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Justin Bieber Spends More Time With Baskin Champion What exactly is going on with Justin Bieber and Baskin Champion?

That’s the question more than a few Beliebers are asking after the pair was spotted kicking off the weekend together in Beverly Hills.

E! News has learned Baskin spent several hours at Justin’s house this afternoon.

“They spent the day inside and she arrived on her own,” an

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Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks on stage during the annual Facebook F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April 18, 2017.

eyewitness shared with E! News.

“Justin was waiting at home for her. After spending the afternoon together, they both left the house within a few minutes of each other in separate cars.”

While photographers didn’t catch a good luck at Justin, they did spy Abby wearing an oversized Fairfax sweatshirt with gray capri pants. She completed her look with Vans sneakers and a cross body handbag. (rtr)

Netflix and Formula One team up for documentary series

LONDON - Netflix are to make a documentary series chronicling the 2018 Formula One season and which will be screened next year, the sport’s rights holders announced on Saturday ahead of the opening race in Australia.

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Cast member Patrick Schwarzenegger (L) and recording artist Justin Bieber attend the premiere of “Midnight Sun” in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 15, 2018.

Formula One said the makers of the 10-part series would have unparalleled and exclusive access over the course of the year to the drivers, team bosses and owners as well as the sport’s management team.

“Formula One is a global sport that we are actively repositioning from a motorsport company to a

media and entertainment brand,” said Sean Bratches, F1’s managing director of commercial operations, in a statement.

“The agreement with Netflix serves to chronicle the fascinating story of what transpires behind the scenes during a grand prix season.

“This is a perspective of the sport that has yet to be unveiled to

fans around the world. This series will unleash a compelling vantage point to the sport that will delight fans and serve as a catalyst to entice new fans.”

U.S.-based Liberty Media took over the sport in January last year and plans to grow the sport and appeal to a younger demographic. (rtr)

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Facebook’s Zuckerberg says sorry to Britons with newspaper apology ads

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LONDON - Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg apologised to Britons on Sunday over a “breach of trust”, taking out full page advertisements in British newspapers after a political consultancy got its hands on data on 50 million users.

“We have a responsibility to protect your information. If we can’t, we don’t deserve it,” said the advert, signed by Facebook founder Zuckerberg.

The world’s largest social media network is facing growing government scrutiny in Europe and the United States.

This follows allegations by a whistleblower that British consultancy Cambridge Analytica improperly accessed users’ information to build profiles on American voters that were later used to help

elect U.S. President Donald Trump in 2016.

The plain black text apology on a white background, with only a tiny Facebook logo, appeared in Sunday publications including The Observer - one of the newspapers whose reporting on the issue has sent Facebook’s share price tumbling.

Zuckerberg said an app built by a university researcher “leaked Facebook data of millions of people in 2014”.

“This was a breach of trust, and I’m sorry we didn’t do more at the

time,” Zuckerberg said, reiterating an apology first made last week in U.S. television interviews.

Cambridge Analytica says it initially believed the data had been obtained in line with data protection laws, and later deleted it at Facebook’s request. The consultancy said it did not use the data in work it did for the 2016 U.S. election.

On Friday night, investigators from Britain’s data watchdog searched the London offices of Cambridge Analytica for several hours.

Zuckerberg, whose firm has lost

more than $50 billion in market value since the allegations, said Facebook would give users more information and control about who can access their data.

“Thank you for believing in this community. I promise to do better for you,” he wrote.

Advertisers Mozilla and German bank Commerzbank have suspended ads on the service and the hashtag #DeleteFacebook has been trending online.

On Friday, electric carmaker Tesla Inc and its rocket company SpaceX’s Facebook pages - each with more than 2.6 million followers - were deleted after Chief Executive Elon Musk promised to do so.

Less likely to trust Fewer than half of Americans trust Facebook to obey U.S. privacy laws, according to a Reuters/ Ipsos poll released on Sunday, illustrating the challenge facing the social media network after a scandal over its handling of personal information.

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Rejection of Benoa Bay reclamation ‘on fire’

DENPASAR — Balinese People’s Forum Rejects Benoa Bay Reclamation (ForBALI) disclosed the latest research on Benoa Bay during an action in front of the governor’s office on Saturday (Mar. 24). The research published in the international journal of Regional Studies in Marine Science (2018) was conducted by researchers from the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia.

It was concluded that reclamation of Benoa Bay triggered environmental degradation drastically in terms of physical, chemical and biological aspects.

“The conclusion is clear where the reclamation of Benoa Bay is bad for the environment in Bali. Necessarily, if it is fair there is no other reason than terminating the reclamation of Benoa Bay and then restores Benoa Bay into a conservation area,” said ForBALI Coordinator, I Wayan ‘Gendo’ Suardana, in his oration.

Gendo added that reclamation causes a slowing of sea currents that can trigger sedimentation in Benoa Bay. This is based on the simulation of the sea currents in 2018 according to the results of research that was also published by one of the national media. Reclamation also leads to disruption of habitat for regular feeding in the Benoa Bay and disturbs the balance of ecosystems. Actually, Benoa Bay is the buffer zone of Bali and becomes one of the keys to maintaining the sustainability of the Island of the Gods.

“A lot of people always say that Bali is handsome, nice and cool. Moreover, the tourism in 2018 remains number one as the best tourist destination rated by several international magazines. Many people are proud of it,” he added.

However, on the other hand, continued Gendo, there are people stating if Bali tourism has been saturated.

As seen from the existing destinations, they are only those of very same things. It is necessary to create a new destination. Actually, before realizing the reclamation or development of new destinations in the Benoa Bay, Bali remains to get the best predicate or become number one. In other words, the logic of tourism also states that Bali will become more beautiful and remain beautiful with this without the need of artificial islands.

“Do not imitate Singapore that does not have paddy

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fields, its culture is not as strong as Balinese culture.

Or in Dubai, try to find the paddy fields there. There is no subak system which then gives birth to its agrarian culture, it does not exist. Then, why should we imitate Dubai or Singapore?” he explained.

According to Gendo, reverse logic by doing reclamation will only make Bali more burdened in terms of environment. Ecologically, when it is increasingly burdened, Bali will begin to suffer destruction. He added that a lot of development has not paid attention to long-term carrying capacity and supporting capacity of Bali. For example, Serangan Island reclamation or the Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) project is also built under the pretext of creating a new tourism icon.

Not to mention, the government always increases the target of tourist visits every year.

“But surprisingly, when they consciously apply the practice of mass tourism, the authority remains to arrogantly say that Bali is cultural tourism. Actually, this is not funny. Cultural tourism is quality tourism, tourism that should develop conservation principles,” he added.

Gendo asserted that he did not go up against the development. But, it should be sought other development solutions that are more adaptive and pro environment.

People should not be lured with the absorption of labor but in reality when there are big projects, many people still complain because they cannot be absorbed there. This also proves that any development of tourist accommodation will not always open up the greatest employment opportunities for local people.

“Why do we keep moving to Benoa Bay? Once again, I repeat that Benoa Bay has a small area, only 1,500 hectares, only in the south. This Benoa Bay case is as a portrait of how investment policy in Bali is not pro environment, not pro people. For example, for the sake of investment the designation of conservation area is converted into a cultivated area in order so that it can be reclaimed. This portrait indicates how the ruler is subject to investment,” he said.

Another portrait, said Gendo, is that Benoa Bay reclamation reflects how the ruler and investment practices work to exploit Bali on behalf of tourism interests. This indicates the powerlessness and arrogance of the political officials that are stubborn to their people. (kmb32)

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The heyday was ever embraced by silversmiths at Celuk, Sukawati, Gianyar.

Restoring heyday of Celuk silver needs to cluster handicraft industry

DENPASAR — The development of creative economy is actually not a new alternative other than relying on the economy on tourism. Balinese people also once existed to pursue the sector on the Island of the Gods.

For instance, the heyday was ever embraced by silversmiths at Celuk, Sukawati, Gianyar. Now, the government plays a big role to restore the glory for the sustainability of economic resources of Bali in the future.

“I think everything goes back to the government itself. For example, formerly Celuk was known as the center for silver crafts. Then, why it now gets eroded because Bali used to be a display, the market place. A lot of silversmiths were taken from Java, especially Jogja,” said a member of Commission II of the Bali House of Representatives, Tjok Gede Asmara Putra Sukawati, when confirmed on Friday (Mar. 23).

According to Tjok Asmara, producers outside Bali then also opened a similar business in Bali surely with a cheaper price. As a result, local producers or craftsmen are not able to make a product with good quality because of the price competition.

This is what then makes the Balinese unable to compete and it becomes the forerunner of the silver market crash at Celuk. Their situation is getting worse with the proliferation of modern souvenir shops. Therefore, the government should set a standard rule on selling prices and protect local producers.

“If the government can make a policy, surely it will come back again. Today, many silver crafts at Celuk have been transformed into a restaurant. Likewise, this also happens to other crafts such as statues at Mas village. So, they have already mingled, no longer be special as ever before,” added this Democratic politician from Gianyar.

Tjok Asmara added the characteristic of each region like Celuk with its silverworks must be returned again, namely by making an area grouping

of producers. For instance, Celuk is specified as the center for silverwork art shop only, while the permit of other business should be more tightened if there is an application of opening silverwork art shop outside Celuk.

“Thus, whoever wants to find silverworks, they must come to Celuk. It’s just like a monopoly. It seems ugly, but good for local community actually,” he explained.

Head of the Bali Industry and Trade Agency, I Putu Astawa, claimed to be working with Udayana University to reconstruct master plan of industrial development in Bali in accordance with its cluster. Celuk itself is an example of the application of ‘one village one product’ because most local people produce silver handicrafts.

“However, in line with the development apparently there is competition with other silver-producing regions. There may be market saturation. Indeed, it is less competitive against better or cheaper products.

Core of the problem lies in the creativity, both in marketing and design techniques,” he said.

Astawa admitted that many silver art shops in Celuk have switched.

This indicates if the craft is no longer promising, and surely makes the Celuk silver market weaker. Actually, the industrial clusters in Gianyar in particular are quite clear. He said there should be a recommendation to restore the glory both in terms of how to market it in the digital era, increase promotion, or review the policies that favors local community.

“One of our constraints is in the matter of raw materials so that it makes our silver competitiveness not good because it is still imported.

Hence, we enforce with KITE program (Ease of Import for Export Destination). For example, we are exporting silver; we bring in silver raw material from overseas with 0 percent tax. It’s our effort to increase our silver price competitiveness,” he explained. (kmb32)

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Bali Safari and Marine Park collaborates with DSI to Attract Chinese Tourists

Bali Safari Park has appointed DSI to market their products in China by joining the D.MARKET B2B Tourism Cloud Platform. As Chinese tourists is the top inbound tourist in Bali now, Bali Safari and Marine Park is actively working with partners to capture this market. . DSI is seen as a dependable partner with the capability to market the products through CTRIP, the largest Online Travel Agent in China using the tourism cloud platform. The platform publishes the products on CTRIP web site and mobile application in China for sale.

Bali Safari and Marine Park is the home for thousands of amazing animals representing over 100 species, including some rare and endangered species such as Komodo dragon, Orang Utan and the Bali Mynah bird. Currently, Chinese tourists is not the main visitor to Bali Safari and Marine Park. The management wish to tap into various channels to capture Chinese visitor market in Bali.

