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Cannes golden couple Bardem and Cruz return to open festival MADRID - It was where Javier Bardem memorably declared his love for Penelope Cruz in 2010 -now the golden couple of Spanish cinema will open this year’s Cannes film festival together on Tuesday.

The Oscar-winning actors both star in Iranian master Asghar Farhadi’s Spanish psychological thriller “Everybody Knows”, which will kick off the festival and is up for the top Palme d’Or prize.

The fiercely private couple’s glowing return to the spotlight in Cannes comes after Bardem emotionally pro-

claimed his feelings for Cruz there eight years ago as he accepted the best actor award for “Biutiful”.

“I share this joy with my friend, my companion, my love, Penelope.

I owe you a lot and I love you so much,” he said as Cruz blew kisses to him from her seat and her eyes welled with tears.

Cruz has also won at Cannes, sharing the 2006 best actress prize with five other women for their work in acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar’s drama “Volver”. (afp)

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Putin sworn in for fourth term as Russia president

Vladimir Putin was sworn in as Russia’s president for a fourth term on Monday, extending his almost two-decade rule by another six years at a time of high tension with his Western rivals. The 65-year-old, in power since 1999, is on course to become the longest-serving Russian leader since Joseph Stalin after his victory in March’s elections.

Indian Bollywood actor Salman Khan arrives at a court in Jodhpur on May 7, 2018.

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Bollywood’s Khan dodges limelight in jail appeal hearing

Putin won nearly 77 percent of the vote in polls which his most vocal opponent was banned from running in. He has promised to use his fourth term to revitalise the country’s economy. But he also faces a host of delicate international disputes. “I consider it my duty and my life’s aim to do everything possible for Russia, for its present and for its future,” Putin said at

Monday’s swearing-in ceremony, with his hand on the Russian constitution.

Elite guests lining the red carpet filmed Putin on their smartphones as he arrived for the swearing-in ceremony in the ornate Andreyev Hall, part of the Kremlin palace complex.

The car that brought him to the inauguration was a black Russian-made limousine -- a change from previous ceremonies when he used a Mercedes. “I feel strongly conscious of

my colossal responsibility,” he said, thanking Russians for their “sincere support” and “cohesiveness.” “We have revived pride in our fatherland,” Putin said. “As head of state I will do all I can to multiply the strength, prosperity and fame of Russia.”

- Crackdown on opposition Opposition leader Alexei Navalny called on Russians to protest across the country on Saturday under the slogan “Not our Tsar”. On Saturday nearly 1,600 protesters including Navalny were detained during nationwide rallies against Putin. The European Union condemned what it called “police brutality and mass arrests” during the protests.

Police in Moscow were helped

by pro-Putin activists dressed as Cossacks, a paramilitary class who served as tsarist cavalrymen in imperial Russia. The unrest revived memories of 2012, when authorities cracked down on rallies against Putin’s return to the Kremlin from the post of prime minister. Navalny was barred from challenging Putin in the March election over a fraud conviction that his supporters say is politically motivated.

JODHPUR - Indian movie star Salman Khan managed to avoid the spotlight when he returned to court on Monday over his five-year jail sentence for killing endangered wildlife.

Khan, one of the world’s highestpaid actors, was convicted last month of shooting dead two rare antelopes known as black bucks on a 1998 hunting trip. He spent two days behind bars before being granted bail. The Bollywood icon was ordered to appear in court on Monday and an early-morning hearing was held in Jodhpur, in the western state of Rajasthan.

Khan arrived in a white SUV and slipped into court around 8:00 am (0230 GMT) surrounded by minders, catching Indian media and his army of fans off guard.

Court sessions generally start much later in India.

The judge, Chandra Kumar Songara, quickly adjourned proceedings

after Khan’s defence team requested more time to prepare their appeal.

Khan, who is not allowed to leave the country without permission but has been filming a new movie in India, returned directly to Jodhpur airport after the hearing.

“We will begin arguments on the appeal against the five-year sentence from July 17,” said defence counsel Mahesh Bora.

Prosecutors said they would oppose the appeal bid and were ready to present their case.

Four other actors were acquitted in last month’s verdict and Khan has repeatedly denied killing the creatures -- accusing Rajasthan’s forest department of trying to frame him.

His lawyers claim the black

bucks died of natural causes such as overeating, insisting there was no evidence they were shot.

Throughout the multiple cases, eyewitnesses have stated they saw Khan firing a gun.

The 52-year-old enjoys a cult-like status in star-obsessed India and is one of Bollywood’s biggest draws, despite a host of controversies.

Khan was in a vehicle in Mumbai in 2002 when it mounted the curb and killed a homeless man sleeping on the pavement.

He was found guilty of culpable homicide and sentenced to five years in prison, but the verdict was overturned by a higher court in 2015. His acquittal is being challenged in the Supreme Court. (afp)

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Environment Agency invites people to deal with garbage issues

GIANYAR —The Gianyar Environment Agency (DLH) appears to be unsatisfied with the public response to the garbage clogging up the river in Blahbatuh village, so a Sunday (May 6), Head of thDLH Gianyar, I Wayan Jukus Pawitra led the agency in trying to bring awareness ot the public through a community river clean-up event.

DLH Gianyar deployed dozens of sanitation task force agents and provided two garbage trucks and two Viar three wheeled garbage transport vehicles. Pawitra, said the clean-up wa organised for the environemnt but also as part of community work month as a way to promote community spirit which seesm to be fading. “We will continue to invite the community to take part in clean-ups in different locations”, he said.

DLH Gianyar coordinated with a number of village headmen to increase awareness

about maintaining a clean environment by amongst other things – not littering. “Wherever we notice an area that is not being well maintained we will contact the village chief and ask him to organize a community clean-up”, added Pawitra.

This official from Kesian hamlet, explained that Gianyar’s district government has issued Local Regulation No.11/2013 on household waste management and household garbage. The regulation declares that it is prohibited to dispose of garbage – including refuse from ritual activities, haphazardly and that garbage can only be disposed of in designated areas. Violation of the regulation will result in prison sentences of up to 6 months or maximum fines of IDR 50 million “The community clean-up events will also serve to disseminate information to the public about Local Regulation No.11/2013”, he

explained.

Headman of Blahbatuh, I Gusti Ngurah Kapidada, said that they have also frequently given out information about environmental sanitation as well as waste management in the area of Blahbatuh village.

“In the future, we also plan to build a waste bank that will be able to accommodate nonorganic rubbish,” he said.

These waste banks will not only reduce the amount of garbage going to landfill but will also become a source of income for the local community. “We regularly provide information and imposable sanctions are not restricted to administrative actions”, he said.

It should be noted that on May 3rd the Environment Office of Gianyar cleaned some garbage out of the river in Laud hamlet, Balahbatuh village after the river overflowed into the yard of the Balthbatuh public health enter. (kmb35)

Bali to strengthen cooperation in tourism, health sectors with darwin

DENPASAR - Consul of Indonesia in Darwin, Australia, Dicky D. Soerjanatamihardja expressed keenness to strengthen cooperation in the tourism and health sectors with the Bali provincial government. “We will initiate to strengthen cooperation in the tourism sector, as Bali is a favorite tourist destination among foreign visitors, especially Australians,” he noted during a meeting with Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika in Denpasar on Friday.

He remarked that Bali and the Northern Territory in Australia, especially Darwin, had already established cooperation in various fields, but the spirit of residing Indonesians to strengthen cooperation has never faded.

According to Soerjanatamihardja, the community of Indonesians, especially from Bali, who reside in the Northern Territory, is active in introducing

the Indonesian culture to local people in Australia. “Indonesian communities living there are active in encouraging investors from Darwin to invest in Bali. Although several private investments have entered Bali, but they still encourage them,” he pointed out.

At a meeting attended by Head of Public Relations and Protocol Bureau of Bali Province I Dewa Gede Mahendra Putra, Head of the Bali Culture Department Dewa Beratha also remarked that they are encouraging cooperation in beef exports and imports between Bali and Darwin. Meanwhile, Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika lauded the exposure offered by Soerjanatamihardja.

“The Sanglah Hospital and Regional Public Hospital (RSUD) of Bali Mandara have been working along with Darwin hospital, and the medical staff has also received training,” he stated. Another form of

cooperation was established in the field of “counter disaster.”

According to Pastika, disaster mitigation measures in the Northern Territory region are well-prepared, and several officers have received joint training both in Bali and Darwin.

“This cooperation is established following the Bali bombings in 2012, and we had received several forms of assistance from Australia during that time,” he added.

“The Australian government also views this cooperation as significant due to the fact that several Australians reside in Bali, so they expect their citizens to be handled in accordance with the standards,” he remarked.

Speaking in connection with several cooperative relations established, Pastika vowed to follow up on them, both at the level of the Australian Consulate General and at the bureaucratic level in Indonesia.(ant)

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Kidul Market

Some stalls built on road, Kidul Market getting chaotic

BANGLI —Kidul Market of Bangli is getting more chaotic. It follows the establishment of a number of stalls annexing some parts of the roads on the southern side of the market area. The existence of the stall causes the usual path through which the vehicle becomes more crowded.

As seen on Sunday (May 6), a number of new stalls looked to have been just established in the south of the market. According to information, the stalls with zinc roof and takes a part of the road body are established by merchants previously sold on upper floor of the market. The stalls were established few weeks ago.

Previously, the location where the stalls established was used as parking lot by the management for market visitors.

Hamlet chief of Pule, Made Sukadana, judged the regulation of Kidul Market has never been clear. Expansion of the merchants to the road is admitted to adequately disrupt the traffic of residents living around the market. Not only that,

in the south of the market, he admitted the condition is chaotic. Regarding this matter, Sukadana claimed to have often conveyed to the Bangli Industry and Trade Agency. Unfortunately, there is no a clear action so far.

“Hopefully, the market can be properly arranged and well managed.

If possible, the management should be handled by local government-owned enterprise (Perusda). If the construction is completed in Loka Crana, we hope later on the merchants expanding to the road can be cracked down on,” he hoped.

Head of the Bangli Industry and Trade Agency, Nengah Sudibya, when asked for his confirmation said the stall building is

the addition of the existing stalls owned by local merchants. So, it does not belong to a new merchant.

Regarding the issue, he claimed to have forbidden merchants to add stalls.

“We have ordered the head of the market so as not to add more existing stalls,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Kidul Market, Jero Sabda, when confirmed separately said the stalls are established by merchants to sell temporarily. According to the merchants occupying the stalls are victims of the fire accident. They used to sell at the Loka Crana terminal. “It is temporary.

When the market is complete, they will be relocated to upper floor,” he affirmed. (kmb40)

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In this file photo taken on April 12, 2016 renowned cosmologist Professor Stephen Hawking attends a press conference at One World Observatory in New York, to announce a new breakthrough initiative focusing on space exploration and the search for life in the universe.

After death, Hawking cuts ‘multiverse’ theory down to size

PARIS - With a science paper published after his death, Stephen Hawking has revived debate on a deeply divisive question for cosmologists: Is our Universe just one of many in an infinite, ever-expanding “multiverse”?

According to one school of thought, the cosmos started expanding exponentially after the Big Bang.

In most parts, this expansion or “inflation” continues eternally, except for a few pockets where it stops.

These pockets are where universes like ours are formed -- multitudes of them that are often likened to “bubbles” in an ever-expanding ocean dubbed the multiverse.

Many scientists don’t like the idea, including Hawking, who said in an interview last year: “I have

never been a fan of the multiverse.”

If we do live in an ever-inflating multiverse, it would mean the laws of physics and chemistry can differ from one universe to another, a concept that scientists struggle to accept.

In his last contribution to cos-

mology, Hawking -- with co-author Thomas Hertog from the KU Leuven university in Belgium -- does not dismiss the multiverse concept, but proposes dramatically scaling it down.

“We are not down to a single, unique universe,” the University of Cambridge quoted Hawking as saying of the paper submitted before his death on March 14 and published this week in the Journal

of High Energy Physics.

However, “our findings imply a significant reduction of the multiverse, to a much smaller range of possible universes.”

The new hypothesis relies on a branch of theoretical physics known as string theory, and concludes that the cosmos is “clearly finite”, Hertog told AFP, though still composed of numerous universes. (afp)

Tests show no hidden Tutankhamun chambers: ministry

CAIRO - Egypt’s antiquities ministry said on Sunday that tests had debunked a theory that there are hidden chambers next to the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings.

Experts used ground penetrating radar (GPR) which provided “conclusive evidence of the non-existence of hidden chambers adjacent to or inside Tutankhamun’s tomb,” the ministry said in a statement.

More details will be announced in a speech later in the day by the head of an Italian scienHO / Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities / AFP tific team, Francesco Porcelli, of the Polytechnic A handout picture released by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities on May 5, University in Turin, the statement said.

2018 shows Egyptians dressed in costumes walking past the Cairo Citadel It said Porcelli had submitted a report that during a ceremony for the transportation of Tutankhamun’s chariot from “concluded, with a very high degree of confidence... the hypothesis concerning the existence the Military Museum to the Grand Egyptian Museum.

of hidden chambers or corridors adjacent to Tutankhamun’s tomb is not supported by GPR data.”

Previous scans had suggested the possibility of hidden chambers, although experts disagreed on the results.

British Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves had theorised that the tomb was in fact that of Nefertiti, the wife of Tutankhamun’s father, King Akhenaten.

The theory held that when the boy king died unexpectedly at a young age, he was rushed into the outer chamber of the tomb in southern Egypt.

Akhenaten was known for trying and failing to force Egypt to convert to monotheism.

DNA evidence has shown that Akhenaten was Tutankhamun’s father, but Egyptologists do not agree on the identity of his mother. (afp)

SEAWEED farming at Semaya hamlet, Suana, Nusa Penida subdistrict, Klungkung, that had ‘died’ began to revive. Since a few months ago, local farmers have returned to cultivate. However, the number remains a little.

When visiting this village offering a beautiful panorama, our eyes do not only see tourists enjoying marine tourism nor limestone-filled hills with grasses starting to dry out due to dry season. At some points, some residents were also busy lifting seaweeds. Some others brought it to the mainland and did not care about the heat of the sun whereas it was around 08:30 Local Time. The seaweed is green and has many branches. It was tied with a rope along about ten meters. They were not directly harvested but returned to be sowed with smaller size.

This activity is pursued by some farmers such as Ni Nengah Sukarti. This aged woman was wearing long sleeves with bamboo conical hat. While sitting under a semi-permanent hut, she was willing to tell some stories. Seaweed farming having become a favorite among the local communities had been zero. People did not deliberately abandon, but it happened due to bad weather. Quality of the harvest is not maximal as many perished. However, since three months ago, the weather was getting finer so the condition was not wasted. Immediately, it was taken advantage for cultivation.

“Due to supportive weather, we try again,” she said.

However, she said the volume of harvest is not as much as it used to be, they are just a few plots. It happened not due to worries about harvest failure, but also due to limitations of seed availability. “In the past, many farmers cultivated seaweeds, but now they have decreased. It is just to increase the yield in the garden,” she said.

Furthermore, he said that farmers have already harvested.

The quality is quite good. Similarly, the selling price is in the range of IDR 8,000 per kilogram of dried seaweeds. “The price is quite good and wanted by collectors,” she added.

Headman of Suana, I Putu Rai Sudarta, said the seeds cultivated by farmers are still the remaining seeds of the previous seaweeds. Of course, in terms of quality it is less good. “Now, farmers are still constrained by seeds,” he said.

