiev.

“After carefully reviewing game film and integrating a detailed history ... physical exami-

nation and objective metrics, we have concluded that Mr Karius sustained a concussion during the match May 26, 2018,” the statement from Zafonte and Herget said.

Karius had complained to match officials in the 49th minute that he had been elbowed in a clash with Madrid defender Sergio

Ramos which went unpunished.

Two minutes later, Karius committed a howler when he attempted to throw a pass out to the Liverpool defence only for it to go straight to Real striker Karim Benzema for the opening goal of the final.

Karius also erred with Real’s third goal, fumbling Gareth Bale’s

long-range shot into his own net to complete a miserable night for the German goalkeeper.

Zafonte and Herget’s statement said it was possible that the concussion had impacted Karius’s performance.

“At the time of our evaluation, Mr. Karius’s principal residual symptoms and objective signs suggested that visual spatial dysfunction existed and likely occurred immediately following the event,” the statement said.

“Additional symptomatic and objectively noted areas of dysfunction also persisted. It could be possible that such deficits would affect performance.”

It added that Karius had shown a “significant and steady improvement since the concussive event”.

“We expect him to make a full recovery based on the results of the examination,” it added. “We have encouraged vigilance and an emphasis on safety in his eventual return to full activity.”(afp)

Ake strike gives Dutch 1-1 draw against 10-man Italy

Nathan Ake headed in a late equaliser as the Netherlands held 10-man Italy 1-1 in Monday’s international friendly in Turin between two heavyweights who failed to qualify for the World Cup. Simone Zaza had put Italy ahead after 67 minutes in Juventus’ Allianz Stadium but the hosts were hit two minutes later when defender Domenico Criscito was sent off for a tackle on Ryan Babel.

Bournemouth centre-back Ake got the equaliser past the

hosts two minutes from time, and almost added a second in injury time. Both sides are rebuilding after failing to reach the World Cup finals in Russia.

New Italy coach Roberto Mancini’s first three games in charge have resulted in a 2-1 victory over Saudi Arabia, 3-1 defeat by France, and 1-1 draw against the Dutch. “It was a friendly, I don’t know if that was really a red card,” said Mancini.

“Nevertheless it was an enormously naive error. Playing down to 10 men for 20 minutes

was tough, as we were already feeling tired.”

Mancini said he was optimistic with what he had seen in his first two weeks in charge.

“It’s difficult after 10 days to develop really complex tactical situations, but we saw some good things against France and again today,” said the 53-year-old.

“We’ve got to get playing and gaining experience and that’s what the friendlies are for. “The lads have got the right mentality, the balance of these days is positive but we have to put some things

Liverpool’s German goalkeeper Loris Karius lays on the pitch after the UEFA Champions League final football match between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine on May 26, 2018

Mastercard ends meals-for-goals campaign with Neymar, Messi Mastercard on Monday said it was changing a campaign in which thousands of free meals were to be given to the needy every time football superstars Neymar and Messi scored goals. Under the scheme, every time the Brazil and Argentina strikers scored, 10,000 meals would be donated to the United Nations World Food Program.

The idea, due to run until March 2020, drew fire from many on social media who said it was in poor taste. Brazilian national team coach Tite also criticized it as counterproductive because it put too much pressure on individual stars.

The credit card giant, which sponsors both players and the Bra-

zilian Football Confederation, says that instead a million meals will be donated in 2018, regardless of the goals scored. That is in addition to 400,000 meals already donated.

“We don’t want the fans, players or anyone else to lose focus of the crucial question of hunger and our efforts to help this cause,” Mastercard said in a statement in Brazil.

On-pitch rivals Neymar and Messi will continue to cooperate for the campaign, the company said.

On Saturday, Tite had addressed Mastercard directly, saying that one or two players should not shoulder the burden of generating the meals.

“This is a very good gesture...,

but it would be even bigger if the donation was made every time a goal was scored by all the athletes from Brazil and Argentina, because we play as a team,” he said, following Brazil’s pre-World Cup warm-up game against Croatia in Liverpool.(afp) Argentina’s midfielder Angel Di Maria (R) and Argentina’s forward Lionel Messi sttend a training session at the FC Barcelona ‘Joan Gamper’ sports centre in Sant Joan Despi near Barcelona on June 5, 2018.

MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP

Dutch defender Nathan Ake (L) celebrates after scoring a goal during the international friendly football match between Italy and the Netherlands at the Allianz Stadium in Turin on June 4, 2018.

right. There is optimism, people are enthusiastic about this young national team and this helps us.”

The Dutch are also forging a new era under Ronaldo Koeman after failing to qualify for both Euro 2016 and the World Cup. Four-time world champions Italy proved wasteful in the first half despite dominating play with chances from Andrea Belotti, Simone Verdi and Criscito.

Torino striker Belotti -- starting in place of Mario Balotelli -- had the ball in the net within three minutes but the goal was ruled offside.

Lorenzo Insigne -- wearing the captain’s armband on his 27th birthday -- then set up Verdi who fired over, with Criscito’s header cleared off the line by Ruud Vormer. Koeman’s side got into their stride more after the break but Italy nevertheless opened the scoring when second

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half substitute Zaza picked up a Federico Chiesa centre.

But minutes later Criscito was sent off for a mistimed tackle, giving three-time World Cup runners-up the Netherlands a numerical advantage.

“I’m happy with the goal because I had sad memories of the national team, I felt a little emotional,” said Zaza, who has been recalled by Mancini having not played since missing a penalty kick in Euro 2016 against Germany.

“We’re a young group and we need time to prepare. Unfortunately in a way we have a lot of time to prepare for the next tournament.”

The Dutch -- World Cup runnersup in 2014 -- follow last week’s 1-1 draw against Slovakia, having beaten Portugal 3-0 last Match.

For Italy it was another 1-1 draw in Turin after recent games against England, Spain and Macedonia.(afp)

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Japan’s Noguchi eyes Olympic climbing gold

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Spain’s Rafael Nadal returns the ball to Germany’s Maximilian Marterer during their men’s singles fourth round match on day nine of The Roland Garros 2018 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on June 4, 2018.

‘I don’t feel old’: Birthday boy Nadal after 900th win

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The world number one’s 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (7/4) victory over the world number 70 was his 900th win at tour level.

It also saw him equal the record of 12 last-eight appearances at Roland Garros, which was set by Novak Djokovic the day before.

Top seed Nadal, who celebrated his birthday on Sunday, is now on his own in third on the all-time list for most match wins at Grand Slam events with 234 victories after passing Jimmy Connors.

“I don’t feel old. But I am 32, and I have been here since 2003, so it’s a long way, a lot of years,” he said.

“I started very young. That’s a real thing. But, no, I feel happy to be here. Being honest, I am enjoying the day by day on the tour and I hope to keep doing this for a while.”

Nadal powered 39 winners past Marterer, who pushed the Spaniard as hard as he could without ever threatening an upset.

