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Giant floating mouselike sculpture arrives in Hong Kong harbour
HONG KONG - A massive inflatable floating sculpture reminiscent of Mickey Mouse was towed into Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour on Friday, as a crowd of curious locals looked on. The 37-metre (121-foot) piece called KAWS:HOLIDAY -- about the length of three double-decker buses -- is the work of American artist KAWS, who is known for his whimsical characters which have Xs for eyes. Tugboats towed the macabre grey figure -- a character named COMPANION, floating on its back -- into the harbour and stationed it off Hong Kong’s busy Central district. Part of an art festival in the city, it will remain there until the end of the month. KAWS, whose real name is Brian Donnelly, said he hopes his work will help people to relax. “Hong Kong’s such a busy city... I thought it would be a good juxtaposition to have a work like this just floating in Victoria Harbour,” he told reporters. “I just thought about... for myself, what’s a really relaxing position, and that’s really when you just zone out and look at the sky and think about nothing else.”
Locals and visitors, some wearing t-shirts designed by KAWS, took photos and looked on excitedly as the sculpture was brought to its display site. The figure has been compared to a huge floating yellow duck that was displayed in the Hong Kong harbour in 2013. That work -- smaller than the KAWS piece -- by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman was hugely popular, inspiring special duck dishes in restaurants and even copies in several Chinese cities. “The yellow duck is more attractive, more lively,” said Fung Foon-yung, 67. “I don’t know what this one looks like, it’s just lying there,” she added, saying it reminded her of a corpse. Cheer Chen, 31, a self-described KAWS fan and Sichuan resident, said she came to Hong Kong especially to see the sculpture after missing out on its previous stops in Seoul and Taipei. “Maybe there are some things in the world it doesn’t want to see,” said Hong Kong resident Leung Kin-yee, referring to the figure’s eyes. “Inequality, human selfishness, greed.” (afp)
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Indonesia’s Widodo vows to ‘fight’ as race enters final stretch
YOGYAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo struck a combative tone Saturday at the first campaign rally of this year’s presidential race, addressing criticism head-on ahead of the historic April 17 election. “I have been silent for four and a half years” in the face of “slander,” Widodo told thousands of supporters here in Indonesia’s former capital. “But today in Yogya, I tell you, I will fight!” he said. Responding to opposition claims that he sold out the country to for-
eign powers, Widodo argued that his administration had returned assets controlled by outside businesses, including the Rokan oil field in Sumatra, to Indonesian control. The president also openly criticized his opponent Prabowo Subianto -something he had previously refrained
from doing. Stressing his own resume as mayor of Surakarta and governor of Jakarta, Widodo argued that Indonesia cannot be entrusted to someone with no governing experience. Attendees showed their support by waving fans emblazoned with the number “1,” Widodo’s number on the ballot. Most polling has shown Widodo with a comfortable 20-point advantage over Subianto, a former general who also ran unsuccessfully in the 2014 election. But a recent
survey by Kompas, Indonesia’s largest newspaper, showed the challenger gaining significant ground, prompting Widodo’s camp to try to tighten its grip on the lead. While the moratorium on largescale campaign rallies was originally scheduled to end Sunday, Widodo’s team received approval from Indonesia’s election commission to hold an event a day earlier. The poll next month will be the first time voters in the world’s third-largest democracy
elect a president, vice president and members of the People’s Consultative Assembly, the country’s legislature, on the same day. (ant) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.
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In this file photo taken on March 12, 2019 Spanish film director Pedro Almodovar (R) and Spanish actress Penelope Cruz pose during the photocall of the film “Dolor y Gloria” (Pain and Glory) in Madrid.
Almodovar ‘emotionally naked’ in new introspective film
MADRID - Spanish director Pedro Almodovar’s new movie “Pain and Glory” about a melancholic filmmaker played by Antonio Banderas opened in cinemas across Spain on Friday, the most retrospective work in his 40-year career.
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KAWS:HOLIDAY’ ‘Companion’, an inflatable sculpture (C) by US artist and designer Brian Donnelly, known professionally as Kaws, is displayed on Victoria Harbour during the opening ceromony for its exhibition in Hong Kong on March 22, 2019.
The Oscar-winning writer and director behind films such as “Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown” and “Julieta” had long vowed never to publish an autobiography, but he admits he is “emotionally naked” in his 21st film which deals with the themes of love, mourning and reconciliation. “I felt the need to provide a very introspective look, including into my darkest parts and to mix
that with the brightest memories of my childhood,” the 69-yearold said during an interview with Spanish public television TVE on Wednesday. The movie cuts back and forth in time as it follows the filmmaker in his twilight years reflecting on the choices he’s made in life. It features scenes of a young boy discovering he is gay in a rural and deeply Catholic Spain and of two
mature men who kiss each other tenderly on the mouth. “I am master of my stories and I impose my universe with all the pride and all the arrogance that this allows. And in my universe there are two older gentlemen who kiss with passion, and after one of them returns to his life with his wife and children,” Almodovar told online Spanish newspaper eldiario. es. (afp)
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Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, center, stands on a stage with the background of a Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit train during the inauguration ceremony of the subway line in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, March 24, 2019.
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President Joko Widodo inaugurates Badung Public Market
RIGHT now Denpasar has a new icon in the field of economy, especially populist economy. The Badung Market whose operation has began since February 24 is already officially inaugurated by the President of Republic of Indonesia, H. Joko Widodo, on Friday night (Mar. 22). The presence of president familiarly addressed as Jokowi was welcomed by 2,000 Pendet dancers in the Jalan Gajah Mada Heritage area. At the occasion were present the Minister of Trade, Enggartiasto Lukita; Minister of Cooperatives and the SMEs, A.A. Gede Ngurah Puspayoga; Governor of Bali, I Wayan Koster; and representatives of the Regional Representative Council of the RI (DPD). House of Representatives as well as thousands of people that were very enthusiastic waiting for President Jokowi’s presence to inaugurate the biggest market in Bali. In this agreement, the president and his entourage also took part in reviewing market merchants and were occasionally chatting and taking pictures. Various facilities also complement the newly inaugurated Badung Market, ranging from public facilities that are disability-friendly, child-friendly, children’s playroom to Scale of Remeasuring Post as the reward of the Denpasar City as City of Orderly Measurement 2017 from the Director
General of Metrology, Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia. The other facilities are the school for the children of market merchants, and the most phenomenal is the Taman Kumbasari Tukad Badung posing an innovation coupled with Smart Heritage Market of Denpasar. In his direction, President. Joko Widodo stated that he is happy to be present and inaugurate the Badung Market. It is a heritage market or cultural heritage of Denpasar City coming with excellent architecture. “When being viewed from the front side, I have traveled around Indonesia, this is the market with the best architectural design I’ve ever seen,” said Jokowi while being applauded by thousands of people. On that occasion, Jokowi also advised that good market infrastructure should be balanced with good governance. In addition, the management must also be good. On that account, the impression of muddy and dirty public market can be eliminated. “We have to change all the dirty and
muddy impressions, and certainly we can do it. Thus, the public market can compete against the modern market and supermarkets. Surely we can do it,” affirmed Jokowi. Meanwhile, the Mayor of Denpasar, I.B. Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra, explained that the Denpasar city government continuously supports the optimal creative economy sector in Denpasar. This is in line with the central government’s program and committed to improving infrastructure and human resources in the public market to support the development of the populist economy. “We in Denpasar City continuously commit to supporting the people’s economy through improving the infrastructure and human resources of the public market. So far, Denpasar City has revitalized 30 public markets,” he explained. Furthermore, he said, this market revitalization program is considered to be very effective and able to provide maximum economic benefits for the community. This can be seen
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in the success of the revitalization of public markets including the Agung Market, which originally just earned IDR 2.5 billion per month, but after being revitalized it was able to earn a turnover of IDR 16 billion and the Nyanggelan Market could improve its turnover from IDR 2 billion to IDR 7 billion per month after its revitalization. Rai Mantra emphasized that market revitalization does not only result in an increase in physical infrastructure and sales turnover of the merchants. Indirectly, it provides a transformation of behavioral change to increase the dignity and value of market merchants. Besides, it also reflects the urban civilization into a clean, fresh and reliable public market. “With this market revitalization, people’s behavioral patterns continue to transform by increasing the quality of human resources as evidence of the progress of urban civilization,” said Rai Mantra. Rai Mantra also added that this success certainly brought the Denpasar city government and related agencies to be able to win awards in various fields such as the SNI Market
Awards 2017 and 2019 for Type III and IV, The National Best Market Management for Nyanggelan Market and Poh Gading Market as well as The Best Attraction Trend Market in Southeast Asia achieved by Sindu Market, Sanur, South Denpasar subdistrict. “We thank all parties, especially the central government, that always support the populist economic program in the city of Denpasar. Hopefully, the participation of all parties can continuously optimize the role of the public market together. Let’s protect our market,” he explained. To note, the Badung Market is completed with a capacity of 6 floors, consisting of 2 basements and 4 floors for stalls and kiosks. The basement 1 can accommodate around 42 cars, and 23 box cars, while parking lot in basement 2 has the capacity of 82 cars. Then, the ground floor of the building is allocated for merchants consisting of 48 stalls, the first floor has 483 stalls, the second floor has 254 stalls and 145 kiosks. In the meantime, the top or third floor holds 254 stalls and 145 kiosks. Thus, they are totally coming to 1,450 stalls and 290 kiosks and the grand total is 1,740 units. (r)
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Hamburg, Germany – the Capital of Cool with a thriving cultural, art and nightlife scene
HAMBURG - Berlin may be the traditional German city of ‘cool’ but Hamburg, Germany’s second biggest city, is hot on its heels. Europe’s second biggest port evokes an image of cranes, container ships and dour faces, but newly regenerated Hamburg is, in reality, verdant and picturesque, characterised by trees, bridges and money. With some 2,485 bridges, 126 parks and a brand spanking new waterside district, this chameleon like city has a thriving cultural, art and nightlife scene. From the famous Reeperbahn district to the Sunday Fischmarkt, Hamburg is a night out not to be missed. Inner Alster Lake Looking back across the Inner Alster Lake toward the pleasing skyline of church spires one could be forgiven for thinking they were in one of Switzerland’s gentle cities, rather than Germany’s heart of shipping and media industries. The al-fresco cafés sitting lakeside, next to manicured gardens, cycle paths and joggers, is just one face of this multi-faceted destination. Cross the lake to the city centre and admire the majestic neo-renaissance Rathaus towering over the canals, designer shops and gleaming department stores that branch off from the town hall. By day the city centre offers a sophisticated shopping experience, but as dusk approaches neighbouring districts are the places to head.
Schanzenviertel Hamburg’s bohemian quarter ‘Schanzenviertel’ is a must-visit neighbourhood embraced for café culture, curio shops, trendy bars and a young population of trendsetters and creative spirits. A tangible air of liberalism permeates Schadze where walls, doorways and the odd car have become a ‘blank canvas’ for graffiti artists. The most impressive mural is located in ‘Flora Park’ and rises skyward for 20 metres on two sides of a building and doubles as the backdrop for a climbing wall. Small independent bars, as cosy and kitsch as your grandmother’s front room, punctuate the area. Just off the main artery is the aptly named ‘Central Park’, continuing Germany’s fascination with beach bars – sand, decking and cocktails create a relaxed inner city oasis. It is no wonder ‘Schanze’ residents are very protective to keep this liberally minded zone away from the grasp of counsellors and property developers. Reeperbahn Late nighters and clubbers head for the world famous ‘Reeperbahn’ area of the St. Pauli district. By day it appears slightly dull and shabby, as if suffering from a selfinduced hangover from the night before, but as dusk falls, the neon-lit street flickers into action and is ready for another all night
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party within 650 bars set over 1.8 square kilometres. Renowned for a red-light industry that casts a seedy shadow over the area, the Reeperbahn is far more than just a sexdistrict, but the hub of a thriving entertainment scene where the ‘Operettenhaus’ (Opera House), Shmidts Tivoli Theatre, sex shops, a police and petrol station stand sideby-side. Home to techno trance clubs and some of the cities trendiest venues, this old rope-making district (Reeper = Rope) has a history to match the nocturnal vibrancy. John Lennon famously quoted ‘I might have been born in Liverpool – but I grew up in Hamburg’. Early in the Beatles career the Fab four played at a number of venues in the Reeperbahn the last of which was the ‘Star Club’. Whilst the club no longer exists, the legend continues with a ‘Beatles Platz’ being created at Grosse Freiheit close to where they played. Altona’s Fischmarkt If partygoers from Schanze and the Reeperbahn feel daybreak is no indication to head home, tradition dictates heading to Altona’s Fischmarkt. Revellers and early morning market goers converge on the banks of the River Elbe, the former continue drinking Astra beer and listening to live bands under the iron canopy of the iconic former fish auction hall. The latter throng the rows of stalls in the bric-a-brac market or listen to the amusing sales patter of the Eel sellers. Hafencity Hamburg’s future lies just 800 metres from the town centre at ‘Hafencity’, a complete new waterside district, currently Europe’s largest inner city renewal project and, once complete, will emerge as a cultural zone offering a new generation of sleek, designer bars and restaurants that will rub shoulders with the new Elphilharmonie (Elbe Philharmonic Hall), the showcase building designed by Herzog de Meuron. A new glass crown of waves sitting upon ‘Kaispeicher A building’ a former cocoa warehouse, will be the landmark creation of the new harbour side development. Nearby, the spectacular late 19th Century warehouse district ‘Speicherstadt’, is a glimpse into the cities maritime past. Arguably, the city’s most famous philanthropist Peter Tamm has housed his incredible collection of maritime artefacts in ‘Kaispeicher B’ warehouse dating to 1879. The brand new International Maritime Museum is set over 10 floors with some 26,000-model ships on display. Hamburg’s mixture of diverse districts blending past, present and future, reinforces Germany’s reputation as one of Europe’s most innovative and exciting nightlife destinations.
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This picture taken on May 15, 2018 shows a Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737 Max 8 at Jakarta International airport in Jakarta. Indonesia’s national carrier Garuda will call off a multi-billion-dollar order for 49 Boeing 737 Max 8 jets after two fatal crashes involving the plane, the company said, in what is thought to be the first formal cancellation for the model.
