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Luc Besson’s studio discussing rescue with US fund Vine PARIS - French film-maker Luc Besson’s loss-making studio EuropaCorp said Sunday it was in talks with US investment fund Vine Alternative Investments, one of its creditors, for it to take a major stake to rescue it.

The studio, confirming a report in the Journal du Dimanche newspaper, said in a statement it was speaking with Vine about “a possible equity participation”.

It cautioned though that it “cannot give any guarantee that this operation will carry through”.

According to the Journal du Dimanche, Besson -- the man behind movies such as “Leon: The Professional”, “The Fifth Element” and the action-packed “The Transporter” and “Taken” films -- preferred to see Vine take control of EuropaCorp rather than French film group Pathe.

Representatives for Pathe and Vine were not contactable Sunday

by AFP. EuropaCorp, a 20-year-old studio, located in a northern Paris suburb, has run up losses over the past four years, particularly by failing to recoup its big production costs on a lavish 2017 sci-fi movie, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”, that was a box-office disappointment.

EuropaCorp in May secured a six-month suspension of its debt repayments as it cast around for a rescuer. Its 2018-2019 financial year saw it rack up 110 million euros in debt, on top of the 82 million in the previous period.

In 2016, China’s Fundamental Films injected 60 million euros in the studio, becoming its secondlargest shareholder.

Besson’s latest film, a crime thriller titled “Anna” that he wrote and directed, opened last month to poor reviews but solid audience scores. (afp)

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In this file photo taken on June 26, 2019 a giant inflatable Spider-Man is displayed on the red carpet for the “Spider-Man: Far From Home” World premiere at the TCL Chinese theatre in Hollywood.

‘Spider-Man’ retains top spot at N. America box office

LOS ANGELES - “Spider-Man: Far From Home” beat back competition from two debut films at the North American box office, winning for a second week straight by raking in an estimated $45.3 million, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations said Sunday.

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The latest installment in the blockbuster superhero franchise, which picks up where “Avengers: Endgame” left off, has earned an impressive $846.5 million worldwide.

Retaining its number two spot was Disney/Pixar film “Toy Story 4,” which took in $20.7 million on its fourth weekend.

The film again features the voices of Tom Hanks as cowboy doll Woody and Tim Allen as toy

astronaut Buzz Lightyear.

Debuting in third place was alligator disaster thriller “Crawl,” about a father and daughter battling a pack of hungry gators after a hurricane hits their Florida hometown.

It took in $12 million.

In fourth position was another debut flick, “Stuber” -- a buddy comedy starring comedian Kumail Nanjiani and professional wrestler-turned-actor Dave Bautista (“Guardians of the Galaxy”).

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The film, which earned less than stellar reviews, took in $8 million.

“Yesterday,” the romantic comedy based on an odd premise -- what if a global blackout meant that a struggling musician was one of the only people on Earth to remember the Beatles? -- shifted from third to fifth place.

The crowd-pleaser -- directed

by Danny Boyle of “Trainspotting” and “Slumdog Millionaire” fame -- earned $6.75 million. (afp)

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Residents leave their homes to find higher grounds following an earthquake in Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia, Sunday, July 14, 2019. A strong, shallow earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Sunday, damaging some homes and causing panicked residents to flee to temporary shelters. There were no immediate reports of casualties, and authorities said there was no threat of a tsunami.

Two die, thousands flee after 7.3 quake in Indonesia

At least two people have been found dead and thousands were forced from their homes after a major 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit the remote Maluku islands in eastern Indonesia, an official said Monday.

The shallow quake struck about 165 kilometres (100 miles) south of the town of Ternate in North Maluku province on Sunday evening, according to the US Geological Survey.

In the sparsely populated South Halmahera district, the closest area to the epicentre, around 160 houses collapsed or were damaged when

the earthquake struck.

Two woman died after being hit by debris, officials said. The quake also forced traumatised residents to flee to the higher ground.

“More than 2,000 people have been moved,” national disaster mitigation agency spokesman Agus Wibowo told a press conference

Monday. The evacuees are sheltering in several schools and government buildings. Local disaster agency official Ihsan Subur said most people were still traumatised and refused to return home for fear of another earthquake or a possible tsunami.

Indonesia’s weather agency said at least 65 aftershocks have been recorded between the initial quake and Monday morning.

Government officials have started to distribute food and other relief supplies for the evacuees. North

Maluku province was also hit by a 6.9-magnitude tremor last week but no extensive damage or casualties were reported. Indonesia experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity due to its position on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, where tectonic plates collide.

Last year, a 7.5-magnitude quake and a subsequent tsunami in Palu on Sulawesi island killed more than 2,200 people, with another thousand declared missing.

On December 26, 2004, a devastating 9.1-magnitude earthquake

struck off the coast of Sumatra and triggered a tsunami that killed 220,000 across the Indian Ocean region, including around 170,000 in Indonesia. (afp) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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Music festival becomes a magnet to bring in tourists to Bali

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MANGUPURA - An international standard music festival can indeed become a magnet to bring in tourists visiting Bali as long as the music communities in Bali can jointly advance the world of music. This was revealed by the Director of Construction and Operations of the Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), Ngurah Wirawan, when met amidst the Bali Blues Festival on Saturday (Jul. 13) on the Island of Peninsula, Nusa Dua.

In connection with this matter, he said that such event certainly cannot run alone and must get support and synergy from all parties. “It is very possible. Moreover, Bali has its own branding in the eyes of the world community.

Music communities must be united as well especially in an effort to advance the music festival so that it can be used as an attraction for tourists in Bali,” he said.

With the implementation of this kind of music festival, he is confident that Bali will have its own pride. It has been able to organize an international standard music festival such as the Bali Blues Festival 2019.

The Bali Blues Festival 2019 is a festival held with the blues genre, the root of all musical genres in the world. Bali blues has been held for the fifth time. It has become an annual event organized by ITDC and supported by the blues community in Bali as well as national and international blues musicians. (kmb23)

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Bali Blues Festival

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Introducing tasks and functions

Customs and Excise organizes an event on the street

DENPASAR - Even though with technological advances, especially the advancement of e-

commerce, all must go through the Customs and Excise process. This needs to be known to the public so

that no people will get deceived.

Head of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) for Bali, NTB and NTT Regional Office, Untung Basuki, stated that so far the community has still not understood the duties of customs. For this reason, his office held Customs and Excise on the Street on Sunday (Jul. 14) at the Renon Square. This activity was held to introduce duties and functions of Customs and Excise. So, in the future he hoped that all the communities will not be easily deceived.

“We hope all the communities can know the duties of Customs and Excise. People are frequently deceived as well. There are goods sent from overseas on behalf of our community like gifts of auctioned goods. Through this activity, they will become aware. Hopefully,

people are not easily cheated,” he hoped.

Through this activity, his office wanted to be closer according to the duties of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise such as facilitating trade industry, safeguarding borders, protecting people from illegal goods and collecting state revenues. “This theme is featured so that Customs and Excise will be better known by the community.

In line with the development of technology and trade, we must interact with Customs and Excise.

Hopefully, by getting closer and friendlier, the public will know more about the rules of Customs and Excise,” he said.

Through this activity, his office wanted to make the community a friend equally leading to goodness because directly or indirectly the

community interacts with Customs and Excise. For example, when people return from overseas, they will definitely get in touch with Customs and Excise at the airport.

“This is what we need to inform such as how to carry goods. There are provisions prohibiting the entry of particular goods. Or there are also items subject to charges of Customs and Excise,” he said.

In addition to delivering the duties of Customs and Excise, this activity is also filled with joint sports, children’s coloring competitions, free health checkup, and goods inspection demos by using sniffer dogs. “I see the enthusiasm of the community to participate in this activity is very high. This becomes a pride for us as a motivator to improve services to the community,” he explained. (kmb23)

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Tiny glasses help reveal how praying mantises can see in 3-D colored filters, creating minuscule 3-D glasses.

As a praying mantis watched the films, electrodes monitored the behavior of individual nerve cells in the optic lobe, a brain structure responsible for many aspects of vision. There, researchers found four types of nerve cells that seem to help merge the two different views from each eye into a complete 3-D picture, a skill that human vision cells use to sense depth, too.

One cell type called a TAOpro neuron possesses three elaborate, fan-shaped bundles that receive incoming visual information. Along

with the three other cell types, TAOpro neurons are active when each eye’s view of an object is different, a mismatch that’s needed for depth perception.

The details of the various types of nerve cells, and how they might receive, combine and send visual information, suggest that these insects’ vision may be more sophisticated than some scientists had thought, the team writes. And the principles guiding praying mantis depth perception may be useful to researchers working on improving machine vision, perhaps allowing artificial systems to better sense the depths of objects. (net)

Mayoral Regulation No. 36 participates in plastic waste reduction

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Colored filters let a praying mantis watch a 3-D video of a moving disk while researchers studied the nerve cells that contribute to the insect’s depth perception.

Both fish and humans have REM-like sleep

CALIFORNIA - No one should have to sleep with the fishes, but new research on zebrafish suggests that we sleep like them.

Sleeping zebrafish have brain activity similar to both deep slow-wave sleep and rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep that’s found in mammals, researchers report July 10 in Nature. And the team may have tracked down the cells that kick off REM sleep.

The findings suggest that the basics of sleep evolved at least 450 million years ago in zebrafish ancestors, before the evolution of animals that give birth to live young instead of laying eggs. That’s 150 million years earlier than scientists thought when they discovered that lizards sleep like mammals and birds.

What’s more, sleep may have evolved underwater, says Louis C. Leung, a neuroscientist at Stanford University School of Medicine. “These signatures [of sleep] really

have important functions — even though we may not know what they are — that have survived hundreds of millions of years of evolution.”

In mammals, birds and lizards, sleep has several stages characterized by specific electrical signals. During slow-wave sleep, the brain is mostly quiet except for synchronized waves of electrical activity. The heart rate decreases and muscles relax. During REM or paradoxical sleep, the brain lights up with activity almost like it’s awake. But the muscles are paralyzed (except for rapid twitching of the eyes) and the heart beats erratically.

For many years, scientists have known that fruit flies, nematodes, fish, octopuses and other creatures have rest periods reminiscent of sleep. But until now, no one could measure the electrical activity of those animals’ brains to see if that rest is the same as mammals’

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For the first time, scientists have monitored fish brain activity during sleep by using a zebrafish engineered to make a fluorescent molecule that lights up when nerves (green) or muscles become active.

snoozing.

Leung and colleagues developed a system to do just that in zebrafish by genetically engineering them to make a fluorescent molecule that lights up when it encounters calcium, which is released when nerve cells and muscles are active. By following the flashes of light using a light sheet microscope, the researchers tracked brain and muscle activity in the naturally transparent fish larvae.

The next task was to lull fish asleep under the microscope. In some experiments, the team added drugs that trigger either slowwave or REM sleep in mammals to the fish’s water. In others, researchers deprived fish of sleep for a night or tuckered the fish out with lots of activity during the day. Results from all the snooze-inducing methods were the same.

Sleeping fish have two distinct types of brain activity while sleeping, the team found. One, similar to slow-wave sleep, was characterized by short bursts of activity in some nerve cells in the brain. The researchers call that state slow-bursting sleep. REM-like sleep, which the researchers dubbed “propagating-wave sleep,” was characterized by frenzied brain activity that spreads like a wave through the brain. The researchers aren’t calling the sleep phases REM or slow-wave sleep because there are some minor differences between the way fish and mammals sleep.

A group of cells that line hollow spaces called ventricles deep in the brain seems to trigger that wave of REM-like brain activity.

These ependymal cells dip fingerlike cilia into the cerebral spinal fluid that bathes the ventricles and the central nervous system.

The cells appear to beat their cilia faster as amounts of a well-known, sleep-promoting hormone called melanin-concentrating hormone in the fluid increases, the researchers discovered.

It’s unclear how the ependymal cells com-

municate with the rest of the brain to set off REM-like activity. Such cells are also present in mammals, but no one has yet been able to see that deeply into the brains of sleeping mammals to determine whether the cells play a role in sleep. But knowing about these cells may help researchers develop better sleep aids, Leung says.

Just as in mammals, zebrafish’s whole bodies are affected during sleep. Their muscles relax during sleep and their hearts slow from about 200 beats per minute when awake to about 110 to 120 beats per minute while asleep during the slow-wave–like sleep. During the REM-like sleep, the heart slows even more to about 90 beats per minute and loses its regular rhythm. And the fish’s muscles also go completely slack. The one characteristic that the fish lack is rapid eye movement. Instead, the eyes roll back into their sockets, says study coauthor Philippe Mourrain, a biologist at Stanford University School of Medicine.

Lack of eye movement could indicate that emotion-processing parts of the brain, such as the amygdala, aren’t as active in zebrafish as they are in mammals, says sleep researcher Allan Pack of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. With their brain-activity monitoring, the researchers have taken sleep research “to the next level,” says Pack, and “they present pretty compelling evidence” of slow-wave and REM-like sleep in the fish.

The whole-body involvement that the researchers documented solidifies the argument that fish sleep is similar to mammals, says neuroscientist Paul Shaw of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

In all organisms known to snooze, “sleep is manifest everywhere” in the body, he says.

Future experiments may show why poor sleep or a lack of Zs contributes to health problems in people, such as obesity, heart disease and diabetes. (net)

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Bali Plastic Waste Cleanup in Denpasar City

NEWCASTLE - A praying mantis depends on precision targeting when hunting insects.

Now, scientists have identified nerve cells that help calculate the depth perception required for these predators’ surgical strikes.

In addition to providing clues about insect vision, the principles of these cells’ behavior, described June 28 in Nature Communications, may also lead to advances in robot vision or other automated systems.

So far, praying mantises are the only insects known to be able to see in 3-D. In the new study, neuroscientist Ronny Rosner of Newcastle University in England and colleagues used a tiny theater that played praying mantises’ favorite films — moving disks that mimic bugs. The disks appeared in three dimensions because the insects’ eyes were covered with different

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Fish farmers in the Lake Batur area are now anxious because the lake returns to spout sulfur.

Sulfuric burst returns to occur, fish farmers in Lake Batur worry

BANGLI - Fish farmers in the Lake Batur area are now anxious because the lake returns to spout sulfur. This condition has an impact on the threat of fish cultivated in floating fish cages (KJA) owned by local fish farmers.

A fish farmer at Kedisan village, Ketut Jembawa, stated on Sunday (Jul. 14) that sulfuric bursts have occurred since Saturday night (Jul. 13). Indications on the appearance of the sulfuric bursts can be seen from the change in the color of the lake water.

He said the sulfuric burst in Lake Batur is a natural phenomenon that occurs regularly every year from July to August. As with the experience of the previous year, sulfuric bursts occurred maximally for a week, or at the earliest of three days.

Although it has become a regular phenomenon, Jembawa admitted that he is still worried about his fish having been cultivated in the floating fish cage died a lot like last year’s experience. To anticipate sporadic fish deaths, he currently chooses not to feed his fish before the phenomenon of sulfuric bursts

ends. “At least, the fish will not be fed for a week. If they are fed, I am worried the fish will go down to the bottom of the lake and this will cause the great potential for the fish to die,” he explained.

According to him, even though the fish are not fed, the fish in floating cage can still survive. “It only has an impact on their development,” he said.

