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Black Panther’s sister Shuri gets own spin-off comic

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100 years since his birth, S.Africa pays tribute to Mandela

In Marvel’s massively successful “Black Panther” film released this year, one of the major surprises was how the superhero’s sister, tech genius Shuri, stole the show. Now, she is getting her own comic book series.

Marvel Comics has announced a spin-off series, to begin in October, in which Black Panther is lost on a mission to space, and Shuri is looked upon to step up to fill the void left by her big brother in their mythical home nation Wakanda.

“The world fell in love with Shuri in the movie. Now, the Black Panther’s techno-genius sister launches her own adventures,” the publisher said, confirming news first published by news site Bustle.

British-Guyanese actress Letitia Wright earned praise for her portrayal of Shuri in the smash hit film, which critics agree was a groundbreaking moment for blacks on the silver screen. While Shuri is not the first black heroine in the Marvel universe -- Storm, one of the X-Men, has been around for decades -- entire books dedicated to black female characters are rare.

Female Nigerian-American sci-fi author Nnedi Okorafor will write “Shuri.” She is already working for Marvel on its “Wakanda Forever” series, which focuses on the Dora Milaje, the all-female special forces unit in the fictional nation. According to Box Office Mojo, “Black Panther” has taken in more than $1.34 billion, making it number nine on the all-time box office list. “Avatar” is the all-time champion at nearly $2.8 billion. (afp)

South Africa on Wednesday marked 100 years since Nelson Mandela’s birth with a “town hall” forum hosted by Barack Obama and a walk led by the anti-apartheid leader’s widow among a series of tributes.

His birthday on July 18 is marked annually around the world as “Mandela Day”, and the Nelson Mandela Foundation called for people to “take action and inspire change” in his name on the centenary year.

Obama, speaking to 15,000 people at a stadium in Johannesburg on Tuesday, gave an emotional address recalling the “wave of hope that washed through hearts all around the world” when Mandela was released from jail in 1990.

“Through his sacrifice and unwavering leadership and, perhaps most of all, through his moral example, Mandela... came to embody the universal aspirations of dispossessed people,” Obama said. “(He) shows those of us who believe in freedom and democracy we are going to have to fight harder.”

Mandela, who died in 2013, remains a global icon for his long fight against white-minority rule and for his message of peace and reconciliation when he was released after 27 years in prison.

The former US president met Mandela only briefly in 2005 but gave a eulogy at his funeral, hailing him as “the last great liberator of the 20th century”.

After movie, Cher to release album of Abba covers

Pop legend Cher on Tuesday announced an album of Abba covers as she stars in a film sequel to “Mamma Mia!,” the musical inspired by the iconic Swedish group. In a fresh burst of activity by the 72-year-old singer and actress, Cher said that her creative spirit was rekindled after singing one of the signature tunes on “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again,” which is coming out this week.

“After I did ‘Fernando,’ I thought it would be really fun to do an album of Abba songs, so I did,” Cher said on the NBC television daytime show “Today.”

“It’s not what you think of when

you think of Abba, because I did it in a different way,” Cher said without revealing a tracklist or release date.

The album would be Cher’s first studio work since the dance musicdriven 2013 album “Closer to the Truth.” The former half of folk duo Sonny and Cher enjoyed a career revival in the 1990s and holds the record for the longest gap between number-one songs on the US chart at nearly 25 years.

Cher in recent years has mostly concentrated on a residency show in Las Vegas. She had not appeared in a film since providing her voice to a lion in the 2011 movie “Zoo-

keeper.”

The original “Mamma Mia!” stage musical and then film weaves together Abba songs to tell the story of Sophie, who plans her wedding on a Greek island alongside her free-spirited mother, Donna, and sets out to identify who her father is, with comic results.

For the sequel, Cher depicts the mother of Donna, played again by Meryl Streep, as she figures out how to act like a grandmother.

The film comes shortly after Abba itself unveiled new music, 35 years after the last single by the godparents of bubble-gum pop. (afp)

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Former US President Barack Obama speaks during the 2018 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture at the Wanderers cricket stadium in Johannesburg on July 17, 2018. Former US president Barack Obama will deliver the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, urging young people to fight to defend democracy, human rights and peace, to a crowd of 15,000 people at the club as the centrepiece of celebrations marking 100 years since Nelson Mandela’s birth.

- ‘He led us from oppression’ South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, a protege of Mandela who came to power this year, said he would mark “Mandela 100” by donating half his salary to charity and called for others to do the same.

“He led us from the wilderness of conflict and oppression into the land of promise, of freedom, democracy and

equality,” Ramaphosa said.

Ramaphosa will spend Mandela Day in Mvezo in Eastern Cape province, Mandela’s birthplace, at celebrations including the opening of a clinic, a tree planting ceremony and distributions of blankets to elderly citizens.

Machel Graca, Mandela’s widow, will lead a short walk to promote Mandela’s legacy, while the centenary has also been marked with the release of a new book of his prison letters and a commemorative bank note.

Obama will speak to 200 young people selected from across Africa to attend a five-day leadership course in Johannesburg.

Delivering the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture on Tuesday, Obama warned that the world had plunged into “strange and uncertain times”, in a speech containing a series of apparent veiled attacks on US President Donald Trump.

Obama made no direct reference to his successor but warned that “politics of fear and resentment” were spreading, driven by leaders who scorned facts and told lies with an “utter loss of shame”.

He also blasted climate-change denial, race-based migration policies, unbridled capitalism and “strongman politics” -- stances often cited as hallmarks of Trump’s presidency.

Mandela was imprisoned under apartheid rule in 1962 and only freed in 1990, when he went on to lead the African National Congress party to victory in the first multi-race elections in 1994. He served one term as president before stepping down in 1999. (afp)

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Hard to draw quality Chinese tourists, Oversupply makes Bali tourism powerless

HOW to keep Bali tourism to remain in good quality is a big question that apparently is not easy to be answered. One of the solutions offered is the selection of tourists that will visit Bali. For example, the tourism players are expected to selectively invite the upper-middle class tourists from China, so that Bali is not flooded with middle to lower class tourists. This proposal of Chinese Consulate General, Gou Huadong, is attractive to be observed. However, is it possible to do it seeing the current condition of Bali tourism industry?

The suggestion or hope that Bali should select the uppermiddle class Chinese tourists coming to Bali is actually quite reasonable. The data of the World Travel and Tourism Council indicate that China’s travel industry is predicted to grow averagely at 8 percent per year from 2017 to 2027. It is far above the countries such as Europe, the United States, South Korea, Spain

and India that only grow by 2 percent. Meanwhile, an analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence predicts at least 400 million Chinese citizens will make overseas trip in 2020. This equates to 70 percent of the total number of tourists worldwide.

The assumption that Chinese tourists are stingy to shop is not entirely true. Results of the survey made by the Tourism Ministry of Indonesia showed that Chinese tourists are more generous than Singaporeans and Malaysians while traveling in Indonesia.

Shopping amount of its tourists per each visit is respectively as follows: China (USD 1,018); Singapore (USD 680); and Malaysia (USD 630). In line with the data, the Nielsen Research Institute said that spending of Chinese tourist in the world averagely reaches USD 762.

Meanwhile, non-Chinese tourists reached USD 645. According to Business Insider Singapore, the loyalty of Chinese tourists when shopping is carried out with non-cash transactions (cashless payment). Moreover, the amount spent reaches six times more than non-Chinese tourists if using cashless payment.

Nevertheless, the basic economic law states that if the supply is higher than the demand for goods or services, the selling price will decrease. Currently, Bali has experienced oversupply of hotel room. In a discussion on BaliTV some time ago, it was revealed the number of hotel rooms in Bali has reached about 140,000 rooms. There is surplus of 50,000 rooms and this has been happening since 2015. Oversupply of hotel room means there is an excessive supply, while the demand from tourists for hotel accommodation tends to stagnate and sometimes even decline. When going back to basic economic law, oversupply of the hotel room certainly makes the selling price forcibly go down.

Meanwhile, until May 2018, the data of Central Statistics Agency (BPS) showed that the occupancy rate of star-rated hotels in Bali reached 67.55 percent while that of non-starred hotels is much more concerning namely on 28.64 percent. It is not difficult to interpret this occupancy rate data, where the number of tourists using starred or non-starred hotel accommodation is less than the number of room available so that it sparked a tariff war.

Chairman of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) Bali, Tjokorda Artha Ardhana Sukawati, a year ago expressed his concern about the occurrence of tariff war. Providers of hotel accommodation services are busy slamming the price with the aim of attracting tourists in order to maintain their business cash flow. This price war strategy certainly decreases the quality of services, so that Bali tourism becomes cheap tourism.

The continued effect of cheap tourism is Bali must be avoided by targeting quality tourists or those having much budget.

Head of the Bali Tourism Office, A.A. Gede Yuniartha Putra, in an interview on BaliTV claimed to have tried to apply the policy by setting the standard room rate in order to avoid tariff war among the hotels in Bali. In other words, the government set the lowest price to avoid tariff war.

Unfortunately, Yuniartha said the policy cannot be applied immediately because the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) does not agree on the grounds that the hotel business world will get intimidated.

When the law of market economy put forward in the management, apparently there is still a long way to establish a policy of limiting the growth of tourist accommodation in Bali so as not to fall too deeply into cheap tourism. Probably, this has become a risk when Bali tourism has no longer been owned by Balinese people but by large corporations with huge investment since long time ago. Oversupply has made Bali tourism weak and helpless. (ata)

Bali should not be equated with cheap tourism.

MANGUPURA - Bali should not be viewed as place of cheap tourism as there are many expensive hotels on the island The 160 members of the Bali Hotel Association (BHA) for example on average they sell rooms for IDR 1.3 million to IDR 1.6 million for 3-starred hotels; IDR 2.5 million to IDR 3 million for 4-starred hotels; and IDR 2.8 million to IDR 3.5 million for 5-starred hotels.

“We should not be associated with cheap tourism even if some members of the BHA sell their rooms for as little as IDR 200,000”, said Ricky Putra, Chairman of the BHA, on Tuesday (Jul. 17). Many

hotels on the island sell their rooms at expensive rates, he emphasized.

Putra who also owns the Royal Santrian, explained that there the cheapest room sells for IDR 5.5 million per night, he did not say how much their most expensive room is. Chinese guests , he added who are often considered cheap tourists also reserve the IDR million a noght rooms. In fact Chinese guests represent the second larger number of guests from a single country.

Undeniably, there are hotels that charge USD 30-40 a night depending on their target “But there are many hotels that charge

considerably more than that, such as the Ritz Carlton, Bvlgary and Four Seasons that offer rooms for about IDR 100 million a night. The room that Obama stayed it costs IDR 130 million a night, so we must look thoroughly at the situation”, he said.

If Bali continues to be seen as a cheap tourist destination this needs to be evaluated, he said. “In principle, hotels certainly want ot increase their revenue form year to year”, he added, explaining that in line with rising costs of hotel operations for salaries, electricity, water, etc, hotel rates should be going up by about 15-20 percent per year

depending on occupancy rates and so forth. “Everything is calculated and no hotel wants to lose money,” he concluded.

The challenge is to change the image of tourism in Bali. “That way not all the hotels will be centered in Badung – Kuta and Seminyak where 80 percent of hotels currently are located”, he explained. The challenge is how to let guests know of hotels in other districts. “Of course this needs to be accompanied by infrastructure development”, he added.

The government needs to sit down and commit to setting a moratorium and delays for the

construction of new hotels so as to take supply and demand into account. If the supply continues to increase, while the demand remains the same, guests will have many choices and prices will surely drop.

“We are anxious about not having guests. So let us look soberly at supply and demand. As long as the excessive construction of new hotels allowed we will have trouble increasing room rates”, he said.

Bali has the opportunity to increase room rates in peak touirst seasons and holidays like the periode between July and October and each hotel has its own ways of incressing revenue. (kmb42)

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Masterchef Australia’s Ben Ungermann and Chef Aditya took Indonesian cuisine to the next level at Four Points by Sheraton Bali, Kuta.

“Exquisite Indonesian Flavour” – the recent collaboration between Four Points by Sheraton Bali, Kuta with Ben Ungermann – Runner-up Masterchef Australia 2017 was a success. Organised as a part of the hotel’s third anniversary celebration and Ben’s world tour, the event took place at The Best Brew – the hotel’s urban beer garden on the 14th and 15th of July 2018 at 6pm.

“We are excited to team up with Ben Ungermann in this two-days dinner event. Ben’s expertise has taken both the Indonesian dishes and hotel’s anniversary to the next level,” said Masri – General Manager.

In this event, Ben Ungermann explored his creativity by preparing three Indonesian-inspired dishes with “Masterchef”-like presentation. Ben’s creations included: ·Nasi Goreng Arancini Balls – deep-fried stuffed Indonesian fried rice coated in bread crumbs ·Babi Kecap – a popular Indonesian braised pork with sweet soy sauce

·Indonesian Banana Split, with banana fritters, salted banana mousse and Ben’s signature ice cream.

dishes will be available at the hotel’s four restaurants in near future.

“The inspiration sprouted from my love for Indonesia.

My father’s half-Indonesian and I always love Indonesia, especially Bali. I developed these dishes exclusively for Four Points by Sheraton Bali, Kuta,” said Ben Ungermann.

Complementing Ben’s creation is the Balinese Lawar Klungah and Sate Lilit with upgraded presentation prepared

by Chef Aditya. He is the Commis Chef at Four Points by Sheraton Bali, Kuta who will represent the hotel in 2018 Marriott Bali’s Ayo Makan Competition on the 3rd of August 2018 at The Westin Nusa Dua, Bali. Chef Aditya will also represent Bali in Jakarta culinary event on the 8th of August 2018.

The four dishes were well received by the diners who were complimenting on their flavours and the presentation. The hotel is happy to announce that these

Standing amidst Kuta & Legian urban area at Jalan Benesari Banjar Pengabetan Kuta; Four Points

by Sheraton Bali, Kuta features 185 stylish and contemporary guest rooms overlooking to Lagoon Pool and Junior Pool, ranging from 28 to 55 sqm in size. Here guests can enjoy a comfortable stay with 40-inch LCD televisions, high speed wireless internet access, standing balcony with beautiful view or direct access to the lagoon pool, plus, the Four Points Signature Bed. The hotel also offers four F&B outlets, each with different concepts: The Best Brew, The Eatery, Wrapped & Vertigo Roof-top Bar, and facilities including three swimming pools, a heated jet pool, Gamelan Spa and Kids Club. www. fourpointsbalikuta.com.

About Four Points by Sheraton Bali, Kuta

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Health

Thursday, July 19, 2018

International

International

Celebrity cosmetic surgeon in Brazil vanishes after patient dies

A Brazilian celebrity butt-enhancement surgeon called Dr. Bumbum has gone on the run following the death of a patient just hours after undergoing cosmetic surgery at his home in Rio de Janeiro.