This year, it is forecasted that 109 million Chinese outbound tourists will book their trips online. In view of this trend, Bali Safari and Marine Park sees the collaboration with DSI and CTRIP as strategic to capture the online Chinese tourists market. CTRIP is confident that the number of Chinese tourists to Indonesia will see continual growth. To facilitate the visitors to reach its location, Bali Safari provides free Shuttle service with minimum purchase of the Jungle Hopper package. To facilitate the visitors to reach its location, Bali Safari provides free Shuttle service with minimum purchase of the Jungle Hopper package.

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Pampered pooches take to the sky in travel niche

HONG KONG - Ding Dong and Fun Fun, a pair of 12-year-old Yorkshire terriers, know how to enjoy the high life - literally.

The pampered pets and their owner, Zoe Man, 43, flew on a private plane from Hong Kong to Japan for a five-day holiday.

The terriers tucked into an inflight meal of grilled salmon and tender chicken.

Man, vice president of a textileand-apparel company in Hong Kong, plans two more trips by private jet this year, part of a growing number of owners indulging their pets on specialist holidays.

“I’ve asked myself why I spend so much money on them,” said Man, who spent over HK$240,000 ($30,600) taking Ding Dong and Fun Fun on the trip to Osaka, Japan last year.

“I’ve wondered whether they know the difference. But I think they do know - they must have known the air smelt different,” she said, sitting next to Fun Fun who was clad in a padded jacket.

Hong Kong travel company Life Travel, which organised Man’s trip, started flying pooches and their owners last year from Hong Kong to Japan, currently its only destination for these tours.

On commercial flights, pets are typically carried in the hold. On its private jets, small dogs sit on their owner’s lap, while bigger dogs can lie on the floor, Life Travel said.

Life Travel’s pet holidays start from around HK$70,000, for a

week in Okinawa, Japan. It even offers “petmiles” as an added incentive.

Meals and water are served to both dogs and owners and after arriving at their destination, they are taken to designated pet-friendly accommodation.

Consumer spending on pets in China is growing at about 20 percent a year and will be a $7 billion market by 2022, market research firm Euromonitor International says. The pet market in the United States is growing around 2 percent a year.

Chinese airline Hainan Airlines, owned by HNA Group, said in January that it was testing a pilot scheme to allow travellers to bring small pets with them on certain domestic routes.

Life Travel organised three trips to Japan last year and is planning 13 in 2018 and 50 in 2019. It plans to offer trips to other countries, including the United States, this year but customs policies and quarantine requirements mean certain destinations, such as Australia, are off the cards.

Although the company has received requests to take cats, turtles, parrots, and even a hamster on its luxury trips, Life Travel founder Raymond Chung said that for now the company is sticking with dogs only.

“There is a huge market out there. We were just able to see the demand and start a little earlier than others,” Chung said. (rtr)

BALI becomes a ‘heaven’ to photographers having a particular interest in the genre of stage photography, specifically those that like to perpetuate the beauty of a dance. In addition to great events such as the Bali Arts Festival held for a whole month every year, the dance performances are almost held every night as found in the tourist areas of Bali. For example, the performance of cak a cappella in Tanah Lot as well as Legong and Sanghyang Jaran Dance in Ubud are specially staged for tourist consumption. For stage photography hobbyists, these regular performances can be taken advantage as the ‘hunting grounds’ to get interesting stage photos.

Most dance performances usually take place at night. Some are held inside and outside the building. Wherever the staging is held, the main character of stage photography including the stage of the dance is low light photography namely the photography with minimal lighting.

In general, a dance performance is designed to be watched by spectators and not to be photographed. Therefore, the photographers must be smart to deal with such condition. So, what should be considered so that you still have a chance to get interesting photographs of the dance?

Recognizing the performing stage is not limited to knowing the stage physically or just staging place. No less important is that you also have to know deeply about what will be staged. Of course, it will sound very funny if we photograph a dance performance but we do not know what dance to be performed by the dancers we will photograph. If the performance is fragmentary show or ballet, we also need to know what the play is. It would be much better, if you also have information about the artists or dance studio involved in the performance. By knowing the stage, surely we can get an initial picture of the staging, including estimating the scenes and interesting moments that will appear.

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Zoe Man poses with one of her pet dogs onboard a private jet during her Japan trip from Hong Kong, China July 17, 2017. Picture taken July 17, 2017.

Prepare the Equipment

After getting to know the stage, then prepare the equipment such as camera and lens to start your ‘hunt.’ Necessarily, there is no standard benchmark on the lens focal length as the most ideal for photographing dance performances.

Definitely, it all highly depends on the position or distance of the photographer from the stage.

Although not a necessity, the use of telezoom lens like 70-200 mm is highly recommended because with this lens we can ‘catch up’ close up photos so as to have a better chance to capture the expression of the dancers clearly.

However, the use of a lens with shorter range like 18-55 mm does not mean we will practically miss the opportunity to get interesting photos.

We can still get an equal ‘satisfaction.’ Just focus on photographing the whole stage. A wide photo showing the whole scene on stage is equally interesting. Moreover, you can get precisely the composition of the dancers, known as blocking or floor pattern.

Watch Rehearsal

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“Pet Miles” member cards, issued by Life Travel, are displayed at their office in Hong Kong, China March 5, 2018. Picture taken March 5, 2018.

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Capturing the beauty of a dance

Know the Performance Stage

Life Travel Business Development Director Raymond Chung shows “Pet Miles” member cards, issued by his company, at his office in Hong Kong, China March 5, 2018. Picture taken March 5, 2018.

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Another thing needs to remember is that almost in every dance performance, the staging organizers usually do not allow photographers to shoot with the help of flash, either built-in or externally. On that account, you must be really ready to get around the staging conditions with generally low light.

Nothing is wrong, make your time to come

and watch during rehearsal because at the time of rehearsal the lighting arrangement or lighting stage has usually been set as in the actual staging. Obviously, this can be a very valuable guide and allows you to make camera setting. Another advantage is that you will know the scene, the best moment or expression that must be pursued in the real play. Recognizing the condition of the stage early can also facilitate you in choosing a number of spots to take pictures so as to get the best photos.

If you do not have time to watch the general rehearsal, try to come to the staging premises or at least 30 minutes before the performance takes place. By arriving early, you still have the opportunity to ‘study’ the stage conditions and look for important information about the staging to be photographed.

Take an Appropriate Position

Selection of the most appropriate and comfortable position for this photograph is closely related to the equipment to be used. If you only carry a lens with a short focal length or range, try to take the position closest to the stage. When shooting dance performances, it is advisable to take the position of shooting somewhat sideways to the left or right from the front of the stage or not right in the middle. Most dances tend to apply a floor pattern that tends to move diagonally or sideways. When photographed exactly from the front, sometimes the photos become flat.

Camera Settings

White balance in photographing dance performances should be set daylight to approach the human eye to see such as red will be recorded red, blue recorded blue. However, the best results will be achieved if you use the RAW file format because you can still adjust the color using computer according to the existing artistic needs. Considering the conditions tend to be lowlight, the minimum speed setting is ISO 400 and the largest lens aperture can be at least f / 2.8. The large lens aperture will allow us to shoot objects in a dimly lit atmosphere.

However, it does not mean you have to apply f / 2.8 throughout the shows.

Adjust to the existing lighting conditions because the dance staging usually has non-static intensity of light but always changes. Metering method on stage photography can be M (manual) or can also be A (aperture priority). The use of M is recommended if lighting conditions are so complicated, for example, the lighted part is very small.

In general, it is recommended to use A so that any lighting changes can be ‘pursued’ by the camera, not by us. Metering method in M preferably uses spot, while at A should use matrix. Use the mode that you think is the most mastered that makes you feel comfortable while doing the ‘execution.’ Good luck! (ian)

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Apple’s Tim Cook calls for calm heads on China, U.S. trade

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Cars of foreign ambassadors are parked near the building of the Russian Foreign Ministry during a briefing, dedicated to the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, in Moscow, Russia March 21, 2018.

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The beach located close to Rambut Siwi Temple will look beautiful in the afternoon due to the sunset in red color especially if the weather is sunny.

Yehembang Beach

Between beauty of sunset and abrasion

NEGARA - Yehembang Beach, Mendoyo subdistrict, actually has the beauty, especially in the late afternoon. The beach located close to Rambut Siwi Temple will look beautiful in the afternoon due to the sunset in red color especially if the weather is sunny.

Since the past few weeks, this beach is often visited by citizens and tourists because it offers magnificent sunset in the sunny weather.

“Previously, we rarely paid attention because it is constrained by cloudy weather and so on, primarily since several years the beach has been hit by abrasion so that it is constrained to enjoy the beauty of the beach,” said Ayu, a local resident, on Friday afternoon (Mar. 23).

This location has been ravaged by abrasion as well as the activities of illegal sea sand mining on Yehembang Beach.

However, since a few weeks ago the mouth of the Yehembang River located adjacent to cemetery of local customary village is suddenly crowded by local tourists in the afternoon. They came to the beach to enjoy the beautiful scenery with the light of sunshine when about to

sink in western horizon.

Dewa Gede Mahardika, one of the visitors, who is also a local resident, had captured the sunset.

According to him, every afternoon he always sat in the mouth of the river to enjoy the sunset view. “It is indeed beautiful, but would be more beautiful if the Yehembang coastline is well arranged because it is still ravaged by abrasion,” he said.

Chief of Yehembang customary

village, Ngurah Gede Aryana, said the coastal area of Yehembang, especially from the river estuary to the west of the location is beautiful and charming. However it is damaged due to abrasion.

According to him, in the future he will arrange the region so as to look better and beautiful.

Hopefully, it can bring in tourists.

Moreover, there is a land denoting the property asset of customary village that will be utilized to develop mangrove tourism.

He said if the area is arranged and equipped with tourism infra-

structure, in addition to looking beautiful, the area will also absorb the local workforce. Tourists will be busy visiting and the village will automatically develop well,” he concluded.

Meanwhile, headman of Yehembang Mendoyo, Made Semadi, said that he had already proposed and reported the abrasion to district government of Jembrana and the agency being responsible for handling abrasion. However, until now there has been no follow-up.

He also hoped it can be repaired soon. (kmb)

Smuggling of 2 kilograms of cocaine foiled

MANGUPURA — Disclosure of a great drug case returned to be conducted by the Ngurah Rai Airport customs team. The drug smuggler, I Nyoman Arnaya, 47, from Buleleng was arrested at the International Arrival Terminal of Ngurah Rai Airport, Badung, on Friday (Mar. 23). The evidences secured are 2,014.25 grams of cocaine packaged in 4 packs of large clips and 39 medium size packs.

Subsequently, the case was submitted to the Directorate of Narcotic Investigation Unit of Bali Police.

Pursuant to the information obtained on Saturday (Mar. 24), the incident occurred around 18:30 when Qatar Airways flying from Doha, Qatar arrived in Denpasar.

At the airport, the passenger came down to International Terminal including the perpetrator.

“Based on information obtained

by the officer, a passenger of Qatar Airways with flight number QR962 will arrive from Doha, Qatar.

It is a transit passenger with flight route of Bogota-Madrid-DohaDenpasar. The passenger belongs to high risk category (high-risk passengers),” said the source.