He added that the potential for greater fish mortality occurs at the age of 4-6 months where at the age, fish are ready to be harvested.

Meanwhile, fish of less than four months old has the smaller potential for death because they are more frequently on the surface.

Made Antara, another fish farmer at Buahan village, also justified the presence of sulfuric bursts on Lake Batur. He said the sulfuric bursts are known to have occurred

since Saturday night (Jul. 13) initially appeared in the Kedisan area near the pier. Then, the phenomenon spread to Buahan.

Antara added that until last Sunday sulfuric bursts were not so severe. “If the wind blows like today’s condition, I think the sulfuric bursts will have disappeared within two days’ time,’ he explained.

To anticipate the large number of fish deaths due to such sulfuric bursts, the man who is also the Head of the Indonesia Fishermen Association (HNSI) of Bangli Chapter claimed to have reduced the fish density of floating cage. If each floating cage is usually filled with up to 1,000 fingerlings, ahead of the occurrence of such sulfuric bursts it has been reduced to 400 fingerlings. “It is meant to reduce the risk of fish death,” he added. (kmb40)

PLASTIC waste cleanup as the program of Bali provincial and Denpasar city government in safeguarding Bali’s nature through universal development pattern planning was centered in the city of Denpasar on Sunday (Jul. 14) at Anyar Sari Market, Padangsambian village, Denpasar. The activity was attended by the Assistant III of the Bali Provincial Government, the Head of the Denpasar City Agencies, and thousands of participants from the elements of the Indonesian Military (TNI), National Police, local village apparatus and community. Before collecting plastic waste, all the participants were given garbage bags and trash bin.

Head of the PD Pasar Kota Denpasar, IB Kompyang Wiranata, said that his management had implemented the program of Denpasar City government and Bali provincial government in reducing plastic waste in the community market area. This commitment has been continuously carried out to provide education and dissemination for merchants and consumers in all markets in the city of Denpasar.

He also expressed his gratitude to the Bali provincial government for choosing Anyar Sari Market as the center for reducing plastic waste in Denpasar City.

“Hopefully, this activity can provide encouragement to invite the public and merchants to restrict the use of disposable plastic in realizing Bali-free disposable plastic waste,” he explained.

Meanwhile, Head of Denpasar Environment and Sanitation Agen-

cy (DLHK), I Ketut Wisada, stated that based on the data of survey he can say that since Mayoral Regulation No. 36/2018 was implemented, the contribution is very effective in reducing plastic waste in Denpasar City. Data collection in May 2019 showed the decrease in the percentage of plastic bag usage for the period of February to April 2019.

The decrease reached 99.60 percent or around 12,981,234 sheets compared to data on plastic bag usage in 2018 or before the mayoral regulation applied.

In addition, the Denpasar city government has also issued the Instruction of the Mayor of Denpasar No. 1/2018 concerning Waste Reduction governing the reduction of waste including plastic waste to the level of traditional markets and other business activities in the city of Denpasar. Through the application of the Denpasar Mayoral Regulation No. 36/2018 and Denpasar Mayoral Instruction No. 1/2018, the volume of plastic bag usage in traditional markets and other business activities in the city of Denpasar has decreased 54.26 percent for traditional markets and 86.27 percent for other businesses in road sections across Denpasar City.

“Dissemination on the reduction of plastic bag usage on traditional markets is routinely carried out by the Denpasar City Plastic Waste Reduction Team with the Environmental Monitoring Officers (Jumali) accompanied by the distribution of eco-friendly bags,” he explained. (kmb)

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Head of Denpasar Environment and Sanitation Agency (DLHK), I Ketut Wisada.

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Garbage must be resolved from the upstream

DENPASAR - Governor of Bali Wayan Koster will expand his policies for environmental conservation. After issuing the Bali Gubernatorial Regulation No. 97/2018 concerning the Limitation of Disposable Plastic Waste, this governor from Sembiran, Buleleng, will immediately issue the Gubernatorial Regulation on Waste Management at the Source so that the waste problem can be resolved in the upstream.

By that way, only a small amount of waste is left to be taken to the landfill (TPA). Other than making the environment clean, this policy is also expected to create clean and healthy air. Draft of this gubernatorial regulation has been presented four times and will be presented once again before it will be submitted to the Ministry of Home Affairs.

“Waste is produced from various sources such as housewives, industries, community groups, hospitals, schools, markets and everywhere. Later on, who produces the waste, they should manage. “The rules, SOP, incentives and disincentives will be made,” said Koster in Denpasar, recently.

Waste management, continued Koster, is made multilevel and will be sorted between organic and inorganic waste. From the hamlet, village to sub-district level facilities will be made for handling or managing waste which can be recycled, saved in a garbage bank, or which residue that must be disposed of to landfill.

“In my imagination, if this plan runs properly, there is very little waste going to the landfill and most of them will be managed,” he explained.

According to Koster, especially customary villages that can control the waste use of their citizens and manage their waste independently will be given incentives. In addition, customary villages are also encouraged to make waste management regulations. Then, the regents and mayor as well as the Environment Agency and other related agencies will be summoned and asked to move more massively throughout the region so that they comply with the Gubernatorial Regulation No. 97. (kmb32)

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Famed Spanish bull run festival ends with 8 people gored this year

PAMPLONA - Thousands of revellers raised candles and red scarves in the air and swayed back and forth as they sang a mournful song to mark the end on Sunday of Spain’s most famous bull running festival in Pamplona which saw eight daredevils gored this year.

Governor of Bali Wayan Koster

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Due to limitation of processing tools

Waste processing can just reach 48 percent

SEMARAPURA - The former Sente Landfill now becomes the focus of handling by the regional government. The waste is still attempted to be managed, so that it can reduce the piles of waste produced every day up to 12 trucks. However, due to the limitations of the waste processing tools, the local government can just process 48 percent per day.

Head of the Klungkung Environment and Land Agency, AA Kirana, stated on Sunday (Jul. 14) that the average urban waste entering the Sente Landfill reaches 12 trucks every day. Of the 12 trucks, 2 trucks are processed for pellets under the TOSS program, 4 trucks are managed for organic fertilizer and 2 trucks are sorted (organic) and have been requested by the community for fertilizer. The remaining 4 trucks are collected by scavengers. Since the remaining 4 trucks usually contain food leftover, it can be used for pig feed, vegetable leftover for cattle fodder, while plastic is usually recycled for waste bank.

“However, due to the limitations of waste processing tools, the garbage processed can only reach 48 percent per day,” said Kirana.

IBP/kmb Klungkung district government is now Head of the Klungkung Environment continuing to increase its seriousness in and Land Agency, AA Kirana. processing the waste. Moreover, Presiden-

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tial Regulation No. 97/2017 on the National Policy and Strategy for Household Waste Management and the Like mandates to do 30 percent reduction in waste entering landfill and 70 percent of garbage should be managed. This is also in line with the Regulation of Klungkung District Government No. 07/2014 concerning Waste Management.

Responding to this issue, Klungkung Regent Nyoman Suwirta and Regional Secretary Winastra immediately held a limited coordination meeting in the Praja Mandala Meeting Room on Sunday (Jul. 14).

In his directives, Regent Suwirta conveyed that relevant agencies should immediately coordinate to find tools having greater capacity, so that waste management can be maximized in the former Sente Landfill.

Bali plastic waste cleanup In addition to continuously finalizing the waste handling in the former landfill, plastic waste hunting is also being carried out in accordance with the Bali provincial government’s program in the Planned Universal Movement for Bali Plastic Waste Cleanup. As seen on Sunday (Jul. 14), the Klungkung district government focused the action around Semarapura Terminal, Galiran Market to residential areas on Jalan

Kenyeri, Galiran hamlet and Jalan Matahari, Kemoning, Semarapura Klod village. The action involved thousands of participants consisting of Indonesian Military (TNI), National Police, civil servants and high school / vocational school students. Furthermore, thousands of participants moved to take out plastic waste.

In the action, Regent Suwirta accompanied by Mrs. Ayu Suwirta even had to go into a sewer to pick up plastic waste. Due to such action, five large bags of plastic waste could be collected. “Probably, people will think if I am doing this is for the sake of imaging.

However, if I do not work, they will claim if I am unwilling to work. Let them talk whatever they want as I have been doing this kind of thing for a long time. So, I am not awkward if having to do cleaning activities like this,” said Regent Suwirta.

In addition to collecting plastic waste, Regent Suwirta also reprimanded several business people on Jalan Kecubung and Jalan Kenyeri as a result of being found dumping plastic waste and broken glass in landscaped areas and vacant lots. From such simultaneous action in four subdistricts, the total amount of plastic waste that could be collected reached around 257 kilograms. (kmb31)

“Poor me, poor me, the San Fermin fiesta has come to an end,” the crowd sang just after the stroke of midnight in front of city hall in the Plaza Consistorial as fireworks lit up the sky above.

“People of Pamplona, the San Fermin festival is over, the best festival in the world,” Pamplona mayor Enrique Maya said from the balcony of city hall to cheers from the crowd just before the singing began.

The nine-day San Fermin festival, which dates back to medieval times, features concerts, religious processions, folk dancing, and round-the-clock drinking.

But the highlight is a bracing, daily test of courage against a thundering pack of halftonne, sharp-horned bulls.

Each morning hundreds of runners, many dressed in white with red scarves and sashes, test their valour by sprinting with six halftonne bulls along an 850-metre (2,800-foot) course through the narrow streets of the city in northern Spain.

The most daring try to run as long as they can right in front of the beasts’ horns before veering off to the side or diving under the wooden barriers that separate the bulls and runners from the thousands of spectators from around the world that line the route.

Two Australians aged 27 and 30, as well as a 25-year-old Spaniard, were gored during the final bull run of the festival on Sunday by a half-tonne fighting bull which became separated from the pack moments into the run and began charging people in its way, regional health authorities said.

The three men suffered injuries to the

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Participants try to avoid a Miura fighting bull on the last bullrun of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, on July 12, 2019. armpit, arm and leg from the bull’s horns.

Isolated bulls are more likely to get disoriented and start charging at people.

That brought to eight the total number of daredevils who were gored by a bull during this year’s fiesta.

- ‘Saw blood’ At the end of the festival’s first run, a bull ran over and sunk one of its horns deep in

the neck of a 46-year-old lawyer from San Francisco, Jaime Alvarez, narrowly missing key arteries.

He was injured as he was trying to take a video-selfie with his mobile phone.

“It was like a truck or car just hitting me in the side of the head. I put my hand on my neck and I saw blood,” he told US television from a Pamplona hospital.

He was released from hospital two days

later. Another 23-year-old American from Kentucky and a 40-year-old Spaniard were also gored that day.

In addition to the eight men who were gored, another 27 people were taken to hospital for broken bones and bruises suffered during the bull runs.

About 500 more people were treated at the scene for more minor injuries, according to the Red Cross. (afp)

Aussie kids take stolen car on 1,000-kilometre road trip

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Four children took a stolen four-wheel drive on a 1,000-kilometre (620-mile) road trip across the Australian outback before being nabbed by police.

SYDNEY - Four children took a stolen four-wheel drive on a 1,000-kilometre (620-mile) road trip across the Australian outback before being nabbed by police, officials said Monday.

A 14-year-old boy, two 13-yearold boys and a 10-year-old girl began their epic journey on Saturday when they took cash and packed fishing rods in a vehicle belonging to one of their families in the coastal Queensland town of Rockhampton, police said.

One of the children left a note for his family telling them of his plans.

Queensland police said the car was spotted early on Sunday

morning in the outback town of Banana, where the kids allegedly stole petrol, before travelling south.

The car was found on Sunday night near Grafton, in the neighbouring state of New South Wales, about 11 hours’ drive from Rockhampton. New South Wales police said officers had to force their way into the vehicle after the children refused to get out.

“They have locked themselves in the car and police have had to use a baton to get in to arrest them,” Coffs-Clarence district acting inspector Darren Williams told reporters.

It was not clear which of the

children had been behind the wheel, but Williams said it was likely they had shared the driving.

“It is a long way, in excess of 1,000 (km) from Rockhampton down to Grafton,” he said.

“I couldn’t imagine one person driving that way in two days.”

Police are investigating several alleged offences committed during the road trip, Williams said.

The children, who were found unharmed, have been taken into care.

Williams said it was unclear what prompted the children to take the trip, but one of the boys was originally from Grafton. (afp)

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Russian jailed in Bali for smuggling drugged orangutan

A Russian tourist who attempted to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of Indonesia in his suitcase was sentenced to a year in prison Thursday after claiming that he wanted to keep the animal as a pet.

Judges also ordered Andrei Zhestkov to pay a 10 million rupiah ($700) fine or serve two additional months in prison.

The 28-year-old was detained at Bali’s Denpasar airport in March while passing through a security screening before his flight to Russia.

Suspicious officers stopped him and opened his luggage to find a two-year-old male orangutan sleeping inside a rattan basket.

Officials believed Zhestkov drugged the ape with allergy pills before putting it inside the basket which also contained baby formula and blankets.

Police also found two live geckos and five lizards inside the suitcase. Zhestkov told authorities that the protected species was gifted by his friend, another Russian tourist

BEIJING - China’s economic growth sank to its lowest level in at least 26 years in the quarter ending in June, adding to pressure on Chinese leaders as they fight a tariff war with Washington.

The world’s second-largest economy grew 6.2% over a year ago, down from the previous quarter’s 6.4%, government data showed Monday.

Forecasters expected China’s economy to rebound in late 2018 but pushed back that target after President Donald Trump hiked tariffs on Chinese imports to pressure Beijing over its technology development tactics. Now, economists say the slowdown might extend into next year.

Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed last month to resume negotiations on the fight that has battered exporters on both sides. But economists warn their truce is fragile because they still face the same array of disputes that caused talks to break down in May. “The trade war is having a huge impact on the Chinese economy,” Edward Moya of OANDA said in a report. “As trade negotiations struggle for meaningful progress, we are probably not near the bottom for China’s economy.”

Chinese leaders have stepped up spending and bank lending to keep growth within this year’s official target range of 6% to 6.5% and avert politically dangerous job losses. But they face an avalanche of unexpectedly bad news including plunging auto sales.

In the second half of the year, “the external environment may still be more complicated,” said a government spokesman, Mao Shengyong, at a news conference.

Quarterly growth was the lowest since China began reporting such data in 1993, according to an employee of the press office of the National Bureau of Statistics, Dong Hui. In 2009, the NBS reported growth of 6.1% for the first three months of that year. However, Dong said that later was revised up to 6.4%.

Jittery consumers are putting off major purchases, depressing demand for autos, home appliances and other goods.

“I don’t think the country’s economy is as good as it looks,” said Peng

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who bought the primate for $3,000 from a street market in Java.

He claimed his friend, who has since left Indonesia, convinced him he could bring home the orangutan as a pet.

Orangutans are a critically endangered species, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, with only about 100,000 remaining worldwide.

Plantation workers and villagers in Indonesia often consider the apes pests and sometimes attack them, while poachers capture the animals to sell as pets. A string of fatal attacks on the apes has been blamed on farmers and hunters.

Four Indonesian men were arrested last year over the killing of an orangutan shot some 130 times with an air gun. (afp)

In this file photo taken on March 25, 2019 Andrei Zhestkov (R) of Russia stands near a police officer holding an orangutan during a press conference at Ngurah Rai Airport near Denpasar on March 25, 2019. Zhestkov, who attempted to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of Indonesia in his suitcase, was sentenced to a year in prison on July 11, 2019 after claiming that he wanted to keep the animal as a pet.