He will face Argentinian Diego Schwartzman for a semi-final spot, after the 11th seed staged a thrilling comeback to down sixth seed Kevin Anderson 1-6, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7/0), 6-2.

“It’s always good to see him in the quarter-final because he’s a good friend, a good person. He’s a worker, and I’m happy to see him having all this success. Hopefully not too much (though),” smiled Nadal, who had a brief practice session with Schwartzman last week.

The 16-time Grand Slam champion has now won 37 consecutive sets at Roland Garros, just four short of Bjorn Borg’s record set between 1979 and 1981.

Nadal was caught cold in the

opening stages as some big hitting from Marterer brought him the first two games.

But it didn’t take Nadal long to figure out his opponent, reeling off four straight games en route to an inevitable one-set lead.

The 16-time Grand Slam champion raced through the second set in just 38 minutes, breaking his opponent’s serve twice.

But Marterer -- who was playing in the main draw for the first time -- moved into a 3-1 lead early in the third as he threatened to become the first man to take a set off Nadal at Roland Garros since the Spaniard’s 2015 quarter-final defeat by Djokovic.

But the reigning champion quickly hit back before securing a tie-break on his second match point when Marterer fired long, celebrating with a trademark fist pump. (afp)

TOKYO - Japan’s Akiyo Noguchi began climbing as a tearaway tot clambering onto the backs of cows for kicks on the family farm -- now she’s targeting Olympic gold.

The 29-year-old put down an early marker for the 2020 Tokyo Games, when sport climbing makes its Olympic debut, by capturing her third straight World Cup bouldering title last weekend.

But it could all have been so different for the world number one, whose decision to quit her university studies and become a professional climber provoked an angry reaction from her mother.

“It was 10 years ago and climbing wasn’t in the Olympics, it was still a minor sport,” Noguchi told AFP in an interview.

“When I told my parents I was dropping out of college to turn pro, they were extremely worried -- and my mum was dead against it.

“But my dad has supported my climbing since I was a kid and built a wall for me in the corner of the farm,” added the adrenalin junkie, who has 21 World Cup bouldering titles to her name.

“He insisted I do what makes me happy. But my mum knows now how much I love climbing and has seen how much effort I put into competing so all the family is behind me now.”

Noguchi admits she was a handful for her parents with her tomboy antics growing up in Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of Tokyo.

“My dad was a farmer and we grew up surrounded by animals,” she said. “I loved climbing on the cows, climbing up trees, climbing onto the roof of the cow shed to play as a kid.

“When I was 11 we went on a

family holiday to Guam and I tried a proper climbing wall for the first time.

“At the beginning I was still quite small so it was a challenge,” revealed Noguchi, who left it late to beat countrywoman Miho Nonaka in Tokyo at the weekend.

- ‘Just go for it’ “But I was determined to figure out a way up the wall.

I loved overcoming obstacles, that sense of achievement -- I was hooked.

“Obviously you need physical strength and power, but climbing is also about the thought process, ingenuity and really just going for it. Willing yourself to go higher -- that’s part of the fun.”

The Olympic format will combine three types of climbing techniques: speed, lead and bouldering, with the highest cumulative score deciding the winner.

Speed emphasises a climber’s pace, while lead climbing involves the athlete clipping into hooks along the face of the wall with the help of a teammate belaying below.

Bouldering sees athletes clamber up smaller rocks and faces without a rope, a deceptively challenging form of climbing that can involve dramatic leaps and impressive feats of strength.

Noguchi is looking to improve her lead and speed climbing techniques, beginning at the world championships in Innsbruck this September, which will feature all three disciplines.

But she has few rivals in bouldering, where climbers have five minutes to scale as many fixed routes as possible without having seen the wall in advance. (afp)

Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP

This picture taken on May 20, 2018 shows Japanese Olympic medal hope Akiyo Noguchi during a bouldering training session in Tokyo.

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Jordan PM resigns after anti-austerity protests

AMMAN - Jordanian Prime Minister Hani Mulki resigned on Monday after a wave of antiausterity protests by citizens suffering from high unemployment and repeated prices hikes.

Mulki was summoned by King Abdullah II after the capital Amman and several other cities were rocked by demonstrations that drew thousands of people.

“Prime Minister Hani Mulki submitted his resignation to the king this afternoon during a meeting at the Husseiniyeh Palace and the king accepted the resignation,” a government source told AFP. The king asked Education Minister Omar al-Razzaz to form a new government, the source added.

Jordan, a key US ally, has largely avoided the unrest witnessed by other countries in the region since the Arab Spring revolts broke out in 2011, although protests did flare late that year after the government cut fuel subsidies.

A mostly desert kingdom with few resources, the country has seen prices of several basic goods and services like bread, fuel and electricity steadily rise over the past year.

The rallying cries by demonstrators for Mulki to step down came after the government adopted a draft income tax law

and announced new price hikes based on recommendations by the International Monetary Fund.

Protesters had vowed not to “kneel” and earned support from trade unions as well as a majority of MPs opposed to the new tax.

The premier’s meeting with the king came hours after around 5,000 people gathered outside Mulki’s office in Amman, on the fifth consecutive day of protests.

James Dorsey, a Middle East analyst, warned that “cosmetic changes” like the prime minister’s removal may not be enough to satisfy protesters.

On Saturday Mulki -- who had formed his government in May 2016 -- met with trade union representatives who demanded the income tax law be revoked, but they failed to reach an agreement.

There was no immediate reaction to Mulki’s resignation from any of the 16 trade unions backing the protests.

“The tax bill will continue to hound the new government, whatever its policy, until the law is thrown out,” said Jordanian political analyst Adel Mahmoud.

“The new prime minister will face a number of strategic factors in dealing with the unprecedented street protests, the most important of which is to... open convincing channels of dialogue,” he told AFP. (afp)

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Residents carry the coffins of seven people who died following the eruption of the Fuego volcano, along the streets of Alotenango municipality, Sacatepequez, about 65 km southwest of Guatemala City, on June 4, 2018.

Toll rises in Guatemala volcano as more bodies recovered

ALOTENANGO - Rescue workers pulled more bodies Monday from under the dust and rubble left by an explosive eruption of Guatemala’s Fuego volcano, bringing the death toll to at least 69.

Children wave flags during a protest in Amman, Jordan, near the prime minister’s office on June 4, 2018. Jordanian Prime Minister Hani Mulki resigned on June 4 after a wave of antiausterity protests by citizens suffering from high unemployment and repeated price hikes.

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Of them, 17 have been identified so far, said Fanuel Garcia, head of the National Institute of Forensic Sciences.

In addition, there are 46 people injured, most of them seriously, more than 1.7 million being hit by the disaster, including 3,271 ordered evacuated and 1,787 in shelters in the departments of Escuintla, Sacatepequez and Chimaltenango since Sunday’s eruption.

The 3,763-meter (12,346-foot) volcano erupted early Sunday, spewing out towering plumes of ash and a hail of fiery rock fragments with scalding mud.

