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Artist buried for three days under busy Australian road SYDNEY - An artist has emerged from three days entombed in a steel box under a busy Australian road in a performance billed as a tribute to victims of totalitarian violence.

Mike Parr, 73, fasted during his time underground, with oxygen pumped into the 1.7-metre (5.5-foot) by 2.2-metre container to keep him alive as traffic drove on overhead.

He had bedding, water, a waste bucket, a sketchpad and pencils for the stunt in Hobart, part of Tasmania state’s annual Dark Mofo festival, which celebrates darkness through large-scale public art, food, film and music. “The anxiety of the artist’s disappearance is the point of the piece,” organisers said.

It was also an attempt to highlight “the shadow cast by the genocidal violence of 19th century British colonialism in Australia”, they added.

Parr, who had been buried with only a small light, clambered out of his prison on a ladder late Sunday after heavy machinery carefully removed the asphalt that had sealed him in.

He exited without saying a word or acknowledging a crowd that had gathered in the rain. He is expected to detail his experience in a public forum on Tuesday.

“He is an endurance performance artist and he’s been doing this for many years, so his body is quite used to doing this,” Dark Mofo curator Jarrod Rawlins told reporters.

While some welcomed the feat as thought-provoking, others were left baffled.

“People work a lifetime underground. This goose spends three days in a box doing frig all, calls it art and it makes the news,” an unimpressed Rodney Gibbison said on Facebook.

James Hank de Ridder added: “If I could only get the last five minutes of my life back after watching this absolutely pointless exercise.”

Parr is no stranger to controversial performances, having once used an axe to hack off his prosthetic arm, which he had filled with minced meat and blood, in front of a shocked audience. (afp)

This handout photo taken on June 14, 2018

by Thomas Hyland and received by AFP on June 18, 2018 shows performance artist Mike Parr, 73, climbing into a coffin-like steel box before being entombed under a busy road in Hobart, Tasmania.

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In this file photo taken on June 5, 2018 US actor Samuel L. Jackson and his wife actress LaTanya Richardson arrive at the Disney/Pixar premiere of ‘The Incredibles 2’ at El Capitan theatre in Hollywood.

‘Incredibles 2’ makes heroic N. America box office debut

LOS ANGELES - “Incredibles 2,” the long-awaited return of a quirky animated superhero family from Disney-Pixar, reigned supreme at the North American box office, raking in a record $180 million in its debut, industry estimates showed Sunday.

It was the highest ever opening for an animated film in the US and Canada, easily besting the $135 million debut of its Disney-Pixar stablemate, “Finding Dory” (2016).

The film tells the story of the Parr family -- matriarch Helen (Holly Hunter) is called upon to help bring the world’s hiding superheroes back into the open, as husband Bob (Craig T. Nelson) navigates the day-to-day work of being a homemaker.

Their children Violet (Sarah Vowell) and Dash (Huck Milner) are back again, along with baby Jack-Jack, whose devastating super powers are about to be unleashed.

In second place was female heist flick “Ocean’s 8,” which followed up on a big opening by earning $19.6 million in its second week, according to Exhibitor Relations.

With an all-star cast led by Sandra Bullock and supported by Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling and Rihanna, the Warner Bros. sequel was Hollywood’s latest experiment -- after “Ghostbusters” -- in replacing an all-male cast with female stars.

The film stars Bullock as Debbie Ocean, sister of Danny Ocean (originally played by George Clooney), as she assembles a gang of

talented women to plan a seemingly impossible diamond heist from the Met Gala in New York.

Adult comedy “Tag” opened in third place at $14.6 million. It tells the story of childhood pals (led by Jon Hamm and Jeremy Renner) who keep up a game of crosscountry tag for decades, sometimes playing at the oddest of moments.

Fourth place went to “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” starring Alden Ehrenreich as a young version of the swashbuckling space pilot first played by Harrison Ford. The Disney film took in $9.1 million, and nearly $200 million overall in North America. (afp)

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Workers save a Buddha statue after a landslide damaged the hilltop Kyeik Than Lan? pagoda in Mawlamyine capital of Mon state on June 18, 2018 following heavy rains.

Landslides, flash floods as monsoon batters southern Myanmar

Flooding in southern Myanmar has caused a landslide at a famed Buddhist pagoda, submerged homes and displaced hundreds of people as monsoon rains batter the country.

Several parts of Myanmar’s southern Mon state are facing flash floods due to heavy rains since the weekend with no relief in sight, according to a report in the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar on Monday.

Rains triggered a landslide that damaged the hilltop Kyeik Than Lan? pagoda, whose golden stupa towers over state capital

Mawlamyine.

AFP correspondents on Monday saw workers helping to relocate Buddha statues and novice monks helping clean up debris at the religious site after a wedge of hillside slipped away.

Bo Win, a resident helping with the flood response, told AFP that around 1,000 people were sheltering in several sites around

Mawlamyine.

“This is the worst flood in the state that I have ever seen,” said Nyan Soe, another local resident.

About 150 residents further south of Mawlamyine were evacuated to a government school after dozens of homes and bridges were submerged, while a monastery was destroyed across the river from the city, the New Light reported.

So far no casualties have been reported in the state, but rains

continue to pound swathes of the country.

Last week five people were killed after monsoon rains triggered a landslide in Mogok, a northern Myanmar town famed for its ruby mines.

Myanmar is one of several countries in the region to face severe yearly flooding. In 2015 it topped a global list compiled by climate scientists of nations hardest hit by extreme weather.

That year more than 100 people died in floodwaters that also

displaced hundreds of thousands across the country.

Some 138,000 people died in 2008 when Cyclone Nargis lashed vast stretches of Myanmar ’s coast.(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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Pasebaya: Eruption almost happens every day

AMLAPURA —There has been no panic among the residents of around Mount Agung when the eruption occurred for several times since last Wednesday (Jun. 13) until Saturday (Jun. 16). Thick smoke blast soared and then moved westward, causing no impact in Karangasem. Pasebaya noted that Mount Agung eruption always happens every day, like last Wednesday, coinciding with new moon of the twelfth month in Balinese calendar and sometimes on full moon night, Kajeng Kliwon and other religious holidays.

Pasebaya volunteers asked residents to remain calm, not to get easily hooked by fake issues. The frequent eruption at this time had shocked and caused the residents of Karangasem to worry. However, in the field the residents responded it differently where they are absorbed in capturing the moment. Other than residents of Amlapura town, the people in danger radius are also enthusiastic to capture the moment of this eruption.

“As the report from our volunteers, there is no panic at Besakih, where many people just took their mobile phone to record and have pictures. The volcanic ashes reported by volunteers happened at Songan (Kintamani, Bangli). Meanwhile, it did not happen in Karangasem,” said Chief of Pasebaya of Mount Agung, I Gede Pawana.

Pawana admitted to always upset before the holiday considering that every full moon, new moon, Kajeng Kliwon and other religious holidays, Mount Agung always shows increased activities in the presence of these blows. He claimed to have often proved this.

Then, the last eruption returned to prove the prediction. However, regardless of the eruption occurred during holidays or not, it is not a matter of principle.

The problem is that Mount Agung eruption remains a disaster that must be anticipated whether it is small or large. All volunteers are required to alert.

Pasebaya volunteers still carry out their duties as usual whether there is eruption of Mount Agung or not.

Volunteers remain active in observing and reporting the latest situations through handy-talky and educating people in affected villages. “We remain cohesive and alert to carry out our duties as usual,” said Pawana.

Seeing this situation, Pawana returned to remind that all residents should pay attention to the recommendation of the Center for Vulcanology and Geological Hazards (PVMBG). No one should be allowed to climb desperately, following the information that in the near future people will present pakelem ritual to the crater of Mount Agung because the current situation of Mount Agung is actually not safe yet.

The PVMBG of Mount Agung within the past few days recorded a gray ash column with a thick intensity moving towards the southwest and west. The eruption was recorded in the seismogram with the maximum amplitude of 25 mm and the duration of about two minutes to three seconds.

Currently, the Mount Agung remains at Level III (watch status). The PVMBG recommended there is no climb to the summit of Mount Agung. Besides, no activities are allowed in the danger zone within the radius of 4 km from the crater of Mount Agung top.

The residents living and doing activities around the river streams having the upstream at Mount Agung are hoped to be alert against the potential threat of the secondary danger of rain lava flows that can occur especially during the rainy season and the eruption material remains to get exposed in the mountain top area. (kmb31)

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Motorists travel along a road in Bandung on June 14, 2018, as people return to their hometowns to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr festival to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Cities in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country empty out every year at the end of Ramadan as people head to villages to celebrate Eid with their families.

Homecoming backflow starts to turn busy

NEGARA —Backflow of homecoming from Java at the entrance of Bali, Gilimanuk Harbor, on Sunday (Jun. 17) or day 2 after holiday began to turn crowded. Aside from the backflow of homecomers, the traffic was added by the arrival of domestic tourists.

As the monitoring made at Gilimanuk Harbor, the backflow was dominated by private cars. The travelers entering Bali were more crowded than on the previous day. Each anchoring and unloading ship is always filled with motorcycles, private cars and public transport. The officers conducting the examination at Post II or Bali’s entrance were added. At least, one hundred police officers were assigned with the backup of mobile brigade personnel

in Post II. Division Head of the Jembrana Police Operation Unit, M Didik Wiratmoko, justified the addition of personnel for the inspection at the Bali’s entrance such as by involving personnel previously assigned at monitoring post along the entrance to the Gilimanuk Harbor. The shift of personnel is meant to speed up the inspection against incoming vehicles. All the documents of the incoming vehicles were also examined.

The examination was done according to the prevailing fixed procedures at the entrance of Bali. Such inspection is meant to prevent the entry of dangerous goods, criminals and illegal vehicles. As anticipation against the traffic along the GilimanukDenpasar road section, the monitoring post formerly concentrated on the road heading for the harbor was diverted to Penginuman Forest route.

The location gets concern because the road section of kilometer 121 to 123 is prone to traffic accidents. “We have relocated the post to that location to increase traffic control against the homecoming backflows,” explained Didik. (kmb26)

GAMELAN or gong arts in Buleleng district remains to survive amid the onslaught of globalization. People getting involved in this art are not only men, but also women. One of them can be found at Gesing village, Banjar.

It is named Giri Murthi gamelan troupe founded nine years ago with 30 members. They originate from various circles where most of them are farmers, followed by merchants and civil servants. Initially, according to the group leader, Ni Made Susmaherti, it did not run smoothly. The troupe had to borrow a private gamelan set for exercise.

“At that time, it did not yet have the gamelan. Several years later, the village finally purchased,” she said recently.

Dealing with various activities, this housewife never misses the opportunity to practice three times a week. Her hard efforts bear sweet results. The gamelan troupe founded on December 30, 2009 has been able to master various compositions. There are contemporary, Sandya Gita, Teruna Jaya Dance of Buleleng style, Oleg Dance, Margapati Dance and Cendrawasih Dance. More interestingly, it is not only displayed in religious ceremony taking place at the village. However, not infrequently the art troupe is invited to make performance to other areas. “We often get an offer in the manusa yadnya rituals like tooth-filing, marriage and others. Sometimes I am overwhelmed to set the time,” she explained.

Due to its slick appearance, the Buleleng district government gives an offer to perform at the Bali Arts Festival (BAF) for three times, but has not yet been accepted due to her busyness. “On June 25, 2018, we are invited by the Beratan Lake Festival to make performance for the third time,” said this teacher at the SMAN 1 Banjar high school.

This art troupe would like to contribute in the preservation of the arts aside from accommodating the potential of women. “At least, the wages earned from the performance for several times can be used to help household needs other than getting an entertainment. At the same time, we can preserve the arts of Bali,” she added. (sos)

Women’s gamelan troupe of Gesing participates in Beratan Lake Festival

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Peak of domestic tourist visit remains to happen

PILLAR OF STRENGTH Columns of cosmic gas and dust dubbed the Pillars of Creation (shown in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope) may be propped up by an internal magnetic field.

Magnetic fields may be propping up the Pillars of Creation

THE Pillars of Creation may keep standing tall due to the magnetic field within the starforming region. For the first time, scientists have made a detailed map of the magnetic field inside the pillars, made famous by an iconic 1995 Hubble Space Telescope image (SN Online: 1/6/15). The data reveal that the field runs along the length of each pillar, perpendicular to the magnetic field outside. This configuration may be slowing the destruction of the columns of gas and dust, astronomer Kate Pattle and colleagues suggest in the June 10 Astrophysical Journal Letters.

Hot ionized gas called plasma surrounds the pillars, located within the Eagle Nebula about 7,000 lightyears from Earth. The pressure from that plasma could cause the pillars to pinch in at the middle like

an hourglass before breaking up.

However, the researchers suggest, the organization of the magnetic field within the pillars could be providing an outward force that resists the plasma’s onslaught, preventing

the columns from disintegrating.

The team studied light emitted from the pillars, measuring its polarization — the direction of the wiggling of the light’s electromagnetic waves — using the

James Clerk Maxwell Telescope in Hawaii. Dust grains within the pillars are aligned with each other due to the magnetic field. These aligned particles emit polarized light, allowing the researchers to trace the direction of the magnetic field at various spots.

“There are few clear measurements of the magnetic fields in objects like pillars,” says Koji Sugitani of Nagoya City University in Japan. To fully understand the formation of such objects, more

observations are needed, he says.

Studying objects where stars are born, such as the pillars, could help scientists better understand the role that magnetic fields may play in star formation (SN: 6/9/18, p.

12). “This is really one of the big unanswered questions,” says Pattle, of National Tsing Hua University in Hsinchu, Taiwan. “We just don’t have a very good idea of whether magnetic fields are important and, if they are, what they are doing.” (net)

MANGUPURA — Peak of domestic tourist visits arriving through Ngurah Rai Airport is estimated to still happen after the Eid al Fitr holiday. It is estimated to occur on June 19 or 20.

According to Head of Communication and Legal Section of Ngurah Rai Airport, Arie Ahsanurrohim, the number of tourists coming to Bali at this time is very stable approximately reaching 17,000-18,000. Moreover, foreign tourist visit grows by 10 percent above the average on usual days. “Domestic tourist arrival averagely reaches 15,000 people. We predict their arrival will happen after the Eid around June 19 or June 20,” he said not long ago.

On Eid al Fitr or Friday (Jun. 15), the number of passengers departing from Bali showed an increase. As the data compiled by the Integrated Eid Transport Monitoring Post 2018, the number of passengers reached 15,570 people or 37.05 percent higher when compared to the same period in 2017 only reaching 11,361 people.

Meanwhile, the domestic arrival remained at 18,140 people. But this number is smaller -4.16 percent compared to the arrival in 2017 amounting to 18,928 people.

The arrival of international passengers also grew 21,727 people.