The airport customs officers directly conducted a surveillance and investigation. Furthermore, the officers suspected the perpetrator

because of his movements and his luggage and goods were inspected.

Results of the X-ray machine examination and inspection of goods carried by the perpetrator found that four packages of cocaine were hidden in four cardboards of new shirts and 39 packages in the sandpaper wraps. After weighing the evidence, it totally has the weight of 2,014.25 grams. “This case is still being developed by members

of Directorate of Narcotic Criminal Investigation of Bali Police,” said a source asking for anonymity.

When confirmed, the Section Head of Coaching and Excise Information Services of Ngurah Rai Airport, Teddy Triatmojo, said that as scheduled there will be a press conference on Monday (Mar. 26).

“On Monday morning, it will be announced the detailed invitation,” he said. (kmb36)

Europeans promise more steps against Russia over UK spy attack

BRUSSELS - European Union member states agreed at a summit on Friday to take additional punitive measures against Russia for a nerve agent attack in Britain, as Moscow accused the bloc of joining a London-driven hate campaign against it.

Moscow has denied that it is behind the attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, the first known offensive use of a nerve toxin in Europe since World War Two. But German Chancellor Angela Merkel said evidence of Russian culpability presented by British Prime Minister Theresa May was “very solidly based” and promised new measures after EU leaders agreed late on Thursday to recall their ambassador to Moscow.

“Germany and France agree that additional steps, on top of the recall of the ambassador, are necessary,” Merkel said at a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Macron called the attack “unprecedented” and said Europe must respond: “It is an aggression against the security and sovereignty of an ally that is today a member of the European Union. It demands a reaction. This is clear.”

In a boost for May, the 28-member EU collectively condemned the attack and declared in a Brussels summit statement that it was “highly likely” Moscow was responsible.

A British judge said on Thursday that both victims may have suffered brain damage from the attack. A policeman who was hospitalised after discovering the two unconscious

on a park bench has now been discharged.

“Additional steps are expected as early as Monday at the national level,” summit chair Donald Tusk told reporters.

TENSIONS The leaders of Poland, the Czech Republic and the three Baltic states Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania - were among those predicting further expulsions of Russian diplomats from their capitals.

However, Boyko Borissov, prime minister of Bulgaria which holds the EU’s rotating presidency, wanted more evidence so that “high probability becomes full probability” of Russian involvement.

“I expect very rapid tensions in the coming weeks because many countries will start to recall their ambassadors too. The current times are harder than the Cold War,” Borissov said, making clear his discomfort with further measures.

Moscow has retaliated against Britain’s move to expel 23 Russians by ordering out the same number of Britons.

On Friday, the Russian foreign ministry described the EU allegation as “baseless” and accused the bloc of spurning cooperation with Moscow and joining “another anti-Russian campaign deployed by

London and its allies overseas”.

The expulsion of British diplomats went ahead on Friday, with a convoy of minibuses speeding out of the embassy compound to applause after British embassy staff said their goodbyes in the courtyard under a light snowfall.

“I welcomed 48 colleagues/ families plus 4 dogs. Safe at home,” Foreign Office official Simon McDonald said on Twitter after the diplomats arrived back at a British air force base later on Friday.

France’s Foreign Minister JeanYves Le Drian, on a visit to Kiev, signalled that Paris was considering expelling Russian diplomats in solidarity with Britain. “You will see,” he said.

The summit statement hardened previous EU language on Russia’s alleged role as Macron and others helped May to overcome hesitation on the part of some states that feel friendlier to Moscow. Some of them had questioned how definitive Britain’s evidence is.

Welcoming the solidarity she secured from the summit, May told reporters on leaving: “The threat from Russia is one that respects no borders and I think it is clear that Russia is challenging the values we share as Europeans and it is right that we stand together in defence of those values.” (rtr)

BEIJING - Apple Inc’s Chief Executive Tim Cook on Saturday called for “calm heads” and more open trade, amid rising fears of a trade war between the United States and China.

Trade tension between China and the United States flared this week when President Donald Trump unveiled plans on Thursday to slap tariffs on potentially up to $60 billion in Chinese goods.

China’s Commerce Ministry on Friday urged the United States to “pull back from the brink”, saying it was not afraid to engage in a trade war.

“I’m cognizant that in both the U.S. and China, there have been cases where everyone hasn’t benefited, where the benefit hasn’t been balanced,” Cook said.

Speaking at the annual China Development Forum in Beijing, Cook said he hoped “calm heads” would prevail.

The sparring has cast a spotlight on hardware makers such as Apple, which assemble the majority of their products in China for export to other countries. Electrical goods and tech are the largest U.S. import item from China.

In the past year, Apple and other foreign tech firms have grappled with a string of new regulatory requirements in China, including

a controversial law requiring firms to house user data in data centers overseen by Chinese firms.

Last month, Apple officially moved to store keys for its iCloud data in China, provoking intense criticism from rights groups who say the decision makes it easier for Chinese officials to tap and collect private data.

Despite challenges, the company has sought to expand its services in China, its third-largest market, where roughly 1.8 million developers use its platform. “My belief is that businesses should be engaged with governments in countries where they are doing business, whether they agree or disagree,” Cook said.

Cook has come to China several times in the past year, and was among executives who met Chinese President Xi Jinping last October. “My belief is that one plus one equals three. The pie gets larger, working together,” Cook said.

Others attending the three-day forum include the chief executives of IBM Group , Google Inc and Qualcomm Inc. Cook, who this year co-chaired the event, also attended last year when he called for China to increase trade and continue opening itself up to the world. (rtr)

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A new iPhone X is sold at an Apple Store in Beijing, China November 3, 2017.

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BEIJING - The United States has flouted trade rules with an inquiry into intellectual property and China will defend its interests, Vice Premier Liu He told U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in a telephone call on Saturday, Chinese state media reported.

COUNTER MOVES During a visit to Washington in early March, Liu had requested Washington set up a new

economic dialogue mechanism, identify a point person on China issues, and deliver a list of demands. The Trump administration responded by telling China to immediately shave $100 billion off its record $375 billion trade surplus with the United States. Beijing told Washington that U.S. export restrictions on some high-tech products are to blame.

“China has already prepared, and has the strength, to defend its national interests,” Liu said on Saturday.

According to an editorial by China’s state-run Global Times, it was Mnuchin who called Liu. Firing off a warning shot, China on Friday declared plans to levy additional duties on up to $3 billion of U.S. imports in response to U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminium, imposed after a separate U.S. probe.

Zhang Zhaoxiang, senior vice president of China Minmetals Corp, said that while the stateowned mining group’s steel exports to the U.S. are tiny, the impact could come indirectly.

“China’s direct exports to the U.S. are not big.

But there will be some impact due to our exports via the United States or indirect exports,” Zhang told reporters on the sidelines of the China Development Forum in Beijing on Saturday. Global Times said Beijing was only just beginning to look at means to retaliate.

“We believe it is only part of China’s countermeasures, and soybeans and other U.S. farm products will be targeted,” the widely-read tabloid said in a Saturday editorial.

Wei Jianguo, vice chairman of Beijing-based think tank China Centre for International Economic Exchanges, told China Daily that Beijing could impose tariffs on more U.S. products, and is considering a second and even third list of targets. Possible items include aircraft and chips, Wei, a former vice commerce minister, told the newspaper, adding that tourism could be a possible target.

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Workers transport imported soybean products at a port in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China March 22, 2018. Picture taken March 22, 2018.

SOYBEANS, AUTOS, PLANES The commerce ministry’s response had so far been “relatively weak”, respected former Chinese finance minister Lou Jiwei said at the forum. “If I were in the government, I would probably hit soybeans first, then hit autos and airplanes,” said Lou, currently chairman of the National Council for Social Security Fund.

U.S. farm groups have long feared that China, which imports more than third of all U.S. soybeans, could slow purchases of agricultural products, heaping more pain on the struggling U.S. farm sector. U.S. agricultural exports to China stood at $19.6 billion last year, with soybean shipments accounting for $12.4 billion.

Chinese penalties on U.S. soybeans will especially hurt Iowa, a state that backed Trump in the 2016 presidential elections. Boeing jets have also been often cited as a potential target

by China. China and the U.S. had benefitted by

globalisation, Blackrock’s Larry Fink said at the forum. “I believe that a dialogue – and maybe some adjustments in trade and trade policy – can be in order. It does not need to be done publicly; it can be done privately,” he said. Apple’s Tim Cook called for “calm heads” amid the dispute.

The sparring has cast a spotlight on hardware makers such as Apple, which assemble the majority of their products in China for export to other countries. Electrical goods and tech are the largest U.S. import item from China. Some economists say higher U.S. tariffs will lead to higher costs and ultimately hurt U.S. consumers, while restrictions on Chinese investments could take away jobs in America. “I don’t think local governments in the United States and President Trump hope to see U.S. workers losing their jobs,” Sun Yongcai, general manager at Chinese railway firm CRRS Corp, which has two U.S. production plants, said at the forum. (rtr)

Dollar near one-month low on trade war worries

NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar hovered near a one-month low against a basket of major currencies on Friday and was on course for its biggest weekly drop in five as investors worried that escalating trade tensions could hurt global growth.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six other major currencies, was down 0.48 percent at 89.427.

For the week, the index was down 0.9 percent.

China urged the United States on Friday to “pull back from the brink” as President Donald Trump’s plans for tariffs on up to $60 billion in Chinese goods moved the world’s two largest economies closer to a trade war.

“People seem to be being just a little cautious with so many headlines coming out, and wondering what the next headline could be and how the market is going to react to it,” said Chuck Tomes, senior investment analyst at Manulife Asset

Management in Boston.

“Tactically, people are definitely being a little more cautious because of the uncertainties,” he said.

Expectations about shifting policy at global central banks were also injecting an element of uncertainty into currency markets, Tomes said.

Trump’s decision on Thursday to replace H.R. McMaster as national security adviser with John Bolton, a hawk who has advocated using

military force against North Korea and Iran, could also be weighing on sentiment on the margins, Tomes said.

“Because it is coming in conjunction with all the other things at this moment in time, people might have a little bit more of a reaction,” Tomes said.

The gap between the threemonth dollar London interbank offered rate and three-month overnight indexed swap rate, a gauge of

stress in the U.S. money markets, climbed to its highest level in nearly nine years, on Friday, according to Thomson Reuters data.

The yen, often viewed as a safe-haven currency in times of market turbulence and economic uncertainty, partly because of the resilience provided by Japan’s current account surplus, rose to a 16month high against the dollar. The greenback was down 0.34 percent at 104.9 yen. (rtr)

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China warns U.S. it will defend own trade interests

The call between Mnuchin and Liu, a confidante of President Xi Jinping, was the highestlevel contact between the two governments since U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans for tariffs on up to $60 billion of Chinese goods on Thursday. The deepening rift has sent a chill through financial markets and the corporate world as investors predicted dire consequences for the global economy should trade barriers start going up. Several U.S. chief executives attending a high-profile forum in Beijing on Saturday, including BlackRock Inc’s Larry Fink and Apple Inc’s Tim Cook, urged restraint.

In his call with Mnuchin, Liu, a Harvardtrained economist, said China still hoped both sides would remain “rational” and work together to keep trade relations stable, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

U.S. officials say an eight-month probe under the 1974 U.S. Trade Act has found that China engages in unfair trade practices by forcing American investors to turn over key technologies to Chinese firms.