Tourism sector at this village is growing. Seaweed farming is considered to be a part to sweeten. To avoid from ‘sluggishness’ as ever before, it is required a touch of creative economy. “Seaweed can be processed into other products whose selling price is more promising, such as toffee which is very good if applied,” he concluded.

In addition to Suana, seaweed has also been cultivated at Ped, Batununggul and Lembongan village. Within the past year it has run out. It did not only happen due to weather factor, but also tourism. Many farmers have switched profession to other sector. (sos)

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Since a few months ago, local farmers have returned to cultivate.

The visit of tourists wishing to enjoy the water sports in the area remained stable

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Dominated by China and India

Australian tourist visit to Tanjung Benoa declines

MANGUPURA — Though once undergoing a decline, tourist visit to Tanjung Benoa has gradually recovered. Moreover, the visit of tourists wishing to enjoy the water sports in the area remained stable as seen on Sunday (May 6).

One of the boat drivers, Mohamad Ridho, said that currently foreign visitors are dominated by Chinese and Indian tourists. He said that tourists making a visit to Tanjung Benoa mostly come to enjoy banana boat, diving, sea walker and parasailing activities. Besides, the visit to Turtle Island remains in demand.

When confirmed separately, Chairman of the Indonesian Marine Tourism Association (Gahawisri) of Badung, Nyoman Wana Putra, justified that tourists visit to Tanjung Benoa currently stays stable.

Moreover, foreign visits are dominated by Chinese and Indian tourists.

Nevertheless, he did not deny that tourist visit from Australia usually

dominating even decreased almost 30 percent.

“Currently, China and India are dominating. Australian tourists even decline because they currently come more for business, not for leisure,” he said.

The decline in Australian tourist visit by nearly 30 percent is currently backed up by tourist arrivals from India and China. Their increase almost reached 35-40 percent. Meanwhile, in Tanjung Benoa, they do love adventure and visit sea turtle and take sea walker attraction. “In addition to visiting the Turtle Island, they usually like adventure and sea walker,” he concluded.

Although tourist visit is quite a

lot, he admitted that it is impossible to increase tourist visit to Tanjung Benoa at this time. It is caused by small road access and a limited parking area. With such very small road access, surely the road is always jammed because of large vehicles going in and out of the area. “As a result, it takes long enough time to reach Tanjung Benoa. Thus, it is impossible to increase the visit,” he said.

To that end, he hoped there is an immediate solution to overcome traffic congestion to Tanjung Benoa whether by realizing the ring road plan or other ways such as direct access to toll road. Related to the problem, there are often complaints from tourists and drivers. They are usually in chasing time. Due to being hampered by traffic jam, they are often late arriving at destination. (kmb23)

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Second India teen raped, set on fire: police

Inflation well-maintained

Purchasing power increases, business gradually develops

DENPASAR - Inflation in April 2018 in Denpasar reached 0.07 percent and Singaraja underwent deflation of 0.27 percent. This inflation brought in positive and negative impacts on society and business players. However, the inflation needs to be maintained to keep people’s purchasing power and the business sector can still develop.

Head of the Bali Central Statistics Agency (BPS), Adi Nugroho, explained that in April 2018 Denpasar city underwent inflation of 0.07 percent. Meanwhile, Singaraja went through deflation of 0.27 percent.

The deflation in Singaraja was caused by the recovery of the price level, where in the previous month there was a Pagerwesi ceremony.

Based on calendar count, the inflation in Denpasar reached 1.82 percent and Singaraja 1.22 percent (January - April 2018). In the meantime, the inflation calculated yoy (April 2018 compared to April 2017) in Singaraja was recorded to reach 3.32 percent and Denpasar 3.23 percent. “This gives an illustration that the price dynamics of goods in Denpasar and Singaraja is approximately the same,” he said.

Based on statistical data, in 2016, Denpasar experienced inflation 2.94 percent and Singaraja 4.57 percent counted on a calendar basis (January - December). In 2017, the inflation in Denpasar was 3.31 percent and Singaraja was 3.38 percent. In 2018 up to April, Denpasar went through inflation of 1.82 percent and Singaraja 1.22 percent. It is considered reasonable by some circles because it remains in the reasonable range.

An economist, Prof. I.B. Raka Suardana, explained that inflation rate is in line with the economic growth. A growing economy will certainly make people have money. So, the circulation of money will be much in the community. Thus, the price of the goods will rise and drive producers to produce goods.

Last April, the inflation dropped from the previous month. As per March 2018, Denpasar inflation was 0.15 percent and Singaraja inflation was 0.38 percent. The decline in inflation is due to lower staple food prices, the impact of decrease price of rice.

Inflation has a positive and negative impact on society and businessmen. For people with fixed income, the inflation will lower the level of real income. Similarly, it will lower people’s purchasing power.

However, reasonable inflation is important for producers because it can stimulate to produce goods and services. Reasonable inflation is in the range of 1 - 5 percent. Production of goods and services by producers will absorb raw materials from primary producers. “However for the general public, inflation should not be too high where 1 percent or 2 percent is considered fair,” he added.

At the macro level, rising (unnatural) inflation will cause bank interest rates to be raised so the money in the community is absorbed by the bank. With the absorption, the money in circulation will be small and the price of goods downs.

Consequently, when bank interest rates are high, employers will wait and see in terms of lending distribution. Then, the production growth of business sector turns sluggish. With high interest rates, the absorption of labor is a little or zero. This has an impact if inflation rises sharply. However, if the inflation rate is still within a reasonable rate, he considered it does not have a significant impact on the economy.

Inflation also affects the composite share price index as it relates to bank interest rates. When bank interest rates are low, then investors will turn the investments into stocks, so the stock prices rise.

When interest rates increase, people will choose the bank as a place of investment. Then the stock price will go down. “This is happening right now,” he said. (kmb42)

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NEW DELHI - A 17-year-old battled for her life Monday after being raped, doused in kerosene and set on fire, the second such case to shake India as it battles an increase in sexual crimes.

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The normalization and settlement program of Lake Buyan area in the near future will continue the cleaning of sedimentation and construction of embankment on the lips of the lake.

Regent PAS supports normalization of Lake Buyan

SINGARAJA — Normalization and arrangement of Lake Buyan at Pancasari village, Sukasada, by Bali-Penida River Agency (BWS) is supported by district government of Buleleng.

This effort is assessed to be a positive result after the district government held the Lake Buyan Festival to inspire all parties to care about the environmental damage of the lake. District government asked central government to realize the normalization and arrangement.

Regent of Buleleng, Putu Agus Suradnyana (PAS), revealed this after receiving the audience of the entourage of the Head of BaliPenida River Agency, Ketut Jayada, last week.

The regent said the environmental damage to Lake Buyan recently requires a comprehensive treatment program. It is inseparable because the environmental disturbance does not only concern the occurrence of siltation, coverage of lake surface by water hyacinth and weeds, but also some other problems requiring serious handling namely the determination of the boundary between the lake and the land or building of residents, agricultural functions, and the problem of flooding or erosion in the forest always emptying into the lake itself.

“We are very supportive and BWS itself has prepared a handling program in our lake. This program should be comprehensive because the environmental damages of the lake are so complex,” he said.

According to this automotive enthusiast regent, the attention of central government through BWS recently has been very good. This recognition is inseparable from the positive impact after he organized the Lake Buyan Festival a few years

ago and is now included into the calendar of event. With this festival, the regent claimed to have succeeded in arousing all stakeholders and the community’s component to pay attention by doing comprehensive handling to the environmental damages to the lake in the area.

“I have told the festival can inspire the officials and community components to be equally concerned to pay attention to environmental issues in our lake. As the evidence, today the BWS has programmed it and we continuously push, so the central government can realize the program,” he explained.

On the other hand, the regent said that although Lake Buyan and Lake Tamblingan are currently faced with complex problem, he is optimistic that after the handling program by the government, the twin lakes will become a new tourist destination in North Bali next time. This is inseparable from the condition of these two lakes having not been touched by the pattern of development as in Lake Beratan (Tabanan).

This excess is believed to attract foreign tourists to visit Buleleng. “I am confident that Lake Buyan and Lake Tamblingan have become a new destination that can attract

tourists to visit, so that the development of tourism sector in our region will grow more,” he said.

As reported earlier, the normalization and settlement program of Lake Buyan area in the near future will continue the cleaning of sedimentation and construction of embankment on the lips of the lake. As planned, the embankment will be functioned for jogging tracks around the lake. Meanwhile, cleanup of water hyacinth and weeds in the past two years by BWS has cleared about 45 hectares of the 65 hectares of water hyacinth and weeds. This year, BWS will get assistance in the form of special equipment to clean up water hyacinth with a greater capacity than the previous one. This additional equipment can optimize cleanup of water hyacinth and weeds.

Another program of BWS is to build a pond to hold sedimentation in case of flooding or erosion from upstream areas. After the siltation, the water will just be flowed into the lake. To realize the program, BWS estimated to need a fund worth IDR 150 billion. In order to get such amount of funds, the regent is expected to deliver this aspiration to central government, so that it can be approved. (kmb38)

The teenager was attacked on the same day and in the same eastern state of Jharkhand as a 16-year-old who was raped and burned to death.

“The girl has suffered 70 percent firstdegree burns. There is a chance that she will survive,” Shailendra Barnwal, police superintendent of Pakur district, told AFP. Police have arrested a 19-year-old man who lives in the same neighbourhood as the latest victim.

“He poured kerosene on the girl and set her on fire,” Barnwal said.

The incident happened on Friday, the same day as the similar case in Jharkhand’s Chatra district, which 15 people have been detained over.

The main suspect in the first case is said to have been angered by a village council decision that he should do 100 sit-ups and pay a $750 fine for raping the girl, and attacked the girl’s parents and set their house on fire with the teenager inside.

The two cases have shone a spotlight on the treatment of rape in India, where some 40,000 cases were reported in 2016.

The country had already been agonising over the brutal gang-rape and killing of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir state, which is to be raised in the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Eight Hindus have been accused over the abduction, repeated rape and killing of

AFP

In this photograph taken on May 5, 2018, Indian relatives mourn following the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl on May 3, at Raja Kundra Village in Chatra district of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. the Muslim girl.

Hindu activists have staged angry protests claiming that the police inquiry was biased.

The Supreme Court is to give a ruling on whether the flashpoint trial should be moved away from Jammu, a Hindu-majority region

of the Muslim-dominated state.

The debate has been heightened further by new police figures indicating that more than five women were raped every day in the Indian capital this year.

As many as 578 rape cases were reported up to April 15, against 563 in 2017 during

the same period, police said.

Indian authorities have faced renewed pressure to act over sexual assault since the killing of the Muslim girl in Jammu.

Amid mounting outrage, the government has changed the law to allow execution for child rapists. (afp)

Australia pledges cash to help save the koala

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This file photo taken on April 28, 2016 shows Oxley Kaylee, a koala that lost an eye and had her left hind leg amputated after being hit by a car, looking on at the Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie. Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales unveiled on May 7, 2018 a 34 million USD plan to help save koalas, as populations of the iconic marsupial rapidly decline.

SYDNEY - Australia unveiled on Monday a US$34 million plan to help bring its koala population back from the brink, following a rapid decline in the furry marsupial’s fortunes.

The Australian Koala Foundation estimates there may be as few as 43,000 koalas left in the wild, down from a population believed to number more than 10 million prior to European settlement of the continent in 1788.

“Koalas are a national treasure,” said Gladys Berejiklian, premier of New South Wales state, in announcing her government’s conservation plan.

“It would be such a shame if this nationally iconic marsupial did not have its future secured.”

Habitat loss, dog attacks, car strikes, climate change and disease have taken their toll on one of Australia’s most recognisable

animals.

Studies show a 26 percent decline in the koala population in New South Wales over the last 15-20 years. The state lists the species as “vulnerable”, while in other parts of the country they are effectively extinct.

Under the Aus$45 million plan, thousands of hectares will be set aside to preserve the marsupial’s natural habitat.

Funds will be used to tackle diseases ravaging koala populations, including chlamydia -- which causes blindness, infertility and death in the species.

Cash has also been earmarked for research, roadkill hotspot upgrades and a new hospital to care for sick and injured koalas.

A hotline will also be set up to report koalas in trouble.

The move follows an independent report in late 2016 that recommended a clearer strategy to deal with the population decline. (afp)

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BUSINESS Nestle pays $7.15 billion to sell Starbucks products

Swiss food giant Nestle announced Monday it will pay $7.15 billion in cash for the rights to market Starbucks products around the world, outside of the company’s coffee shops. The agreement gives Nestle, which owns the Nescafe and Nespresso brands, a strong platform for continued growth in North America, the company said in a statement.

Nestle is focusing on coffee as a main growth area and has already made some acquisitions in the sector. The Starbucks business covered by the deal currently generates around $2 billion sales annually and includes coffee beans and ground coffee that Nestle will be selling in supermarkets around the world.

“This transaction is a significant step for our coffee business, Nestle’s largest high-growth category,” said Nestle CEO Mark Schneider in a statement. “Both companies have true passion for outstanding coffee and are proud to be recognised as global leaders for their responsible and sustainable coffee sourcing,” he said.

The deal does not include any of Starbucks’ coffee shops and cafes.

Around 500 Starbucks staff will join Nestle, the company said, but the operations would continue to be located in Seattle. Both companies would collaborate on “innovation and go-to-market strategies”, it said.

Starbucks president and CEO Kevin Johnson hailed the deal as “historic” and said it would create a “global coffee alliance”. Nestle, which has been under intense shareholder pressure to improve its profitability, has begun to reposition itself since Schneider took over at the start of last year.

The former head of German

healthcare group Fresenius has pushed for the food giant to focus in on a few areas, like bottled water, infant nutrition and pet care, with coffee a top priority.

- ‘Unexpected transaction’ While Nestle’s Nespresso and other coffee products are omnipresent in Europe, they have had a harder time catching on in the United States. Over the past 15 months, the company has clearly set its sights on high-end coffee brands in North America.

It snapped up a majority share in California-based Blue Bottle Coffee last September, and two months later bought Texas company Chameleon Cold Brew.

At the same time, Nestle has been selling off parts of its confectionary business, handing over its US candy business earlier this year to Italy’s Ferrero for nearly $3.0 billion.

Analysts hailed Monday’s deal.

“Nestle has once again surprised the market with an unexpected transaction,” Jean-Philippe Bertschy of Vontobel said in a research note.

He said that “coffee is one of the key growth pillars in the CEO’s strategy, (and) allows Nestle to gain scale in the US, a weak spot so far.”

He acknowledged that “the price might appear expensive, but given the returns, the deal could exceed the cost of capital within three to

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In this file photo taken on April 17, 2018 a sign for a Starbucks Coffee shop is seen in New York. Two black men arrested in Starbucks have reached settlements with the US coffee chain and the city of Philadelphia, which will endow a $200,000 fund to help young entrepreneurs, officials said on May 2, 2018. Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson were arrested in Philadelphia on April 12, sparking international outrage, protests at Starbucks outlets and anguished soul-searching about America’s lingering problems of racial discrimination. four years”.

The transaction, which needs approval from regulators, should be finalised by the end of 2018, Nestle said, adding that the deal should start making a positive contribution to its earnings per share and its

growth targets starting next year.

The company saw its shares swell 0.6 percent in mid-morning trading at 76.84 Swiss francs a piece, as the Swiss stock exchange’s main SMI index was up just 0.15 percent.