It increased significantly by 20.24 percent if compared to the same period in 2017 only reaching 18,069. Meanwhile, the international departure also increased by 19,494 people or 5.23 percent when compared to the same period in 2017 reaching 18,526 people.

Regarding the flight data on day 1 after the Eid or Saturday (Jun. 16), the number of domestic passengers coming to Bali reached 15,962 people. This number decreased -11.57 percent when compared to the same period in 2017 reaching 18,050 people. Meanwhile, domestic departure reached 15,627 people. This number increased 9.59 percent compared to the same period in 2017 namely 14,259 people.

Then, international arrivals amounted to 20,141 people. It is an increase of 19.43 percent when compared to the same period in 2017 namely 16,864 people. Meanwhile, similar increase also happened to international departure reaching 21,619 people. This number increased significantly by 29.83 percent when compared to last year’s (2017) reaching 16,652 people.

In total, the number of passengers through Ngurah Rai airport on day 1 after holiday increased by 11.43 percent from 65, 825 people in 2017 to 73,349 in 2018. Pursuant to the recapitulation from the opening of the post on June 6 to day 2 after holiday, the number of arrival passenger reached 312,653 people or an increase of 5.72 percent while in 2017 amounted to 295,741 people. The departure also increased by 309, 301 people. It showed an increase of 10.54 percent when compared to last year’s (2017) reaching 279,816 people. (kmb23)

Leaf-cutter ants pick up the pace when they sense rain

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STAY DRY When the rain starts falling in Central America’s tropical forests, leaf-cutter ants (Atta cephalotes) hurry back to their nests — with or without their leafy cargo, which gets heftier when wet.

IN Central America’s raindrenched forests, leaf-cutting ants collect pieces of leaves on which they grow fungi for food. But the rain can hit hard, especially for a small ant. When leaf-cutting ants sense an incoming shower, they hoof it back to their nests, says a study in the May Insectes Sociaux.

Researchers from Argentina, Mexico and Peru tested how one species of leaf-cutting ants, Atta cephalotes, in Costa Rica deals

with rain. The scientists placed hollow boxes filled with wet cotton on ant trails in the forest. When A. cephalotes walked through the boxes, they experienced higher relative humidity, as if it were about to rain. In another experiment, the researchers poured water on plants beside the trail to simulate falling raindrops. Both situations caused the ants to scramble to their nest up to 30 percent faster than normal, from about 1.21 meters per minute

to 1.49.

The researchers think that leafcutter ants speed up to keep their cargo and themselves dry, with good reason: A wet leaf fragment weighs more than double a dry one. In the study, when the ants or leaves got wet, the insects readily dropped their harvest and returned to the nest. But by hurrying along at the first hints of rain, the ants could stay dry and hold onto the leaves. (net)

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The number of tourists coming to Bali at this time is very stable approximately reaching 17,000-18,000.

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The tour package offering dolphin attraction has been thronged by visitors within the past few days.

On Eid holidays

Dolphin attractions on Penimbangan Beach thronged by visitors

SINGARAJA — Tour guides offering marine activity package in Buleleng got benefits on the Eid holiday leave 2018. As evidence, the tour package offering dolphin attraction on Penimbangan Beach, Baktiseraga village, Buleleng, has been thronged by visitors within the past few days. Moreover, the marine tour guides previously only sailed once a day, but amid the increase in the number of tourist visits, they must deliver the group of tourists up to two times a day.

Amidst of this situation, the income of tour guides increased when compared to previous days.

The tour package to see Dolphin attraction on Penimbangan Beach started to be developed since the past few months. Fishermen at Baktiseraga village offer services to see the dolphin attraction in their natural habitat along with fishermen’s activities to conserve and rescue turtle eggs on Penimbangan Beach. Other than dolphin and snorkeling, local fishermen also complete the tour packages with independent turtle conservation activities. Apparently, the marine tourism package on the complex of Penimbangan Beach has drawn tourist’s interest in visiting the Penimbangan Beach.

A local tour guide on Penimbangan Beach, Kadek Agus Awi, said on Sunday (Jun. 17) that since the Eid al Fitr holiday of this year, domestic tourists mainly from Jakarta, Surabaya and other big cities in Indonesia thronged the Penimbangan Beach. He admitted that his income

far increased if compared to usual days. “Guests are more crowded than before the holidays. Previously, we only departed once, but now we can go to sea twice,” he said.

According to Agus, domestic tourists visited Penimbangan Beach in groups and mostly interested in watching dolphin attraction in its natural habitat. In accordance with the agreement of the fishermen group, the tour package is sold for IDR 60,000 per person and each boat can maximally accommodate six passengers.

On usual days, fisherman only goes to sea one time if getting an order from travel agencies or hotel.

However, since the joint holiday leave, he had to go to sea twice a day. This situation also benefits as the distance to the dolphin area is close to the mainland. So, other than saving the engine fuel of the boat, he can also provide maximum services for visitors.

“This is the advantage of marine tourism on Penimbangan Beach because within close range visitors have been able to find the hordes of dolphin. Today, the marine tour guides in Lovina and surrounding areas also go to Penimbangan, so every day a number of boats vie to the middle of the sea in order to find dolphin herd,” he explained.

Agus added that in addition to watching dolphin attraction, tourists are also interested in trying the spot by snorkeling to see coral reef having been well preserved. Not to forget, tourists are also invited to witness the results of sea turtle egg conservation on Penimbangan Beach done independently by local fishermen. “Based on agreement, the price of dolphin tour package is only IDR 60,000 per person.

Besides, we offer an education tour package in the form of seeing coral reef tourism and conservation of turtle eggs,” he said. (kmb38)

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Three dead, 200 hurt as strong quake jolts Japan’s Osaka

TOKYO - A powerful quake rocked Japan’s second city of Osaka on Monday, killing three people including a nine-yearold girl and injuring more than 200, according to an official tally.

Visitors to Kuta Beach hoped to comply with installed cautions

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MANGUPURA - Unlike on normal days, during the Eid al Fitr 1439 Hijri holiday of this year, Kuta Beach area was invaded by visitors. As seen on Sunday (Jun. 17), Kuta beach remained to become one of the favorite tourist destinations to domestic and foreign tourists.

Moreover, the number of tourist visits amounted to four times of the usual days. They were dominated by tourists from outside Bali having flooded Kuta Beach since the day before Eid al Fitr as conveyed by the head of Kuta Beach Lifesaver

(Balawista), Dewa Dwilaksana, on Sunday (Jun. 17).

He said that most visitors came on Friday (Jun. 15) or right on the Eid al Fitr and the day after. Nevertheless, he admitted the number of tourist visit is seen to have

declined. He estimated the decline happens in line with the ending of the long Eid holidays.

According to him, with the increasing visit to Kuta Beach, surely the security problem of visitor remains a priority. However, as rescue team he

did not do special preparation. Surveillance and supervision to visitors are carried out as usual in accordance with the standards. However, the participation of visitors is also needed.

“We hope that all visitors to keep abreast of the cautions having been installed. Meanwhile, we are unable to predict when the accident happens.

Though it is our destiny, but at least we remain vigilant by always monitoring

every post as usual,” he concluded.

He said that although the visit is dominated by domestic tourists, foreign tourists are also seen to show an increase. Currently, foreign tourists start to look a lot, mainly those from Australia. “Tourists from Australia look to have increased because this Kangaroo country has currently started entering holiday season,” he said. (kmb23)

Dry season getting hotter

Pejukutan residents spend millions to buy water

SEMARAPURA - Dry season has hit Nusa Penida Islands, Klungkung. Moreover, the weather has been getting hotter within the past

few months. This condition causes residents of Pejukutan village to buy clean water to meet their daily needs.

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Dry season condition causes residents of Pejukutan village to buy clean water to meet their daily needs.

A local villager, I Nyoman Yudiadnyanawan, revealed the condition has been going on since two months ago. No doubt, such high expenditure is quite burdensome to society, especially to the middle-low economy. “People, including me, are still unable to resolve the water issue yet and in this season they start to buy,” he said last Sunday (Jun. 17).

The price is quite expensive where 2,000 liters are purchased at IDR 500,000. It is just enough to meet the needs of bathing and toilet. People raising livestock or cultivating land will need higher amount. “It’s quite increasing the expenditure up to IDR 1.5 million a month to buy water,” he said.

When entering the current long holiday season, tourists visiting the village tend to increase both local and foreign tourists. The water crisis occurred over the years certainly affects their comfort. “Today,

it’s already crowded here. Water is an important necessity, but hard to get. Automatically, it has an impact on tourism,” explained this former headman for two periods.

Similarly, he delivered about the impact of water crisis hampering physical development such as the tourist accommodation. “On the one hand, tourism sector is encouraged to grow, but on the other hand, there remains a problem.

People having the capital become half-hearted to develop tourism,” he complained.

To alleviate the burden of society, the Klungkung Municipality Waterworks (PDAM) is said to have provided water supply. However, it has not been able to reach thoroughly because of the limitations of the tank truck. “PDAM has dropped water, but it cannot run every hour,” he said.

The handling of this classic problem has often been passed on

to the government. Hopefully, the use of water at Guyangan spring, Batukandik village, can be maximized as this program has been initiated about five years ago. “To distribute water from the source is indeed geographically constrained.

Nevertheless, we really hope it can be maximized,” he said.

Director of PDAM Klungkung, I Nyoman Renin Suyasa, explained that so far the supply of water to a number of areas on the Blue Paradise Island stays to rely on one tank truck.

If required, the company will send another unit. “We are still waiting for the report from the local technical unit.

If additional truck is required, we will bring one more,” he explained.

This official from Nusa Penida mentioned the service also refers to the request. “There is water supply provided free of charge, depending on who asks. If hotel, it certainly cannot as there is a rule,” he said. (kmb45)

Television images showed buildings swaying and burst pipes spewing water after the quake, which struck at the height of rush hour in the city of around two million.

However, there was no largescale destruction and no tsunami warning issued after the earthquake, although commuters were stranded and tens of thousands were left without power.

Among the casualties was a nine-year-old girl who died in the city of Takatsuki north of Osaka, reportedly trapped by a collapsed wall following the 5.3-magnitude quake.

Local media said the other two dead were an 80-year-old man -killed by a collapsing wall -- and a man trapped under a bookcase in his home.

The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said more than 200 people were injured.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters the government was “working united, with its first priority on saving people’s lives”.

And government spokesman Yoshihide Suga cautioned there was a possibility of strong aftershocks.

“Large-scale quakes are likely to happen in the next two to three days,” he told reporters.

Japan sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire” where many of the world’s earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are recorded.

On March 11, 2011, a devastating magnitude 9.0 quake struck under the Pacific Ocean, and the resulting tsunami caused widespread damage and claimed thousands of lives.

It also sent three reactors into meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant, causing Japan’s worst postwar disaster and the most serious nuclear accident since Chernobyl in 1986.

- ‘Strong vertical jolt’Local residents described the moment the quake jolted the highly urbanised area at 8:00 am, when platforms would have been heaving with passengers waiting to board their commuter trains.

“The floor moved violently. It was a strong vertical jolt. Nearly all of the dishes fell and shattered on the floor,” said Kaori Iwakiri, a 50-year-old nurse in Moriguchi just north of Osaka city.

“My parents suffered a blackout and they have no water. I plan to take water to them now.”

Despite its relatively low magnitude, the quake caused quite a shake, registering a lower six on

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Japan Meteorological Agency earthquake expert speaks during a press conference on the earthquake in Tokyo on June 18, 2018. A strong quake hit western Japan early June 18, but there were no immediate reports of major damage or risk of tsunami waves, officials said. the Japanese experiential scale of up to seven -- meaning it is hard to stay standing.

Eiji Shibuya, 52, said the tremor reminded him of the devastating 1995 Kobe earthquake, which

killed nearly 6,500 people.

“I was stunned. I couldn’t do anything,” he told AFP from Itami, a city near Osaka.

“I was worried about my son as he had just left for his high school.

I was relieved when I confirmed he was safe.”

NHK showed footage of firefighters tackling a blaze that ripped through a home north of Osaka. (afp)

May back in the breach as Brexit battles resume

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A pro-EU demonstrator waves a Union flag whilst wearing European Union flag-themed attire during an anti-Brexit protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London on June 13, 2018.

LONDON - The British government faces another nerve-rattling test this week as its flagship Brexit legislation is picked over once again by a restive parliament.

The upper House of Lords, which wants to keep Britain close to the European Union after the UK leaves in March, will rake over the EU (Withdrawal) Bill on Monday, before it returns to the lower House of Commons on Wednesday.

Last week, Prime Minister Theresa May narrowly survived votes in the Commons on changes suggested by the unelected Lords, overturning their amendment seeking to keep Britain aligned to the EU’s customs union.

May also persuaded rebels in her governing centre-right Conservative Party to reject a Lords amendment that would have allowed

parliament to stop the government from leaving the European Union with no deal on new trading arrangements.

But now May faces the prospect of having to go through the wringer all over again in a fresh bout of parliamentary ping-pong.

“We recognise the concerns people have about the role of parliament,” May told BBC television.

But she added: “Parliament cannot tie the hands of government in negotiations.”

A crunch summit of European leaders on June 28 is fast approaching, and May does not want to go to Brussels on the back of a stinging defeat in her own parliament.

- Cold sweat Wednesday’s Commons vote required last-minute concessions, and pro-EU Conservatives warned

they could yet seek to defeat May if she backtracks on promises to give parliament a greater say in the final withdrawal deal.

May is on a tightrope as her Conservative minority government relies on the backing of the 10 MPs from Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party for a slim majority in the 650-seat elected Commons chamber.

And pro-EU rebels on the Conservative backbenches are proving hard for May to satisfy.

Dominic Grieve, the former attorney general who heads up the faction, told BBC television that a future vote on a Brexit deal could see May tumble.

“We could collapse the government, and I assure you I wake up at 2:00am in a cold sweat thinking about the problems that we have put on our shoulders,” he said. (afp)

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BUSINESS US property crisis looms as sea level rises, experts warn

- ‘Slow-moving disaster’ To make the risks clearer to people, UCS released a searchable online map that shows where the risks are highest, available at www. ucsusa.org/underwater. The online realty site Zillow provided data for the analysis but did not take part in the scientific research. The projections use a high-end scenario for sea level rise because that is an “appropriately conservative projection to use” when estimating risk to homes, often people’s largest asset, Cleetus said.

Chronic inundation is defined in the report as flooding that happens at least 26 times a year. By 2045, rising seas are expected to bring an extra 1.8 feet (55 centimeters) of water along Florida’s coast,

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At Panji Village, A Sanction Imposed to People Getting Married Outside

Aside from uniqueness of worship in the grave, the Kuningan celebration on Saturday (Jun. 9) in Buleleng was also filled by residents with naur sesaon ceremony. It must be performed by every Panji villager having got married outside the village or even with foreign citizens. This is a heritage set forth in the awig-awig (bylaws) of Panji customary village, Sukasada.