However, Liu said the investigation report “violates international trade rules and is beneficial to neither Chinese interests, U.S. interests nor global interests”, Xinhua cited him as saying.

In a statement on its website, the office of the U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said it had filed a request - at the direction of Trump - for consultations with China at the World Trade Organization to address “discriminatory technology licensing agreements”.

China’s commerce ministry expressed regret at the filing on Saturday, and said China had taken strong measures to protect the legal rights and interests of both domestic and foreign owners of intellectual property.

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Bindu River Becomes Centers for Water Attraction and Culinary Tourism

Bindu River Becomes Centers for Water Attraction and Culinary Tourism Sounds of rushing water accompany visitors’ playing activities. Sometimes they run, suddenly dive and then immediately appear to attack their companion with gunfire each other using water as the weapon.

Some others jump merrily from riverside. The others are freely swimming, without using any style as in the swimming contest. Some take advantage of rubber Sounds of rushing water accompany visitors’ playing activities.

Sometimes they run, suddenly dive and then immediately appear to attack their companion with gunfire each other using water as the weapon. Some others jump merrily from riverside. The others are freely swimming, without using any style as in the swimming contest. Some take advantage of rubber tires like the tubing game becoming a trend.

It is the atmosphere of daily life in Bindu River at Kesiman village, East Denpasar subdistrict. Formerly, the river was dirty and unkempt, but it has been transformed into a tourist attraction. So, do not be surprised if Bindu River is now thronged by many visitors. They are not only urban children playing with water, but also people from outside the region and even foreign tourists enjoying the city atmosphere.

To get to Bindu River, visitors can pass Gang Sardula through Jalan Turi Denpasar. The alley can only be passed by motorcycle, and then parked in front of the temple.

Come down the concrete stairs. The river offers quite cool atmosphere.

Such green open space has many different types of local plants up to a variety of flowers that can create

a sense of peace.

Dam of Bindu River formerly being mute has now looked so beautiful. All leaves look fresh and green, sometimes are moving and waving in the wind. Sound of birds and other animals overlap with the joyful sound of dozens of children jumping into the water. The atmosphere looks like the old days, where children are very close to nature of the environment. It is really fun.

On top of the southern end, it has been prepared for people wishing to relax. Under the big trees there is a large wooden seating area. This is usually used by parents for chatting.

Meanwhile, pupils or students will make use of it to accomplish their school assignments, study in groups or prepare their examination test.

Few teenagers in particular take advantage of it for dating.

Across the river, there is a sports arena and a gym. This facility is commonly used by people in the morning as well as in the afternoon. Meanwhile, the traditional game of pillow fighting is available on the north of the river, precisely in front of the culinary area. “Citizens from ??East Denpasar subdistrict and surrounding areas can take advantage of the sports facilities while enjoying delicious food and wa-

ter rides in Bindu River,” said hamlet chief of Ujung and Clean River Community, I Gusti Rai Ari Temaja.

A variety of cuisines are available on the west side of Bindu River utilizing the land of local residents transformed into a green field. There is gazebo to sit back as well as tatami-style seating or lesehan on green grass. Each gazebo is equipped with electric plugs for recharging hand phone or laptop. These culinary services are handled by local residents that are also tasked to maintain cleanliness of the river area. “Foreign tourists like this place and the culinary delight,” added Gung Nik, his familiar greeting.

According to Gung Nik, the arrangement of sanitation and food stand has been done by the government of Denpasar with Bindu River Foundation. Bindu River is also a place of education for community.

“Hopefully, the increase of facilities will be able to draw more people visit to Bindu River, so indirectly it can improve the economy of the surrounding community,” he said while adding if the arrangement of Bindu River has got various awards. As evidence, many areas come to study to Bindu River, especially about the riverbank arrangement. (kmb)

Warung Kahuna located at Jalan Pengubengan Kauh No. 88 Kerobokan, Badung, is very strategic so it is easy to reach from Kuta area and Denpasar. Warung Kahuna applies outdoor concept by offering natural green paddy fields and one stop entertainment concept that makes it more comfortable when guests enjoy the menus. “There is a special Warung Kahuna located at Jalan Pengubengan Kauh No. 88 Kerobokan, Badung, is very strategic so it is easy to reach from Kuta area and Denpasar. Warung Kahuna applies outdoor concept by offering natural green paddy fields and one stop entertainment concept that makes it more comfortable when guests enjoy the menus. “There is a special show in Kahuna such as Salsa dance and yoga activity, so they can gives different vibrations,” said Tasha Elizabeth, Operations Manager of Warung Kahuna, Thursday (Jan. 25).

As a newcomer to the culinary business, Warung Kahuna opened on December 7, 2017 offers its own uniqueness to visitors. Market of the Kahuna originates from various circles both local and foreign tourists. Although the culinary business is rampant in Bali, the opportunity remains available because Bali as a tourist area is visited by many tourists.

While enjoying the dish, visitors to Kahuna will also be served with salsa dance or enjoy yoga. “We will also present traditional arts such as kecak, and others,” added Tasha.

Tasha said that tourists coming to Bali are not just having a trip, but also definitely need to eat. “The word ‘Kahuna’ is derived from the Hawaiian language which means healer and big waves. It is the basis of our restaurant concept where we want to heal the visitor’s hunger with our delicious and healthy specialties. Armed with the philosophy of the waves, we want to embrace all walks of life, not only tourists to enjoy the culinary here,” she explained.

Tasha is optimistic that Kahuna’s presence will get a positive response as it also closely works with travel agencies as well as various communities such as big motor, yoga and other communities. About the price,

Tasha ascertains it is very affordable, ranging from IDR 3,000 to about IDR 50,000. “We want to give something more than just a meal but also health,” added this slim woman who is also a yogi. “Various cuisines of the archipelago in the Kahuna Resto include Balinese typical mixed rice, various saute menus of the archipelago, fried rice, rendang (beef simmered in coconut milk) and chicken curry. All menus are cooked based on a family recipe from my mother. Meanwhile, the Western menus include spaghetti, lasagna, various pasta and various salads,” she explained.

What is interesting and rare compared to other restaurants is that it offers one-stop entertainment concept where every Wednesday and Saturday it organizes the Latin Nite event to entertain visitors. It starts from 08:00 through 22:00 local time and special on the weekend it is open until 23:00.

No less important is that Kahuna Bali also provides free Wi-Fi for its visitors.

“For salsa and tango lovers, they can join in the Latin Nite at Kahuna Bali. Meanwhile, for a romantic and serene atmosphere at night while enjoying a delicious culinary, we also want to promote Balinese culture by performing Kecak Dance,” said Tasha.

Tasya said that Kahuna is a subsidiary of Lumen Corps which is engaged in construction, workshop (automotive), information technology, food and beverage and various snacks which now expands its business to Bali by establishing Warung Kahuna.

“The concept of cuisine, yoga and dance offered will differentiate Kahuna from the others,” he added.

Meanwhile, President Director of Kahuna Bali Resto, Andreas Nandiwardhana, admitted that his management is not too concerned with Bali tourism situation following the eruption of Mount Agung. Bali is number one tourist destination in Indonesia.

Therefore, the culinary business is still a very promising and has a good future prospect. “Well, the eruption of Mount Agung at least reduces the number of tourists coming to Bali, but we see it will not last long. Eventually, it will return to normal,” he said. (kmb)

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Islamist gunman attacks French supermarket, kills three

TREBES - A gunman killed three people in southwestern France on Friday as he held up a car, fired on police and seized hostages in a supermarket, screaming “Allahu Akbar” before security forces stormed the building and killed him, authorities said.

Sixteen other people were wounded, including two who were seriously hurt, in what President Emmanuel Macron called an act of “Islamist terrorism”.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack. Macron said security services were checking that claim.

“I want to tell the nation tonight of my absolute determination in leading this fight,” said Macron, who returned to Paris from Brussels to chair a crisis meeting with ministers and security officials.

More than 240 people have been killed in France in attacks since 2015 by assailants who pledged allegiance to Islamic State or were inspired by the group. Friday’s attacker was identified by authorities as Redouane Lakdim, 25, from the city of Carcassonne.

Two people were killed when he attacked the supermarket in the nearby small town of Trebes.

Witnesses said about 20 people in the supermarket found refuge in its cold storage room.

A lieutenant-colonel of the gendarmes who swapped himself in exchange for one of the hostages was fighting for his life in hospital, Macron said.

Moroccan-born Lakdim was known to authorities for petty crimes, but had been under surveillance by security services in 20162017 for links to the radical Salafist movement, said Paris prosecutor Francois Molins, who is leading the investigation.

“The monitoring ... did not reveal any apparent signs that could lead (us) to foresee he would act,” Molins said. He said one woman connected to Lakdim had been arrested.

Interior Minister Gerard Collomb told reporters at the scene that he believed Lakdim had acted alone.

“Every day we detect facts and foil new attacks. Alas, this one

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struck without us being able to counter it,” Collomb said.

Lakdim first killed one person with a bullet in the head while stealing a car in Carcassonne, a walled city with a medieval citadel that is one of France’s top tourist attractions.

He pulled up in the car to four police officers who were jogging in the city and opened fire, hitting one in the shoulder, then sped off to Trebes, about 8 km (5 miles) to the east, where he took the hostages in the supermarket.

“The perpetrator entered the store shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ and indicated that he was an Islamic State soldier who was ready to die for Syria, seeking the release of brothers, before shooting at a client and a store employee who died on the spot,” Molins said. Police were carrying out searches at Lakdim’s family home.

ESCAPE

One supermarket worker said some shoppers had escaped from

the building after the gunman burst in.

“I was in my department when I heard gunshots. I went to the area of the gunshots and came face to face with the person,” said the employee, who gave his name only as Francois.

“He raised his gun and fired, I ran away, he shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ and spoke about the Islamic State. I then evacuated the clients, about 20, who were in my area and we went quietly out of the back,” said Francois, who has been employed at the supermarket since November.

Collomb said the gunman had demanded the release of Salah Abdeslam - the prime surviving suspect in Islamic State suicide bombing and mass shooting attacks on a sports stadium, concert hall and restaurants that killed 130 people in Paris in 2015.

Abdeslam, a French citizen born and raised in Brussels, went on trial in Belgium last month. He

is accused of “attempted murder in a terrorist context” over a Brussels shootout in March 2016, four months after he fled Paris on the night of the carnage during which his brother was among the suicide bombers.

“THE THREAT IS EVERYWHERE”

France is part of a U.S.-led coalition fighting against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq and also has thousands of soldiers in West Africa fighting al Qaeda-linked militants.

In February, Collomb said French security forces had foiled two planned attacks so far this year as Islamic State militants set their sights on domestic targets in response to the group’s military setbacks in Iraq and Syria.

“This is a small, quiet town.

Unfortunately the threat is everywhere,” Collomb told reporters in Trebes.

Carcassonne, a UNESCO heri-

tage site, lies in the Languedoc region, known for its wine and picturesque countryside but also one of the poorest areas in France, with unemployment about 3 percentage points above the national average.

Nearby Beziers is one of the biggest cities controlled by the far-right, while the smaller town of Lunel further east became a breeding ground for many French jihadists who travelled to Syria to fight.