Starbucks, meanwhile, said it will use the cash to accelerate share buybacks. The Seattle-based company said it now expected to return some $20 billion to shareholders through buybacks and dividends by 2020. (afp)

Tokyo stocks end flat in midst of corporate results season

Tokyo stocks closed flat Monday in sluggish trading as investors stayed on the sidelines in the middle of corporate results season, while exporters faced moderate pressure on a stronger yen. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index edged down 0.03 percent or 5.62 points to 22,467.16 but the broader Topix index was up 0.09 percent or 1.66 points at 1,773.18.

“It’s hard for many investors to take positions ahead of the peak of the corporate result season,” said

Hikaru Sato, senior technical analyst at Daiwa Securities. “Investors are also cautious about a possible rebound of the yen following the recent declines,” Sato told AFP. The dollar was trading at 109.14 yen, slightly up from 109.08 yen in New York Friday afternoon but down from 109.81 yen on Wednesday before Tokyo closed for public holidays.

Wall Street stocks powered higher Friday after closely watched US payrolls data showed lower-

than-expected job creation in April, while the unemployment rate fell to 3.9 percent, the lowest since December 2000. Worries that caused sell-offs in February and March have subdued, Rakuten Securities chief strategist Masayuki Kubota said, referring to factors including US inflation fears, the yen’s appreciation, worries about North Korea, and US-China trade friction.

“Considering uncertainty still lingers, however, it is getting difficult to keep chasing higher

prices,” he said in a commentary. “Both the Nikkei and New York Dow could be contained in boxed ranges for the next two to three months” before a new trend emerges, he said.

SoftBank Group was down 0.34 percent at 8,461 yen after the Financial Times reported that negotiations for the Japanese group to obtain an equity share in reinsurance firm Swiss Re were “close to collapse”. Nissan fell 0.08 percent to 1,126.5 yen and Honda lost

0.60 percent to 3,619 yen, with Panasonic down 0.90 percent at 1,590.5 yen.

Fujifilm, which plunged more than five percent on Wednesday last week before Tokyo closed for holidays, gained 0.84 percent to 4,158 yen as investors watched developments in its plans to merge operations with US giant Xerox.

The plan is fiercely opposed by several key activist shareholders who have filed a suit over the bid. (afp)

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Munduk Temu Offers a Cool Selfie Place

Munduk Temu village is one of the villages in Tabanan developing a tourism village. The environment with plantation, farming area and beautiful view becomes added value to the village in Pupuan subdistrict.

The new location under development to attract visitors is a beautiful place to take selfie.

Superiority of this selfie location lies in the beautiful scenery of the nature. Headman of the Munduk Temu, I Nyoman Wintara, said that Munduk Temu sits at an altitude of approximately 1,500 meters above sea level.

It is beautiful because displays a landscape of green plantations. Not a few tourists have relatively long lived here. Meanwhile, some others just pass to perpetuate the beauty of the nature.

At the selfie location has been made a stage sizing 3×4 meter and winged boat ornament. In addition, the ornament resembles a cage that can be used to take pictures. Visitors coming here can also enjoy the local coffee brand of Munduk Temu, namely the Leak Coffee and local fruit such as mangosteen and sugar snakefruit.

Most visitors coming here, said Wiantara, are teenagers. Commonly they throng on weekends whose number can reach 200 people. In order to be able to take pictures at the location, visitors must give donation as much as IDR 5,000 per person. “Many visitors usually come here on weekends primarily at sunrise or sunset. They are mostly teenagers deliberately come here just to take selfie,” said Wintara.

Later on, this selfie location will be submitted by the tourism awareness group of

local village or Pokdarwis given the task as the party to manage the area. “Later on, around the selfie location the village plans to develop a guest house that involves community participation,” added Wintara.

Prior to becoming a tourism village, Munduk Temu has also implemented organic and

in-organic waste sorting. Other than sorting garbage, it also maintains environmental cleanliness. Munduk Temu village has applied a fine to those who throw garbage carelessly as of March 2018.

For Munduk Temu customary village, the penalty is IDR 250,000 while Kebon

Jero customary village worth IDR 100,000.

In the meantime, the administrative village imposes stricter sanctions, where it does not only impose fine but also social sanction.

Photo of the perpetrators who throw garbage carelessly will be uploaded to social media owned by the village. (kmb)

Barong Bangkung Street Show

As a tradition, the Hindu community in Bali celebrates Galungan and Kuningan by delivering oblations accompanied with art activities. It also happens to the celebration of Galungan and Kuningan, where during the feast the barong bangkung or barong bangkal troupe will definitely do ngelawang or street show.

Barong bangkal or barong bangkung is a large enough and old pig considered a mythical animal having a mystical power. Attires of

the barong are made of black and white velvet. However, in general, the attires are not pretentious like that of other types of barong.

In every show, the barong bangkung is also equipped with trinkets of ate leaves and the dancers are wearing checkered trousers and rattles tied on legs, so that when moving they will generate rattling sound. Barong bangkal is carried by two dancers and the performances are held in the streets and around the village.

With the presence of barong

show, villagers will feel they have been protected by deities marked by the arrival of barong bangkal or barong bangkung. The show is accompanied with batel bebarongan gamelan music consisting of drums, tawa-tawa, kelenang, kelenong, cymbals and kempur.

The word ngelawang is derived from the word lawang meaning ‘door,’ a term in the Balinese language that means a gallivanting show from one house to another or from one village to another. This gallivanting show with diverse Balinese artistic traditions is performed by art troupe.

Allegedly this traditional show sources from a Hindu mythology, namely Shiva Tattva. Once upon a time Lord Shiva and Goddess Uma are making love in improper place and time, so that harmony shakes.

As a result, it brings in misery for mankind and other living beings.

After realizing his fault, Lord Shiva sent gods to calm down the situation and reassure the whole universe. When arriving on earth, the gods created and performed a variety of art forms. Through the love of art show the whole universe

is back to peaceful condition.

The meaning of purification in the Shiva Tattva mythology is also harmonious with the content of disaster repellent in the legend on the insolence destruction of Mayadenawa that was then celebrated as the starting point of Galungan, the celebration of victory of dharma (truth) against adharma (untruth).

Ngelawang poses a cultural energy having a spiritual aspect, arts and entertainment.

This tradition means to expel evil spirits and protects population from any plagues or diseases caused by evil spirits (bhuta kala).

When performing ngelawang, homeowners will usually offer an oblation with sesari (money).

Ngelawang tradition inherited from generation to generation means to neutralize the universe, reject all kinds of diseases interfering with human life, including psychically driving away those having evil intention.

By and large, this street show is performed five days before Galungan to the celebration of Kuningan. In the 1970s, the nomadic art crystallized into art event that

jazzed up the Galungan. In recent years, this art tends to go extinct in line with the changing of times, so that it is difficult to find this kind of performance.

Ngelawang does not only pose an attractive art show, but also contains positive values. In addition to preserving local culture, it also serves as a medium of creativity to sharpen educational values, norms, ethics and moral.

They do this art activity in togetherness while making others happy through entertainment.

Ngelawang is carried out with joy, so that the interaction among them serves as a form of character education and cultivation of artistic values as well as has the meaning of socialization.

In harmony with the development of times, ngelawang has different purposes. There are people only doing the ngelawang to maintain tradition, just run a hobby and raise funds. Apparently, the latest development is widely practiced by barong troupe, so that the location of the show is chosen specifically such as in tourist areas like Kuta, Ubud, Sanur and others. (kmb)

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New Zealand sinkhole reveals glimpse into 60,000-year-old volcano

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In this handout photograph released by the Press Information Department (PID) Punjab on May 6, 2018, injured Pakistan’s Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal (C) is evacuated from a helicopter on their arrival in Lahore.

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Strained ties with West...

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Russia’s ties with the West have been strained by Putin’s moves to annex Crimea from Ukraine and to launch a military campaign in Syria in support of its President Bashar al-Assad. In recent months relations have soured further over accusations of the poisoning of an ex-spy in Britain and of election meddling in the US. “For Putin any concession is a sign of weakness, so there shouldn’t be any expectation of a change in foreign policy,” said Konstantin Kalachev, the head of the Political Expert Group think tank in Moscow.

But independent political analyst Dmitry Oreshkin said the president may find himself obliged to shift his approach to the international community over the next term.

“Russia hasn’t been so isolated since the Soviet war in Afghanistan” from 1979 to 1989, he told AFP. “Now his task isn’t to bring

any new lands to Russia, but to force the world to consider Russia’s interests and accept its previous conquests.” Reports that Alexei Kudrin -- a liberal former finance minister who is respected abroad -- could return to the Kremlin in a reshuffle, suggest the president could be seeking a less confrontational approach.

The constitution bars Putin from running again when his fourth term ends in 2024. But he has remained silent on the issue of his succession.

Oreshkin said Putin would stay on for the full term but Kalachev suggested he could leave the Kremlin before he serves out the six years. “He will stay in power, but not necessarily in the presidency,” he said.

“For Putin to write his place in history, he needs to pick the right moment to go. Serving another six years is a road to nowhere. He will leave in a way that takes everyone by surprise.” (afp)

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Indonesia GDP growth slows in first quarter

WELLINGTON - A new sinkhole on a North Island farm as deep as four double-decker buses and almost the length of two football fields has grabbed the attention of New Zealand volcanologists.

The chasm appeared after heavy rainfall near the town of Rotorua and left a jagged scar on the landscape, exposing rock deposits from 60,000 years ago.

Experts believe rain dissolved underground limestone over thousands of years, eventually causing the ground to collapse and create the canyon.

“This is pretty spectacular, it’s a lot bigger than the ones I’d normally see,” volcanologist Brad Scott said of the chasm measuring 20 metres (66 foot) deep and 200 metres (660 feet) long.

Scott said the dairy farm where the fissure appeared lay on the crater of a long-dormant volcano.

“What I see in the bottom of the hole is the original 60,000-year-old volcanic deposit that came out of this crater,” he told TVNZ. Farmer Colin Tremain said the sinkhole appeared overnight last week and was spotted by one of his workers during an early morning round to attend the cows. While such holes were common on the property, this was by far the largest he said, admitting there was little he could do to stop his land disappearing in such dramatic fashion. “(I’ll) put a fence around it and forget about it, waste of time filling it in,” he told Radio NZ. (afp)

This frame grab from TVNZ video footage taken on May 2, 2018 and released to AFP on May 7 shows a sinkhole that appeared on a dairy farm near Rotorua on New Zealand’s North Island.

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Pakistan interior minister recovering after gun attack

LAHORE - Pakistan’s interior minister was recovering in hospital Monday after being shot in a suspected assassination attempt possibly linked to blasphemy, with the attack seen as an ominous sign for security ahead of nationwide elections.

Ahsan Iqbal, 59, was shot in the right arm as he prepared to leave a public meeting in his constituency in Punjab province late Sunday.

A man identified by police only as “Abid” and said to be in his early 20s was wrestled to the ground by officers and bystanders as he was preparing to fire a second shot. He has been taken into custody.

Police are still investigating the attack, but local deputy commissioner Ali Anan Qamar told AFP that the shooter said he was inspired by a controversy last year in which a small amendment to the oath that election candidates must swear had to be hastily reversed after it was linked to blasphemy.

The row sparked a three-week sit-in last November by a previously little-known Islamist group,

which paralysed the capital.

That demonstration ended when the government capitulated to the protesters’ demands -- including the ousting of the federal law minister -- in a deal brokered by the military.

At the time many Pakistanis and analysts warned that a dangerous precedent had been set in which fringe groups could bend the state to their will by citing blasphemy, a highly inflammatory charge in the conservative Muslim country.

Iqbal, a champion of Pakistan’s much-persecuted religious minorities, pushed for a negotiated settlement to the controversy. He has previously condemned hate speech against groups such as the Ahmadis, an Islamic minority sect who were at the centre of the dispute.

After the shooting he was rushed first to a local hospital and then airlifted to Lahore, where video footage released by his ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party (PML-N) showed him being lowered from a helicopter on a stretcher, his eyes open as he responded to questions.

Doctors performed surgery on him until the early hours, Shafqat Waseem Chaudhry, one of the five-member medical team responsible for him, told AFP. “He is stable now. But he will remain in the (intensive care unit) for two days,” he said.

The attack was swiftly condemned by the international community as Pakistanis voiced fears it represented an attempt to weaken democracy ahead of the federal elections, widely expected to be held late this summer. (afp)

Indonesia’s first-quarter GDP growth slowed on the back of a contraction in exports and public spending, the government said Monday, despite efforts to rev up Southeast Asia’s biggest economy. The latest figures present another challenge to Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo who came to office in 2014 on a pledge to boost annual growth to seven percent.

But Indonesia’s commodity-driven economy has been stuck in the 5.0 percent growth range despite repeated interest rate cuts by the central bank over the past couple of years.

On Monday, Indonesia said its economy grew 5.06 percent in the January-March period, slightly off a 5.2 percent growth rate it saw in the previous three months, as lacklustre consumer spending also weighed on activity.

“We see little prospect of a rebound,” Gareth Leather, a senior Asia economist at London-based consultancy Capital Economics said in a report after the data were published. “Although the decent prospects for the global economy should help to support export volumes, subdued prices for Indonesia’s main commodity exports (especially palm oil) mean revenues are likely to remain low by past standards.”

The country is the world’s biggest producer of palm oil -- used in everything from food to cosmetics. But the commodity has been facing a backlash over the environmental impact of massive land clearing to grow the crop.

Despite the lack of pick-up in growth, Indonesia last month won a credit rating upgrade from Moody’s which pointed to efforts at keeping budget deficits and inflation under control.

Widodo has launched an ambitious bid to upgrade Indonesia’s creaking infrastructure and boost tax revenue, but the sprawling nation still struggles with endemic corruption, poverty and lacklustre education standards. “Further ahead, growth will depend on the government’s progress in addressing Indonesia’s long-standing structural issues,” Leather said.(afp)

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) and Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo (L) plant a tree at the presidential palace in Bogor on May 7, 2018.

Jokowi and Li plant camphor sapling together

BOGOR - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) along with Prime Minister (PM) Li Keqiang planted a sapling of camphor, or “Dryobalanops lanceolata,” in the backyard of the Bogor Presidential Palace. The Indonesian head of state and head of the government of China planted a camphor sapling on Monday as a sign of growing friendship between the two countries.

After a state welcome ceremony, Jokowi and Li then headed to the backyard of the Bogor Presidential Palace through the verandah of the palace. They then walked to the park in the palace and planted a camphor sapling. The leaders then watered the sapling with a green bucket.

After planting the sapling with a few ground hoes and watering it using a water scoop, Jokowi invited Li to wash his hands.

However, as the bucket was half-filled with water, PM Li invited President Jokowi to pour it

on the plant. PM Li held up the green bucket, assisted by President Jokowi, and then poured the water together while laughing.

After watering the sapling, they shook hands and smiled for the media. Furthermore, President Jokowi and PM Li held a bilateral meeting with the delegation and representatives of the Indonesian government in a room. According to the Center of Plant Conservation Bogor Botanical Garden data, camphor is a type of plant belonging to the Dipterocarpaceae family.

The wood, having a strong class II-(I) and durable class III, can be utilized to make boats and roof construction poles of houses.

Camphor wood also has other economic value, as the camphor and its sap can be used for medical and cosmetic purposes. This rare plant is usually found on the Sumatra and Borneo islands.

The planting of the sapling symbolizes the hope of both governments to make their relationship stronger and more mutually beneficial in various sectors of cooperation.(ant)

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Warriors, Rockets reach brink of West final

LOS ANGELES - The Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets both raced to a pair of lopsided wins on Sunday and can book their spots in the Western Conference final with victories on their home courts on Tuesday.