Authorities had warned the death toll could rise after searches resumed for survivors in communities on the mountain’s southern flank.

After an initial toll of 25 dead, it was revised upwards within

hours as bodies were recovered from villages razed by the tumbling mud.

“There are missing persons, but we do not know how many,” said Sergio Cabanas of Guatemala’s disaster management agency. A roll call of communities on the slopes of the volcano was under way.

The speed and ferocity of the eruption took mountain communities by surprise, with many of the dead found in or around their homes.

Cabanas said those who were killed had been overrun by fastmoving burning material discharged by the volcano Sunday.

Communities located on its southern slope were the worst hit. Several of the dead were children.

An AFP journalist saw at least three bodies burned in the rubble

of the village of San Miguel Los Lotes, where rescue workers, soldiers and police were desperately searching for survivors.

D ead d o g s , ch ick en s an d ducks also lay among the mud and ash, much of it still smoking.

“I do not want to leave, but go back, and there is nothing I can do to save my family,” a weeping Eufemia Garcia, 48, told AFP. She was searching for her three children, her mother, nephews and siblings.

Garcia, from Los Lotes, said she escaped with the help of her husband.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was deeply saddened by the “tragic loss of life and the significant damage caused by the eruption,” and said the UN was ready to assist national rescue and relief efforts. (afp)

MRT construction progress reaches 94.19 percent

JAKARTA - The progress of Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) construction in the capital city of Jakarta has reached 94.19 percent, PT Mass Rapid Transit Jakarta said. “The phase 1 construction of MRT (Lebak Bulus-Ragunan) has completed 94.19 percent,” President Director of MRT Jakarta William Sabandar said here on Tuesday.

He said, the construction of underground line section has

reached 96.59 percent and elevated line section has reached

Hungarian minister lauds charity funds from Indonesia JAKARTA - Hungarian Family and Youth Affairs Minister Katalin Novak has expressed her gratitude and appreciation to the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Hungary, Wening Esthyprobo Fatandari, who has donated funds collected at the Indonesian Days and Charity Bazaar 2018.

A statement from the Indonesian Embassy in Budapest received by Antara here on Tuesday mentioned that the appreciation and gratitude was delivered by Minister Novak through a letter to Ambassador Wening.

In the letter Novak also hopes that the efforts made by the Indonesian Ambassador in collecting charity funds could be a good example for the ambassadors of other fellow countries.

Ambassador Wening gave the donation to the Budapest Early Intervention Center, which is a foundation that handles and provides early childhood education especially for children at 0-5 years old with special needs.

The 400,000 Hungarian Forint funds, or about US $ 1,466, is 10 percent of the profit which was gained by the participants of the Indonesian Days and Charity Bazaar (IDCB) 2018. The event was held on May 5-6, 2018 at the Indonesian Embassy in Budapest.

Minister Novak noted that the Ambassador`s effort was a good precedent and could be a role model.

It is expected to invite more donations, mainly from representatives of other fellow countries in Hungary.(ant)

91.82 percent.

“We have planned to conduct MRT trial run in August 2018.

The construction is still in progress and we are monitoring this,” he continued.

The company would also conduct trial run for the railway rolling stock signalling and main

power supply in June.

“The construction of power line for MRT has been completed, and we will conduct trial run for rolling stock signalling,” William said, adding that the first set of rolling stock would be checked in August and the second set in

November.

“After the trial run, it will be continued with certification process by the Transportation Ministry`s Directorate General for Railways planned to be held in December 2018, and it would be completed as soon as possible,” William said.(afp)

Two Japanese Marine Self-Defense Force`s ships dock in Jakarta JAKARTA - Two destroyer ships of the Japanese Marine Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) docked at Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta on Monday, as part of the 60th Anniversary of Indonesia-Japan Diplomatic Relations.

The two JMSDF ships Makinami and Kashima would dock in Jakarta from June 4 to 8, and hold some engagement with locals, namely courtesy calls to Indonesian Navy`s high ranking officials and mayor of North Jakarta, pay a tribute to Indonesia`s Heroes Cemetery Kalibata, and hold a music concert.

Rear Admiral Hiroyuki Izumi, the

commander of the two fleets, noted during a welcoming ceremony at the Tanjung Priok Port on Monday, said that he brought 600 personnel, including 191 young cadets who had just graduated from JMSDF Academy.

“This year, we have been sailing around the world within five months, from May 21 to October 30, and visiting 10 countries with 12 stops,” he noted. Aside from the commemoration`s visit, Izumi said that JSDMF holds a long distance sailing annually to train the young cadets about global perspective and partnership. This year, they will be sailing through distance of 31 thou-

sand miles.

“I think our friendship has an important role in maintaining prosperity and security in Asia,” he remarked.

The two JSDMF destroyers Makinami (weights 4,650 tons) and Kashima (weights 4,050 tons) will be opened for public for a day visit on Wednesday, June 6, at 9 to 11 AM. During the welcoming event, First Admiral Denih Hendrata, commander of Indonesian Navy of Jakarta`s Main Base III, expected that the visit would strengthen partnership between two countries` marine force through sharing of knowledge and experience.(ant)

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Italy’s newly sworn-in Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said his government wanted to reduce the country’s huge public debt “through growth”, not austerity, as he made his first speech to the Italian Senate Tuesday.

Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte gestures as he speaks during a confidence debate at the Senate in Rome on June 5, 2018. Italy’s populist coalition will test its power on June 5 in the first of this week’s two parliamentary confidence votes in the new government. The first eurosceptic government in a founding EU nation was sworn in on June 1 after almost three months of political turmoil that raised concern across Europe and sparked weeks of volatility on financial markets.

Switch to e-cars will cost Germany 75,000 jobs: study The growing use of electrified vehicles is expected to cost Germany’s crucial car sector some 75,000 jobs by 2030, a study found Tuesday, with smaller auto parts suppliers set to be worst hit.

The IG Metall union, which commissioned the study along with BMW, Volkswagen, Daimler and a string of car parts makers, said the pivot towards cleaner engines posed a “major challenge” to Germany’s biggest industry, which employs more than 800,000 people.

Electric engines are simpler to build and require far fewer parts than petrol- or diesel-fuelled cars.

According to the study, carried out by the Fraunhofer Institute, the shift will eliminate 100,000 of the 210,000 jobs in drivetrain manufacturing by 2030, while around 25,000 new roles will be

created linked to batteries and other specific requirements for electric cars.

The figures were calculated on the assumption that by then, 25 percent of all cars on Germany’s roads will be fully electric, while another 15 percent will be hybrids, which combine an electric motor with a traditional internal combustion engine.

Today, these cars account for less than two percent of the market.

IG Metall chief Joerg Hofmann said the government and company bosses needed to take urgent action to prepare the industry for the upheaval, including through retraining schemes.

But he also warned that not everyone would survive the electric revolution. “There will be suppliers who won’t be able to adapt

their business model, especially among small- and medium-sized companies,” Hofmann told reporters in Frankfurt. Whereas it takes some 4,000 workers to assemble a million gasoline-powered engines per year, just 1,840 are needed to build the same number of electric motors, the study said.