Indonesia’s Garuda says to cancel 49-jet Boeing 737 MAX 8 deal after crashes
Indonesia’s national carrier Garuda has told Boeing it will cancel a multi-billion-dollar order for 49 Boeing 737 Max 8 jets after two fatal crashes involving the plane, in what is thought to be the first formal cancellation for the model. “We have sent a letter to Boeing requesting that the order be cancelled,” Garuda spokesman Ikhsan Rosan said. “The reason is that Garuda passengers in Indonesia have lost trust and no longer have the confidence” in the plane, he said, adding that the airline was awaiting a response from Boeing. The spokesman told AFP that Boeing officials will visit Indonesia next week to discuss Garuda’s plans to call off the order. Garuda had already received one of the planes, he said, part of a 50-aircraft order worth $4.9 billion at list prices when it was announced in 2014. Garuda is also talking to Boeing
about whether or not to return the plane it has received, the spokesman told AFP. The carrier had so far paid Boeing about $26 million, while the company’s head told Indonesian media outlet Detik that it would consider switching to a new version of the single-aisle jet. “In principle, it’s not that we want to replace Boeing, but maybe we will replace (these planes) with another model,” Garuda Indonesia director I Gusti Ngurah Askhara Danadiputra said. – ‘Probably not the last’ – Shukor Yusof, head of Malaysiabased aviation consultancy Endau Analytics, said Garuda’s announce-
ment appeared to mark the first formal plans by a carrier to cancel an order for the 737 MAX 8. It “will probably not be the last. There is a risk that Garuda’s rival Lion Air, which also has many 737 MAX 8 orders, might make the same decision,” he said. “That is a risk. This has been made public by the Lion Air CEO. He stated publicly that he is considering” a cancellation. He added that it was difficult to predict whether more major carriers would follow suit. “There are many unanswered questions and each airline has specific needs,” Yusof said. “Each airline needs to deliberate how they want to strategise their fleet
management.” This month, Lion Air said it was postponing delivery of four of the jets after an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 went down minutes into a flight to Nairobi, killing all 157 people on board. Budget carrier Lion — Southeast Asia’s biggest airline by fleet size and a major Boeing customer — said the planes had been on order for delivery this year, but the company was re-evaluating the situation. Lion Air operates 10 Max 8 jets, part of a then-record $22 billion order from Boeing made in 2011. The airlines are the only two that use the Max 8 in Indonesia. The Ethiopian tragedy came after a Lion Air jet of the same model crashed in Indonesia in October, killing all 189 people on board. Both planes reportedly expe-
rienced erratic steep climbs and descents as well as fluctuating airspeeds before crashing shortly after takeoff. Investigators have honed in on an automated anti-stalling system introduced on the plane that is designed to point the nose of the plane downward if it is in danger of stalling. Boeing’s state-of-the-art model will be outfitted with a warning light for malfunctions in the antistall system, an industry source told AFP Thursday, standardising a feature previously sold as an optional extra. The development comes as the US manufacturer struggles to cope with the fallout from the two crashes, which have cast a spotlight on the safety certification process and shaken confidence in a plane that is crucial to its future plans.(ant)
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Russian arrested smuggling drugged orangutan in Indonesia
DENPASAR - Indonesian authorities have arrested a Russian tourist who was attempting to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of the resort island of Bali, a conservation official said Sunday.
Andrei Zhestkov, 27, was arrested late Friday at Bali’s international airport after customs officers found a 2-year-old male orangutan sleeping in a rattan basket placed in his luggage, said Ketut Catur Marbawa, an official with Bali’s conservation agency. Marbawa, whose agency is part of the environment and forestry ministry, said customs officers also found allergy pills wrapped in plastic, two geckos and five lizards in Zhestkov’s suitcase. All the animals were alive. He said Zhestkov told authorities he fed the orangutan allergy pills mixed with milk, causing the animal to lose consciousness for up to three hours. He said Zhestkov also told officials he bought the orangutan for $3,000 from a market on Indonesia’s main island of Java after being told by a friend that he could bring it home as a pet. Marbawa said Zhestkov had yet to be charged because police were still investigating to see if there were links to international syndicates involved in wildlife trafficking. Marbawa did not know whether Zhestkov had a lawyer. He said the Russian mission in Bali had been informed about the case. Orangutans are listed as critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Only around 13,400 Sumatran orangutans remain in the wild. A 2018 comprehensive study of Borneo’s orangutans estimates their numbers have plummeted by more than 100,000 since 1999, as the palm oil and paper industries shrink their habitat and fatal conflicts with people increase. (ap)
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Thais vote in first general election since 2014 coup
BANGKOK - Thais filled schoolyards, temples and government offices to vote Sunday in the first election since a 2014 coup, with high turnout forecast from a public who received a cryptic last-minute warning from the king to support “good” leaders to prevent “chaos”.
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In this Saturday, March 23, 2019, photo released by Natural Resources Conservation Agency of Bali (BKSDA Bali), Indonesian officials sit in a room where the belongings of Russian national Andrei Zhestkov, including a rattan basket he allegedly used to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of the report island, are kept following his arrest at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, Indonesia.
Thailand is a constitutional monarchy and the palace is nominally above politics. But the institution retains unassailable powers and is insulated from criticism by a harsh royal defamation law. Sunday’s election pits a royalist junta and allies against the electionwinning machine of billionaire expremier Thaksin Shinawatra and an unpredictable wave of millions of first-time voters. The kingdom remains bitterly divided despite the junta’s pledge to rescue it from a decade-long treadmill of protests and coups. Politicians across the spectrum fear a stalemate under election rules, written by the junta, which limit the chances of any single party emerging with a comfortable parliamentary majority. But the lopsided set-up did not stop enthusiastic voters from turning out across the country, from ethnic Malay Muslims in the “Deep South” to residents in Thaksin’s northern hometown of Chiang Mai. There are 51 million eligible voters and more than seven million firsttimers aged 18-25. “I want to see Thailand become more democratic and inequality eased from society,” said insurance company employee Pattrapong
Waschiyapong at a Bangkok polling station. - Royal message The palace statement, unprecedented on an election eve in recent history, added further intrigue to a vote that has repeatedly threatened to tip into chaos before a single ballot was cast. It reiterated comments by late king Bhumibol Adulyadej from 1969 calling for people to “support good people to govern the society and control the bad people” to prevent them from “creating chaos”. King Maha Vajiralongkorn urged the public to “remember and be aware” of the remarks of his father, who died in 2016. All television stations repeated the rare statement moments before polls opened. While there were no further clues as to who those “good people” might be, the phrase -“khon dee” in Thai -- is habitually attached to royalist, establishment politicians. The chief of the army -- an institution which has carried out 12 coups in under 90 years and trails its partnership with the monarchy -- called the palace statement a “good thing”. Another royal command in
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French national Samuel Pierre Danguny (C) is escorted by police to a press conference at a police office in Denpasar on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on March 18, 2019. Danguny was arrested on March 15 in possession of 33 grams of marijuana and 16 grams of hashish.
they wanted to arrest the men one of the suspects wanted to attack the officers. “Our unarmed officer tried to fight back, but because the situation was very dangerous to our members, another officer who was armed took strict measures against the suspect... he then died,” Denpasar police chief Ruddi Setiawan told reporters. The Russian embassy confirmed one of its citizens was shot dead in Bali. “During a fight with police who were trying to arrest them, one Russian citizen was shot dead,” it said on its Facebook account. “Two others -- one Ukrainian and one Russian -- were detained.” The arrested Russian was also wounded, the embassy said, adding that four others linked to the
crime are still on the run, but “their nationality is unclear”. The embassy said the gang was suspected of robbing another money changer in December and, separately, stealing weapons. It did not elaborate. Nearly $70,000 in Indonesian rupiah and US currency were reportedly stolen, according to police, who named the dead man as 45-year-old Alexei Korotkikh. Foreigners are often arrested for drugs offences in Bali, which attracts millions of visitors to its palm-fringed beaches every year. But arrests for violent crime are more rare. In January, Bali police apprehended four Bulgarians accused of skimming bank card data at several ATM machines in the capital Denpasar. (afp)
February torpedoed the candidacy of the king’s elder sister Princess Ubolratana for prime minister of a party linked to Thaksin, a divisive ex-premier toppled by a 2006 coup. Thaksin has lived in self-exile since 2008, but he looms large over Sunday’s election. His affiliated parties have won every Thai election since 2001,
drawing on loyalty from rural and urban poor. On Friday Ubolratana was guest of honour at the glitzy Hong Kong wedding of Thaksin’s daughter -- with photos of the tycoon and the princess hugging and smiling going viral. In Bangkok Sudarat Keyuraphan, the prime ministerial candidate for
the largest Thaksin-linked party Pheu Thai, noted the “euphoria” at the ballot box. With only a few hours to go before polls closed, an Election Commission official estimated turnout at more than 80 percent. He also said there had been 57 complaints about vote buying since January. (afp)
Australia hit with second ‘severe’ cylcone in two days
Bali police shoot dead Russian after violent robbery Bali police have shot dead a Russian man after a violent robbery at a money exchange office, officials said Friday, with two more accomplices arrested and several others on the run. The killing happened Tuesday on the Indonesian holiday island after police responded to calls about a robbery and confronted the armed trio, officials said. Three men, including the man who was later killed, broke into a currency exchange office and beat several employees inside, knocking them unconscious. When they woke up, they were tied with their mouths taped, police said, adding that the employees eventually freed themselves and called the authorities. The police managed to locate the suspects who had fled, but when
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Voterscast their ballots at a polling station in Chiang Mai on March 24, 2019 during Thailand’s general election.
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A severe category 3 cyclone blew into the key mining region of Pilbara in Western Australia Sunday, forcing evacuations and a halt to port operations, as the north of the country dealt with the effects of an even more powerful storm that hit the previous day.
SYDNEY - A severe category 3 cyclone blew into the key mining region of Pilbara in Western Australia Sunday, forcing evacuations and a halt to port operations, as the north of the country dealt with the effects of an even more powerful storm that hit the previous day. Cyclone Veronica weakened from a category 4 storm before its core winds hit the coast near the mining centre of Port Hedland, but officials warned the system was slow moving and would continue pounding the region with gale force winds and heavy rain for 24 to 48 hours. The Bureau of Meteorology said Veronica’s forward movement had stalled around midday Sunday before its eye made landfall, and was forecast to weaken to a category 1 storm overnight and then veer west
along the coastline. It said the “severe” storm was producing wind gusts of up to 200 kilometres per hour (120 mph), pushing a storm surge of up to two metres (seven feet) onto the coast. Rainfall was expected to hit 2040 centimetres, it said. “Tides are likely to rise significantly above the normal high tide mark with damaging waves and very dangerous coastal inundation,” the bureau said. Major mining and energy companies took precautionary steps across the region, a hub of liquefied natural gas and iron-ore exports, with ports cleared of ships and non-essential staff evacuated, according to australianminining.com. au website. Australia’s western coast usu-
ally sees three or four cyclones per year and emergency services said residents were well prepared for this storm. Meanwhile, Cyclone Trevor, which hit northern Australia on Saturday as a powerful category 4, weakened to a tropical storm overnight as it moved inland in the sparsely populated region. Officials said no deaths, injuries or significant damage had been reported from the storm, but that heavy rains were continuing and flooding was still a danger. The army and police had evacuated more than 2,000 residents from outposts in Trevor’s path, many of them indigenous communities, and people began returning to their homes on Sunday, police said. (afp)
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against us, we will think of buying airplanes from China or any other country,” he was quoted as saying by the official Bernama news agency. But the premier said he was not “declaring war” on the EU as his country needed goods from the bloc, many members of which are among Malaysia’s top trading partners. Mahathir’s remarks come ahead of a five-day international defence exhibition starting Monday on the resort island of Langkawi, where representatives of global weapons manufacturers have gathered. Any EU palm oil curbs could seriously hurt farmers who represent an important voter base in both Malaysia and Indonesia. Both countries are struggling to spur demand in palm oil, which is used in everything from soap to chocolate. French lawmakers recently voted to remove palm oil from the country’s biofuel scheme starting from next year. (afp)
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Apple CEO Tim Cook reacts during the Economic Summit held for the China Development Forum in Beijing, China, Saturday, March 23, 2019. Cook says he’s “extremely bullish” about the global economy based on the amount of innovation being carried out, and he’s urging China to continue to “open up.”
In China, Apple’s Cook says he’s bullish on global economy
BEIJING - Apple CEO Tim Cook said Saturday that he is “extremely bullish” about the global economy based on the amount of innovation underway, and urged China to continue to “open up” amid complaints from the U.S. and others that it is shutting foreign firms out of key high-tech industries.
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This picture taken on February 13, 2019 shows newly created dwarf palm oil trees at the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) research station in Bukit Lawiang in southern Johor state. Test tubes holding plants line shelves in a Malaysian laboratory, the heart of a breeding programme for dwarf palm oil trees which scientists hope will cut costs and limit environmental damage from the controversial industry.