Denis Furtado was considered capable of performing magic on women’s bodies, in particular their bottoms, and became known throughout the country for his expertise.

The 45-year-old’s Instagram account reflects his popularity with 650,000 followers.

But now he is wanted by police after Lilian Quezia Calixto died just hours after a butt enlargement procedure at his home in the swanky Barra de Tijuca neighborhood.

Calixto had travelled 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles) from her home in Cuiaba to see the surgeon to the stars.

But following the controversial injection of acrylic glass filler, Calixto started feeling ill.

Upon arriving at hospital on Sunday, she was suffering from a racing heart-beat and hypertension, and after four heart attacks she died.

Soon after, Furtado disappeared and is now wanted for homicide and criminal association, while his girlfriend, who some media claim was also his assistant, has been

detained.

The news has caused shock waves throughout the industry -Brazil is second only to the United States for the number of plastic surgeries carried out.

The Brazilian Plastic Surgery Society (SBPC) was quick to denounce Furtado, saying “the growing invasion of non-specialists in the specialty has provoked more and more fatalities like this one.”

“You cannot perform plastic surgery inside an apartment. Many people are selling a dream, a fantasy to patients in an unethical way and people, weakened, are often attracted to low prices, without considering whether or not the conditions are adequate,” SBPC president Niveo Steffen told AFP. Steffen said the injection of synthetic biopolymers or polymers, like acrylic glass, is very dangerous and has caused dozens of deaths among women in Latin America, especially in Venezuela.

He said Furtado’s case demonstrates the “trivialization of cosmetic procedures by unspecialized professionals, who often aren’t doctors and are putting people at risk.”

According to the G1 internet site, Furtado has been charged by police four times for illegally practicing medicine and crimes against consumers. (afp)

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Kamasan puppet painter tells stories

Formerly wanted, now seeking IBP/afp

Jan Asfour (C-L) and Jackson Ghanem (C-R), Syrian emigrant children returning from the US, look at a cell phone together as they sit with relatives outside the St. Elias Syriac Orthodox church in the Syrian Christian village of Fairouzah, southeast of the central city of Homs on July 13, 2018.

Teens glued to phones risk ‘modest’ rise in ADHD symptoms: study

Could teenagers suffer symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder after engaging in excessive smartphone use?

A new study out Tuesday says digital overload could be linked to a “modest” but significant rise in new ADHD behaviors, offering a warning to parents about the potential dangers of too much screen time.

The findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association were based on nearly 2,600 Los Angeles teens who answered survey questions over a two-year period -- making it one of the largest and longest studies on the topic to date.

The more social media, streaming video, text messaging, music downloads or online chats they engaged with, the more likely they were to report symptoms like difficulty organizing and completing tasks, or trouble remaining still.

About 10 percent of youths who said they commonly used digital media platforms frequently showed new ADHD symptoms over the study period, said the report.

In contrast, 4.6 percent of students who were not frequent users of any digital activity showed ADHD symptoms.

Researchers cautioned that the rise in ADHD symptoms was “modest” and at least some of the effect might be explained by confounding factors.

Also, since the study was observational in nature and was based on survey responses by the teens themselves, researchers said they could not prove that smartphone use actually caused ADHD symptoms.

Still, the findings offer a solid basis for more research because “this was a statistically significant association,” said Adam Leventhal, a professor of preventive medicine and psychology at the University of Southern California.

“We can say with confidence that teens who were exposed to higher levels of digital media were significantly more likely to develop ADHD symptoms in the future.”

Previous studies have shown that ADHD, a psychiatric condition involving persistent difficulty sustaining attention, hyperactivity and impulsivity, affects about seven percent of youths in the United States and may be on the rise in some populations.

Earlier studies examining the effect of television watching and playing video games found modest increases in ADHD among children.

According to Jessica Agnew-Blais, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London, the authors were “rightfully cautious not to over-interpret” their findings.

“The authors only assess ADHD symptom frequency, so it remains unclear whether relatively small changes in ADHD symptom frequency over these two years are disruptive or impairing in everyday life,” she said.

“It is worth noting that over 80 percent of students reported high frequency use of digital media, and the vast majority of these students do not have elevated ADHD symptoms.”

Another expert who was not involved in the study, Andy Przybylski, an associate professor at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, described the research as “interesting” but “tentative.”

“The study is a proof of concept that tells us we need very large samples when we design future studies because the possible effects are extremely small,” he said.

The next studies on the topic should move away from self-reported survey answers and include clinical diagnoses and external measurements of device use, experts suggested. (afp)

KAMASAN puppet is no longer strange to the ears of Balinese people. It is a work of art having long become a wealth of Klungkung district. Behind the classic look, this painting is rich in stories and full of meaning.

This very detailed painting is widely displayed in the gallery at Kamasan village, not only the newly completed ones but also those of few years old. The color is very distinctive namely red and brownish perfectly combined. Some offer a jungle feel following a pre-established pattern. They are very alive and quite beautiful to look at.

It is not just an artistic expression. Series of the pictures of a number of characters contain a story. There are paintings on heroic attractions in the battlefield.

Apparently, they give an advice taken from various epics such as Mahabharata and Ramayana. Occasionally, the artists also express their idea inspired by the animals or tantric tales. Their works are combined with religious elements and teachings quoted from the palm-manuscripts retaining strong philosophical values.

Prior to the first Bali bombing, the artwork having become an ancestral heritage did not only draw the interest of the locals. Not a few foreign tourists ordered the paintings. Some came directly to the gallery. So, the painters were made smile happily. For instance, the painter Made Sukanta has enjoyed the golden times.

“The orders continuously came,” he said on Tuesday (Jul. 17).

From the proceedings of the sales, painters are not difficult to meet their needs of life. The rupiah luck keeps on flowing. Although not getting too much, it flows smoothly. “We really rely on the sales proceeding to live,” he said.

After the first Bali bombing, tourism sector slumped. It had significant impact on the sales of their painting. The sales slumped and were really hard. The intention to switch to another job was hindered by limited skills. He surrendered to circumstances for long enough. This 50-year-old man was trying to get up.

Three years ago, the district government of Klungkung rolled out a painting demonstration program in Kertha Gosa as campaign medium. This opportunity was not wasted. Together with dozens of painters, he tried a new luck. “Previously, it was sought after by tourists, but now we are looking for,” he said.

In Kertha Gosa, he gets a turn every 25 days, indeed it is long enough. Nevertheless, he remains grateful for there remains a way to earn a fortune. One or two paintings with the price of hundreds of thousands of rupiahs can be sold. “By and large, there are always buyers coming to purchase a painting at home. Unless getting a turn, I paint at home. Sometimes there is an order for ceiling decoration,” he explained.

He feels to have been called to pursue the painting because he would like to preserve in addition to a powerful hobby to eliminate fatigue. “Due to this painting, the village has got good reputation. Thankfully, I’ve got this heritage so that it must be preserved. Besides, the regeneration is still running,” he added. (SOS)

A man is going down to the Batu Belah Beach

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Exploring uniqueness of Batu Belah Beach Stone fragment exudes water, but only at low tides

Painting exhibition of Kamasan Panting

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BATU Belah (literally, split stone) Beach at Datah village, Abang, Karangasem, is quiet most days and does not look much different than neighbouring beaches. It is a rocky beach with small waves, but it does have a unique feature.

The ‘split stone’ from which the beach gets its name exudes water at low tide.

A visitor to the beach named Nengah Wiraguna, said on Tuesday (Jul. 17) that he has seen the strange water for himself. There is not a lot of water coming out but it is clear and warm, he said. “I have tasted the water and it is sweet – neither fresh nor salty”, he added.

Hamlet chief of Datah, Wayan Surya Kusuma, explained on Tuesday (Jul. 17) that the spring cannot be seen at high tides as the spring is located under the coral reef and it is considered sacred by the local community, many of whom use the water as holy water for attracting goof fortune. “According to the villagers, there are often flowers in the spring and sometimes it exudes oil”, he said.

Many people come here to

worhsip and ask for blessings according to their beliefs and some also perfrom rituals, he added.

Manik Kembar Temple is located not far and mnay Hindus go there to pray. The temple festival falls on the ful moon of October when many Hindus throng the temple.

“The temple has its own supporting devotees (pengempon) and it is always thronged by pilgrims every full moon or new moon. Pilgrims from other areas also come here to pray”, said Kusuma.

According to local legend, a rooster once came out of the strange spring in the sea. The rooster was then raised by Tulamben’s community leader and would always win in cockfights. Unfortunately, one day the community leader of Tulamben was defeated

by Ahmad from Bugis and the defeat marked the beginning of the destuciton and dissapeaance of the once-famous Tulamben civilization. This legend can still be seen represented in Merita and Amed. Many people still believe that Ahmad’s grave ris located on Amed. (Gik)

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Indian building collapse kills three, 12 missing

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Tourist are making handicrafts from garbage

A story of I Ketut Darmawan from Tangkas village

Attracting tourists by means of waste Bali Arts Festival 2018 Schedule Thursday, 19th July 2018 Time : 11.00 ( MIT ) Location : Angsoka Stage Program : Gandrung Dance by Eka Budaya Arts Group, Banjar. Ketapian Kelod, Sumerta Village, representing Denpasar City Time : 11.00 ( MIT ) Location : Ayodya Stage.

Program : Dances by Sanggar Menari Arts Group, Jakarta.

Time : 14.00 ( MIT ) Location : Ratna Kanda Stage Program : Parade of Dances and Musics of Angklung Kebyar by Angklung Group of Celang, Banjar Pekandelan, Nyalian Village, Banjarangkan Subdistrict, representing Klungkung Regency Time : 17.00 ( MIT ) Location : Angsoka Stage.

Program : Gambuh Dance-drama by Gambuh Group of Yowana, Pura Sari Abangan, Banjar Ancak, Bungkulan Village, Buleleng Regency Time : 20.00 ( MIT ) Location : Kalangan Ayodya Stage Program : Classical Arja Dance-drama by Arsa Ratna Swari Arts Group, Banjar Abian Kapas Kaja, Sumerta, Denpasar Time : 20.00 ( MIT ) Location : in the front of Kriya Hall.

Program : Bali Modern Theatre “Joged Adar” by Teater Kalangan Singaraja.

Time : 20.00 ( MIT ) Location : Ksirarnawa Hall.

Program : 2018 Art Awards Presentation to Balinese Devotee Artists .

WASTE remains a problem in Klungkung district. The handling efforts are not only done by local government through the Local Waste Management Program (TOSS). A resident from Meranggen hamlet, Tangkas, Klungkung, I Ketut Darmawan, also takes part. The waste is not only transformed into an economic product but also into tour packages that can draw foreign tourist visit. How is it like?

The emergence of creative idea began when seeing a lot of rubbish disposed of by local people. Some clogged irrigation channels. Inevitably, it generated slum impression. This should make him do regular cleanup. Burning activity is also often witnessed. The waste is gone. But unknowingly, the smoke is very harmful to health. He wanted such sight soon ends.

His desire to see the clean and comfortable environment is enormous.

Armed with the motivation, he rolled out a breakthrough. In 2015, this father of two sons has the idea of constructing Reduce, Reuse and Recyle (3R) Waste Treatment Plant (TPS) at Tangkas village.

His good intentions did not immediately get support. What came up was rejection.

The program was seen to bring in slum impression. Loaded with stench and fly nest and even mice, it is considered a challenge.

His steps were not immediately slack.

There was no lethargy of blood. Instead, it was taken advantage as motivation to keep rising. He made approaches to community and village leaders to ensure if the TPS made is contradictory to people’s allegation.

It looks clean and gets a beautiful touch.

Apparently, his hard work is paid off. His brilliant idea gets a green light. The land area of 6 square meters at Peken hamlet is permitted for the construction site. The

inauguration took place on December 31, 2016. “It needs a process to convince the public,” he said on Sunday (Jul. 16).

The TPS has been able to expand its business. His garbage transportation does not only serve few people but reaches 295 families. Public facilities, schools, cooperatives, temples, village offices and hamlet hall are also included. Admittedly, there are still many people having not entered as a customer. “Now, we serve the house of residents located on the roadside. They do not have temporary disposal yet,” he said.

Land area is quite narrow but the amount of waste that can be processed every day is quite a lot ranging from 950 kilograms to 1,200 kilograms. It soars when the feasts like Galungan arrive. Inviting people to become customers is not an easy matter.

He is considered to look for profit so they are reluctant to pay transport costs at IDR 15,000 per month. “Materially, we get small profit due to operating costs,” said the man born in 1978.

The collected garbage is separated in accordance with its type. Organic waste is processed into compost, while non-organic waste is used to make knick-knack having economic value. Keychain is one of them.

Especially for scrap, it is resold. Some are also taken advantage for plant pots. “With this management, the waste brings in economic value. Environmental pollution can also be minimized and getting healthier,”

he explained.

An interesting thing then arises. This innovative breakthrough can become a means for education. Several local governments outside Bali came here for a comparative study. Besides, from this waste some local residents get profits.

“In 2017, we managed to become the first best business plan of TPS 3R across East Indonesia,” said Darmawan.

The operating cost of waste management is huge. If just relying on revenue from monthly transportation fee, it is quite difficult to be fulfilled. Darmawan must also think hard to find the right solutions, so the program can run sustainably. Finally, he got an idea to make waste into a part of environmental tourism. He makes cooperation with travel agencies. As of June 2018, it has worked. Initially, the enthusiasts were not so many namely only one guest.

However, through intensive promotion, the number of tourist increases coming from Australia, China and Scotland.

“Tourists are also involved in beach cleanup activities. The garbage is taken to TPS to be further sorted. The driftwood is taken advantage for craft making practice.

For tourists, they are still introduced to local wisdom of the village, including the introduction of the tri hita karana concept,” he explained. He affirmed such an effort is made as part of the environmental conservation. (sos)

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U.S. President Donald Trump with British Prime Minister Theresa May during their joint news conference at Chequers, in Buckinghamshire, England, Friday, July 13, 2018.

More than 100 Indian rescue workers were using steel cutters and drills on Wednesday to try and free a dozen people feared trapped under the rubble of a collapsed six-storey building outside Delhi.

Three bodies have been pulled so far from under tonnes of concrete and metal from the building, which was still under construction when it gave way late Tuesday in Greater Noida just east of the capital.

Eyewitnesses and neighbours said one of those still missing was a one-year-old child from one of two families thought to be under the debris and who had moved in only days before.

“My friend was living here with his family since last Saturday. I spoke to them last night but have not had any contact with them since 9:00 pm,” local resident Sandesh Kumar told Indian television news channel NDTV. “I am just hoping they are alright,” he said.