Sunari, One of the Uparengga Items in Hindu Ceremonies

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A child plays with a balloon at a clothing store having a promotion sale in Beijing, Monday, July 15, 2019. China’s economic growth sank to its lowest level in at least 26 years in the quarter ending in June, adding to pressure on Chinese leaders as they fight a tariff war with Washington.

Tao, a 26-year-old delivery courier who said he makes 5,000-6,000 yuan ($750-$870) a month.

“China has been surely hurt more in the trade war,” said Peng. “I am not very happy about job prospects because there just aren’t many opportunities out there.”

Weaker Chinese activity has global repercussions. China is the biggest export customer for its Asian neighbors and a major market for global suppliers of food, mobile phones, industrial technology and consumer goods.

The International Monetary Fund and private sector economists have cut this year’s Chinese growth forecast to as low as 6.2%, a further marked decline after last year’s threedecade low of 6.6%.

Growth in retail sales slowed to 8.4% in the first half of 2019, down

0.1 percentage points from the first quarter, the government reported.

Growth in factory output decelerated to 6% in the first half, down 0.1 percentage points from the first quarter.

Auto sales, reported earlier, fell 7.8% in June, extending a yearlong contraction in the industry’s biggest market. Chinese exports to the United States fell 7.8% in June from a year ago. Urban families the ruling Communist Party is counting on to help propel consumer-driven growth to offset weak trade are being squeezed by rising living costs and slower wage growth.

Qiu Wanli, who works for an insurance company in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, said her family has little left over each month after paying a mortgage and expenses for her 3- and 6-year-old daughters and two elderly relatives.

“The burden to support the family is fairly heavy,” said Qiu, 30. “We rarely travel and have no plans to because of financial conditions.”

The fight between the two biggest global traders has disrupted sales of goods from soybeans to medical equipment and rattled financial markets.

The biggest factor in the latest Chinese economic weakness is lackluster activity in construction and industry, according to Julian Evans-Pritchard of Capital Economics. He said that was likely to worsen because a boom in real estate development is fading.

“Combined with increasing headwinds from U.S. tariffs and weaker global growth, we expect this to culminate in a further slowdown in economic growth over the coming year,” Evans-Pritchard said in

a report.

Beijing is pumping money into the economy through higher spending on building highways and other public works. That has shored up growth but set back efforts to reduce reliance on investment, which has pushed debt to levels that prompted credit rating agencies to cut China’s credit rating for government borrowing.

Spending on factories, real estate and other fixed assets rose 5.8% in the first half of the year, up 0.2 percentage points from the first five months.

Credit growth to support that has accelerated to dangerously high levels, according to Iris Pang of ING. She said in a report Friday that suggests the economy “would be deteriorating” without stimulus. “This worries us,” she said. (ap)

Sunari or bamboo Aeolian harp is very closely related to religious ceremonies of Balinese Hindu people. We often see sunari in large ceremonies at temples, especially those in Bali. Probably, many of us often ask questions what sunari means and why people make it.

Here are the explanations.

According to Ida Bagus Panjiarsa, sunari comes from the Balinese words su and nari. Su means ‘good’ or ‘divine vibration’ and nari means ‘angels’. Quoting opinions from several sources, he said, sunari or sunar also means light.

Or there is another opinion saying that sunari is the same as sundari meaning ‘reeds’ or ‘beautiful women.’ In Sanskrit, Sundarigama is derived from the word Sundari which means ‘bright’ and gama means ‘a sign’ or ‘a way’. “Thus, sunari is one of the uparengga or complementary ritual paraphernalia to the Hindu ceremony.”

By and large, it is used in various ceremonies like ngenteg linggih,

ngusaba desa, ngusaba nini, pangerorasan or mamukur, ngrasakin and mabiukukung in the rice fields.

The use of sunari in the ritual ceremony is intended to allow the angels or the gods to come down from heaven to witness as well as offer welfare and safety to the ongoing ceremony.

The use of sunari in the rice fields is intended for Dewi Sri or the goddess of rice and Lord Rare Angon or the god of the herders so that the rice thrives and works well. At the same time, it also goes for livestock,” said Ida Bagus Panjiarsa.

Sunari is installed in parhyangan or sanctum comes along with the ceremony of negtegan beras and enthroning Lord Rare Angon. He said that sunari is made from bamboo with long sections and thin skin like ivory bamboo.

Then, it is beautified with decoration in the form of apes made from palm fiber as a symbol of Lord Maruti or Hanoman (Lord Vayu or

Gods of the Wind). Ultimately, it is equipped with klangsah kelabang mantri made from braided green coconut leaves and white-yellow cloth.

In order to produce a loud sound, the bamboo segments are punched with special techniques. When blown by the wind, it will generate sound. There are a total of seven holes made from top to bottom. The uppermost hole in the shape of an equilateral triangle represents tone or star. The second hole is round or zero symbolizing windu.

The third is crescent symbolizing ardha candra. The fourth hole is perpendicular (pestle) symbolizing purusha or lingam. The fifth hole is a mortar, symbolizing yoni or pradhana. The next hole is a swastika symbolizing balance.

Finally, the rectangular hole symbolizes the earth. “So, all the holes have meaning. Sunari is ritual complementary paraphernalia (uparengga) made in accordance with the palelutuk and ceremony,

especially during the ngenteg linggih ceremony in parhyangan and mabiyukukung in the rice fields,” he said.

Meanwhile, Dr. AA Gde Raka, a lecturer from Warmadewa University, Denpasar, added the selection of ivory bamboo for sunari is based on the reason of its magical value.

The leaves are greenish yellow and

this bamboo has no sheath scar.

According to him, sunari protects angga sarira or the body from negative forces. Triangle hole of sunari symbolizes fire (Lord Brahma), water symbolizes Lord Vishnu, the round symbolizes Lord Shiva, while pestle symbolizes purusha and mortar symbolizes pradhana. (kmb)

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Toxic employers face jail as South Korea tackles workplace bullying

SEOUL - After enduring months of constant harassment at work, South Korean office worker Christine Jung finally confronted her aggressor -- only to be fired and sued for defamation by her employer.

Her situation is not unusual in South Korea, where employees have traditionally been expected to turn a blind eye to abusive behaviour by those in power -- a phenomenon so commonplace that locals have coined a word for it, “gabjil”.

But that could soon change thanks to a revised labour law.

The new legislation that comes into effect on Tuesday will criminalise business owners who unfairly dismiss employees harassed at work.

A recent government survey found that two-thirds of workers had experienced harassment on the job, while 80 percent had witnessed it.

In one of the most high-profile cases, an heiress to the Korean Air fortune threw a temper tantrum at cabin crew after being served nuts in a bag instead of a bowl in 2014 -earning instant “nut rage” notoriety.

Rigid company hierarchies, intense competition for jobs and deference to status all contribute to toxic work environments in an economy dominated by family-run conglomerates.

In Jung’s case, her harasser was the CEO’s father.

“He once told me the building was shaking whenever I walked -- because I was ‘too fat’. Another time he tried to follow me to the women’s bathroom. And another time he abruptly groped my stomach in his office,” the 37-year-old told AFP. “But when I brought up the issue, the management accused me of being a man-hater and a liar.”

Jung finally approached the labour ministry last year, but was

told her situation did not count as workplace bullying because the aggressor was not her superior and was not employed by the company, even though he came to the office “virtually every day”, she said.

- Brutal work culture The new law will subject owners of companies that “unfairly demote or dismiss” workers who allege harassment to three years imprisonment or a fine of up to 30 million won ($25,000).

Employees ordered to write essays for their manager’s children, perform “sexy dances” for executives or even pluck out their boss’s grey hairs are among the examples documented by labour rights group Workplace Gabjil 119 and other non-profits.

Violent behaviour has also been reported. In 2016, a university professor was jailed for abusing his former student and employee, beating him with a baseball bat for taking short breaks and forcing him to eat human faeces.

Nursing is notorious for its harsh training and so-called “burn-toashes” brutal work culture, with two recent suicides sparking debate about the sector.

And after the South Korean women’s curling team, nicknamed the “Garlic Girls”, stole the show at last year’s Winter Olympics, they too raised allegations of abuse and exploitation by their coaches.

The issue is present in almost every sector, from K-pop and film to healthcare and academia. But with a weak social safety net and rising unemployment, it is often hard for victims to speak up, as they fear

Another 10 people have died in overcrowded Rohingya refugee camps in southeast Bangladesh where thousands of shanty homes have been destroyed.

In the latest monsoon-related tragedy in India, a four-storey building on a hillside in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh collapsed, killing 12 people and trapping at least seven others.

The structure -- located near popular tourist destination Shimla -- came down on Sunday following days of heavy downpours.

Rescue workers searched the

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Safety Committee to investigate emergency landing of chopper in Lombok MATARAM - Indonesia’s Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) will investigate an emergency landing made by a PT Carpediem Air-owned helicopter B206L4 in Kawo Village, Pujut Subdistrict, Central Lombok District, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province.

“To unearth the reason behind the emergency landing, we have to wait for the KNKT to start investigation. The committee will arrive in Lombok tomorrow morning,” Nugroho Jati, general manager of the Lombok International Airport, stated here on Sunday.

The helicopter, piloted by Captain Kustiada from Indonesia and carrying three foreigners, was flying from Lombok to Labuan Bajo in West Manggarai District, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), on Sunday. The foreign passengers are Luka Marie from Germany, Nicholas from the United Kingdom, and Donoso from Chile.

The pilot and three foreigners are safe but in a state of shock, for which they had to be treated at the Praya Hospital in Central Lombok. (ant)

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People walk cross a road at a business district in Seoul on July 15, 2019. New legislation that comes into effect on July 16 will criminalise business owners who unfairly dismiss employees harassed at work in South Korea. losing their jobs or being demoted.

When one victim complained to his company’s management about bullying, he was told: “Then just leave. Can you actually find a job elsewhere? Oh, perhaps at McDonald’s?”

- ‘Meaningful step’ Park Jeom-gyu, an activist at Workplace Gabjil 119, told AFP that even with the new law the South “still has a long way to go, since it does not directly criminalise the bullies”, only employers who penalise

victims for speaking out.

“But it’s still a meaningful step towards change, as more will feel relatively safer to report when they face harassment at work,” he said.

Michael Hurt, a sociologist at the University of Seoul, says the obsession with hierarchy is a legacy of the wartime militarism of former colonial ruler Japan, later adopted by the South’s authoritarian leaders.

In this power structure, “gabjil in the workplace is a way to prove to oneself and others his or her

social worth,” he told AFP. For many Korean workers, including Jung, the new measures have come too late.

Instead of receiving an apology from the perpetrator, she was fired by the CEO who later sued her for defamation and libel.

The cases were never brought to trial, but Jung said the disputes at one point made her suicidal.

“Those at my ex-employer didn’t treat me like a human being -- it was as if I were one of their disposable commodities.” (afp)

Twelve killed in house collapse as monsoon toll rises across South Asia

NEW DELHI - At least 12 people were killed when a house collapsed in northern India following heavy monsoon rain which has left more than 100 dead across South Asia, officials said Monday.

Floods and landslides caused by torrential downpours have killed at least 67 people across Nepal while 30 more are missing, police said.

In Bangladesh, at least 29 people have died since July 9 including 18 who were hit by lightning and seven who drowned after their boat capsized in choppy waters in the Bay of Bengal.

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rubble for survivors, while heavy machinery removed heaps of mangled steel and wires from the muddied debris. Local official K.C. Chaman said 12 people had died in the collapse, adding that rescuers were looking “for at least seven other people” trapped in the debris.

One soldier -- who was pulled out alive from the rubble -- said they had gathered for a party in the building’s restaurant, “but suddenly the building shook and collapsed”.

Such incidents are common across the region during the monsoon because of dilapidated struc-

tures that buckle under the weight of continuous rain.

The June to September monsoon causes widespread death and destruction across South Asia each year. Floods have devastated much of the northeastern Indian state of Assam where four people died on Sunday after being swept away by sudden torrents.

The state’s Kaziranga National Park, a UNESCO-recognised reserve and home to two-thirds of the world’s one-horned rhinos, has also been seriously affected by the weather.

In the eastern state of Bihar, five rivers were flowing over the danger levels with more rain forecast over the next few days. The downpours have eased in Nepal but authorities still fear the death toll could rise, said police spokesman Bishwaraj Pokharel, who gave the latest number of dead and missing from floods and landslides.

“There are the challenges of resettlement of the displaced as many houses.. have been swept away. We are also cautious about the risk of epidemics due to polluted water,” Pokharel told AFP. (afp)

An Indonesian officer (R) walks next to a helicopter in Pujut district, Lombok Tengah, West Nusa Tenggara on July 14, 2019. No incident was reported after a pilot with three foreign passengers on board made an emergency landing on a helicopter in Lombok Tengah, in the western part of Nusa Tenggara.

Jokowi outlines five Gerindra clarifies no political deal priority programs for made between Prabowo and Jokowi 2019-2024 period Bogor - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) outlined five priority programs for his second term in the 2019-2024 period at an event called “Indonesian Vision” held at the Sentul International Convention Center, Bogor, West Java, on Sunday evening.

Jokowi expounded that his vision and mission were targeted at responding to global challenges that are complex, evolving, and full of uncertainties and risks.

New means and values are deemed necessary in seeking solutions to everyday problems being faced by the nation, he emphasized.

“With innovations, we all must accept, and we urge (all) to accept. We must leave (behind) old means and old

patterns in managing organizations and also institutions and in running the government,” Jokowi stated.

He has vowed to continue the development of infrastructure, intensify the development of human resources, invite investment that can generate job opportunities, reform structural bureaucracy, and optimize budget utilization that is focused and in line with the target.

“However, I need to remind you that big dreams could only be realized if we remain united, optimistic, and confident and dare to face challenges in the face of global competition. We must be brave and confident, so that we could become one of the strongest countries in the world,” Jokowi added. (ant)

JAKARTA - Gerindra’s Communication Board member, Andre Rosiade, confirmed no political agreement between party’s General Chairman Prabowo Subianto and Presidentelect Joko Widodo (Jokowi) when they met and rode the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) train here, July 13.

“God willing, Pak Prabowo has no political agreement at all. In the near future, Pak Prabowo will explain directly to the supporters,” Rosiade remarked here on Monday.

Rosiade stated that it was normal for the Prabowo-Sandi supporters to experience a sense of disappointment over the meeting.

Rosiade admitted to the presence of several pros and cons of the Prabowo-Sandi supporters, who responded to the meeting.

“Yes, of course, we understand there are pros and cons. That is a common thing,” he pointed out.

Rosiade remarked that the two figures

meeting up and riding the MRT train aimed at demonstrating maturity in the Indonesian democratic process and reducing polarization in the community.

Moreover, Rosiade highlighted the expectations of the release of some of the PrabowoSandi supporters, who are still being held, and the problems faced by those in trouble being solved.

Jokowi and Prabowo had earlier met at the Lebak Bulus MRT station in Jakarta and together boarded the MRT train to the Senayan MRT station also in Jakarta on Saturday (July 13).

Jokowi and Prabowo then walked from the Senayan MRT station to a restaurant at FX Plaza Sudirman in Senayan, South Jakarta.