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Malaysia threatens EU fighter jet boycott over palm oil Malaysia may retaliate against an EU plan to curb palm oil use by purchasing new fighter jets from China instead of European arms companies, its leader said Sunday. The Southeast Asian country is the world’s second largest palm oil producer after neighbouring Indonesia, and recently threatened to challenge the bloc’s plan to phase out its use in biofuels at the World Trade Organization. Both Malaysia and Indonesia have been at loggerheads with EU lawmakers over the crop’s cultivation, which has caused rampant deforestation and destruction of wildlife. In his strongest statement yet on the proposed curbs, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said his country could look elsewhere to upgrade its ageing air force fleet of Russian Mig-29 fighters -- in effect abandoning plans to purchase France’s Rafale jet or the Eurofighter Typhoon. “If they keep on taking action
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In a speech at an economic forum in Beijing, Cook said Apple is less concerned with the short-term economic outlook because the tech giant makes investments looking ahead years or decades. “In the long term, I’m extremely bullish. I think the key to the economy, unlocking its potential has always been innovation, and when I travel around the world, I’ve never seen innovation at a more feverish pace than I do today, so I’m extremely optimistic,” Cook told participants at the China Development Forum, a gathering of business leaders in Beijing. His remarks come as China and
the U.S. prepare to meet again to resolve their trade dispute, which has roiled global markets, and as Apple is expected to announce that it is launching a video service. The iPhone has long been Apple’s marquee product and main money maker, but sales are starting to decline. The company is pushing digital subscriptions as it searches for new growth. Apple is one of many American companies now grappling with increasing Chinese consumer anxiety. China is a major market for Apple and other smartphone makers, accounting for one-third of the industry’s global handset shipments. In other comments, Cook said
the world was “facing greater challenges than ever before.” “Climate change is threatening our planet, poverty and inequality hold citizens and nations back from their potential, basic health care remains out of reach for millions,” he said. “At the same time ... we can have a healthy planet and a thriving economy. We can continue to lift millions of people out of poverty, and we can give everyone a chance to learn and thrive. To fulfill this potential, we must all work hand in hand, government, academic institutions and businesses like Apple,” Cook said. (ap)
Barong Bangkung Street Show
As a tradition, the Hindu community in Bali celebrates Galungan and Kuningan by delivering oblations accompanied with art activities. It also happens to the celebration of Galungan (Feb. 10) and Kuningan (Feb. 20), where during the feast the barong bangkung or barong bangkal troupe will definitely do ngelawang or street show. Barong bangkal or barong bangkung is a large enough and old pig considered a mythical animal having a mystical power. Attires of the barong are made of black and white velvet. However, in general, the attires are not pretentious like that of other types of barong. In every show, the barong bangkung is also equipped with trinkets of ate leaves and the dancers are wearing checkered trousers and rattles tied on legs, so that when moving they will generate rattling sound. Barong bangkal is carried by two dancers and the performances are held in the streets and around the village. With the presence of barong show, villagers will feel they have been protected by deities marked by the arrival of barong bangkal or barong bangkung. The show is accompanied with batel bebarongan gamelan music consisting of drums, tawa-tawa, kelenang, kelenong, cymbals and kempur. The word ngelawang is derived from the word lawang meaning ‘door,’ a term in the Balinese lan-
guage that means a gallivanting show from one house to another or from one village to another. This gallivanting show with diverse Balinese artistic traditions is performed by art troupe. Allegedly this traditional show sources from a Hindu mythology, namely Shiva Tattva. Once upon a time Lord Shiva and Goddess Uma are making love in improper place and time, so that harmony shakes. As a result, it brings in misery for mankind and other living beings. After realizing his fault, Lord Shiva sent gods to calm down the situation and reassure the whole universe. When arriving on earth, the gods created and performed a variety of art forms. Through the love of art show the whole universe is back to peaceful condition. The meaning of purification in the Shiva Tattva mythology is also harmonious with the content of disaster repellent in the legend on the insolence destruction of Mayadenawa that was then celebrated as the starting point of Galungan,
the celebration of victory of dharma (truth) against adharma (untruth). Ngelawang poses a cultural energy having a spiritual aspect, arts and entertainment. This tradition means to expel evil spirits and protects population from any plagues or diseases caused by evil spirits (bhuta kala). When performing ngelawang, homeowners will usually offer an oblation with sesari (money). Ngelawang tradition inherited from generation to generation means to neutralize the universe, reject all kinds of diseases interfering with human life, including psychically driving away those having evil intention. By and large, this street show is performed five days before Galungan to the celebration of Kuningan. In the 1970s, the nomadic art crystallized into art event that jazzed up the Galungan. In recent years, this art tends to go extinct in line with the changing of times, so that it is difficult to find this kind of performance. (kmb)
Blangsinga waterfall at Blahbatuh, Gianyar, can become your alternative destination other than beaches. This nature tourism becomes a favorite tourist spot visited by domestic and foreign travelers. Other than water recreation, visitors can also watch the beauty of rainbow and feel the atmosphere of Petanu River. The waterfall has the height of about 12.5 meters. The water flows swiftly and becomes a very pretty place to take pictures. For those who like spiritual atmosphere, it is perfectly appropriate destination because around the Petanu River sits some places sanctified by local residents. So, do not be surprised when every morning many travelers do meditation or yoga at this location. Blangsinga waterfall has been equipped with amenities such as a spacious parking lot, gazebo to unwind, toilet, canteen and a concrete pathway to get to the river bed. The cool and peaceful atmosphere for the whole trip is entertained by the melodious sounds of birds. To enjoy the beauty and natural water features, visitors must buy a ticket for IDR 10,000 (adult) and IDR 5,000 (children). Blangsinga waterfall has three strategic and unique locations. The first part is located at the edge of the river with ‘stone water’ namely the spring coming out from chunks of boulder. Local people believe it has healing quality for sprains and fractures. “Cows, pigs or other livestock experiencing fractures are usually invoked ‘medicine’ at this shower,” said I Ketut Sudarpa, one of the management officers. This river is also taken advantage by housewives who have just given birth to a baby because it is believed to give peace to their baby. Large and small rocks are naturally lined. This location is commonly used by visitors to play with rocks by piling them from large to small, like temples. In the meantime, in the middle of part the atmosphere becomes more challenging. Visitors can sit
on chunks of the local cliff while enjoying the waterfall flowing to the bottom of the river. Travelers choose this location to take pictures as being very close to waterfall and cliff. Beautiful scenery is also taken advantage by photographer as a pre-wedding photo session. It can be creatively combined with a variety of supporting facilities, such as umbrella and other tools. Besides, teens or young couples choose this place for a casual chat because it is very beautiful. From this area, visitors can also see the beauty of rainbow from the mouth of the cave around 10:00 and in the afternoon around 16:00 seen from beneath the cave. The third strategic location lies in the bottom of the river, namely the main waterfall. Visitors can feel the power of water falling from a height. Sometimes they also rejoice while taking bath, splashing or just washing their legs. Here, visitors can take pictures or selfie. “This location is also good for location of pre-wedding photo session,” said Sudarpa while pointing out a unique location to take pictures. Travelers from Europe, Australia and Asia mostly prefer this location. They mingle with domestic travelers from Surabaya, Jakarta, Kalimantan and Flores. Together with children, relatives and friends, they play with rocks, feel the coolness of water and walk on the bamboo bridge. “On a normal day, more visitors are foreigners. But on national holidays, they will be usually dominated by domestic travelers,” he said. Sudarpa added that the location of Blangsinga waterfall was formerly renowned as a place to play bungee jumping. This object is managed by Blangsinga customary village, but its operation is entrusted to 11 professionals consisting of local villagers. “The waterfall was initially favored by cycling travelers, now it has been well-known and crowded,” he explained. (kmb)
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Millions malnourished in Pakistan despite abundance of food
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In this picture taken on May 25, 2018, Nazeeran, a 25-year mother, holds her baby girl at Mithi Civil Hospital in Mithi, a remote town in southern Pakistan.
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KARACHI - A frantic mother cradling her seven-month-old baby rushes towards the special paediatric ward in a desolate Pakistan town, his eyes are blank and he is smaller than most newborns. He is starving in a country that has no shortage of food, but which has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world and where malnutrition is rife. The infant weighs just 2.5 kilograms -- the average for a healthy child of that age is almost three times that. His case is not unique for the doctors at the Mithi Civil Hospital in hungerstricken Sindh province where millions survive on less than $1 a day. Of the 150-250 patients who come in each day, roughly one fifth are suffering from malnutrition, Dr Dilip Kumar, head of the paediatric department, tells AFP. Inside the ward, nine other malnourished infants are crying inside glass incubators. A young mother, Nazeeran, clutches the hand of her toddler. “Her weight is dropping, even though we consulted many doctors,” the 25-year-old says. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), a poverty and hunger watchdog, estimates around one in five of Pakistan’s more than 200 million people are malnourished. And yet, the nation is not short of food -- in fact, according to the US Department of Agriculture, it is projected to export 500,000 tons of wheat from May 2018 until April 2019, and 7.4 million tons of rice in the same period. Dawn, the English-language daily newspaper, even reported a potato glut earlier this month. - Extreme deprivation The issues, experts say, are socio-economic -- that is, just because food is available, does not mean people can access it. “There are four key pillars of food security in Pakistan: The first is availability, then accessibility, utilisation and stability,” says Dr Ambreen Fatima, senior research economist at the Applied Economic Research Centre of the Karachi University. In Tharparkar, where Mithi Civil Hospital is, all four are lacking, she explains, adding that in other parts of the country they are present only to varying degrees. “Pakistan is quite well off in wheat production,” comments Dr Kaiser Bengali, a veteran economist, who has done field research on poverty and hunger in the country, but adds that much of it is sold for export. This means ordinary people in the country may not have access to it, and if they do they may not have the resources to pay for it. “Affordability is the biggest challenge here in Pakistan,” he says. Karachi is Pakistan’s financial capital, but Bengali says he has seen alarming examples of poverty and deprivation there. “In our surveys we came across the kids who had never eaten an apple, and when we offered him an apple he was reluctant to take the bite wondering whether it was an edible thing or not,” Bengali reveals. “In another case a family had never had eggs in their whole lives,” he adds. A survey of the state-run Planning Division in 2017 found that 40 percent of Pakistan’s population lives in multi-dimensional poverty. That means they are not just short of money, but are also facing a shortage of basic needs, including health, clean water, and electricity, among other factors -- all of which can impact their access to food. (afp)
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The cruise ship Viking Sky is pictured on March 23, 2019 near the west coast of Norway at Hustadvika near Romsdal. Emergency services said on March 23, 2019 they were airlifting 1,300 passengers off a cruise ship off the Norwegian coast.
Norway tugs tow stricken liner after hundreds airlifted to safety
OSLO - A cruise liner that ran into trouble in rough seas off Norway was being towed to port on Sunday after hundreds of passengers were helicoptered to safety. The Viking Sky lost power and started drifting mid-afternoon Saturday in perilous waters two kilometres (1.2 miles) off More og Romsdal, prompting the captain to send out a distress call. The authorities launched an airlift in very difficult conditions rather than run the risk of leaving people on board. “We would rather have the passengers on land rather than on board the ship,” police chief Tor Andre Franck said. By Sunday, the crew had managed to restart three of its four engines and two tugs arrived. Authorities said 460 of the 1,373 people on board had been taken off by five helicopters before the airlift was halted to allow the towing to start. Police said 17 people had been taken to hospital, one in their 90s and two 70-year-olds suffered serious fractures. “The evacuation has been put on
pause for now”, a spokesman for southern Norway’s rescue centre told AFP. “The captain will weigh up the situation” before deciding if the airlift resumes, he added. The vessel was heading for the port of Molde, with 60 kilometres (45 miles) still to go, and about 500 kilometres northwest of Oslo, officials said. Dramatic footage of the passengers’ ordeal showed furniture and plants sliding round the lurching vessel as parts of the ceiling came down. Dozens of passengers wearing life jackets were seated around waiting to get off the vessel. “I have never seen anything so frightening,” said Janet Jacob, who was rescued. “I started to pray. I prayed for the safety of everyone on board,” she told the NRK television channel. “The helicopter trip was terrifying. The winds were like a
tornado,” she added. “We were sitting down for breakfast when things started to shake... It was just chaos,” said another passenger, American John Curry, as quoted in Norwegian by media. Passenger Rodney Horgen said he had been reminded of the Titanic. “The best word, I guess, is surreal,” he said. “Sea water 6-7 feet (about two metres) high just came rushing in, hit the tables, chairs, broken glass and 20-30 people just ... went right in front of me. “I was standing, my wife was sitting in front of me and all of a sudden, she was gone. And I thought this was the end” But it all ended well for Ryan Flynn. “Here’s my 83-year-old dad being airlifted from the #vikingsky,” he said. “We are all off the ship safely!” (afp)
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This picture taken on January 1, 2019 shows parked Jakarta mass rapid transit (MRT) coaches at its main depot in the city. Indonesia’s capital will inaugurate its first mass rapid transit system on March 24, a 1.1 billion USD project seen as crucial to tackling some of the world’s worst traffic congestion.
Traffic-choked Jakarta inaugurates mass rapid transit system
Indonesia’s capital inaugurated its first mass rapid transit system on Sunday, a $1.1 billion project seen as crucial to tackling some of the world’s worst traffic congestion. President Joko Widodo and other officials joined a ceremony in Jakarta to give a green light for the 16-kilometre (10 mile) line, almost six years after construction began on the Japanese-backed project. Tens of thousands of excited Jakartans were in attendance and eager to try riding on the subway for the first time, mobbing the president for selfies while music blared and traditional performers danced on a nearby stage. “Honestly I am so happy,” office worker Mutia Fitrianti told AFP. “Now we don’t have to go abroad just to ride an MRT.” The train system runs above and below ground and stretches from the central Hotel Indonesia to the southern
reaches of the Southeast Asian megalopolis of some 30 million people. It aims to cut travel times between the two points to just 30 minutes from around two hours, offering some relief to frustrated commuters long used to spending much of their day stuck in traffic. The new line is set to open to the public on Monday, with tickets free during the first week. Construction on a second line linking downtown to Jakarta’s northern port is also kicking off Sunday with completion slated for 2024, and more lines are envisioned in the future. A separate elevated rail network is also being built to link satellite cities with Jakarta, nicknamed the Big Du-
rian after the pungent fruit that bitterly divides fans and its detractors. The public transit projects are part of a sweeping infrastructure push that Widodo hopes will boost the fortunes of Southeast Asia’s biggest economy -- and get him re-elected in national polls next month. “If we have and integrated transportation system, it will be easier for people to go places and they will leave their cars or motorcycles at home,” Widodo told journalists on Sunday. - Clogged streets Over the past decade, rising incomes in the country of 260 million have created a ballooning middle class and sent vehicle
ownership soaring. But that’s also brought hazardous air pollution and annual economic losses that run into the billions as cars crawl along the capital’s roadways in the steamy tropical heat -- alongside an underused bus system. Environmentalists hope that the new line will cut trafficlinked carbon emissions by about half. It could also make a dent in annual economic losses of some 65 trillion Rupiah ($4.6 billion) linked to road congestion, according to government figures. The multi-billion dollar project is funded through a loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). “We think MRT Jakarta is
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of North Maluku province in eastern Indonesia Sunday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake was 150 kilometres (92 miles) northwest of the coastal town of Ternate at a depth of 37
kilometres, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake was felt in Ternate but residents were unconcerned, a local said. “I was watching TV when the earthquake suddenly happened, the jolt was quite strong but thankfully it was quick so there was no panic,”
Ternate resident Budi Nurgianto told AFP. Officials are still assessing the quake’s impact but there were no immediate reports of casualties. “We are still checking to see if there’s any damage,” said Rahmat Triyono, head of Indonesian weath-
er agency BKMG’s earthquake and tsunami division. Indonesia experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity due to its position on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, where tectonic plates collide. Last September, a 7.5-magnitude quake and a subsequent
the project of the century for us,” JICA senior vice president Tanaka Yasushi told reporters. But transport analysts have cautioned that the new line and cheap prices will not cure the traffic woes of a city infatuated with private vehicles and with few decent sidewalks. “The MRT won’t immediately ease the traffic because changing the culture and attitudes isn’t easy,” Hendi Bowoputro, a public transit expert at the University of Brawijaya, told AFP before the inauguration. A n d t h e l i n e ’s e x p e c t e d 130,000 daily passengers represent only about 10 percent of those who already cram into a decades-old commuter rail network.(afp)
tsunami in Palu on Sulawesi island killed more than 2,200, with a thousand more declared missing. On boxing day December 26, 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake struck Aceh province, causing a tsunami and killing more than 170,000 in Indonesia.(afp)
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Osaka, Zverev stunned, Serena withdraws in Miami
MIAMI - Naomi Osaka crashed out of the third round of the WTA and ATP Miami Open on Saturday as Hsieh Su-Wei exacted revenge for a painful Australian Open defeat with a 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 victory.