“We don’t know exactly how many are trapped inside. We believe there are 12 people who may be trapped under the debris,” regional chief fire officer Arun Kumar Singh told AFP. Sniffer dogs were also being brought in to assist with the search. The building collapsed onto an adjacent newly constructed four-storey residential building, authorities said. (afp)

Trump attacks CNN, NBC and British paper in news conference

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump found time to attack CNN, NBC and the British tabloid The Sun, and offer fashion advice to a fourth news organization, while talking to reporters Friday with British Prime Minister Theresa May. The leaders faced sharp questions at a news conference following their talks, which came between a reportedly contentious meeting of NATO representatives and Trump’s upcoming summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Frequent Trump foil Jim Acosta of CNN tried to ask a question at one point and was rebuffed by the president. “CNN is fake news,” Trump said. “I don’t take questions from CNN. “Let’s go to a real network,” Trump said, pointing to John Roberts of Fox News Channel.

Roberts asked if there was any way that relations with Russia would improve as long as the country occupied Crimea.

A day earlier, Trump took a question from CNN’s Jeremy Diamond following the NATO meeting. And as Friday’s session with May was breaking up, Acosta shouted, “Mr. President, will you ask Putin to stay out of U.S. elections?” Trump turned around and answered yes.

Roberts, a veteran of CBS News and CNN, took some withering criticism online for not standing up for Acosta in the moment or, perhaps, ceding the microphone to his colleague.

CNN anchor Jake Tapper tweeted that he was “old enough to remember when other networks came to the defense of Fox News WH correspondents during the Obama years. Such did not happen here. Lesson for the kids out there: no one should ever try to do the right thing with the expectation that it will ever be reciprocated.”

Media solidarity has become an issue with White House briefings lately, as some journalists suggest that reporters should band together to prevent press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders from changing the subject to avoid answering questions. It hasn’t happened to any appreciable degree.

Roberts said later that he paused when Acosta and Trump went back and forth, and asked his own

question when it became clear the president would not entertain one from CNN. He noted he used to work at CNN. “There are some fine journalists who work there and risk their lives to report on stories around the world,” Roberts said. “To issue a blanket condemnation of the network as ‘fake news’ is ... unfair.”

Roberts also said it was similarly wrong for Trump to call Kristen Welker of NBC News dishonest.

“She is as honest as the day is long,” he said.

Trump took offense Friday when Welker asked him, “Are you giving Russian President Vladimir Putin the upper hand heading into your talks given that you are challenging the alliances that he is seeking to break up and defeat?”

Trump called it dishonest reporting. “Of course it happens to be NBC, which is possibly worse than CNN,” he said. Welker was cut off when she tried to reply.

NBC News had no comment on the exchange. Margaret Talev,

president of the White House Correspondents Association, said that “asking smart, tough questions, whether in a presidential press conference or interview, is central to the role a free press plays in a healthy republic.”

“Saying a news organization isn’t real doesn’t change the facts and won’t stop us from doing our jobs,” Talev said. All of the cable news networks, along with ABC, CBS and NBC, carried the news conference live. Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” promised the show would fact-check the session live, much as it had done the day before following a NATO meeting. Cohost Joe Scarborough frequently broke in while Trump talked on Thursday, calling some of his claims untrue.

But MSNBC didn’t break in to the Trump-May session Friday.

There was no indication whether the live fact-check was considered a failed experiment, or whether it would be repeated on “Morning Joe” or any other show.

Trump was questioned Friday about critical statements he had made about May in an interview

this week with The Sun, where he said she hadn’t taken his advice about Brexit negotiations and he praised her political rival. He criticized the newspaper for not printing the positive things he said about May, although he later softened his stance when it was pointed out that the Sun released audio portions of the interview.

“I said very nice things about her,” he said. “They didn’t put it in the headline. I wish they’d put it in the headline.”

The Sun’s headline: “Trump’s Brexit Blast: Donald Trump told Theresa May how to do Brexit ‘but she wrecked it’ — and says the US trade deal is off.”

In a statement, the Sun said it stood by its reporting. “To say the president called us ‘fake news’ with any serious intent is, well ... fake news.”

During one awkward moment in the news conference, Trump called attention to Reuters reporter Jeff Mason’s hat. Roberts, sitting next to him, playfully doffed the hat to reveal Mason’s bald head.

“I like you better without the hat,” Trump said. Mason took it off and asked his question. (afp)

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The new sanction would nearly double the previous record EU antitrust fine of 2.4 billion euros, which also targeted Google, in that case for the Silicon Valley titan’s shopping comparison service in 2017.

The decision, which follows a three-year investigation, comes as fears of a transatlantic trade war mount due to President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on European steel and aluminium exports.

Vestager is set to announce the penalty against the US tech giant at a news conference in Brussels at 1100 GMT. A source close to the matter told AFP that the fine would be 4.3 billion euros ($5 billion).

“The fine is based on the length of the infraction, but also on whether antitrust authorities believe there was an intention to commit the offence, and whether they excluded competitors or not,” said another European source.

Danish former minister Vestager, who has targeted a string of US tech titans, spoke by telephone with Google chief Sundar Pichai on Tuesday night to tell him about the decision in advance.

- ‘Financial incentives’ Vestager is expected to say that Google shut out rivals by forcing major phone makers including South Korea’s Samsung and China’s Huawei to pre-install its search engine and Google Chrome browser, thereby freezing out rivals.

They were also made to set Google Search as the default, as a condition of licensing some Google apps. Google Search and Chrome are as a result pre-installed on the “significant majority” of devices

Preserving tradition of lukat geni

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Residents of Satria Kawan Palace at Paksebali village, Dawan implemented lukat geni tradition at catus pata (central intersection) of Paksebali village on new moon of the ninth month in Balinese calendar, Tuesday (Mar. 8). The tradition having been implemented through generations poses the purification of macrocosm and microcosm. The lukat geni followed by dozens of youth is carried out every night of the Pengerupukan to welcome the Caka New Year. Lukat Geni is interpreted as spiritual purification and the balance the universe by means of fire. The fire used is derived from a bundle of burned dried palm leaves.

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This file photograph taken on September 21, 2016, shows a statue donated by Google during its inauguration in Montelimar, as Google launches a new version of the android operating system called ‘Android 7.0’ or ‘Nougat’. The European Union is set to impose a 4.3 billion euro (USD5 billion) fine on Google it announced on July 18, 2018, for abusing the dominant market position of its Android smartphone system, a source close to the matter told AFP. sold in the EU, the European Commission says.

An EU complaint formally lodged in April also accuses Google of preventing manufacturers from selling smartphones that run on rival operating systems based on the Android open source code.

Google also gave “financial incentives” to manufacturers and mobile network operators if they pre-installed Google Search on their devices, the commission said.

Under EU rules Google could have been fined up to 10 percent of parent company Alphabet’s annual revenue, which hit $110.9 billion

in 2017.

Vestager’s campaign against Silicon Valley giants in her four years as the 28-nation European Union’s competition commissioner has won praise in Europe but angered Washington.

Brussels has repeatedly targeted Google over the past decade amid concerns about the Silicon Valley giant’s dominance of internet search across Europe, where it commands about 90 percent of the market.

As well as the Android and Google Shopping files, it also has a third investigation under way, into Google’s AdSense advert-placing business.

- Silicon scalps Vestager’s other major scalps include Amazon and Apple. The EU ordered Apple in 2016 to pay Ireland 13 billion euros in back taxes that the iconic maker of iPhones and iPads had avoided by a tax deal with Dublin.

It has also taken on Facebook over privacy issues after it admitted that millions of users may have had their data hijacked by British consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica, which was working for Trump’s 2016 election campaign.

But Brussels has had US tech giants in its sights for a decade in a half, since it imposed a huge 497

million euro fine on Microsoft in 2004 for anti-competitive behaviour and ruled it must make changes to its Windows system.

The Google decision comes just one week before European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker is due to travel to the United States for crucial talks with Trump on the tariffs dispute and other issues.

Transatlantic tensions are also high over Trump’s berating NATO allies on defence spending at a summit last week, over his summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, and over the US president’s pull-out from the Iran nuclear agreement and Paris climate deal. (afp)

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Kamasan Painting Comes with a Message of Life

Google faces record 4.3-bneuro EU fine over Android

Google faced a record EU anti-trust fine of 4.3 billion euros on Wednesday over its Android smartphone system, in a ruling that risks a fresh clash between Brussels and Washington. EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager is expected to say that the US tech giant abused Android’s dominant market position to boost usage of its own search engine and browser.

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Lukat geni tradition is started with a self-purification at sacred spring and performing joint worship at family temple. Accompanied by baleganjur gamelan music and 33 torches, the participants of lukat geni headed for central intersection to start the procession. Here, dozens of youths taking part in the tradition of lukat geni hit their respective opponents in turns by means of fire set in palm leaves. No revenge is seen among the participants.

According to senior figure of Satria Kawan Palace, A.A. Gde Agung Rimawan, the lukat geni is a tradition having existed at Satria Kawan Palace since long time ago.

This tradition is held every year to welcome the Caka New Year.

It poses a form of purification of macrocosm and microcosm.

“Hopefully, with this lukat geni we can be bestowed with safety, both for ourselves and the surrounding environment,” said Rimawan.

He explained the lukat geni tradition uses fire of 36 pieces of dried palm leaves tied together or summed into nine (9) located in the nine points of the compass or Dewata Nawa Sanga. In addition, the use of 33 torches represents the strength of 33 gods abiding in five places, namely the Eastern or White (5), South or Red (9), West or Yellow (7), North or Black (4) and Central or multicolor (8). “These signify the invocation of protection or safety for ritual processions in progress,” he explained.

A participant of the lukat geni procession, A.A. Gde Agung Aris Pratama, stated that he participated in the lukat geni to preserve the tradition and cultural heritage from their ancestors. “Through this lukat geni tradition, we muffled the anger inside,” said a teenager that regularly participates in this annual tradition. Another participant, A.A. Gde Bagus Alit Putra, claimed to be proud to help preserve this tradition. It is the first time for him to participate in the tradition and claimed not to feel hot when being hit by his opponent using a fire of palm leaves. “There is no feeling of heat. It is meant to preserve the traditions and cultural heritages,” he said. (kmb)

Kamasan painting has been familiar in the ears of Balinese people. This artwork has long been a wealth of Klungkung district.

Apart from its classical appearance, this painting is rich in puppet and animal stories. It is really meaningful. At Kamasan village can be found many centers of the painting activities. There are also galleries where a number of works created by the artists have been displayed since several years ago. It applies classic colors of red and brownish perfectly combined. Some paintings offer a jungle feel following a pre-established pattern. They look very lively and beautiful to look at.

The work is not just an expression of the art but there is a message of life. What is scratched is not a common thing. It presents a series of pictures depicting a number of characters contained in the story. One of the themes is heroic attractions on the battlefield. It’s like giving a moral message. It is adopted from various stories, such as Mahabharata and Ramayana epic. Occasionally, the artists also express his idea inspired by animal or tantric tales.

The painter Mangku Muriati Mura said that in the midst of the art development, the appearance of other paintings is very possible.

Nevertheless, he does not get dissolved in that situation. His great desire to maintain the art is believed to have emerged since the kingdom

era that will not fade over the times.

The norms are not neglected. Everything is still followed. “We still preserve them all,” he said, not long ago.

This painting is not solely concerned with aesthetics but more than it, where it also offers strong philosophical values. His work is combined with religious elements or teachings quoted from the palmleaf manuscripts. “We must understand the meaning, not just some scratches,” he said.

Another painter, Kadek Natha, explained that in harmony with the development of times, Kamasan paint coloring began to use acrylic because natural materials are increasingly difficult to obtain.

However, the classic impression never fades. It remains to looks sharp and has divine inspiration.

“Pere is one of natural dyes, a kind of stone obtained from Sakenan. Its color is yellowish brown, but now many painters have switched from this color,” he explained.

Profession as painter has been pursued since he was in elementary school. His works have been widely sold. The price is fantastic and comparable to the complexity. “There is a painting sold for IDR 9 million, even more. The cheaper is also available,” he said. His paintings are no longer just scratched on canvas, but many of them have been used as hotel room ornaments. “Many hotels ask me to paint in classical style,” said Natha. (kmb)

Jempiring Restaurant Indulges Its Guest with Noodlelicious

One of the most popular foods is noodles. It can be cooked as the staple food, such as; soup or fried noodle and seasoned with the rights herbs to satisfy its lovers. Therefore, Jempiring Restaurant located on lobby level of Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center offers “Noodlicious” – various kinds of noodles. “We have Carsio Chicken Noodle – served with honey marinated chicken, oyster sauce, onion, and vegetable, and to complete the

dish, it served with fried wonton, this is perfect for those who loves noodle soup.

Another option for those who loves crispy noodle, we provide Seafood Fried Tamie, the dish topped with mushrooms and seafood. Think about fried flat rice noodle, Pecking Duck Kwetiau is a must try for you especially for duck lovers, because the dish is served with a tender texture pecking duck, making this

menu not to be missed to taste.”

Says Executive Chef Komang Aryana.

Furthemore, the hotel also offers Mochi Ice Ceram. This dessert is made from mochi filled with 3 choices of ice cream, such as chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry that will certainly be the perfect one after those delectable dishes.

Creation by Pastry Chef Komang Suarsih.

In addition those palatable

dishes, the freshness such as Taipei – made from milo, fresh milk, vanilla ice cream, and hazelnut is perfect for those who loves cold and sweet beverage. Calling out to tea lovers, available Chiayi – made from chamomile tea, lychee syrup, seaweed, soda, and mixed with several of fresh fruits such as watermelon, melon, and papaya.

Last but not least, available the healthy drink called Yilan – made from aloe vera, soursoup juice,

and mint. Creation by Bartender Widu Martina.

The offer is valid during July – September 2018. Available for lunch, dinner, and in-room dining. For more information and reservations, please contact 0361 – 411999 or quick response via social media accounts like Twitter @AstonDenpasarID, Facebook @Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center, and Instagram @ AstonDenpasar. (r)

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Asian Games venues ‘95% ready’ but potential pitfalls remain

Asian Games venues will be ready before Indonesia hosts the showpiece event in a month, organisers say, but the threat of terror attacks and endless traffic jams still looms over the huge tournament.

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Visitors take picture in front of a mural being prepared by local artists dedicated to the successful rescue of the ‘Wild Boars” football team outside an art gallery in Chiang Rai province on July 18, 2018 as family membes await for the children’s homecoming. Twelve boys and their football coach who survived a highly dangerous and dramatic rescue from a flooded cave in Thailand will leave hospital on July 18 and speak to the media for the first time.

Thai cave boys leave hospital ahead of press conference

Twelve boys and their football coach who survived a highly dangerous and dramatic rescue from a flooded Thai cave were discharged from hospital Wednesday ahead of a press conference where they will tell their incredible story for the first time.