Both agreed that the supporters were united, and the terms “cebong(tadpole)” for Jokowi’s supporters and “kampret (bat)” for Prabowo’s supporters must no longer be usedin the community. (ant)

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Six of six for China as women win world 3m synchro gold

GWANGJU - China’s all-conquering divers made it six out of six at the world championships on Monday when favourites Shi Tingmao and Wang Han won synchro gold in the women’s three-metre springboard.

Olympic champion Shi and reigning 3m mixed synchro world champion Wang blew away a quality field with a performance of unerring precision in Gwangju, scoring a total of 342.00 points -- more than 30 points clear of their nearest rivals.

Canada’s Jennifer Abel and Melissa Citrini Beaulieu took silver and Mexican pair Paola Espinosa Sanchez and Melany Hernandez Torres the bronze.

China swept a remarkable seven of eight gold medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics and dominated again at the last world championships in Budapest two years ago, scooping eight of the 13 titles on offer.

After capturing the first five gold medals in South Korea over the weekend and adding the women’s three-metre synchro crown, the burden falls to Britain’s Tom Daley and Lee Matthew to halt China’s charge in the men’s 10m synchro platform final later on Monday.

However, Chinese pair Cao Yuan and Chen Aisen sent a powerful statement in the morning’s preliminaries, leading the way with a 460.29 points -- a whopping 44 points better than the British could muster in qualifying second for the final. (afp)

Tegal Wangi Beach Laurence Griffiths / POOL / AFP

BADUNG - Tegal Wangi Beach is one of the most unique ‘hidden’ beaches to grace the western rim of the southern Bukit Peninsula, and despite the fact it’s not very well-known amongst locals, it is ‘in plain sight’, and publicly accessible. Tegal Wangi Beach is named after the temple perched on top of the limestone cliff that overlooks the coast, reachable via a paved road just to the right of the entrance of the glitzy Ayana Resort and Spa in Jimbaran.

Tegal Wangi Beach offers breathtaking seascapes with cool natural features – low tides and crimson sunsets reveal seaweedcovered stony barriers that add an abstract border and foreground to its wider ocean views. This beach was, quite casually, kept a secret among wedding photographers over time, admired for its simple and barren beauty making particularly exotic backdrops. The best time to visit is before sunset and around the ‘blue hour’ (18:00 – 19:00).

A hundred meters or so down the winding road from the Ayana,

a car park adjacent to the Pura Tegal Wangi temple is obstructed by a high wall, which adds more mystery to first-time visitors – or instead deter them altogether. But once you find your way in, small glimpses of the ocean panorama are visible behind the hill’s shrubbery. It’s these views of the Indian Ocean from a hundred meters up from Tegal Wangi Beach that draws young local couples to the grassy headland, all laying claim to each

of the their ‘favourite spots’.

From this vantage point southward you’ll be able to observe the glimmering torches of the wharfs in the distance and the famous Rock Bar of the Ayana Resort. It’s quite an overwhelming idea that you are experiencing the same great views of luxury, for free (simply bring your own drinks!). Fishermen’s boat lights speckle over the silky waves and you can also see the virtually endless flow of

airplanes approaching and landing at the Ngurah Rai Airport runway in the far north. Down below on the white sand there are usually a few photographers with their tripods and brides and grooms-tobe dressed in their best for their pre-wedding photos. You can head down to the sands of Tegal Wangi Beach, carefully descending via a stony walkway.

Due to its natural features and absence of any lifeguards, extra

caution should be taken at all times around Tegalwangi Beach, up on the hills and down on its coast. The grassy headlands are borderless and while they provide breathtaking unobstructed panoramic views, they can be quite hazardous during strong winds. Swimming around the waters is not recommended due to the rocky beds and strong undercurrents, but low tide does reveal small pools that are enjoyable to have a soak in. (IBP/net)

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic kisses the winner’s trophy after beating Switzerland’s Roger Federer during their men’s singles final on day thirteen of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 14, 2019.

Djokovic vows to win fans’ love with Federer record in view

LONDON - Novak Djokovic has vowed to convince fans that he is not public enemy number one even if he surpasses people’s champion Roger Federer as the greatest Grand Slam title winner of all time.

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The world number one saved two match points to clinch a fifth Wimbledon title and 16th major on Sunday, shattering Federer’s bid to become the oldest Grand Slam champion in the longest final ever contested at the tournament.

Despite being outplayed by the 37-year-old Swiss for large parts of the knife-edge encounter, the top seed emerged victorious 7-6 (7/5), 1-6, 7-6 (7/4), 4-6, 13-12 (7/3).

At four hours and 57 minutes, it was the longest Wimbledon final and the first to be settled by a final set tiebreak. Djokovic is the first man in 71 years to win the title from match points down, saving two in the 16th game of the deciding set.

His major title tally is now just two behind Rafael Nadal and four off the all-time men’s Grand Slam record of 20 held by Federer.

He has time on his side, being a year younger than Nadal and more than five years younger than the legendary Swiss.

After Sunday’s epic triumph, Djokovic revealed he was able to turn the overwhelmingly pro-Federer, 14,000-strong Centre Court crowd in his favour by training his mind.

- ‘They chant Roger, I hear Novak’ “I like to transmutate it in a way: When the crowd is chanting ‘Roger’ I hear ‘Novak’,” said the 32-year-old Djokovic.

“It sounds silly, but it is like that.” Djokovic has spent the best part of his career in pursuit of Nadal and Federer and attempting to seduce fans sceptical of his character.

For many he is viewed as too intense, too insincere, too calculating and prone to fads. Federer and Nadal, in comparison, are treated almost reverentially.

“It’s hard to not be aware of the crowd. You have that kind of electric atmosphere, that kind of noise,” said Djokovic.

“Of course, if you have the majority of the crowd on your side, it helps. When you don’t, then you have to find it within, I guess.”

Djokovic insists he won’t get distracted by the pursuit of Federer’s record haul.

“Whether I’m going to be able to do it or not, I don’t know.

“I’m not really looking at age as a restriction of any kind for me at least. What I said on the court, I really meant it: Roger really inspires me with his effort at his age.

“It just depends how long I’m going to play, whether I’m going to have a chance to make historic No. 1 or Slams.”

When asked if he sees himself still playing at 37, Djokovic said the motivation to be treated with the same respect is strong.

Eventually, hearing screams of “Let’s go, Novak, let’s go” will be more than welcome. “Hopefully in five years’ time I can be hearing the same chants.” (afp)

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China’s Shi Haoyu and China’s Zhang Yayi compete in the mixed duet technical artistic swimming final during the 2019 World Championships at Yeomju Gymnasium in Gwangju on July 15, 2019.

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Mahrez stunner sends Algeria into Africa Cup of Nations final

Riyad Mahrez rifled in a stoppagetime free-kick to earn Algeria a dramatic 2-1 victory over three-time champions Nigeria on Sunday and set up a rematch with Senegal in the Africa Cup of Nations final.

Algeria led through a first-half own goal

by William Troost-Ekong before Nigeria equalised with an Odion Ighalo penalty on 72 minutes awarded after a VAR review.

However, as extra time looked necessary, Mahrez blasted in from 20 yards with the last kick of the match to send the Desert Foxes through to their first final since lifting the trophy for the only time in 1990.

Algeria will take on Sadio Mane’s Senegal for the title on July 19, in a repeat of a group stage clash they won 1-0.

“We are very happy to be in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations because it is something very special,” said Mahrez.

“It was our goal to do it for the people and for our families. We know they are behind us all the way. It’s my most important goal for the national dream. Yes, it’s my dream to win it and hopefully we will be able to.”

Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr conceded Algeria were worthy winners after denying the Super Eagles the chance to compete in an eighth final.

“I have to congratulate the players for a big fight against this very good team. They won it in the last minute and they deserved it,” said Rohr. “A wonderful free-kick made the difference.”

An injury to Youcef Atal, who fractured his collarbone during the quarter-final win over Ivory Coast on penalties, forced Djamel Belmadi to start Mehdi Zeffane at right-back, while Nigeria fielded the same team that overcame South Africa here.

Algeria supporters filled most of the lower tier at one end of the ground, dwarfing a small section of Nigeria fans, but there were large swathes of empty seats at the 75,000-capacity Cairo International Stadium.

- Mahrez leads by example Leading scorers in the tournament and considered the most impressive side, Algeria quickly asserted themselves as Ramy Bense-

Man City set to embark on pre-season tour two days late Manchester City have finally been cleared to fly to China for their pre-season tour after two days of frustrating delays.

The treble winners were due to travel to Shanghai ahead of the Premier League Asia Trophy on Saturday but their departure was twice put back due to an administrative issue involving travel agent Thomas Cook Sport.

The delays embarrassingly meant City were absent as organisers opened with the exhibition event at a press conference on Monday that was due to feature manager Pep Guardiola and a player.

City were instead belatedly preparing to get their 5,600mile (9,000-kilometre) journey under way.

A Thomas Cook Sport spokesman said: “Due to an administrative error with third parties, Manchester City’s flight with Aeronexus was delayed by two days. We have resolved this issue and the team are due to depart today at 11:00am (1000 GMT).”

The media conference went ahead with Wolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo and defender Ryan Bennett fielding questions. Newcastle and West Ham, the other two teams involved, were due to speak to media on Tuesday.

Premier League communications manager David Antill said: “Manchester City have experienced administrative issues with their travel to China but these are being addressed and they will not affect their participation in the Premier League Asia Trophy. We look forward to welcoming them in China very soon.”

City will now have little time to acclimatise to the heat and humidity of China, and overcome jet lag, ahead of their opening game against West Ham in Nanjing on Wednesday.

They will then play in the final or third-place play-off against Wolves or Newcastle in Shanghai on Saturday before moving on to play friendlies in Hong Kong and Japan. (afp)

French forward Antoine Griezmann said on Sunday that Atletico Madrid’s angry response to his transfer to La Liga rivals Barcelona is “a pity”.

Barcelona revealed on Friday they had paid the 28-year-old’s 120-million-euro ($135 million) release clause to sign the World Cup winner on a five-year deal, prompting a furious response from Atletico who said the amount was “insufficient”.

“Regarding Atletico, it’s a pity. I went to see them on purpose so they would not be caught off guard and could prepare for the future,” the player told a news conference as he was presented at the Camp Nou. “We reached an agreement but finally it changed, it’s like that, you have to accept it,” he added when asked about Atletico’s response.

Shortly after the Catalans had announced the signing, Atletico complained Barcelona and Griezmann had negotiated the deal

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Algeria’s forward Riyad Mahrez (R) scores from a free-kick during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) Semi-final football match between Algeria and Nigeria at the Cairo International stadium in Cairo on July 14, 2019.

Nigeria countered intermittently as Ighalo dragged wide after Mahrez was caught in possession, but the Manchester City winger promptly atoned as Algeria made the breakthrough on 40 minutes.

After gathering the ball on the right Mahrez danced past Collins before sending over a cross that flicked off the left-back and struck a helpless Troost-Ekong in the midriff before tricking over the line.

Rohr has regularly praised his side’s resilience, particularly the way they bounced back from a shock loss to Madagascar to eliminate

defending champions Cameroon, and Nigeria again hit back with the aid of VAR. Gambian referee Bakary Gassama initially dismissed Nigerian penalty appeals when a Peter Etebo shot struck the arm of Aissa Mandi but reversed that decision, with Ighalo sending Rais Mbohli the wrong way from the spot for his competition-best fourth goal.

Sofiane Feghouli blazed over late on and extra time beckoned after Ismael Bennacer rattled the bar in stoppage time, but Mahrez incredibly won it in the 95th minute with a thunderous strike into the top corner. (afp)

Neymar finally shows up for PSG training -- report

Neymar showed up Monday for training at Paris Saint-Germain according to French media reports, a week late and just days after upsetting the club by saying his best football memory was beating PSG when he played for Barcelona.

PSG resumed training last Mon-

Andrew YATES / AFP

In this file photo taken on May 14, 2012, Manchester City players, Dutch midfielder Nigel de Jong (L), Belgian midfielder Vincent Kompany (2nd L), English defender Micah Richards (2nd R) and French midfielder Samir Nasri parade, stand on an open-topped bus becoming English Premier League champions in a parade leaving from Mancheter Town Hall in Manchester.

Griezmann says Atletico outcry to Barcelona move ‘is a pity’ baini headed narrowly over before a wicked Youcef Belaili cross nearly lead to a goal for Baghdad Bounedjah.

Hesitant defending from Kenneth Omeruo just outside his own area then allowed Bounedjah to nip in, but the Al-Sadd striker could only shoot tamely at Daniel Akpeyi.

Seemingly having moved on from the penalty miss that reduced him to tears in the last round, Bounedjah was consistently proving a nuisance to a nervy Nigeria backline with Jamilu Collins relieved to see a toed clearance land on the roof of the net.

day but Neymar, linked to a move back to Barcelona, turned up a week late according to the club, while the player’s camp maintained he had a prior agreement to stay away.

PSG responded last week by threatening to take “appropriate action” against the world’s most

expensive player who said he had stayed in Brazil to attend a charity five-a-side football tournament run by his foundation, the Neymar Institute.

On Saturday, 27-year-old Neymar, who joined PSG for 222 million euros ($250 million) in 2017, made a series of remarks

that strained his relationship further with the club and sparked outrage on social media.

Asked by online sports channel Oh My Goal about his best memory in football, the troubled superstar said it was Barcelona’s incredible 2017 Champions League victory over PSG when he was part of the

team that overturned a 4-0 firstleg deficit by winning 6-1 in the second leg.

Earlier in the day, Neymar posted a 10-second video of himself in a Barcelona shirt and a quote from the Bible: “No weapon turned against you will prosper.” (afp)

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before the buy-out price dropped from 200 million euros at the start of July.

“Atletico Madrid believe that the termination of the contract took place before the end of last season,” the club said, adding Griezmann had made it clear in his actions and words.

Atletico had already “begun appropriate procedures” to defend their “rights and legitimate interests”, the statement added.

Spanish sports newspaper AS said on Saturday the capital city club will go to FIFA, the governing body of world football, to argue that Barcelona owe them more than the 120 million euros release clause deposited by a lawyer for Griezmann on Friday. The daily added Atletico want to have both Barcelona and Griezmann punished.

Contacted by AFP on Saturday, the club refused to comment. Griezmann almost signed with Barcelona a year ago but instead opted in June

Barcelona’s French forward Antoine Griezmann laughs as he falls during the football club’s first pre-season training session at the Joan Gamper training ground in Sant Joan Despi near Barcelona on July 15, 2019.

2018 to sign a new five-year deal at the Wanda Metropolitano, revealing the reasons why in an almost one-hour long documentary called “The Decision” made by a production company owned by Barcelona defender Gerard Pique.

But in May 2019 he announced he would be leaving Atletico at the end of the season.

Griezmann’s five-year contract with Barcelona includes a buyout clause of 800 million euros.

“It’s always hard to leave a home, a place where you felt comfortable, which is your family,” he said.

“I only have admiration and respect for the club. I have given everything on the pitch from the beginning to the end of the season and I feel no shame,” added Griezmann, who will wear the number 17 jersey for his new side.

Griezmann scored 133 goals in 257 appearances for Atletico since he joined them in 2014 from Basque club Real Sociedad, who scouted the attacker when he was just 14.