KUTA - Dewa Ruci Statue, is one of the most famous Balinese statue that Balinese and foreign tourists alike to see every day if they are going in/out of Kuta. The statue graces the Jl By Pass Ngurah Rai and the popular shopping destination of Mall Bali Galeria. The area is widely known to the Balinese people as Simpang Siur. It is an intersection between Denpasar, Kuta and the Famous Sunset Road. Dewa Ruci Statue lies at the intersection of Jl. Sunset Road, Jl. Setiabudi and Jl. Bypass Ngurah Rai, and created by I Wayan Winten. Bhima, one of five children from families Pendawa, was fighting against a giant dragon in legend Dewa Ruci. This story are taken from Mahabaratha epos, where Bhima were ordered by his spiritual
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teacher to get some spring holy water from the sea, even he knew that it’s impossible to get. But Bhima respect his teacher a lot so has to follow what his teacher wanted,with his big respect to his teacher than he went to the ocean
but he found nothing, but still he struggle to get what his teacher order, till he met the dragon the keeper of the ocean and he asked the dragon: where can I find the spring holy water? The dragon said I am the keeper of the seas, and I’m the one who keep
this holy water for my people. If you want to get the holy water you have to fight with me, but actually this dragon is just the manifestation of the god who wants to see how Bhima respect his teacher, than with his braviour, strenght-
ness, faithfulness with one vision finally Bhima changed to Become Dewa Ruci he become a strong and powerfull like gods and finally he can conquered the dragon,and he got the spring holy water inside the dragon’s stomach. (IBP/net)
World number one Osaka had looked in little danger after winning the first set and moving a break ahead in the second. But Taiwan’s Hsieh, who was a set and 4-1 up in Melbourne earlier this year before losing to the Japanese star in the third round, battled superbly. “This was a very emotional win for me,” said Hsieh, whose 39 winners were one less than her opponent. “Any time you beat one of the top players it is amazing.” It wasn’t the only shocker of the day, as Spanish veteran David Ferrer rallied to beat world number three Alexander Zverev 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 to reach the third round. Ferrer, 36 and ranked 155th in the world, received a wild card into the tournament as he continues a limited schedule in a 2019 billed as his farewell tour. Zverev, runner-up to John Isner here last year, coughed up 12 double faults as he suffered his second straight early exit in succession after a third-round departure at Indian Wells. Osaka was coming off a fourth-round exit at Indian Wells, but Hsieh’s coach said her victory wasn’t all that surprising. “She has enough experience to stay strong and you saw that,” French coach Frederic Aniere, who has worked with Hsieh for the last two years and is also her boyfriend, told AFP. “Yes it’s huge, but for her it’s not
a big surprise.” Osaka’s second-round win over Belgian Yanina Wickmayer on Friday saw a second set wobble from the two-time Grand Slam winning star and it was more of the same against Hsieh, who simply refused to give up the fight. “I was kind of immature because I was thinking too much, like everything was on my racquet,” admitted Osaka. “I got ahead of myself. “Of course I want to win every match and I think I have dealt with people always asking me if I am going to win because I have number one next to my name,” added the Japanese star. “I thought I was doing fine with that but I guess I am not.” - Injured Serena withdraws The 33-year-old Hsieh will play Caroline Wozniacki in the fourth round of the women’s draw, which now looks wide open following Osaka’s defeat and former world number one Serena Williams’s surprise exit with a left knee injury. The American has completed just seven matches this year, withdrawing in Indian Wells with illness midway through a round of 32 match with Garbine Muguruza. There are surely doubts now that the 37-year-old can add to her tally of 23 Grand Slams, something which has so far proved beyond her since returning last year after taking
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Naomi Osaka of Japan in action against Su-Wei Hsieh of Taipei during the Miami Open Tennis on March 23, 2019 in Miami Gardens, Florida. time out following the birth of her first child. With Williams out, Wang Qiang, the 18th seed from China, advances to the fourth round on a walkover. In the late game, unseeded Canadian Bianca Andreescu beat Angelique Kerber for the second time in a week 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, outlasting the German eighth seed in a two hour, nine minute three setter. The duo also met in the WTA Indian Wells final, with Andreescu winning 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.
Elsewhere, Roger Federer survived a scare but battled back from a set down to beat Radu Albot 4-6 7-5 6-3. Albot posed plenty of problems for the 20-time Grand Slam winning legend, who took a while to get adjusted to the tournament’s new Hard Rock Stadium venue. But the Swiss star’s class and experience eventually shone through, even though he was severely tested in his first ever meeting with the in-form Moldovan. “I’ve never really seen him play
live matches so I watched some video to get an idea about him,” Federer said. “I see where he can cause problems. I have a lot of respect for those types of players who don’t have the size, so have to find a different way to win. “I’m happy I was able to find a way.” Federer next faces 103rd-ranked Serbian Filip Krajinovic, who beat three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (7/5). (afp)
Alaphilippe sprints to first ‘Monument’ victory in Milan-San Remo
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France’s Julian Alaphilippe (C-R) celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win, ahead of Belgium’s Oliver Naesen (3rdL) and Poland’s Michal Kwiatkowski (L) the one-day classic cycling race Milan - San Remo on March 23, 2019.
SAN REMO - France’s Julian Alaphilippe won a sprint finish to claim his first ‘Monument’ one-day classic victory in the Milan-San Remo on Saturday. In-form Alaphilippe, won the opening spring classic of the season, to take up the mantle of compatriot Thibaut Pinot, who had won the final race of 2018 in the Tour of Lombardy. The Deceuninck Quick-Step rider finished ahead of a small group of riders, who had broken away near the end of the 291km race under the sunshine, for his seventh win of the season. The 26-year-old went for the line with 600m remaining, before raising his arms in triumph after a narrow victory on the Via Roma in the Italian Riviera resort, with Belgian Oliver Naesen (AG2R) second
and Poland’s Michal Kwiatkowski (Sky) in third. Three-time world champion Peter Sagan of Slovakia finished fourth with last year’s winner Vincenzo Nibali of Italy crossing in eighth place, behind reigning world champion Alejandro Valverde, after nearly seven hours in the saddle. Alaphilippe has been on winning form this season, winning the Strade Bianche in Tuscany, and two stages of the Tirreno-Adriatico in recent weeks. The rider from the mountainous Auvergne region in central France had missed out in the 2017 race in San Remo behind Kwiatkowski and Sagan. But since then he has powered to two stage wins in last year’s Tour de France, where he claimed the
top climber’s jersey, and won the Fleche Wallonne and Clasica San Sebastian. All that was missing was one of cycling’s five ‘Monument’ oneday classics, and he lived up to his status as pre-race favourite in a race which his Deceuninck team perfectly controlled. “I was protected, the team had total confidence in me,” said the French rider. “In the sprint all I was thinking about was not to make a mistake.” In the sprint, Alaphilippe emerged from behind Slovenian Matej Mohoric, before the last 200 metres. “We made the race hard and I stayed focused. I followed Mohoric at 600 metres. I made no mistake. It’s unbelievable,” continued Alaphilippe. (afp)
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Ronaldo-inspired Kean says more records to come after first Italy goal
Teenage star Moise Kean said Saturday that had learned from Juventus teammate Cristiano Ronaldo after scoring his first goal for Italy in what he hopes will be a record-breaking career. The 19-year-old forward was the first player born in the 21st century to score for the senior team, with the second goal on 74 minutes in a 2-0 Euro 2020 qualifying Group J over Finland in
w i n Udine. I t a l y coach Roberto Mancini chose Kean to replace t h e injured Federic o Chiesa in a threepronged attack along with Juventus teammate Federico Bernardeschi and Ciro Immobile. “I learn from Cristiano Ronaldo, in training, I steal his secrets,” said Keane, who was born in Vercelli to Ivorian parents. “I always try to be ready and train regularly so that I’m prepared when the time comes. “This is a beautiful evening, but I know that I still have so many records to beat and I intend to beat them. “When I got the call, I was fired up, excited, eager to show what I could do. Ciro (Immobile) gave me a great assist and it’s thanks to him and the whole team that I was able to score.” The first player born this century to start in Serie A, the first to score in the Italian top flight,
and the first to make his debut with the Under 21 team, Kean was also the first to play with the senior national team in a friendly match and now a competitive game on Saturday. Kean, who was born in 2000, had been chosen by Mancini in a friendly against the United States last November, coming on as a second-half substitute. His goal against Finland made him the second youngest Italian to score for the national side after former Juventus player Bruno Nicole in 1958 against France, aged 18 years and 258 days. “He has great qualities, but it’s all up to him -- the margins for improvement are enormous,” said Mancini.(afp)
Italy’s forward Moise Kean celebrates after scoring during the Euro 2020 Group J qualifying football match between Italy and Finland on March 23, 2019 at the Friuli stadium in Udine.
Albania fire Panucci after one Euro qualifier Albania’s head coach Italian Christian Panucci gestures during the Euro 2020 Group H qualification football match between Albania and Turkey at the Loro Borici Stadium in Shkodra on March 22, 2019.
Albania have sacked national team football coach Christian Panucci after losing their opening Euro 2020 qualifier 2-0 to Turkey, the local football federation said on Saturday. The 45-year-old Italian, who made his name as a defender with Roma, Monaco and Real Madrid, had been in his job for 15 games
since July 2017, winning only four. “We want to thank Panucci for the job that he did and we wish him all the best for his career,” the national federation said on their website adding that two former Albanian players would take over. “Ervin Bulku and Sulejman Mema will be in charge of the
team for the second qualifier against Andorra,” the statement said. Panucci dropped 24-year-old Lazio goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha from the squad for Albania’s two games after he missed a flight due to a traffic jam, causing raised eyebrows among Albanian fans and pundits.(afp)
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Spain’s defender Sergio Ramos scores a penalty kick during the Euro 2020 group F qualifying football match between Spain and Norway at the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia on March 23, 2019.
Ramos helps Spain edge Norway
Sergio Ramos scored a secondhalf penalty to help Spain beat a spirited Norway 2-1 on Saturday in their opening Euro 2020 qualifier, while teenage striker Moise Kean netted in Italy’s win over Finland. Spain were not at their clinical best in Valencia, but got their Group F campaign off to a solid start despite Norway threatening an upset. The 2010 World Cup winners have been unpredictable of late, having been dumped out by Russia in the last 16 of the World Cup and then missing out on the Nations League finals after a home loss to England. “The team responded well to their equaliser. You always have the dream and aim of achieving something important,” Ramos told Spanish television channel TVE. “We’re in a new stage with a coach who has a fantastic style of play. We’ll take things game
by game. We’ll pick up more confidence from winning.” Coach Luis Enrique named an attacking line-up, with Marco Asensio, Alvaro Morata and Rodrigo all starting, and it was the latter who volleyed home the opener from Jordi Alba’s cross in the 16th minute. Winger Jesus Navas created several other early chances for his teammates on his first Spain appearance since March 2014, but Rodrigo headed over and Morata was denied by away goalkeeper Rune Jarstein. Norway started to grow into the game and were handed a chance to draw level in the 65th minute when Inigo Martinez grabbed Bjorn Johnsen, and Bournemouth striker Joshua King stepped up to slot past David de Gea. Spain wasted little time in getting their noses back in front, though, as Jarstein felled Morata to concede a 71st-minute penalty. Centre-back Ramos stepped up
and confidently dispatched a ‘Panenka’ spot-kick down the middle to score his 16th goal of the season for club and country.
- Kean makes his mark Juventus youngster Kean, 19, became the youngest striker to start for Italy in more than a century as Roberto Mancini’s men saw off Finland 2-0. Italy got off to a flying start in Udine, as Nicolo Barella gave them a seventh-minute lead with his maiden international goal. The 22-year-old Cagliari midfielder hammered home a low volley after a free-kick was only half-cleared by the Finnish defence. The day belonged to Kean, though, as he slotted in the second with 16 minutes to play to mark his full debut in style. “To become part of Azzurri history is an added incentive to keep working,” said Kean. “There are many goals ahead of me and my aim is to achieve them. I wanted to show that I deserved
this chance from Mancini.” Italy are top of the early Group J standings ahead of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who edged out Armenia 2-1 as captain Edin Dzeko became the first player in their history to be capped 100 times. The other game in the group saw Greece win 2-0 against Liechtenstein in Vaduz. - Ireland struggle in Gibraltar Earlier on Saturday, Mick McCarthy made an inauspicious start to his second stint in charge of the Republic of Ireland as his team laboured to a 1-0 victory over Gibraltar. The 60-year-old McCarthy, who led Ireland to the 2002 World Cup last 16 before resigning later that year, was reappointed manager last November, replacing Martin O’Neill. The result leaves Ireland second in the early Group D table behind Switzerland, who beat Georgia 2-0, but McCarthy will
know he has plenty of work to do after seeing his men struggle to claim just their second win in 12 matches. Gibraltar almost took a shock lead early in the second half, but captain Roy Chipolina saw his header brilliantly saved by Darren Randolph. Ireland took the lead less than two minutes later, though, as Burnley midfielder Jeff Hendrick slotted home his second international goal from David McGoldrick’s cutback. But the 194th-ranked team in the world did not give up and almost found an equaliser when 37-year-old forward Lee Casciaro curled wide after a fine team move. Elsewhere, World Cup quarter-finalists Sweden made a winning start in Group F as midfielders Robin Quaison and Viktor Claesson both scored in the space of seven first-half minutes in a 2-1 success over Romania.(afp)
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Ronaldo-inspired Kean says more records to come after first Italy goal
Teenage star Moise Kean said Saturday that had learned from Juventus teammate Cristiano Ronaldo after scoring his first goal for Italy in what he hopes will be a record-breaking career. The 19-year-old forward was the first player born in the 21st century to score for the senior team, with the second goal on 74 minutes in a 2-0 Euro 2020 qualifying Group J over Finland in
w i n Udine. I t a l y coach Roberto Mancini chose Kean to replace t h e injured Federic o Chiesa in a threepronged attack along with Juventus teammate Federico Bernardeschi and Ciro Immobile. “I learn from Cristiano Ronaldo, in training, I steal his secrets,” said Keane, who was born in Vercelli to Ivorian parents. “I always try to be ready and train regularly so that I’m prepared when the time comes. “This is a beautiful evening, but I know that I still have so many records to beat and I intend to beat them. “When I got the call, I was fired up, excited, eager to show what I could do. Ciro (Immobile) gave me a great assist and it’s thanks to him and the whole team that I was able to score.” The first player born this century to start in Serie A, the first to score in the Italian top flight,
and the first to make his debut with the Under 21 team, Kean was also the first to play with the senior national team in a friendly match and now a competitive game on Saturday. Kean, who was born in 2000, had been chosen by Mancini in a friendly against the United States last November, coming on as a second-half substitute. His goal against Finland made him the second youngest Italian to score for the national side after former Juventus player Bruno Nicole in 1958 against France, aged 18 years and 258 days. “He has great qualities, but it’s all up to him -- the margins for improvement are enormous,” said Mancini.(afp)
Italy’s forward Moise Kean celebrates after scoring during the Euro 2020 Group J qualifying football match between Italy and Finland on March 23, 2019 at the Friuli stadium in Udine.