Almost six years ago to the day, Islamist gunman Mohammed Merah killed seven people in the Toulouse region, about 90 km from Carcassonne. He was killed by security forces after a more than 30-hour stand-off.

The last lethal Islamist attack in France was in October 2017 when a Tunisian-born man stabbed two young women to death in Marseille before he was shot dead by soldiers.

Islamic State also claimed responsibility for that attack. (rtr)

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Paris prosecutor Francois Molins, Police officers and investigators are seen in front of a supermarket after a hostage situation in Trebes, France, March 23, 2018. than other tech companies that gather user data, such as Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc’s Google, Amazon. com Inc, Microsoft Corp and Yahoo.

Some 41 percent of Americans trust Facebook to obey laws that protect their personal information,

compared with 66 percent who said they trust Amazon, 62 percent who trust Google, 60 percent for Microsoft and 47 percent for Yahoo.

The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online in English throughout the United States. It gathered

responses from 2,237 people and has a credibility interval, a measure of accuracy, of 2 percentage points. (Graphic: https://tmsnrt. rs/2pA8DoG) Facebook, the world’s largest social media firm, has been offer-

ing apologies as it tries to repair its reputation among users, advertisers, lawmakers and investors for mistakes that let 50 million users’ data get into the hands of political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. (rtr)

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Govt assures debts used prudently

JAKARTA - Finance Minister Sri Mulyani has said that the government`s debts are used prudently in line with the principles of good budget management so far.

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Jokowi, Airlangga enjoy morning exercise at botanical garden

BOGOR - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and industry minister Airlangga Hartarto enjoyed morning exercises at Bogor Botanical Garden here on Saturday.

Airlangga who is also the general chairman of Golkar Party which is one of the biggest political parties in the country arrived at the Bogor Presidential Palace at around 7.40am while Jokowi arrived soon after riding the newly-bought chopper-typed Royal Enfield Bullet 350cc motorbike.

The two then took a walk to the garden while greeting people who were exercising in the area. Some of the people even took an opportunity to shake hands with the two and took selfies with them.

A senior Golkar leader has said that for the party, vice presidential candidacy is the least to be expected in the forthcoming presidential election.

“Yes, at least it is like that,” Agung Laksono, chairman of the Council of experts of the party, which has the second largest seats at the House of Representatives, said on Friday.

Agung said Golkar had declared its support for Jokowi (President Joko Widodo) in his bid for reelection in 2019 although he is not a Golkar cadre.

Therefore, the vice presidential candidacy for Golkar should be considered to win stronger support from the party, he said Certainly the electability of the candidate should be considered and

his track record examined that he is acceptable to all, he added.

The solidity of Golkar`s support would be questioned if the candidate is not known to the party, he said on the sideline of the party national working meeting.

Earlier the party`s General Chairman Airlangga Hartarto said the party has not and would not propose a candidate.

“We leave it for Jokowi to pick his running mate,” Airlangga said.

Agung said Jokowi is politically strong, with high popularity and level of public satisfaction for his performance, adding Jokowi needs only to increase his electability.

He suggested Jokowi pick one from among independent professionals or give Golkar more posts in the cabinet if finally the vice presidential candidate is a non Golkar cadre.

“Please don`t hurt Golkar, which has from the beginning thrown its support for Jokowi. The support is not just talk. We have formed community groups that now it is far more secured for Jokowi than in 2014,” he said referring to the last election.

He said Golkar deserves to be given certain position, and it is natural if the party expects something.

A number of other parties in the ruling coalition have openly proposed vice president candidates.

Observers have said it is feared that the vice presidential candidacy could become a bone of contention among the big coalition. (ant)

“To those who have called on the government to be careful in using debts, I can assure that their demand has been what the government has always done so far,” she said in a press statement received here on Friday evening.

She said debts were used as part of budget management in stages and very carefully with regard to preventing possible shock on the economic engine that may slow it down.

Debts and tax revenues are fiscal policy instruments used by the government to improve infrastructure, education, health or social security, she said.

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani

She said there is nothing to worry about with regard to current debt because it is well managed to remain below the level allowed by the law.

“Mere focusing on its amount while neglecting the big context and the government`s policy would be incomplete and even misleading,” she said.

Sri Mulyani said it was important to put the issue in the right context so that people or political elites would not become hysteric and worry too much to make them unproductive.

“It would be different if it is what they have intended to always raise the issue to make people uneasy, threatened and panic for certain political gains,” she said.

Sri Mulyani said the destructive political efforts really ran counter to the spirit of building a good democracy. (ant)

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‘Lucky’ Vettel has last laugh in Australia... again

MELBOURNE - Sebastian Vettel’s hopes of a Sunday “party” after Mercedes’ Saturday celebrations were fulfilled in spades with a “lucky” win for Ferrari at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.

Bali windsurf vacations

DENPASAR - Indonesia is the world’s largest island archipelago.

Add that fact to a tropical climate and strong winds and what do you get? Windsurfing in paradise. Indonesia today is firmly on the tourist trail, with the island of Bali being the hub.

And Bali is a great place to be for windsurfers, with several good spots around the island. There is, though, much more to Indonesian windsurfing than Bali. Here’s what you need to know to plan your Indonesia windsurfing journey.

On Bali, Sanur beach is where it’s at for many. More chilled out and sophisticated than the

party town of Kuta, Sanur attracts a mixed crowd of watersports fans and beach-lovers. Several of Sanur’s beach clubs and hotels offer equipment hire and lessons. You’ll find a good choice of spots, with flat water just off the beach away from the main strip and some great wave spots too, although you’ll have to compete with the surfers!

But, while many windsurfers prefer Sanur to Kuta, there is plenty going on at Kuta for windsurfers.

The beach is known for its waves, and those with the experience to handle them will love its rolling breakers. Beginners and flatwater sailors can stick to the the

lagoons.

If you’re after something quieter, Kendi Beach might fit the bill. Just a little way north of Kuta, it is a great place of intermediates and experts to get out on the water and enjoy the waves. There is a lagoon for beginners too, but it can get busy Elsewhere in Indonesia, you’ll find some great windsurfing beaches, but they tend to be off the beaten track. Most watersports fans stick to Bali for easy access to hire gear and advice.

Take an Indonesia windsurfing trip and enjoy picture-perfect beaches, waves, lagoons and sun.

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Briton’s taunt.

“Not really. He said he was joking and I believe him,” Vettel told reporters on Sunday.

“I think we are old enough, I don’t think we need to go on that sort of level. It’s fine as long as we joke with each other.

“I think we share -- all of us -- a common passion and that makes us quite equal again.

“We love racing and we try to do our best, once we’re in the car and beat all the others. I think in that regard, I don’t see why we shouldn’t get on with each other.”

Vettel’s win had echoes of last year’s race, when he re-entered from the pits in front of polesitter Hamilton and burned away to victory as the Briton battled traffic.

Last year, however, Ferrari had a better car and the performance gap with Mercedes was far less glaring, added Vettel, making a sobering assessment of his team’s immediate prospects in the series.

“I think last year we had more

REUTERS/Brandon Malone

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel celebrates his win on the podium with Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen. pace in relative terms. Last year, we were putting them under pressure,” said the four-times world champion.

“At the moment we’re a bit worse off. If you look at the gaps the whole weekend and we’re not yet a true match.

“Therefore at this point we know that we are not yet where we want to be because we want to be fastest.” (rtr)

Federer’s stunning loss leaves Miami tournament wide open

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Vettel capitalised on a virtual safety car deployment to sneak out of the pits in front of polesitter Hamilton and held off the champion Briton to claim a 48th win overall and third at Albert Park.

On Saturday, Hamilton and Mercedes had far superior pace in qualifying, and the excited Briton could not help but make a cheeky dig at Vettel, saying his blistering pole lap was intended to “wipe the smile” off the German’s face.

Vettel, who had been third fastest, retorted that “what goes around comes around”.

“He’s free to have a party tonight and then hopefully Kimi and myself will have a party tomorrow,” he countered.

And so it proved, as a frustrated Hamilton was left in a Ferrari sandwich between Vettel and thirdplaced Kimi Raikkonen.

Although presented with a golden opportunity to rub Hamilton’s nose in it, Vettel denied there was extra satisfaction winning after the

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MIAMI - Roger Federer suffered a shock 3-6 6-3 7-6(4) defeat to Australian wildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis on Saturday that will cost the Swiss his world number one ranking and leaves the Miami men’s tournament wide open.

With defending champion Federer and sixtimes Miami Open winner Novak Djokovic exiting early, the likes of second seed Maric Cilic, Grigor Dimitrov (3), and Indian Wells winner Juan Martin del Potro (5) will all fancy their chances over the coming week.

Alexander Zverev will also be in the mix but the German fourth seed had a close shave on Saturday, needing three sets to advance past Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-4 1-6 7-6(5), while Denis Shapovalov also moved on by defeating Bosnian Damir Dzumhur.

Kokkinakis had trained with Federer but had never played the Swiss previously.

With his vicious forehand dialed in, the Australian was able to wear down Federer, who announced after the match that he was again skipping the European clay court season.

A disappointed Federer, who loses his number one ranking to Rafa Nadal with the loss, said he just could not raise his game.

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports “Sometimes you have these matches,” he Roger Federer of Switzerland waves to the crowd while leaving the court said. “Sometimes you find a way through. I just after his match against Thanasi Kokkinakis of Australia (not pictured) on couldn’t get it done today.”

His mood contrasted sharply with an ecstatic day five of the Miami Open at Tennis Center at Crandon Park. Kokkinakis Kokkinakis. won 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(4).

“When I feel like I am playing on my terms, I don’t think there’s too many people who can go with me,” the 21-year-old told reporters.

Fernando Verdasco will be Kokkinakis’s next opponent after the Spaniard rallied from a set down to beat countryman Guillermo GarciaLopez 4-6 6-0 6-2.

Zverev needed more than two hours to prevail over Russian Medvedev, taking his ninth consecutive deciding-set tie-break victory, and will next face David Ferrer.

Canadian 18-year-old Shapovalov breezed through the first set in 24 minutes against Dzumhur and led by a break twice in the second before breaking for the fifth time at 5-5 and serving out the 6-1 7-5 victory.

He will next face Borna Coric of Croatia, who turned back Argentine Leonardo Mayer 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 in a nearly three-hour match.

Japanese left-hander Yoshihito Nishioka, coming back after a year out due to major knee injury, went down 6-1 6-4 to 10th seed Tomas Berdych.

Britain’s Kyle Edmund also lost, falling 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(5) to American Frances Tiafoe, who frittered away four match points in the tiebreak before finally winning.

On other matches, Kevin Anderson and Jack Sock advanced with straight set wins. Australian Nick Kyrgios took down Dusan Lajovic 6-4 6-1, while Pablo Carreno Busta defeated Denis Istomin 6-1 6-0. (rtr)

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Smyth’s debut goal earns Northern Ireland win over South Korea

BELFAST - South Korea’s eight-match unbeaten run was halted as debutant Paul Smyth came off the bench late on to give Northern Ireland a 2-1 victory at Windsor Park on Saturday.

The visitors needed only seven minutes to take the lead when Kwon Chang-hoon finished coolly past keeper Trevor Carson after a deft chipped pass by Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min.

South Korea, who have qualified for a ninth successive World Cup finals, looked comfortable as they dominated possession but their lead lasted only 13

minutes.