Volkswagen’s staff representative Bernd Osterloh told reporters that the car giant would respond to the changes by phasing out jobs through retirement schemes and “using the opportunities presented by the transformation”.

Despite being home to some of the world’s biggest and best known carmakers, Germany’s auto industry was slow to focus its attention on the greener, smarter vehicles of the future -- allowing newcomers like Tesla to take the lead.

But German firms have stepped up their efforts in the wake of Volkswagen’s 2015 “dieselgate” emissions cheating scandal, which

badly damaged the reputation of diesel cars and spurred a push towards more environmentally friendly engines. (afp)

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Learn About Culture at Blahbatuh Grand Palace

Italian PM says yes to debt reduction but through growth

“We want to reduce our public debt, but we want to do so with growth and not with austerity measures,” he told senators during his policy speech, after which he will ask for parliament’s confidence.

Italy’s new populist government has pledged to deliver a government programme of ambitious anti-austerity measures to boost the Italy’s sluggish economy.

But the proposals given the country’s sizeable debt-- highest debt-GDP ratio in Europe apart from Greece -- have worried their partners in the European Union.

Conte said the debt “is now sustainable, but must nevertheless be reduced, with a view to achieve economic growth”.

Tne new premier added that it was the governments “objective” to reduce the economic growth gap between Italy and Europe.

But the head of the first eurosceptic government within a EU founding nation also made overtures to the bloc.

“Europe is our home,” Conte said, adding that he wanted a “stronger but also fairer Europe”. (afp)

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Wow, Kids Like Bindu Village Retreat Attraction

Bindu Village Retreat, an outbound center, located at Bindu hamlet, Mekar Bhuana, Abiansemal, Badung, is favored by tourists. Tourists from around the world love all the existing cultural activities. So, do not be surprised if Bindu Village Retreat managed by the Putra Jenggala tourism awareness group (Pokdarwis) is a favorite tourist destination because it is visited by every day.

Once arrived at the location, tourists are immediately tempted by cultural attractions. For instance, it received visitors consisting of students from Sunrise School on Tuesday (May 22). They really liked the location because it has beautiful natural scenery, cool atmosphere and friendly people.

The activities of farmers in managing their fields were witnessed in person, not packaged specifically as a tourist attraction.

They are children of expatriates living on the Island of the Gods amounting to 23 people belonging to the third and fourth grade.

Their visit was accompanied by four teachers. At the location, they joined in the activities, such as fishing, plowing paddy fields using cows, planting rice, trekking, visiting medicinal plants, cooking and tubing while bathing. This activity was carried out for 3 – 4 hours.

They looked so happy to enjoy all the activities. For example, fishing activities was carried out from looking for bait (worm) by digging soil. Similarly, in the plowing activities, they were directly involved in taking the cows from the cage. Meanwhile, for cooking activities, they did from twisting

satay batter and looking for vegetables to be cooked. Ultimately, the tour was closed with having meals together.

These kids were very impressed with the plowing game. Sitting down on a cow-pulled plough is just like a luxury car ride. They often asked for additional rides, so it could go round the paddy field twice. The joy they expressed in their language. “They are very happy with the cultural attractions conducted by farmers at this village. They learn the process from finding ingredients, cooking and eating together,” said I Gusti Nyoman Suastawa, a member of Pokdarwis of Bindu village.

Since the participants are children, Suastawa explained the trekking distance only covered about 500 meters. However, during the trip they can see the rice fields, camping tents, and various types of paddies. It also happens to the path and other activities because this only serves as an introduction.

“We hope other schools can come here to learn about nature. Here we offer very complete activities,” he said.

Suasrawa said that Bindu Village Retreat has the concept of a

package where guests can enjoy a variety of cultural activities directly. With a stay of seven days at people’s homes, they will get the program to enjoy various attractions of this Bindu Village Retreat.

“During their stay at Bindu Village, tourists always do activities related to culture in person,” he said.

These activities include ngayah (doing devotional work) with residents at the local hamlet, joining cremation procession, wedding ceremony, cooking rice and participating in paddy field work and other community activities. “They can watch and engage directly in real cultural activities, not the artificial ones. All this activities are done by local residents, without paying as carried out by local communities,” he added.

The Bindu Village Retreat founded about six months ago is frequented by tourists from France, Germany, America, the Netherlands and other countries in Europe. In addition, domestic tourists also like it because they usually come in groups with his company or family. “We have the concept of rice field garden because there are cultural activities in the garden,” he concluded. (kmb)

When getting bored with crowded tourist atmosphere, try to make a visit to Blahbatuh Grand Palace in Gianyar. This palace is relatively cool and can give positive aura.

This palace poses the house of ancient Blahbatuh king. All materials and design of building are selected from the best quality, unique design and hard to imitate. On entering the royal palace area, visitors will feel different aura and taksu or divine vibration.

The palace is located at Kebon hamlet, Blahbatuh, Gianyar.

Approximately, it is 18 km from Denpasar. Now, the function is preserved as cultural art preservation.

On Saturdays and Sundays or at any given time, the royal palace area is full of children preserving Balinese culture. “We provide space for children to preserve cultural activities,” said Wayan Aksara, Spokesperson of Blahbatuh Grand Palace.

Elementary and junior high school students learn to dance, play gamelan and paint. In a certain time, there are also activities of making ritual paraphernalia.

Participating children coming from various regions are free of charge.

“We bring in coach from the royal palace. We want to preserve the function of royal palace as the center for art conservation and invite young people to love their ancestral culture,” said Aksara.

Meanwhile, A.A. Kakarsana, one of the descendants of the king of Blahbatuh said that Blahbatuh Royal Palace still preserves all the existing buildings. The location designed pursuant to kosala-kosali (Balinese geomancy) is still sustainable. If there is a damaged building, it is repaired in accordance with the original style.

Great, wise and dignified atmosphere can still be felt. Spatial division remains beautiful as it is divided into the outermost, middle and innermost courtyard. Originality of the building architecture remains

to be well maintained. Uniquely, there is a carving motif that cannot be imitated, even though done by a skilled sculptor. Gunung Rata located in the Rajadani building (king’s room) is still original and no one can imitate it.

All the ornaments contain the philosophy of life. The material of red brick is neatly arranged to form a slash. Because of its sacredness, women who are in their period are not allowed to enter this area, and this ban is also valid for the members of royal family. A veteran of Vietnam War from America, General Tropel, has seen the architecture four times. “We once asked people to imitate the wall design, but none of them succeeded,” he said.

People entering the palace area must pass the entrance gate with traditional architectural style. It is beautifully decorated with colorful flower garden posing the native plants to the Island of the Gods.

Likewise, the existing big trees are rare plants that grow sustainably.

“We deliberately plant the rare plants belonging to the ancestors of Balinese people. In addition to preserving, these trees can also spread positive aura,” he said.