Albania fire Panucci after one Euro qualifier Albania’s head coach Italian Christian Panucci gestures during the Euro 2020 Group H qualification football match between Albania and Turkey at the Loro Borici Stadium in Shkodra on March 22, 2019.
Albania have sacked national team football coach Christian Panucci after losing their opening Euro 2020 qualifier 2-0 to Turkey, the local football federation said on Saturday. The 45-year-old Italian, who made his name as a defender with Roma, Monaco and Real Madrid, had been in his job for 15 games
since July 2017, winning only four. “We want to thank Panucci for the job that he did and we wish him all the best for his career,” the national federation said on their website adding that two former Albanian players would take over. “Ervin Bulku and Sulejman Mema will be in charge of the
team for the second qualifier against Andorra,” the statement said. Panucci dropped 24-year-old Lazio goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha from the squad for Albania’s two games after he missed a flight due to a traffic jam, causing raised eyebrows among Albanian fans and pundits.(afp)
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Spain’s defender Sergio Ramos scores a penalty kick during the Euro 2020 group F qualifying football match between Spain and Norway at the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia on March 23, 2019.
Ramos helps Spain edge Norway
Sergio Ramos scored a secondhalf penalty to help Spain beat a spirited Norway 2-1 on Saturday in their opening Euro 2020 qualifier, while teenage striker Moise Kean netted in Italy’s win over Finland. Spain were not at their clinical best in Valencia, but got their Group F campaign off to a solid start despite Norway threatening an upset. The 2010 World Cup winners have been unpredictable of late, having been dumped out by Russia in the last 16 of the World Cup and then missing out on the Nations League finals after a home loss to England. “The team responded well to their equaliser. You always have the dream and aim of achieving something important,” Ramos told Spanish television channel TVE. “We’re in a new stage with a coach who has a fantastic style of play. We’ll take things game
by game. We’ll pick up more confidence from winning.” Coach Luis Enrique named an attacking line-up, with Marco Asensio, Alvaro Morata and Rodrigo all starting, and it was the latter who volleyed home the opener from Jordi Alba’s cross in the 16th minute. Winger Jesus Navas created several other early chances for his teammates on his first Spain appearance since March 2014, but Rodrigo headed over and Morata was denied by away goalkeeper Rune Jarstein. Norway started to grow into the game and were handed a chance to draw level in the 65th minute when Inigo Martinez grabbed Bjorn Johnsen, and Bournemouth striker Joshua King stepped up to slot past David de Gea. Spain wasted little time in getting their noses back in front, though, as Jarstein felled Morata to concede a 71st-minute penalty. Centre-back Ramos stepped up
and confidently dispatched a ‘Panenka’ spot-kick down the middle to score his 16th goal of the season for club and country.
- Kean makes his mark Juventus youngster Kean, 19, became the youngest striker to start for Italy in more than a century as Roberto Mancini’s men saw off Finland 2-0. Italy got off to a flying start in Udine, as Nicolo Barella gave them a seventh-minute lead with his maiden international goal. The 22-year-old Cagliari midfielder hammered home a low volley after a free-kick was only half-cleared by the Finnish defence. The day belonged to Kean, though, as he slotted in the second with 16 minutes to play to mark his full debut in style. “To become part of Azzurri history is an added incentive to keep working,” said Kean. “There are many goals ahead of me and my aim is to achieve them. I wanted to show that I deserved
this chance from Mancini.” Italy are top of the early Group J standings ahead of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who edged out Armenia 2-1 as captain Edin Dzeko became the first player in their history to be capped 100 times. The other game in the group saw Greece win 2-0 against Liechtenstein in Vaduz. - Ireland struggle in Gibraltar Earlier on Saturday, Mick McCarthy made an inauspicious start to his second stint in charge of the Republic of Ireland as his team laboured to a 1-0 victory over Gibraltar. The 60-year-old McCarthy, who led Ireland to the 2002 World Cup last 16 before resigning later that year, was reappointed manager last November, replacing Martin O’Neill. The result leaves Ireland second in the early Group D table behind Switzerland, who beat Georgia 2-0, but McCarthy will
know he has plenty of work to do after seeing his men struggle to claim just their second win in 12 matches. Gibraltar almost took a shock lead early in the second half, but captain Roy Chipolina saw his header brilliantly saved by Darren Randolph. Ireland took the lead less than two minutes later, though, as Burnley midfielder Jeff Hendrick slotted home his second international goal from David McGoldrick’s cutback. But the 194th-ranked team in the world did not give up and almost found an equaliser when 37-year-old forward Lee Casciaro curled wide after a fine team move. Elsewhere, World Cup quarter-finalists Sweden made a winning start in Group F as midfielders Robin Quaison and Viktor Claesson both scored in the space of seven first-half minutes in a 2-1 success over Romania.(afp)
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Osaka, Zverev stunned, Serena withdraws in Miami
MIAMI - Naomi Osaka crashed out of the third round of the WTA and ATP Miami Open on Saturday as Hsieh Su-Wei exacted revenge for a painful Australian Open defeat with a 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 victory.
KUTA - Dewa Ruci Statue, is one of the most famous Balinese statue that Balinese and foreign tourists alike to see every day if they are going in/out of Kuta. The statue graces the Jl By Pass Ngurah Rai and the popular shopping destination of Mall Bali Galeria. The area is widely known to the Balinese people as Simpang Siur. It is an intersection between Denpasar, Kuta and the Famous Sunset Road. Dewa Ruci Statue lies at the intersection of Jl. Sunset Road, Jl. Setiabudi and Jl. Bypass Ngurah Rai, and created by I Wayan Winten. Bhima, one of five children from families Pendawa, was fighting against a giant dragon in legend Dewa Ruci. This story are taken from Mahabaratha epos, where Bhima were ordered by his spiritual
Dewa Ruci Statue
teacher to get some spring holy water from the sea, even he knew that it’s impossible to get. But Bhima respect his teacher a lot so has to follow what his teacher wanted,with his big respect to his teacher than he went to the ocean
but he found nothing, but still he struggle to get what his teacher order, till he met the dragon the keeper of the ocean and he asked the dragon: where can I find the spring holy water? The dragon said I am the keeper of the seas, and I’m the one who keep
this holy water for my people. If you want to get the holy water you have to fight with me, but actually this dragon is just the manifestation of the god who wants to see how Bhima respect his teacher, than with his braviour, strenght-
ness, faithfulness with one vision finally Bhima changed to Become Dewa Ruci he become a strong and powerfull like gods and finally he can conquered the dragon,and he got the spring holy water inside the dragon’s stomach. (IBP/net)
World number one Osaka had looked in little danger after winning the first set and moving a break ahead in the second. But Taiwan’s Hsieh, who was a set and 4-1 up in Melbourne earlier this year before losing to the Japanese star in the third round, battled superbly. “This was a very emotional win for me,” said Hsieh, whose 39 winners were one less than her opponent. “Any time you beat one of the top players it is amazing.” It wasn’t the only shocker of the day, as Spanish veteran David Ferrer rallied to beat world number three Alexander Zverev 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 to reach the third round. Ferrer, 36 and ranked 155th in the world, received a wild card into the tournament as he continues a limited schedule in a 2019 billed as his farewell tour. Zverev, runner-up to John Isner here last year, coughed up 12 double faults as he suffered his second straight early exit in succession after a third-round departure at Indian Wells. Osaka was coming off a fourth-round exit at Indian Wells, but Hsieh’s coach said her victory wasn’t all that surprising. “She has enough experience to stay strong and you saw that,” French coach Frederic Aniere, who has worked with Hsieh for the last two years and is also her boyfriend, told AFP. “Yes it’s huge, but for her it’s not
a big surprise.” Osaka’s second-round win over Belgian Yanina Wickmayer on Friday saw a second set wobble from the two-time Grand Slam winning star and it was more of the same against Hsieh, who simply refused to give up the fight. “I was kind of immature because I was thinking too much, like everything was on my racquet,” admitted Osaka. “I got ahead of myself. “Of course I want to win every match and I think I have dealt with people always asking me if I am going to win because I have number one next to my name,” added the Japanese star. “I thought I was doing fine with that but I guess I am not.” - Injured Serena withdraws The 33-year-old Hsieh will play Caroline Wozniacki in the fourth round of the women’s draw, which now looks wide open following Osaka’s defeat and former world number one Serena Williams’s surprise exit with a left knee injury. The American has completed just seven matches this year, withdrawing in Indian Wells with illness midway through a round of 32 match with Garbine Muguruza. There are surely doubts now that the 37-year-old can add to her tally of 23 Grand Slams, something which has so far proved beyond her since returning last year after taking
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Naomi Osaka of Japan in action against Su-Wei Hsieh of Taipei during the Miami Open Tennis on March 23, 2019 in Miami Gardens, Florida. time out following the birth of her first child. With Williams out, Wang Qiang, the 18th seed from China, advances to the fourth round on a walkover. In the late game, unseeded Canadian Bianca Andreescu beat Angelique Kerber for the second time in a week 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, outlasting the German eighth seed in a two hour, nine minute three setter. The duo also met in the WTA Indian Wells final, with Andreescu winning 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.
Elsewhere, Roger Federer survived a scare but battled back from a set down to beat Radu Albot 4-6 7-5 6-3. Albot posed plenty of problems for the 20-time Grand Slam winning legend, who took a while to get adjusted to the tournament’s new Hard Rock Stadium venue. But the Swiss star’s class and experience eventually shone through, even though he was severely tested in his first ever meeting with the in-form Moldovan. “I’ve never really seen him play
live matches so I watched some video to get an idea about him,” Federer said. “I see where he can cause problems. I have a lot of respect for those types of players who don’t have the size, so have to find a different way to win. “I’m happy I was able to find a way.” Federer next faces 103rd-ranked Serbian Filip Krajinovic, who beat three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (7/5). (afp)
Alaphilippe sprints to first ‘Monument’ victory in Milan-San Remo
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France’s Julian Alaphilippe (C-R) celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win, ahead of Belgium’s Oliver Naesen (3rdL) and Poland’s Michal Kwiatkowski (L) the one-day classic cycling race Milan - San Remo on March 23, 2019.
SAN REMO - France’s Julian Alaphilippe won a sprint finish to claim his first ‘Monument’ one-day classic victory in the Milan-San Remo on Saturday. In-form Alaphilippe, won the opening spring classic of the season, to take up the mantle of compatriot Thibaut Pinot, who had won the final race of 2018 in the Tour of Lombardy. The Deceuninck Quick-Step rider finished ahead of a small group of riders, who had broken away near the end of the 291km race under the sunshine, for his seventh win of the season. The 26-year-old went for the line with 600m remaining, before raising his arms in triumph after a narrow victory on the Via Roma in the Italian Riviera resort, with Belgian Oliver Naesen (AG2R) second
and Poland’s Michal Kwiatkowski (Sky) in third. Three-time world champion Peter Sagan of Slovakia finished fourth with last year’s winner Vincenzo Nibali of Italy crossing in eighth place, behind reigning world champion Alejandro Valverde, after nearly seven hours in the saddle. Alaphilippe has been on winning form this season, winning the Strade Bianche in Tuscany, and two stages of the Tirreno-Adriatico in recent weeks. The rider from the mountainous Auvergne region in central France had missed out in the 2017 race in San Remo behind Kwiatkowski and Sagan. But since then he has powered to two stage wins in last year’s Tour de France, where he claimed the
top climber’s jersey, and won the Fleche Wallonne and Clasica San Sebastian. All that was missing was one of cycling’s five ‘Monument’ oneday classics, and he lived up to his status as pre-race favourite in a race which his Deceuninck team perfectly controlled. “I was protected, the team had total confidence in me,” said the French rider. “In the sprint all I was thinking about was not to make a mistake.” In the sprint, Alaphilippe emerged from behind Slovenian Matej Mohoric, before the last 200 metres. “We made the race hard and I stayed focused. I followed Mohoric at 600 metres. I made no mistake. It’s unbelievable,” continued Alaphilippe. (afp)
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Millions malnourished in Pakistan despite abundance of food
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In this picture taken on May 25, 2018, Nazeeran, a 25-year mother, holds her baby girl at Mithi Civil Hospital in Mithi, a remote town in southern Pakistan.