MANGUPURA - The Whacko Beach Club overlooks the exciting marine sport activities of Tanjung Benoa, from an indoor dining venue serving local and international cuisine and a lounge that hosts chill-out sessions. It boasts a cosy restaurant, a large blue tiled lap pool with a swim-up bar serving signature cocktails, shaded loungers and draped cabanas on the sand. The restaurant’s eclectic menu presents a wealth of Western delights, from pizzas, pastas and grills, to tempting local selections presented with a twist. Here, you can discover some authentic local tastes, such as traditional grilled seafood prepared with local sauces and dips, Balinese crispy duck, and the famous Indonesian beef rendang.

Scenes and Settings While Whacko is a convenient spot to come ashore to and fill up and cool down in between parasailing and jet skiing, the beach club is a great alternative to Tanjung Benoa’s array of restaurants. In the evenings when the water sport excitement comes to a halt, the beach club takes on a lounging scene for those seeking a place to chill. Inside the air-conditioned restaurant and lounge, it’s fresh and chic with white wooden tables and chairs, and several cushioned sofas and bright orange pillows. The floor-to-ceiling windows and white walls are free of any ornaments or curios, apart from a single rattan orb lighting fixture in the centre ceiling. Outside, wide parasol-shaded daybeds border the lap pool. At sundown, Live DJs at their turntables play chill-out tunes from afternoon to midnight every weekday. Weekends feature live entertainment from bands playing top 40 tunes to traditional and contemporary dances.

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Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors dunks the ball against the New Orleans Pelicans during the second half of Game Four of the Western Conference Semifinals of the 2018 NBA Playoffsat the Smoothie King Center on May 6, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Japan’s Taro Daniel claims first ATP title

Tasty Selections Whacko’s take on the traditional deep-fried crispy duck comes with a wholesome serving of yellow turmeric rice, Balinese-style satays, ‘pepes ikan’ leaf-wrapped grilled fish, crispy duck, and an array of traditional chilli sambal dips with spicy blends the locals can’t seem to enjoy a meal without. Other servings are succulent pork ribs, grilled chicken or grilled snapper as substitute, the latter replacing the satay wraps with tiger prawn skewers.

The traditional Balinese vegetable mix known as ‘jukut urap’ gets a modern presentation, offering a crunchy salad combination of bean sprouts, sliced snake beans and chopped cauliflower in a tasty coconut dressing. A bowl of clear seafood soup accompanies these traditional inspired dishes. (net)

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ISTANBUL - Taro Daniel claimed “surprise” at securing his first career ATP title with a 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 defeat of Tunisia’s Malek Jaziri in Istanbul on Sunday.

The 25-year-old Daniel hit the tennis headlines when toppling 12-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic at Indian Wells in March.

The thrill of taking that heavyweight scalp - his first win over a top 20 player in the ATP rankings - soon dissipated as he lost four of his next five matches.

But the world number 114 regained his form in Turkey this week, advancing for the first time to the semifinals and maintaining his composure to take the title.

“I was feeling pretty nervous before the match,” Daniel, who was born in New York and trained in Spain said.

“I was nervous, but I told myself, ‘I’m sure he’s more nervous than me.’ So that helped. When I started not badly... I started to calm down a bit more.”

“I’m obviously pretty surprised that I suddenly won an ATP (title). But I guess things like this happen.”

His moment of glory was not without its anxious moments.

He let slip two match points at 5-3 on the Tunisian’s serve, then double faulted on his third match point but sealed the landmark success with a backhand winner down the line at the fourth opportunity to earn the title.

The win is expected to lift him up to number 82 in the latest ATP rankings published Monday. (afp)

Kevin Durant scored 38 points to power the reigning NBA champion Warriors over the New Orleans Pelicans 118-92 and Chris Paul finished with 27 points and 12 rebounds as the Rockets defeated the Utah Jazz 100-87.

Durant said his free form game plan allowed him to be aggressive and effective at the same time.

“I just try to tell myself that I’m at my best when I don’t care what happens after the game, the outcome or anything,” Durant said.

“That’s when I’m free and having fun out there, and forceful. I just try to play with force no matter if I missed shots or not, just keep shooting, keep being aggressive.”

Stephen Curry added 23 points as the Warriors seized a 3-1 lead in their best-of-seven second-round series.

The Warriors are seeking a fourth consecutive trip to the NBA finals and their third crown in four seasons.

Curry said the key was getting the ball to their hottest player, Durant.

“Just find ways to get him in scoring positions,” Curry said.

“Sometimes, that’s not really hard to do -- just throw it to him.

“Just keep the game simple at

that point because he’s such a great scorer, you don’t have to really overthink things.”

The host Pelicans, led by 26 points and 12 rebounds from Anthony Davis, never led while Golden State stretched the lead to as many as 26 points.

Durant added nine rebounds while Draymond Green had eight points, nine rebounds and nine assists for the Warriors. Klay Thompson added 13 points and Quinn Cook added 12 off the bench.

The Warriors limited Pelicans difference makers Rajon Rondo and Nikola Mirotic to just six and seven points. New Orleans made four of 26 attempts from threepoint range.

Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said they have to get more scoring from multiple players to win.

“I told you right from the start.

You’re not going to beat them if you can’t score 115 points,” Gentry said. “I don’t care how good your defence is. I don’t care what you do.

You have to be able to score 110, 115 points to have any chance to beat them.”

In Utah, NBA veteran Paul, celebrating his 33rd birthday, also had 12 rebounds while James Harden scored 24 points to power the Rockets to a 3-1 series lead. (afp)

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Messi strike helps 10-man Barca earn draw as Ronaldo goes off injured

Real Madrid’s Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas (R) blocks a shot on goal by Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi during the Spanish league football match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on May 6, 2018.

Lionel Messi weaved his magic to keep 10-man Barcelona’s unbeaten season alive as a 2-2 draw at the Camp Nou on Sunday left Real Madrid sweating over an injury to Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo was forced off at half-time after appearing to hurt his ankle and Real will be hoping their star striker can now recover in time for the Champions League final against Liverpool on May 26.

“It’s a small thing,” Real coach Zinedine Zidane said afterwards.

“He is a bit worried, right now the ankle is a bit swollen, but he said it is not so bad.” Gerard Pique’s challenge had come as Ronaldo cancelled out Luis Suarez’s opener before Sergi Roberto was sent off on the stroke of half-time for an altercation with Real defender Marcelo.

Barca, however, took the lead in the second half as Messi scored a brilliant individual goal only for Gareth Bale, who could earlier have been sent off, to have the last word in a thrilling Clasico, his emphatic strike earning Real a deserved draw.

After initially taking treatment, Ronaldo played on for 31 minutes

here before Zidane decided to substitute him at half-time, which may at least offer Real encouragement.

“It’s just the movement, tomorrow we’ll see,” Zidane told Movistar.

“The Champions League final?

We’re going to do everything to make it.”

Fears this meeting, which meant little in terms of the table, might lack intensity proved well wide of the mark as a pulsating contest, littered with controversy, could have been won at either end right up until the final whistle. Ronaldo’s injury, however, coupled with Barcelona avoiding defeat, despite playing a man down for the whole of the second half, meant the Catalans departed the happier side.

Ernesto Valverde’s men, already

crowned champions, are now three matches away from becoming the first team ever to finish a 38-game La Liga season unbeaten. Andres Iniesta overcame, or perhaps ignored, a niggling calf problem to play his 38th and final Clasico while Philippe Coutinho was picked to start his first. Iniesta went off to a standing ovation in the second half.

Barca exploded out of the blocks and they were ahead within 10 minutes. Suarez swept the ball out to the right where Sergi ignored Messi’s run to the near post and returned the cross deep to Suarez.

He finished into the bottom corner.

- Equaliser comes at a cost -

The lead, however, lasted four

minutes. Just as Suarez initiated his goal, so did Ronaldo, a neat backheel freeing Toni Kroos, who found Karim Benzema at the back post. The Frenchman was cool enough to head back into the sixyard box, where Ronaldo bundled home. Ronaldo took treatment but was able temporarily to continue and could twice have given Real the lead. His first shot was saved by Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, the second fired wide of the far post.

In between, Messi had played in Jordi Alba with a sumptuous ball over the top but even he lost his cool during five mad minutes at the end of the first period. Suarez felt he had been elbowed by Sergio Ramos, prompting the first round of scuffles, before Messi was booked for flying into the defender on the touchline.

Bale was then lucky not to be sent off for stabbing his studs into Samuel Umtiti’s calf and moments later Sergi did see red, as he threw

a hand into the face of Marcelo.

The home fans were raging as the half-time whistle blew but, with Marco Asensio on for Ronaldo, they were celebrating eight minutes after the restart.

Suarez’s blatant kick on Raphael Varane went unpunished and from there it was all about Messi. He skipped away first from Ramos, and then Casemiro, before firing into the bottom corner. Even Zidane was smiling on the touchline.

Real struggled to capitalise on their one-man advantage until the 72nd minute, when Bale raced onto Asensio’s pass and whipped the ball first-time into the top corner.

It was the Welshman’s 15th goal in 24 matches this year.

Real should have had a late penalty when Alba cleared out Marcelo but referee Alejandro Jose Hernandez Hernandez somehow decided the challenge was clean. It was the final controversy of a surprisingly heated derby.(afp)

Napoli slip up again to all but hand Juventus Serie A title

Juventus are practically assured of winning a seventh successive Serie A title after secondplaced Napoli were held 2-2 by Torino on Sunday. Juventus have a six-point lead in Serie A with two games left to play. Both teams are equal in head-to-head clashes but Juventus are well ahead of their southern rivals on goal difference.

The champions now need just one point to officially retain their crown with games to come against Roma in the Stadio Olimpico and already-relegated Verona in Turin.

Torino twice battled back

from a goal down to steal a point from Maurizio Sarri’s side who had been bidding for a first title since the days of Argentina legend Diego Maradona in 1987 and 1990. “We battled for top spot right down to the wire,” said Sarri. “In the end, the Scudetto come down to minor details.

“We did everything within our power to give Juventus a run for their money but objectively speaking they have greater resources than us and we couldn’t have done any more than we did.”

“The biggest regret was those injuries to (Faouzi) Ghoulam and (Arek) Milik because they deprived

us of two important players.” Sarri said the “real turning point” was Juventus’ last-gasp win over Inter Milan last weekend with two goals in the final three minutes.

“In four minutes the Scudetto went from within our grasp to in Juve’s hands. Moments like that can define a season.” The mood in the Stadio San Paolo was one of support for Sarri after club president Aurelio De Laurentiis laid the blame on the coach after last week’s defeat at Fiorentina effectively ended their title challenge.

Napoli’s last win was against Juventus in Turin two weeks ago.

Dries Mertens celebrated his 31st birthday by putting Napoli ahead after 25 minutes after a shocking defensive error by Torino’s Nicolas Burdisso, with captain Marek Hamsik coming off the bench to add a second for the hosts and his 100th in Serie A after 71 minutes.

But Daniele Baselli pulled the visitors level 10 minutes into the second half with a dejected Sarri burying his head in his hands as Lorenzo De Silvestri headed in seven minutes from time.

“I got angry because I want to finish the season as well as possible,” said the Napoli coach. “We must end the season on a high.

These last two matches are very important because we can set a new all-time points record for this club.”

Juventus had recovered from a goal down to beat Bologna 3-1 on Saturday to open up a seven-point lead.

Massimiliano Allegri’s Juventus would have to lose their final two matches and Napoli to achieve high-scoring wins against Sampdoria and Crotone to make up the goal difference.

Napoli and Juventus both won 1-0 away from home against each other this season, but the Turin giants (+61) have a considerable edge over Napoli (+45) in terms of goal difference.(afp)

Zidane hopeful Ronaldo will be fit for Champions League final

Zinedine Zidane is optimistic Cristiano Ronaldo will be fit for the Champions League final against Liverpool despite Real Madrid’s star player going off injured against Barcelona on Sunday. Ronaldo appeared to sustain a knock to his ankle as he bundled home a 14th-minute equaliser for Real at the Camp Nou. The striker played on until half-time but was substituted during the interval.

Real went on to secure a 2-2 draw without Ronaldo, as Gareth Bale struck in the 72nd minute after Lionel Messi’s superb individual effort put 10-man Barca ahead.

Sergi Roberto had been sent off at the end of the first period after Luis Suarez opened the scoring in a pulsating, and highly controversial, Clasico. But Ronaldo’s injury will be the key talking point, with the Portugese now facing a fight to recover in time for the Champions League final against Liverpool on May 26.

“How long he will need I cannot tell you but for him, it is a small problem,” Zidane said afterwards.

“We’ll see tomorrow after the tests, what we have to do is see the damage done to the ankle. He is a little worried because his ankle is a bit swollen but he said it was only minor.”

Ronaldo’s injury, coupled with Barcelona avoiding defeat despite playing half the contest with 10 men, Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (L) sits on the field after resulting injured dbeside Spanish referee Hernandez Hernandez (C) and Barcelona’s Spanish defender Gerard Pique uring the Spanish league football match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on May 6, 2018.

meant it was the Catalans who left the more satisfied. Ernesto Valverde’s men are now three matches away from becoming the first ever team to finish a 38-match La Liga season unbeaten.

“It would have hurt to lose to Madrid, or any other team,” Valverde said. “I think we are the only unbeaten team in Europe in the big leagues and that is something that pushes us.”

Bale’s goal was his 15th in 24 games this year and the Welshman will hope it sparks a return to favour ahead of Real’s European climax in Kiev.

But Bale was lucky still to be on the pitch after he stabbed his studs into the back of Samuel Umtiti’s calf, moments before Sergi was sent off. It was one of a number of questionable decisions from referee Alejandro Jose Hernandez Hernandez, as both teams departed wondering what might have been.

As well as Bale’s reckless challenge, Suarez fouled Raphael Varane in the build-up to Messi’s goal while

Marcelo should have had a late penalty after he was brought down by Jordi Alba. “Next year it will change with VAR,” Zidane said. “Then we will see what a match like that will look like.”

Valverde added: “It was clearly a difficult match to referee. I am not sure about the red card for Sergi Roberto, he might have raised his hand but I do not think it was worthy of a red, maybe because I know him.”

The thrilling nature of the match meant Andres Iniesta’s last Clasico before leaving Barcelona at the end of the season was reduced to a footnote.

The Spaniard went off to a standing ovation in the second half.

“I am doing everything possible so I can play these last few games and try to absorb them,” Iniesta told Barca TV. “Three matches remain, they are the last ones, it seems that the end never comes but we have won the league already and I will try to enjoy every minute.”(afp)

Pogba brother ‘attacked’ by team-mates in Turkey - reports

Florentin Pogba, the older brother of Manchester United star Paul, was attacked by angry Genclerbirligi team-mates after abruptly walking off the pitch on Sunday and leaving his side a man down, Turkish media reported. Pogba was confronted in the changing room by several team-mates after the 1-0 league defeat at home to Antalyaspor, according to the Dogan news agency and Fanatik sports daily.

Security officers and club officials reportedly had to intervene to usher Pogba to safety. The defender removed his shirt and stormed off the pitch in the 88th minute with his team down a goal after an argument with a team-mate. Genclerbirligi had already made their three substitutions, forcing the home side to finish the match with just 10 men.