Jamie Ward played a dangerous low ball into the area and Kim Min-jae turned the ball past his own goalkeeper.

Chances were few and far between in the second period but Queens Park Rangers striker Smyth produced a memorable moment to fire a shot low into the corner with virtually his first touch.

Michael O’Neill’s Northern Ireland missed out on qualifying for the World Cup when they were beaten by Switzerland in a two-legged playoff in November. (rtr)

Germany’s Mueller, Ozil and Can ruled out of Brazil friendly

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(L - R) England’s Jack Wilshere, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alfie Mawson and James Tarkowski during traning.

Wilshere withdraws from England squad due to knee injury LONDON - Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere will miss England’s friendly against Italy at Wembley on Tuesday as he continues his recovery from a knee injury, the Football Association (FA) said on Saturday.

The 26-year-old, who received an England call-up for the first time since 2016, missed Friday’s 1-0 win over the Netherlands due to the problem.

“Jack Wilshere won’t feature

against Italy and has now withdrawn from the group,” the FA said on Twitter.

Liverpool defender Joe Gomez, who was forced off in the opening 10 minutes against Netherlands with an ankle

BERLIN - Germany striker Thomas Mueller along with midfielders Mesut Ozil and Emre Can will miss Tuesday’s friendly against Brazil in Berlin, the German Football Association (DFB) has said.

Mueller, 28, and Arsenal playmaker Ozil both featured in Germany’s high tempo 1-1 friendly draw with Spain on Friday, with the Bayern Munich forward scoring the equaliser to cancel out Rodrigo

Moreno’s early opener.

“Thomas Mueller and Mesut Ozil will not travel with the squad to Berlin,” the DFB said on their official Twitter account.

Can, 24, was ruled out of the Spain match with a back injury and has returned to Premier League side Liverpool after failing to recover in time for the Brazil clash.

“With ongoing back problems leaving him without a chance of playing against Brazil on Tuesday,

Emre Can has returned home today.

Get well soon!,” DFB tweeted on Saturday.

The national team’s governing body also said that Bayern Munich midfielder Sebastian Rudy, who missed the Spain game following the birth of his son on Thursday, had rejoined the squad.

Holders Germany have been drawn in Group F at the World Cup in June, along with Mexico, South Korea and Sweden. (rtr)

injury, will remain with the England squad for further assessment.

England open their World Cup Group G campaign in Russia against Tunisia on June 18 before facing Panama and Belgium. (rtr)

Colombia defeat a reminder of high-level requirements, says France coach

PARIS - France coach Didier Deschamps said that Friday’s 3-2 home defeat by Colombia in a friendly game served as a timely warning for Les Bleus, less than three months before the World Cup in Russia.

France appeared to have the match under control as they opened up a 2-0 lead inside 26 minutes at the Stade de France but then completely lost their way as they conceded three goals to lose the match.

Deschamps said that he ad-

dressed his players after the game in the dressing room.

“I felt the players did not meet the requirements of high level football,” he told French TV channel TF1 on Sunday.

“I said what I had to say. I spoke about what I really didn’t like. My squad listen to me but sometimes they can slip like it happened against Colombia.

“This defeat should act as a reminder.”

France have the opportunity to

recover from that disappointment when they meet World Cup hosts Russia in St Petersburg on Tuesday.

They might be without fullback Lucas Digne, who picked up an injury on Friday.

“He has a muscle problem but nothing serious. We have to check it today,” said Deschamps.

Midfielders Corentin Tolisso, Paul Pogba and forward Anthony Martial, who had minor knocks, took part in Saturday’s training session. (rtr)

Germany’s Jerome Boateng and Thomas Mueller after the match.

France coach Didier Deschamps

REUTERS/Charles Platiau

REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen

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Northern Ireland’s Paul Smyth celebrates scoring their second goal.

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Smyth’s debut goal earns Northern Ireland win over South Korea

BELFAST - South Korea’s eight-match unbeaten run was halted as debutant Paul Smyth came off the bench late on to give Northern Ireland a 2-1 victory at Windsor Park on Saturday.

The visitors needed only seven minutes to take the lead when Kwon Chang-hoon finished coolly past keeper Trevor Carson after a deft chipped pass by Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min.

South Korea, who have qualified for a ninth successive World Cup finals, looked comfortable as they dominated possession but their lead lasted only 13

minutes.

Jamie Ward played a dangerous low ball into the area and Kim Min-jae turned the ball past his own goalkeeper.

Chances were few and far between in the second period but Queens Park Rangers striker Smyth produced a memorable moment to fire a shot low into the corner with virtually his first touch.

Michael O’Neill’s Northern Ireland missed out on qualifying for the World Cup when they were beaten by Switzerland in a two-legged playoff in November. (rtr)

Germany’s Mueller, Ozil and Can ruled out of Brazil friendly

Reuters/Jason Cairnduff

(L - R) England’s Jack Wilshere, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alfie Mawson and James Tarkowski during traning.

Wilshere withdraws from England squad due to knee injury LONDON - Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere will miss England’s friendly against Italy at Wembley on Tuesday as he continues his recovery from a knee injury, the Football Association (FA) said on Saturday.

The 26-year-old, who received an England call-up for the first time since 2016, missed Friday’s 1-0 win over the Netherlands due to the problem.

“Jack Wilshere won’t feature

against Italy and has now withdrawn from the group,” the FA said on Twitter.

Liverpool defender Joe Gomez, who was forced off in the opening 10 minutes against Netherlands with an ankle

BERLIN - Germany striker Thomas Mueller along with midfielders Mesut Ozil and Emre Can will miss Tuesday’s friendly against Brazil in Berlin, the German Football Association (DFB) has said.

Mueller, 28, and Arsenal playmaker Ozil both featured in Germany’s high tempo 1-1 friendly draw with Spain on Friday, with the Bayern Munich forward scoring the equaliser to cancel out Rodrigo

Moreno’s early opener.

“Thomas Mueller and Mesut Ozil will not travel with the squad to Berlin,” the DFB said on their official Twitter account.

Can, 24, was ruled out of the Spain match with a back injury and has returned to Premier League side Liverpool after failing to recover in time for the Brazil clash.

“With ongoing back problems leaving him without a chance of playing against Brazil on Tuesday,

Emre Can has returned home today.

Get well soon!,” DFB tweeted on Saturday.

The national team’s governing body also said that Bayern Munich midfielder Sebastian Rudy, who missed the Spain game following the birth of his son on Thursday, had rejoined the squad.

Holders Germany have been drawn in Group F at the World Cup in June, along with Mexico, South Korea and Sweden. (rtr)

injury, will remain with the England squad for further assessment.

England open their World Cup Group G campaign in Russia against Tunisia on June 18 before facing Panama and Belgium. (rtr)

Colombia defeat a reminder of high-level requirements, says France coach

PARIS - France coach Didier Deschamps said that Friday’s 3-2 home defeat by Colombia in a friendly game served as a timely warning for Les Bleus, less than three months before the World Cup in Russia.

France appeared to have the match under control as they opened up a 2-0 lead inside 26 minutes at the Stade de France but then completely lost their way as they conceded three goals to lose the match.

Deschamps said that he ad-

dressed his players after the game in the dressing room.

“I felt the players did not meet the requirements of high level football,” he told French TV channel TF1 on Sunday.

“I said what I had to say. I spoke about what I really didn’t like. My squad listen to me but sometimes they can slip like it happened against Colombia.

“This defeat should act as a reminder.”

France have the opportunity to

recover from that disappointment when they meet World Cup hosts Russia in St Petersburg on Tuesday.

They might be without fullback Lucas Digne, who picked up an injury on Friday.

“He has a muscle problem but nothing serious. We have to check it today,” said Deschamps.

Midfielders Corentin Tolisso, Paul Pogba and forward Anthony Martial, who had minor knocks, took part in Saturday’s training session. (rtr)

Germany’s Jerome Boateng and Thomas Mueller after the match.

France coach Didier Deschamps

REUTERS/Charles Platiau

REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen

Reuters/Jason Cairnduff TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Northern Ireland’s Paul Smyth celebrates scoring their second goal.

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‘Lucky’ Vettel has last laugh in Australia... again

MELBOURNE - Sebastian Vettel’s hopes of a Sunday “party” after Mercedes’ Saturday celebrations were fulfilled in spades with a “lucky” win for Ferrari at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.

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Briton’s taunt.

“Not really. He said he was joking and I believe him,” Vettel told reporters on Sunday.

“I think we are old enough, I don’t think we need to go on that sort of level. It’s fine as long as we joke with each other.

“I think we share -- all of us -- a common passion and that makes us quite equal again.

“We love racing and we try to do our best, once we’re in the car and beat all the others. I think in that regard, I don’t see why we shouldn’t get on with each other.”

Vettel’s win had echoes of last year’s race, when he re-entered from the pits in front of polesitter Hamilton and burned away to victory as the Briton battled traffic.

Last year, however, Ferrari had a better car and the performance gap with Mercedes was far less glaring, added Vettel, making a sobering assessment of his team’s immediate prospects in the series.

“I think last year we had more

REUTERS/Brandon Malone

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel celebrates his win on the podium with Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen. pace in relative terms. Last year, we were putting them under pressure,” said the four-times world champion.

“At the moment we’re a bit worse off. If you look at the gaps the whole weekend and we’re not yet a true match.

“Therefore at this point we know that we are not yet where we want to be because we want to be fastest.” (rtr)

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Vettel capitalised on a virtual safety car deployment to sneak out of the pits in front of polesitter Hamilton and held off the champion Briton to claim a 48th win overall and third at Albert Park.

On Saturday, Hamilton and Mercedes had far superior pace in qualifying, and the excited Briton could not help but make a cheeky dig at Vettel, saying his blistering pole lap was intended to “wipe the smile” off the German’s face.

Vettel, who had been third fastest, retorted that “what goes around comes around”.

“He’s free to have a party tonight and then hopefully Kimi and myself will have a party tomorrow,” he countered.

And so it proved, as a frustrated Hamilton was left in a Ferrari sandwich between Vettel and thirdplaced Kimi Raikkonen.

Although presented with a golden opportunity to rub Hamilton’s nose in it, Vettel denied there was extra satisfaction winning after the

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MIAMI - Roger Federer suffered a shock 3-6 6-3 7-6(4) defeat to Australian wildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis on Saturday that will cost the Swiss his world number one ranking and leaves the Miami men’s tournament wide open.

With defending champion Federer and sixtimes Miami Open winner Novak Djokovic exiting early, the likes of second seed Maric Cilic, Grigor Dimitrov (3), and Indian Wells winner Juan Martin del Potro (5) will all fancy their chances over the coming week.

Alexander Zverev will also be in the mix but the German fourth seed had a close shave on Saturday, needing three sets to advance past Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-4 1-6 7-6(5), while Denis Shapovalov also moved on by defeating Bosnian Damir Dzumhur.

Kokkinakis had trained with Federer but had never played the Swiss previously.

With his vicious forehand dialed in, the Australian was able to wear down Federer, who announced after the match that he was again skipping the European clay court season.

A disappointed Federer, who loses his number one ranking to Rafa Nadal with the loss, said he just could not raise his game.

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports “Sometimes you have these matches,” he Roger Federer of Switzerland waves to the crowd while leaving the court said. “Sometimes you find a way through. I just after his match against Thanasi Kokkinakis of Australia (not pictured) on couldn’t get it done today.”