Loji, a building to receive guests, is still solid and traditionally embellished. Beside it, there is a set of gamelan instrument commonly played by natural artists from local village. Manual weaving activities are still done by old ladies. However, they are craftsmen living nearby the royal neighborhood.

Two sacred objects in the form of Gajah Mada mask and Ki Tunjung Tutur weapon in the form of big blowpipe and wayang gambuh make this palace become more unique. This palace is also frequented by community leaders, government officials and travelers.

“We remain open for travelers who want to make a visit, but there are still certain rules to be followed,” he concluded. (kmb)

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Chinese tourists leave behind many problems

BERLIN - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned German Chancellor Angela Merkel Monday that Iranian meddling in the Middle East could touch off massive new refugee flows to Europe, as they clashed about the future of the nuclear deal with Tehran.

Having run for few years, business operators in Bali get the experience of handling Chinese tourists. focus on profit orientation. “There is a case where Chinese guests traveling to Bali are invited to the art shop. They are quarantined inside in order to be able to shop. Or whether they are shopping or not when having exceeded one hour, the art shop concerned must pay to the agent as much as USD 35 or 50,” he explained.

Besides, averagely new art shops in Bali

sell products from China such as silk, knives, pans, cigarettes, snacks and so forth. On that account, it certainly reduces the sales of products or local handicrafts of Bali.

According to him, Bali does not need a large volume of Chinese guests. However, what Bali wants is the quality Chinese guest.

“The government has to enforce the laws and should not only do it vivaciously at the begin-

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ning. It must be sustainable in order to take action against those illegal agents and illegal tour guides. We propose to the government to empower newly graduated Balinese youth from high school to learn Chinese language for free to reduce dependency on Chinese tour guides from outside Bali,” he explained.

Therefore, later on Balinese culture will remain well preserved. (kmb42)

Needs keep increasing, clean water supply constrained by topography MANGUPURA - With the increasing number of population in the area of South Kuta, the need for clean water is certainly increasing.

Of the total 72,000 customers owned by Tirta Mangutama Municipality Waterworks (PDAM) of Badung, as many as 25,000 customers are located in South Kuta.

President Director of Tirta Mangutama, Ketut Golak, said on Monday (Jun. 4) that South Kuta area with high hilly topography surely has high potential of complaints against the supply of clean water. So far, this becomes an obstacle because it must pump water to get to higher area.

Admittedly, today many people want to have a house in the area with hilly location in South Kuta to find a good view. However, on the one hand the drawback is how to drain water to the area. “Currently, in the upper area there are many settlements, while below there are also many settlements, so the water supply will certainly get divided,” he concluded.

Surely, the most difficult areas are those having high topography. To that end, his company continues to seek for the addi-

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DENPASAR - Many tourism circles, especially in Bali, complain about Chinese tourists. However, the government, mainly central government, apparently persists on boosting the visit of Chinese tourists to Indonesia.

The government believes that Chinese tourist market has large potential because there are 118 million Chinese tourists traveling overseas in 2015 and 133 million in 2017. This market will be seized by Indonesia because the China’s economy is believed to continuously grow.

But having run for few years, business operators in Bali get the experience of handling Chinese tourists. Although the visit increases, they leave behind many troubles.

Previously, Chairman of the Bali Tourism Board (BTB) revealed that China has its own payment system that has the potential to reduce foreign exchange.

Chairman of the Indonesian Tour Guide Association (HPI) of Bali Chapter, I Nyoman Nuarta, conveyed that Chinese tourists coming to Bali tend to increase. Although being high, they leave behind many troubles.

The frequent problems faced in the field are that many Chinese guests traveling to Bali do not use legal travel agencies and tour guides. Multiplier effect for local community of Bali has not been contributed well when compared to other tourists.

In addition, Chinese market has never been directly proportional to the tagline of tourism featured by Bali, namely cultural tourism. Both travel agency and tour guides rarely tell about the culture of Bali. They just

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tion of networks and water pumps such as in Ungasan and Pecatu. “Indeed, there are some grievances from the community living in high topography areas. So, we continuously study because we have to use pumps to raise water,” he said.

Meanwhile, the supply of raw water from the estuary dam continues to be arranged.

Recently, his company already installed intake water gate to filter garbage. It is done to keep the raw water quality. The raw water capacity of the estuary dam currently reaches 425 liters per second and will be further increased to 500 liters per second.

He admitted that it currently still lacks of raw water. Nevertheless, it continues to perform data collection related to the needs in South Kuta. For this year, his company is targeting to get 2,000 new customers in Badung. However, he will also pay attention to the ability of the discharge or water production. He keeps anticipating by preventing the condition of having many customers and many pipelines, but the water does not exist.

When asked about the preparation related to the IMF annual meeting next October, his

company has done a lot of preparations. One of them is by establishing a rapid reaction unit (URC) and cooperation with partners for handling the PDAM network disruption.

Moreover, it has prepared a quick reaction unit post in the area of South Kuta. In addition to this team, the post will also be guarded by two officers from the partners.

“The URC team usually does maintenance.

If there is any leakage, they will be accompanied by partners for handling it,” he said.

During the implementation of the IMF annual meeting, the need for clean water is certainly very high. To anticipate the existence of external factors such as leakage and pump damage, the PDAM will prepare a water tank truck. Besides, it will also make coordination with the provincial government of Bali during the big event.

Nevertheless, Golak hoped the hotel and the community to make ground tanks or cistern to hold water. In case of disturbance, they still have water stock. “External factors also affect the decline in services as they are unpredictable. This should be understood,” he concluded. (kmb23)

At the start of a three-day European tour dominated by strategic differences on Iran, Netanyahu charged that Tehran has been able to bankroll a growing military presence in countries such as Syria and Yemen because sanctions had been lifted in exchange for its halt in nuclear enrichment activities.

Iran wants to “basically conduct a religious campaign in largely Sunni Syria but try to convert Sunnis,” he said at a joint press conference with Merkel.

“This will inflame another religious war -- this time a religious war inside Syria and the consequences will be many, many more refugees and you know where exactly they will come,” he said.

More than one million asylum seekers, with Syrians making up the biggest group, arrived in Germany since 2015, creating deep new political divisions in the country and shrinking Merkel’s ruling majority in her fourth term.

Germany, France and Britain are three of the signatories of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between world powers and Iran, aimed at keeping Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

Netanyahu, who has long railed against the deal, will continue on to Paris for meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday and British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday.

All three countries have vowed to try to salvage the hardfought accord since President Donald Trump announced the US withdrawal from it last month.

The European powers argue it is the best way to head off a regional arms race and have vowed with Russia and China, the two other signatory countries, to keep it alive. (afp)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel points the way to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after addressing a press conference after a meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin on June 4, 2018. Benjamin Netanyahu embarked on a three-day European tour in Germany set to be dominated by strategic differences on Iran, as leaders attempt to rescue the nuclear deal after the US withdrawal.