Along sun-splashed shorelines in the US state of Florida, home prices are on the rise, developers are busy building new complexes, and listings just blocks from the beach describe homes that are “not in a flood zone,” meaning no flood insurance is required. But experts warn that ignoring sea level rise won’t prevent a looming economic crisis caused by water-logged homes that will someday become unsafe, uninhabitable and too costly to insure.

A reality check may come sooner than many may think, according to a report out Monday by the Union of Concerned Scientists, which finds as many as 64,000 coastal residences worth $26 billion in Florida are at risk of chronic flooding in the next 30 years, the life of a typical mortgage.

Across the United States, 311,000 coastal homes with a collective market value of about $120 billion in today’s dollars are at risk of chronic flooding by 2045, it said. By century’s end, if current trends continue, more than $1 trillion in commercial and private US property may be at risk, “with Florida’s coastal real estate among the most exposed,” said the report.

And it’s not because of the increased risk of hurricanes or storm surge. Rather, the danger comes from flooding due to hide tides -- sometimes called sunny day floods, or nuisance flooding -- when water pools into streets, sidewalks, storefronts and homes.

“This risk is relatively near-term, well before places go underwater completely, and even in the absence of storms,” said Rachel Cleetus, lead economist and policy director with the Climate and Energy program at the UCS. Coastal real estate markets are not currently factoring in these risks, she told AFP. “But market perceptions can shift and they can shift quickly in some places,” she added, describing a market correction as “inevitable.”

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Residents will do naur sesaon coinciding with Tumpek Kuningan.

At the same time, they hold ngebeken ceremony falling on Kuningan Day. Both women and men undertake naur sesaon with ritual paraphernalia consisting of peras pejati in the innermost courtyard of the temple. The offerings are presented by local temple priest. After presenting them, the people presenting the offerings represented by men also give donations recorded directly by the village apparatus.

Formerly, it amounted to IDR 20,000 but currently it has been revised to IDR 30,000. Chief of Panji customary village, I Gusti Ketut Susila Darma, said the naur sesaon ceremony has been set forth in the local customary awig-awig.

Anyone who has got married outside the village is forbidden to violate the norms having been enforced through generations. Local people believe that citizens having not done the naur sesaon, the family concerned will experience negative things. He pointed out the negative things can be suffering from illness to disharmonious in the family life. “Indeed, the evidence has never been seen, but local people have believed in the prohibition. If they dare to violate, the impact will be experienced by the family itself,” he said.

According to Susila, the offerings or donations paid by every family getting married outside the Panji village will not incriminate every husband. Behind the local norms (dresta), it is believed to be a medium of invoking guidance and mercy for every married persons outside the village so they can live a harmonious life. “Although they have done the naur sesaon, our citizens believe that every piodalan (temple festival) on Tumpek Kuningan they should be coming to say prayers to invoke prosperity and harmony in the family relationship,” he explained. (kmb)

Traditional Games, an Application of Hindu Teachings

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This photo taken on June 16, 2018 shows a low-lying home near sea level in the Indian Beach neighborhood of Sarasota, Florida. Along Florida’s sun-splashed shorelines, home prices are on the rise, developers are busy building new complexes, and listings just blocks from the beach describe homes that are “not in a flood zone,” meaning no flood insurance is required. according to the UCS report. By 2100, Florida can expect an average of 6.4 extra feet of water -- an awful lot given that the state’s average elevation above sea level is only about six feet, with many places three feet or below.

“This is a slow-moving disaster,” said Cleetus. The low-lying Tampa Bay area, Miami and The Keys island chain face the most peril from sea level rise. One worry is that insurance premiums will increase so much that coastal homes become unaffordable for those with fixed or lower incomes.

Local governments may decide to cut power and water to flooded neighborhoods.

Many will risk losing their largest financial asset -– their homes -- and municipalities will forfeit huge amounts of revenue from property taxes. In Florida alone, the “homes at risk by 2100 currently contribute roughly $5 billion collectively in annual property tax revenue,” said the report.

- ‘If it rains...’ The problem of outdated flood maps

long predates US President Donald Trump, who has called global warming a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese, quit the Paris climate accords and rolled back environmental protections since taking office. According to Desiree Companion, a certified floodplain manager employed by Sarasota County, the US government-issued flood maps that people consult when building or buying a home are decades old in many places.

During a free seminar at a local library this month, she said residents often tell her they don’t need flood insurance because they aren’t in a high-risk zone. “If it rains where you are, you’d best be getting it,” she told the seven people gathered in a library meeting room, where most of the 50 seats were empty. Federal flood maps are based on risk of a “100-year-event,” defined as 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain falling in 24 hours, she explained. Last year’s Hurricane Harvey dropped 51 inches over Texas in that amount of time. “Everybody is in a flood zone,” she said.

- Who is to blame? Inaccurate flood risk information is just one of many factors fueling the crisis, said Jeffrey Huber, an assistant professor in the school of architecture at Florida Atlantic University. “Nowhere is a realtor required to actually tell someone that the property they are purchasing is vulnerable to sea level rise,” he told AFP. “Who is telling them that their property is vulnerable if not a realtor? If not an architect?” Most developers know, and so do most municipalities, he added. “The general audience isn’t necessarily educated enough to know.” Solutions may be complex, but making significant cuts to greenhouse gas emissions would help, said report co-author Astrid Caldas, a senior scientist at UCS. As much as 85 percent of the property at risk might be saved if the Paris Agreement goals are met, limiting warming to a maximum of 3.6 F (2 C) this century, she said.

“The longer we wait to drastically reduce emissions, the less likely it is that we will achieve this outcome.” (afp)

Traditional games look very simple. They always dwell on nature and get very close to the habits existing in the local social environment. This type of game seems to have no limit because almost all places can be used as a playground. This ancient game has many benefits such as learning sportsmanship, honesty, discipline and respect.

These values ??thrive because they always make dissemination to friends in the environment becoming their natural playground.

Accepting defeat and recognizing the opponent’s victory in the game is an example of a sportsmanlike attitude. In addition to training physical endurance, the traditional games are also to hone the intelligence because when playing the children must be able to set the strategy.

Rector of the State Hindu Dharma Institute (IHDN) Denpasar, Prof. Dr. I Gusti Ngurah Sudiana, said that traditional games in Bali can become a medium for dissemination. In the games, they will always invite others as a reflection of cooperation. “In the game, there

is a lesson for mutual respect and apologies if something goes wrong and rewards when someone wins,” he said.

The games also have very positive influence because it forces the children to be creative as they also demand higher creativity. Such activity can also increase self-confidence because there are elements to train communication. Children as players of the game become more confident and democratic. “When determining a leader or punishment for the offending child, they do by agreement,” added Sudiana.

Besides, said this Chairman of Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) of Bali, traditional games are also part of the application of Hindu teachings such as philosophy (tattva), karmic law, tat tvam asi (You are that (God)) and Tri Kaya Parisudha. “When viewed from an educational perspective, people learn from nature.

Meanwhile, if learning from cultural theories, people learn from others and the environment,” he explained.

When playing, they always make others happy, in addition to

make them happy. In Sundaram’s teachings meaning beauty it will be able to make others happy and peaceful. It is also the teaching of yadnya (sincere sacrifice). Peacefulness makes them not quarrel, fight but strengthen friendship.

Moreover, the teachings of Karmic law limit them from doing arbitrarily. They realize if doing wrong and doing not good, they will get punishment from friends according to mutual agreement.

Therefore a child will not dare to hurt his friend. Because, if he is hurt will also feel the same. It is in accordance with the teaching of tat tvam asi.

The real application of Hinduism is the Tri Kaya Parisuda teaching, meaning think good, say good and do goodness. After performing the games, they uphold the values ??of honesty, though not told before.

“It happens due to the influence of creative culture of children’s minds, especially through religious teaching,” he added.

According to Prof. Sudiana, traditional games in Bali are inspired by the teachings of Hinduism interpreted innocently

by children. The games can be inspired by ritual activities, and so can the games into activity. For example, a ritual activity of sesuwunan (sanctified effigies) can then become a game such as in the mebarong-barongan (barong-like game), and mengunying-ngunyingan. On the contrary, a game can become a ritual procession, like the making of barong bangkung (boar) that can become sesuwunan because it passes through trance process.

Nevertheless, playing traditional games is not a form of offering, but an activity to fulfill the desire to interact with other children, relieve stress and saturation as well as grow creativity. More importantly, children can learn in their own environment. “Children of the past made the natural surroundings into a medium of their game. Certainly it is from the results of their creativity, not consumptive like many children do in the current era,” he explained. (kmb)

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Merkel faces ultimatum from ally over migrants countries at the EU’s geographic southern periphery alone to deal with the migrant influx.

Instead, she wants to find a common European solution at the June 28-29 EU summit.

Top brass from Merkel’s CDU and Seehofer’s CSU party are huddling for separate talks in Berlin and Munich.

Both party leaders are expected to address the media on Monday afternoon.

Ahead of the meetings, CSU secretary general Markus Blume said Seehofer’s “masterplan” on migration had the party’s “full support”.

include a 2016 Christmas market attack by a failed Tunisian asylum seeker and the recent rape-murder of a teenage girl allegedly by an Iraqi.

With an eye on October’s Bavaria state election, the CSU is anxious to assure voters that it has a roadmap to curb the migrant influx.

Seehofer struck a more conciliatory tone when he told Bild on Sunday that “it is not in the CSU’s interest to topple the chancellor, to dissolve the CDU-CSU union or to break up the coalition. (afp)

- Anti-immigrant boost Popular misgivings over the massive migrant influx have given populist and anti-immigration forces a boost across several European nations, including Italy and Austria where far-right parties are now sharing power.

In Germany, voters in September’s elections handed Merkel her poorest score ever, giving seats for the first time to the far-right anti-Islam AfD. Several high profile crimes by migrants have also fuelled anger. They

German Chancellor Angela Merkel passes by a EU flag as she leaves a press conference with NATO General Secretary in the Chancellery in Berlin on June 15, 2018, ahead of the alliance’s summit, overshadowed by tensions between Europeans and US.

US lawmakers, first lady call for end to migrant family separations

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In this file photo taken on May 7, 2018 US First Lady Melania Trump announces her “Be Best” children’s initiative in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, May 7, 2018.

WASHINGTON - Democratic and Republican lawmakers upped the ante Sunday on the thorny issue of the separation of migrant children from their parents at the

US border, as First Lady Melania Trump made a rare political plea to end the deeply controversial practice.

The “zero-tolerance” border

security policy implemented by President Donald Trump’s administration has sparked outrage on both sides of the political aisle and took on particular resonance as America celebrated Father’s Day. Trump has said he wants the separations to end, but continues to blame opposition Democrats for the crisis, which critics say is one of his own making.

His wife, who does not often wade into the political arena, did not denounce his administration’s policy, but instead called for bipartisan immigration reform to fix the issue.

“Mrs Trump hates to see children separated from their families and hopes both sides of the aisle can finally come together to achieve successful immigration reform,” her spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham told CNN. “She believes we need to be a country that follows all laws, but also a country that governs with heart.”

Immigration is one of the most divisive, hot-button crises plaguing the Trump administration.

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Minister asks people not to shoot crocodile roaming at pier

MUNICH - Hardliners of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc are poised Monday to give the German leader an ultimatum to tighten asylum rules or risk pitching the country into a political crisis, as tensions over migration reignite across the EU. Three years after her decision to open Germany’s borders to migrants fleeing war in Syria and Iraq and misery elsewhere, Merkel is still struggling to find a sustainable response to the complaints from her Bavarian allies CSU over her refugee policy.

Monday is “destiny day for Angela Merkel. For the government,” wrote the mass-circulation newspaper Bild on Sunday.

European Union countries are once again at loggerheads over migration, triggered by Italy’s recent refusal to allow a rescue ship carrying 630 migrants to dock.

Malta also turned the vessel away, sparking a major EU row until Spain agreed to take in the migrants.

In Germany, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer of the CSU has been one of the fiercest critics of Merkel’s liberal stance, under which a million asylum seekers have been admitted into Germany since 2015.

He now wants to turn away at the border new arrivals who have previously been registered in another EU country -- often their first port of call, Italy or Greece.

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During one recent six-week period, the government said nearly 2,000 minors were separated from their parents or adult guardians -- a figure that only stoked the firestorm. The number of separations has jumped since early May, when Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that all migrants illegally crossing the US border with Mexico would be arrested, regardless of whether the adults were seeking asylum.

Since children cannot be sent to the facilities where their parents are held, they are separated.

Some of Trump’s fellow Republicans have said the policy must end.

“What the administration has decided to do is to separate children from their parents to try to send a message that if you cross the border with children, your children are going to be ripped away from you,” Senator Susan Collins told CBS television’s “Face the Nation” news program.

“That’s traumatizing to the children who are innocent victims, and

it is contrary to our values in this country.”

Amid deep divisions, congressional Republicans have struggled to craft a viable immigration plan.

The Republican-led House of Representatives may vote this week on two immigration measures -- a hardline bill and a compromise measure that would limit legal immigration while also ending family separations.

After touring a processing center in McAllen, Texas on Sunday, a group of Democratic lawmakers warned of the “irreparable harm” caused by the separations, repeating a phrase used by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

“This new policy of the Trump administration... is undermining the founding values of this country,” said Representative David Cicilline.

“We saw the fear in the eyes of these children who are wondering when they will see their parent ever again. It’s a disgrace, it’s shameful and it’s un-American.” (afp)

JAKARTA - Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar has called on the people not to shoot a crocodile which is roaming at Pulau Dayung Pier, Tanjung Priok, Noth Jakarta. The minister said that instead of shooting the animal the people should catch and evacuate it with nets in order to prevent it from attacking the locals.

Siti Nurbaya conveyed the matter to the press in a written statement in Jakarta on Sunday related to the 2.5-meter crocodile that appeared at the Pier of Pulau Dayung Island. The minister asked that the animal should not to be shot. However, it is necessary to prepare an immediate evacuation measure so as not to threaten the safety of the surrounding community.

“We have asked the naval base (Lantamal) officials not to shoot with the firearms of the animal. The crocodile is now in saline water area that is not its habitat. With saline water, the crocodile can at last die,” said Siti Nurbaya. Being in public waters, the crocodile needs to be evacuated for the public safety.

The evacuation measures, said Minister Siti, should be coordinated with Lantamal and Taman Impian Jaya Ancol Management.

In addition the conservation agency team is identifying the case.

“Today the conservation field team is still on standby with the management of Ancol and Lantamal. Safty nets to the Ancol boundary have also been installed,” she said.