An AFP correspondent on the scene saw the team, who were wearing football kits, board three minibuses at the hospital in northern Thailand’s Chiang Rai province.

The footballers from the “Wild Boars” club are being discharged a day earlier than previously announced, with authorities hoping a question and answer session will satisfy -- at least temporarily -- the intense media speculation that has accompanied their epic underground ordeal.

The boys are due to return to their homes later Wednesday. “The reason to hold this evening press conference is so media can ask them questions and after that they can go back to live their normal lives without media bothering them,” Thailand’s chief government spokesman Sunsern Kaewkumnerd told AFP. Called “Sending the Wild Boars Home” and broadcast on major television channels, the session will last for about 45 minutes, Sunsern said, adding that it would be conducted in an informal style with a moderator.

The briefing will be closely monitored, with experts warning of possible long-term distress from the more than two weeks they spent trapped inside a cramped, flooded chamber of the Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand.

The public relations department in Chiang Rai province

solicited questions from news outlets in advance and they will be forwarded to psychiatrists for screening.

Thailand’s junta leader Prayut Chan-O-Cha urged media Wednesday to be “cautious in asking unimportant questions” that could cause unspecified damage.

But the organisers have also set up a small makeshift football pitch at the press conference and the boys are expected to kick a ball around at the event.

Interest in the saga is unlikely to abate, with film production houses already eyeing a Hollywood treatment of the drama.

Doctors have advised families of the players, aged 11 to 16, that they should avoid letting them contact journalists for at least one month.

Though the boys and coach are said to be in good mental and physical health, they will be provided with additional psychological monitoring to detect lingering trauma.

- ‘Happiest day of my life’ -

Families of the youngsters are eagerly awaiting the homecoming. Khameuy Promthep, the grandmother of 13-year-old Dom, one of the boys rescued from the cave, told AFP in an interview at their family shop in Mae Sai near the Myanmar border on Wednesday that she was very excited.

“This is the happiest day of my life,” she said. The daring Thai-led international effort to rescue the team captivated the world after the football team walked into the cave on June 23 and were trapped by rising floodwaters.

After nine days without a steady supply of food or water they were found emaciated and huddled in a group on a

An army of labourers has been toiling around the clock to finish building work, widen roads and plant trees in a breakneck bid to beautify Jakarta, a teeming metropolis that many visitors find tough to love.

The athletes’ village looks ready, but some competitors may need nose pegs -- it backs out onto a toxic, foul-smelling river.

Jakarta and Palembang in Sumatra are set to host about 11,000 athletes and 5,000 officials from 45 Asian countries for the August 18 to September 2 Games, the world’s biggest multi-sport event behind the Olympics.

Apart from a still-unfinished squash complex, most venues appear nearly done.

The Gelora Bung Karno main stadium, used when Indonesia last hosted the Games in 1962, has undergone a major renovation for the 30 trillion rupiah ($2 billion) event.

“I think all the venues, from what I see... 95 percent should be finished by end of July,” chief organiser Erick Thohir, a media tycoon who is chairman of football club Inter Milan, said last week.

- Epic traffic jams -

Indonesia started with less time than most host countries.

It agreed to host the Games when Vietnam pulled out, citing

concerns over preparations and the heavy financial burden.

Jakarta then moved the 40-sport Games forward by a year to 2018 to avoid a clash with national elections.

But organisers insist it won’t be a repeat of the 2004 Athens Olympics when the main stadium was completed just weeks before the opening ceremony, or Brazil’s 2014 World Cup which went ahead in unfinished venues.

The worst-case scenario remains New Delhi’s 2010 Commonwealth Games, where problems ranged from filthy conditions at the athletes’ village to collapsing infrastructure.

Indonesia had problems with the 2011 Southeast Asian Games following corruption scandals and a deadly stampede at the football final. But the biggest headache at the Asian Games may be getting athletes to venues on time.

Jakarta has some of the world’s worst traffic and choking air pollution that has forced organisers to come up with drastic solutions.

Athletes and officials will travel on dedicated road lanes while Jakarta has put an odd-even licence plate system in place to limit congestion.

Schools will also be closed to take the daily commute of millions of pupils out of the equation.

- Security fears -

Security is another concern with the Games coming just a few months after terror attacks in Indonesia’s second-biggest city Surabaya killed a dozen people and reignited concerns about Islamist militants.

Some 100,000 security staff will be deployed in Jakarta,

Palembang and West Java, where several events are taking place.

“All safety elements are already in place,” said national deputy police chief Syafruddin, who goes by one name.

“We did not only think about security of the athletes, but we are also preparing safety measures for all aspects related to the games... of course the main priority is security.”

Police say they have been rounding up terror suspects and petty street criminals in a pre-Games crackdown -- and even fatally shooting some who resisted arrest.

Many Jakartans seem unaware that their city is hosting a major event though, with promotion of the Games noticeably lacking.

“What is it (the Asian Games)? I’m not too sure,” said Jakarta-based entrepreneur Widi Astari.

Some who do know about the Games have complained about ticket prices, which range from about 50,000-300,000 rupiah ($3.5-$21) in a country where many live on a few dollars a day.

“I think it will be great if the organiser provides tickets for the middle-lower class spectators because I think everybody wants to watch,” said Ari Fajar.

About one quarter of the 40,000 tickets available for the opening ceremonies -- the cheapest are 750,000 rupiah -were snapped up in first week of sale on June 30.

While the Games may not be picture perfect, Jakartan Nia is betting that her country won’t embarrass itself. “At least the outside world will know Indonesia has tried its best,” she said. (afp)

muddy ledge by British divers several kilometres inside Tham Luang.

Rescuers debated on the best plan to bring them out but ultimately decided on a risky operation that involved diving them through waterlogged passages while they were sedated to keep them calm and carrying them out in military-grade stretchers.

Not even the foreign cave diving specialists who took part were sure the mission would work and many expressed relief when it was all over after the final five were rescued on July 10.

- ‘Pedo’ row -

Further attention was drawn to the rescue by a highly public spat between entrepreneur Elon Musk and a British caver who took part in the rescue.

Tesla CEO Musk called Vernon Unsworth a “pedo” in an extraordinary social media attack, after the caving expert had ridiculed Musk’s plan to recover the trapped group using a miniature submarine.

Musk on Wednesday apologised to Unsworth over the slur, for which he had provided no justification or explanation. “(H)is actions against me do not justify my actions against him, and for that I apologize to Mr. Unsworth and to the companies I represent as leader,” Musk wrote on Twitter.

“The fault is mine and mine alone.”

Musk’s attack on Unsworth had drawn widespread outrage and briefly sent shares in Tesla tumbling. Unsworth told AFP he may take legal action against Musk over the offensive tweet. (afp)

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This picture taken on July 12, 2018 shows people exercising in front of the Senayan sports complex in Jakarta. Asian Games venues will be ready before Indonesia hosts the showpiece event in a month, organisers say, but the threat of terror attacks and endless traffic jams still looms over the regional Olympics.

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Bouchard battles past Bacsinszky in Gstaad opener

Eugenie Bouchard quelled a home threat at the Gstaad WTA tournament on Tuesday, fighting back to beat Timea Bacsinszky 4-6, 7-6 (7/1), 6-4 for a second-round place.

Jelekungkang Waterfall being made into tourist attraction

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He explained that local residents have been bathing at these waterfalls for a very long time but that acces was not easy until recently.

Since the road and path have been opened, children have been coming the waterfall in droves. “Now, almost every day, children from our

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racing away to 4-1, but was reeled in to 4-3 by the home player.

The Canadian earned a match point from a Swiss double-fault while leading 5-3; Bacsinszky saved it with a service winner.

Bouchard kept up her quest as light

faded, earning a second concluding chance and coming good with a forehand winner against the former tournament semi-finalist..

“I didn’t consider anything a turning point, I was just trying to play better,” Bouchard said.

“I didn’t play well last week and practice

has not been great this week. “I didn’t feel so good, so I just kept trying to play better today.”

Bouchard will next face 2016 Gstaad champion Victorija Golubic, who beat German Antonia Lottner 6-3, 6-2. (afp)

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The 146th-ranked Canadian who played the Wimbledon final four years ago but has since suffered through season after season of disappointment and a tumbling ranking, spent more than two and three-quarter hours in overcoming two-time Roland Garros semifinalist Bacsinszky.

The Swiss who once stood ninth in the world, missed the entire clay and grass season after tearing her right calf muscle during a match warm-up in Rabat last spring. She has played - and lost - only five matches this season - her ranking stands at 761.

Bouchard exited in the Wimbledon second round a fortnight ago, then switched to clay last week by entering a lower-level event, where she also lost her opening match.

Despite her clay victory, the 24-year-old is keeping any hopes of turning her career round on an extremely low simmer. “All the conditions were against me,” said the former member of the ranking Top 5.

“She is Swiss, playing at home as a former Top 10 player on her favourite surface. “It was a battle. I can’t compare this match to any previous (recent) ones. “All I know is I had to battle.”

Bouchard lost the opening set in 44 minutes despite taking the early lead on a break and was severely tested in the second.

That set featured six breaks of serve, with Bouchard again losing an early break and eventually forced to play a tiebreaker.

Though she did not consider the decider a particularly key factor, Bouchard won it handily to get right back into the fight as light began to fade in this VIP alpine village populated by both jet-setters and local farmers.

Bouchard went up a break in the third set,

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Australian center Liz Cambage set a Women’s NBA single-game record Tuesday by scoring 53 points to lead the Dallas Wings over the visiting New York Liberty 10487. The 26-year-old London-born Aussie, in her first season back in the US league after five seasons playing in China and Australia, added 10 rebounds and five blocked shots in the triumph.

“I just was feeling it I guess,” said Cambage after the game. “It’s pretty big. I’ve had big numbers in China. I’ve had big numbers in Australia. I’ve had a lot of people say I couldn’t get big numbers in the WNBA. I guess this was for

y’all.”

Cambage, who helped the Australia Opals to a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics, broke the old mark of 51 points set by Riquna Williams of the Tulsa Shock at San Antonio in 2013.

Cambage made 15-of-16 free throws and 17-of-22 shots from the floor, including 4-of-5 from 3-point range, the last of those from the top of the arc to break the record.

“OUR GIRL, OUR GIRL... She CAN’T be stopped. Keep doing your thing Lizzie,” tweeted Lauren Jackson, a four-time Olympic medalist and Cambage’s Olympic

teammate in 2012.

The most recent NBA player with 50 points, 10 rebounds and 75 percent shooting accuracy in an NBA game was Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan in 1996.

Cambage was born to a Nigerian father and Australian mother in London in 1991 but moved to Australia with her mother when she was three months old.

Cambage played for teams in Beijing and Shanghai from 2013-2016 and last season for the Melbourne Boomers before signing with the Wings last February. (afp)

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Beckenbauer tells Deschamps ‘Welcome to our club’ Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup as a player and a coach, welcomed Didier Deschamps on Tuesday “to our club!”

Beckenbauer won the World Cup as player with West Germany in 1974 and as Germany manager in 1990. He followed Brazilian Mario Zagallo, who won as a player in 1958 and 1962, as a head coach in 1970 and as an assistant in 1994.

Deschamps won as a player in 1998 and, on Sunday, triumphed as a coach when France beat Croatia 4-2 in the final in Moscow.

“Now we are three,” Der Kaiser told German newspaper Bild.

“Perhaps we should get together.”

Like Beckenbauer, Deschamps captained his country to World Cup victory. That was significant the German said.

“You’ll automatically learn how to lead a team,” Beckenbauer said. “That helped me later as a coach” “Of all the World Cup favourites, only France went through the tournament at a consistent level.” Beckenbauer added that he thinks the club should be bigger.

“It’s surprising that in the long World Cup era, going back to 1930, it has happened so little,” said the German. “Some have already tried, Maradona for example, but have not succeeded.” (afp)

Blind returns to Ajax after Man Utd stint

Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP

France’s goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (R) holds the trophy as he disembarks from the plane next to France’s coach Didier Deschamps (L), upon their arrival at the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport on the outskirts of Paris, on July 16, 2018 after winning the Russia 2018 World Cup final football match.

Daley Blind has returned to former club Ajax from Manchester United, telling his Twitter followers on Tuesday it was “time to go home”. Blind has signed a four-year deal with the Amsterdam club, having left Ajax for United in a £14 million deal ($18 million, 16 million euros) four years ago.

Ajax said they would pay a transfer fee of 16 million euros for the return of the defensive midfielder and fullback, with add-ons that could see the fee rise to 20.5 million euros.

The 28-year-old Dutch international made 141 appearances for United, but his opportunities had become increasingly limited under manager Jose Mourinho and he played only seven Premier League matches for the Old Trafford club last season.

“I want to say how proud I am to be a part of the Manchester United family,” Blind wrote on Twitter.

“To play for the biggest club in the world with such a history meant a lot to me. I had 4 great years with 4 trophy’s (sic)!

“I want to thank you for all the love and support I received and still get. I will never forget some of the special games and moments, I will miss you ‘The Theatre of Dreams’! But now it’s time to go home.”

Blind is the first senior player to leave United in this pre-season, although former England midfielder Michael Carrick had already announced his retirement prior to taking up a post with Mourinho’s backroom staff.

United wrote on their Twitter feed: “We can confirm @BlindDaley has left #MUFC to join Ajax. Thanks for everything, Daley, all the best for the future.” (afp)

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Fans cheer as Iniesta lands in Japan to join Vissel Kobe

Hundreds of football fans flocked to cheer Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta when he arrived in Japan on Wednesday to join his new club Vissel Kobe. The 34-year-old Spanish World Cup winner, who lifted 32 major trophies at Barca and made over 600 appearances for the Catalan giants, completed a big-money move to Japan in May. About 300 fans came to Kansai airport at Osaka in western Japan to greet Iniesta when he arrived in the early morning, according to a Vissel Kobe spokesman.

“I was looking forward to coming to Japan. I want to play as soon as possible,” Iniesta said, according to the spokesman. “I hope to get ready for Sunday and show the fans

good play.”

Iniesta’s choice of Kobe is arguably Japanese football’s biggest transfer coup, with many top players now moving to cash-rich Chinese clubs in the twilight of their careers. Iniesta had said that moving to a Chinese club was also an option for him.

His signing is a timely boost to the J-League, which attracted luminaries such as Brazilian great Zico and England’s Gary Lineker when it began in 1993 but has struggled to lure marquee players in recent years.

Iniesta will join former Arsenal striker Lukas Podolski in the western port city of Kobe after Podolski completed a move from Galatasaray last summer. (afp)

JIJI PRESS / AFP

Spanish football star Andres Iniesta (R) signs autographs as he is greeted by Vissel Kobe supporters upon his arrival at the Kansai International airport in Osaka on July 18, 2018.