His mood contrasted sharply with an ecstatic day five of the Miami Open at Tennis Center at Crandon Park. Kokkinakis Kokkinakis. won 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(4).

“When I feel like I am playing on my terms, I don’t think there’s too many people who can go with me,” the 21-year-old told reporters.

Fernando Verdasco will be Kokkinakis’s next opponent after the Spaniard rallied from a set down to beat countryman Guillermo GarciaLopez 4-6 6-0 6-2.

Zverev needed more than two hours to prevail over Russian Medvedev, taking his ninth consecutive deciding-set tie-break victory, and will next face David Ferrer.

Canadian 18-year-old Shapovalov breezed through the first set in 24 minutes against Dzumhur and led by a break twice in the second before breaking for the fifth time at 5-5 and serving out the 6-1 7-5 victory.

He will next face Borna Coric of Croatia, who turned back Argentine Leonardo Mayer 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 in a nearly three-hour match.

Japanese left-hander Yoshihito Nishioka, coming back after a year out due to major knee injury, went down 6-1 6-4 to 10th seed Tomas Berdych.

Britain’s Kyle Edmund also lost, falling 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(5) to American Frances Tiafoe, who frittered away four match points in the tiebreak before finally winning.

On other matches, Kevin Anderson and Jack Sock advanced with straight set wins. Australian Nick Kyrgios took down Dusan Lajovic 6-4 6-1, while Pablo Carreno Busta defeated Denis Istomin 6-1 6-0. (rtr)

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Islamist gunman attacks French supermarket, kills three

TREBES - A gunman killed three people in southwestern France on Friday as he held up a car, fired on police and seized hostages in a supermarket, screaming “Allahu Akbar” before security forces stormed the building and killed him, authorities said.

Sixteen other people were wounded, including two who were seriously hurt, in what President Emmanuel Macron called an act of “Islamist terrorism”.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack. Macron said security services were checking that claim.

“I want to tell the nation tonight of my absolute determination in leading this fight,” said Macron, who returned to Paris from Brussels to chair a crisis meeting with ministers and security officials.

More than 240 people have been killed in France in attacks since 2015 by assailants who pledged allegiance to Islamic State or were inspired by the group. Friday’s attacker was identified by authorities as Redouane Lakdim, 25, from the city of Carcassonne.

Two people were killed when he attacked the supermarket in the nearby small town of Trebes.

Witnesses said about 20 people in the supermarket found refuge in its cold storage room.

A lieutenant-colonel of the gendarmes who swapped himself in exchange for one of the hostages was fighting for his life in hospital, Macron said.

Moroccan-born Lakdim was known to authorities for petty crimes, but had been under surveillance by security services in 20162017 for links to the radical Salafist movement, said Paris prosecutor Francois Molins, who is leading the investigation.

“The monitoring ... did not reveal any apparent signs that could lead (us) to foresee he would act,” Molins said. He said one woman connected to Lakdim had been arrested.

Interior Minister Gerard Collomb told reporters at the scene that he believed Lakdim had acted alone.

“Every day we detect facts and foil new attacks. Alas, this one

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struck without us being able to counter it,” Collomb said.

Lakdim first killed one person with a bullet in the head while stealing a car in Carcassonne, a walled city with a medieval citadel that is one of France’s top tourist attractions.

He pulled up in the car to four police officers who were jogging in the city and opened fire, hitting one in the shoulder, then sped off to Trebes, about 8 km (5 miles) to the east, where he took the hostages in the supermarket.

“The perpetrator entered the store shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ and indicated that he was an Islamic State soldier who was ready to die for Syria, seeking the release of brothers, before shooting at a client and a store employee who died on the spot,” Molins said. Police were carrying out searches at Lakdim’s family home.

ESCAPE

One supermarket worker said some shoppers had escaped from

the building after the gunman burst in.

“I was in my department when I heard gunshots. I went to the area of the gunshots and came face to face with the person,” said the employee, who gave his name only as Francois.

“He raised his gun and fired, I ran away, he shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ and spoke about the Islamic State. I then evacuated the clients, about 20, who were in my area and we went quietly out of the back,” said Francois, who has been employed at the supermarket since November.

Collomb said the gunman had demanded the release of Salah Abdeslam - the prime surviving suspect in Islamic State suicide bombing and mass shooting attacks on a sports stadium, concert hall and restaurants that killed 130 people in Paris in 2015.

Abdeslam, a French citizen born and raised in Brussels, went on trial in Belgium last month. He

is accused of “attempted murder in a terrorist context” over a Brussels shootout in March 2016, four months after he fled Paris on the night of the carnage during which his brother was among the suicide bombers.

“THE THREAT IS EVERYWHERE”

France is part of a U.S.-led coalition fighting against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq and also has thousands of soldiers in West Africa fighting al Qaeda-linked militants.

In February, Collomb said French security forces had foiled two planned attacks so far this year as Islamic State militants set their sights on domestic targets in response to the group’s military setbacks in Iraq and Syria.

“This is a small, quiet town.

Unfortunately the threat is everywhere,” Collomb told reporters in Trebes.

Carcassonne, a UNESCO heri-

tage site, lies in the Languedoc region, known for its wine and picturesque countryside but also one of the poorest areas in France, with unemployment about 3 percentage points above the national average.

Nearby Beziers is one of the biggest cities controlled by the far-right, while the smaller town of Lunel further east became a breeding ground for many French jihadists who travelled to Syria to fight.

Almost six years ago to the day, Islamist gunman Mohammed Merah killed seven people in the Toulouse region, about 90 km from Carcassonne. He was killed by security forces after a more than 30-hour stand-off.

The last lethal Islamist attack in France was in October 2017 when a Tunisian-born man stabbed two young women to death in Marseille before he was shot dead by soldiers.

Islamic State also claimed responsibility for that attack. (rtr)

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Paris prosecutor Francois Molins, Police officers and investigators are seen in front of a supermarket after a hostage situation in Trebes, France, March 23, 2018. than other tech companies that gather user data, such as Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc’s Google, Amazon. com Inc, Microsoft Corp and Yahoo.

Some 41 percent of Americans trust Facebook to obey laws that protect their personal information,

compared with 66 percent who said they trust Amazon, 62 percent who trust Google, 60 percent for Microsoft and 47 percent for Yahoo.

The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online in English throughout the United States. It gathered

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JAKARTA - Finance Minister Sri Mulyani has said that the government`s debts are used prudently in line with the principles of good budget management so far.

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Jokowi, Airlangga enjoy morning exercise at botanical garden

BOGOR - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and industry minister Airlangga Hartarto enjoyed morning exercises at Bogor Botanical Garden here on Saturday.

Airlangga who is also the general chairman of Golkar Party which is one of the biggest political parties in the country arrived at the Bogor Presidential Palace at around 7.40am while Jokowi arrived soon after riding the newly-bought chopper-typed Royal Enfield Bullet 350cc motorbike.

The two then took a walk to the garden while greeting people who were exercising in the area. Some of the people even took an opportunity to shake hands with the two and took selfies with them.

A senior Golkar leader has said that for the party, vice presidential candidacy is the least to be expected in the forthcoming presidential election.

“Yes, at least it is like that,” Agung Laksono, chairman of the Council of experts of the party, which has the second largest seats at the House of Representatives, said on Friday.

Agung said Golkar had declared its support for Jokowi (President Joko Widodo) in his bid for reelection in 2019 although he is not a Golkar cadre.

Therefore, the vice presidential candidacy for Golkar should be considered to win stronger support from the party, he said Certainly the electability of the candidate should be considered and

his track record examined that he is acceptable to all, he added.

The solidity of Golkar`s support would be questioned if the candidate is not known to the party, he said on the sideline of the party national working meeting.

Earlier the party`s General Chairman Airlangga Hartarto said the party has not and would not propose a candidate.

“We leave it for Jokowi to pick his running mate,” Airlangga said.

Agung said Jokowi is politically strong, with high popularity and level of public satisfaction for his performance, adding Jokowi needs only to increase his electability.

He suggested Jokowi pick one from among independent professionals or give Golkar more posts in the cabinet if finally the vice presidential candidate is a non Golkar cadre.

“Please don`t hurt Golkar, which has from the beginning thrown its support for Jokowi. The support is not just talk. We have formed community groups that now it is far more secured for Jokowi than in 2014,” he said referring to the last election.

He said Golkar deserves to be given certain position, and it is natural if the party expects something.

A number of other parties in the ruling coalition have openly proposed vice president candidates.

Observers have said it is feared that the vice presidential candidacy could become a bone of contention among the big coalition. (ant)

“To those who have called on the government to be careful in using debts, I can assure that their demand has been what the government has always done so far,” she said in a press statement received here on Friday evening.

She said debts were used as part of budget management in stages and very carefully with regard to preventing possible shock on the economic engine that may slow it down.

Debts and tax revenues are fiscal policy instruments used by the government to improve infrastructure, education, health or social security, she said.

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani

She said there is nothing to worry about with regard to current debt because it is well managed to remain below the level allowed by the law.

“Mere focusing on its amount while neglecting the big context and the government`s policy would be incomplete and even misleading,” she said.

Sri Mulyani said it was important to put the issue in the right context so that people or political elites would not become hysteric and worry too much to make them unproductive.

“It would be different if it is what they have intended to always raise the issue to make people uneasy, threatened and panic for certain political gains,” she said.

Sri Mulyani said the destructive political efforts really ran counter to the spirit of building a good democracy. (ant)

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BEIJING - The United States has flouted trade rules with an inquiry into intellectual property and China will defend its interests, Vice Premier Liu He told U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in a telephone call on Saturday, Chinese state media reported.

COUNTER MOVES During a visit to Washington in early March, Liu had requested Washington set up a new

economic dialogue mechanism, identify a point person on China issues, and deliver a list of demands. The Trump administration responded by telling China to immediately shave $100 billion off its record $375 billion trade surplus with the United States. Beijing told Washington that U.S. export restrictions on some high-tech products are to blame.

“China has already prepared, and has the strength, to defend its national interests,” Liu said on Saturday.

According to an editorial by China’s state-run Global Times, it was Mnuchin who called Liu. Firing off a warning shot, China on Friday declared plans to levy additional duties on up to $3 billion of U.S. imports in response to U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminium, imposed after a separate U.S. probe.

Zhang Zhaoxiang, senior vice president of China Minmetals Corp, said that while the stateowned mining group’s steel exports to the U.S. are tiny, the impact could come indirectly.

“China’s direct exports to the U.S. are not big.

But there will be some impact due to our exports via the United States or indirect exports,” Zhang told reporters on the sidelines of the China Development Forum in Beijing on Saturday. Global Times said Beijing was only just beginning to look at means to retaliate.

“We believe it is only part of China’s countermeasures, and soybeans and other U.S. farm products will be targeted,” the widely-read tabloid said in a Saturday editorial.

Wei Jianguo, vice chairman of Beijing-based think tank China Centre for International Economic Exchanges, told China Daily that Beijing could impose tariffs on more U.S. products, and is considering a second and even third list of targets. Possible items include aircraft and chips, Wei, a former vice commerce minister, told the newspaper, adding that tourism could be a possible target.

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Workers transport imported soybean products at a port in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China March 22, 2018. Picture taken March 22, 2018.