Until now, the causes for the crocodile to roam around the beach are now yet known. To that end the minister has asked the conservation agency director general and relevant directors to continue to seek information why the crocodile is there. “Basically, crocodiles are freshwater animals,” said Siti Nurbaya.

Nurbaya has requested the relevant ranks to check all the conservation institutions or or captive breeding around Pluit in North Jakarta. “It is very unlikely that the crocodile is in that location because of natural factors,” she said. The crocodile was shot while appearing in Pondok Duyung Pier, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, on Friday (June 15). The shot hit two spots on the crocodile`s body.

But the crocodile disappeared after the shot.(ant)

Minister reviews forest fires during Eid holidays

JAKARTA - The Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya Bakar took to the field to monitor the handling of forest and land fires in the country during Eid Fitr or Lebaran holidays.

“In addition to monitoring the reports of forest and land fires (karhutla) every day, I monitored the handling of karhutla yesterday on plane to some areas,” said Siti Nurbaya in a written statement received in Jakarta on Sunday. The air monitoring conducted on the weekend or the second day of Eid Fitr covers some of the fire prone points of forest and land in Sumatra.

Siti Nurbaya expressed her gratitude for the dedication of Manggala Agni (forest fire control team) members of the Environment and Forestry (KLHK). The team is

composed of members of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI), National Police (Polri), BPBD (Local disaster mitigation agency), Care for Fires Community (MPA) and related parties who tirelessly tackled karhutla during the dry season as it is today.

Although it is still in the atmosphere of Lebaran holidays, yet the field team is still working hard to keep Indonesia smoke-free. “I am very grateful to them,” she said.

In recent days, said Siti Nurbaya, Manggala Agni, Daops (operation area) Aceh intensively has conducted karhutla handling in South Aceh assisted by Manggala Agni of Sibolangit Daops.

“Thank God, fires at several points have been put out. Karhutla in Ketapang, West Kalimantan, was also successfully overcome, but once I still ask the Manggala Agni to remain vigilant,” he said.(ant)

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Jalan Raya Ubud Shopping Street GIANYAR - Jalan Raya Ubud is the main street that runs right through the centre of Ubud Town, Bali’s artistic and cultural heartland.

Along this main shopping street in Ubud, you can find an eclectic mix of fashion boutiques, ranging from those that promote batiks and other traditional heritage textiles of Java, Bali and the East Nusa Tenggara Islands, to handmade lace and collections of international fashion designers. Local art shops abound, selling handicrafts, paintings, souvenirs and the common colourful

sarongs and beach cloths akin to what you’ll find at the Ubud Art Market. The total length of Jalan Jalan Raya Ubud spans an approximate two kilometres. From east to west, it starts from the bend at Jalan Raya Campuhan in front the Blanco Renaissance Museum, and ends at the junction of Jalan Cok Gde Rai and Jalan Raya Andong. The eastern end is marked by the towering, white Indra statue, depicting the Hindu god wielding his bow and arrow. Shopping here usually includes sightseeing and several stops

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Federer wins 98th ATP title in Stuttgart ahead of return to No 1

STUTTGART - Roger Federer claimed his 98th ATP title on Sunday and displayed his unrivalled superiority on grass with a 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) victory over Milos Raonic in the Stuttgart Cup final.

around the hub, as there are several landmarks on Jalan Raya worth exploring, including Puri Saren Royal Palace. It’s easy to navigate Ubud’s many interconnecting side streets, which are dense mini shopping streets themselves. These include Jalan Suweta (which runs north opposite Jalan Monkey Forest), Jalan Hanoman (runs south before turning west towards the Ubud Monkey Forest), and Jalan Hanoman, which is dotted with various yoga related shops and other ‘spiritual’ jewellery shops. (net)

The top-seeded Swiss beat his Canadian opponent for the 11th time in 14 meetings while winning a first Stuttgart title.

Federer, who will be chasing a ninth Wimbledon triumph next month, finally came good on the German grass on his third attempt after losing a semi-final in 2016 to Dominic Thiem and falling in the first round here a year ago to good friend Tommy Haas.

“I’m just very happy how I played this week,” the 20-time Grand Slam champion said. “I never felt bad on the court, to be honest.

“That’s a very encouraging feeling. In the last couple of days I’ve not dropped serve.

“I was there in the most important moments, breaking Milos (in the first set) was a good effort. It’s been a great week for me.”

The 36-year-old will regain the world number one ranking on Monday and is playing next week as top seed in Halle as he continues his comeback after skipping the clay-court season.

“It’s a great comeback for me,” Federer said after completing his 78-minute win.

“I’m so happy to win this tournament in my third attempt. We’ll see if being number one again will probably give me a boost.”

Federer secured a return to the top ATP ranking for a sixth time with his semi-final victory on Saturday over Australian Nick Kyrgios.

He takes the honour back from Rafael Nadal for the second time this season.

Federer kept tight control on the match as he claimed his third title of the season after

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Switzerland’s Roger Federer poses with the trophy in front of the winner’s car, a Mercedes-Benz E450, after he won against Canada’s Milos Raonic in the final match at the ATP Mercedes Cup tennis tournament in Stuttgart, southwestern Germany, on June 17, 2018. the Australian Open and Rotterdam and now owns 18 grass trophies including eight from Wimbledon.

“I think I played very well not having played for a while,” Federer added.

“Maybe I was a bit better on the big points.”

The Swiss broke twice in the first set to take it after 32 minutes when his opponent returned long over the baseline.

The second set stayed on serve into a tiebreaker.

A double fault from the Canadian followed by a return winner from the Swiss set

up three match points, with Federer needing only his first as Raonic netted a return.

Federer improved to 21-2 for the season after playing in the 24th grass final of his career.

Next week, he will open his Halle bid in the first round against Aljaz Bedene. (afp)

Koreas discuss joint teams at Asian Games

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A group of journalists inspext the newly renovated 2018 Asian Games’ velodrome stadium during a media tour, in Jakarta on June 8, 2018. Indonesia will host the 2018 Asian Games from August 18 to September 2 in Jakarta and Palembang.

SEOUL - The two Koreas on Monday discussed forming unified teams for the upcoming Asian Games in Indonesia to extend the burgeoning diplomacy on the peninsula that took off at the Winter Olympics.

At their historic summit in April, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in had agreed to joint participation in “international sports events such as the 2018 Asian Games”.

On the agenda for the meeting Monday are proposals for a joint march and unified teams for the Asian Games, said Jeon Choong-ryul, South Korea’s chief delegate.

The games will be held in Ja-

karta and Palembang from August 18 to September 2.

Officials will also discuss details of an inter-Korean basketball match, which was proposed by Kim at his summit with Moon.

“As witnessed at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, everyone knows that sports triggered the reconciliation between the South and North,” Jeon said before departing for the meeting.

The two Koreas formed their first-ever unified Olympic team -a joint women’s ice hockey squad -- for the 2018 Winter Games.

The idea for a joint team at Pyeongchang Olympics initially sparked backlash in the South, on the grounds that Seoul was depriv-

ing its own athletes of the chance to compete on the Olympic stage.

Ultimately, the sight of North and South Korean players wearing the same jerseys drew emotive responses from spectators and the squad quickly became an Olympic favourite, despite being thrashed all their matches.

The rapprochement on the Korean peninsula was triggered earlier this year when Kim decided to send athletes, cheerleaders and his sister as an envoy to the Pyeongchang Games.

Diplomatic efforts have gathered pace since, leading to a landmark summit between Kim and US President Donald Trump in Singapore last week. (afp)

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Salah return stands in Russia’s road to last 16

Mohamed Salah is a looming obstacle as Russia attempt to virtually secure their place in the knockout stages of the World Cup in Saint Petersburg on Tuesday. Fears that poor performances from the home side could dampen enthusiasm in the host nation were blown away by a 5-0 demolition of Saudi Arabia in the opening game.

The seven-time African champions will pose a much tougher task, but a lot will depend upon Salah’s fitness.

Liverpool star Salah has not featured since leaving the field in tears early in the Champions League final just over three weeks ago after landing heavily on his left shoulder and had to watch from the bench as Egypt lost 1-0 to Uruguay in their opening game.

Salah has been declared 100 percent fit by Egypt’s team doctor and his agent, leaving little doubt he will be thrown back into action

in the Pharaohs’ hour of need.

However, as he returned to training on Saturday, Salah was seen by AFP reporters at Egypt’s training camp in Grozny needing help from teammates to lift a training top over his head.

“Salah participated in training with his teammates for the entire session and he is ready to play against Russia according to technical staff,” Egypt’s team manager Ihab Leheta told FIFA.com.

Egypt coach Hector Cuper’s decision not to risk Salah against Uruguay may have been influ-

enced by the fact his side held out for 89 minutes before conceding to Jose Gimenez, by which time the Argentine had made all three of his substitutions.

“Russia’s game is fateful and difficult because of our defeat against Uruguay,” said Leheta.

“Winning is our only choice”.

- Most important game If fully fit, the sight of Salah, who scored 44 goals in a remarkable debut season at Liverpool, will strike fear into the Russians.

Concerns Russia could become just the second host nation

to bow out of the World Cup at the group stage after a sevengame winless run ahead of the tournament have been alleviated by a perfect start.

With Uruguay favourites to top the group, though, Russia are keen not to have to rely on getting something from their final group game against the two-time former world champions.

“The second game will be our most important one in the group stage,” said Russia’s deputy prime minister and former football federation president Vitaly Mutko after attending Russia’s training session on Sunday.

A close ally of President Vladimir Putin, Mutko oversaw preparations for the tournament at a cost of more than $13 billion.

“In the first match, everyone saw how much the players cared.

If we play up to our level, I don’t see any problems.”

Denis Cheryshev was Russia’s hero against Saudi Arabia as he came off the bench to score twice. And the Villarreal winger accepted it will be a more “interesting” clash if Salah is fit. “If he’s not there, does that mean our task becomes easy? Not at all,” he told FIFA.com “If he plays, it will be hard but more interesting. He’s one of the best and you always want to compete with the best and win.”

Russia will be without one of their key players, with Alan Dzagoev expected to miss the rest of the tournament with a hamstring injury.(afp)

KARIM JAAFAR / AFP

Egypt’s forward Mohamed Salah attends a training session at the Akhmat Arena stadium in Grozny on June 17, 2018, ahead of the team’s Russia World Cup 2018 Group A football match against Russia.

Mexico quakes with joy over World Cup upset win Thousands of jubilant Mexico supporters partied in the streets of the capital Sunday after their team’s shock 1-0 victory over World Cup holders Germany -- singing, dancing, blaring car horns and cheering El Tri. The earth literally moved in quakeprone Mexico City when Hirving “Chucky” Lozano smashed home the game-winning goal in the 35th minute at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium -- a football “earthquake of joy.”

Seismologists said that they had detected an “artificial” rumbling, possibly caused by “widespread jumping” when the goal was scored. Fans crammed into the Zocalo, the city’s main square, to celebrate.

“What happened today was an earthquake of joy for us -- just imagine, we beat the world champions!” said Laura Villegas, a 45-year-old merchant who downed her beer with tequila in one gulp.

“What happened hey, what happened hey, to the Germany that was going to beat us today?” the crowd

chanted.

President Enrique Pena Nieto joined the party, saying on Twitter: “Confirmed: Mexico competes and wins against the best in the world, Congratulations to @miseleccionmx!

Great match!”

Victory rallies erupted in other major cities such as Guadalajara, Toluca, Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez.

Coach Tite blamed first night nerves after Brazil’s bid for a sixth World Cup got off to a rocky start as Switzerland withstood an early onslaught to snatch a 1-1 draw in Rostov-on-Don on Sunday.

On the day when holders Germany were shocked 1-0 by Mexico, Brazil’s tag as pre-tournament favourites looked justified in a dominant first-half capped by Philippe Coutinho’s wonder strike to open the scoring.

However, Brazil paid for their failure to kill the game off when Steven Zuber powered home an equaliser from Xherdan Shaqiri’s corner five minutes after the break.

The pressure will now be on Brazil to kickstart their campaign when they face Costa Rica on Friday. The stalemate left Tite unimpressed.

“I’m not happy with this result.

Our finishing wasn’t good. We had 20 chances, but too many shots were off target. We should have made their keeper work harder than that.

“I put it down to stress, first match nerves, that’s true for me too,” the Brazil boss said. He added: “Up to their goal, I was satisfied. We were moving well.

Then they raised their game, and it took us 10 minutes to regain our rhythm. But once again, our finishing wasn’t good.” His Swiss counterpart Vladimir Petkovic had an understandably more upbeat assessment of the game.

“I’m proud of my lads. I hope this will mean we are taken seriously,” he said. Earlier, Serbia beat Los Ticos 1-0 to move to the top of Group F. Coutinho had been handed a central role behind Neymar, on his first competitive game for four months, Gabriel Jesus and Willian in a lineup filled with attacking intent.

The five-time world champions went about their task of erasing the memories of a 7-1 thrashing by Germany on home soil four years ago purposefully early on.

Paulinho passed up a glorious

- ‘Lozano for president’ Throughout the capital, the streets filled with exhilarated fans, on foot, bicycles, motorbikes or in cars. Some blasted their car stereos, while others shrieked in glee.

Amid the cacophonous bustle, a veteran violinist played the traditional tune “Cielito Lindo” -- roughly translated as “Lovely Sweet One.” The victory was a heart-stopping one, but “a small goal is still a goal,” said the musician, while fans left coins in his instrument case.

One female fan, a flag in her hand and the national colors painted on her

cheeks, screamed: “We are an Aztec warrior force!”

“Lozano for president, Lozano for president!” fans cheered -- not forgetting that the country will hold elections to choose a new leader on July 1.

Ana Maria Contreras, a primary school teacher, came with her children and even dogs decked out in El Tri’s signature green jerseys to join the festivities. “We have shown that we can compete with any power. And I hope that whoever wins as president also knows how to lead us to victory,” she said.(AFP) Mexico’s coach Juan Carlos Osorio (L) celebrates their win with Mexico’s goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa during the Russia 2018 World Cup Group F football match between Germany and Mexico at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on June 17, 2018.

Brazil suffer first night nerves in Swiss stalemate

chance when his scuffed effort from close range was turned behind by Yann Sommer.

It seemed a matter of time before Brazil’s pressure paid dividends and the opener arrived in stunning style on 20 minutes.

Barcelona’s record signing picked up a loose ball on the edge of the area and in trademark fashion bent the ball crashing in off Sommer’s far post.

Neymar looked bright despite his lack of match practice as he teased the Swiss defence provoking yellow cards for Stephan Lichtsteiner, Fabian Schar and Valon Behrami.

However, Brazil failed to build on their lead as Thiago Silva and Jesus headed off target from dangerous corners and were made to pay early in the second-half.