He helped Atletico lift the Europa League in 2018 and won the World Cup with France last year. (afp)

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Mahrez stunner sends Algeria into Africa Cup of Nations final

Riyad Mahrez rifled in a stoppagetime free-kick to earn Algeria a dramatic 2-1 victory over three-time champions Nigeria on Sunday and set up a rematch with Senegal in the Africa Cup of Nations final.

Algeria led through a first-half own goal

by William Troost-Ekong before Nigeria equalised with an Odion Ighalo penalty on 72 minutes awarded after a VAR review.

However, as extra time looked necessary, Mahrez blasted in from 20 yards with the last kick of the match to send the Desert Foxes through to their first final since lifting the trophy for the only time in 1990.

Algeria will take on Sadio Mane’s Senegal for the title on July 19, in a repeat of a group stage clash they won 1-0.

“We are very happy to be in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations because it is something very special,” said Mahrez.

“It was our goal to do it for the people and for our families. We know they are behind us all the way. It’s my most important goal for the national dream. Yes, it’s my dream to win it and hopefully we will be able to.”

Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr conceded Algeria were worthy winners after denying the Super Eagles the chance to compete in an eighth final.

“I have to congratulate the players for a big fight against this very good team. They won it in the last minute and they deserved it,” said Rohr. “A wonderful free-kick made the difference.”

An injury to Youcef Atal, who fractured his collarbone during the quarter-final win over Ivory Coast on penalties, forced Djamel Belmadi to start Mehdi Zeffane at right-back, while Nigeria fielded the same team that overcame South Africa here.

Algeria supporters filled most of the lower tier at one end of the ground, dwarfing a small section of Nigeria fans, but there were large swathes of empty seats at the 75,000-capacity Cairo International Stadium.

- Mahrez leads by example Leading scorers in the tournament and considered the most impressive side, Algeria quickly asserted themselves as Ramy Bense-

Man City set to embark on pre-season tour two days late Manchester City have finally been cleared to fly to China for their pre-season tour after two days of frustrating delays.

The treble winners were due to travel to Shanghai ahead of the Premier League Asia Trophy on Saturday but their departure was twice put back due to an administrative issue involving travel agent Thomas Cook Sport.

The delays embarrassingly meant City were absent as organisers opened with the exhibition event at a press conference on Monday that was due to feature manager Pep Guardiola and a player.

City were instead belatedly preparing to get their 5,600mile (9,000-kilometre) journey under way.

A Thomas Cook Sport spokesman said: “Due to an administrative error with third parties, Manchester City’s flight with Aeronexus was delayed by two days. We have resolved this issue and the team are due to depart today at 11:00am (1000 GMT).”

The media conference went ahead with Wolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo and defender Ryan Bennett fielding questions. Newcastle and West Ham, the other two teams involved, were due to speak to media on Tuesday.

Premier League communications manager David Antill said: “Manchester City have experienced administrative issues with their travel to China but these are being addressed and they will not affect their participation in the Premier League Asia Trophy. We look forward to welcoming them in China very soon.”

City will now have little time to acclimatise to the heat and humidity of China, and overcome jet lag, ahead of their opening game against West Ham in Nanjing on Wednesday.

They will then play in the final or third-place play-off against Wolves or Newcastle in Shanghai on Saturday before moving on to play friendlies in Hong Kong and Japan. (afp)

French forward Antoine Griezmann said on Sunday that Atletico Madrid’s angry response to his transfer to La Liga rivals Barcelona is “a pity”.

Barcelona revealed on Friday they had paid the 28-year-old’s 120-million-euro ($135 million) release clause to sign the World Cup winner on a five-year deal, prompting a furious response from Atletico who said the amount was “insufficient”.

“Regarding Atletico, it’s a pity. I went to see them on purpose so they would not be caught off guard and could prepare for the future,” the player told a news conference as he was presented at the Camp Nou. “We reached an agreement but finally it changed, it’s like that, you have to accept it,” he added when asked about Atletico’s response.

Shortly after the Catalans had announced the signing, Atletico complained Barcelona and Griezmann had negotiated the deal

JAVIER SORIANO / AFP

Algeria’s forward Riyad Mahrez (R) scores from a free-kick during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) Semi-final football match between Algeria and Nigeria at the Cairo International stadium in Cairo on July 14, 2019.

Nigeria countered intermittently as Ighalo dragged wide after Mahrez was caught in possession, but the Manchester City winger promptly atoned as Algeria made the breakthrough on 40 minutes.

After gathering the ball on the right Mahrez danced past Collins before sending over a cross that flicked off the left-back and struck a helpless Troost-Ekong in the midriff before tricking over the line.

Rohr has regularly praised his side’s resilience, particularly the way they bounced back from a shock loss to Madagascar to eliminate

defending champions Cameroon, and Nigeria again hit back with the aid of VAR. Gambian referee Bakary Gassama initially dismissed Nigerian penalty appeals when a Peter Etebo shot struck the arm of Aissa Mandi but reversed that decision, with Ighalo sending Rais Mbohli the wrong way from the spot for his competition-best fourth goal.

Sofiane Feghouli blazed over late on and extra time beckoned after Ismael Bennacer rattled the bar in stoppage time, but Mahrez incredibly won it in the 95th minute with a thunderous strike into the top corner. (afp)

Neymar finally shows up for PSG training -- report

Neymar showed up Monday for training at Paris Saint-Germain according to French media reports, a week late and just days after upsetting the club by saying his best football memory was beating PSG when he played for Barcelona.

PSG resumed training last Mon-

Andrew YATES / AFP

In this file photo taken on May 14, 2012, Manchester City players, Dutch midfielder Nigel de Jong (L), Belgian midfielder Vincent Kompany (2nd L), English defender Micah Richards (2nd R) and French midfielder Samir Nasri parade, stand on an open-topped bus becoming English Premier League champions in a parade leaving from Mancheter Town Hall in Manchester.

Griezmann says Atletico outcry to Barcelona move ‘is a pity’ baini headed narrowly over before a wicked Youcef Belaili cross nearly lead to a goal for Baghdad Bounedjah.

Hesitant defending from Kenneth Omeruo just outside his own area then allowed Bounedjah to nip in, but the Al-Sadd striker could only shoot tamely at Daniel Akpeyi.

Seemingly having moved on from the penalty miss that reduced him to tears in the last round, Bounedjah was consistently proving a nuisance to a nervy Nigeria backline with Jamilu Collins relieved to see a toed clearance land on the roof of the net.

day but Neymar, linked to a move back to Barcelona, turned up a week late according to the club, while the player’s camp maintained he had a prior agreement to stay away.

PSG responded last week by threatening to take “appropriate action” against the world’s most

expensive player who said he had stayed in Brazil to attend a charity five-a-side football tournament run by his foundation, the Neymar Institute.

On Saturday, 27-year-old Neymar, who joined PSG for 222 million euros ($250 million) in 2017, made a series of remarks

that strained his relationship further with the club and sparked outrage on social media.

Asked by online sports channel Oh My Goal about his best memory in football, the troubled superstar said it was Barcelona’s incredible 2017 Champions League victory over PSG when he was part of the

team that overturned a 4-0 firstleg deficit by winning 6-1 in the second leg.

Earlier in the day, Neymar posted a 10-second video of himself in a Barcelona shirt and a quote from the Bible: “No weapon turned against you will prosper.” (afp)

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before the buy-out price dropped from 200 million euros at the start of July.

“Atletico Madrid believe that the termination of the contract took place before the end of last season,” the club said, adding Griezmann had made it clear in his actions and words.

Atletico had already “begun appropriate procedures” to defend their “rights and legitimate interests”, the statement added.

Spanish sports newspaper AS said on Saturday the capital city club will go to FIFA, the governing body of world football, to argue that Barcelona owe them more than the 120 million euros release clause deposited by a lawyer for Griezmann on Friday. The daily added Atletico want to have both Barcelona and Griezmann punished.

Contacted by AFP on Saturday, the club refused to comment. Griezmann almost signed with Barcelona a year ago but instead opted in June

Barcelona’s French forward Antoine Griezmann laughs as he falls during the football club’s first pre-season training session at the Joan Gamper training ground in Sant Joan Despi near Barcelona on July 15, 2019.

2018 to sign a new five-year deal at the Wanda Metropolitano, revealing the reasons why in an almost one-hour long documentary called “The Decision” made by a production company owned by Barcelona defender Gerard Pique.

But in May 2019 he announced he would be leaving Atletico at the end of the season.

Griezmann’s five-year contract with Barcelona includes a buyout clause of 800 million euros.

“It’s always hard to leave a home, a place where you felt comfortable, which is your family,” he said.

“I only have admiration and respect for the club. I have given everything on the pitch from the beginning to the end of the season and I feel no shame,” added Griezmann, who will wear the number 17 jersey for his new side.

Griezmann scored 133 goals in 257 appearances for Atletico since he joined them in 2014 from Basque club Real Sociedad, who scouted the attacker when he was just 14.

He helped Atletico lift the Europa League in 2018 and won the World Cup with France last year. (afp)

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Six of six for China as women win world 3m synchro gold

GWANGJU - China’s all-conquering divers made it six out of six at the world championships on Monday when favourites Shi Tingmao and Wang Han won synchro gold in the women’s three-metre springboard.

Olympic champion Shi and reigning 3m mixed synchro world champion Wang blew away a quality field with a performance of unerring precision in Gwangju, scoring a total of 342.00 points -- more than 30 points clear of their nearest rivals.

Canada’s Jennifer Abel and Melissa Citrini Beaulieu took silver and Mexican pair Paola Espinosa Sanchez and Melany Hernandez Torres the bronze.

China swept a remarkable seven of eight gold medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics and dominated again at the last world championships in Budapest two years ago, scooping eight of the 13 titles on offer.

After capturing the first five gold medals in South Korea over the weekend and adding the women’s three-metre synchro crown, the burden falls to Britain’s Tom Daley and Lee Matthew to halt China’s charge in the men’s 10m synchro platform final later on Monday.

However, Chinese pair Cao Yuan and Chen Aisen sent a powerful statement in the morning’s preliminaries, leading the way with a 460.29 points -- a whopping 44 points better than the British could muster in qualifying second for the final. (afp)

Tegal Wangi Beach Laurence Griffiths / POOL / AFP

BADUNG - Tegal Wangi Beach is one of the most unique ‘hidden’ beaches to grace the western rim of the southern Bukit Peninsula, and despite the fact it’s not very well-known amongst locals, it is ‘in plain sight’, and publicly accessible. Tegal Wangi Beach is named after the temple perched on top of the limestone cliff that overlooks the coast, reachable via a paved road just to the right of the entrance of the glitzy Ayana Resort and Spa in Jimbaran.

Tegal Wangi Beach offers breathtaking seascapes with cool natural features – low tides and crimson sunsets reveal seaweedcovered stony barriers that add an abstract border and foreground to its wider ocean views. This beach was, quite casually, kept a secret among wedding photographers over time, admired for its simple and barren beauty making particularly exotic backdrops. The best time to visit is before sunset and around the ‘blue hour’ (18:00 – 19:00).

A hundred meters or so down the winding road from the Ayana,

a car park adjacent to the Pura Tegal Wangi temple is obstructed by a high wall, which adds more mystery to first-time visitors – or instead deter them altogether. But once you find your way in, small glimpses of the ocean panorama are visible behind the hill’s shrubbery. It’s these views of the Indian Ocean from a hundred meters up from Tegal Wangi Beach that draws young local couples to the grassy headland, all laying claim to each

of the their ‘favourite spots’.

From this vantage point southward you’ll be able to observe the glimmering torches of the wharfs in the distance and the famous Rock Bar of the Ayana Resort. It’s quite an overwhelming idea that you are experiencing the same great views of luxury, for free (simply bring your own drinks!). Fishermen’s boat lights speckle over the silky waves and you can also see the virtually endless flow of

airplanes approaching and landing at the Ngurah Rai Airport runway in the far north. Down below on the white sand there are usually a few photographers with their tripods and brides and grooms-tobe dressed in their best for their pre-wedding photos. You can head down to the sands of Tegal Wangi Beach, carefully descending via a stony walkway.

Due to its natural features and absence of any lifeguards, extra

caution should be taken at all times around Tegalwangi Beach, up on the hills and down on its coast. The grassy headlands are borderless and while they provide breathtaking unobstructed panoramic views, they can be quite hazardous during strong winds. Swimming around the waters is not recommended due to the rocky beds and strong undercurrents, but low tide does reveal small pools that are enjoyable to have a soak in. (IBP/net)

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic kisses the winner’s trophy after beating Switzerland’s Roger Federer during their men’s singles final on day thirteen of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 14, 2019.

Djokovic vows to win fans’ love with Federer record in view

LONDON - Novak Djokovic has vowed to convince fans that he is not public enemy number one even if he surpasses people’s champion Roger Federer as the greatest Grand Slam title winner of all time.

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The world number one saved two match points to clinch a fifth Wimbledon title and 16th major on Sunday, shattering Federer’s bid to become the oldest Grand Slam champion in the longest final ever contested at the tournament.

Despite being outplayed by the 37-year-old Swiss for large parts of the knife-edge encounter, the top seed emerged victorious 7-6 (7/5), 1-6, 7-6 (7/4), 4-6, 13-12 (7/3).

At four hours and 57 minutes, it was the longest Wimbledon final and the first to be settled by a final set tiebreak. Djokovic is the first man in 71 years to win the title from match points down, saving two in the 16th game of the deciding set.

His major title tally is now just two behind Rafael Nadal and four off the all-time men’s Grand Slam record of 20 held by Federer.

He has time on his side, being a year younger than Nadal and more than five years younger than the legendary Swiss.

After Sunday’s epic triumph, Djokovic revealed he was able to turn the overwhelmingly pro-Federer, 14,000-strong Centre Court crowd in his favour by training his mind.

- ‘They chant Roger, I hear Novak’ “I like to transmutate it in a way: When the crowd is chanting ‘Roger’ I hear ‘Novak’,” said the 32-year-old Djokovic.

“It sounds silly, but it is like that.” Djokovic has spent the best part of his career in pursuit of Nadal and Federer and attempting to seduce fans sceptical of his character.

For many he is viewed as too intense, too insincere, too calculating and prone to fads. Federer and Nadal, in comparison, are treated almost reverentially.

“It’s hard to not be aware of the crowd. You have that kind of electric atmosphere, that kind of noise,” said Djokovic.

“Of course, if you have the majority of the crowd on your side, it helps. When you don’t, then you have to find it within, I guess.”

Djokovic insists he won’t get distracted by the pursuit of Federer’s record haul.

“Whether I’m going to be able to do it or not, I don’t know.

“I’m not really looking at age as a restriction of any kind for me at least. What I said on the court, I really meant it: Roger really inspires me with his effort at his age.

“It just depends how long I’m going to play, whether I’m going to have a chance to make historic No. 1 or Slams.”

When asked if he sees himself still playing at 37, Djokovic said the motivation to be treated with the same respect is strong.

Eventually, hearing screams of “Let’s go, Novak, let’s go” will be more than welcome. “Hopefully in five years’ time I can be hearing the same chants.” (afp)

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China’s Shi Haoyu and China’s Zhang Yayi compete in the mixed duet technical artistic swimming final during the 2019 World Championships at Yeomju Gymnasium in Gwangju on July 15, 2019.