The loss means Genclerbirligi are almost certain to be relegated from the Turkish top flight with five points between them and safety and just two matches of the season remaining. Pogba, 27, signed an 18-month contract with the Ankara-based club in January after spending most of his career at Saint-Etienne.(afp)

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Messi strike helps 10-man Barca earn draw as Ronaldo goes off injured

Real Madrid’s Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas (R) blocks a shot on goal by Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi during the Spanish league football match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on May 6, 2018.

Lionel Messi weaved his magic to keep 10-man Barcelona’s unbeaten season alive as a 2-2 draw at the Camp Nou on Sunday left Real Madrid sweating over an injury to Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo was forced off at half-time after appearing to hurt his ankle and Real will be hoping their star striker can now recover in time for the Champions League final against Liverpool on May 26.

“It’s a small thing,” Real coach Zinedine Zidane said afterwards.

“He is a bit worried, right now the ankle is a bit swollen, but he said it is not so bad.” Gerard Pique’s challenge had come as Ronaldo cancelled out Luis Suarez’s opener before Sergi Roberto was sent off on the stroke of half-time for an altercation with Real defender Marcelo.

Barca, however, took the lead in the second half as Messi scored a brilliant individual goal only for Gareth Bale, who could earlier have been sent off, to have the last word in a thrilling Clasico, his emphatic strike earning Real a deserved draw.

After initially taking treatment, Ronaldo played on for 31 minutes

here before Zidane decided to substitute him at half-time, which may at least offer Real encouragement.

“It’s just the movement, tomorrow we’ll see,” Zidane told Movistar.

“The Champions League final?

We’re going to do everything to make it.”

Fears this meeting, which meant little in terms of the table, might lack intensity proved well wide of the mark as a pulsating contest, littered with controversy, could have been won at either end right up until the final whistle. Ronaldo’s injury, however, coupled with Barcelona avoiding defeat, despite playing a man down for the whole of the second half, meant the Catalans departed the happier side.

Ernesto Valverde’s men, already

crowned champions, are now three matches away from becoming the first team ever to finish a 38-game La Liga season unbeaten. Andres Iniesta overcame, or perhaps ignored, a niggling calf problem to play his 38th and final Clasico while Philippe Coutinho was picked to start his first. Iniesta went off to a standing ovation in the second half.

Barca exploded out of the blocks and they were ahead within 10 minutes. Suarez swept the ball out to the right where Sergi ignored Messi’s run to the near post and returned the cross deep to Suarez.

He finished into the bottom corner.

- Equaliser comes at a cost -

The lead, however, lasted four

minutes. Just as Suarez initiated his goal, so did Ronaldo, a neat backheel freeing Toni Kroos, who found Karim Benzema at the back post. The Frenchman was cool enough to head back into the sixyard box, where Ronaldo bundled home. Ronaldo took treatment but was able temporarily to continue and could twice have given Real the lead. His first shot was saved by Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, the second fired wide of the far post.

In between, Messi had played in Jordi Alba with a sumptuous ball over the top but even he lost his cool during five mad minutes at the end of the first period. Suarez felt he had been elbowed by Sergio Ramos, prompting the first round of scuffles, before Messi was booked for flying into the defender on the touchline.

Bale was then lucky not to be sent off for stabbing his studs into Samuel Umtiti’s calf and moments later Sergi did see red, as he threw

a hand into the face of Marcelo.

The home fans were raging as the half-time whistle blew but, with Marco Asensio on for Ronaldo, they were celebrating eight minutes after the restart.

Suarez’s blatant kick on Raphael Varane went unpunished and from there it was all about Messi. He skipped away first from Ramos, and then Casemiro, before firing into the bottom corner. Even Zidane was smiling on the touchline.

Real struggled to capitalise on their one-man advantage until the 72nd minute, when Bale raced onto Asensio’s pass and whipped the ball first-time into the top corner.

It was the Welshman’s 15th goal in 24 matches this year.

Real should have had a late penalty when Alba cleared out Marcelo but referee Alejandro Jose Hernandez Hernandez somehow decided the challenge was clean. It was the final controversy of a surprisingly heated derby.(afp)

Napoli slip up again to all but hand Juventus Serie A title

Juventus are practically assured of winning a seventh successive Serie A title after secondplaced Napoli were held 2-2 by Torino on Sunday. Juventus have a six-point lead in Serie A with two games left to play. Both teams are equal in head-to-head clashes but Juventus are well ahead of their southern rivals on goal difference.

The champions now need just one point to officially retain their crown with games to come against Roma in the Stadio Olimpico and already-relegated Verona in Turin.

Torino twice battled back

from a goal down to steal a point from Maurizio Sarri’s side who had been bidding for a first title since the days of Argentina legend Diego Maradona in 1987 and 1990. “We battled for top spot right down to the wire,” said Sarri. “In the end, the Scudetto come down to minor details.

“We did everything within our power to give Juventus a run for their money but objectively speaking they have greater resources than us and we couldn’t have done any more than we did.”

“The biggest regret was those injuries to (Faouzi) Ghoulam and (Arek) Milik because they deprived

us of two important players.” Sarri said the “real turning point” was Juventus’ last-gasp win over Inter Milan last weekend with two goals in the final three minutes.

“In four minutes the Scudetto went from within our grasp to in Juve’s hands. Moments like that can define a season.” The mood in the Stadio San Paolo was one of support for Sarri after club president Aurelio De Laurentiis laid the blame on the coach after last week’s defeat at Fiorentina effectively ended their title challenge.

Napoli’s last win was against Juventus in Turin two weeks ago.

Dries Mertens celebrated his 31st birthday by putting Napoli ahead after 25 minutes after a shocking defensive error by Torino’s Nicolas Burdisso, with captain Marek Hamsik coming off the bench to add a second for the hosts and his 100th in Serie A after 71 minutes.

But Daniele Baselli pulled the visitors level 10 minutes into the second half with a dejected Sarri burying his head in his hands as Lorenzo De Silvestri headed in seven minutes from time.

“I got angry because I want to finish the season as well as possible,” said the Napoli coach. “We must end the season on a high.

These last two matches are very important because we can set a new all-time points record for this club.”

Juventus had recovered from a goal down to beat Bologna 3-1 on Saturday to open up a seven-point lead.

Massimiliano Allegri’s Juventus would have to lose their final two matches and Napoli to achieve high-scoring wins against Sampdoria and Crotone to make up the goal difference.

Napoli and Juventus both won 1-0 away from home against each other this season, but the Turin giants (+61) have a considerable edge over Napoli (+45) in terms of goal difference.(afp)

Zidane hopeful Ronaldo will be fit for Champions League final

Zinedine Zidane is optimistic Cristiano Ronaldo will be fit for the Champions League final against Liverpool despite Real Madrid’s star player going off injured against Barcelona on Sunday. Ronaldo appeared to sustain a knock to his ankle as he bundled home a 14th-minute equaliser for Real at the Camp Nou. The striker played on until half-time but was substituted during the interval.

Real went on to secure a 2-2 draw without Ronaldo, as Gareth Bale struck in the 72nd minute after Lionel Messi’s superb individual effort put 10-man Barca ahead.

Sergi Roberto had been sent off at the end of the first period after Luis Suarez opened the scoring in a pulsating, and highly controversial, Clasico. But Ronaldo’s injury will be the key talking point, with the Portugese now facing a fight to recover in time for the Champions League final against Liverpool on May 26.

“How long he will need I cannot tell you but for him, it is a small problem,” Zidane said afterwards.

“We’ll see tomorrow after the tests, what we have to do is see the damage done to the ankle. He is a little worried because his ankle is a bit swollen but he said it was only minor.”

Ronaldo’s injury, coupled with Barcelona avoiding defeat despite playing half the contest with 10 men, Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (L) sits on the field after resulting injured dbeside Spanish referee Hernandez Hernandez (C) and Barcelona’s Spanish defender Gerard Pique uring the Spanish league football match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on May 6, 2018.

meant it was the Catalans who left the more satisfied. Ernesto Valverde’s men are now three matches away from becoming the first ever team to finish a 38-match La Liga season unbeaten.

“It would have hurt to lose to Madrid, or any other team,” Valverde said. “I think we are the only unbeaten team in Europe in the big leagues and that is something that pushes us.”

Bale’s goal was his 15th in 24 games this year and the Welshman will hope it sparks a return to favour ahead of Real’s European climax in Kiev.

But Bale was lucky still to be on the pitch after he stabbed his studs into the back of Samuel Umtiti’s calf, moments before Sergi was sent off. It was one of a number of questionable decisions from referee Alejandro Jose Hernandez Hernandez, as both teams departed wondering what might have been.

As well as Bale’s reckless challenge, Suarez fouled Raphael Varane in the build-up to Messi’s goal while

Marcelo should have had a late penalty after he was brought down by Jordi Alba. “Next year it will change with VAR,” Zidane said. “Then we will see what a match like that will look like.”

Valverde added: “It was clearly a difficult match to referee. I am not sure about the red card for Sergi Roberto, he might have raised his hand but I do not think it was worthy of a red, maybe because I know him.”

The thrilling nature of the match meant Andres Iniesta’s last Clasico before leaving Barcelona at the end of the season was reduced to a footnote.

The Spaniard went off to a standing ovation in the second half.

“I am doing everything possible so I can play these last few games and try to absorb them,” Iniesta told Barca TV. “Three matches remain, they are the last ones, it seems that the end never comes but we have won the league already and I will try to enjoy every minute.”(afp)

Pogba brother ‘attacked’ by team-mates in Turkey - reports

Florentin Pogba, the older brother of Manchester United star Paul, was attacked by angry Genclerbirligi team-mates after abruptly walking off the pitch on Sunday and leaving his side a man down, Turkish media reported. Pogba was confronted in the changing room by several team-mates after the 1-0 league defeat at home to Antalyaspor, according to the Dogan news agency and Fanatik sports daily.

Security officers and club officials reportedly had to intervene to usher Pogba to safety. The defender removed his shirt and stormed off the pitch in the 88th minute with his team down a goal after an argument with a team-mate. Genclerbirligi had already made their three substitutions, forcing the home side to finish the match with just 10 men.

The loss means Genclerbirligi are almost certain to be relegated from the Turkish top flight with five points between them and safety and just two matches of the season remaining. Pogba, 27, signed an 18-month contract with the Ankara-based club in January after spending most of his career at Saint-Etienne.(afp)

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Warriors, Rockets reach brink of West final

LOS ANGELES - The Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets both raced to a pair of lopsided wins on Sunday and can book their spots in the Western Conference final with victories on their home courts on Tuesday.

MANGUPURA - The Whacko Beach Club overlooks the exciting marine sport activities of Tanjung Benoa, from an indoor dining venue serving local and international cuisine and a lounge that hosts chill-out sessions. It boasts a cosy restaurant, a large blue tiled lap pool with a swim-up bar serving signature cocktails, shaded loungers and draped cabanas on the sand. The restaurant’s eclectic menu presents a wealth of Western delights, from pizzas, pastas and grills, to tempting local selections presented with a twist. Here, you can discover some authentic local tastes, such as traditional grilled seafood prepared with local sauces and dips, Balinese crispy duck, and the famous Indonesian beef rendang.

Scenes and Settings While Whacko is a convenient spot to come ashore to and fill up and cool down in between parasailing and jet skiing, the beach club is a great alternative to Tanjung Benoa’s array of restaurants. In the evenings when the water sport excitement comes to a halt, the beach club takes on a lounging scene for those seeking a place to chill. Inside the air-conditioned restaurant and lounge, it’s fresh and chic with white wooden tables and chairs, and several cushioned sofas and bright orange pillows. The floor-to-ceiling windows and white walls are free of any ornaments or curios, apart from a single rattan orb lighting fixture in the centre ceiling. Outside, wide parasol-shaded daybeds border the lap pool. At sundown, Live DJs at their turntables play chill-out tunes from afternoon to midnight every weekday. Weekends feature live entertainment from bands playing top 40 tunes to traditional and contemporary dances.

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Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors dunks the ball against the New Orleans Pelicans during the second half of Game Four of the Western Conference Semifinals of the 2018 NBA Playoffsat the Smoothie King Center on May 6, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Japan’s Taro Daniel claims first ATP title

Tasty Selections Whacko’s take on the traditional deep-fried crispy duck comes with a wholesome serving of yellow turmeric rice, Balinese-style satays, ‘pepes ikan’ leaf-wrapped grilled fish, crispy duck, and an array of traditional chilli sambal dips with spicy blends the locals can’t seem to enjoy a meal without. Other servings are succulent pork ribs, grilled chicken or grilled snapper as substitute, the latter replacing the satay wraps with tiger prawn skewers.

The traditional Balinese vegetable mix known as ‘jukut urap’ gets a modern presentation, offering a crunchy salad combination of bean sprouts, sliced snake beans and chopped cauliflower in a tasty coconut dressing. A bowl of clear seafood soup accompanies these traditional inspired dishes. (net)

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ISTANBUL - Taro Daniel claimed “surprise” at securing his first career ATP title with a 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 defeat of Tunisia’s Malek Jaziri in Istanbul on Sunday.

The 25-year-old Daniel hit the tennis headlines when toppling 12-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic at Indian Wells in March.

The thrill of taking that heavyweight scalp - his first win over a top 20 player in the ATP rankings - soon dissipated as he lost four of his next five matches.

But the world number 114 regained his form in Turkey this week, advancing for the first time to the semifinals and maintaining his composure to take the title.

“I was feeling pretty nervous before the match,” Daniel, who was born in New York and trained in Spain said.

“I was nervous, but I told myself, ‘I’m sure he’s more nervous than me.’ So that helped. When I started not badly... I started to calm down a bit more.”

“I’m obviously pretty surprised that I suddenly won an ATP (title). But I guess things like this happen.”

His moment of glory was not without its anxious moments.

He let slip two match points at 5-3 on the Tunisian’s serve, then double faulted on his third match point but sealed the landmark success with a backhand winner down the line at the fourth opportunity to earn the title.

The win is expected to lift him up to number 82 in the latest ATP rankings published Monday. (afp)

Kevin Durant scored 38 points to power the reigning NBA champion Warriors over the New Orleans Pelicans 118-92 and Chris Paul finished with 27 points and 12 rebounds as the Rockets defeated the Utah Jazz 100-87.

Durant said his free form game plan allowed him to be aggressive and effective at the same time.

“I just try to tell myself that I’m at my best when I don’t care what happens after the game, the outcome or anything,” Durant said.

“That’s when I’m free and having fun out there, and forceful. I just try to play with force no matter if I missed shots or not, just keep shooting, keep being aggressive.”

Stephen Curry added 23 points as the Warriors seized a 3-1 lead in their best-of-seven second-round series.

The Warriors are seeking a fourth consecutive trip to the NBA finals and their third crown in four seasons.

Curry said the key was getting the ball to their hottest player, Durant.

“Just find ways to get him in scoring positions,” Curry said.

“Sometimes, that’s not really hard to do -- just throw it to him.

“Just keep the game simple at

that point because he’s such a great scorer, you don’t have to really overthink things.”

The host Pelicans, led by 26 points and 12 rebounds from Anthony Davis, never led while Golden State stretched the lead to as many as 26 points.

Durant added nine rebounds while Draymond Green had eight points, nine rebounds and nine assists for the Warriors. Klay Thompson added 13 points and Quinn Cook added 12 off the bench.

The Warriors limited Pelicans difference makers Rajon Rondo and Nikola Mirotic to just six and seven points. New Orleans made four of 26 attempts from threepoint range.

Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said they have to get more scoring from multiple players to win.

“I told you right from the start.

You’re not going to beat them if you can’t score 115 points,” Gentry said. “I don’t care how good your defence is. I don’t care what you do.