Gerrard concern over toothless Rangers Manager Steven Gerrard is concerned over Rangers’ lack of bite after a goalless draw with FK Shkupi in Macedonia on Tuesday.

The Scottish Premier League side progressed to the Europa

League second qualifying round 2-0 on aggregate.

But Gerrard told RangersTV: “There are things I’m pleased at, but I am concerned about the lack of quality in the final third.”

Rangers will now face either Petrocub of Moldova or Croatian side Osijek. (afp)

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Beckenbauer tells Deschamps ‘Welcome to our club’ Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup as a player and a coach, welcomed Didier Deschamps on Tuesday “to our club!”

Beckenbauer won the World Cup as player with West Germany in 1974 and as Germany manager in 1990. He followed Brazilian Mario Zagallo, who won as a player in 1958 and 1962, as a head coach in 1970 and as an assistant in 1994.

Deschamps won as a player in 1998 and, on Sunday, triumphed as a coach when France beat Croatia 4-2 in the final in Moscow.

“Now we are three,” Der Kaiser told German newspaper Bild.

“Perhaps we should get together.”

Like Beckenbauer, Deschamps captained his country to World Cup victory. That was significant the German said.

“You’ll automatically learn how to lead a team,” Beckenbauer said. “That helped me later as a coach” “Of all the World Cup favourites, only France went through the tournament at a consistent level.” Beckenbauer added that he thinks the club should be bigger.

“It’s surprising that in the long World Cup era, going back to 1930, it has happened so little,” said the German. “Some have already tried, Maradona for example, but have not succeeded.” (afp)

Blind returns to Ajax after Man Utd stint

Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP

France’s goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (R) holds the trophy as he disembarks from the plane next to France’s coach Didier Deschamps (L), upon their arrival at the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport on the outskirts of Paris, on July 16, 2018 after winning the Russia 2018 World Cup final football match.

Daley Blind has returned to former club Ajax from Manchester United, telling his Twitter followers on Tuesday it was “time to go home”. Blind has signed a four-year deal with the Amsterdam club, having left Ajax for United in a £14 million deal ($18 million, 16 million euros) four years ago.

Ajax said they would pay a transfer fee of 16 million euros for the return of the defensive midfielder and fullback, with add-ons that could see the fee rise to 20.5 million euros.

The 28-year-old Dutch international made 141 appearances for United, but his opportunities had become increasingly limited under manager Jose Mourinho and he played only seven Premier League matches for the Old Trafford club last season.

“I want to say how proud I am to be a part of the Manchester United family,” Blind wrote on Twitter.

“To play for the biggest club in the world with such a history meant a lot to me. I had 4 great years with 4 trophy’s (sic)!

“I want to thank you for all the love and support I received and still get. I will never forget some of the special games and moments, I will miss you ‘The Theatre of Dreams’! But now it’s time to go home.”

Blind is the first senior player to leave United in this pre-season, although former England midfielder Michael Carrick had already announced his retirement prior to taking up a post with Mourinho’s backroom staff.

United wrote on their Twitter feed: “We can confirm @BlindDaley has left #MUFC to join Ajax. Thanks for everything, Daley, all the best for the future.” (afp)

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Fans cheer as Iniesta lands in Japan to join Vissel Kobe

Hundreds of football fans flocked to cheer Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta when he arrived in Japan on Wednesday to join his new club Vissel Kobe. The 34-year-old Spanish World Cup winner, who lifted 32 major trophies at Barca and made over 600 appearances for the Catalan giants, completed a big-money move to Japan in May. About 300 fans came to Kansai airport at Osaka in western Japan to greet Iniesta when he arrived in the early morning, according to a Vissel Kobe spokesman.

“I was looking forward to coming to Japan. I want to play as soon as possible,” Iniesta said, according to the spokesman. “I hope to get ready for Sunday and show the fans

good play.”

Iniesta’s choice of Kobe is arguably Japanese football’s biggest transfer coup, with many top players now moving to cash-rich Chinese clubs in the twilight of their careers. Iniesta had said that moving to a Chinese club was also an option for him.

His signing is a timely boost to the J-League, which attracted luminaries such as Brazilian great Zico and England’s Gary Lineker when it began in 1993 but has struggled to lure marquee players in recent years.

Iniesta will join former Arsenal striker Lukas Podolski in the western port city of Kobe after Podolski completed a move from Galatasaray last summer. (afp)

JIJI PRESS / AFP

Spanish football star Andres Iniesta (R) signs autographs as he is greeted by Vissel Kobe supporters upon his arrival at the Kansai International airport in Osaka on July 18, 2018.

Gerrard concern over toothless Rangers Manager Steven Gerrard is concerned over Rangers’ lack of bite after a goalless draw with FK Shkupi in Macedonia on Tuesday.

The Scottish Premier League side progressed to the Europa

League second qualifying round 2-0 on aggregate.

But Gerrard told RangersTV: “There are things I’m pleased at, but I am concerned about the lack of quality in the final third.”

Rangers will now face either Petrocub of Moldova or Croatian side Osijek. (afp)

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Bouchard battles past Bacsinszky in Gstaad opener

Eugenie Bouchard quelled a home threat at the Gstaad WTA tournament on Tuesday, fighting back to beat Timea Bacsinszky 4-6, 7-6 (7/1), 6-4 for a second-round place.

Jelekungkang Waterfall being made into tourist attraction

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He explained that local residents have been bathing at these waterfalls for a very long time but that acces was not easy until recently.

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Chief Wirya, who added that quite possibly the customary village authorities whoudl manage the site in the future.

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racing away to 4-1, but was reeled in to 4-3 by the home player.

The Canadian earned a match point from a Swiss double-fault while leading 5-3; Bacsinszky saved it with a service winner.

Bouchard kept up her quest as light

faded, earning a second concluding chance and coming good with a forehand winner against the former tournament semi-finalist..

“I didn’t consider anything a turning point, I was just trying to play better,” Bouchard said.

“I didn’t play well last week and practice

has not been great this week. “I didn’t feel so good, so I just kept trying to play better today.”

Bouchard will next face 2016 Gstaad champion Victorija Golubic, who beat German Antonia Lottner 6-3, 6-2. (afp)

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The 146th-ranked Canadian who played the Wimbledon final four years ago but has since suffered through season after season of disappointment and a tumbling ranking, spent more than two and three-quarter hours in overcoming two-time Roland Garros semifinalist Bacsinszky.

The Swiss who once stood ninth in the world, missed the entire clay and grass season after tearing her right calf muscle during a match warm-up in Rabat last spring. She has played - and lost - only five matches this season - her ranking stands at 761.

Bouchard exited in the Wimbledon second round a fortnight ago, then switched to clay last week by entering a lower-level event, where she also lost her opening match.

Despite her clay victory, the 24-year-old is keeping any hopes of turning her career round on an extremely low simmer. “All the conditions were against me,” said the former member of the ranking Top 5.

“She is Swiss, playing at home as a former Top 10 player on her favourite surface. “It was a battle. I can’t compare this match to any previous (recent) ones. “All I know is I had to battle.”

Bouchard lost the opening set in 44 minutes despite taking the early lead on a break and was severely tested in the second.

That set featured six breaks of serve, with Bouchard again losing an early break and eventually forced to play a tiebreaker.

Though she did not consider the decider a particularly key factor, Bouchard won it handily to get right back into the fight as light began to fade in this VIP alpine village populated by both jet-setters and local farmers.

Bouchard went up a break in the third set,

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Australian center Liz Cambage set a Women’s NBA single-game record Tuesday by scoring 53 points to lead the Dallas Wings over the visiting New York Liberty 10487. The 26-year-old London-born Aussie, in her first season back in the US league after five seasons playing in China and Australia, added 10 rebounds and five blocked shots in the triumph.

“I just was feeling it I guess,” said Cambage after the game. “It’s pretty big. I’ve had big numbers in China. I’ve had big numbers in Australia. I’ve had a lot of people say I couldn’t get big numbers in the WNBA. I guess this was for

y’all.”

Cambage, who helped the Australia Opals to a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics, broke the old mark of 51 points set by Riquna Williams of the Tulsa Shock at San Antonio in 2013.

Cambage made 15-of-16 free throws and 17-of-22 shots from the floor, including 4-of-5 from 3-point range, the last of those from the top of the arc to break the record.

“OUR GIRL, OUR GIRL... She CAN’T be stopped. Keep doing your thing Lizzie,” tweeted Lauren Jackson, a four-time Olympic medalist and Cambage’s Olympic

teammate in 2012.

The most recent NBA player with 50 points, 10 rebounds and 75 percent shooting accuracy in an NBA game was Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan in 1996.

Cambage was born to a Nigerian father and Australian mother in London in 1991 but moved to Australia with her mother when she was three months old.

Cambage played for teams in Beijing and Shanghai from 2013-2016 and last season for the Melbourne Boomers before signing with the Wings last February. (afp)

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Asian Games venues ‘95% ready’ but potential pitfalls remain

Asian Games venues will be ready before Indonesia hosts the showpiece event in a month, organisers say, but the threat of terror attacks and endless traffic jams still looms over the huge tournament.

Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP

Visitors take picture in front of a mural being prepared by local artists dedicated to the successful rescue of the ‘Wild Boars” football team outside an art gallery in Chiang Rai province on July 18, 2018 as family membes await for the children’s homecoming. Twelve boys and their football coach who survived a highly dangerous and dramatic rescue from a flooded cave in Thailand will leave hospital on July 18 and speak to the media for the first time.

Thai cave boys leave hospital ahead of press conference

Twelve boys and their football coach who survived a highly dangerous and dramatic rescue from a flooded Thai cave were discharged from hospital Wednesday ahead of a press conference where they will tell their incredible story for the first time.

An AFP correspondent on the scene saw the team, who were wearing football kits, board three minibuses at the hospital in northern Thailand’s Chiang Rai province.

The footballers from the “Wild Boars” club are being discharged a day earlier than previously announced, with authorities hoping a question and answer session will satisfy -- at least temporarily -- the intense media speculation that has accompanied their epic underground ordeal.

The boys are due to return to their homes later Wednesday. “The reason to hold this evening press conference is so media can ask them questions and after that they can go back to live their normal lives without media bothering them,” Thailand’s chief government spokesman Sunsern Kaewkumnerd told AFP. Called “Sending the Wild Boars Home” and broadcast on major television channels, the session will last for about 45 minutes, Sunsern said, adding that it would be conducted in an informal style with a moderator.

The briefing will be closely monitored, with experts warning of possible long-term distress from the more than two weeks they spent trapped inside a cramped, flooded chamber of the Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand.

The public relations department in Chiang Rai province

solicited questions from news outlets in advance and they will be forwarded to psychiatrists for screening.

Thailand’s junta leader Prayut Chan-O-Cha urged media Wednesday to be “cautious in asking unimportant questions” that could cause unspecified damage.

But the organisers have also set up a small makeshift football pitch at the press conference and the boys are expected to kick a ball around at the event.

Interest in the saga is unlikely to abate, with film production houses already eyeing a Hollywood treatment of the drama.

Doctors have advised families of the players, aged 11 to 16, that they should avoid letting them contact journalists for at least one month.

Though the boys and coach are said to be in good mental and physical health, they will be provided with additional psychological monitoring to detect lingering trauma.

- ‘Happiest day of my life’ -

Families of the youngsters are eagerly awaiting the homecoming. Khameuy Promthep, the grandmother of 13-year-old Dom, one of the boys rescued from the cave, told AFP in an interview at their family shop in Mae Sai near the Myanmar border on Wednesday that she was very excited.

“This is the happiest day of my life,” she said. The daring Thai-led international effort to rescue the team captivated the world after the football team walked into the cave on June 23 and were trapped by rising floodwaters.

After nine days without a steady supply of food or water they were found emaciated and huddled in a group on a

An army of labourers has been toiling around the clock to finish building work, widen roads and plant trees in a breakneck bid to beautify Jakarta, a teeming metropolis that many visitors find tough to love.

The athletes’ village looks ready, but some competitors may need nose pegs -- it backs out onto a toxic, foul-smelling river.

Jakarta and Palembang in Sumatra are set to host about 11,000 athletes and 5,000 officials from 45 Asian countries for the August 18 to September 2 Games, the world’s biggest multi-sport event behind the Olympics.

Apart from a still-unfinished squash complex, most venues appear nearly done.

The Gelora Bung Karno main stadium, used when Indonesia last hosted the Games in 1962, has undergone a major renovation for the 30 trillion rupiah ($2 billion) event.

“I think all the venues, from what I see... 95 percent should be finished by end of July,” chief organiser Erick Thohir, a media tycoon who is chairman of football club Inter Milan, said last week.

- Epic traffic jams -

Indonesia started with less time than most host countries.

It agreed to host the Games when Vietnam pulled out, citing

concerns over preparations and the heavy financial burden.

Jakarta then moved the 40-sport Games forward by a year to 2018 to avoid a clash with national elections.

But organisers insist it won’t be a repeat of the 2004 Athens Olympics when the main stadium was completed just weeks before the opening ceremony, or Brazil’s 2014 World Cup which went ahead in unfinished venues.

The worst-case scenario remains New Delhi’s 2010 Commonwealth Games, where problems ranged from filthy conditions at the athletes’ village to collapsing infrastructure.

Indonesia had problems with the 2011 Southeast Asian Games following corruption scandals and a deadly stampede at the football final. But the biggest headache at the Asian Games may be getting athletes to venues on time.

Jakarta has some of the world’s worst traffic and choking air pollution that has forced organisers to come up with drastic solutions.

Athletes and officials will travel on dedicated road lanes while Jakarta has put an odd-even licence plate system in place to limit congestion.

Schools will also be closed to take the daily commute of millions of pupils out of the equation.

- Security fears -

Security is another concern with the Games coming just a few months after terror attacks in Indonesia’s second-biggest city Surabaya killed a dozen people and reignited concerns about Islamist militants.

Some 100,000 security staff will be deployed in Jakarta,

Palembang and West Java, where several events are taking place.

“All safety elements are already in place,” said national deputy police chief Syafruddin, who goes by one name.

“We did not only think about security of the athletes, but we are also preparing safety measures for all aspects related to the games... of course the main priority is security.”

Police say they have been rounding up terror suspects and petty street criminals in a pre-Games crackdown -- and even fatally shooting some who resisted arrest.

Many Jakartans seem unaware that their city is hosting a major event though, with promotion of the Games noticeably lacking.

“What is it (the Asian Games)? I’m not too sure,” said Jakarta-based entrepreneur Widi Astari.

Some who do know about the Games have complained about ticket prices, which range from about 50,000-300,000 rupiah ($3.5-$21) in a country where many live on a few dollars a day.

“I think it will be great if the organiser provides tickets for the middle-lower class spectators because I think everybody wants to watch,” said Ari Fajar.