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Toxic employers face jail as South Korea tackles workplace bullying

SEOUL - After enduring months of constant harassment at work, South Korean office worker Christine Jung finally confronted her aggressor -- only to be fired and sued for defamation by her employer.

Her situation is not unusual in South Korea, where employees have traditionally been expected to turn a blind eye to abusive behaviour by those in power -- a phenomenon so commonplace that locals have coined a word for it, “gabjil”.

But that could soon change thanks to a revised labour law.

The new legislation that comes into effect on Tuesday will criminalise business owners who unfairly dismiss employees harassed at work.

A recent government survey found that two-thirds of workers had experienced harassment on the job, while 80 percent had witnessed it.

In one of the most high-profile cases, an heiress to the Korean Air fortune threw a temper tantrum at cabin crew after being served nuts in a bag instead of a bowl in 2014 -earning instant “nut rage” notoriety.

Rigid company hierarchies, intense competition for jobs and deference to status all contribute to toxic work environments in an economy dominated by family-run conglomerates.

In Jung’s case, her harasser was the CEO’s father.

“He once told me the building was shaking whenever I walked -- because I was ‘too fat’. Another time he tried to follow me to the women’s bathroom. And another time he abruptly groped my stomach in his office,” the 37-year-old told AFP. “But when I brought up the issue, the management accused me of being a man-hater and a liar.”

Jung finally approached the labour ministry last year, but was

told her situation did not count as workplace bullying because the aggressor was not her superior and was not employed by the company, even though he came to the office “virtually every day”, she said.

- Brutal work culture The new law will subject owners of companies that “unfairly demote or dismiss” workers who allege harassment to three years imprisonment or a fine of up to 30 million won ($25,000).

Employees ordered to write essays for their manager’s children, perform “sexy dances” for executives or even pluck out their boss’s grey hairs are among the examples documented by labour rights group Workplace Gabjil 119 and other non-profits.

Violent behaviour has also been reported. In 2016, a university professor was jailed for abusing his former student and employee, beating him with a baseball bat for taking short breaks and forcing him to eat human faeces.

Nursing is notorious for its harsh training and so-called “burn-toashes” brutal work culture, with two recent suicides sparking debate about the sector.

And after the South Korean women’s curling team, nicknamed the “Garlic Girls”, stole the show at last year’s Winter Olympics, they too raised allegations of abuse and exploitation by their coaches.

The issue is present in almost every sector, from K-pop and film to healthcare and academia. But with a weak social safety net and rising unemployment, it is often hard for victims to speak up, as they fear

Another 10 people have died in overcrowded Rohingya refugee camps in southeast Bangladesh where thousands of shanty homes have been destroyed.

In the latest monsoon-related tragedy in India, a four-storey building on a hillside in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh collapsed, killing 12 people and trapping at least seven others.

The structure -- located near popular tourist destination Shimla -- came down on Sunday following days of heavy downpours.

Rescue workers searched the

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Safety Committee to investigate emergency landing of chopper in Lombok MATARAM - Indonesia’s Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) will investigate an emergency landing made by a PT Carpediem Air-owned helicopter B206L4 in Kawo Village, Pujut Subdistrict, Central Lombok District, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province.

“To unearth the reason behind the emergency landing, we have to wait for the KNKT to start investigation. The committee will arrive in Lombok tomorrow morning,” Nugroho Jati, general manager of the Lombok International Airport, stated here on Sunday.

The helicopter, piloted by Captain Kustiada from Indonesia and carrying three foreigners, was flying from Lombok to Labuan Bajo in West Manggarai District, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), on Sunday. The foreign passengers are Luka Marie from Germany, Nicholas from the United Kingdom, and Donoso from Chile.

The pilot and three foreigners are safe but in a state of shock, for which they had to be treated at the Praya Hospital in Central Lombok. (ant)

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People walk cross a road at a business district in Seoul on July 15, 2019. New legislation that comes into effect on July 16 will criminalise business owners who unfairly dismiss employees harassed at work in South Korea. losing their jobs or being demoted.

When one victim complained to his company’s management about bullying, he was told: “Then just leave. Can you actually find a job elsewhere? Oh, perhaps at McDonald’s?”

- ‘Meaningful step’ Park Jeom-gyu, an activist at Workplace Gabjil 119, told AFP that even with the new law the South “still has a long way to go, since it does not directly criminalise the bullies”, only employers who penalise

victims for speaking out.

“But it’s still a meaningful step towards change, as more will feel relatively safer to report when they face harassment at work,” he said.

Michael Hurt, a sociologist at the University of Seoul, says the obsession with hierarchy is a legacy of the wartime militarism of former colonial ruler Japan, later adopted by the South’s authoritarian leaders.

In this power structure, “gabjil in the workplace is a way to prove to oneself and others his or her

social worth,” he told AFP. For many Korean workers, including Jung, the new measures have come too late.

Instead of receiving an apology from the perpetrator, she was fired by the CEO who later sued her for defamation and libel.

The cases were never brought to trial, but Jung said the disputes at one point made her suicidal.

“Those at my ex-employer didn’t treat me like a human being -- it was as if I were one of their disposable commodities.” (afp)

Twelve killed in house collapse as monsoon toll rises across South Asia

NEW DELHI - At least 12 people were killed when a house collapsed in northern India following heavy monsoon rain which has left more than 100 dead across South Asia, officials said Monday.

Floods and landslides caused by torrential downpours have killed at least 67 people across Nepal while 30 more are missing, police said.

In Bangladesh, at least 29 people have died since July 9 including 18 who were hit by lightning and seven who drowned after their boat capsized in choppy waters in the Bay of Bengal.

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rubble for survivors, while heavy machinery removed heaps of mangled steel and wires from the muddied debris. Local official K.C. Chaman said 12 people had died in the collapse, adding that rescuers were looking “for at least seven other people” trapped in the debris.

One soldier -- who was pulled out alive from the rubble -- said they had gathered for a party in the building’s restaurant, “but suddenly the building shook and collapsed”.

Such incidents are common across the region during the monsoon because of dilapidated struc-

tures that buckle under the weight of continuous rain.

The June to September monsoon causes widespread death and destruction across South Asia each year. Floods have devastated much of the northeastern Indian state of Assam where four people died on Sunday after being swept away by sudden torrents.

The state’s Kaziranga National Park, a UNESCO-recognised reserve and home to two-thirds of the world’s one-horned rhinos, has also been seriously affected by the weather.

In the eastern state of Bihar, five rivers were flowing over the danger levels with more rain forecast over the next few days. The downpours have eased in Nepal but authorities still fear the death toll could rise, said police spokesman Bishwaraj Pokharel, who gave the latest number of dead and missing from floods and landslides.

“There are the challenges of resettlement of the displaced as many houses.. have been swept away. We are also cautious about the risk of epidemics due to polluted water,” Pokharel told AFP. (afp)

An Indonesian officer (R) walks next to a helicopter in Pujut district, Lombok Tengah, West Nusa Tenggara on July 14, 2019. No incident was reported after a pilot with three foreign passengers on board made an emergency landing on a helicopter in Lombok Tengah, in the western part of Nusa Tenggara.

Jokowi outlines five Gerindra clarifies no political deal priority programs for made between Prabowo and Jokowi 2019-2024 period Bogor - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) outlined five priority programs for his second term in the 2019-2024 period at an event called “Indonesian Vision” held at the Sentul International Convention Center, Bogor, West Java, on Sunday evening.

Jokowi expounded that his vision and mission were targeted at responding to global challenges that are complex, evolving, and full of uncertainties and risks.

New means and values are deemed necessary in seeking solutions to everyday problems being faced by the nation, he emphasized.

“With innovations, we all must accept, and we urge (all) to accept. We must leave (behind) old means and old

patterns in managing organizations and also institutions and in running the government,” Jokowi stated.

He has vowed to continue the development of infrastructure, intensify the development of human resources, invite investment that can generate job opportunities, reform structural bureaucracy, and optimize budget utilization that is focused and in line with the target.

“However, I need to remind you that big dreams could only be realized if we remain united, optimistic, and confident and dare to face challenges in the face of global competition. We must be brave and confident, so that we could become one of the strongest countries in the world,” Jokowi added. (ant)

JAKARTA - Gerindra’s Communication Board member, Andre Rosiade, confirmed no political agreement between party’s General Chairman Prabowo Subianto and Presidentelect Joko Widodo (Jokowi) when they met and rode the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) train here, July 13.

“God willing, Pak Prabowo has no political agreement at all. In the near future, Pak Prabowo will explain directly to the supporters,” Rosiade remarked here on Monday.

Rosiade stated that it was normal for the Prabowo-Sandi supporters to experience a sense of disappointment over the meeting.

Rosiade admitted to the presence of several pros and cons of the Prabowo-Sandi supporters, who responded to the meeting.

“Yes, of course, we understand there are pros and cons. That is a common thing,” he pointed out.

Rosiade remarked that the two figures

meeting up and riding the MRT train aimed at demonstrating maturity in the Indonesian democratic process and reducing polarization in the community.

Moreover, Rosiade highlighted the expectations of the release of some of the PrabowoSandi supporters, who are still being held, and the problems faced by those in trouble being solved.

Jokowi and Prabowo had earlier met at the Lebak Bulus MRT station in Jakarta and together boarded the MRT train to the Senayan MRT station also in Jakarta on Saturday (July 13).

Jokowi and Prabowo then walked from the Senayan MRT station to a restaurant at FX Plaza Sudirman in Senayan, South Jakarta.

Both agreed that the supporters were united, and the terms “cebong(tadpole)” for Jokowi’s supporters and “kampret (bat)” for Prabowo’s supporters must no longer be usedin the community. (ant)

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BUSINESS China’s economy growth cools further amid US tariff war

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Russian jailed in Bali for smuggling drugged orangutan

A Russian tourist who attempted to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of Indonesia in his suitcase was sentenced to a year in prison Thursday after claiming that he wanted to keep the animal as a pet.

Judges also ordered Andrei Zhestkov to pay a 10 million rupiah ($700) fine or serve two additional months in prison.

The 28-year-old was detained at Bali’s Denpasar airport in March while passing through a security screening before his flight to Russia.

Suspicious officers stopped him and opened his luggage to find a two-year-old male orangutan sleeping inside a rattan basket.

Officials believed Zhestkov drugged the ape with allergy pills before putting it inside the basket which also contained baby formula and blankets.

Police also found two live geckos and five lizards inside the suitcase. Zhestkov told authorities that the protected species was gifted by his friend, another Russian tourist

BEIJING - China’s economic growth sank to its lowest level in at least 26 years in the quarter ending in June, adding to pressure on Chinese leaders as they fight a tariff war with Washington.

The world’s second-largest economy grew 6.2% over a year ago, down from the previous quarter’s 6.4%, government data showed Monday.

Forecasters expected China’s economy to rebound in late 2018 but pushed back that target after President Donald Trump hiked tariffs on Chinese imports to pressure Beijing over its technology development tactics. Now, economists say the slowdown might extend into next year.

Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed last month to resume negotiations on the fight that has battered exporters on both sides. But economists warn their truce is fragile because they still face the same array of disputes that caused talks to break down in May. “The trade war is having a huge impact on the Chinese economy,” Edward Moya of OANDA said in a report. “As trade negotiations struggle for meaningful progress, we are probably not near the bottom for China’s economy.”

Chinese leaders have stepped up spending and bank lending to keep growth within this year’s official target range of 6% to 6.5% and avert politically dangerous job losses. But they face an avalanche of unexpectedly bad news including plunging auto sales.

In the second half of the year, “the external environment may still be more complicated,” said a government spokesman, Mao Shengyong, at a news conference.

Quarterly growth was the lowest since China began reporting such data in 1993, according to an employee of the press office of the National Bureau of Statistics, Dong Hui. In 2009, the NBS reported growth of 6.1% for the first three months of that year. However, Dong said that later was revised up to 6.4%.

Jittery consumers are putting off major purchases, depressing demand for autos, home appliances and other goods.

“I don’t think the country’s economy is as good as it looks,” said Peng

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who bought the primate for $3,000 from a street market in Java.

He claimed his friend, who has since left Indonesia, convinced him he could bring home the orangutan as a pet.

Orangutans are a critically endangered species, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, with only about 100,000 remaining worldwide.

Plantation workers and villagers in Indonesia often consider the apes pests and sometimes attack them, while poachers capture the animals to sell as pets. A string of fatal attacks on the apes has been blamed on farmers and hunters.

Four Indonesian men were arrested last year over the killing of an orangutan shot some 130 times with an air gun. (afp)

In this file photo taken on March 25, 2019 Andrei Zhestkov (R) of Russia stands near a police officer holding an orangutan during a press conference at Ngurah Rai Airport near Denpasar on March 25, 2019. Zhestkov, who attempted to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of Indonesia in his suitcase, was sentenced to a year in prison on July 11, 2019 after claiming that he wanted to keep the animal as a pet.

Sunari, One of the Uparengga Items in Hindu Ceremonies

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A child plays with a balloon at a clothing store having a promotion sale in Beijing, Monday, July 15, 2019. China’s economic growth sank to its lowest level in at least 26 years in the quarter ending in June, adding to pressure on Chinese leaders as they fight a tariff war with Washington.

Tao, a 26-year-old delivery courier who said he makes 5,000-6,000 yuan ($750-$870) a month.

“China has been surely hurt more in the trade war,” said Peng. “I am not very happy about job prospects because there just aren’t many opportunities out there.”

Weaker Chinese activity has global repercussions. China is the biggest export customer for its Asian neighbors and a major market for global suppliers of food, mobile phones, industrial technology and consumer goods.

The International Monetary Fund and private sector economists have cut this year’s Chinese growth forecast to as low as 6.2%, a further marked decline after last year’s threedecade low of 6.6%.

Growth in retail sales slowed to 8.4% in the first half of 2019, down

0.1 percentage points from the first quarter, the government reported.

Growth in factory output decelerated to 6% in the first half, down 0.1 percentage points from the first quarter.

Auto sales, reported earlier, fell 7.8% in June, extending a yearlong contraction in the industry’s biggest market. Chinese exports to the United States fell 7.8% in June from a year ago. Urban families the ruling Communist Party is counting on to help propel consumer-driven growth to offset weak trade are being squeezed by rising living costs and slower wage growth.

Qiu Wanli, who works for an insurance company in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, said her family has little left over each month after paying a mortgage and expenses for her 3- and 6-year-old daughters and two elderly relatives.

“The burden to support the family is fairly heavy,” said Qiu, 30. “We rarely travel and have no plans to because of financial conditions.”

The fight between the two biggest global traders has disrupted sales of goods from soybeans to medical equipment and rattled financial markets.

The biggest factor in the latest Chinese economic weakness is lackluster activity in construction and industry, according to Julian Evans-Pritchard of Capital Economics. He said that was likely to worsen because a boom in real estate development is fading.

“Combined with increasing headwinds from U.S. tariffs and weaker global growth, we expect this to culminate in a further slowdown in economic growth over the coming year,” Evans-Pritchard said in

a report.

Beijing is pumping money into the economy through higher spending on building highways and other public works. That has shored up growth but set back efforts to reduce reliance on investment, which has pushed debt to levels that prompted credit rating agencies to cut China’s credit rating for government borrowing.