First Saudi women get driving licences

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Saudi Arabia on Monday began issuing its first driving licences to women in decades, just weeks before the historic lifting of the conservative kingdom’s ban on female motorists.

RIYADH - Saudi Arabia on Monday began issuing its first driving licences to women in decades, authorities said, just weeks before the historic lifting of the conservative kingdom’s ban on female motorists.

Ten Saudi women swapped their foreign licences for Saudi ones in multiple cities, including the capital Riyadh, as the kingdom prepares to end its ban on June 24.

The move, which follows a government crackdown on women activists, is part of a much-publicised liberalisation drive launched by powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as he seeks to modernise the petro-state.

“Ten Saudi women made history on Monday when they were issued driving licences,” said the information ministry’s Centre for International Communication (CIC).

“Expectations are that next week an ad-

ditional 2,000 women will join the ranks of licensed drivers in the kingdom.”

The official Saudi Press Agency said the swap came after women applicants were made to undergo a “practical test”, but it did not offer details.

“It’s a dream come true that I am about to drive in the kingdom,” Rema Jawdat, one of the women to receive a licence, was quoted as saying by the CIC. “Driving to me represents having a choice -- the choice of independent movement. Now we have that option,” added Jawdat, an official at the ministry of economy and planning who has previous driving experience in Lebanon and Switzerland.

In preparation for the lifting of the ban, Saudi Arabia last week passed a landmark law to criminalise sexual harassment, introducing a prison term of up to five years and a maximum penalty of 300,000 riyals ($80,000). (afp)

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SpaceX will not send tourists around the Moon this year as previously announced, and will delay the project until the middle of next year, US media reported on Monday.

SpaceX delays plans to send tourists around Moon: report

WASHINGTON - SpaceX will not send tourists around the Moon this year as previously announced, and will delay the project until the middle of next year, US media reported on Monday.

“A new timetable for the flight -- now postponed until at least mid2019 and likely longer -- hasn’t been released” by the California-based company, said the report in The Wall Street Journal.

The reason for the delay is unclear. But it is a “sign that technical and production challenges are disrupting founder Elon Musk’s plans for human exploration of the solar

system,” said the report.

“SpaceX also is confronting industry doubts about market demand for its Falcon Heavy rocket,” it said.

The tourists would ride aboard a Dragon capsule, hoisted into space on SpaceX’s most powerful rocket to date, the Falcon Heavy, which made its first test flight only four months ago.

SpaceX spokesman James Glee-

son said, in an emailed statement to AFP, that the company “is still planning to fly private individuals around the moon and there is growing interest from many customers.”

SpaceX has not publicly released any new timeline for the mission, first announced in February 2017.

At the time, Musk said on Twitter the moon tourist mission was slated to happen “late next year,” referring

to 2018.

Two private citizens, who have not been named, “have already paid a significant deposit,” Musk added.

The trip would mark the farthest humans have ever traveled to deep space.

The United States has not sent astronauts to the Moon since NASA’s Apollo missions of the 1960s and ‘70s.

SpaceX is also planning to send astronauts to the International Space Station later this year, marking the

first time since the US space shuttle program ended in 2011 that people have blasted to space from US soil.

SpaceX has told NASA it is targeting the first astronaut test flight no earlier than December 2018.

Some observers, however, say the schedule could slip to 2019.

“Once operational Crew Dragon missions are under way for NASA, SpaceX will launch the private mission on a journey to circumnavigate the Moon and return to Earth,” SpaceX said in a statement. (afp)

German car sales plunge in May as diesel falls out of favour

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Sales of new cars in Germany plunged in May, official figures showed Monday, dragged lower by public holidays and mounting uncertainty about the future of scandal-plagued diesel.

BERLIN - Sales of new cars in Germany plunged in May, official figures showed Monday, dragged lower by public holidays and mounting uncertainty about the future of scandal-plagued diesel.

A total of 305,057 new cars hit German roads last month, the KBA federal vehicle licensing authority said, a drop of 5.8 percent year-onyear.

Of those, just 95,000 cars were diesels, a number more than 27 percent lower than a year before.

Diesel’s ongoing slide came as Hamburg became the first German city last month to ban older diesels

from two stretches of road to combat air pollution, with other cities mulling similar restrictions.

Diesel’s reputation has lain in tatters ever since Volkswagen admitted in 2015 to installing software in millions of diesel vehicles worldwide designed to dupe emissions tests.

Since then, concerns about pollution and the falling resale value of diesels have seen consumers turn away from the once popular technology.

Whereas diesels still accounted for around 45 percent of all car sales in 2016, that share fell to 38 percent in 2017 and the decline has continued into 2018.

But industry bodies said the car sector remained in good health, pointing out that overall car sales from January to May were up 2.6 percent compared with the same period a year earlier.

The VDIK foreign carmakers’ association said in a statement that May’s dip in registrations was partly down to a string of public holidays that kept dealerships closed.

“The German passenger car market continues to be in solid shape, even though public holidays and long weekends have somewhat slowed down the momentum,” said VDIK president Reinhard Zirpel.(afp)

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Dominant commodities affecting the decline in the export to Australian are jewelry products, knit goods products as well as furniture products and home lighting.

Bali’s exports drop

Destination to Australia plummeted sharply DENPASAR — The value of Bali’s exports in April 2018 dropped 16.79 percent. When compared to the achievement of Bali’s exports in March 2018 amounting to USD 59,043,288, in April it showed a decrease of USD 49,130,390.

Head of the Bali Central Statistics Agency (BPS), Adi Nugroho, said the decline almost happened to every major country of the export destination. The highest decline happened to the exports to Australia worth USD 2,738,038 or more

than half compared to the previous month. Dominant commodities affecting the decline in the export to Australian are jewelry products, with a decrease of -97.79 percent, knit goods products with a decrease of -70.58 percent as well as furni-

ture products and home lighting with a decrease of -35.15 percent.

Other than exports to Australia, the exports to French destinations also experienced a significant decrease of -46.87 percent. Dominant commodities undergoing the

decline in the exports to France included patchwork (-87.70 percent), leather products (-65.31 percent) and non-knitted apparels (-59.44 percent).

On the other hand, different condition was indicated by the export destination to the Netherlands that showed an increase of 38.54 percent. In April was the highest export carried out to the

DENPASAR — Having declared to be found guilty of importing psychotropic of Group IV, a British man, defendant Adam Scott Holand, 48, was charged with imprisonment for two years and six months (2.5 years) in the Denpasar District Court on Monday (Jun. 4).

Public prosecutor Ida Bagus

Argita Candra before the panel of judges led by Ketut Tirta said the defendant imported psychotropic in the form of 655 yellow Centaur tablets, a plastic bottle labeled with Solina and Diazepam BP 5 mg tablet.

In this case, the prosecutor declared if the defendant’s acts are proved in accordance with the first alternative

indictment of violating Article 61 Paragraph (1) of Law No. 5/1997 on Psychotropic.

Responding to the indictment, the defendant who was accompanied by his legal counsel Suroso would file a plea in the next trial.