Switzerland had offered barely any attacking threat before levelling when Zuber took advantage of a gaping hole in the heart of the Brazilian defence to head home Shaqiri’s corner.(AFP)

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Salah return stands in Russia’s road to last 16

Mohamed Salah is a looming obstacle as Russia attempt to virtually secure their place in the knockout stages of the World Cup in Saint Petersburg on Tuesday. Fears that poor performances from the home side could dampen enthusiasm in the host nation were blown away by a 5-0 demolition of Saudi Arabia in the opening game.

The seven-time African champions will pose a much tougher task, but a lot will depend upon Salah’s fitness.

Liverpool star Salah has not featured since leaving the field in tears early in the Champions League final just over three weeks ago after landing heavily on his left shoulder and had to watch from the bench as Egypt lost 1-0 to Uruguay in their opening game.

Salah has been declared 100 percent fit by Egypt’s team doctor and his agent, leaving little doubt he will be thrown back into action

in the Pharaohs’ hour of need.

However, as he returned to training on Saturday, Salah was seen by AFP reporters at Egypt’s training camp in Grozny needing help from teammates to lift a training top over his head.

“Salah participated in training with his teammates for the entire session and he is ready to play against Russia according to technical staff,” Egypt’s team manager Ihab Leheta told FIFA.com.

Egypt coach Hector Cuper’s decision not to risk Salah against Uruguay may have been influ-

enced by the fact his side held out for 89 minutes before conceding to Jose Gimenez, by which time the Argentine had made all three of his substitutions.

“Russia’s game is fateful and difficult because of our defeat against Uruguay,” said Leheta.

“Winning is our only choice”.

- Most important game If fully fit, the sight of Salah, who scored 44 goals in a remarkable debut season at Liverpool, will strike fear into the Russians.

Concerns Russia could become just the second host nation

to bow out of the World Cup at the group stage after a sevengame winless run ahead of the tournament have been alleviated by a perfect start.

With Uruguay favourites to top the group, though, Russia are keen not to have to rely on getting something from their final group game against the two-time former world champions.

“The second game will be our most important one in the group stage,” said Russia’s deputy prime minister and former football federation president Vitaly Mutko after attending Russia’s training session on Sunday.

A close ally of President Vladimir Putin, Mutko oversaw preparations for the tournament at a cost of more than $13 billion.

“In the first match, everyone saw how much the players cared.

If we play up to our level, I don’t see any problems.”

Denis Cheryshev was Russia’s hero against Saudi Arabia as he came off the bench to score twice. And the Villarreal winger accepted it will be a more “interesting” clash if Salah is fit. “If he’s not there, does that mean our task becomes easy? Not at all,” he told FIFA.com “If he plays, it will be hard but more interesting. He’s one of the best and you always want to compete with the best and win.”

Russia will be without one of their key players, with Alan Dzagoev expected to miss the rest of the tournament with a hamstring injury.(afp)

KARIM JAAFAR / AFP

Egypt’s forward Mohamed Salah attends a training session at the Akhmat Arena stadium in Grozny on June 17, 2018, ahead of the team’s Russia World Cup 2018 Group A football match against Russia.

Mexico quakes with joy over World Cup upset win Thousands of jubilant Mexico supporters partied in the streets of the capital Sunday after their team’s shock 1-0 victory over World Cup holders Germany -- singing, dancing, blaring car horns and cheering El Tri. The earth literally moved in quakeprone Mexico City when Hirving “Chucky” Lozano smashed home the game-winning goal in the 35th minute at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium -- a football “earthquake of joy.”

Seismologists said that they had detected an “artificial” rumbling, possibly caused by “widespread jumping” when the goal was scored. Fans crammed into the Zocalo, the city’s main square, to celebrate.

“What happened today was an earthquake of joy for us -- just imagine, we beat the world champions!” said Laura Villegas, a 45-year-old merchant who downed her beer with tequila in one gulp.

“What happened hey, what happened hey, to the Germany that was going to beat us today?” the crowd

chanted.

President Enrique Pena Nieto joined the party, saying on Twitter: “Confirmed: Mexico competes and wins against the best in the world, Congratulations to @miseleccionmx!

Great match!”

Victory rallies erupted in other major cities such as Guadalajara, Toluca, Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez.

Coach Tite blamed first night nerves after Brazil’s bid for a sixth World Cup got off to a rocky start as Switzerland withstood an early onslaught to snatch a 1-1 draw in Rostov-on-Don on Sunday.

On the day when holders Germany were shocked 1-0 by Mexico, Brazil’s tag as pre-tournament favourites looked justified in a dominant first-half capped by Philippe Coutinho’s wonder strike to open the scoring.

However, Brazil paid for their failure to kill the game off when Steven Zuber powered home an equaliser from Xherdan Shaqiri’s corner five minutes after the break.

The pressure will now be on Brazil to kickstart their campaign when they face Costa Rica on Friday. The stalemate left Tite unimpressed.

“I’m not happy with this result.

Our finishing wasn’t good. We had 20 chances, but too many shots were off target. We should have made their keeper work harder than that.

“I put it down to stress, first match nerves, that’s true for me too,” the Brazil boss said. He added: “Up to their goal, I was satisfied. We were moving well.

Then they raised their game, and it took us 10 minutes to regain our rhythm. But once again, our finishing wasn’t good.” His Swiss counterpart Vladimir Petkovic had an understandably more upbeat assessment of the game.

“I’m proud of my lads. I hope this will mean we are taken seriously,” he said. Earlier, Serbia beat Los Ticos 1-0 to move to the top of Group F. Coutinho had been handed a central role behind Neymar, on his first competitive game for four months, Gabriel Jesus and Willian in a lineup filled with attacking intent.

The five-time world champions went about their task of erasing the memories of a 7-1 thrashing by Germany on home soil four years ago purposefully early on.

Paulinho passed up a glorious

- ‘Lozano for president’ Throughout the capital, the streets filled with exhilarated fans, on foot, bicycles, motorbikes or in cars. Some blasted their car stereos, while others shrieked in glee.

Amid the cacophonous bustle, a veteran violinist played the traditional tune “Cielito Lindo” -- roughly translated as “Lovely Sweet One.” The victory was a heart-stopping one, but “a small goal is still a goal,” said the musician, while fans left coins in his instrument case.

One female fan, a flag in her hand and the national colors painted on her

cheeks, screamed: “We are an Aztec warrior force!”

“Lozano for president, Lozano for president!” fans cheered -- not forgetting that the country will hold elections to choose a new leader on July 1.

Ana Maria Contreras, a primary school teacher, came with her children and even dogs decked out in El Tri’s signature green jerseys to join the festivities. “We have shown that we can compete with any power. And I hope that whoever wins as president also knows how to lead us to victory,” she said.(AFP) Mexico’s coach Juan Carlos Osorio (L) celebrates their win with Mexico’s goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa during the Russia 2018 World Cup Group F football match between Germany and Mexico at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on June 17, 2018.

Brazil suffer first night nerves in Swiss stalemate

chance when his scuffed effort from close range was turned behind by Yann Sommer.

It seemed a matter of time before Brazil’s pressure paid dividends and the opener arrived in stunning style on 20 minutes.

Barcelona’s record signing picked up a loose ball on the edge of the area and in trademark fashion bent the ball crashing in off Sommer’s far post.

Neymar looked bright despite his lack of match practice as he teased the Swiss defence provoking yellow cards for Stephan Lichtsteiner, Fabian Schar and Valon Behrami.

However, Brazil failed to build on their lead as Thiago Silva and Jesus headed off target from dangerous corners and were made to pay early in the second-half.

Switzerland had offered barely any attacking threat before levelling when Zuber took advantage of a gaping hole in the heart of the Brazilian defence to head home Shaqiri’s corner.(AFP)

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Jalan Raya Ubud Shopping Street GIANYAR - Jalan Raya Ubud is the main street that runs right through the centre of Ubud Town, Bali’s artistic and cultural heartland.

Along this main shopping street in Ubud, you can find an eclectic mix of fashion boutiques, ranging from those that promote batiks and other traditional heritage textiles of Java, Bali and the East Nusa Tenggara Islands, to handmade lace and collections of international fashion designers. Local art shops abound, selling handicrafts, paintings, souvenirs and the common colourful

sarongs and beach cloths akin to what you’ll find at the Ubud Art Market. The total length of Jalan Jalan Raya Ubud spans an approximate two kilometres. From east to west, it starts from the bend at Jalan Raya Campuhan in front the Blanco Renaissance Museum, and ends at the junction of Jalan Cok Gde Rai and Jalan Raya Andong. The eastern end is marked by the towering, white Indra statue, depicting the Hindu god wielding his bow and arrow. Shopping here usually includes sightseeing and several stops

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International

Federer wins 98th ATP title in Stuttgart ahead of return to No 1

STUTTGART - Roger Federer claimed his 98th ATP title on Sunday and displayed his unrivalled superiority on grass with a 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) victory over Milos Raonic in the Stuttgart Cup final.

around the hub, as there are several landmarks on Jalan Raya worth exploring, including Puri Saren Royal Palace. It’s easy to navigate Ubud’s many interconnecting side streets, which are dense mini shopping streets themselves. These include Jalan Suweta (which runs north opposite Jalan Monkey Forest), Jalan Hanoman (runs south before turning west towards the Ubud Monkey Forest), and Jalan Hanoman, which is dotted with various yoga related shops and other ‘spiritual’ jewellery shops. (net)

The top-seeded Swiss beat his Canadian opponent for the 11th time in 14 meetings while winning a first Stuttgart title.

Federer, who will be chasing a ninth Wimbledon triumph next month, finally came good on the German grass on his third attempt after losing a semi-final in 2016 to Dominic Thiem and falling in the first round here a year ago to good friend Tommy Haas.

“I’m just very happy how I played this week,” the 20-time Grand Slam champion said. “I never felt bad on the court, to be honest.

“That’s a very encouraging feeling. In the last couple of days I’ve not dropped serve.

“I was there in the most important moments, breaking Milos (in the first set) was a good effort. It’s been a great week for me.”

The 36-year-old will regain the world number one ranking on Monday and is playing next week as top seed in Halle as he continues his comeback after skipping the clay-court season.

“It’s a great comeback for me,” Federer said after completing his 78-minute win.

“I’m so happy to win this tournament in my third attempt. We’ll see if being number one again will probably give me a boost.”

Federer secured a return to the top ATP ranking for a sixth time with his semi-final victory on Saturday over Australian Nick Kyrgios.

He takes the honour back from Rafael Nadal for the second time this season.

Federer kept tight control on the match as he claimed his third title of the season after

THOMAS KIENZLE / AFP

Switzerland’s Roger Federer poses with the trophy in front of the winner’s car, a Mercedes-Benz E450, after he won against Canada’s Milos Raonic in the final match at the ATP Mercedes Cup tennis tournament in Stuttgart, southwestern Germany, on June 17, 2018. the Australian Open and Rotterdam and now owns 18 grass trophies including eight from Wimbledon.

“I think I played very well not having played for a while,” Federer added.

“Maybe I was a bit better on the big points.”

The Swiss broke twice in the first set to take it after 32 minutes when his opponent returned long over the baseline.

The second set stayed on serve into a tiebreaker.

A double fault from the Canadian followed by a return winner from the Swiss set

up three match points, with Federer needing only his first as Raonic netted a return.

Federer improved to 21-2 for the season after playing in the 24th grass final of his career.

Next week, he will open his Halle bid in the first round against Aljaz Bedene. (afp)

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A group of journalists inspext the newly renovated 2018 Asian Games’ velodrome stadium during a media tour, in Jakarta on June 8, 2018. Indonesia will host the 2018 Asian Games from August 18 to September 2 in Jakarta and Palembang.

SEOUL - The two Koreas on Monday discussed forming unified teams for the upcoming Asian Games in Indonesia to extend the burgeoning diplomacy on the peninsula that took off at the Winter Olympics.

At their historic summit in April, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in had agreed to joint participation in “international sports events such as the 2018 Asian Games”.

On the agenda for the meeting Monday are proposals for a joint march and unified teams for the Asian Games, said Jeon Choong-ryul, South Korea’s chief delegate.

The games will be held in Ja-

karta and Palembang from August 18 to September 2.

Officials will also discuss details of an inter-Korean basketball match, which was proposed by Kim at his summit with Moon.

“As witnessed at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, everyone knows that sports triggered the reconciliation between the South and North,” Jeon said before departing for the meeting.

The two Koreas formed their first-ever unified Olympic team -a joint women’s ice hockey squad -- for the 2018 Winter Games.

The idea for a joint team at Pyeongchang Olympics initially sparked backlash in the South, on the grounds that Seoul was depriv-

ing its own athletes of the chance to compete on the Olympic stage.

Ultimately, the sight of North and South Korean players wearing the same jerseys drew emotive responses from spectators and the squad quickly became an Olympic favourite, despite being thrashed all their matches.

The rapprochement on the Korean peninsula was triggered earlier this year when Kim decided to send athletes, cheerleaders and his sister as an envoy to the Pyeongchang Games.

Diplomatic efforts have gathered pace since, leading to a landmark summit between Kim and US President Donald Trump in Singapore last week. (afp)

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Merkel faces ultimatum from ally over migrants countries at the EU’s geographic southern periphery alone to deal with the migrant influx.

Instead, she wants to find a common European solution at the June 28-29 EU summit.

Top brass from Merkel’s CDU and Seehofer’s CSU party are huddling for separate talks in Berlin and Munich.

Both party leaders are expected to address the media on Monday afternoon.

Ahead of the meetings, CSU secretary general Markus Blume said Seehofer’s “masterplan” on migration had the party’s “full support”.

include a 2016 Christmas market attack by a failed Tunisian asylum seeker and the recent rape-murder of a teenage girl allegedly by an Iraqi.

With an eye on October’s Bavaria state election, the CSU is anxious to assure voters that it has a roadmap to curb the migrant influx.

Seehofer struck a more conciliatory tone when he told Bild on Sunday that “it is not in the CSU’s interest to topple the chancellor, to dissolve the CDU-CSU union or to break up the coalition. (afp)

- Anti-immigrant boost Popular misgivings over the massive migrant influx have given populist and anti-immigration forces a boost across several European nations, including Italy and Austria where far-right parties are now sharing power.

In Germany, voters in September’s elections handed Merkel her poorest score ever, giving seats for the first time to the far-right anti-Islam AfD. Several high profile crimes by migrants have also fuelled anger. They

German Chancellor Angela Merkel passes by a EU flag as she leaves a press conference with NATO General Secretary in the Chancellery in Berlin on June 15, 2018, ahead of the alliance’s summit, overshadowed by tensions between Europeans and US.

US lawmakers, first lady call for end to migrant family separations

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In this file photo taken on May 7, 2018 US First Lady Melania Trump announces her “Be Best” children’s initiative in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, May 7, 2018.