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KARACHI - A frantic mother cradling her seven-month-old baby rushes towards the special paediatric ward in a desolate Pakistan town, his eyes are blank and he is smaller than most newborns. He is starving in a country that has no shortage of food, but which has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world and where malnutrition is rife. The infant weighs just 2.5 kilograms -- the average for a healthy child of that age is almost three times that. His case is not unique for the doctors at the Mithi Civil Hospital in hungerstricken Sindh province where millions survive on less than $1 a day. Of the 150-250 patients who come in each day, roughly one fifth are suffering from malnutrition, Dr Dilip Kumar, head of the paediatric department, tells AFP. Inside the ward, nine other malnourished infants are crying inside glass incubators. A young mother, Nazeeran, clutches the hand of her toddler. “Her weight is dropping, even though we consulted many doctors,” the 25-year-old says. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), a poverty and hunger watchdog, estimates around one in five of Pakistan’s more than 200 million people are malnourished. And yet, the nation is not short of food -- in fact, according to the US Department of Agriculture, it is projected to export 500,000 tons of wheat from May 2018 until April 2019, and 7.4 million tons of rice in the same period. Dawn, the English-language daily newspaper, even reported a potato glut earlier this month. - Extreme deprivation The issues, experts say, are socio-economic -- that is, just because food is available, does not mean people can access it. “There are four key pillars of food security in Pakistan: The first is availability, then accessibility, utilisation and stability,” says Dr Ambreen Fatima, senior research economist at the Applied Economic Research Centre of the Karachi University. In Tharparkar, where Mithi Civil Hospital is, all four are lacking, she explains, adding that in other parts of the country they are present only to varying degrees. “Pakistan is quite well off in wheat production,” comments Dr Kaiser Bengali, a veteran economist, who has done field research on poverty and hunger in the country, but adds that much of it is sold for export. This means ordinary people in the country may not have access to it, and if they do they may not have the resources to pay for it. “Affordability is the biggest challenge here in Pakistan,” he says. Karachi is Pakistan’s financial capital, but Bengali says he has seen alarming examples of poverty and deprivation there. “In our surveys we came across the kids who had never eaten an apple, and when we offered him an apple he was reluctant to take the bite wondering whether it was an edible thing or not,” Bengali reveals. “In another case a family had never had eggs in their whole lives,” he adds. A survey of the state-run Planning Division in 2017 found that 40 percent of Pakistan’s population lives in multi-dimensional poverty. That means they are not just short of money, but are also facing a shortage of basic needs, including health, clean water, and electricity, among other factors -- all of which can impact their access to food. (afp)
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The cruise ship Viking Sky is pictured on March 23, 2019 near the west coast of Norway at Hustadvika near Romsdal. Emergency services said on March 23, 2019 they were airlifting 1,300 passengers off a cruise ship off the Norwegian coast.
Norway tugs tow stricken liner after hundreds airlifted to safety
OSLO - A cruise liner that ran into trouble in rough seas off Norway was being towed to port on Sunday after hundreds of passengers were helicoptered to safety. The Viking Sky lost power and started drifting mid-afternoon Saturday in perilous waters two kilometres (1.2 miles) off More og Romsdal, prompting the captain to send out a distress call. The authorities launched an airlift in very difficult conditions rather than run the risk of leaving people on board. “We would rather have the passengers on land rather than on board the ship,” police chief Tor Andre Franck said. By Sunday, the crew had managed to restart three of its four engines and two tugs arrived. Authorities said 460 of the 1,373 people on board had been taken off by five helicopters before the airlift was halted to allow the towing to start. Police said 17 people had been taken to hospital, one in their 90s and two 70-year-olds suffered serious fractures. “The evacuation has been put on
pause for now”, a spokesman for southern Norway’s rescue centre told AFP. “The captain will weigh up the situation” before deciding if the airlift resumes, he added. The vessel was heading for the port of Molde, with 60 kilometres (45 miles) still to go, and about 500 kilometres northwest of Oslo, officials said. Dramatic footage of the passengers’ ordeal showed furniture and plants sliding round the lurching vessel as parts of the ceiling came down. Dozens of passengers wearing life jackets were seated around waiting to get off the vessel. “I have never seen anything so frightening,” said Janet Jacob, who was rescued. “I started to pray. I prayed for the safety of everyone on board,” she told the NRK television channel. “The helicopter trip was terrifying. The winds were like a
tornado,” she added. “We were sitting down for breakfast when things started to shake... It was just chaos,” said another passenger, American John Curry, as quoted in Norwegian by media. Passenger Rodney Horgen said he had been reminded of the Titanic. “The best word, I guess, is surreal,” he said. “Sea water 6-7 feet (about two metres) high just came rushing in, hit the tables, chairs, broken glass and 20-30 people just ... went right in front of me. “I was standing, my wife was sitting in front of me and all of a sudden, she was gone. And I thought this was the end” But it all ended well for Ryan Flynn. “Here’s my 83-year-old dad being airlifted from the #vikingsky,” he said. “We are all off the ship safely!” (afp)
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This picture taken on January 1, 2019 shows parked Jakarta mass rapid transit (MRT) coaches at its main depot in the city. Indonesia’s capital will inaugurate its first mass rapid transit system on March 24, a 1.1 billion USD project seen as crucial to tackling some of the world’s worst traffic congestion.
Traffic-choked Jakarta inaugurates mass rapid transit system
Indonesia’s capital inaugurated its first mass rapid transit system on Sunday, a $1.1 billion project seen as crucial to tackling some of the world’s worst traffic congestion. President Joko Widodo and other officials joined a ceremony in Jakarta to give a green light for the 16-kilometre (10 mile) line, almost six years after construction began on the Japanese-backed project. Tens of thousands of excited Jakartans were in attendance and eager to try riding on the subway for the first time, mobbing the president for selfies while music blared and traditional performers danced on a nearby stage. “Honestly I am so happy,” office worker Mutia Fitrianti told AFP. “Now we don’t have to go abroad just to ride an MRT.” The train system runs above and below ground and stretches from the central Hotel Indonesia to the southern
reaches of the Southeast Asian megalopolis of some 30 million people. It aims to cut travel times between the two points to just 30 minutes from around two hours, offering some relief to frustrated commuters long used to spending much of their day stuck in traffic. The new line is set to open to the public on Monday, with tickets free during the first week. Construction on a second line linking downtown to Jakarta’s northern port is also kicking off Sunday with completion slated for 2024, and more lines are envisioned in the future. A separate elevated rail network is also being built to link satellite cities with Jakarta, nicknamed the Big Du-
rian after the pungent fruit that bitterly divides fans and its detractors. The public transit projects are part of a sweeping infrastructure push that Widodo hopes will boost the fortunes of Southeast Asia’s biggest economy -- and get him re-elected in national polls next month. “If we have and integrated transportation system, it will be easier for people to go places and they will leave their cars or motorcycles at home,” Widodo told journalists on Sunday. - Clogged streets Over the past decade, rising incomes in the country of 260 million have created a ballooning middle class and sent vehicle
ownership soaring. But that’s also brought hazardous air pollution and annual economic losses that run into the billions as cars crawl along the capital’s roadways in the steamy tropical heat -- alongside an underused bus system. Environmentalists hope that the new line will cut trafficlinked carbon emissions by about half. It could also make a dent in annual economic losses of some 65 trillion Rupiah ($4.6 billion) linked to road congestion, according to government figures. The multi-billion dollar project is funded through a loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). “We think MRT Jakarta is
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of North Maluku province in eastern Indonesia Sunday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake was 150 kilometres (92 miles) northwest of the coastal town of Ternate at a depth of 37
kilometres, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake was felt in Ternate but residents were unconcerned, a local said. “I was watching TV when the earthquake suddenly happened, the jolt was quite strong but thankfully it was quick so there was no panic,”
Ternate resident Budi Nurgianto told AFP. Officials are still assessing the quake’s impact but there were no immediate reports of casualties. “We are still checking to see if there’s any damage,” said Rahmat Triyono, head of Indonesian weath-
er agency BKMG’s earthquake and tsunami division. Indonesia experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity due to its position on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, where tectonic plates collide. Last September, a 7.5-magnitude quake and a subsequent
the project of the century for us,” JICA senior vice president Tanaka Yasushi told reporters. But transport analysts have cautioned that the new line and cheap prices will not cure the traffic woes of a city infatuated with private vehicles and with few decent sidewalks. “The MRT won’t immediately ease the traffic because changing the culture and attitudes isn’t easy,” Hendi Bowoputro, a public transit expert at the University of Brawijaya, told AFP before the inauguration. A n d t h e l i n e ’s e x p e c t e d 130,000 daily passengers represent only about 10 percent of those who already cram into a decades-old commuter rail network.(afp)
tsunami in Palu on Sulawesi island killed more than 2,200, with a thousand more declared missing. On boxing day December 26, 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake struck Aceh province, causing a tsunami and killing more than 170,000 in Indonesia.(afp)
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against us, we will think of buying airplanes from China or any other country,” he was quoted as saying by the official Bernama news agency. But the premier said he was not “declaring war” on the EU as his country needed goods from the bloc, many members of which are among Malaysia’s top trading partners. Mahathir’s remarks come ahead of a five-day international defence exhibition starting Monday on the resort island of Langkawi, where representatives of global weapons manufacturers have gathered. Any EU palm oil curbs could seriously hurt farmers who represent an important voter base in both Malaysia and Indonesia. Both countries are struggling to spur demand in palm oil, which is used in everything from soap to chocolate. French lawmakers recently voted to remove palm oil from the country’s biofuel scheme starting from next year. (afp)
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Apple CEO Tim Cook reacts during the Economic Summit held for the China Development Forum in Beijing, China, Saturday, March 23, 2019. Cook says he’s “extremely bullish” about the global economy based on the amount of innovation being carried out, and he’s urging China to continue to “open up.”
In China, Apple’s Cook says he’s bullish on global economy
BEIJING - Apple CEO Tim Cook said Saturday that he is “extremely bullish” about the global economy based on the amount of innovation underway, and urged China to continue to “open up” amid complaints from the U.S. and others that it is shutting foreign firms out of key high-tech industries.
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This picture taken on February 13, 2019 shows newly created dwarf palm oil trees at the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) research station in Bukit Lawiang in southern Johor state. Test tubes holding plants line shelves in a Malaysian laboratory, the heart of a breeding programme for dwarf palm oil trees which scientists hope will cut costs and limit environmental damage from the controversial industry.
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Malaysia threatens EU fighter jet boycott over palm oil Malaysia may retaliate against an EU plan to curb palm oil use by purchasing new fighter jets from China instead of European arms companies, its leader said Sunday. The Southeast Asian country is the world’s second largest palm oil producer after neighbouring Indonesia, and recently threatened to challenge the bloc’s plan to phase out its use in biofuels at the World Trade Organization. Both Malaysia and Indonesia have been at loggerheads with EU lawmakers over the crop’s cultivation, which has caused rampant deforestation and destruction of wildlife. In his strongest statement yet on the proposed curbs, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said his country could look elsewhere to upgrade its ageing air force fleet of Russian Mig-29 fighters -- in effect abandoning plans to purchase France’s Rafale jet or the Eurofighter Typhoon. “If they keep on taking action
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In a speech at an economic forum in Beijing, Cook said Apple is less concerned with the short-term economic outlook because the tech giant makes investments looking ahead years or decades. “In the long term, I’m extremely bullish. I think the key to the economy, unlocking its potential has always been innovation, and when I travel around the world, I’ve never seen innovation at a more feverish pace than I do today, so I’m extremely optimistic,” Cook told participants at the China Development Forum, a gathering of business leaders in Beijing. His remarks come as China and
the U.S. prepare to meet again to resolve their trade dispute, which has roiled global markets, and as Apple is expected to announce that it is launching a video service. The iPhone has long been Apple’s marquee product and main money maker, but sales are starting to decline. The company is pushing digital subscriptions as it searches for new growth. Apple is one of many American companies now grappling with increasing Chinese consumer anxiety. China is a major market for Apple and other smartphone makers, accounting for one-third of the industry’s global handset shipments. In other comments, Cook said
the world was “facing greater challenges than ever before.” “Climate change is threatening our planet, poverty and inequality hold citizens and nations back from their potential, basic health care remains out of reach for millions,” he said. “At the same time ... we can have a healthy planet and a thriving economy. We can continue to lift millions of people out of poverty, and we can give everyone a chance to learn and thrive. To fulfill this potential, we must all work hand in hand, government, academic institutions and businesses like Apple,” Cook said. (ap)
Barong Bangkung Street Show
As a tradition, the Hindu community in Bali celebrates Galungan and Kuningan by delivering oblations accompanied with art activities. It also happens to the celebration of Galungan (Feb. 10) and Kuningan (Feb. 20), where during the feast the barong bangkung or barong bangkal troupe will definitely do ngelawang or street show. Barong bangkal or barong bangkung is a large enough and old pig considered a mythical animal having a mystical power. Attires of the barong are made of black and white velvet. However, in general, the attires are not pretentious like that of other types of barong. In every show, the barong bangkung is also equipped with trinkets of ate leaves and the dancers are wearing checkered trousers and rattles tied on legs, so that when moving they will generate rattling sound. Barong bangkal is carried by two dancers and the performances are held in the streets and around the village. With the presence of barong show, villagers will feel they have been protected by deities marked by the arrival of barong bangkal or barong bangkung. The show is accompanied with batel bebarongan gamelan music consisting of drums, tawa-tawa, kelenang, kelenong, cymbals and kempur. The word ngelawang is derived from the word lawang meaning ‘door,’ a term in the Balinese lan-
guage that means a gallivanting show from one house to another or from one village to another. This gallivanting show with diverse Balinese artistic traditions is performed by art troupe. Allegedly this traditional show sources from a Hindu mythology, namely Shiva Tattva. Once upon a time Lord Shiva and Goddess Uma are making love in improper place and time, so that harmony shakes. As a result, it brings in misery for mankind and other living beings. After realizing his fault, Lord Shiva sent gods to calm down the situation and reassure the whole universe. When arriving on earth, the gods created and performed a variety of art forms. Through the love of art show the whole universe is back to peaceful condition. The meaning of purification in the Shiva Tattva mythology is also harmonious with the content of disaster repellent in the legend on the insolence destruction of Mayadenawa that was then celebrated as the starting point of Galungan,
the celebration of victory of dharma (truth) against adharma (untruth). Ngelawang poses a cultural energy having a spiritual aspect, arts and entertainment. This tradition means to expel evil spirits and protects population from any plagues or diseases caused by evil spirits (bhuta kala). When performing ngelawang, homeowners will usually offer an oblation with sesari (money). Ngelawang tradition inherited from generation to generation means to neutralize the universe, reject all kinds of diseases interfering with human life, including psychically driving away those having evil intention. By and large, this street show is performed five days before Galungan to the celebration of Kuningan. In the 1970s, the nomadic art crystallized into art event that jazzed up the Galungan. In recent years, this art tends to go extinct in line with the changing of times, so that it is difficult to find this kind of performance. (kmb)
Blangsinga waterfall at Blahbatuh, Gianyar, can become your alternative destination other than beaches. This nature tourism becomes a favorite tourist spot visited by domestic and foreign travelers. Other than water recreation, visitors can also watch the beauty of rainbow and feel the atmosphere of Petanu River. The waterfall has the height of about 12.5 meters. The water flows swiftly and becomes a very pretty place to take pictures. For those who like spiritual atmosphere, it is perfectly appropriate destination because around the Petanu River sits some places sanctified by local residents. So, do not be surprised when every morning many travelers do meditation or yoga at this location. Blangsinga waterfall has been equipped with amenities such as a spacious parking lot, gazebo to unwind, toilet, canteen and a concrete pathway to get to the river bed. The cool and peaceful atmosphere for the whole trip is entertained by the melodious sounds of birds. To enjoy the beauty and natural water features, visitors must buy a ticket for IDR 10,000 (adult) and IDR 5,000 (children). Blangsinga waterfall has three strategic and unique locations. The first part is located at the edge of the river with ‘stone water’ namely the spring coming out from chunks of boulder. Local people believe it has healing quality for sprains and fractures. “Cows, pigs or other livestock experiencing fractures are usually invoked ‘medicine’ at this shower,” said I Ketut Sudarpa, one of the management officers. This river is also taken advantage by housewives who have just given birth to a baby because it is believed to give peace to their baby. Large and small rocks are naturally lined. This location is commonly used by visitors to play with rocks by piling them from large to small, like temples. In the meantime, in the middle of part the atmosphere becomes more challenging. Visitors can sit
on chunks of the local cliff while enjoying the waterfall flowing to the bottom of the river. Travelers choose this location to take pictures as being very close to waterfall and cliff. Beautiful scenery is also taken advantage by photographer as a pre-wedding photo session. It can be creatively combined with a variety of supporting facilities, such as umbrella and other tools. Besides, teens or young couples choose this place for a casual chat because it is very beautiful. From this area, visitors can also see the beauty of rainbow from the mouth of the cave around 10:00 and in the afternoon around 16:00 seen from beneath the cave. The third strategic location lies in the bottom of the river, namely the main waterfall. Visitors can feel the power of water falling from a height. Sometimes they also rejoice while taking bath, splashing or just washing their legs. Here, visitors can take pictures or selfie. “This location is also good for location of pre-wedding photo session,” said Sudarpa while pointing out a unique location to take pictures. Travelers from Europe, Australia and Asia mostly prefer this location. They mingle with domestic travelers from Surabaya, Jakarta, Kalimantan and Flores. Together with children, relatives and friends, they play with rocks, feel the coolness of water and walk on the bamboo bridge. “On a normal day, more visitors are foreigners. But on national holidays, they will be usually dominated by domestic travelers,” he said. Sudarpa added that the location of Blangsinga waterfall was formerly renowned as a place to play bungee jumping. This object is managed by Blangsinga customary village, but its operation is entrusted to 11 professionals consisting of local villagers. “The waterfall was initially favored by cycling travelers, now it has been well-known and crowded,” he explained. (kmb)
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Russian arrested smuggling drugged orangutan in Indonesia
DENPASAR - Indonesian authorities have arrested a Russian tourist who was attempting to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of the resort island of Bali, a conservation official said Sunday.