Previously, in the indictment was described that the arrest of the

stranger originated from the arrival of the defendant in Bali from Bangkok on Tuesday (Jan. 23). He flew to Bali by using AirAsia with flight number FD398 to Denpasar. However, upon arrival at the arrival terminal of Ngurah Rai International Airport on Wednesday (Jan. 24) at 02:45, the defendant showed suspicious move-

Netherlands throughout 2018.

Dominant products contributing to these increases include sugar and confectionery products showing triple increases. In addition, the export of straw-based products to the Netherlands also increased by 107.40 percent. Similarly, the export to the United States also increased from the previous month as much as 2.78 percent. (kmb42)

ments so the officers then examined with X-Ray. Customs and excise officers detected a strange item so that the defendant was led to the room. At that time, the officers found the item in the form of plastic bottle with the label of Solina, Diazepam BP 5 mg tablet containing 655 yellow tablets with the label of Centaur. (kmb37)

Suspected of importing psychotropic, British tourist sued 2.5 years

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For homecoming traffic, Tabanan Police alert 250 personnel Supported by 18 security posts

TABANAN —As usual, the homecoming traffic of the Eid Al Fitr has been visible a week earlier. Police authority has started to prepare for security. Tabanan Police have mobilized 250 personnel, with the preparation of 18 posts ranging from integrated service posts, security to services. It also includes the mapping of the jam-prone and accident-prone road sections.

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Chief of Tabanan Police Traffic Operations, I Made Sukiarta

Chief of Tabanan Police Traffic Operations, I Made Sukiarta, with permission from the Chief of Tabanan Police Traffic Affairs, Ida Ayu Made Kalpika Sari, explained that 250 personnel for the safekeeping of Eid traffic will be divided and placed at each post having been predetermined. “A total of 250 personnel will be scattered at some points in the ten subdistricts in Tabanan,” he said on Monday (Jun. 4).

Related to the post preparation, four units of fixed post have been prepared at Dadakan post, intersection of Tabanan University, Kediri traffic light, Kediri subdistrict and Gerokgak traffic light post. As for the security post, there are nine points namely at Al Huda Kediri Mosque, Lumajang post in Kerambitan subdistrict, Bu-

nut Puhun post in East Selemadeg, Berembeng and Antosari post (Selemadeg), Joger post (Baturiti), Alas Kedaton post (Marga) and post at An Nur Mosque (Penebel). “On average, there are six police officers on guard at the post,” he explained.

Other than security post, there are four post stations in TAC Megati post (East Selemadeg), Adipura statue post (Tabanan), Corn Statue post (Baturiti), and Tanah Lot post in Kediri sub-district.

And lastly, there is an integrated service post located in Soka Indah or restaurant area of Soka Beach in West Selemadeg. The service particularly in the integrated service post involves all institutions in Tabanan district according to police coordination with

the local government.

There are free health services, free workshops, free massages and distribution of free fasting break snacks.

“We also involve the elements of health, fire brigade, military personnel, transportation agency, crane officers and municipal police. So, there are other agencies on duty at the integrated service post,” he explained.

So far, these posts are still under construction, and they are targeted to be completed on June 6. “The posts have been established from June 1 and should have been finalized on June 6,” he explained.

Sukiarta asserted the accidentprone road sections in Tabanan are currently observed on Jalan Bypass Soekarno from Kediri Animal Market

to the front area of Hardy’s Tabanan.

Then, the traffic jam-prone areas are at Al Huda Kediri Mosque, Joger, Corn Statue in Baturiti and Samsam II Climb in Kerambitan subdistrict.

“We hope the travelers and other road users to remain alert and cautious,” he added.

To anticipate the possibility of accidents during the homecoming traffic, he appealed to homecomers that they would be better to join in the free homecoming trips organized

by Tabanan district government. As planned, it has prepared 13 buses with the destinations to Madura, Surabaya, Jember, Pasuruan and Situbondo and will be escorted by the police to Gilimanuk Harbor.

“However, if there are people wishing to use private vehicles, they are encouraged to carry no excessive goods so as not to disturb the comfort during the homecoming journey,” he hoped. (kmb28)

Simultaneous regional leader elections

Nusa Penida most vulnerable to cheating

SEMARAPURA —The election of Klungkung regent and Bali governor has been around the corner. The Electoral Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) of Klungkung has mapped the potential for fraud. Of the four sub-districts, Nusa Penida is the most vulnerable.

Chairman of Panwaslu Klungkung, I Komang Artawan, revealed the mapping is based on experience in the previous regional leader election and the result of monitoring

by Field Electoral Supervisor (PPL). “But the potential is not too high. It remains in alert level. Based on the past experience, the incident is one hundred percent of the same puncture,” he said on the sidelines of the inauguration of the 350 poll superintendents (PTPS) at Puri Denbencingah, Akah village, Klungkung, on Monday (Jun. 4).

In response to that, his committee has attempted prevention since the election stage began. This is further maximized by driving the PTPS. “Totally, there are 350 polls, especially in Nusa Penida, there are 107,” he said. However, other sub-districts, namely Klungkung, Banjarangkan and Dawan do not escape from supervision.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Electoral Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) of Bali, I Ketut Rudia, said the fraud on the five-year political event has the potential to occur in the distribution of logistics. This became the

focus of his supervision. “PTPS in cooperation with the PPL does inherent supervision, including in the distribution of ballot boxes to villages,” he said.

Submitted further, the violations also have the potential to occur in the distribution of voting invitation (C6) form. “Based on the experience, there is utilization (C6-red) by certain individuals. C6 is only given to those registered in the fixed voter list (DPT). Then, it is taken to the polling station to vote. If found outside, it is a criminal. This should be closely monitored and ensured,” he said.

Action of money politics also need to be watched out by the community and so does the action of intimidation to choose one of the candidate pairs. So far, such things have not been monitored and there are no reports.

“Nevertheless, this needs to be cautioned. If this happens, the perpetrators will be subject to decisive sanction,” said this man from Karangasem.

Meanwhile, the PTPS officers are carefully selected from those having reliable independency. In other words, they do not engage in political parties or the activities of one of the candidate pairs. “Of course, if they are not neutral, they will be fired,” he said while adding that they were assigned from day 23 before the election to seven days after the election. (kmb45)

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Australian Consulate-General’s Waste to Wealth initiative holds workshops at ISI Denpasar and Udayana University Following the successful launch of the Australian Consulate-General’s (ACG) Waste to Wealth initiative on Saturday (2/6) with a beach clean-up, the ACG today continued its program with two workshops held at the Indonesia Institute of the Arts (ISI) Denpasar, and Udayana University.

Waste to Wealth is a week-long initiative organized by the ACG that aims to promote environmentally sustainable tourism practices in Bali and West Nusa Tenggara.

A full-day collaborative workshop entitled ‘Waste as Art’ was held by internationally renowned Australian environmental artist Dr John Dahlsen, together with 30 students from ISI Denpasar’s Faculty of Arts and Design. Dr Dahlsen and

the students collaborated to create art installations with waste found on the beaches of Bali.