You have to be able to score 110, 115 points to have any chance to beat them.”

In Utah, NBA veteran Paul, celebrating his 33rd birthday, also had 12 rebounds while James Harden scored 24 points to power the Rockets to a 3-1 series lead. (afp)

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New Zealand sinkhole reveals glimpse into 60,000-year-old volcano

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In this handout photograph released by the Press Information Department (PID) Punjab on May 6, 2018, injured Pakistan’s Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal (C) is evacuated from a helicopter on their arrival in Lahore.

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Russia’s ties with the West have been strained by Putin’s moves to annex Crimea from Ukraine and to launch a military campaign in Syria in support of its President Bashar al-Assad. In recent months relations have soured further over accusations of the poisoning of an ex-spy in Britain and of election meddling in the US. “For Putin any concession is a sign of weakness, so there shouldn’t be any expectation of a change in foreign policy,” said Konstantin Kalachev, the head of the Political Expert Group think tank in Moscow.

But independent political analyst Dmitry Oreshkin said the president may find himself obliged to shift his approach to the international community over the next term.

“Russia hasn’t been so isolated since the Soviet war in Afghanistan” from 1979 to 1989, he told AFP. “Now his task isn’t to bring

any new lands to Russia, but to force the world to consider Russia’s interests and accept its previous conquests.” Reports that Alexei Kudrin -- a liberal former finance minister who is respected abroad -- could return to the Kremlin in a reshuffle, suggest the president could be seeking a less confrontational approach.

The constitution bars Putin from running again when his fourth term ends in 2024. But he has remained silent on the issue of his succession.

Oreshkin said Putin would stay on for the full term but Kalachev suggested he could leave the Kremlin before he serves out the six years. “He will stay in power, but not necessarily in the presidency,” he said.

“For Putin to write his place in history, he needs to pick the right moment to go. Serving another six years is a road to nowhere. He will leave in a way that takes everyone by surprise.” (afp)

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Indonesia GDP growth slows in first quarter

WELLINGTON - A new sinkhole on a North Island farm as deep as four double-decker buses and almost the length of two football fields has grabbed the attention of New Zealand volcanologists.

The chasm appeared after heavy rainfall near the town of Rotorua and left a jagged scar on the landscape, exposing rock deposits from 60,000 years ago.

Experts believe rain dissolved underground limestone over thousands of years, eventually causing the ground to collapse and create the canyon.

“This is pretty spectacular, it’s a lot bigger than the ones I’d normally see,” volcanologist Brad Scott said of the chasm measuring 20 metres (66 foot) deep and 200 metres (660 feet) long.

Scott said the dairy farm where the fissure appeared lay on the crater of a long-dormant volcano.

“What I see in the bottom of the hole is the original 60,000-year-old volcanic deposit that came out of this crater,” he told TVNZ. Farmer Colin Tremain said the sinkhole appeared overnight last week and was spotted by one of his workers during an early morning round to attend the cows. While such holes were common on the property, this was by far the largest he said, admitting there was little he could do to stop his land disappearing in such dramatic fashion. “(I’ll) put a fence around it and forget about it, waste of time filling it in,” he told Radio NZ. (afp)

This frame grab from TVNZ video footage taken on May 2, 2018 and released to AFP on May 7 shows a sinkhole that appeared on a dairy farm near Rotorua on New Zealand’s North Island.

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Pakistan interior minister recovering after gun attack

LAHORE - Pakistan’s interior minister was recovering in hospital Monday after being shot in a suspected assassination attempt possibly linked to blasphemy, with the attack seen as an ominous sign for security ahead of nationwide elections.

Ahsan Iqbal, 59, was shot in the right arm as he prepared to leave a public meeting in his constituency in Punjab province late Sunday.

A man identified by police only as “Abid” and said to be in his early 20s was wrestled to the ground by officers and bystanders as he was preparing to fire a second shot. He has been taken into custody.

Police are still investigating the attack, but local deputy commissioner Ali Anan Qamar told AFP that the shooter said he was inspired by a controversy last year in which a small amendment to the oath that election candidates must swear had to be hastily reversed after it was linked to blasphemy.

The row sparked a three-week sit-in last November by a previously little-known Islamist group,

which paralysed the capital.

That demonstration ended when the government capitulated to the protesters’ demands -- including the ousting of the federal law minister -- in a deal brokered by the military.

At the time many Pakistanis and analysts warned that a dangerous precedent had been set in which fringe groups could bend the state to their will by citing blasphemy, a highly inflammatory charge in the conservative Muslim country.

Iqbal, a champion of Pakistan’s much-persecuted religious minorities, pushed for a negotiated settlement to the controversy. He has previously condemned hate speech against groups such as the Ahmadis, an Islamic minority sect who were at the centre of the dispute.

After the shooting he was rushed first to a local hospital and then airlifted to Lahore, where video footage released by his ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party (PML-N) showed him being lowered from a helicopter on a stretcher, his eyes open as he responded to questions.

Doctors performed surgery on him until the early hours, Shafqat Waseem Chaudhry, one of the five-member medical team responsible for him, told AFP. “He is stable now. But he will remain in the (intensive care unit) for two days,” he said.

The attack was swiftly condemned by the international community as Pakistanis voiced fears it represented an attempt to weaken democracy ahead of the federal elections, widely expected to be held late this summer. (afp)

Indonesia’s first-quarter GDP growth slowed on the back of a contraction in exports and public spending, the government said Monday, despite efforts to rev up Southeast Asia’s biggest economy. The latest figures present another challenge to Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo who came to office in 2014 on a pledge to boost annual growth to seven percent.

But Indonesia’s commodity-driven economy has been stuck in the 5.0 percent growth range despite repeated interest rate cuts by the central bank over the past couple of years.

On Monday, Indonesia said its economy grew 5.06 percent in the January-March period, slightly off a 5.2 percent growth rate it saw in the previous three months, as lacklustre consumer spending also weighed on activity.

“We see little prospect of a rebound,” Gareth Leather, a senior Asia economist at London-based consultancy Capital Economics said in a report after the data were published. “Although the decent prospects for the global economy should help to support export volumes, subdued prices for Indonesia’s main commodity exports (especially palm oil) mean revenues are likely to remain low by past standards.”

The country is the world’s biggest producer of palm oil -- used in everything from food to cosmetics. But the commodity has been facing a backlash over the environmental impact of massive land clearing to grow the crop.

Despite the lack of pick-up in growth, Indonesia last month won a credit rating upgrade from Moody’s which pointed to efforts at keeping budget deficits and inflation under control.

Widodo has launched an ambitious bid to upgrade Indonesia’s creaking infrastructure and boost tax revenue, but the sprawling nation still struggles with endemic corruption, poverty and lacklustre education standards. “Further ahead, growth will depend on the government’s progress in addressing Indonesia’s long-standing structural issues,” Leather said.(afp)

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) and Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo (L) plant a tree at the presidential palace in Bogor on May 7, 2018.

Jokowi and Li plant camphor sapling together

BOGOR - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) along with Prime Minister (PM) Li Keqiang planted a sapling of camphor, or “Dryobalanops lanceolata,” in the backyard of the Bogor Presidential Palace. The Indonesian head of state and head of the government of China planted a camphor sapling on Monday as a sign of growing friendship between the two countries.

After a state welcome ceremony, Jokowi and Li then headed to the backyard of the Bogor Presidential Palace through the verandah of the palace. They then walked to the park in the palace and planted a camphor sapling. The leaders then watered the sapling with a green bucket.

After planting the sapling with a few ground hoes and watering it using a water scoop, Jokowi invited Li to wash his hands.

However, as the bucket was half-filled with water, PM Li invited President Jokowi to pour it

on the plant. PM Li held up the green bucket, assisted by President Jokowi, and then poured the water together while laughing.

After watering the sapling, they shook hands and smiled for the media. Furthermore, President Jokowi and PM Li held a bilateral meeting with the delegation and representatives of the Indonesian government in a room. According to the Center of Plant Conservation Bogor Botanical Garden data, camphor is a type of plant belonging to the Dipterocarpaceae family.

The wood, having a strong class II-(I) and durable class III, can be utilized to make boats and roof construction poles of houses.

Camphor wood also has other economic value, as the camphor and its sap can be used for medical and cosmetic purposes. This rare plant is usually found on the Sumatra and Borneo islands.

The planting of the sapling symbolizes the hope of both governments to make their relationship stronger and more mutually beneficial in various sectors of cooperation.(ant)

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BUSINESS Nestle pays $7.15 billion to sell Starbucks products

Swiss food giant Nestle announced Monday it will pay $7.15 billion in cash for the rights to market Starbucks products around the world, outside of the company’s coffee shops. The agreement gives Nestle, which owns the Nescafe and Nespresso brands, a strong platform for continued growth in North America, the company said in a statement.

Nestle is focusing on coffee as a main growth area and has already made some acquisitions in the sector. The Starbucks business covered by the deal currently generates around $2 billion sales annually and includes coffee beans and ground coffee that Nestle will be selling in supermarkets around the world.

“This transaction is a significant step for our coffee business, Nestle’s largest high-growth category,” said Nestle CEO Mark Schneider in a statement. “Both companies have true passion for outstanding coffee and are proud to be recognised as global leaders for their responsible and sustainable coffee sourcing,” he said.

The deal does not include any of Starbucks’ coffee shops and cafes.

Around 500 Starbucks staff will join Nestle, the company said, but the operations would continue to be located in Seattle. Both companies would collaborate on “innovation and go-to-market strategies”, it said.

Starbucks president and CEO Kevin Johnson hailed the deal as “historic” and said it would create a “global coffee alliance”. Nestle, which has been under intense shareholder pressure to improve its profitability, has begun to reposition itself since Schneider took over at the start of last year.

The former head of German

healthcare group Fresenius has pushed for the food giant to focus in on a few areas, like bottled water, infant nutrition and pet care, with coffee a top priority.

- ‘Unexpected transaction’ While Nestle’s Nespresso and other coffee products are omnipresent in Europe, they have had a harder time catching on in the United States. Over the past 15 months, the company has clearly set its sights on high-end coffee brands in North America.

It snapped up a majority share in California-based Blue Bottle Coffee last September, and two months later bought Texas company Chameleon Cold Brew.

At the same time, Nestle has been selling off parts of its confectionary business, handing over its US candy business earlier this year to Italy’s Ferrero for nearly $3.0 billion.

Analysts hailed Monday’s deal.

“Nestle has once again surprised the market with an unexpected transaction,” Jean-Philippe Bertschy of Vontobel said in a research note.

He said that “coffee is one of the key growth pillars in the CEO’s strategy, (and) allows Nestle to gain scale in the US, a weak spot so far.”

He acknowledged that “the price might appear expensive, but given the returns, the deal could exceed the cost of capital within three to

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In this file photo taken on April 17, 2018 a sign for a Starbucks Coffee shop is seen in New York. Two black men arrested in Starbucks have reached settlements with the US coffee chain and the city of Philadelphia, which will endow a $200,000 fund to help young entrepreneurs, officials said on May 2, 2018. Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson were arrested in Philadelphia on April 12, sparking international outrage, protests at Starbucks outlets and anguished soul-searching about America’s lingering problems of racial discrimination. four years”.

The transaction, which needs approval from regulators, should be finalised by the end of 2018, Nestle said, adding that the deal should start making a positive contribution to its earnings per share and its

growth targets starting next year.

The company saw its shares swell 0.6 percent in mid-morning trading at 76.84 Swiss francs a piece, as the Swiss stock exchange’s main SMI index was up just 0.15 percent.

Starbucks, meanwhile, said it will use the cash to accelerate share buybacks. The Seattle-based company said it now expected to return some $20 billion to shareholders through buybacks and dividends by 2020. (afp)

Tokyo stocks end flat in midst of corporate results season

Tokyo stocks closed flat Monday in sluggish trading as investors stayed on the sidelines in the middle of corporate results season, while exporters faced moderate pressure on a stronger yen. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index edged down 0.03 percent or 5.62 points to 22,467.16 but the broader Topix index was up 0.09 percent or 1.66 points at 1,773.18.

“It’s hard for many investors to take positions ahead of the peak of the corporate result season,” said

Hikaru Sato, senior technical analyst at Daiwa Securities. “Investors are also cautious about a possible rebound of the yen following the recent declines,” Sato told AFP. The dollar was trading at 109.14 yen, slightly up from 109.08 yen in New York Friday afternoon but down from 109.81 yen on Wednesday before Tokyo closed for public holidays.

Wall Street stocks powered higher Friday after closely watched US payrolls data showed lower-

than-expected job creation in April, while the unemployment rate fell to 3.9 percent, the lowest since December 2000. Worries that caused sell-offs in February and March have subdued, Rakuten Securities chief strategist Masayuki Kubota said, referring to factors including US inflation fears, the yen’s appreciation, worries about North Korea, and US-China trade friction.

“Considering uncertainty still lingers, however, it is getting difficult to keep chasing higher

prices,” he said in a commentary. “Both the Nikkei and New York Dow could be contained in boxed ranges for the next two to three months” before a new trend emerges, he said.

SoftBank Group was down 0.34 percent at 8,461 yen after the Financial Times reported that negotiations for the Japanese group to obtain an equity share in reinsurance firm Swiss Re were “close to collapse”. Nissan fell 0.08 percent to 1,126.5 yen and Honda lost

0.60 percent to 3,619 yen, with Panasonic down 0.90 percent at 1,590.5 yen.

Fujifilm, which plunged more than five percent on Wednesday last week before Tokyo closed for holidays, gained 0.84 percent to 4,158 yen as investors watched developments in its plans to merge operations with US giant Xerox.

The plan is fiercely opposed by several key activist shareholders who have filed a suit over the bid. (afp)

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Munduk Temu Offers a Cool Selfie Place

Munduk Temu village is one of the villages in Tabanan developing a tourism village. The environment with plantation, farming area and beautiful view becomes added value to the village in Pupuan subdistrict.

The new location under development to attract visitors is a beautiful place to take selfie.

Superiority of this selfie location lies in the beautiful scenery of the nature. Headman of the Munduk Temu, I Nyoman Wintara, said that Munduk Temu sits at an altitude of approximately 1,500 meters above sea level.

It is beautiful because displays a landscape of green plantations. Not a few tourists have relatively long lived here. Meanwhile, some others just pass to perpetuate the beauty of the nature.

At the selfie location has been made a stage sizing 3×4 meter and winged boat ornament. In addition, the ornament resembles a cage that can be used to take pictures. Visitors coming here can also enjoy the local coffee brand of Munduk Temu, namely the Leak Coffee and local fruit such as mangosteen and sugar snakefruit.

Most visitors coming here, said Wiantara, are teenagers. Commonly they throng on weekends whose number can reach 200 people. In order to be able to take pictures at the location, visitors must give donation as much as IDR 5,000 per person. “Many visitors usually come here on weekends primarily at sunrise or sunset. They are mostly teenagers deliberately come here just to take selfie,” said Wintara.

Later on, this selfie location will be submitted by the tourism awareness group of

local village or Pokdarwis given the task as the party to manage the area. “Later on, around the selfie location the village plans to develop a guest house that involves community participation,” added Wintara.

Prior to becoming a tourism village, Munduk Temu has also implemented organic and

in-organic waste sorting. Other than sorting garbage, it also maintains environmental cleanliness. Munduk Temu village has applied a fine to those who throw garbage carelessly as of March 2018.

For Munduk Temu customary village, the penalty is IDR 250,000 while Kebon

Jero customary village worth IDR 100,000.