WASHINGTON - Democratic and Republican lawmakers upped the ante Sunday on the thorny issue of the separation of migrant children from their parents at the

US border, as First Lady Melania Trump made a rare political plea to end the deeply controversial practice.

The “zero-tolerance” border

security policy implemented by President Donald Trump’s administration has sparked outrage on both sides of the political aisle and took on particular resonance as America celebrated Father’s Day. Trump has said he wants the separations to end, but continues to blame opposition Democrats for the crisis, which critics say is one of his own making.

His wife, who does not often wade into the political arena, did not denounce his administration’s policy, but instead called for bipartisan immigration reform to fix the issue.

“Mrs Trump hates to see children separated from their families and hopes both sides of the aisle can finally come together to achieve successful immigration reform,” her spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham told CNN. “She believes we need to be a country that follows all laws, but also a country that governs with heart.”

Immigration is one of the most divisive, hot-button crises plaguing the Trump administration.

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Minister asks people not to shoot crocodile roaming at pier

MUNICH - Hardliners of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc are poised Monday to give the German leader an ultimatum to tighten asylum rules or risk pitching the country into a political crisis, as tensions over migration reignite across the EU. Three years after her decision to open Germany’s borders to migrants fleeing war in Syria and Iraq and misery elsewhere, Merkel is still struggling to find a sustainable response to the complaints from her Bavarian allies CSU over her refugee policy.

Monday is “destiny day for Angela Merkel. For the government,” wrote the mass-circulation newspaper Bild on Sunday.

European Union countries are once again at loggerheads over migration, triggered by Italy’s recent refusal to allow a rescue ship carrying 630 migrants to dock.

Malta also turned the vessel away, sparking a major EU row until Spain agreed to take in the migrants.

In Germany, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer of the CSU has been one of the fiercest critics of Merkel’s liberal stance, under which a million asylum seekers have been admitted into Germany since 2015.

He now wants to turn away at the border new arrivals who have previously been registered in another EU country -- often their first port of call, Italy or Greece.

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During one recent six-week period, the government said nearly 2,000 minors were separated from their parents or adult guardians -- a figure that only stoked the firestorm. The number of separations has jumped since early May, when Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that all migrants illegally crossing the US border with Mexico would be arrested, regardless of whether the adults were seeking asylum.

Since children cannot be sent to the facilities where their parents are held, they are separated.

Some of Trump’s fellow Republicans have said the policy must end.

“What the administration has decided to do is to separate children from their parents to try to send a message that if you cross the border with children, your children are going to be ripped away from you,” Senator Susan Collins told CBS television’s “Face the Nation” news program.

“That’s traumatizing to the children who are innocent victims, and

it is contrary to our values in this country.”

Amid deep divisions, congressional Republicans have struggled to craft a viable immigration plan.

The Republican-led House of Representatives may vote this week on two immigration measures -- a hardline bill and a compromise measure that would limit legal immigration while also ending family separations.

After touring a processing center in McAllen, Texas on Sunday, a group of Democratic lawmakers warned of the “irreparable harm” caused by the separations, repeating a phrase used by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

“This new policy of the Trump administration... is undermining the founding values of this country,” said Representative David Cicilline.

“We saw the fear in the eyes of these children who are wondering when they will see their parent ever again. It’s a disgrace, it’s shameful and it’s un-American.” (afp)

JAKARTA - Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar has called on the people not to shoot a crocodile which is roaming at Pulau Dayung Pier, Tanjung Priok, Noth Jakarta. The minister said that instead of shooting the animal the people should catch and evacuate it with nets in order to prevent it from attacking the locals.

Siti Nurbaya conveyed the matter to the press in a written statement in Jakarta on Sunday related to the 2.5-meter crocodile that appeared at the Pier of Pulau Dayung Island. The minister asked that the animal should not to be shot. However, it is necessary to prepare an immediate evacuation measure so as not to threaten the safety of the surrounding community.

“We have asked the naval base (Lantamal) officials not to shoot with the firearms of the animal. The crocodile is now in saline water area that is not its habitat. With saline water, the crocodile can at last die,” said Siti Nurbaya. Being in public waters, the crocodile needs to be evacuated for the public safety.

The evacuation measures, said Minister Siti, should be coordinated with Lantamal and Taman Impian Jaya Ancol Management.

In addition the conservation agency team is identifying the case.

“Today the conservation field team is still on standby with the management of Ancol and Lantamal. Safty nets to the Ancol boundary have also been installed,” she said.

Until now, the causes for the crocodile to roam around the beach are now yet known. To that end the minister has asked the conservation agency director general and relevant directors to continue to seek information why the crocodile is there. “Basically, crocodiles are freshwater animals,” said Siti Nurbaya.

Nurbaya has requested the relevant ranks to check all the conservation institutions or or captive breeding around Pluit in North Jakarta. “It is very unlikely that the crocodile is in that location because of natural factors,” she said. The crocodile was shot while appearing in Pondok Duyung Pier, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, on Friday (June 15). The shot hit two spots on the crocodile`s body.

But the crocodile disappeared after the shot.(ant)

Minister reviews forest fires during Eid holidays

JAKARTA - The Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya Bakar took to the field to monitor the handling of forest and land fires in the country during Eid Fitr or Lebaran holidays.

“In addition to monitoring the reports of forest and land fires (karhutla) every day, I monitored the handling of karhutla yesterday on plane to some areas,” said Siti Nurbaya in a written statement received in Jakarta on Sunday. The air monitoring conducted on the weekend or the second day of Eid Fitr covers some of the fire prone points of forest and land in Sumatra.

Siti Nurbaya expressed her gratitude for the dedication of Manggala Agni (forest fire control team) members of the Environment and Forestry (KLHK). The team is

composed of members of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI), National Police (Polri), BPBD (Local disaster mitigation agency), Care for Fires Community (MPA) and related parties who tirelessly tackled karhutla during the dry season as it is today.

Although it is still in the atmosphere of Lebaran holidays, yet the field team is still working hard to keep Indonesia smoke-free. “I am very grateful to them,” she said.

In recent days, said Siti Nurbaya, Manggala Agni, Daops (operation area) Aceh intensively has conducted karhutla handling in South Aceh assisted by Manggala Agni of Sibolangit Daops.

“Thank God, fires at several points have been put out. Karhutla in Ketapang, West Kalimantan, was also successfully overcome, but once I still ask the Manggala Agni to remain vigilant,” he said.(ant)

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BUSINESS US property crisis looms as sea level rises, experts warn

- ‘Slow-moving disaster’ To make the risks clearer to people, UCS released a searchable online map that shows where the risks are highest, available at www. ucsusa.org/underwater. The online realty site Zillow provided data for the analysis but did not take part in the scientific research. The projections use a high-end scenario for sea level rise because that is an “appropriately conservative projection to use” when estimating risk to homes, often people’s largest asset, Cleetus said.

Chronic inundation is defined in the report as flooding that happens at least 26 times a year. By 2045, rising seas are expected to bring an extra 1.8 feet (55 centimeters) of water along Florida’s coast,

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At Panji Village, A Sanction Imposed to People Getting Married Outside

Aside from uniqueness of worship in the grave, the Kuningan celebration on Saturday (Jun. 9) in Buleleng was also filled by residents with naur sesaon ceremony. It must be performed by every Panji villager having got married outside the village or even with foreign citizens. This is a heritage set forth in the awig-awig (bylaws) of Panji customary village, Sukasada.

Along sun-splashed shorelines in the US state of Florida, home prices are on the rise, developers are busy building new complexes, and listings just blocks from the beach describe homes that are “not in a flood zone,” meaning no flood insurance is required. But experts warn that ignoring sea level rise won’t prevent a looming economic crisis caused by water-logged homes that will someday become unsafe, uninhabitable and too costly to insure.

A reality check may come sooner than many may think, according to a report out Monday by the Union of Concerned Scientists, which finds as many as 64,000 coastal residences worth $26 billion in Florida are at risk of chronic flooding in the next 30 years, the life of a typical mortgage.

Across the United States, 311,000 coastal homes with a collective market value of about $120 billion in today’s dollars are at risk of chronic flooding by 2045, it said. By century’s end, if current trends continue, more than $1 trillion in commercial and private US property may be at risk, “with Florida’s coastal real estate among the most exposed,” said the report.

And it’s not because of the increased risk of hurricanes or storm surge. Rather, the danger comes from flooding due to hide tides -- sometimes called sunny day floods, or nuisance flooding -- when water pools into streets, sidewalks, storefronts and homes.

“This risk is relatively near-term, well before places go underwater completely, and even in the absence of storms,” said Rachel Cleetus, lead economist and policy director with the Climate and Energy program at the UCS. Coastal real estate markets are not currently factoring in these risks, she told AFP. “But market perceptions can shift and they can shift quickly in some places,” she added, describing a market correction as “inevitable.”

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Residents will do naur sesaon coinciding with Tumpek Kuningan.

At the same time, they hold ngebeken ceremony falling on Kuningan Day. Both women and men undertake naur sesaon with ritual paraphernalia consisting of peras pejati in the innermost courtyard of the temple. The offerings are presented by local temple priest. After presenting them, the people presenting the offerings represented by men also give donations recorded directly by the village apparatus.

Formerly, it amounted to IDR 20,000 but currently it has been revised to IDR 30,000. Chief of Panji customary village, I Gusti Ketut Susila Darma, said the naur sesaon ceremony has been set forth in the local customary awig-awig.

Anyone who has got married outside the village is forbidden to violate the norms having been enforced through generations. Local people believe that citizens having not done the naur sesaon, the family concerned will experience negative things. He pointed out the negative things can be suffering from illness to disharmonious in the family life. “Indeed, the evidence has never been seen, but local people have believed in the prohibition. If they dare to violate, the impact will be experienced by the family itself,” he said.

According to Susila, the offerings or donations paid by every family getting married outside the Panji village will not incriminate every husband. Behind the local norms (dresta), it is believed to be a medium of invoking guidance and mercy for every married persons outside the village so they can live a harmonious life. “Although they have done the naur sesaon, our citizens believe that every piodalan (temple festival) on Tumpek Kuningan they should be coming to say prayers to invoke prosperity and harmony in the family relationship,” he explained. (kmb)

Traditional Games, an Application of Hindu Teachings

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This photo taken on June 16, 2018 shows a low-lying home near sea level in the Indian Beach neighborhood of Sarasota, Florida. Along Florida’s sun-splashed shorelines, home prices are on the rise, developers are busy building new complexes, and listings just blocks from the beach describe homes that are “not in a flood zone,” meaning no flood insurance is required. according to the UCS report. By 2100, Florida can expect an average of 6.4 extra feet of water -- an awful lot given that the state’s average elevation above sea level is only about six feet, with many places three feet or below.

“This is a slow-moving disaster,” said Cleetus. The low-lying Tampa Bay area, Miami and The Keys island chain face the most peril from sea level rise. One worry is that insurance premiums will increase so much that coastal homes become unaffordable for those with fixed or lower incomes.

Local governments may decide to cut power and water to flooded neighborhoods.

Many will risk losing their largest financial asset -– their homes -- and municipalities will forfeit huge amounts of revenue from property taxes. In Florida alone, the “homes at risk by 2100 currently contribute roughly $5 billion collectively in annual property tax revenue,” said the report.

- ‘If it rains...’ The problem of outdated flood maps

long predates US President Donald Trump, who has called global warming a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese, quit the Paris climate accords and rolled back environmental protections since taking office. According to Desiree Companion, a certified floodplain manager employed by Sarasota County, the US government-issued flood maps that people consult when building or buying a home are decades old in many places.

During a free seminar at a local library this month, she said residents often tell her they don’t need flood insurance because they aren’t in a high-risk zone. “If it rains where you are, you’d best be getting it,” she told the seven people gathered in a library meeting room, where most of the 50 seats were empty. Federal flood maps are based on risk of a “100-year-event,” defined as 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain falling in 24 hours, she explained. Last year’s Hurricane Harvey dropped 51 inches over Texas in that amount of time. “Everybody is in a flood zone,” she said.

- Who is to blame? Inaccurate flood risk information is just one of many factors fueling the crisis, said Jeffrey Huber, an assistant professor in the school of architecture at Florida Atlantic University. “Nowhere is a realtor required to actually tell someone that the property they are purchasing is vulnerable to sea level rise,” he told AFP. “Who is telling them that their property is vulnerable if not a realtor? If not an architect?” Most developers know, and so do most municipalities, he added. “The general audience isn’t necessarily educated enough to know.” Solutions may be complex, but making significant cuts to greenhouse gas emissions would help, said report co-author Astrid Caldas, a senior scientist at UCS. As much as 85 percent of the property at risk might be saved if the Paris Agreement goals are met, limiting warming to a maximum of 3.6 F (2 C) this century, she said.

“The longer we wait to drastically reduce emissions, the less likely it is that we will achieve this outcome.” (afp)

Traditional games look very simple. They always dwell on nature and get very close to the habits existing in the local social environment. This type of game seems to have no limit because almost all places can be used as a playground. This ancient game has many benefits such as learning sportsmanship, honesty, discipline and respect.

These values ??thrive because they always make dissemination to friends in the environment becoming their natural playground.

Accepting defeat and recognizing the opponent’s victory in the game is an example of a sportsmanlike attitude. In addition to training physical endurance, the traditional games are also to hone the intelligence because when playing the children must be able to set the strategy.

Rector of the State Hindu Dharma Institute (IHDN) Denpasar, Prof. Dr. I Gusti Ngurah Sudiana, said that traditional games in Bali can become a medium for dissemination. In the games, they will always invite others as a reflection of cooperation. “In the game, there

is a lesson for mutual respect and apologies if something goes wrong and rewards when someone wins,” he said.

The games also have very positive influence because it forces the children to be creative as they also demand higher creativity. Such activity can also increase self-confidence because there are elements to train communication. Children as players of the game become more confident and democratic. “When determining a leader or punishment for the offending child, they do by agreement,” added Sudiana.

Besides, said this Chairman of Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) of Bali, traditional games are also part of the application of Hindu teachings such as philosophy (tattva), karmic law, tat tvam asi (You are that (God)) and Tri Kaya Parisudha. “When viewed from an educational perspective, people learn from nature.

Meanwhile, if learning from cultural theories, people learn from others and the environment,” he explained.

When playing, they always make others happy, in addition to

make them happy. In Sundaram’s teachings meaning beauty it will be able to make others happy and peaceful. It is also the teaching of yadnya (sincere sacrifice). Peacefulness makes them not quarrel, fight but strengthen friendship.

Moreover, the teachings of Karmic law limit them from doing arbitrarily. They realize if doing wrong and doing not good, they will get punishment from friends according to mutual agreement.

Therefore a child will not dare to hurt his friend. Because, if he is hurt will also feel the same. It is in accordance with the teaching of tat tvam asi.