Andrei Zhestkov, 27, was arrested late Friday at Bali’s international airport after customs officers found a 2-year-old male orangutan sleeping in a rattan basket placed in his luggage, said Ketut Catur Marbawa, an official with Bali’s conservation agency. Marbawa, whose agency is part of the environment and forestry ministry, said customs officers also found allergy pills wrapped in plastic, two geckos and five lizards in Zhestkov’s suitcase. All the animals were alive. He said Zhestkov told authorities he fed the orangutan allergy pills mixed with milk, causing the animal to lose consciousness for up to three hours. He said Zhestkov also told officials he bought the orangutan for $3,000 from a market on Indonesia’s main island of Java after being told by a friend that he could bring it home as a pet. Marbawa said Zhestkov had yet to be charged because police were still investigating to see if there were links to international syndicates involved in wildlife trafficking. Marbawa did not know whether Zhestkov had a lawyer. He said the Russian mission in Bali had been informed about the case. Orangutans are listed as critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Only around 13,400 Sumatran orangutans remain in the wild. A 2018 comprehensive study of Borneo’s orangutans estimates their numbers have plummeted by more than 100,000 since 1999, as the palm oil and paper industries shrink their habitat and fatal conflicts with people increase. (ap)
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Thais vote in first general election since 2014 coup
BANGKOK - Thais filled schoolyards, temples and government offices to vote Sunday in the first election since a 2014 coup, with high turnout forecast from a public who received a cryptic last-minute warning from the king to support “good” leaders to prevent “chaos”.
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In this Saturday, March 23, 2019, photo released by Natural Resources Conservation Agency of Bali (BKSDA Bali), Indonesian officials sit in a room where the belongings of Russian national Andrei Zhestkov, including a rattan basket he allegedly used to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of the report island, are kept following his arrest at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, Indonesia.
Thailand is a constitutional monarchy and the palace is nominally above politics. But the institution retains unassailable powers and is insulated from criticism by a harsh royal defamation law. Sunday’s election pits a royalist junta and allies against the electionwinning machine of billionaire expremier Thaksin Shinawatra and an unpredictable wave of millions of first-time voters. The kingdom remains bitterly divided despite the junta’s pledge to rescue it from a decade-long treadmill of protests and coups. Politicians across the spectrum fear a stalemate under election rules, written by the junta, which limit the chances of any single party emerging with a comfortable parliamentary majority. But the lopsided set-up did not stop enthusiastic voters from turning out across the country, from ethnic Malay Muslims in the “Deep South” to residents in Thaksin’s northern hometown of Chiang Mai. There are 51 million eligible voters and more than seven million firsttimers aged 18-25. “I want to see Thailand become more democratic and inequality eased from society,” said insurance company employee Pattrapong
Waschiyapong at a Bangkok polling station. - Royal message The palace statement, unprecedented on an election eve in recent history, added further intrigue to a vote that has repeatedly threatened to tip into chaos before a single ballot was cast. It reiterated comments by late king Bhumibol Adulyadej from 1969 calling for people to “support good people to govern the society and control the bad people” to prevent them from “creating chaos”. King Maha Vajiralongkorn urged the public to “remember and be aware” of the remarks of his father, who died in 2016. All television stations repeated the rare statement moments before polls opened. While there were no further clues as to who those “good people” might be, the phrase -“khon dee” in Thai -- is habitually attached to royalist, establishment politicians. The chief of the army -- an institution which has carried out 12 coups in under 90 years and trails its partnership with the monarchy -- called the palace statement a “good thing”. Another royal command in
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French national Samuel Pierre Danguny (C) is escorted by police to a press conference at a police office in Denpasar on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on March 18, 2019. Danguny was arrested on March 15 in possession of 33 grams of marijuana and 16 grams of hashish.
they wanted to arrest the men one of the suspects wanted to attack the officers. “Our unarmed officer tried to fight back, but because the situation was very dangerous to our members, another officer who was armed took strict measures against the suspect... he then died,” Denpasar police chief Ruddi Setiawan told reporters. The Russian embassy confirmed one of its citizens was shot dead in Bali. “During a fight with police who were trying to arrest them, one Russian citizen was shot dead,” it said on its Facebook account. “Two others -- one Ukrainian and one Russian -- were detained.” The arrested Russian was also wounded, the embassy said, adding that four others linked to the
crime are still on the run, but “their nationality is unclear”. The embassy said the gang was suspected of robbing another money changer in December and, separately, stealing weapons. It did not elaborate. Nearly $70,000 in Indonesian rupiah and US currency were reportedly stolen, according to police, who named the dead man as 45-year-old Alexei Korotkikh. Foreigners are often arrested for drugs offences in Bali, which attracts millions of visitors to its palm-fringed beaches every year. But arrests for violent crime are more rare. In January, Bali police apprehended four Bulgarians accused of skimming bank card data at several ATM machines in the capital Denpasar. (afp)
February torpedoed the candidacy of the king’s elder sister Princess Ubolratana for prime minister of a party linked to Thaksin, a divisive ex-premier toppled by a 2006 coup. Thaksin has lived in self-exile since 2008, but he looms large over Sunday’s election. His affiliated parties have won every Thai election since 2001,
drawing on loyalty from rural and urban poor. On Friday Ubolratana was guest of honour at the glitzy Hong Kong wedding of Thaksin’s daughter -- with photos of the tycoon and the princess hugging and smiling going viral. In Bangkok Sudarat Keyuraphan, the prime ministerial candidate for
the largest Thaksin-linked party Pheu Thai, noted the “euphoria” at the ballot box. With only a few hours to go before polls closed, an Election Commission official estimated turnout at more than 80 percent. He also said there had been 57 complaints about vote buying since January. (afp)
Australia hit with second ‘severe’ cylcone in two days
Bali police shoot dead Russian after violent robbery Bali police have shot dead a Russian man after a violent robbery at a money exchange office, officials said Friday, with two more accomplices arrested and several others on the run. The killing happened Tuesday on the Indonesian holiday island after police responded to calls about a robbery and confronted the armed trio, officials said. Three men, including the man who was later killed, broke into a currency exchange office and beat several employees inside, knocking them unconscious. When they woke up, they were tied with their mouths taped, police said, adding that the employees eventually freed themselves and called the authorities. The police managed to locate the suspects who had fled, but when
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Voterscast their ballots at a polling station in Chiang Mai on March 24, 2019 during Thailand’s general election.
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A severe category 3 cyclone blew into the key mining region of Pilbara in Western Australia Sunday, forcing evacuations and a halt to port operations, as the north of the country dealt with the effects of an even more powerful storm that hit the previous day.
SYDNEY - A severe category 3 cyclone blew into the key mining region of Pilbara in Western Australia Sunday, forcing evacuations and a halt to port operations, as the north of the country dealt with the effects of an even more powerful storm that hit the previous day. Cyclone Veronica weakened from a category 4 storm before its core winds hit the coast near the mining centre of Port Hedland, but officials warned the system was slow moving and would continue pounding the region with gale force winds and heavy rain for 24 to 48 hours. The Bureau of Meteorology said Veronica’s forward movement had stalled around midday Sunday before its eye made landfall, and was forecast to weaken to a category 1 storm overnight and then veer west
along the coastline. It said the “severe” storm was producing wind gusts of up to 200 kilometres per hour (120 mph), pushing a storm surge of up to two metres (seven feet) onto the coast. Rainfall was expected to hit 2040 centimetres, it said. “Tides are likely to rise significantly above the normal high tide mark with damaging waves and very dangerous coastal inundation,” the bureau said. Major mining and energy companies took precautionary steps across the region, a hub of liquefied natural gas and iron-ore exports, with ports cleared of ships and non-essential staff evacuated, according to australianminining.com. au website. Australia’s western coast usu-
ally sees three or four cyclones per year and emergency services said residents were well prepared for this storm. Meanwhile, Cyclone Trevor, which hit northern Australia on Saturday as a powerful category 4, weakened to a tropical storm overnight as it moved inland in the sparsely populated region. Officials said no deaths, injuries or significant damage had been reported from the storm, but that heavy rains were continuing and flooding was still a danger. The army and police had evacuated more than 2,000 residents from outposts in Trevor’s path, many of them indigenous communities, and people began returning to their homes on Sunday, police said. (afp)
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Hamburg, Germany – the Capital of Cool with a thriving cultural, art and nightlife scene
HAMBURG - Berlin may be the traditional German city of ‘cool’ but Hamburg, Germany’s second biggest city, is hot on its heels. Europe’s second biggest port evokes an image of cranes, container ships and dour faces, but newly regenerated Hamburg is, in reality, verdant and picturesque, characterised by trees, bridges and money. With some 2,485 bridges, 126 parks and a brand spanking new waterside district, this chameleon like city has a thriving cultural, art and nightlife scene. From the famous Reeperbahn district to the Sunday Fischmarkt, Hamburg is a night out not to be missed. Inner Alster Lake Looking back across the Inner Alster Lake toward the pleasing skyline of church spires one could be forgiven for thinking they were in one of Switzerland’s gentle cities, rather than Germany’s heart of shipping and media industries. The al-fresco cafés sitting lakeside, next to manicured gardens, cycle paths and joggers, is just one face of this multi-faceted destination. Cross the lake to the city centre and admire the majestic neo-renaissance Rathaus towering over the canals, designer shops and gleaming department stores that branch off from the town hall. By day the city centre offers a sophisticated shopping experience, but as dusk approaches neighbouring districts are the places to head.