In the meantime, the administrative village imposes stricter sanctions, where it does not only impose fine but also social sanction.

Photo of the perpetrators who throw garbage carelessly will be uploaded to social media owned by the village. (kmb)

Barong Bangkung Street Show

As a tradition, the Hindu community in Bali celebrates Galungan and Kuningan by delivering oblations accompanied with art activities. It also happens to the celebration of Galungan and Kuningan, where during the feast the barong bangkung or barong bangkal troupe will definitely do ngelawang or street show.

Barong bangkal or barong bangkung is a large enough and old pig considered a mythical animal having a mystical power. Attires of

the barong are made of black and white velvet. However, in general, the attires are not pretentious like that of other types of barong.

In every show, the barong bangkung is also equipped with trinkets of ate leaves and the dancers are wearing checkered trousers and rattles tied on legs, so that when moving they will generate rattling sound. Barong bangkal is carried by two dancers and the performances are held in the streets and around the village.

With the presence of barong

show, villagers will feel they have been protected by deities marked by the arrival of barong bangkal or barong bangkung. The show is accompanied with batel bebarongan gamelan music consisting of drums, tawa-tawa, kelenang, kelenong, cymbals and kempur.

The word ngelawang is derived from the word lawang meaning ‘door,’ a term in the Balinese language that means a gallivanting show from one house to another or from one village to another. This gallivanting show with diverse Balinese artistic traditions is performed by art troupe.

Allegedly this traditional show sources from a Hindu mythology, namely Shiva Tattva. Once upon a time Lord Shiva and Goddess Uma are making love in improper place and time, so that harmony shakes.

As a result, it brings in misery for mankind and other living beings.

After realizing his fault, Lord Shiva sent gods to calm down the situation and reassure the whole universe. When arriving on earth, the gods created and performed a variety of art forms. Through the love of art show the whole universe

is back to peaceful condition.

The meaning of purification in the Shiva Tattva mythology is also harmonious with the content of disaster repellent in the legend on the insolence destruction of Mayadenawa that was then celebrated as the starting point of Galungan, the celebration of victory of dharma (truth) against adharma (untruth).

Ngelawang poses a cultural energy having a spiritual aspect, arts and entertainment.

This tradition means to expel evil spirits and protects population from any plagues or diseases caused by evil spirits (bhuta kala).

When performing ngelawang, homeowners will usually offer an oblation with sesari (money).

Ngelawang tradition inherited from generation to generation means to neutralize the universe, reject all kinds of diseases interfering with human life, including psychically driving away those having evil intention.

By and large, this street show is performed five days before Galungan to the celebration of Kuningan. In the 1970s, the nomadic art crystallized into art event that

jazzed up the Galungan. In recent years, this art tends to go extinct in line with the changing of times, so that it is difficult to find this kind of performance.

Ngelawang does not only pose an attractive art show, but also contains positive values. In addition to preserving local culture, it also serves as a medium of creativity to sharpen educational values, norms, ethics and moral.

They do this art activity in togetherness while making others happy through entertainment.

Ngelawang is carried out with joy, so that the interaction among them serves as a form of character education and cultivation of artistic values as well as has the meaning of socialization.

In harmony with the development of times, ngelawang has different purposes. There are people only doing the ngelawang to maintain tradition, just run a hobby and raise funds. Apparently, the latest development is widely practiced by barong troupe, so that the location of the show is chosen specifically such as in tourist areas like Kuta, Ubud, Sanur and others. (kmb)

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Inflation well-maintained

Purchasing power increases, business gradually develops

DENPASAR - Inflation in April 2018 in Denpasar reached 0.07 percent and Singaraja underwent deflation of 0.27 percent. This inflation brought in positive and negative impacts on society and business players. However, the inflation needs to be maintained to keep people’s purchasing power and the business sector can still develop.

Head of the Bali Central Statistics Agency (BPS), Adi Nugroho, explained that in April 2018 Denpasar city underwent inflation of 0.07 percent. Meanwhile, Singaraja went through deflation of 0.27 percent.

The deflation in Singaraja was caused by the recovery of the price level, where in the previous month there was a Pagerwesi ceremony.

Based on calendar count, the inflation in Denpasar reached 1.82 percent and Singaraja 1.22 percent (January - April 2018). In the meantime, the inflation calculated yoy (April 2018 compared to April 2017) in Singaraja was recorded to reach 3.32 percent and Denpasar 3.23 percent. “This gives an illustration that the price dynamics of goods in Denpasar and Singaraja is approximately the same,” he said.

Based on statistical data, in 2016, Denpasar experienced inflation 2.94 percent and Singaraja 4.57 percent counted on a calendar basis (January - December). In 2017, the inflation in Denpasar was 3.31 percent and Singaraja was 3.38 percent. In 2018 up to April, Denpasar went through inflation of 1.82 percent and Singaraja 1.22 percent. It is considered reasonable by some circles because it remains in the reasonable range.

An economist, Prof. I.B. Raka Suardana, explained that inflation rate is in line with the economic growth. A growing economy will certainly make people have money. So, the circulation of money will be much in the community. Thus, the price of the goods will rise and drive producers to produce goods.

Last April, the inflation dropped from the previous month. As per March 2018, Denpasar inflation was 0.15 percent and Singaraja inflation was 0.38 percent. The decline in inflation is due to lower staple food prices, the impact of decrease price of rice.

Inflation has a positive and negative impact on society and businessmen. For people with fixed income, the inflation will lower the level of real income. Similarly, it will lower people’s purchasing power.

However, reasonable inflation is important for producers because it can stimulate to produce goods and services. Reasonable inflation is in the range of 1 - 5 percent. Production of goods and services by producers will absorb raw materials from primary producers. “However for the general public, inflation should not be too high where 1 percent or 2 percent is considered fair,” he added.

At the macro level, rising (unnatural) inflation will cause bank interest rates to be raised so the money in the community is absorbed by the bank. With the absorption, the money in circulation will be small and the price of goods downs.

Consequently, when bank interest rates are high, employers will wait and see in terms of lending distribution. Then, the production growth of business sector turns sluggish. With high interest rates, the absorption of labor is a little or zero. This has an impact if inflation rises sharply. However, if the inflation rate is still within a reasonable rate, he considered it does not have a significant impact on the economy.

Inflation also affects the composite share price index as it relates to bank interest rates. When bank interest rates are low, then investors will turn the investments into stocks, so the stock prices rise.

When interest rates increase, people will choose the bank as a place of investment. Then the stock price will go down. “This is happening right now,” he said. (kmb42)

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NEW DELHI - A 17-year-old battled for her life Monday after being raped, doused in kerosene and set on fire, the second such case to shake India as it battles an increase in sexual crimes.

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The normalization and settlement program of Lake Buyan area in the near future will continue the cleaning of sedimentation and construction of embankment on the lips of the lake.

Regent PAS supports normalization of Lake Buyan

SINGARAJA — Normalization and arrangement of Lake Buyan at Pancasari village, Sukasada, by Bali-Penida River Agency (BWS) is supported by district government of Buleleng.

This effort is assessed to be a positive result after the district government held the Lake Buyan Festival to inspire all parties to care about the environmental damage of the lake. District government asked central government to realize the normalization and arrangement.

Regent of Buleleng, Putu Agus Suradnyana (PAS), revealed this after receiving the audience of the entourage of the Head of BaliPenida River Agency, Ketut Jayada, last week.

The regent said the environmental damage to Lake Buyan recently requires a comprehensive treatment program. It is inseparable because the environmental disturbance does not only concern the occurrence of siltation, coverage of lake surface by water hyacinth and weeds, but also some other problems requiring serious handling namely the determination of the boundary between the lake and the land or building of residents, agricultural functions, and the problem of flooding or erosion in the forest always emptying into the lake itself.

“We are very supportive and BWS itself has prepared a handling program in our lake. This program should be comprehensive because the environmental damages of the lake are so complex,” he said.

According to this automotive enthusiast regent, the attention of central government through BWS recently has been very good. This recognition is inseparable from the positive impact after he organized the Lake Buyan Festival a few years

ago and is now included into the calendar of event. With this festival, the regent claimed to have succeeded in arousing all stakeholders and the community’s component to pay attention by doing comprehensive handling to the environmental damages to the lake in the area.

“I have told the festival can inspire the officials and community components to be equally concerned to pay attention to environmental issues in our lake. As the evidence, today the BWS has programmed it and we continuously push, so the central government can realize the program,” he explained.

On the other hand, the regent said that although Lake Buyan and Lake Tamblingan are currently faced with complex problem, he is optimistic that after the handling program by the government, the twin lakes will become a new tourist destination in North Bali next time. This is inseparable from the condition of these two lakes having not been touched by the pattern of development as in Lake Beratan (Tabanan).

This excess is believed to attract foreign tourists to visit Buleleng. “I am confident that Lake Buyan and Lake Tamblingan have become a new destination that can attract

tourists to visit, so that the development of tourism sector in our region will grow more,” he said.

As reported earlier, the normalization and settlement program of Lake Buyan area in the near future will continue the cleaning of sedimentation and construction of embankment on the lips of the lake. As planned, the embankment will be functioned for jogging tracks around the lake. Meanwhile, cleanup of water hyacinth and weeds in the past two years by BWS has cleared about 45 hectares of the 65 hectares of water hyacinth and weeds. This year, BWS will get assistance in the form of special equipment to clean up water hyacinth with a greater capacity than the previous one. This additional equipment can optimize cleanup of water hyacinth and weeds.

Another program of BWS is to build a pond to hold sedimentation in case of flooding or erosion from upstream areas. After the siltation, the water will just be flowed into the lake. To realize the program, BWS estimated to need a fund worth IDR 150 billion. In order to get such amount of funds, the regent is expected to deliver this aspiration to central government, so that it can be approved. (kmb38)

The teenager was attacked on the same day and in the same eastern state of Jharkhand as a 16-year-old who was raped and burned to death.

“The girl has suffered 70 percent firstdegree burns. There is a chance that she will survive,” Shailendra Barnwal, police superintendent of Pakur district, told AFP. Police have arrested a 19-year-old man who lives in the same neighbourhood as the latest victim.

“He poured kerosene on the girl and set her on fire,” Barnwal said.

The incident happened on Friday, the same day as the similar case in Jharkhand’s Chatra district, which 15 people have been detained over.

The main suspect in the first case is said to have been angered by a village council decision that he should do 100 sit-ups and pay a $750 fine for raping the girl, and attacked the girl’s parents and set their house on fire with the teenager inside.

The two cases have shone a spotlight on the treatment of rape in India, where some 40,000 cases were reported in 2016.

The country had already been agonising over the brutal gang-rape and killing of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir state, which is to be raised in the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Eight Hindus have been accused over the abduction, repeated rape and killing of

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In this photograph taken on May 5, 2018, Indian relatives mourn following the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl on May 3, at Raja Kundra Village in Chatra district of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. the Muslim girl.

Hindu activists have staged angry protests claiming that the police inquiry was biased.

The Supreme Court is to give a ruling on whether the flashpoint trial should be moved away from Jammu, a Hindu-majority region

of the Muslim-dominated state.

The debate has been heightened further by new police figures indicating that more than five women were raped every day in the Indian capital this year.

As many as 578 rape cases were reported up to April 15, against 563 in 2017 during

the same period, police said.

Indian authorities have faced renewed pressure to act over sexual assault since the killing of the Muslim girl in Jammu.

Amid mounting outrage, the government has changed the law to allow execution for child rapists. (afp)

Australia pledges cash to help save the koala

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This file photo taken on April 28, 2016 shows Oxley Kaylee, a koala that lost an eye and had her left hind leg amputated after being hit by a car, looking on at the Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie. Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales unveiled on May 7, 2018 a 34 million USD plan to help save koalas, as populations of the iconic marsupial rapidly decline.

SYDNEY - Australia unveiled on Monday a US$34 million plan to help bring its koala population back from the brink, following a rapid decline in the furry marsupial’s fortunes.

The Australian Koala Foundation estimates there may be as few as 43,000 koalas left in the wild, down from a population believed to number more than 10 million prior to European settlement of the continent in 1788.

“Koalas are a national treasure,” said Gladys Berejiklian, premier of New South Wales state, in announcing her government’s conservation plan.

“It would be such a shame if this nationally iconic marsupial did not have its future secured.”

Habitat loss, dog attacks, car strikes, climate change and disease have taken their toll on one of Australia’s most recognisable

animals.

Studies show a 26 percent decline in the koala population in New South Wales over the last 15-20 years. The state lists the species as “vulnerable”, while in other parts of the country they are effectively extinct.

Under the Aus$45 million plan, thousands of hectares will be set aside to preserve the marsupial’s natural habitat.

Funds will be used to tackle diseases ravaging koala populations, including chlamydia -- which causes blindness, infertility and death in the species.

Cash has also been earmarked for research, roadkill hotspot upgrades and a new hospital to care for sick and injured koalas.

A hotline will also be set up to report koalas in trouble.

The move follows an independent report in late 2016 that recommended a clearer strategy to deal with the population decline. (afp)

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In this file photo taken on April 12, 2016 renowned cosmologist Professor Stephen Hawking attends a press conference at One World Observatory in New York, to announce a new breakthrough initiative focusing on space exploration and the search for life in the universe.

After death, Hawking cuts ‘multiverse’ theory down to size

PARIS - With a science paper published after his death, Stephen Hawking has revived debate on a deeply divisive question for cosmologists: Is our Universe just one of many in an infinite, ever-expanding “multiverse”?

According to one school of thought, the cosmos started expanding exponentially after the Big Bang.

In most parts, this expansion or “inflation” continues eternally, except for a few pockets where it stops.

These pockets are where universes like ours are formed -- multitudes of them that are often likened to “bubbles” in an ever-expanding ocean dubbed the multiverse.

Many scientists don’t like the idea, including Hawking, who said in an interview last year: “I have

never been a fan of the multiverse.”

If we do live in an ever-inflating multiverse, it would mean the laws of physics and chemistry can differ from one universe to another, a concept that scientists struggle to accept.

In his last contribution to cos-

mology, Hawking -- with co-author Thomas Hertog from the KU Leuven university in Belgium -- does not dismiss the multiverse concept, but proposes dramatically scaling it down.

“We are not down to a single, unique universe,” the University of Cambridge quoted Hawking as saying of the paper submitted before his death on March 14 and published this week in the Journal

of High Energy Physics.

However, “our findings imply a significant reduction of the multiverse, to a much smaller range of possible universes.”

The new hypothesis relies on a branch of theoretical physics known as string theory, and concludes that the cosmos is “clearly finite”, Hertog told AFP, though still composed of numerous universes. (afp)

Tests show no hidden Tutankhamun chambers: ministry

CAIRO - Egypt’s antiquities ministry said on Sunday that tests had debunked a theory that there are hidden chambers next to the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings.

Experts used ground penetrating radar (GPR) which provided “conclusive evidence of the non-existence of hidden chambers adjacent to or inside Tutankhamun’s tomb,” the ministry said in a statement.

More details will be announced in a speech later in the day by the head of an Italian scienHO / Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities / AFP tific team, Francesco Porcelli, of the Polytechnic A handout picture released by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities on May 5, University in Turin, the statement said.

2018 shows Egyptians dressed in costumes walking past the Cairo Citadel It said Porcelli had submitted a report that during a ceremony for the transportation of Tutankhamun’s chariot from “concluded, with a very high degree of confidence... the hypothesis concerning the existence the Military Museum to the Grand Egyptian Museum.

of hidden chambers or corridors adjacent to Tutankhamun’s tomb is not supported by GPR data.”