Dr Dahlsen told students that his work as an environmental artist began by accident, when he started collecting plastic from beaches in Australia in the mid-90s. “While my art has changed and evolved over time, my underlying commitment to increasing awareness of environmental concerns has never wavered,” said Dr Dahlsen.

At Udayana University’s #AussieBanget Corner, Australian environmental science educator Ms Louise Hardman, and academic chair of Murdoch University’s environmental engineering program, Dr Martin Anda, presented a workshop entitled Being Aware of Our

Environment. Approximately 40 students and academics were present. Ms Hardman’s key message was ‘Plastic waste is polluting our oceans, which we all share, so we need to find solutions to change it into something that has value and when something has value, it no longer become rubbish’. She also outlined her education program, which focused on transforming waste into valuable items with her purpose-built mobile plasticrecycling machine.

In his presentation, Dr Martin Anda talked about engineering solutions to environmental problems and the importance of education in managing environmental challenges. Dr Anda also visited Undiknas University Bali, and provided an

open lecture to around 100 students from the faculties of business and economics. Dr Anda encouraged future education cooperation and collaboration between Australia and Indonesia, including in the engineering and environmental science sectors.

Australian Consul-General Dr Helena Studdert appreciated the collaboration with local education institutions in running the workshops as part of the Waste to Wealth initiative. “Environmental issues are very much interconnected with education and we hope by bringing these educators to the universities, we can help increase students awareness and skills to make informed decisions and actions regarding to our environment”, said

Dr Studdert.

The Waste to Wealth initiative organised by the Australian Consulate-General is supported by the Provincial Government of Bali; Integrative Design and Project Management; PNORS Technology Group Pty Ltd; Alila Group; Jetstar Airways; Murdoch University; Maya Sanur Resorts; Segara Village Resorts; Selong Selo Resort & Residences; Udayana University; Institute of Arts (ISI) Bali; Mataram University; Bali Hai Cruises; Plastic Collective; Eco-Bali; Trash Hero Kertalangu. Media partners include Bali Post, Bali TV, Radar Bali. Tribun Bali, RRI Denpasar & Lombok, TVRI Bali, Metrobali. com, Beritabali.com, Suaradewata. com, Balikini.net.

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Demi Lovato sorry over sexual prank on bodyguard

NEW YORK - Demi Lovato’s best-known songs include “Sorry Not Sorry.” But when it comes to sharing details of a sexual joke on her bodyguard, she is sorry -- mostly.

The pop singer triggered a flurry of negative reactions over the weekend when, in a largely innocuous exchange with fans on Twitter, she was asked to name the funniest prank she has ever pulled off.

Lovato said that she hired a sex worker to enter the hotel room of her bodyguard when they were staying in Las Vegas, where prostitution is legal.

“She walked into his room without permission and grabbed him in his ‘area’ and he freaked,” Lovato said, sharing her amusement.

A number of Twitter users took Lovato to task, saying that she was admitting to a serious episode of sexual harassment, an issue that has drawn growing attention amid the rise of the #MeToo movement.

Lovato deleted the post and quipped: “I swear I could tweet something about craving jelly beans and it would offend someone.”

But she also urged upset people to revisit her song “Warrior” in which she speaks of being a survivor of sexual abuse.

“Maybe you’ll have more compassion for a simple mistake,” she wrote, while adding: “So sorry if anyone was offended.” (afp)

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A picture taken on June 2, 2018 shows a skeleton of an undeterminate carnivorous dinosaur on display at the first floor of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Rare dinosaur skeleton sells for two million euros

PARIS - The skeleton of an extremely rare form of dinosaur sold for more than two million euros ($2.3 million) at the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Monday.

The bones of what scientists believe to be “probably a new species” of the carnivorous allosaurus were discovered during a dig in Wyoming in the United States in 2013.

The 150-million-year-old skeleton, which is 70 percent intact, was snapped up by an unnamed French art collector, who promised that the specimen will be lent out to a museum.

The buyer “wants it to be on display in a French museum,” auctioneer Claude Aguttes told AFP. The dinosaur, which is more than nine metres (30 feet) long

and 2.6 metres high, lived during the late Jurassic period, said Eric Mickeler who works for the Aguttes auction house.

He said it was the “only one of its species” to have yet been discovered.

Dinosaur expert Eric Geneste had earlier told AFP it was impossible to “classify the skeleton yet as a allosaurus” because it was more robust, “with longer shoulder blades and a different number of teeth”.

“In fact there are as many differences between it and an allosaurus as between a human and a gorilla,”

he added.

Japanese and Swedish telephone bidders also tried to buy the dinosaur, pushing the bidding above the 1.8 million euro estimate.

The same French auction house sold an allosaurus called “Kan” for 1.1 million euros in 2016.

Mickeler said that “herbivores do not quite excite businessmen who buy dinosaurs the same way as carnivores do. They want to buy carnivores like themselves.”

Part of the proceeds of the sale of the skeleton by a British collector will go to towards funding further archaeological digs. (afp)

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This photo taken on May 12, 2018 shows a boy looking out from a window of a house beside a garbage-filled creek in Manila. The blanket of trash on a creek that flows between the makeshift homes of a Manila slum is so dense it appears one could walk across it like a paved street.

Manila ‘trash bin’ waterway choked with plastic

The blanket of trash on a creek that flows between the makeshift homes of a Manila slum is so dense it appears one could walk across it like a paved street. However, the thick and fetid mosaic of plastic bottles, takeaway containers and plastic bags is just a porous layer atop the filthy water of Estero de Magdalena.

It is one of the tributaries that run into Manila’s most important and heavily polluted waterways, the Pasig River.

City officials blame the slum’s residents for using the creek as an open-air dump and have installed massive strainers in the water that keeps the trash from flowing downstream.

“They (residents) are turning the creeks into a trash can,” said Lorenzo Alconera, an official with the city engineering department.

“We want to block it at that point so we can easily collect the garbage. We do not want it to flow into the Pasig River,” he added. Trash that makes it into the river can then be swept out into the South China

Sea or be sucked back by tides into the Laguna de Bay, the country’s largest lake.

Plastic pollution is a major problem in the Philippines, which along with China, Vietnam and Indonesia is frequently listed among the world’s worst offenders.

The city says it periodically uses heavy equipment to scoop the rub-

bish from the water and ends up with five to 10 truck loads of waste to haul away.

That is of little consolation to the impoverished families who live in homes cobbled together from pallets, scraps of wood and corrugated steel stained with rust. Authorities say the trash-choked creek is a breeding ground for preventable illnesses like cholera and typhoid fever.

Beyond concerns over the infections that thrive in the waterway, residents also have to deal with a constant and unavoidable concern:

its stench.

“We cannot properly sleep because of the garbage. Whether it rains or is sunny, there are the smells,” 35-year-old vendor Marlyn Estrada Calderon told AFP. (afp) 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.