About one quarter of the 40,000 tickets available for the opening ceremonies -- the cheapest are 750,000 rupiah -were snapped up in first week of sale on June 30.

While the Games may not be picture perfect, Jakartan Nia is betting that her country won’t embarrass itself. “At least the outside world will know Indonesia has tried its best,” she said. (afp)

muddy ledge by British divers several kilometres inside Tham Luang.

Rescuers debated on the best plan to bring them out but ultimately decided on a risky operation that involved diving them through waterlogged passages while they were sedated to keep them calm and carrying them out in military-grade stretchers.

Not even the foreign cave diving specialists who took part were sure the mission would work and many expressed relief when it was all over after the final five were rescued on July 10.

- ‘Pedo’ row -

Further attention was drawn to the rescue by a highly public spat between entrepreneur Elon Musk and a British caver who took part in the rescue.

Tesla CEO Musk called Vernon Unsworth a “pedo” in an extraordinary social media attack, after the caving expert had ridiculed Musk’s plan to recover the trapped group using a miniature submarine.

Musk on Wednesday apologised to Unsworth over the slur, for which he had provided no justification or explanation. “(H)is actions against me do not justify my actions against him, and for that I apologize to Mr. Unsworth and to the companies I represent as leader,” Musk wrote on Twitter.

“The fault is mine and mine alone.”

Musk’s attack on Unsworth had drawn widespread outrage and briefly sent shares in Tesla tumbling. Unsworth told AFP he may take legal action against Musk over the offensive tweet. (afp)

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This picture taken on July 12, 2018 shows people exercising in front of the Senayan sports complex in Jakarta. Asian Games venues will be ready before Indonesia hosts the showpiece event in a month, organisers say, but the threat of terror attacks and endless traffic jams still looms over the regional Olympics.

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The new sanction would nearly double the previous record EU antitrust fine of 2.4 billion euros, which also targeted Google, in that case for the Silicon Valley titan’s shopping comparison service in 2017.

The decision, which follows a three-year investigation, comes as fears of a transatlantic trade war mount due to President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on European steel and aluminium exports.

Vestager is set to announce the penalty against the US tech giant at a news conference in Brussels at 1100 GMT. A source close to the matter told AFP that the fine would be 4.3 billion euros ($5 billion).

“The fine is based on the length of the infraction, but also on whether antitrust authorities believe there was an intention to commit the offence, and whether they excluded competitors or not,” said another European source.

Danish former minister Vestager, who has targeted a string of US tech titans, spoke by telephone with Google chief Sundar Pichai on Tuesday night to tell him about the decision in advance.

- ‘Financial incentives’ Vestager is expected to say that Google shut out rivals by forcing major phone makers including South Korea’s Samsung and China’s Huawei to pre-install its search engine and Google Chrome browser, thereby freezing out rivals.

They were also made to set Google Search as the default, as a condition of licensing some Google apps. Google Search and Chrome are as a result pre-installed on the “significant majority” of devices

Preserving tradition of lukat geni

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Residents of Satria Kawan Palace at Paksebali village, Dawan implemented lukat geni tradition at catus pata (central intersection) of Paksebali village on new moon of the ninth month in Balinese calendar, Tuesday (Mar. 8). The tradition having been implemented through generations poses the purification of macrocosm and microcosm. The lukat geni followed by dozens of youth is carried out every night of the Pengerupukan to welcome the Caka New Year. Lukat Geni is interpreted as spiritual purification and the balance the universe by means of fire. The fire used is derived from a bundle of burned dried palm leaves.

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This file photograph taken on September 21, 2016, shows a statue donated by Google during its inauguration in Montelimar, as Google launches a new version of the android operating system called ‘Android 7.0’ or ‘Nougat’. The European Union is set to impose a 4.3 billion euro (USD5 billion) fine on Google it announced on July 18, 2018, for abusing the dominant market position of its Android smartphone system, a source close to the matter told AFP. sold in the EU, the European Commission says.

An EU complaint formally lodged in April also accuses Google of preventing manufacturers from selling smartphones that run on rival operating systems based on the Android open source code.

Google also gave “financial incentives” to manufacturers and mobile network operators if they pre-installed Google Search on their devices, the commission said.

Under EU rules Google could have been fined up to 10 percent of parent company Alphabet’s annual revenue, which hit $110.9 billion

in 2017.

Vestager’s campaign against Silicon Valley giants in her four years as the 28-nation European Union’s competition commissioner has won praise in Europe but angered Washington.

Brussels has repeatedly targeted Google over the past decade amid concerns about the Silicon Valley giant’s dominance of internet search across Europe, where it commands about 90 percent of the market.

As well as the Android and Google Shopping files, it also has a third investigation under way, into Google’s AdSense advert-placing business.

- Silicon scalps Vestager’s other major scalps include Amazon and Apple. The EU ordered Apple in 2016 to pay Ireland 13 billion euros in back taxes that the iconic maker of iPhones and iPads had avoided by a tax deal with Dublin.

It has also taken on Facebook over privacy issues after it admitted that millions of users may have had their data hijacked by British consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica, which was working for Trump’s 2016 election campaign.

But Brussels has had US tech giants in its sights for a decade in a half, since it imposed a huge 497

million euro fine on Microsoft in 2004 for anti-competitive behaviour and ruled it must make changes to its Windows system.

The Google decision comes just one week before European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker is due to travel to the United States for crucial talks with Trump on the tariffs dispute and other issues.

Transatlantic tensions are also high over Trump’s berating NATO allies on defence spending at a summit last week, over his summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, and over the US president’s pull-out from the Iran nuclear agreement and Paris climate deal. (afp)

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Kamasan Painting Comes with a Message of Life

Google faces record 4.3-bneuro EU fine over Android

Google faced a record EU anti-trust fine of 4.3 billion euros on Wednesday over its Android smartphone system, in a ruling that risks a fresh clash between Brussels and Washington. EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager is expected to say that the US tech giant abused Android’s dominant market position to boost usage of its own search engine and browser.

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Lukat geni tradition is started with a self-purification at sacred spring and performing joint worship at family temple. Accompanied by baleganjur gamelan music and 33 torches, the participants of lukat geni headed for central intersection to start the procession. Here, dozens of youths taking part in the tradition of lukat geni hit their respective opponents in turns by means of fire set in palm leaves. No revenge is seen among the participants.

According to senior figure of Satria Kawan Palace, A.A. Gde Agung Rimawan, the lukat geni is a tradition having existed at Satria Kawan Palace since long time ago.

This tradition is held every year to welcome the Caka New Year.

It poses a form of purification of macrocosm and microcosm.

“Hopefully, with this lukat geni we can be bestowed with safety, both for ourselves and the surrounding environment,” said Rimawan.

He explained the lukat geni tradition uses fire of 36 pieces of dried palm leaves tied together or summed into nine (9) located in the nine points of the compass or Dewata Nawa Sanga. In addition, the use of 33 torches represents the strength of 33 gods abiding in five places, namely the Eastern or White (5), South or Red (9), West or Yellow (7), North or Black (4) and Central or multicolor (8). “These signify the invocation of protection or safety for ritual processions in progress,” he explained.

A participant of the lukat geni procession, A.A. Gde Agung Aris Pratama, stated that he participated in the lukat geni to preserve the tradition and cultural heritage from their ancestors. “Through this lukat geni tradition, we muffled the anger inside,” said a teenager that regularly participates in this annual tradition. Another participant, A.A. Gde Bagus Alit Putra, claimed to be proud to help preserve this tradition. It is the first time for him to participate in the tradition and claimed not to feel hot when being hit by his opponent using a fire of palm leaves. “There is no feeling of heat. It is meant to preserve the traditions and cultural heritages,” he said. (kmb)

Kamasan painting has been familiar in the ears of Balinese people. This artwork has long been a wealth of Klungkung district.

Apart from its classical appearance, this painting is rich in puppet and animal stories. It is really meaningful. At Kamasan village can be found many centers of the painting activities. There are also galleries where a number of works created by the artists have been displayed since several years ago. It applies classic colors of red and brownish perfectly combined. Some paintings offer a jungle feel following a pre-established pattern. They look very lively and beautiful to look at.

The work is not just an expression of the art but there is a message of life. What is scratched is not a common thing. It presents a series of pictures depicting a number of characters contained in the story. One of the themes is heroic attractions on the battlefield. It’s like giving a moral message. It is adopted from various stories, such as Mahabharata and Ramayana epic. Occasionally, the artists also express his idea inspired by animal or tantric tales.

The painter Mangku Muriati Mura said that in the midst of the art development, the appearance of other paintings is very possible.

Nevertheless, he does not get dissolved in that situation. His great desire to maintain the art is believed to have emerged since the kingdom

era that will not fade over the times.

The norms are not neglected. Everything is still followed. “We still preserve them all,” he said, not long ago.

This painting is not solely concerned with aesthetics but more than it, where it also offers strong philosophical values. His work is combined with religious elements or teachings quoted from the palmleaf manuscripts. “We must understand the meaning, not just some scratches,” he said.

Another painter, Kadek Natha, explained that in harmony with the development of times, Kamasan paint coloring began to use acrylic because natural materials are increasingly difficult to obtain.

However, the classic impression never fades. It remains to looks sharp and has divine inspiration.

“Pere is one of natural dyes, a kind of stone obtained from Sakenan. Its color is yellowish brown, but now many painters have switched from this color,” he explained.

Profession as painter has been pursued since he was in elementary school. His works have been widely sold. The price is fantastic and comparable to the complexity. “There is a painting sold for IDR 9 million, even more. The cheaper is also available,” he said. His paintings are no longer just scratched on canvas, but many of them have been used as hotel room ornaments. “Many hotels ask me to paint in classical style,” said Natha. (kmb)

Jempiring Restaurant Indulges Its Guest with Noodlelicious

One of the most popular foods is noodles. It can be cooked as the staple food, such as; soup or fried noodle and seasoned with the rights herbs to satisfy its lovers. Therefore, Jempiring Restaurant located on lobby level of Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center offers “Noodlicious” – various kinds of noodles. “We have Carsio Chicken Noodle – served with honey marinated chicken, oyster sauce, onion, and vegetable, and to complete the

dish, it served with fried wonton, this is perfect for those who loves noodle soup.

Another option for those who loves crispy noodle, we provide Seafood Fried Tamie, the dish topped with mushrooms and seafood. Think about fried flat rice noodle, Pecking Duck Kwetiau is a must try for you especially for duck lovers, because the dish is served with a tender texture pecking duck, making this

menu not to be missed to taste.”

Says Executive Chef Komang Aryana.

Furthemore, the hotel also offers Mochi Ice Ceram. This dessert is made from mochi filled with 3 choices of ice cream, such as chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry that will certainly be the perfect one after those delectable dishes.

Creation by Pastry Chef Komang Suarsih.

In addition those palatable

dishes, the freshness such as Taipei – made from milo, fresh milk, vanilla ice cream, and hazelnut is perfect for those who loves cold and sweet beverage. Calling out to tea lovers, available Chiayi – made from chamomile tea, lychee syrup, seaweed, soda, and mixed with several of fresh fruits such as watermelon, melon, and papaya.

Last but not least, available the healthy drink called Yilan – made from aloe vera, soursoup juice,

and mint. Creation by Bartender Widu Martina.

The offer is valid during July – September 2018. Available for lunch, dinner, and in-room dining. For more information and reservations, please contact 0361 – 411999 or quick response via social media accounts like Twitter @AstonDenpasarID, Facebook @Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center, and Instagram @ AstonDenpasar. (r)

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Indian building collapse kills three, 12 missing

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Tourist are making handicrafts from garbage

A story of I Ketut Darmawan from Tangkas village

Attracting tourists by means of waste Bali Arts Festival 2018 Schedule Thursday, 19th July 2018 Time : 11.00 ( MIT ) Location : Angsoka Stage Program : Gandrung Dance by Eka Budaya Arts Group, Banjar. Ketapian Kelod, Sumerta Village, representing Denpasar City Time : 11.00 ( MIT ) Location : Ayodya Stage.

Program : Dances by Sanggar Menari Arts Group, Jakarta.

Time : 14.00 ( MIT ) Location : Ratna Kanda Stage Program : Parade of Dances and Musics of Angklung Kebyar by Angklung Group of Celang, Banjar Pekandelan, Nyalian Village, Banjarangkan Subdistrict, representing Klungkung Regency Time : 17.00 ( MIT ) Location : Angsoka Stage.

Program : Gambuh Dance-drama by Gambuh Group of Yowana, Pura Sari Abangan, Banjar Ancak, Bungkulan Village, Buleleng Regency Time : 20.00 ( MIT ) Location : Kalangan Ayodya Stage Program : Classical Arja Dance-drama by Arsa Ratna Swari Arts Group, Banjar Abian Kapas Kaja, Sumerta, Denpasar Time : 20.00 ( MIT ) Location : in the front of Kriya Hall.

Program : Bali Modern Theatre “Joged Adar” by Teater Kalangan Singaraja.

Time : 20.00 ( MIT ) Location : Ksirarnawa Hall.

Program : 2018 Art Awards Presentation to Balinese Devotee Artists .

WASTE remains a problem in Klungkung district. The handling efforts are not only done by local government through the Local Waste Management Program (TOSS). A resident from Meranggen hamlet, Tangkas, Klungkung, I Ketut Darmawan, also takes part. The waste is not only transformed into an economic product but also into tour packages that can draw foreign tourist visit. How is it like?

The emergence of creative idea began when seeing a lot of rubbish disposed of by local people. Some clogged irrigation channels. Inevitably, it generated slum impression. This should make him do regular cleanup. Burning activity is also often witnessed. The waste is gone. But unknowingly, the smoke is very harmful to health. He wanted such sight soon ends.

His desire to see the clean and comfortable environment is enormous.

Armed with the motivation, he rolled out a breakthrough. In 2015, this father of two sons has the idea of constructing Reduce, Reuse and Recyle (3R) Waste Treatment Plant (TPS) at Tangkas village.

His good intentions did not immediately get support. What came up was rejection.

The program was seen to bring in slum impression. Loaded with stench and fly nest and even mice, it is considered a challenge.

His steps were not immediately slack.

There was no lethargy of blood. Instead, it was taken advantage as motivation to keep rising. He made approaches to community and village leaders to ensure if the TPS made is contradictory to people’s allegation.

It looks clean and gets a beautiful touch.

Apparently, his hard work is paid off. His brilliant idea gets a green light. The land area of 6 square meters at Peken hamlet is permitted for the construction site. The

inauguration took place on December 31, 2016. “It needs a process to convince the public,” he said on Sunday (Jul. 16).

The TPS has been able to expand its business. His garbage transportation does not only serve few people but reaches 295 families. Public facilities, schools, cooperatives, temples, village offices and hamlet hall are also included. Admittedly, there are still many people having not entered as a customer. “Now, we serve the house of residents located on the roadside. They do not have temporary disposal yet,” he said.