Spending on factories, real estate and other fixed assets rose 5.8% in the first half of the year, up 0.2 percentage points from the first five months.

Credit growth to support that has accelerated to dangerously high levels, according to Iris Pang of ING. She said in a report Friday that suggests the economy “would be deteriorating” without stimulus. “This worries us,” she said. (ap)

Sunari or bamboo Aeolian harp is very closely related to religious ceremonies of Balinese Hindu people. We often see sunari in large ceremonies at temples, especially those in Bali. Probably, many of us often ask questions what sunari means and why people make it.

Here are the explanations.

According to Ida Bagus Panjiarsa, sunari comes from the Balinese words su and nari. Su means ‘good’ or ‘divine vibration’ and nari means ‘angels’. Quoting opinions from several sources, he said, sunari or sunar also means light.

Or there is another opinion saying that sunari is the same as sundari meaning ‘reeds’ or ‘beautiful women.’ In Sanskrit, Sundarigama is derived from the word Sundari which means ‘bright’ and gama means ‘a sign’ or ‘a way’. “Thus, sunari is one of the uparengga or complementary ritual paraphernalia to the Hindu ceremony.”

By and large, it is used in various ceremonies like ngenteg linggih,

ngusaba desa, ngusaba nini, pangerorasan or mamukur, ngrasakin and mabiukukung in the rice fields.

The use of sunari in the ritual ceremony is intended to allow the angels or the gods to come down from heaven to witness as well as offer welfare and safety to the ongoing ceremony.

The use of sunari in the rice fields is intended for Dewi Sri or the goddess of rice and Lord Rare Angon or the god of the herders so that the rice thrives and works well. At the same time, it also goes for livestock,” said Ida Bagus Panjiarsa.

Sunari is installed in parhyangan or sanctum comes along with the ceremony of negtegan beras and enthroning Lord Rare Angon. He said that sunari is made from bamboo with long sections and thin skin like ivory bamboo.

Then, it is beautified with decoration in the form of apes made from palm fiber as a symbol of Lord Maruti or Hanoman (Lord Vayu or

Gods of the Wind). Ultimately, it is equipped with klangsah kelabang mantri made from braided green coconut leaves and white-yellow cloth.

In order to produce a loud sound, the bamboo segments are punched with special techniques. When blown by the wind, it will generate sound. There are a total of seven holes made from top to bottom. The uppermost hole in the shape of an equilateral triangle represents tone or star. The second hole is round or zero symbolizing windu.

The third is crescent symbolizing ardha candra. The fourth hole is perpendicular (pestle) symbolizing purusha or lingam. The fifth hole is a mortar, symbolizing yoni or pradhana. The next hole is a swastika symbolizing balance.

Finally, the rectangular hole symbolizes the earth. “So, all the holes have meaning. Sunari is ritual complementary paraphernalia (uparengga) made in accordance with the palelutuk and ceremony,

especially during the ngenteg linggih ceremony in parhyangan and mabiyukukung in the rice fields,” he said.

Meanwhile, Dr. AA Gde Raka, a lecturer from Warmadewa University, Denpasar, added the selection of ivory bamboo for sunari is based on the reason of its magical value.

The leaves are greenish yellow and

this bamboo has no sheath scar.

According to him, sunari protects angga sarira or the body from negative forces. Triangle hole of sunari symbolizes fire (Lord Brahma), water symbolizes Lord Vishnu, the round symbolizes Lord Shiva, while pestle symbolizes purusha and mortar symbolizes pradhana. (kmb)

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Garbage must be resolved from the upstream

DENPASAR - Governor of Bali Wayan Koster will expand his policies for environmental conservation. After issuing the Bali Gubernatorial Regulation No. 97/2018 concerning the Limitation of Disposable Plastic Waste, this governor from Sembiran, Buleleng, will immediately issue the Gubernatorial Regulation on Waste Management at the Source so that the waste problem can be resolved in the upstream.

By that way, only a small amount of waste is left to be taken to the landfill (TPA). Other than making the environment clean, this policy is also expected to create clean and healthy air. Draft of this gubernatorial regulation has been presented four times and will be presented once again before it will be submitted to the Ministry of Home Affairs.

“Waste is produced from various sources such as housewives, industries, community groups, hospitals, schools, markets and everywhere. Later on, who produces the waste, they should manage. “The rules, SOP, incentives and disincentives will be made,” said Koster in Denpasar, recently.

Waste management, continued Koster, is made multilevel and will be sorted between organic and inorganic waste. From the hamlet, village to sub-district level facilities will be made for handling or managing waste which can be recycled, saved in a garbage bank, or which residue that must be disposed of to landfill.

“In my imagination, if this plan runs properly, there is very little waste going to the landfill and most of them will be managed,” he explained.

According to Koster, especially customary villages that can control the waste use of their citizens and manage their waste independently will be given incentives. In addition, customary villages are also encouraged to make waste management regulations. Then, the regents and mayor as well as the Environment Agency and other related agencies will be summoned and asked to move more massively throughout the region so that they comply with the Gubernatorial Regulation No. 97. (kmb32)

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Famed Spanish bull run festival ends with 8 people gored this year

PAMPLONA - Thousands of revellers raised candles and red scarves in the air and swayed back and forth as they sang a mournful song to mark the end on Sunday of Spain’s most famous bull running festival in Pamplona which saw eight daredevils gored this year.

Governor of Bali Wayan Koster

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Waste processing can just reach 48 percent

SEMARAPURA - The former Sente Landfill now becomes the focus of handling by the regional government. The waste is still attempted to be managed, so that it can reduce the piles of waste produced every day up to 12 trucks. However, due to the limitations of the waste processing tools, the local government can just process 48 percent per day.

Head of the Klungkung Environment and Land Agency, AA Kirana, stated on Sunday (Jul. 14) that the average urban waste entering the Sente Landfill reaches 12 trucks every day. Of the 12 trucks, 2 trucks are processed for pellets under the TOSS program, 4 trucks are managed for organic fertilizer and 2 trucks are sorted (organic) and have been requested by the community for fertilizer. The remaining 4 trucks are collected by scavengers. Since the remaining 4 trucks usually contain food leftover, it can be used for pig feed, vegetable leftover for cattle fodder, while plastic is usually recycled for waste bank.

“However, due to the limitations of waste processing tools, the garbage processed can only reach 48 percent per day,” said Kirana.

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tial Regulation No. 97/2017 on the National Policy and Strategy for Household Waste Management and the Like mandates to do 30 percent reduction in waste entering landfill and 70 percent of garbage should be managed. This is also in line with the Regulation of Klungkung District Government No. 07/2014 concerning Waste Management.

Responding to this issue, Klungkung Regent Nyoman Suwirta and Regional Secretary Winastra immediately held a limited coordination meeting in the Praja Mandala Meeting Room on Sunday (Jul. 14).

In his directives, Regent Suwirta conveyed that relevant agencies should immediately coordinate to find tools having greater capacity, so that waste management can be maximized in the former Sente Landfill.

Bali plastic waste cleanup In addition to continuously finalizing the waste handling in the former landfill, plastic waste hunting is also being carried out in accordance with the Bali provincial government’s program in the Planned Universal Movement for Bali Plastic Waste Cleanup. As seen on Sunday (Jul. 14), the Klungkung district government focused the action around Semarapura Terminal, Galiran Market to residential areas on Jalan

Kenyeri, Galiran hamlet and Jalan Matahari, Kemoning, Semarapura Klod village. The action involved thousands of participants consisting of Indonesian Military (TNI), National Police, civil servants and high school / vocational school students. Furthermore, thousands of participants moved to take out plastic waste.

In the action, Regent Suwirta accompanied by Mrs. Ayu Suwirta even had to go into a sewer to pick up plastic waste. Due to such action, five large bags of plastic waste could be collected. “Probably, people will think if I am doing this is for the sake of imaging.

However, if I do not work, they will claim if I am unwilling to work. Let them talk whatever they want as I have been doing this kind of thing for a long time. So, I am not awkward if having to do cleaning activities like this,” said Regent Suwirta.

In addition to collecting plastic waste, Regent Suwirta also reprimanded several business people on Jalan Kecubung and Jalan Kenyeri as a result of being found dumping plastic waste and broken glass in landscaped areas and vacant lots. From such simultaneous action in four subdistricts, the total amount of plastic waste that could be collected reached around 257 kilograms. (kmb31)

“Poor me, poor me, the San Fermin fiesta has come to an end,” the crowd sang just after the stroke of midnight in front of city hall in the Plaza Consistorial as fireworks lit up the sky above.

“People of Pamplona, the San Fermin festival is over, the best festival in the world,” Pamplona mayor Enrique Maya said from the balcony of city hall to cheers from the crowd just before the singing began.

The nine-day San Fermin festival, which dates back to medieval times, features concerts, religious processions, folk dancing, and round-the-clock drinking.

But the highlight is a bracing, daily test of courage against a thundering pack of halftonne, sharp-horned bulls.

Each morning hundreds of runners, many dressed in white with red scarves and sashes, test their valour by sprinting with six halftonne bulls along an 850-metre (2,800-foot) course through the narrow streets of the city in northern Spain.

The most daring try to run as long as they can right in front of the beasts’ horns before veering off to the side or diving under the wooden barriers that separate the bulls and runners from the thousands of spectators from around the world that line the route.

Two Australians aged 27 and 30, as well as a 25-year-old Spaniard, were gored during the final bull run of the festival on Sunday by a half-tonne fighting bull which became separated from the pack moments into the run and began charging people in its way, regional health authorities said.

The three men suffered injuries to the

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Participants try to avoid a Miura fighting bull on the last bullrun of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, on July 12, 2019. armpit, arm and leg from the bull’s horns.

Isolated bulls are more likely to get disoriented and start charging at people.

That brought to eight the total number of daredevils who were gored by a bull during this year’s fiesta.

- ‘Saw blood’ At the end of the festival’s first run, a bull ran over and sunk one of its horns deep in

the neck of a 46-year-old lawyer from San Francisco, Jaime Alvarez, narrowly missing key arteries.

He was injured as he was trying to take a video-selfie with his mobile phone.

“It was like a truck or car just hitting me in the side of the head. I put my hand on my neck and I saw blood,” he told US television from a Pamplona hospital.

He was released from hospital two days

later. Another 23-year-old American from Kentucky and a 40-year-old Spaniard were also gored that day.

In addition to the eight men who were gored, another 27 people were taken to hospital for broken bones and bruises suffered during the bull runs.

About 500 more people were treated at the scene for more minor injuries, according to the Red Cross. (afp)

Aussie kids take stolen car on 1,000-kilometre road trip

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Four children took a stolen four-wheel drive on a 1,000-kilometre (620-mile) road trip across the Australian outback before being nabbed by police.

SYDNEY - Four children took a stolen four-wheel drive on a 1,000-kilometre (620-mile) road trip across the Australian outback before being nabbed by police, officials said Monday.

A 14-year-old boy, two 13-yearold boys and a 10-year-old girl began their epic journey on Saturday when they took cash and packed fishing rods in a vehicle belonging to one of their families in the coastal Queensland town of Rockhampton, police said.

One of the children left a note for his family telling them of his plans.

Queensland police said the car was spotted early on Sunday

morning in the outback town of Banana, where the kids allegedly stole petrol, before travelling south.

The car was found on Sunday night near Grafton, in the neighbouring state of New South Wales, about 11 hours’ drive from Rockhampton. New South Wales police said officers had to force their way into the vehicle after the children refused to get out.

“They have locked themselves in the car and police have had to use a baton to get in to arrest them,” Coffs-Clarence district acting inspector Darren Williams told reporters.

It was not clear which of the

children had been behind the wheel, but Williams said it was likely they had shared the driving.

“It is a long way, in excess of 1,000 (km) from Rockhampton down to Grafton,” he said.

“I couldn’t imagine one person driving that way in two days.”

Police are investigating several alleged offences committed during the road trip, Williams said.

The children, who were found unharmed, have been taken into care.

Williams said it was unclear what prompted the children to take the trip, but one of the boys was originally from Grafton. (afp)

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Tiny glasses help reveal how praying mantises can see in 3-D colored filters, creating minuscule 3-D glasses.

As a praying mantis watched the films, electrodes monitored the behavior of individual nerve cells in the optic lobe, a brain structure responsible for many aspects of vision. There, researchers found four types of nerve cells that seem to help merge the two different views from each eye into a complete 3-D picture, a skill that human vision cells use to sense depth, too.

One cell type called a TAOpro neuron possesses three elaborate, fan-shaped bundles that receive incoming visual information. Along

with the three other cell types, TAOpro neurons are active when each eye’s view of an object is different, a mismatch that’s needed for depth perception.

The details of the various types of nerve cells, and how they might receive, combine and send visual information, suggest that these insects’ vision may be more sophisticated than some scientists had thought, the team writes. And the principles guiding praying mantis depth perception may be useful to researchers working on improving machine vision, perhaps allowing artificial systems to better sense the depths of objects. (net)

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Colored filters let a praying mantis watch a 3-D video of a moving disk while researchers studied the nerve cells that contribute to the insect’s depth perception.

Both fish and humans have REM-like sleep

CALIFORNIA - No one should have to sleep with the fishes, but new research on zebrafish suggests that we sleep like them.

Sleeping zebrafish have brain activity similar to both deep slow-wave sleep and rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep that’s found in mammals, researchers report July 10 in Nature. And the team may have tracked down the cells that kick off REM sleep.

The findings suggest that the basics of sleep evolved at least 450 million years ago in zebrafish ancestors, before the evolution of animals that give birth to live young instead of laying eggs. That’s 150 million years earlier than scientists thought when they discovered that lizards sleep like mammals and birds.

What’s more, sleep may have evolved underwater, says Louis C. Leung, a neuroscientist at Stanford University School of Medicine. “These signatures [of sleep] really

have important functions — even though we may not know what they are — that have survived hundreds of millions of years of evolution.”

In mammals, birds and lizards, sleep has several stages characterized by specific electrical signals. During slow-wave sleep, the brain is mostly quiet except for synchronized waves of electrical activity. The heart rate decreases and muscles relax. During REM or paradoxical sleep, the brain lights up with activity almost like it’s awake. But the muscles are paralyzed (except for rapid twitching of the eyes) and the heart beats erratically.

For many years, scientists have known that fruit flies, nematodes, fish, octopuses and other creatures have rest periods reminiscent of sleep. But until now, no one could measure the electrical activity of those animals’ brains to see if that rest is the same as mammals’

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For the first time, scientists have monitored fish brain activity during sleep by using a zebrafish engineered to make a fluorescent molecule that lights up when nerves (green) or muscles become active.

snoozing.

Leung and colleagues developed a system to do just that in zebrafish by genetically engineering them to make a fluorescent molecule that lights up when it encounters calcium, which is released when nerve cells and muscles are active. By following the flashes of light using a light sheet microscope, the researchers tracked brain and muscle activity in the naturally transparent fish larvae.

The next task was to lull fish asleep under the microscope. In some experiments, the team added drugs that trigger either slowwave or REM sleep in mammals to the fish’s water. In others, researchers deprived fish of sleep for a night or tuckered the fish out with lots of activity during the day. Results from all the snooze-inducing methods were the same.