The real application of Hinduism is the Tri Kaya Parisuda teaching, meaning think good, say good and do goodness. After performing the games, they uphold the values ??of honesty, though not told before.

“It happens due to the influence of creative culture of children’s minds, especially through religious teaching,” he added.

According to Prof. Sudiana, traditional games in Bali are inspired by the teachings of Hinduism interpreted innocently

by children. The games can be inspired by ritual activities, and so can the games into activity. For example, a ritual activity of sesuwunan (sanctified effigies) can then become a game such as in the mebarong-barongan (barong-like game), and mengunying-ngunyingan. On the contrary, a game can become a ritual procession, like the making of barong bangkung (boar) that can become sesuwunan because it passes through trance process.

Nevertheless, playing traditional games is not a form of offering, but an activity to fulfill the desire to interact with other children, relieve stress and saturation as well as grow creativity. More importantly, children can learn in their own environment. “Children of the past made the natural surroundings into a medium of their game. Certainly it is from the results of their creativity, not consumptive like many children do in the current era,” he explained. (kmb)

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Three dead, 200 hurt as strong quake jolts Japan’s Osaka

TOKYO - A powerful quake rocked Japan’s second city of Osaka on Monday, killing three people including a nine-yearold girl and injuring more than 200, according to an official tally.

Visitors to Kuta Beach hoped to comply with installed cautions

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MANGUPURA - Unlike on normal days, during the Eid al Fitr 1439 Hijri holiday of this year, Kuta Beach area was invaded by visitors. As seen on Sunday (Jun. 17), Kuta beach remained to become one of the favorite tourist destinations to domestic and foreign tourists.

Moreover, the number of tourist visits amounted to four times of the usual days. They were dominated by tourists from outside Bali having flooded Kuta Beach since the day before Eid al Fitr as conveyed by the head of Kuta Beach Lifesaver

(Balawista), Dewa Dwilaksana, on Sunday (Jun. 17).

He said that most visitors came on Friday (Jun. 15) or right on the Eid al Fitr and the day after. Nevertheless, he admitted the number of tourist visit is seen to have

declined. He estimated the decline happens in line with the ending of the long Eid holidays.

According to him, with the increasing visit to Kuta Beach, surely the security problem of visitor remains a priority. However, as rescue team he

did not do special preparation. Surveillance and supervision to visitors are carried out as usual in accordance with the standards. However, the participation of visitors is also needed.

“We hope that all visitors to keep abreast of the cautions having been installed. Meanwhile, we are unable to predict when the accident happens.

Though it is our destiny, but at least we remain vigilant by always monitoring

every post as usual,” he concluded.

He said that although the visit is dominated by domestic tourists, foreign tourists are also seen to show an increase. Currently, foreign tourists start to look a lot, mainly those from Australia. “Tourists from Australia look to have increased because this Kangaroo country has currently started entering holiday season,” he said. (kmb23)

Dry season getting hotter

Pejukutan residents spend millions to buy water

SEMARAPURA - Dry season has hit Nusa Penida Islands, Klungkung. Moreover, the weather has been getting hotter within the past

few months. This condition causes residents of Pejukutan village to buy clean water to meet their daily needs.

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Dry season condition causes residents of Pejukutan village to buy clean water to meet their daily needs.

A local villager, I Nyoman Yudiadnyanawan, revealed the condition has been going on since two months ago. No doubt, such high expenditure is quite burdensome to society, especially to the middle-low economy. “People, including me, are still unable to resolve the water issue yet and in this season they start to buy,” he said last Sunday (Jun. 17).

The price is quite expensive where 2,000 liters are purchased at IDR 500,000. It is just enough to meet the needs of bathing and toilet. People raising livestock or cultivating land will need higher amount. “It’s quite increasing the expenditure up to IDR 1.5 million a month to buy water,” he said.

When entering the current long holiday season, tourists visiting the village tend to increase both local and foreign tourists. The water crisis occurred over the years certainly affects their comfort. “Today,

it’s already crowded here. Water is an important necessity, but hard to get. Automatically, it has an impact on tourism,” explained this former headman for two periods.

Similarly, he delivered about the impact of water crisis hampering physical development such as the tourist accommodation. “On the one hand, tourism sector is encouraged to grow, but on the other hand, there remains a problem.

People having the capital become half-hearted to develop tourism,” he complained.

To alleviate the burden of society, the Klungkung Municipality Waterworks (PDAM) is said to have provided water supply. However, it has not been able to reach thoroughly because of the limitations of the tank truck. “PDAM has dropped water, but it cannot run every hour,” he said.

The handling of this classic problem has often been passed on

to the government. Hopefully, the use of water at Guyangan spring, Batukandik village, can be maximized as this program has been initiated about five years ago. “To distribute water from the source is indeed geographically constrained.

Nevertheless, we really hope it can be maximized,” he said.

Director of PDAM Klungkung, I Nyoman Renin Suyasa, explained that so far the supply of water to a number of areas on the Blue Paradise Island stays to rely on one tank truck.

If required, the company will send another unit. “We are still waiting for the report from the local technical unit.

If additional truck is required, we will bring one more,” he explained.

This official from Nusa Penida mentioned the service also refers to the request. “There is water supply provided free of charge, depending on who asks. If hotel, it certainly cannot as there is a rule,” he said. (kmb45)

Television images showed buildings swaying and burst pipes spewing water after the quake, which struck at the height of rush hour in the city of around two million.

However, there was no largescale destruction and no tsunami warning issued after the earthquake, although commuters were stranded and tens of thousands were left without power.

Among the casualties was a nine-year-old girl who died in the city of Takatsuki north of Osaka, reportedly trapped by a collapsed wall following the 5.3-magnitude quake.

Local media said the other two dead were an 80-year-old man -killed by a collapsing wall -- and a man trapped under a bookcase in his home.

The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said more than 200 people were injured.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters the government was “working united, with its first priority on saving people’s lives”.

And government spokesman Yoshihide Suga cautioned there was a possibility of strong aftershocks.

“Large-scale quakes are likely to happen in the next two to three days,” he told reporters.

Japan sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire” where many of the world’s earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are recorded.

On March 11, 2011, a devastating magnitude 9.0 quake struck under the Pacific Ocean, and the resulting tsunami caused widespread damage and claimed thousands of lives.

It also sent three reactors into meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant, causing Japan’s worst postwar disaster and the most serious nuclear accident since Chernobyl in 1986.

- ‘Strong vertical jolt’Local residents described the moment the quake jolted the highly urbanised area at 8:00 am, when platforms would have been heaving with passengers waiting to board their commuter trains.

“The floor moved violently. It was a strong vertical jolt. Nearly all of the dishes fell and shattered on the floor,” said Kaori Iwakiri, a 50-year-old nurse in Moriguchi just north of Osaka city.

“My parents suffered a blackout and they have no water. I plan to take water to them now.”

Despite its relatively low magnitude, the quake caused quite a shake, registering a lower six on

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Japan Meteorological Agency earthquake expert speaks during a press conference on the earthquake in Tokyo on June 18, 2018. A strong quake hit western Japan early June 18, but there were no immediate reports of major damage or risk of tsunami waves, officials said. the Japanese experiential scale of up to seven -- meaning it is hard to stay standing.

Eiji Shibuya, 52, said the tremor reminded him of the devastating 1995 Kobe earthquake, which

killed nearly 6,500 people.

“I was stunned. I couldn’t do anything,” he told AFP from Itami, a city near Osaka.

“I was worried about my son as he had just left for his high school.

I was relieved when I confirmed he was safe.”

NHK showed footage of firefighters tackling a blaze that ripped through a home north of Osaka. (afp)

May back in the breach as Brexit battles resume

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A pro-EU demonstrator waves a Union flag whilst wearing European Union flag-themed attire during an anti-Brexit protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London on June 13, 2018.

LONDON - The British government faces another nerve-rattling test this week as its flagship Brexit legislation is picked over once again by a restive parliament.

The upper House of Lords, which wants to keep Britain close to the European Union after the UK leaves in March, will rake over the EU (Withdrawal) Bill on Monday, before it returns to the lower House of Commons on Wednesday.

Last week, Prime Minister Theresa May narrowly survived votes in the Commons on changes suggested by the unelected Lords, overturning their amendment seeking to keep Britain aligned to the EU’s customs union.

May also persuaded rebels in her governing centre-right Conservative Party to reject a Lords amendment that would have allowed

parliament to stop the government from leaving the European Union with no deal on new trading arrangements.

But now May faces the prospect of having to go through the wringer all over again in a fresh bout of parliamentary ping-pong.

“We recognise the concerns people have about the role of parliament,” May told BBC television.

But she added: “Parliament cannot tie the hands of government in negotiations.”

A crunch summit of European leaders on June 28 is fast approaching, and May does not want to go to Brussels on the back of a stinging defeat in her own parliament.

- Cold sweat Wednesday’s Commons vote required last-minute concessions, and pro-EU Conservatives warned

they could yet seek to defeat May if she backtracks on promises to give parliament a greater say in the final withdrawal deal.

May is on a tightrope as her Conservative minority government relies on the backing of the 10 MPs from Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party for a slim majority in the 650-seat elected Commons chamber.

And pro-EU rebels on the Conservative backbenches are proving hard for May to satisfy.

Dominic Grieve, the former attorney general who heads up the faction, told BBC television that a future vote on a Brexit deal could see May tumble.

“We could collapse the government, and I assure you I wake up at 2:00am in a cold sweat thinking about the problems that we have put on our shoulders,” he said. (afp)

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PILLAR OF STRENGTH Columns of cosmic gas and dust dubbed the Pillars of Creation (shown in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope) may be propped up by an internal magnetic field.

Magnetic fields may be propping up the Pillars of Creation

THE Pillars of Creation may keep standing tall due to the magnetic field within the starforming region. For the first time, scientists have made a detailed map of the magnetic field inside the pillars, made famous by an iconic 1995 Hubble Space Telescope image (SN Online: 1/6/15). The data reveal that the field runs along the length of each pillar, perpendicular to the magnetic field outside. This configuration may be slowing the destruction of the columns of gas and dust, astronomer Kate Pattle and colleagues suggest in the June 10 Astrophysical Journal Letters.

Hot ionized gas called plasma surrounds the pillars, located within the Eagle Nebula about 7,000 lightyears from Earth. The pressure from that plasma could cause the pillars to pinch in at the middle like

an hourglass before breaking up.

However, the researchers suggest, the organization of the magnetic field within the pillars could be providing an outward force that resists the plasma’s onslaught, preventing

the columns from disintegrating.

The team studied light emitted from the pillars, measuring its polarization — the direction of the wiggling of the light’s electromagnetic waves — using the

James Clerk Maxwell Telescope in Hawaii. Dust grains within the pillars are aligned with each other due to the magnetic field. These aligned particles emit polarized light, allowing the researchers to trace the direction of the magnetic field at various spots.

“There are few clear measurements of the magnetic fields in objects like pillars,” says Koji Sugitani of Nagoya City University in Japan. To fully understand the formation of such objects, more

observations are needed, he says.

Studying objects where stars are born, such as the pillars, could help scientists better understand the role that magnetic fields may play in star formation (SN: 6/9/18, p.

12). “This is really one of the big unanswered questions,” says Pattle, of National Tsing Hua University in Hsinchu, Taiwan. “We just don’t have a very good idea of whether magnetic fields are important and, if they are, what they are doing.” (net)

MANGUPURA — Peak of domestic tourist visits arriving through Ngurah Rai Airport is estimated to still happen after the Eid al Fitr holiday. It is estimated to occur on June 19 or 20.

According to Head of Communication and Legal Section of Ngurah Rai Airport, Arie Ahsanurrohim, the number of tourists coming to Bali at this time is very stable approximately reaching 17,000-18,000. Moreover, foreign tourist visit grows by 10 percent above the average on usual days. “Domestic tourist arrival averagely reaches 15,000 people. We predict their arrival will happen after the Eid around June 19 or June 20,” he said not long ago.

On Eid al Fitr or Friday (Jun. 15), the number of passengers departing from Bali showed an increase. As the data compiled by the Integrated Eid Transport Monitoring Post 2018, the number of passengers reached 15,570 people or 37.05 percent higher when compared to the same period in 2017 only reaching 11,361 people.

Meanwhile, the domestic arrival remained at 18,140 people. But this number is smaller -4.16 percent compared to the arrival in 2017 amounting to 18,928 people.

The arrival of international passengers also grew 21,727 people.

It increased significantly by 20.24 percent if compared to the same period in 2017 only reaching 18,069. Meanwhile, the international departure also increased by 19,494 people or 5.23 percent when compared to the same period in 2017 reaching 18,526 people.

Regarding the flight data on day 1 after the Eid or Saturday (Jun. 16), the number of domestic passengers coming to Bali reached 15,962 people. This number decreased -11.57 percent when compared to the same period in 2017 reaching 18,050 people. Meanwhile, domestic departure reached 15,627 people. This number increased 9.59 percent compared to the same period in 2017 namely 14,259 people.

Then, international arrivals amounted to 20,141 people. It is an increase of 19.43 percent when compared to the same period in 2017 namely 16,864 people. Meanwhile, similar increase also happened to international departure reaching 21,619 people. This number increased significantly by 29.83 percent when compared to last year’s (2017) reaching 16,652 people.

In total, the number of passengers through Ngurah Rai airport on day 1 after holiday increased by 11.43 percent from 65, 825 people in 2017 to 73,349 in 2018. Pursuant to the recapitulation from the opening of the post on June 6 to day 2 after holiday, the number of arrival passenger reached 312,653 people or an increase of 5.72 percent while in 2017 amounted to 295,741 people. The departure also increased by 309, 301 people. It showed an increase of 10.54 percent when compared to last year’s (2017) reaching 279,816 people. (kmb23)

Leaf-cutter ants pick up the pace when they sense rain

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STAY DRY When the rain starts falling in Central America’s tropical forests, leaf-cutter ants (Atta cephalotes) hurry back to their nests — with or without their leafy cargo, which gets heftier when wet.

IN Central America’s raindrenched forests, leaf-cutting ants collect pieces of leaves on which they grow fungi for food. But the rain can hit hard, especially for a small ant. When leaf-cutting ants sense an incoming shower, they hoof it back to their nests, says a study in the May Insectes Sociaux.

Researchers from Argentina, Mexico and Peru tested how one species of leaf-cutting ants, Atta cephalotes, in Costa Rica deals

with rain. The scientists placed hollow boxes filled with wet cotton on ant trails in the forest. When A. cephalotes walked through the boxes, they experienced higher relative humidity, as if it were about to rain. In another experiment, the researchers poured water on plants beside the trail to simulate falling raindrops. Both situations caused the ants to scramble to their nest up to 30 percent faster than normal, from about 1.21 meters per minute

to 1.49.