Land area is quite narrow but the amount of waste that can be processed every day is quite a lot ranging from 950 kilograms to 1,200 kilograms. It soars when the feasts like Galungan arrive. Inviting people to become customers is not an easy matter.

He is considered to look for profit so they are reluctant to pay transport costs at IDR 15,000 per month. “Materially, we get small profit due to operating costs,” said the man born in 1978.

The collected garbage is separated in accordance with its type. Organic waste is processed into compost, while non-organic waste is used to make knick-knack having economic value. Keychain is one of them.

Especially for scrap, it is resold. Some are also taken advantage for plant pots. “With this management, the waste brings in economic value. Environmental pollution can also be minimized and getting healthier,”

he explained.

An interesting thing then arises. This innovative breakthrough can become a means for education. Several local governments outside Bali came here for a comparative study. Besides, from this waste some local residents get profits.

“In 2017, we managed to become the first best business plan of TPS 3R across East Indonesia,” said Darmawan.

The operating cost of waste management is huge. If just relying on revenue from monthly transportation fee, it is quite difficult to be fulfilled. Darmawan must also think hard to find the right solutions, so the program can run sustainably. Finally, he got an idea to make waste into a part of environmental tourism. He makes cooperation with travel agencies. As of June 2018, it has worked. Initially, the enthusiasts were not so many namely only one guest.

However, through intensive promotion, the number of tourist increases coming from Australia, China and Scotland.

“Tourists are also involved in beach cleanup activities. The garbage is taken to TPS to be further sorted. The driftwood is taken advantage for craft making practice.

For tourists, they are still introduced to local wisdom of the village, including the introduction of the tri hita karana concept,” he explained. He affirmed such an effort is made as part of the environmental conservation. (sos)

AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

U.S. President Donald Trump with British Prime Minister Theresa May during their joint news conference at Chequers, in Buckinghamshire, England, Friday, July 13, 2018.

More than 100 Indian rescue workers were using steel cutters and drills on Wednesday to try and free a dozen people feared trapped under the rubble of a collapsed six-storey building outside Delhi.

Three bodies have been pulled so far from under tonnes of concrete and metal from the building, which was still under construction when it gave way late Tuesday in Greater Noida just east of the capital.

Eyewitnesses and neighbours said one of those still missing was a one-year-old child from one of two families thought to be under the debris and who had moved in only days before.

“My friend was living here with his family since last Saturday. I spoke to them last night but have not had any contact with them since 9:00 pm,” local resident Sandesh Kumar told Indian television news channel NDTV. “I am just hoping they are alright,” he said.

“We don’t know exactly how many are trapped inside. We believe there are 12 people who may be trapped under the debris,” regional chief fire officer Arun Kumar Singh told AFP. Sniffer dogs were also being brought in to assist with the search. The building collapsed onto an adjacent newly constructed four-storey residential building, authorities said. (afp)

Trump attacks CNN, NBC and British paper in news conference

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump found time to attack CNN, NBC and the British tabloid The Sun, and offer fashion advice to a fourth news organization, while talking to reporters Friday with British Prime Minister Theresa May. The leaders faced sharp questions at a news conference following their talks, which came between a reportedly contentious meeting of NATO representatives and Trump’s upcoming summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Frequent Trump foil Jim Acosta of CNN tried to ask a question at one point and was rebuffed by the president. “CNN is fake news,” Trump said. “I don’t take questions from CNN. “Let’s go to a real network,” Trump said, pointing to John Roberts of Fox News Channel.

Roberts asked if there was any way that relations with Russia would improve as long as the country occupied Crimea.

A day earlier, Trump took a question from CNN’s Jeremy Diamond following the NATO meeting. And as Friday’s session with May was breaking up, Acosta shouted, “Mr. President, will you ask Putin to stay out of U.S. elections?” Trump turned around and answered yes.

Roberts, a veteran of CBS News and CNN, took some withering criticism online for not standing up for Acosta in the moment or, perhaps, ceding the microphone to his colleague.

CNN anchor Jake Tapper tweeted that he was “old enough to remember when other networks came to the defense of Fox News WH correspondents during the Obama years. Such did not happen here. Lesson for the kids out there: no one should ever try to do the right thing with the expectation that it will ever be reciprocated.”

Media solidarity has become an issue with White House briefings lately, as some journalists suggest that reporters should band together to prevent press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders from changing the subject to avoid answering questions. It hasn’t happened to any appreciable degree.

Roberts said later that he paused when Acosta and Trump went back and forth, and asked his own

question when it became clear the president would not entertain one from CNN. He noted he used to work at CNN. “There are some fine journalists who work there and risk their lives to report on stories around the world,” Roberts said. “To issue a blanket condemnation of the network as ‘fake news’ is ... unfair.”

Roberts also said it was similarly wrong for Trump to call Kristen Welker of NBC News dishonest.

“She is as honest as the day is long,” he said.

Trump took offense Friday when Welker asked him, “Are you giving Russian President Vladimir Putin the upper hand heading into your talks given that you are challenging the alliances that he is seeking to break up and defeat?”

Trump called it dishonest reporting. “Of course it happens to be NBC, which is possibly worse than CNN,” he said. Welker was cut off when she tried to reply.

NBC News had no comment on the exchange. Margaret Talev,

president of the White House Correspondents Association, said that “asking smart, tough questions, whether in a presidential press conference or interview, is central to the role a free press plays in a healthy republic.”

“Saying a news organization isn’t real doesn’t change the facts and won’t stop us from doing our jobs,” Talev said. All of the cable news networks, along with ABC, CBS and NBC, carried the news conference live. Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” promised the show would fact-check the session live, much as it had done the day before following a NATO meeting. Cohost Joe Scarborough frequently broke in while Trump talked on Thursday, calling some of his claims untrue.

But MSNBC didn’t break in to the Trump-May session Friday.

There was no indication whether the live fact-check was considered a failed experiment, or whether it would be repeated on “Morning Joe” or any other show.

Trump was questioned Friday about critical statements he had made about May in an interview

this week with The Sun, where he said she hadn’t taken his advice about Brexit negotiations and he praised her political rival. He criticized the newspaper for not printing the positive things he said about May, although he later softened his stance when it was pointed out that the Sun released audio portions of the interview.

“I said very nice things about her,” he said. “They didn’t put it in the headline. I wish they’d put it in the headline.”

The Sun’s headline: “Trump’s Brexit Blast: Donald Trump told Theresa May how to do Brexit ‘but she wrecked it’ — and says the US trade deal is off.”

In a statement, the Sun said it stood by its reporting. “To say the president called us ‘fake news’ with any serious intent is, well ... fake news.”

During one awkward moment in the news conference, Trump called attention to Reuters reporter Jeff Mason’s hat. Roberts, sitting next to him, playfully doffed the hat to reveal Mason’s bald head.

“I like you better without the hat,” Trump said. Mason took it off and asked his question. (afp)

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Celebrity cosmetic surgeon in Brazil vanishes after patient dies

A Brazilian celebrity butt-enhancement surgeon called Dr. Bumbum has gone on the run following the death of a patient just hours after undergoing cosmetic surgery at his home in Rio de Janeiro.

Denis Furtado was considered capable of performing magic on women’s bodies, in particular their bottoms, and became known throughout the country for his expertise.

The 45-year-old’s Instagram account reflects his popularity with 650,000 followers.

But now he is wanted by police after Lilian Quezia Calixto died just hours after a butt enlargement procedure at his home in the swanky Barra de Tijuca neighborhood.

Calixto had travelled 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles) from her home in Cuiaba to see the surgeon to the stars.

But following the controversial injection of acrylic glass filler, Calixto started feeling ill.

Upon arriving at hospital on Sunday, she was suffering from a racing heart-beat and hypertension, and after four heart attacks she died.

Soon after, Furtado disappeared and is now wanted for homicide and criminal association, while his girlfriend, who some media claim was also his assistant, has been

detained.

The news has caused shock waves throughout the industry -Brazil is second only to the United States for the number of plastic surgeries carried out.

The Brazilian Plastic Surgery Society (SBPC) was quick to denounce Furtado, saying “the growing invasion of non-specialists in the specialty has provoked more and more fatalities like this one.”

“You cannot perform plastic surgery inside an apartment. Many people are selling a dream, a fantasy to patients in an unethical way and people, weakened, are often attracted to low prices, without considering whether or not the conditions are adequate,” SBPC president Niveo Steffen told AFP. Steffen said the injection of synthetic biopolymers or polymers, like acrylic glass, is very dangerous and has caused dozens of deaths among women in Latin America, especially in Venezuela.

He said Furtado’s case demonstrates the “trivialization of cosmetic procedures by unspecialized professionals, who often aren’t doctors and are putting people at risk.”

According to the G1 internet site, Furtado has been charged by police four times for illegally practicing medicine and crimes against consumers. (afp)

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Kamasan puppet painter tells stories

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Jan Asfour (C-L) and Jackson Ghanem (C-R), Syrian emigrant children returning from the US, look at a cell phone together as they sit with relatives outside the St. Elias Syriac Orthodox church in the Syrian Christian village of Fairouzah, southeast of the central city of Homs on July 13, 2018.

Teens glued to phones risk ‘modest’ rise in ADHD symptoms: study

Could teenagers suffer symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder after engaging in excessive smartphone use?

A new study out Tuesday says digital overload could be linked to a “modest” but significant rise in new ADHD behaviors, offering a warning to parents about the potential dangers of too much screen time.

The findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association were based on nearly 2,600 Los Angeles teens who answered survey questions over a two-year period -- making it one of the largest and longest studies on the topic to date.

The more social media, streaming video, text messaging, music downloads or online chats they engaged with, the more likely they were to report symptoms like difficulty organizing and completing tasks, or trouble remaining still.

About 10 percent of youths who said they commonly used digital media platforms frequently showed new ADHD symptoms over the study period, said the report.

In contrast, 4.6 percent of students who were not frequent users of any digital activity showed ADHD symptoms.

Researchers cautioned that the rise in ADHD symptoms was “modest” and at least some of the effect might be explained by confounding factors.

Also, since the study was observational in nature and was based on survey responses by the teens themselves, researchers said they could not prove that smartphone use actually caused ADHD symptoms.

Still, the findings offer a solid basis for more research because “this was a statistically significant association,” said Adam Leventhal, a professor of preventive medicine and psychology at the University of Southern California.

“We can say with confidence that teens who were exposed to higher levels of digital media were significantly more likely to develop ADHD symptoms in the future.”

Previous studies have shown that ADHD, a psychiatric condition involving persistent difficulty sustaining attention, hyperactivity and impulsivity, affects about seven percent of youths in the United States and may be on the rise in some populations.

Earlier studies examining the effect of television watching and playing video games found modest increases in ADHD among children.

According to Jessica Agnew-Blais, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London, the authors were “rightfully cautious not to over-interpret” their findings.

“The authors only assess ADHD symptom frequency, so it remains unclear whether relatively small changes in ADHD symptom frequency over these two years are disruptive or impairing in everyday life,” she said.

“It is worth noting that over 80 percent of students reported high frequency use of digital media, and the vast majority of these students do not have elevated ADHD symptoms.”

Another expert who was not involved in the study, Andy Przybylski, an associate professor at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, described the research as “interesting” but “tentative.”

“The study is a proof of concept that tells us we need very large samples when we design future studies because the possible effects are extremely small,” he said.

The next studies on the topic should move away from self-reported survey answers and include clinical diagnoses and external measurements of device use, experts suggested. (afp)

KAMASAN puppet is no longer strange to the ears of Balinese people. It is a work of art having long become a wealth of Klungkung district. Behind the classic look, this painting is rich in stories and full of meaning.

This very detailed painting is widely displayed in the gallery at Kamasan village, not only the newly completed ones but also those of few years old. The color is very distinctive namely red and brownish perfectly combined. Some offer a jungle feel following a pre-established pattern. They are very alive and quite beautiful to look at.

It is not just an artistic expression. Series of the pictures of a number of characters contain a story. There are paintings on heroic attractions in the battlefield.

Apparently, they give an advice taken from various epics such as Mahabharata and Ramayana. Occasionally, the artists also express their idea inspired by the animals or tantric tales. Their works are combined with religious elements and teachings quoted from the palm-manuscripts retaining strong philosophical values.

Prior to the first Bali bombing, the artwork having become an ancestral heritage did not only draw the interest of the locals. Not a few foreign tourists ordered the paintings. Some came directly to the gallery. So, the painters were made smile happily. For instance, the painter Made Sukanta has enjoyed the golden times.

“The orders continuously came,” he said on Tuesday (Jul. 17).

From the proceedings of the sales, painters are not difficult to meet their needs of life. The rupiah luck keeps on flowing. Although not getting too much, it flows smoothly. “We really rely on the sales proceeding to live,” he said.

After the first Bali bombing, tourism sector slumped. It had significant impact on the sales of their painting. The sales slumped and were really hard. The intention to switch to another job was hindered by limited skills. He surrendered to circumstances for long enough. This 50-year-old man was trying to get up.

Three years ago, the district government of Klungkung rolled out a painting demonstration program in Kertha Gosa as campaign medium. This opportunity was not wasted. Together with dozens of painters, he tried a new luck. “Previously, it was sought after by tourists, but now we are looking for,” he said.

In Kertha Gosa, he gets a turn every 25 days, indeed it is long enough. Nevertheless, he remains grateful for there remains a way to earn a fortune. One or two paintings with the price of hundreds of thousands of rupiahs can be sold. “By and large, there are always buyers coming to purchase a painting at home. Unless getting a turn, I paint at home. Sometimes there is an order for ceiling decoration,” he explained.

He feels to have been called to pursue the painting because he would like to preserve in addition to a powerful hobby to eliminate fatigue. “Due to this painting, the village has got good reputation. Thankfully, I’ve got this heritage so that it must be preserved. Besides, the regeneration is still running,” he added. (SOS)

A man is going down to the Batu Belah Beach

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Exploring uniqueness of Batu Belah Beach Stone fragment exudes water, but only at low tides

Painting exhibition of Kamasan Panting

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BATU Belah (literally, split stone) Beach at Datah village, Abang, Karangasem, is quiet most days and does not look much different than neighbouring beaches. It is a rocky beach with small waves, but it does have a unique feature.

The ‘split stone’ from which the beach gets its name exudes water at low tide.

A visitor to the beach named Nengah Wiraguna, said on Tuesday (Jul. 17) that he has seen the strange water for himself. There is not a lot of water coming out but it is clear and warm, he said. “I have tasted the water and it is sweet – neither fresh nor salty”, he added.