Schanzenviertel Hamburg’s bohemian quarter ‘Schanzenviertel’ is a must-visit neighbourhood embraced for café culture, curio shops, trendy bars and a young population of trendsetters and creative spirits. A tangible air of liberalism permeates Schadze where walls, doorways and the odd car have become a ‘blank canvas’ for graffiti artists. The most impressive mural is located in ‘Flora Park’ and rises skyward for 20 metres on two sides of a building and doubles as the backdrop for a climbing wall. Small independent bars, as cosy and kitsch as your grandmother’s front room, punctuate the area. Just off the main artery is the aptly named ‘Central Park’, continuing Germany’s fascination with beach bars – sand, decking and cocktails create a relaxed inner city oasis. It is no wonder ‘Schanze’ residents are very protective to keep this liberally minded zone away from the grasp of counsellors and property developers. Reeperbahn Late nighters and clubbers head for the world famous ‘Reeperbahn’ area of the St. Pauli district. By day it appears slightly dull and shabby, as if suffering from a selfinduced hangover from the night before, but as dusk falls, the neon-lit street flickers into action and is ready for another all night
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party within 650 bars set over 1.8 square kilometres. Renowned for a red-light industry that casts a seedy shadow over the area, the Reeperbahn is far more than just a sexdistrict, but the hub of a thriving entertainment scene where the ‘Operettenhaus’ (Opera House), Shmidts Tivoli Theatre, sex shops, a police and petrol station stand sideby-side. Home to techno trance clubs and some of the cities trendiest venues, this old rope-making district (Reeper = Rope) has a history to match the nocturnal vibrancy. John Lennon famously quoted ‘I might have been born in Liverpool – but I grew up in Hamburg’. Early in the Beatles career the Fab four played at a number of venues in the Reeperbahn the last of which was the ‘Star Club’. Whilst the club no longer exists, the legend continues with a ‘Beatles Platz’ being created at Grosse Freiheit close to where they played. Altona’s Fischmarkt If partygoers from Schanze and the Reeperbahn feel daybreak is no indication to head home, tradition dictates heading to Altona’s Fischmarkt. Revellers and early morning market goers converge on the banks of the River Elbe, the former continue drinking Astra beer and listening to live bands under the iron canopy of the iconic former fish auction hall. The latter throng the rows of stalls in the bric-a-brac market or listen to the amusing sales patter of the Eel sellers. Hafencity Hamburg’s future lies just 800 metres from the town centre at ‘Hafencity’, a complete new waterside district, currently Europe’s largest inner city renewal project and, once complete, will emerge as a cultural zone offering a new generation of sleek, designer bars and restaurants that will rub shoulders with the new Elphilharmonie (Elbe Philharmonic Hall), the showcase building designed by Herzog de Meuron. A new glass crown of waves sitting upon ‘Kaispeicher A building’ a former cocoa warehouse, will be the landmark creation of the new harbour side development. Nearby, the spectacular late 19th Century warehouse district ‘Speicherstadt’, is a glimpse into the cities maritime past. Arguably, the city’s most famous philanthropist Peter Tamm has housed his incredible collection of maritime artefacts in ‘Kaispeicher B’ warehouse dating to 1879. The brand new International Maritime Museum is set over 10 floors with some 26,000-model ships on display. Hamburg’s mixture of diverse districts blending past, present and future, reinforces Germany’s reputation as one of Europe’s most innovative and exciting nightlife destinations.
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This picture taken on May 15, 2018 shows a Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737 Max 8 at Jakarta International airport in Jakarta. Indonesia’s national carrier Garuda will call off a multi-billion-dollar order for 49 Boeing 737 Max 8 jets after two fatal crashes involving the plane, the company said, in what is thought to be the first formal cancellation for the model.
Indonesia’s Garuda says to cancel 49-jet Boeing 737 MAX 8 deal after crashes
Indonesia’s national carrier Garuda has told Boeing it will cancel a multi-billion-dollar order for 49 Boeing 737 Max 8 jets after two fatal crashes involving the plane, in what is thought to be the first formal cancellation for the model. “We have sent a letter to Boeing requesting that the order be cancelled,” Garuda spokesman Ikhsan Rosan said. “The reason is that Garuda passengers in Indonesia have lost trust and no longer have the confidence” in the plane, he said, adding that the airline was awaiting a response from Boeing. The spokesman told AFP that Boeing officials will visit Indonesia next week to discuss Garuda’s plans to call off the order. Garuda had already received one of the planes, he said, part of a 50-aircraft order worth $4.9 billion at list prices when it was announced in 2014. Garuda is also talking to Boeing
about whether or not to return the plane it has received, the spokesman told AFP. The carrier had so far paid Boeing about $26 million, while the company’s head told Indonesian media outlet Detik that it would consider switching to a new version of the single-aisle jet. “In principle, it’s not that we want to replace Boeing, but maybe we will replace (these planes) with another model,” Garuda Indonesia director I Gusti Ngurah Askhara Danadiputra said. – ‘Probably not the last’ – Shukor Yusof, head of Malaysiabased aviation consultancy Endau Analytics, said Garuda’s announce-
ment appeared to mark the first formal plans by a carrier to cancel an order for the 737 MAX 8. It “will probably not be the last. There is a risk that Garuda’s rival Lion Air, which also has many 737 MAX 8 orders, might make the same decision,” he said. “That is a risk. This has been made public by the Lion Air CEO. He stated publicly that he is considering” a cancellation. He added that it was difficult to predict whether more major carriers would follow suit. “There are many unanswered questions and each airline has specific needs,” Yusof said. “Each airline needs to deliberate how they want to strategise their fleet
management.” This month, Lion Air said it was postponing delivery of four of the jets after an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 went down minutes into a flight to Nairobi, killing all 157 people on board. Budget carrier Lion — Southeast Asia’s biggest airline by fleet size and a major Boeing customer — said the planes had been on order for delivery this year, but the company was re-evaluating the situation. Lion Air operates 10 Max 8 jets, part of a then-record $22 billion order from Boeing made in 2011. The airlines are the only two that use the Max 8 in Indonesia. The Ethiopian tragedy came after a Lion Air jet of the same model crashed in Indonesia in October, killing all 189 people on board. Both planes reportedly expe-
rienced erratic steep climbs and descents as well as fluctuating airspeeds before crashing shortly after takeoff. Investigators have honed in on an automated anti-stalling system introduced on the plane that is designed to point the nose of the plane downward if it is in danger of stalling. Boeing’s state-of-the-art model will be outfitted with a warning light for malfunctions in the antistall system, an industry source told AFP Thursday, standardising a feature previously sold as an optional extra. The development comes as the US manufacturer struggles to cope with the fallout from the two crashes, which have cast a spotlight on the safety certification process and shaken confidence in a plane that is crucial to its future plans.(ant)
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President Joko Widodo inaugurates Badung Public Market
RIGHT now Denpasar has a new icon in the field of economy, especially populist economy. The Badung Market whose operation has began since February 24 is already officially inaugurated by the President of Republic of Indonesia, H. Joko Widodo, on Friday night (Mar. 22). The presence of president familiarly addressed as Jokowi was welcomed by 2,000 Pendet dancers in the Jalan Gajah Mada Heritage area. At the occasion were present the Minister of Trade, Enggartiasto Lukita; Minister of Cooperatives and the SMEs, A.A. Gede Ngurah Puspayoga; Governor of Bali, I Wayan Koster; and representatives of the Regional Representative Council of the RI (DPD). House of Representatives as well as thousands of people that were very enthusiastic waiting for President Jokowi’s presence to inaugurate the biggest market in Bali. In this agreement, the president and his entourage also took part in reviewing market merchants and were occasionally chatting and taking pictures. Various facilities also complement the newly inaugurated Badung Market, ranging from public facilities that are disability-friendly, child-friendly, children’s playroom to Scale of Remeasuring Post as the reward of the Denpasar City as City of Orderly Measurement 2017 from the Director
General of Metrology, Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia. The other facilities are the school for the children of market merchants, and the most phenomenal is the Taman Kumbasari Tukad Badung posing an innovation coupled with Smart Heritage Market of Denpasar. In his direction, President. Joko Widodo stated that he is happy to be present and inaugurate the Badung Market. It is a heritage market or cultural heritage of Denpasar City coming with excellent architecture. “When being viewed from the front side, I have traveled around Indonesia, this is the market with the best architectural design I’ve ever seen,” said Jokowi while being applauded by thousands of people. On that occasion, Jokowi also advised that good market infrastructure should be balanced with good governance. In addition, the management must also be good. On that account, the impression of muddy and dirty public market can be eliminated. “We have to change all the dirty and
muddy impressions, and certainly we can do it. Thus, the public market can compete against the modern market and supermarkets. Surely we can do it,” affirmed Jokowi. Meanwhile, the Mayor of Denpasar, I.B. Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra, explained that the Denpasar city government continuously supports the optimal creative economy sector in Denpasar. This is in line with the central government’s program and committed to improving infrastructure and human resources in the public market to support the development of the populist economy. “We in Denpasar City continuously commit to supporting the people’s economy through improving the infrastructure and human resources of the public market. So far, Denpasar City has revitalized 30 public markets,” he explained. Furthermore, he said, this market revitalization program is considered to be very effective and able to provide maximum economic benefits for the community. This can be seen
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in the success of the revitalization of public markets including the Agung Market, which originally just earned IDR 2.5 billion per month, but after being revitalized it was able to earn a turnover of IDR 16 billion and the Nyanggelan Market could improve its turnover from IDR 2 billion to IDR 7 billion per month after its revitalization. Rai Mantra emphasized that market revitalization does not only result in an increase in physical infrastructure and sales turnover of the merchants. Indirectly, it provides a transformation of behavioral change to increase the dignity and value of market merchants. Besides, it also reflects the urban civilization into a clean, fresh and reliable public market. “With this market revitalization, people’s behavioral patterns continue to transform by increasing the quality of human resources as evidence of the progress of urban civilization,” said Rai Mantra. Rai Mantra also added that this success certainly brought the Denpasar city government and related agencies to be able to win awards in various fields such as the SNI Market
Awards 2017 and 2019 for Type III and IV, The National Best Market Management for Nyanggelan Market and Poh Gading Market as well as The Best Attraction Trend Market in Southeast Asia achieved by Sindu Market, Sanur, South Denpasar subdistrict. “We thank all parties, especially the central government, that always support the populist economic program in the city of Denpasar. Hopefully, the participation of all parties can continuously optimize the role of the public market together. Let’s protect our market,” he explained. To note, the Badung Market is completed with a capacity of 6 floors, consisting of 2 basements and 4 floors for stalls and kiosks. The basement 1 can accommodate around 42 cars, and 23 box cars, while parking lot in basement 2 has the capacity of 82 cars. Then, the ground floor of the building is allocated for merchants consisting of 48 stalls, the first floor has 483 stalls, the second floor has 254 stalls and 145 kiosks. In the meantime, the top or third floor holds 254 stalls and 145 kiosks. Thus, they are totally coming to 1,450 stalls and 290 kiosks and the grand total is 1,740 units. (r)
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Giant floating mouselike sculpture arrives in Hong Kong harbour
HONG KONG - A massive inflatable floating sculpture reminiscent of Mickey Mouse was towed into Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour on Friday, as a crowd of curious locals looked on. The 37-metre (121-foot) piece called KAWS:HOLIDAY -- about the length of three double-decker buses -- is the work of American artist KAWS, who is known for his whimsical characters which have Xs for eyes. Tugboats towed the macabre grey figure -- a character named COMPANION, floating on its back -- into the harbour and stationed it off Hong Kong’s busy Central district. Part of an art festival in the city, it will remain there until the end of the month. KAWS, whose real name is Brian Donnelly, said he hopes his work will help people to relax. “Hong Kong’s such a busy city... I thought it would be a good juxtaposition to have a work like this just floating in Victoria Harbour,” he told reporters. “I just thought about... for myself, what’s a really relaxing position, and that’s really when you just zone out and look at the sky and think about nothing else.”
Locals and visitors, some wearing t-shirts designed by KAWS, took photos and looked on excitedly as the sculpture was brought to its display site. The figure has been compared to a huge floating yellow duck that was displayed in the Hong Kong harbour in 2013. That work -- smaller than the KAWS piece -- by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman was hugely popular, inspiring special duck dishes in restaurants and even copies in several Chinese cities. “The yellow duck is more attractive, more lively,” said Fung Foon-yung, 67. “I don’t know what this one looks like, it’s just lying there,” she added, saying it reminded her of a corpse. Cheer Chen, 31, a self-described KAWS fan and Sichuan resident, said she came to Hong Kong especially to see the sculpture after missing out on its previous stops in Seoul and Taipei. “Maybe there are some things in the world it doesn’t want to see,” said Hong Kong resident Leung Kin-yee, referring to the figure’s eyes. “Inequality, human selfishness, greed.” (afp)
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Indonesia’s Widodo vows to ‘fight’ as race enters final stretch
YOGYAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo struck a combative tone Saturday at the first campaign rally of this year’s presidential race, addressing criticism head-on ahead of the historic April 17 election. “I have been silent for four and a half years” in the face of “slander,” Widodo told thousands of supporters here in Indonesia’s former capital. “But today in Yogya, I tell you, I will fight!” he said. Responding to opposition claims that he sold out the country to for-
eign powers, Widodo argued that his administration had returned assets controlled by outside businesses, including the Rokan oil field in Sumatra, to Indonesian control. The president also openly criticized his opponent Prabowo Subianto -something he had previously refrained
from doing. Stressing his own resume as mayor of Surakarta and governor of Jakarta, Widodo argued that Indonesia cannot be entrusted to someone with no governing experience. Attendees showed their support by waving fans emblazoned with the number “1,” Widodo’s number on the ballot. Most polling has shown Widodo with a comfortable 20-point advantage over Subianto, a former general who also ran unsuccessfully in the 2014 election. But a recent
survey by Kompas, Indonesia’s largest newspaper, showed the challenger gaining significant ground, prompting Widodo’s camp to try to tighten its grip on the lead. While the moratorium on largescale campaign rallies was originally scheduled to end Sunday, Widodo’s team received approval from Indonesia’s election commission to hold an event a day earlier. The poll next month will be the first time voters in the world’s third-largest democracy
elect a president, vice president and members of the People’s Consultative Assembly, the country’s legislature, on the same day. (ant) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.
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In this file photo taken on March 12, 2019 Spanish film director Pedro Almodovar (R) and Spanish actress Penelope Cruz pose during the photocall of the film “Dolor y Gloria” (Pain and Glory) in Madrid.
Almodovar ‘emotionally naked’ in new introspective film
MADRID - Spanish director Pedro Almodovar’s new movie “Pain and Glory” about a melancholic filmmaker played by Antonio Banderas opened in cinemas across Spain on Friday, the most retrospective work in his 40-year career.
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KAWS:HOLIDAY’ ‘Companion’, an inflatable sculpture (C) by US artist and designer Brian Donnelly, known professionally as Kaws, is displayed on Victoria Harbour during the opening ceromony for its exhibition in Hong Kong on March 22, 2019.
The Oscar-winning writer and director behind films such as “Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown” and “Julieta” had long vowed never to publish an autobiography, but he admits he is “emotionally naked” in his 21st film which deals with the themes of love, mourning and reconciliation. “I felt the need to provide a very introspective look, including into my darkest parts and to mix
that with the brightest memories of my childhood,” the 69-yearold said during an interview with Spanish public television TVE on Wednesday. The movie cuts back and forth in time as it follows the filmmaker in his twilight years reflecting on the choices he’s made in life. It features scenes of a young boy discovering he is gay in a rural and deeply Catholic Spain and of two
mature men who kiss each other tenderly on the mouth. “I am master of my stories and I impose my universe with all the pride and all the arrogance that this allows. And in my universe there are two older gentlemen who kiss with passion, and after one of them returns to his life with his wife and children,” Almodovar told online Spanish newspaper eldiario. es. (afp)
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