Previous scans had suggested the possibility of hidden chambers, although experts disagreed on the results.

British Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves had theorised that the tomb was in fact that of Nefertiti, the wife of Tutankhamun’s father, King Akhenaten.

The theory held that when the boy king died unexpectedly at a young age, he was rushed into the outer chamber of the tomb in southern Egypt.

Akhenaten was known for trying and failing to force Egypt to convert to monotheism.

DNA evidence has shown that Akhenaten was Tutankhamun’s father, but Egyptologists do not agree on the identity of his mother. (afp)

SEAWEED farming at Semaya hamlet, Suana, Nusa Penida subdistrict, Klungkung, that had ‘died’ began to revive. Since a few months ago, local farmers have returned to cultivate. However, the number remains a little.

When visiting this village offering a beautiful panorama, our eyes do not only see tourists enjoying marine tourism nor limestone-filled hills with grasses starting to dry out due to dry season. At some points, some residents were also busy lifting seaweeds. Some others brought it to the mainland and did not care about the heat of the sun whereas it was around 08:30 Local Time. The seaweed is green and has many branches. It was tied with a rope along about ten meters. They were not directly harvested but returned to be sowed with smaller size.

This activity is pursued by some farmers such as Ni Nengah Sukarti. This aged woman was wearing long sleeves with bamboo conical hat. While sitting under a semi-permanent hut, she was willing to tell some stories. Seaweed farming having become a favorite among the local communities had been zero. People did not deliberately abandon, but it happened due to bad weather. Quality of the harvest is not maximal as many perished. However, since three months ago, the weather was getting finer so the condition was not wasted. Immediately, it was taken advantage for cultivation.

“Due to supportive weather, we try again,” she said.

However, she said the volume of harvest is not as much as it used to be, they are just a few plots. It happened not due to worries about harvest failure, but also due to limitations of seed availability. “In the past, many farmers cultivated seaweeds, but now they have decreased. It is just to increase the yield in the garden,” she said.

Furthermore, he said that farmers have already harvested.

The quality is quite good. Similarly, the selling price is in the range of IDR 8,000 per kilogram of dried seaweeds. “The price is quite good and wanted by collectors,” she added.

Headman of Suana, I Putu Rai Sudarta, said the seeds cultivated by farmers are still the remaining seeds of the previous seaweeds. Of course, in terms of quality it is less good. “Now, farmers are still constrained by seeds,” he said.

Tourism sector at this village is growing. Seaweed farming is considered to be a part to sweeten. To avoid from ‘sluggishness’ as ever before, it is required a touch of creative economy. “Seaweed can be processed into other products whose selling price is more promising, such as toffee which is very good if applied,” he concluded.

In addition to Suana, seaweed has also been cultivated at Ped, Batununggul and Lembongan village. Within the past year it has run out. It did not only happen due to weather factor, but also tourism. Many farmers have switched profession to other sector. (sos)

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Since a few months ago, local farmers have returned to cultivate.

The visit of tourists wishing to enjoy the water sports in the area remained stable

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Dominated by China and India

Australian tourist visit to Tanjung Benoa declines

MANGUPURA — Though once undergoing a decline, tourist visit to Tanjung Benoa has gradually recovered. Moreover, the visit of tourists wishing to enjoy the water sports in the area remained stable as seen on Sunday (May 6).

One of the boat drivers, Mohamad Ridho, said that currently foreign visitors are dominated by Chinese and Indian tourists. He said that tourists making a visit to Tanjung Benoa mostly come to enjoy banana boat, diving, sea walker and parasailing activities. Besides, the visit to Turtle Island remains in demand.

When confirmed separately, Chairman of the Indonesian Marine Tourism Association (Gahawisri) of Badung, Nyoman Wana Putra, justified that tourists visit to Tanjung Benoa currently stays stable.

Moreover, foreign visits are dominated by Chinese and Indian tourists.

Nevertheless, he did not deny that tourist visit from Australia usually

dominating even decreased almost 30 percent.

“Currently, China and India are dominating. Australian tourists even decline because they currently come more for business, not for leisure,” he said.

The decline in Australian tourist visit by nearly 30 percent is currently backed up by tourist arrivals from India and China. Their increase almost reached 35-40 percent. Meanwhile, in Tanjung Benoa, they do love adventure and visit sea turtle and take sea walker attraction. “In addition to visiting the Turtle Island, they usually like adventure and sea walker,” he concluded.

Although tourist visit is quite a

lot, he admitted that it is impossible to increase tourist visit to Tanjung Benoa at this time. It is caused by small road access and a limited parking area. With such very small road access, surely the road is always jammed because of large vehicles going in and out of the area. “As a result, it takes long enough time to reach Tanjung Benoa. Thus, it is impossible to increase the visit,” he said.

To that end, he hoped there is an immediate solution to overcome traffic congestion to Tanjung Benoa whether by realizing the ring road plan or other ways such as direct access to toll road. Related to the problem, there are often complaints from tourists and drivers. They are usually in chasing time. Due to being hampered by traffic jam, they are often late arriving at destination. (kmb23)

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Environment Agency invites people to deal with garbage issues

GIANYAR —The Gianyar Environment Agency (DLH) appears to be unsatisfied with the public response to the garbage clogging up the river in Blahbatuh village, so a Sunday (May 6), Head of thDLH Gianyar, I Wayan Jukus Pawitra led the agency in trying to bring awareness ot the public through a community river clean-up event.

DLH Gianyar deployed dozens of sanitation task force agents and provided two garbage trucks and two Viar three wheeled garbage transport vehicles. Pawitra, said the clean-up wa organised for the environemnt but also as part of community work month as a way to promote community spirit which seesm to be fading. “We will continue to invite the community to take part in clean-ups in different locations”, he said.

DLH Gianyar coordinated with a number of village headmen to increase awareness

about maintaining a clean environment by amongst other things – not littering. “Wherever we notice an area that is not being well maintained we will contact the village chief and ask him to organize a community clean-up”, added Pawitra.

This official from Kesian hamlet, explained that Gianyar’s district government has issued Local Regulation No.11/2013 on household waste management and household garbage. The regulation declares that it is prohibited to dispose of garbage – including refuse from ritual activities, haphazardly and that garbage can only be disposed of in designated areas. Violation of the regulation will result in prison sentences of up to 6 months or maximum fines of IDR 50 million “The community clean-up events will also serve to disseminate information to the public about Local Regulation No.11/2013”, he

explained.

Headman of Blahbatuh, I Gusti Ngurah Kapidada, said that they have also frequently given out information about environmental sanitation as well as waste management in the area of Blahbatuh village.

“In the future, we also plan to build a waste bank that will be able to accommodate nonorganic rubbish,” he said.

These waste banks will not only reduce the amount of garbage going to landfill but will also become a source of income for the local community. “We regularly provide information and imposable sanctions are not restricted to administrative actions”, he said.

It should be noted that on May 3rd the Environment Office of Gianyar cleaned some garbage out of the river in Laud hamlet, Balahbatuh village after the river overflowed into the yard of the Balthbatuh public health enter. (kmb35)

Bali to strengthen cooperation in tourism, health sectors with darwin

DENPASAR - Consul of Indonesia in Darwin, Australia, Dicky D. Soerjanatamihardja expressed keenness to strengthen cooperation in the tourism and health sectors with the Bali provincial government. “We will initiate to strengthen cooperation in the tourism sector, as Bali is a favorite tourist destination among foreign visitors, especially Australians,” he noted during a meeting with Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika in Denpasar on Friday.

He remarked that Bali and the Northern Territory in Australia, especially Darwin, had already established cooperation in various fields, but the spirit of residing Indonesians to strengthen cooperation has never faded.

According to Soerjanatamihardja, the community of Indonesians, especially from Bali, who reside in the Northern Territory, is active in introducing

the Indonesian culture to local people in Australia. “Indonesian communities living there are active in encouraging investors from Darwin to invest in Bali. Although several private investments have entered Bali, but they still encourage them,” he pointed out.

At a meeting attended by Head of Public Relations and Protocol Bureau of Bali Province I Dewa Gede Mahendra Putra, Head of the Bali Culture Department Dewa Beratha also remarked that they are encouraging cooperation in beef exports and imports between Bali and Darwin. Meanwhile, Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika lauded the exposure offered by Soerjanatamihardja.

“The Sanglah Hospital and Regional Public Hospital (RSUD) of Bali Mandara have been working along with Darwin hospital, and the medical staff has also received training,” he stated. Another form of

cooperation was established in the field of “counter disaster.”

According to Pastika, disaster mitigation measures in the Northern Territory region are well-prepared, and several officers have received joint training both in Bali and Darwin.

“This cooperation is established following the Bali bombings in 2012, and we had received several forms of assistance from Australia during that time,” he added.

“The Australian government also views this cooperation as significant due to the fact that several Australians reside in Bali, so they expect their citizens to be handled in accordance with the standards,” he remarked.

Speaking in connection with several cooperative relations established, Pastika vowed to follow up on them, both at the level of the Australian Consulate General and at the bureaucratic level in Indonesia.(ant)

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Some stalls built on road, Kidul Market getting chaotic

BANGLI —Kidul Market of Bangli is getting more chaotic. It follows the establishment of a number of stalls annexing some parts of the roads on the southern side of the market area. The existence of the stall causes the usual path through which the vehicle becomes more crowded.

As seen on Sunday (May 6), a number of new stalls looked to have been just established in the south of the market. According to information, the stalls with zinc roof and takes a part of the road body are established by merchants previously sold on upper floor of the market. The stalls were established few weeks ago.

Previously, the location where the stalls established was used as parking lot by the management for market visitors.

Hamlet chief of Pule, Made Sukadana, judged the regulation of Kidul Market has never been clear. Expansion of the merchants to the road is admitted to adequately disrupt the traffic of residents living around the market. Not only that,

in the south of the market, he admitted the condition is chaotic. Regarding this matter, Sukadana claimed to have often conveyed to the Bangli Industry and Trade Agency. Unfortunately, there is no a clear action so far.

“Hopefully, the market can be properly arranged and well managed.

If possible, the management should be handled by local government-owned enterprise (Perusda). If the construction is completed in Loka Crana, we hope later on the merchants expanding to the road can be cracked down on,” he hoped.

Head of the Bangli Industry and Trade Agency, Nengah Sudibya, when asked for his confirmation said the stall building is

the addition of the existing stalls owned by local merchants. So, it does not belong to a new merchant.

Regarding the issue, he claimed to have forbidden merchants to add stalls.

“We have ordered the head of the market so as not to add more existing stalls,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Kidul Market, Jero Sabda, when confirmed separately said the stalls are established by merchants to sell temporarily. According to the merchants occupying the stalls are victims of the fire accident. They used to sell at the Loka Crana terminal. “It is temporary.

When the market is complete, they will be relocated to upper floor,” he affirmed. (kmb40)

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Cannes golden couple Bardem and Cruz return to open festival MADRID - It was where Javier Bardem memorably declared his love for Penelope Cruz in 2010 -now the golden couple of Spanish cinema will open this year’s Cannes film festival together on Tuesday.

The Oscar-winning actors both star in Iranian master Asghar Farhadi’s Spanish psychological thriller “Everybody Knows”, which will kick off the festival and is up for the top Palme d’Or prize.

The fiercely private couple’s glowing return to the spotlight in Cannes comes after Bardem emotionally pro-

claimed his feelings for Cruz there eight years ago as he accepted the best actor award for “Biutiful”.

“I share this joy with my friend, my companion, my love, Penelope.

I owe you a lot and I love you so much,” he said as Cruz blew kisses to him from her seat and her eyes welled with tears.

Cruz has also won at Cannes, sharing the 2006 best actress prize with five other women for their work in acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar’s drama “Volver”. (afp)

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Putin sworn in for fourth term as Russia president

Vladimir Putin was sworn in as Russia’s president for a fourth term on Monday, extending his almost two-decade rule by another six years at a time of high tension with his Western rivals. The 65-year-old, in power since 1999, is on course to become the longest-serving Russian leader since Joseph Stalin after his victory in March’s elections.

Indian Bollywood actor Salman Khan arrives at a court in Jodhpur on May 7, 2018.

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Bollywood’s Khan dodges limelight in jail appeal hearing

Putin won nearly 77 percent of the vote in polls which his most vocal opponent was banned from running in. He has promised to use his fourth term to revitalise the country’s economy. But he also faces a host of delicate international disputes. “I consider it my duty and my life’s aim to do everything possible for Russia, for its present and for its future,” Putin said at

Monday’s swearing-in ceremony, with his hand on the Russian constitution.

Elite guests lining the red carpet filmed Putin on their smartphones as he arrived for the swearing-in ceremony in the ornate Andreyev Hall, part of the Kremlin palace complex.

The car that brought him to the inauguration was a black Russian-made limousine -- a change from previous ceremonies when he used a Mercedes. “I feel strongly conscious of

my colossal responsibility,” he said, thanking Russians for their “sincere support” and “cohesiveness.” “We have revived pride in our fatherland,” Putin said. “As head of state I will do all I can to multiply the strength, prosperity and fame of Russia.”

- Crackdown on opposition Opposition leader Alexei Navalny called on Russians to protest across the country on Saturday under the slogan “Not our Tsar”. On Saturday nearly 1,600 protesters including Navalny were detained during nationwide rallies against Putin. The European Union condemned what it called “police brutality and mass arrests” during the protests.

Police in Moscow were helped

by pro-Putin activists dressed as Cossacks, a paramilitary class who served as tsarist cavalrymen in imperial Russia. The unrest revived memories of 2012, when authorities cracked down on rallies against Putin’s return to the Kremlin from the post of prime minister. Navalny was barred from challenging Putin in the March election over a fraud conviction that his supporters say is politically motivated.

JODHPUR - Indian movie star Salman Khan managed to avoid the spotlight when he returned to court on Monday over his five-year jail sentence for killing endangered wildlife.

Khan, one of the world’s highestpaid actors, was convicted last month of shooting dead two rare antelopes known as black bucks on a 1998 hunting trip. He spent two days behind bars before being granted bail. The Bollywood icon was ordered to appear in court on Monday and an early-morning hearing was held in Jodhpur, in the western state of Rajasthan.

Khan arrived in a white SUV and slipped into court around 8:00 am (0230 GMT) surrounded by minders, catching Indian media and his army of fans off guard.

Court sessions generally start much later in India.

The judge, Chandra Kumar Songara, quickly adjourned proceedings

after Khan’s defence team requested more time to prepare their appeal.

Khan, who is not allowed to leave the country without permission but has been filming a new movie in India, returned directly to Jodhpur airport after the hearing.

“We will begin arguments on the appeal against the five-year sentence from July 17,” said defence counsel Mahesh Bora.

Prosecutors said they would oppose the appeal bid and were ready to present their case.

Four other actors were acquitted in last month’s verdict and Khan has repeatedly denied killing the creatures -- accusing Rajasthan’s forest department of trying to frame him.

His lawyers claim the black

bucks died of natural causes such as overeating, insisting there was no evidence they were shot.

Throughout the multiple cases, eyewitnesses have stated they saw Khan firing a gun.

The 52-year-old enjoys a cult-like status in star-obsessed India and is one of Bollywood’s biggest draws, despite a host of controversies.

Khan was in a vehicle in Mumbai in 2002 when it mounted the curb and killed a homeless man sleeping on the pavement.

He was found guilty of culpable homicide and sentenced to five years in prison, but the verdict was overturned by a higher court in 2015. His acquittal is being challenged in the Supreme Court. (afp)

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