Hamlet chief of Datah, Wayan Surya Kusuma, explained on Tuesday (Jul. 17) that the spring cannot be seen at high tides as the spring is located under the coral reef and it is considered sacred by the local community, many of whom use the water as holy water for attracting goof fortune. “According to the villagers, there are often flowers in the spring and sometimes it exudes oil”, he said.

Many people come here to

worhsip and ask for blessings according to their beliefs and some also perfrom rituals, he added.

Manik Kembar Temple is located not far and mnay Hindus go there to pray. The temple festival falls on the ful moon of October when many Hindus throng the temple.

“The temple has its own supporting devotees (pengempon) and it is always thronged by pilgrims every full moon or new moon. Pilgrims from other areas also come here to pray”, said Kusuma.

According to local legend, a rooster once came out of the strange spring in the sea. The rooster was then raised by Tulamben’s community leader and would always win in cockfights. Unfortunately, one day the community leader of Tulamben was defeated

by Ahmad from Bugis and the defeat marked the beginning of the destuciton and dissapeaance of the once-famous Tulamben civilization. This legend can still be seen represented in Merita and Amed. Many people still believe that Ahmad’s grave ris located on Amed. (Gik)

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Hard to draw quality Chinese tourists, Oversupply makes Bali tourism powerless

HOW to keep Bali tourism to remain in good quality is a big question that apparently is not easy to be answered. One of the solutions offered is the selection of tourists that will visit Bali. For example, the tourism players are expected to selectively invite the upper-middle class tourists from China, so that Bali is not flooded with middle to lower class tourists. This proposal of Chinese Consulate General, Gou Huadong, is attractive to be observed. However, is it possible to do it seeing the current condition of Bali tourism industry?

The suggestion or hope that Bali should select the uppermiddle class Chinese tourists coming to Bali is actually quite reasonable. The data of the World Travel and Tourism Council indicate that China’s travel industry is predicted to grow averagely at 8 percent per year from 2017 to 2027. It is far above the countries such as Europe, the United States, South Korea, Spain

and India that only grow by 2 percent. Meanwhile, an analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence predicts at least 400 million Chinese citizens will make overseas trip in 2020. This equates to 70 percent of the total number of tourists worldwide.

The assumption that Chinese tourists are stingy to shop is not entirely true. Results of the survey made by the Tourism Ministry of Indonesia showed that Chinese tourists are more generous than Singaporeans and Malaysians while traveling in Indonesia.

Shopping amount of its tourists per each visit is respectively as follows: China (USD 1,018); Singapore (USD 680); and Malaysia (USD 630). In line with the data, the Nielsen Research Institute said that spending of Chinese tourist in the world averagely reaches USD 762.

Meanwhile, non-Chinese tourists reached USD 645. According to Business Insider Singapore, the loyalty of Chinese tourists when shopping is carried out with non-cash transactions (cashless payment). Moreover, the amount spent reaches six times more than non-Chinese tourists if using cashless payment.

Nevertheless, the basic economic law states that if the supply is higher than the demand for goods or services, the selling price will decrease. Currently, Bali has experienced oversupply of hotel room. In a discussion on BaliTV some time ago, it was revealed the number of hotel rooms in Bali has reached about 140,000 rooms. There is surplus of 50,000 rooms and this has been happening since 2015. Oversupply of hotel room means there is an excessive supply, while the demand from tourists for hotel accommodation tends to stagnate and sometimes even decline. When going back to basic economic law, oversupply of the hotel room certainly makes the selling price forcibly go down.

Meanwhile, until May 2018, the data of Central Statistics Agency (BPS) showed that the occupancy rate of star-rated hotels in Bali reached 67.55 percent while that of non-starred hotels is much more concerning namely on 28.64 percent. It is not difficult to interpret this occupancy rate data, where the number of tourists using starred or non-starred hotel accommodation is less than the number of room available so that it sparked a tariff war.

Chairman of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) Bali, Tjokorda Artha Ardhana Sukawati, a year ago expressed his concern about the occurrence of tariff war. Providers of hotel accommodation services are busy slamming the price with the aim of attracting tourists in order to maintain their business cash flow. This price war strategy certainly decreases the quality of services, so that Bali tourism becomes cheap tourism.

The continued effect of cheap tourism is Bali must be avoided by targeting quality tourists or those having much budget.

Head of the Bali Tourism Office, A.A. Gede Yuniartha Putra, in an interview on BaliTV claimed to have tried to apply the policy by setting the standard room rate in order to avoid tariff war among the hotels in Bali. In other words, the government set the lowest price to avoid tariff war.

Unfortunately, Yuniartha said the policy cannot be applied immediately because the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) does not agree on the grounds that the hotel business world will get intimidated.

When the law of market economy put forward in the management, apparently there is still a long way to establish a policy of limiting the growth of tourist accommodation in Bali so as not to fall too deeply into cheap tourism. Probably, this has become a risk when Bali tourism has no longer been owned by Balinese people but by large corporations with huge investment since long time ago. Oversupply has made Bali tourism weak and helpless. (ata)

Bali should not be equated with cheap tourism.

MANGUPURA - Bali should not be viewed as place of cheap tourism as there are many expensive hotels on the island The 160 members of the Bali Hotel Association (BHA) for example on average they sell rooms for IDR 1.3 million to IDR 1.6 million for 3-starred hotels; IDR 2.5 million to IDR 3 million for 4-starred hotels; and IDR 2.8 million to IDR 3.5 million for 5-starred hotels.

“We should not be associated with cheap tourism even if some members of the BHA sell their rooms for as little as IDR 200,000”, said Ricky Putra, Chairman of the BHA, on Tuesday (Jul. 17). Many

hotels on the island sell their rooms at expensive rates, he emphasized.

Putra who also owns the Royal Santrian, explained that there the cheapest room sells for IDR 5.5 million per night, he did not say how much their most expensive room is. Chinese guests , he added who are often considered cheap tourists also reserve the IDR million a noght rooms. In fact Chinese guests represent the second larger number of guests from a single country.

Undeniably, there are hotels that charge USD 30-40 a night depending on their target “But there are many hotels that charge

considerably more than that, such as the Ritz Carlton, Bvlgary and Four Seasons that offer rooms for about IDR 100 million a night. The room that Obama stayed it costs IDR 130 million a night, so we must look thoroughly at the situation”, he said.

If Bali continues to be seen as a cheap tourist destination this needs to be evaluated, he said. “In principle, hotels certainly want ot increase their revenue form year to year”, he added, explaining that in line with rising costs of hotel operations for salaries, electricity, water, etc, hotel rates should be going up by about 15-20 percent per year

depending on occupancy rates and so forth. “Everything is calculated and no hotel wants to lose money,” he concluded.

The challenge is to change the image of tourism in Bali. “That way not all the hotels will be centered in Badung – Kuta and Seminyak where 80 percent of hotels currently are located”, he explained. The challenge is how to let guests know of hotels in other districts. “Of course this needs to be accompanied by infrastructure development”, he added.

The government needs to sit down and commit to setting a moratorium and delays for the

construction of new hotels so as to take supply and demand into account. If the supply continues to increase, while the demand remains the same, guests will have many choices and prices will surely drop.

“We are anxious about not having guests. So let us look soberly at supply and demand. As long as the excessive construction of new hotels allowed we will have trouble increasing room rates”, he said.

Bali has the opportunity to increase room rates in peak touirst seasons and holidays like the periode between July and October and each hotel has its own ways of incressing revenue. (kmb42)

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Masterchef Australia’s Ben Ungermann and Chef Aditya took Indonesian cuisine to the next level at Four Points by Sheraton Bali, Kuta.

“Exquisite Indonesian Flavour” – the recent collaboration between Four Points by Sheraton Bali, Kuta with Ben Ungermann – Runner-up Masterchef Australia 2017 was a success. Organised as a part of the hotel’s third anniversary celebration and Ben’s world tour, the event took place at The Best Brew – the hotel’s urban beer garden on the 14th and 15th of July 2018 at 6pm.

“We are excited to team up with Ben Ungermann in this two-days dinner event. Ben’s expertise has taken both the Indonesian dishes and hotel’s anniversary to the next level,” said Masri – General Manager.

In this event, Ben Ungermann explored his creativity by preparing three Indonesian-inspired dishes with “Masterchef”-like presentation. Ben’s creations included: ·Nasi Goreng Arancini Balls – deep-fried stuffed Indonesian fried rice coated in bread crumbs ·Babi Kecap – a popular Indonesian braised pork with sweet soy sauce

·Indonesian Banana Split, with banana fritters, salted banana mousse and Ben’s signature ice cream.

dishes will be available at the hotel’s four restaurants in near future.

“The inspiration sprouted from my love for Indonesia.

My father’s half-Indonesian and I always love Indonesia, especially Bali. I developed these dishes exclusively for Four Points by Sheraton Bali, Kuta,” said Ben Ungermann.

Complementing Ben’s creation is the Balinese Lawar Klungah and Sate Lilit with upgraded presentation prepared

by Chef Aditya. He is the Commis Chef at Four Points by Sheraton Bali, Kuta who will represent the hotel in 2018 Marriott Bali’s Ayo Makan Competition on the 3rd of August 2018 at The Westin Nusa Dua, Bali. Chef Aditya will also represent Bali in Jakarta culinary event on the 8th of August 2018.

The four dishes were well received by the diners who were complimenting on their flavours and the presentation. The hotel is happy to announce that these

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100 years since his birth, S.Africa pays tribute to Mandela

In Marvel’s massively successful “Black Panther” film released this year, one of the major surprises was how the superhero’s sister, tech genius Shuri, stole the show. Now, she is getting her own comic book series.

Marvel Comics has announced a spin-off series, to begin in October, in which Black Panther is lost on a mission to space, and Shuri is looked upon to step up to fill the void left by her big brother in their mythical home nation Wakanda.

“The world fell in love with Shuri in the movie. Now, the Black Panther’s techno-genius sister launches her own adventures,” the publisher said, confirming news first published by news site Bustle.

British-Guyanese actress Letitia Wright earned praise for her portrayal of Shuri in the smash hit film, which critics agree was a groundbreaking moment for blacks on the silver screen. While Shuri is not the first black heroine in the Marvel universe -- Storm, one of the X-Men, has been around for decades -- entire books dedicated to black female characters are rare.

Female Nigerian-American sci-fi author Nnedi Okorafor will write “Shuri.” She is already working for Marvel on its “Wakanda Forever” series, which focuses on the Dora Milaje, the all-female special forces unit in the fictional nation. According to Box Office Mojo, “Black Panther” has taken in more than $1.34 billion, making it number nine on the all-time box office list. “Avatar” is the all-time champion at nearly $2.8 billion. (afp)

South Africa on Wednesday marked 100 years since Nelson Mandela’s birth with a “town hall” forum hosted by Barack Obama and a walk led by the anti-apartheid leader’s widow among a series of tributes.

His birthday on July 18 is marked annually around the world as “Mandela Day”, and the Nelson Mandela Foundation called for people to “take action and inspire change” in his name on the centenary year.

Obama, speaking to 15,000 people at a stadium in Johannesburg on Tuesday, gave an emotional address recalling the “wave of hope that washed through hearts all around the world” when Mandela was released from jail in 1990.

“Through his sacrifice and unwavering leadership and, perhaps most of all, through his moral example, Mandela... came to embody the universal aspirations of dispossessed people,” Obama said. “(He) shows those of us who believe in freedom and democracy we are going to have to fight harder.”

Mandela, who died in 2013, remains a global icon for his long fight against white-minority rule and for his message of peace and reconciliation when he was released after 27 years in prison.

The former US president met Mandela only briefly in 2005 but gave a eulogy at his funeral, hailing him as “the last great liberator of the 20th century”.

After movie, Cher to release album of Abba covers

Pop legend Cher on Tuesday announced an album of Abba covers as she stars in a film sequel to “Mamma Mia!,” the musical inspired by the iconic Swedish group. In a fresh burst of activity by the 72-year-old singer and actress, Cher said that her creative spirit was rekindled after singing one of the signature tunes on “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again,” which is coming out this week.

“After I did ‘Fernando,’ I thought it would be really fun to do an album of Abba songs, so I did,” Cher said on the NBC television daytime show “Today.”

“It’s not what you think of when

you think of Abba, because I did it in a different way,” Cher said without revealing a tracklist or release date.

The album would be Cher’s first studio work since the dance musicdriven 2013 album “Closer to the Truth.” The former half of folk duo Sonny and Cher enjoyed a career revival in the 1990s and holds the record for the longest gap between number-one songs on the US chart at nearly 25 years.

Cher in recent years has mostly concentrated on a residency show in Las Vegas. She had not appeared in a film since providing her voice to a lion in the 2011 movie “Zoo-

keeper.”

The original “Mamma Mia!” stage musical and then film weaves together Abba songs to tell the story of Sophie, who plans her wedding on a Greek island alongside her free-spirited mother, Donna, and sets out to identify who her father is, with comic results.

For the sequel, Cher depicts the mother of Donna, played again by Meryl Streep, as she figures out how to act like a grandmother.

The film comes shortly after Abba itself unveiled new music, 35 years after the last single by the godparents of bubble-gum pop. (afp)

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Former US President Barack Obama speaks during the 2018 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture at the Wanderers cricket stadium in Johannesburg on July 17, 2018. Former US president Barack Obama will deliver the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, urging young people to fight to defend democracy, human rights and peace, to a crowd of 15,000 people at the club as the centrepiece of celebrations marking 100 years since Nelson Mandela’s birth.

- ‘He led us from oppression’ South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, a protege of Mandela who came to power this year, said he would mark “Mandela 100” by donating half his salary to charity and called for others to do the same.

“He led us from the wilderness of conflict and oppression into the land of promise, of freedom, democracy and

equality,” Ramaphosa said.

Ramaphosa will spend Mandela Day in Mvezo in Eastern Cape province, Mandela’s birthplace, at celebrations including the opening of a clinic, a tree planting ceremony and distributions of blankets to elderly citizens.

Machel Graca, Mandela’s widow, will lead a short walk to promote Mandela’s legacy, while the centenary has also been marked with the release of a new book of his prison letters and a commemorative bank note.

Obama will speak to 200 young people selected from across Africa to attend a five-day leadership course in Johannesburg.

Delivering the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture on Tuesday, Obama warned that the world had plunged into “strange and uncertain times”, in a speech containing a series of apparent veiled attacks on US President Donald Trump.

Obama made no direct reference to his successor but warned that “politics of fear and resentment” were spreading, driven by leaders who scorned facts and told lies with an “utter loss of shame”.

He also blasted climate-change denial, race-based migration policies, unbridled capitalism and “strongman politics” -- stances often cited as hallmarks of Trump’s presidency.

Mandela was imprisoned under apartheid rule in 1962 and only freed in 1990, when he went on to lead the African National Congress party to victory in the first multi-race elections in 1994. He served one term as president before stepping down in 1999. (afp)