The researchers think that leafcutter ants speed up to keep their cargo and themselves dry, with good reason: A wet leaf fragment weighs more than double a dry one. In the study, when the ants or leaves got wet, the insects readily dropped their harvest and returned to the nest. But by hurrying along at the first hints of rain, the ants could stay dry and hold onto the leaves. (net)

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The tour package offering dolphin attraction has been thronged by visitors within the past few days.

On Eid holidays

Dolphin attractions on Penimbangan Beach thronged by visitors

SINGARAJA — Tour guides offering marine activity package in Buleleng got benefits on the Eid holiday leave 2018. As evidence, the tour package offering dolphin attraction on Penimbangan Beach, Baktiseraga village, Buleleng, has been thronged by visitors within the past few days. Moreover, the marine tour guides previously only sailed once a day, but amid the increase in the number of tourist visits, they must deliver the group of tourists up to two times a day.

Amidst of this situation, the income of tour guides increased when compared to previous days.

The tour package to see Dolphin attraction on Penimbangan Beach started to be developed since the past few months. Fishermen at Baktiseraga village offer services to see the dolphin attraction in their natural habitat along with fishermen’s activities to conserve and rescue turtle eggs on Penimbangan Beach. Other than dolphin and snorkeling, local fishermen also complete the tour packages with independent turtle conservation activities. Apparently, the marine tourism package on the complex of Penimbangan Beach has drawn tourist’s interest in visiting the Penimbangan Beach.

A local tour guide on Penimbangan Beach, Kadek Agus Awi, said on Sunday (Jun. 17) that since the Eid al Fitr holiday of this year, domestic tourists mainly from Jakarta, Surabaya and other big cities in Indonesia thronged the Penimbangan Beach. He admitted that his income

far increased if compared to usual days. “Guests are more crowded than before the holidays. Previously, we only departed once, but now we can go to sea twice,” he said.

According to Agus, domestic tourists visited Penimbangan Beach in groups and mostly interested in watching dolphin attraction in its natural habitat. In accordance with the agreement of the fishermen group, the tour package is sold for IDR 60,000 per person and each boat can maximally accommodate six passengers.

On usual days, fisherman only goes to sea one time if getting an order from travel agencies or hotel.

However, since the joint holiday leave, he had to go to sea twice a day. This situation also benefits as the distance to the dolphin area is close to the mainland. So, other than saving the engine fuel of the boat, he can also provide maximum services for visitors.

“This is the advantage of marine tourism on Penimbangan Beach because within close range visitors have been able to find the hordes of dolphin. Today, the marine tour guides in Lovina and surrounding areas also go to Penimbangan, so every day a number of boats vie to the middle of the sea in order to find dolphin herd,” he explained.

Agus added that in addition to watching dolphin attraction, tourists are also interested in trying the spot by snorkeling to see coral reef having been well preserved. Not to forget, tourists are also invited to witness the results of sea turtle egg conservation on Penimbangan Beach done independently by local fishermen. “Based on agreement, the price of dolphin tour package is only IDR 60,000 per person.

Besides, we offer an education tour package in the form of seeing coral reef tourism and conservation of turtle eggs,” he said. (kmb38)

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Pasebaya: Eruption almost happens every day

AMLAPURA —There has been no panic among the residents of around Mount Agung when the eruption occurred for several times since last Wednesday (Jun. 13) until Saturday (Jun. 16). Thick smoke blast soared and then moved westward, causing no impact in Karangasem. Pasebaya noted that Mount Agung eruption always happens every day, like last Wednesday, coinciding with new moon of the twelfth month in Balinese calendar and sometimes on full moon night, Kajeng Kliwon and other religious holidays.

Pasebaya volunteers asked residents to remain calm, not to get easily hooked by fake issues. The frequent eruption at this time had shocked and caused the residents of Karangasem to worry. However, in the field the residents responded it differently where they are absorbed in capturing the moment. Other than residents of Amlapura town, the people in danger radius are also enthusiastic to capture the moment of this eruption.

“As the report from our volunteers, there is no panic at Besakih, where many people just took their mobile phone to record and have pictures. The volcanic ashes reported by volunteers happened at Songan (Kintamani, Bangli). Meanwhile, it did not happen in Karangasem,” said Chief of Pasebaya of Mount Agung, I Gede Pawana.

Pawana admitted to always upset before the holiday considering that every full moon, new moon, Kajeng Kliwon and other religious holidays, Mount Agung always shows increased activities in the presence of these blows. He claimed to have often proved this.

Then, the last eruption returned to prove the prediction. However, regardless of the eruption occurred during holidays or not, it is not a matter of principle.

The problem is that Mount Agung eruption remains a disaster that must be anticipated whether it is small or large. All volunteers are required to alert.

Pasebaya volunteers still carry out their duties as usual whether there is eruption of Mount Agung or not.

Volunteers remain active in observing and reporting the latest situations through handy-talky and educating people in affected villages. “We remain cohesive and alert to carry out our duties as usual,” said Pawana.

Seeing this situation, Pawana returned to remind that all residents should pay attention to the recommendation of the Center for Vulcanology and Geological Hazards (PVMBG). No one should be allowed to climb desperately, following the information that in the near future people will present pakelem ritual to the crater of Mount Agung because the current situation of Mount Agung is actually not safe yet.

The PVMBG of Mount Agung within the past few days recorded a gray ash column with a thick intensity moving towards the southwest and west. The eruption was recorded in the seismogram with the maximum amplitude of 25 mm and the duration of about two minutes to three seconds.

Currently, the Mount Agung remains at Level III (watch status). The PVMBG recommended there is no climb to the summit of Mount Agung. Besides, no activities are allowed in the danger zone within the radius of 4 km from the crater of Mount Agung top.

The residents living and doing activities around the river streams having the upstream at Mount Agung are hoped to be alert against the potential threat of the secondary danger of rain lava flows that can occur especially during the rainy season and the eruption material remains to get exposed in the mountain top area. (kmb31)

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Motorists travel along a road in Bandung on June 14, 2018, as people return to their hometowns to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr festival to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Cities in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country empty out every year at the end of Ramadan as people head to villages to celebrate Eid with their families.

Homecoming backflow starts to turn busy

NEGARA —Backflow of homecoming from Java at the entrance of Bali, Gilimanuk Harbor, on Sunday (Jun. 17) or day 2 after holiday began to turn crowded. Aside from the backflow of homecomers, the traffic was added by the arrival of domestic tourists.

As the monitoring made at Gilimanuk Harbor, the backflow was dominated by private cars. The travelers entering Bali were more crowded than on the previous day. Each anchoring and unloading ship is always filled with motorcycles, private cars and public transport. The officers conducting the examination at Post II or Bali’s entrance were added. At least, one hundred police officers were assigned with the backup of mobile brigade personnel

in Post II. Division Head of the Jembrana Police Operation Unit, M Didik Wiratmoko, justified the addition of personnel for the inspection at the Bali’s entrance such as by involving personnel previously assigned at monitoring post along the entrance to the Gilimanuk Harbor. The shift of personnel is meant to speed up the inspection against incoming vehicles. All the documents of the incoming vehicles were also examined.

The examination was done according to the prevailing fixed procedures at the entrance of Bali. Such inspection is meant to prevent the entry of dangerous goods, criminals and illegal vehicles. As anticipation against the traffic along the GilimanukDenpasar road section, the monitoring post formerly concentrated on the road heading for the harbor was diverted to Penginuman Forest route.

The location gets concern because the road section of kilometer 121 to 123 is prone to traffic accidents. “We have relocated the post to that location to increase traffic control against the homecoming backflows,” explained Didik. (kmb26)

GAMELAN or gong arts in Buleleng district remains to survive amid the onslaught of globalization. People getting involved in this art are not only men, but also women. One of them can be found at Gesing village, Banjar.

It is named Giri Murthi gamelan troupe founded nine years ago with 30 members. They originate from various circles where most of them are farmers, followed by merchants and civil servants. Initially, according to the group leader, Ni Made Susmaherti, it did not run smoothly. The troupe had to borrow a private gamelan set for exercise.

“At that time, it did not yet have the gamelan. Several years later, the village finally purchased,” she said recently.

Dealing with various activities, this housewife never misses the opportunity to practice three times a week. Her hard efforts bear sweet results. The gamelan troupe founded on December 30, 2009 has been able to master various compositions. There are contemporary, Sandya Gita, Teruna Jaya Dance of Buleleng style, Oleg Dance, Margapati Dance and Cendrawasih Dance. More interestingly, it is not only displayed in religious ceremony taking place at the village. However, not infrequently the art troupe is invited to make performance to other areas. “We often get an offer in the manusa yadnya rituals like tooth-filing, marriage and others. Sometimes I am overwhelmed to set the time,” she explained.

Due to its slick appearance, the Buleleng district government gives an offer to perform at the Bali Arts Festival (BAF) for three times, but has not yet been accepted due to her busyness. “On June 25, 2018, we are invited by the Beratan Lake Festival to make performance for the third time,” said this teacher at the SMAN 1 Banjar high school.

This art troupe would like to contribute in the preservation of the arts aside from accommodating the potential of women. “At least, the wages earned from the performance for several times can be used to help household needs other than getting an entertainment. At the same time, we can preserve the arts of Bali,” she added. (sos)

Women’s gamelan troupe of Gesing participates in Beratan Lake Festival

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Artist buried for three days under busy Australian road SYDNEY - An artist has emerged from three days entombed in a steel box under a busy Australian road in a performance billed as a tribute to victims of totalitarian violence.

Mike Parr, 73, fasted during his time underground, with oxygen pumped into the 1.7-metre (5.5-foot) by 2.2-metre container to keep him alive as traffic drove on overhead.

He had bedding, water, a waste bucket, a sketchpad and pencils for the stunt in Hobart, part of Tasmania state’s annual Dark Mofo festival, which celebrates darkness through large-scale public art, food, film and music. “The anxiety of the artist’s disappearance is the point of the piece,” organisers said.

It was also an attempt to highlight “the shadow cast by the genocidal violence of 19th century British colonialism in Australia”, they added.

Parr, who had been buried with only a small light, clambered out of his prison on a ladder late Sunday after heavy machinery carefully removed the asphalt that had sealed him in.

He exited without saying a word or acknowledging a crowd that had gathered in the rain. He is expected to detail his experience in a public forum on Tuesday.

“He is an endurance performance artist and he’s been doing this for many years, so his body is quite used to doing this,” Dark Mofo curator Jarrod Rawlins told reporters.

While some welcomed the feat as thought-provoking, others were left baffled.

“People work a lifetime underground. This goose spends three days in a box doing frig all, calls it art and it makes the news,” an unimpressed Rodney Gibbison said on Facebook.

James Hank de Ridder added: “If I could only get the last five minutes of my life back after watching this absolutely pointless exercise.”

Parr is no stranger to controversial performances, having once used an axe to hack off his prosthetic arm, which he had filled with minced meat and blood, in front of a shocked audience. (afp)

This handout photo taken on June 14, 2018

by Thomas Hyland and received by AFP on June 18, 2018 shows performance artist Mike Parr, 73, climbing into a coffin-like steel box before being entombed under a busy road in Hobart, Tasmania.

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In this file photo taken on June 5, 2018 US actor Samuel L. Jackson and his wife actress LaTanya Richardson arrive at the Disney/Pixar premiere of ‘The Incredibles 2’ at El Capitan theatre in Hollywood.

‘Incredibles 2’ makes heroic N. America box office debut

LOS ANGELES - “Incredibles 2,” the long-awaited return of a quirky animated superhero family from Disney-Pixar, reigned supreme at the North American box office, raking in a record $180 million in its debut, industry estimates showed Sunday.

It was the highest ever opening for an animated film in the US and Canada, easily besting the $135 million debut of its Disney-Pixar stablemate, “Finding Dory” (2016).

The film tells the story of the Parr family -- matriarch Helen (Holly Hunter) is called upon to help bring the world’s hiding superheroes back into the open, as husband Bob (Craig T. Nelson) navigates the day-to-day work of being a homemaker.

Their children Violet (Sarah Vowell) and Dash (Huck Milner) are back again, along with baby Jack-Jack, whose devastating super powers are about to be unleashed.

In second place was female heist flick “Ocean’s 8,” which followed up on a big opening by earning $19.6 million in its second week, according to Exhibitor Relations.

With an all-star cast led by Sandra Bullock and supported by Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling and Rihanna, the Warner Bros. sequel was Hollywood’s latest experiment -- after “Ghostbusters” -- in replacing an all-male cast with female stars.

The film stars Bullock as Debbie Ocean, sister of Danny Ocean (originally played by George Clooney), as she assembles a gang of

talented women to plan a seemingly impossible diamond heist from the Met Gala in New York.

Adult comedy “Tag” opened in third place at $14.6 million. It tells the story of childhood pals (led by Jon Hamm and Jeremy Renner) who keep up a game of crosscountry tag for decades, sometimes playing at the oddest of moments.

Fourth place went to “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” starring Alden Ehrenreich as a young version of the swashbuckling space pilot first played by Harrison Ford. The Disney film took in $9.1 million, and nearly $200 million overall in North America. (afp)

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Workers save a Buddha statue after a landslide damaged the hilltop Kyeik Than Lan? pagoda in Mawlamyine capital of Mon state on June 18, 2018 following heavy rains.

Landslides, flash floods as monsoon batters southern Myanmar

Flooding in southern Myanmar has caused a landslide at a famed Buddhist pagoda, submerged homes and displaced hundreds of people as monsoon rains batter the country.

Several parts of Myanmar’s southern Mon state are facing flash floods due to heavy rains since the weekend with no relief in sight, according to a report in the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar on Monday.

Rains triggered a landslide that damaged the hilltop Kyeik Than Lan? pagoda, whose golden stupa towers over state capital

Mawlamyine.

AFP correspondents on Monday saw workers helping to relocate Buddha statues and novice monks helping clean up debris at the religious site after a wedge of hillside slipped away.

Bo Win, a resident helping with the flood response, told AFP that around 1,000 people were sheltering in several sites around

Mawlamyine.

“This is the worst flood in the state that I have ever seen,” said Nyan Soe, another local resident.

About 150 residents further south of Mawlamyine were evacuated to a government school after dozens of homes and bridges were submerged, while a monastery was destroyed across the river from the city, the New Light reported.

So far no casualties have been reported in the state, but rains

continue to pound swathes of the country.

Last week five people were killed after monsoon rains triggered a landslide in Mogok, a northern Myanmar town famed for its ruby mines.

Myanmar is one of several countries in the region to face severe yearly flooding. In 2015 it topped a global list compiled by climate scientists of nations hardest hit by extreme weather.

That year more than 100 people died in floodwaters that also

displaced hundreds of thousands across the country.

Some 138,000 people died in 2008 when Cyclone Nargis lashed vast stretches of Myanmar ’s coast.(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.