Sleeping fish have two distinct types of brain activity while sleeping, the team found. One, similar to slow-wave sleep, was characterized by short bursts of activity in some nerve cells in the brain. The researchers call that state slow-bursting sleep. REM-like sleep, which the researchers dubbed “propagating-wave sleep,” was characterized by frenzied brain activity that spreads like a wave through the brain. The researchers aren’t calling the sleep phases REM or slow-wave sleep because there are some minor differences between the way fish and mammals sleep.

A group of cells that line hollow spaces called ventricles deep in the brain seems to trigger that wave of REM-like brain activity.

These ependymal cells dip fingerlike cilia into the cerebral spinal fluid that bathes the ventricles and the central nervous system.

The cells appear to beat their cilia faster as amounts of a well-known, sleep-promoting hormone called melanin-concentrating hormone in the fluid increases, the researchers discovered.

It’s unclear how the ependymal cells com-

municate with the rest of the brain to set off REM-like activity. Such cells are also present in mammals, but no one has yet been able to see that deeply into the brains of sleeping mammals to determine whether the cells play a role in sleep. But knowing about these cells may help researchers develop better sleep aids, Leung says.

Just as in mammals, zebrafish’s whole bodies are affected during sleep. Their muscles relax during sleep and their hearts slow from about 200 beats per minute when awake to about 110 to 120 beats per minute while asleep during the slow-wave–like sleep. During the REM-like sleep, the heart slows even more to about 90 beats per minute and loses its regular rhythm. And the fish’s muscles also go completely slack. The one characteristic that the fish lack is rapid eye movement. Instead, the eyes roll back into their sockets, says study coauthor Philippe Mourrain, a biologist at Stanford University School of Medicine.

Lack of eye movement could indicate that emotion-processing parts of the brain, such as the amygdala, aren’t as active in zebrafish as they are in mammals, says sleep researcher Allan Pack of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. With their brain-activity monitoring, the researchers have taken sleep research “to the next level,” says Pack, and “they present pretty compelling evidence” of slow-wave and REM-like sleep in the fish.

The whole-body involvement that the researchers documented solidifies the argument that fish sleep is similar to mammals, says neuroscientist Paul Shaw of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

In all organisms known to snooze, “sleep is manifest everywhere” in the body, he says.

Future experiments may show why poor sleep or a lack of Zs contributes to health problems in people, such as obesity, heart disease and diabetes. (net)

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Bali Plastic Waste Cleanup in Denpasar City

NEWCASTLE - A praying mantis depends on precision targeting when hunting insects.

Now, scientists have identified nerve cells that help calculate the depth perception required for these predators’ surgical strikes.

In addition to providing clues about insect vision, the principles of these cells’ behavior, described June 28 in Nature Communications, may also lead to advances in robot vision or other automated systems.

So far, praying mantises are the only insects known to be able to see in 3-D. In the new study, neuroscientist Ronny Rosner of Newcastle University in England and colleagues used a tiny theater that played praying mantises’ favorite films — moving disks that mimic bugs. The disks appeared in three dimensions because the insects’ eyes were covered with different

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Fish farmers in the Lake Batur area are now anxious because the lake returns to spout sulfur.

Sulfuric burst returns to occur, fish farmers in Lake Batur worry

BANGLI - Fish farmers in the Lake Batur area are now anxious because the lake returns to spout sulfur. This condition has an impact on the threat of fish cultivated in floating fish cages (KJA) owned by local fish farmers.

A fish farmer at Kedisan village, Ketut Jembawa, stated on Sunday (Jul. 14) that sulfuric bursts have occurred since Saturday night (Jul. 13). Indications on the appearance of the sulfuric bursts can be seen from the change in the color of the lake water.

He said the sulfuric burst in Lake Batur is a natural phenomenon that occurs regularly every year from July to August. As with the experience of the previous year, sulfuric bursts occurred maximally for a week, or at the earliest of three days.

Although it has become a regular phenomenon, Jembawa admitted that he is still worried about his fish having been cultivated in the floating fish cage died a lot like last year’s experience. To anticipate sporadic fish deaths, he currently chooses not to feed his fish before the phenomenon of sulfuric bursts

ends. “At least, the fish will not be fed for a week. If they are fed, I am worried the fish will go down to the bottom of the lake and this will cause the great potential for the fish to die,” he explained.

According to him, even though the fish are not fed, the fish in floating cage can still survive. “It only has an impact on their development,” he said.

He added that the potential for greater fish mortality occurs at the age of 4-6 months where at the age, fish are ready to be harvested.

Meanwhile, fish of less than four months old has the smaller potential for death because they are more frequently on the surface.

Made Antara, another fish farmer at Buahan village, also justified the presence of sulfuric bursts on Lake Batur. He said the sulfuric bursts are known to have occurred

since Saturday night (Jul. 13) initially appeared in the Kedisan area near the pier. Then, the phenomenon spread to Buahan.

Antara added that until last Sunday sulfuric bursts were not so severe. “If the wind blows like today’s condition, I think the sulfuric bursts will have disappeared within two days’ time,’ he explained.

To anticipate the large number of fish deaths due to such sulfuric bursts, the man who is also the Head of the Indonesia Fishermen Association (HNSI) of Bangli Chapter claimed to have reduced the fish density of floating cage. If each floating cage is usually filled with up to 1,000 fingerlings, ahead of the occurrence of such sulfuric bursts it has been reduced to 400 fingerlings. “It is meant to reduce the risk of fish death,” he added. (kmb40)

PLASTIC waste cleanup as the program of Bali provincial and Denpasar city government in safeguarding Bali’s nature through universal development pattern planning was centered in the city of Denpasar on Sunday (Jul. 14) at Anyar Sari Market, Padangsambian village, Denpasar. The activity was attended by the Assistant III of the Bali Provincial Government, the Head of the Denpasar City Agencies, and thousands of participants from the elements of the Indonesian Military (TNI), National Police, local village apparatus and community. Before collecting plastic waste, all the participants were given garbage bags and trash bin.

Head of the PD Pasar Kota Denpasar, IB Kompyang Wiranata, said that his management had implemented the program of Denpasar City government and Bali provincial government in reducing plastic waste in the community market area. This commitment has been continuously carried out to provide education and dissemination for merchants and consumers in all markets in the city of Denpasar.

He also expressed his gratitude to the Bali provincial government for choosing Anyar Sari Market as the center for reducing plastic waste in Denpasar City.

“Hopefully, this activity can provide encouragement to invite the public and merchants to restrict the use of disposable plastic in realizing Bali-free disposable plastic waste,” he explained.

Meanwhile, Head of Denpasar Environment and Sanitation Agen-

cy (DLHK), I Ketut Wisada, stated that based on the data of survey he can say that since Mayoral Regulation No. 36/2018 was implemented, the contribution is very effective in reducing plastic waste in Denpasar City. Data collection in May 2019 showed the decrease in the percentage of plastic bag usage for the period of February to April 2019.

The decrease reached 99.60 percent or around 12,981,234 sheets compared to data on plastic bag usage in 2018 or before the mayoral regulation applied.

In addition, the Denpasar city government has also issued the Instruction of the Mayor of Denpasar No. 1/2018 concerning Waste Reduction governing the reduction of waste including plastic waste to the level of traditional markets and other business activities in the city of Denpasar. Through the application of the Denpasar Mayoral Regulation No. 36/2018 and Denpasar Mayoral Instruction No. 1/2018, the volume of plastic bag usage in traditional markets and other business activities in the city of Denpasar has decreased 54.26 percent for traditional markets and 86.27 percent for other businesses in road sections across Denpasar City.

“Dissemination on the reduction of plastic bag usage on traditional markets is routinely carried out by the Denpasar City Plastic Waste Reduction Team with the Environmental Monitoring Officers (Jumali) accompanied by the distribution of eco-friendly bags,” he explained. (kmb)

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Head of Denpasar Environment and Sanitation Agency (DLHK), I Ketut Wisada.

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MANGUPURA - An international standard music festival can indeed become a magnet to bring in tourists visiting Bali as long as the music communities in Bali can jointly advance the world of music. This was revealed by the Director of Construction and Operations of the Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), Ngurah Wirawan, when met amidst the Bali Blues Festival on Saturday (Jul. 13) on the Island of Peninsula, Nusa Dua.

In connection with this matter, he said that such event certainly cannot run alone and must get support and synergy from all parties. “It is very possible. Moreover, Bali has its own branding in the eyes of the world community.

Music communities must be united as well especially in an effort to advance the music festival so that it can be used as an attraction for tourists in Bali,” he said.

With the implementation of this kind of music festival, he is confident that Bali will have its own pride. It has been able to organize an international standard music festival such as the Bali Blues Festival 2019.

The Bali Blues Festival 2019 is a festival held with the blues genre, the root of all musical genres in the world. Bali blues has been held for the fifth time. It has become an annual event organized by ITDC and supported by the blues community in Bali as well as national and international blues musicians. (kmb23)

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Customs and Excise organizes an event on the street

DENPASAR - Even though with technological advances, especially the advancement of e-

commerce, all must go through the Customs and Excise process. This needs to be known to the public so

that no people will get deceived.

Head of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) for Bali, NTB and NTT Regional Office, Untung Basuki, stated that so far the community has still not understood the duties of customs. For this reason, his office held Customs and Excise on the Street on Sunday (Jul. 14) at the Renon Square. This activity was held to introduce duties and functions of Customs and Excise. So, in the future he hoped that all the communities will not be easily deceived.

“We hope all the communities can know the duties of Customs and Excise. People are frequently deceived as well. There are goods sent from overseas on behalf of our community like gifts of auctioned goods. Through this activity, they will become aware. Hopefully,

people are not easily cheated,” he hoped.

Through this activity, his office wanted to be closer according to the duties of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise such as facilitating trade industry, safeguarding borders, protecting people from illegal goods and collecting state revenues. “This theme is featured so that Customs and Excise will be better known by the community.

In line with the development of technology and trade, we must interact with Customs and Excise.

Hopefully, by getting closer and friendlier, the public will know more about the rules of Customs and Excise,” he said.

Through this activity, his office wanted to make the community a friend equally leading to goodness because directly or indirectly the

community interacts with Customs and Excise. For example, when people return from overseas, they will definitely get in touch with Customs and Excise at the airport.

“This is what we need to inform such as how to carry goods. There are provisions prohibiting the entry of particular goods. Or there are also items subject to charges of Customs and Excise,” he said.

In addition to delivering the duties of Customs and Excise, this activity is also filled with joint sports, children’s coloring competitions, free health checkup, and goods inspection demos by using sniffer dogs. “I see the enthusiasm of the community to participate in this activity is very high. This becomes a pride for us as a motivator to improve services to the community,” he explained. (kmb23)

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Luc Besson’s studio discussing rescue with US fund Vine PARIS - French film-maker Luc Besson’s loss-making studio EuropaCorp said Sunday it was in talks with US investment fund Vine Alternative Investments, one of its creditors, for it to take a major stake to rescue it.

The studio, confirming a report in the Journal du Dimanche newspaper, said in a statement it was speaking with Vine about “a possible equity participation”.

It cautioned though that it “cannot give any guarantee that this operation will carry through”.

According to the Journal du Dimanche, Besson -- the man behind movies such as “Leon: The Professional”, “The Fifth Element” and the action-packed “The Transporter” and “Taken” films -- preferred to see Vine take control of EuropaCorp rather than French film group Pathe.

Representatives for Pathe and Vine were not contactable Sunday

by AFP. EuropaCorp, a 20-year-old studio, located in a northern Paris suburb, has run up losses over the past four years, particularly by failing to recoup its big production costs on a lavish 2017 sci-fi movie, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”, that was a box-office disappointment.

EuropaCorp in May secured a six-month suspension of its debt repayments as it cast around for a rescuer. Its 2018-2019 financial year saw it rack up 110 million euros in debt, on top of the 82 million in the previous period.

In 2016, China’s Fundamental Films injected 60 million euros in the studio, becoming its secondlargest shareholder.

Besson’s latest film, a crime thriller titled “Anna” that he wrote and directed, opened last month to poor reviews but solid audience scores. (afp)

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In this file photo taken on June 26, 2019 a giant inflatable Spider-Man is displayed on the red carpet for the “Spider-Man: Far From Home” World premiere at the TCL Chinese theatre in Hollywood.

‘Spider-Man’ retains top spot at N. America box office

LOS ANGELES - “Spider-Man: Far From Home” beat back competition from two debut films at the North American box office, winning for a second week straight by raking in an estimated $45.3 million, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations said Sunday.

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The latest installment in the blockbuster superhero franchise, which picks up where “Avengers: Endgame” left off, has earned an impressive $846.5 million worldwide.

Retaining its number two spot was Disney/Pixar film “Toy Story 4,” which took in $20.7 million on its fourth weekend.

The film again features the voices of Tom Hanks as cowboy doll Woody and Tim Allen as toy

astronaut Buzz Lightyear.

Debuting in third place was alligator disaster thriller “Crawl,” about a father and daughter battling a pack of hungry gators after a hurricane hits their Florida hometown.

It took in $12 million.

In fourth position was another debut flick, “Stuber” -- a buddy comedy starring comedian Kumail Nanjiani and professional wrestler-turned-actor Dave Bautista (“Guardians of the Galaxy”).

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The film, which earned less than stellar reviews, took in $8 million.

“Yesterday,” the romantic comedy based on an odd premise -- what if a global blackout meant that a struggling musician was one of the only people on Earth to remember the Beatles? -- shifted from third to fifth place.

The crowd-pleaser -- directed

by Danny Boyle of “Trainspotting” and “Slumdog Millionaire” fame -- earned $6.75 million. (afp)

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Residents leave their homes to find higher grounds following an earthquake in Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia, Sunday, July 14, 2019. A strong, shallow earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Sunday, damaging some homes and causing panicked residents to flee to temporary shelters. There were no immediate reports of casualties, and authorities said there was no threat of a tsunami.

Two die, thousands flee after 7.3 quake in Indonesia

At least two people have been found dead and thousands were forced from their homes after a major 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit the remote Maluku islands in eastern Indonesia, an official said Monday.

The shallow quake struck about 165 kilometres (100 miles) south of the town of Ternate in North Maluku province on Sunday evening, according to the US Geological Survey.

In the sparsely populated South Halmahera district, the closest area to the epicentre, around 160 houses collapsed or were damaged when

the earthquake struck.

Two woman died after being hit by debris, officials said. The quake also forced traumatised residents to flee to the higher ground.

“More than 2,000 people have been moved,” national disaster mitigation agency spokesman Agus Wibowo told a press conference

Monday. The evacuees are sheltering in several schools and government buildings. Local disaster agency official Ihsan Subur said most people were still traumatised and refused to return home for fear of another earthquake or a possible tsunami.

Indonesia’s weather agency said at least 65 aftershocks have been recorded between the initial quake and Monday morning.

Government officials have started to distribute food and other relief supplies for the evacuees. North

Maluku province was also hit by a 6.9-magnitude tremor last week but no extensive damage or casualties were reported. Indonesia experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity due to its position on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, where tectonic plates collide.

Last year, a 7.5-magnitude quake and a subsequent tsunami in Palu on Sulawesi island killed more than 2,200 people, with another thousand declared missing.

On December 26, 2004, a devastating 9.1-magnitude earthquake

struck off the coast of Sumatra and triggered a tsunami that killed 220,000 across the Indian Ocean region, including around 170,000 in Indonesia. (afp) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.