SOYBEANS, AUTOS, PLANES The commerce ministry’s response had so far been “relatively weak”, respected former Chinese finance minister Lou Jiwei said at the forum. “If I were in the government, I would probably hit soybeans first, then hit autos and airplanes,” said Lou, currently chairman of the National Council for Social Security Fund.

U.S. farm groups have long feared that China, which imports more than third of all U.S. soybeans, could slow purchases of agricultural products, heaping more pain on the struggling U.S. farm sector. U.S. agricultural exports to China stood at $19.6 billion last year, with soybean shipments accounting for $12.4 billion.

Chinese penalties on U.S. soybeans will especially hurt Iowa, a state that backed Trump in the 2016 presidential elections. Boeing jets have also been often cited as a potential target

by China. China and the U.S. had benefitted by

globalisation, Blackrock’s Larry Fink said at the forum. “I believe that a dialogue – and maybe some adjustments in trade and trade policy – can be in order. It does not need to be done publicly; it can be done privately,” he said. Apple’s Tim Cook called for “calm heads” amid the dispute.

The sparring has cast a spotlight on hardware makers such as Apple, which assemble the majority of their products in China for export to other countries. Electrical goods and tech are the largest U.S. import item from China. Some economists say higher U.S. tariffs will lead to higher costs and ultimately hurt U.S. consumers, while restrictions on Chinese investments could take away jobs in America. “I don’t think local governments in the United States and President Trump hope to see U.S. workers losing their jobs,” Sun Yongcai, general manager at Chinese railway firm CRRS Corp, which has two U.S. production plants, said at the forum. (rtr)

Dollar near one-month low on trade war worries

NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar hovered near a one-month low against a basket of major currencies on Friday and was on course for its biggest weekly drop in five as investors worried that escalating trade tensions could hurt global growth.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six other major currencies, was down 0.48 percent at 89.427.

For the week, the index was down 0.9 percent.

China urged the United States on Friday to “pull back from the brink” as President Donald Trump’s plans for tariffs on up to $60 billion in Chinese goods moved the world’s two largest economies closer to a trade war.

“People seem to be being just a little cautious with so many headlines coming out, and wondering what the next headline could be and how the market is going to react to it,” said Chuck Tomes, senior investment analyst at Manulife Asset

Management in Boston.

“Tactically, people are definitely being a little more cautious because of the uncertainties,” he said.

Expectations about shifting policy at global central banks were also injecting an element of uncertainty into currency markets, Tomes said.

Trump’s decision on Thursday to replace H.R. McMaster as national security adviser with John Bolton, a hawk who has advocated using

military force against North Korea and Iran, could also be weighing on sentiment on the margins, Tomes said.

“Because it is coming in conjunction with all the other things at this moment in time, people might have a little bit more of a reaction,” Tomes said.

The gap between the threemonth dollar London interbank offered rate and three-month overnight indexed swap rate, a gauge of

stress in the U.S. money markets, climbed to its highest level in nearly nine years, on Friday, according to Thomson Reuters data.

The yen, often viewed as a safe-haven currency in times of market turbulence and economic uncertainty, partly because of the resilience provided by Japan’s current account surplus, rose to a 16month high against the dollar. The greenback was down 0.34 percent at 104.9 yen. (rtr)

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Warung Kahuna Creatively Combines Culinary and Dance

China warns U.S. it will defend own trade interests

The call between Mnuchin and Liu, a confidante of President Xi Jinping, was the highestlevel contact between the two governments since U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans for tariffs on up to $60 billion of Chinese goods on Thursday. The deepening rift has sent a chill through financial markets and the corporate world as investors predicted dire consequences for the global economy should trade barriers start going up. Several U.S. chief executives attending a high-profile forum in Beijing on Saturday, including BlackRock Inc’s Larry Fink and Apple Inc’s Tim Cook, urged restraint.

In his call with Mnuchin, Liu, a Harvardtrained economist, said China still hoped both sides would remain “rational” and work together to keep trade relations stable, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

U.S. officials say an eight-month probe under the 1974 U.S. Trade Act has found that China engages in unfair trade practices by forcing American investors to turn over key technologies to Chinese firms.

However, Liu said the investigation report “violates international trade rules and is beneficial to neither Chinese interests, U.S. interests nor global interests”, Xinhua cited him as saying.

In a statement on its website, the office of the U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said it had filed a request - at the direction of Trump - for consultations with China at the World Trade Organization to address “discriminatory technology licensing agreements”.

China’s commerce ministry expressed regret at the filing on Saturday, and said China had taken strong measures to protect the legal rights and interests of both domestic and foreign owners of intellectual property.

Monday, March 26, 2018

Bindu River Becomes Centers for Water Attraction and Culinary Tourism

Bindu River Becomes Centers for Water Attraction and Culinary Tourism Sounds of rushing water accompany visitors’ playing activities. Sometimes they run, suddenly dive and then immediately appear to attack their companion with gunfire each other using water as the weapon.

Some others jump merrily from riverside. The others are freely swimming, without using any style as in the swimming contest. Some take advantage of rubber Sounds of rushing water accompany visitors’ playing activities.

Sometimes they run, suddenly dive and then immediately appear to attack their companion with gunfire each other using water as the weapon. Some others jump merrily from riverside. The others are freely swimming, without using any style as in the swimming contest. Some take advantage of rubber tires like the tubing game becoming a trend.

It is the atmosphere of daily life in Bindu River at Kesiman village, East Denpasar subdistrict. Formerly, the river was dirty and unkempt, but it has been transformed into a tourist attraction. So, do not be surprised if Bindu River is now thronged by many visitors. They are not only urban children playing with water, but also people from outside the region and even foreign tourists enjoying the city atmosphere.

To get to Bindu River, visitors can pass Gang Sardula through Jalan Turi Denpasar. The alley can only be passed by motorcycle, and then parked in front of the temple.

Come down the concrete stairs. The river offers quite cool atmosphere.

Such green open space has many different types of local plants up to a variety of flowers that can create

a sense of peace.

Dam of Bindu River formerly being mute has now looked so beautiful. All leaves look fresh and green, sometimes are moving and waving in the wind. Sound of birds and other animals overlap with the joyful sound of dozens of children jumping into the water. The atmosphere looks like the old days, where children are very close to nature of the environment. It is really fun.

On top of the southern end, it has been prepared for people wishing to relax. Under the big trees there is a large wooden seating area. This is usually used by parents for chatting.

Meanwhile, pupils or students will make use of it to accomplish their school assignments, study in groups or prepare their examination test.

Few teenagers in particular take advantage of it for dating.

Across the river, there is a sports arena and a gym. This facility is commonly used by people in the morning as well as in the afternoon. Meanwhile, the traditional game of pillow fighting is available on the north of the river, precisely in front of the culinary area. “Citizens from ??East Denpasar subdistrict and surrounding areas can take advantage of the sports facilities while enjoying delicious food and wa-

ter rides in Bindu River,” said hamlet chief of Ujung and Clean River Community, I Gusti Rai Ari Temaja.

A variety of cuisines are available on the west side of Bindu River utilizing the land of local residents transformed into a green field. There is gazebo to sit back as well as tatami-style seating or lesehan on green grass. Each gazebo is equipped with electric plugs for recharging hand phone or laptop. These culinary services are handled by local residents that are also tasked to maintain cleanliness of the river area. “Foreign tourists like this place and the culinary delight,” added Gung Nik, his familiar greeting.

According to Gung Nik, the arrangement of sanitation and food stand has been done by the government of Denpasar with Bindu River Foundation. Bindu River is also a place of education for community.

“Hopefully, the increase of facilities will be able to draw more people visit to Bindu River, so indirectly it can improve the economy of the surrounding community,” he said while adding if the arrangement of Bindu River has got various awards. As evidence, many areas come to study to Bindu River, especially about the riverbank arrangement. (kmb)

Warung Kahuna located at Jalan Pengubengan Kauh No. 88 Kerobokan, Badung, is very strategic so it is easy to reach from Kuta area and Denpasar. Warung Kahuna applies outdoor concept by offering natural green paddy fields and one stop entertainment concept that makes it more comfortable when guests enjoy the menus. “There is a special Warung Kahuna located at Jalan Pengubengan Kauh No. 88 Kerobokan, Badung, is very strategic so it is easy to reach from Kuta area and Denpasar. Warung Kahuna applies outdoor concept by offering natural green paddy fields and one stop entertainment concept that makes it more comfortable when guests enjoy the menus. “There is a special show in Kahuna such as Salsa dance and yoga activity, so they can gives different vibrations,” said Tasha Elizabeth, Operations Manager of Warung Kahuna, Thursday (Jan. 25).

As a newcomer to the culinary business, Warung Kahuna opened on December 7, 2017 offers its own uniqueness to visitors. Market of the Kahuna originates from various circles both local and foreign tourists. Although the culinary business is rampant in Bali, the opportunity remains available because Bali as a tourist area is visited by many tourists.

While enjoying the dish, visitors to Kahuna will also be served with salsa dance or enjoy yoga. “We will also present traditional arts such as kecak, and others,” added Tasha.

Tasha said that tourists coming to Bali are not just having a trip, but also definitely need to eat. “The word ‘Kahuna’ is derived from the Hawaiian language which means healer and big waves. It is the basis of our restaurant concept where we want to heal the visitor’s hunger with our delicious and healthy specialties. Armed with the philosophy of the waves, we want to embrace all walks of life, not only tourists to enjoy the culinary here,” she explained.

Tasha is optimistic that Kahuna’s presence will get a positive response as it also closely works with travel agencies as well as various communities such as big motor, yoga and other communities. About the price,

Tasha ascertains it is very affordable, ranging from IDR 3,000 to about IDR 50,000. “We want to give something more than just a meal but also health,” added this slim woman who is also a yogi. “Various cuisines of the archipelago in the Kahuna Resto include Balinese typical mixed rice, various saute menus of the archipelago, fried rice, rendang (beef simmered in coconut milk) and chicken curry. All menus are cooked based on a family recipe from my mother. Meanwhile, the Western menus include spaghetti, lasagna, various pasta and various salads,” she explained.

What is interesting and rare compared to other restaurants is that it offers one-stop entertainment concept where every Wednesday and Saturday it organizes the Latin Nite event to entertain visitors. It starts from 08:00 through 22:00 local time and special on the weekend it is open until 23:00.

No less important is that Kahuna Bali also provides free Wi-Fi for its visitors.

“For salsa and tango lovers, they can join in the Latin Nite at Kahuna Bali. Meanwhile, for a romantic and serene atmosphere at night while enjoying a delicious culinary, we also want to promote Balinese culture by performing Kecak Dance,” said Tasha.

Tasya said that Kahuna is a subsidiary of Lumen Corps which is engaged in construction, workshop (automotive), information technology, food and beverage and various snacks which now expands its business to Bali by establishing Warung Kahuna.

“The concept of cuisine, yoga and dance offered will differentiate Kahuna from the others,” he added.

Meanwhile, President Director of Kahuna Bali Resto, Andreas Nandiwardhana, admitted that his management is not too concerned with Bali tourism situation following the eruption of Mount Agung. Bali is number one tourist destination in Indonesia.

Therefore, the culinary business is still a very promising and has a good future prospect. “Well, the eruption of Mount Agung at least reduces the number of tourists coming to Bali, but we see it will not last long. Eventually, it will return to normal,” he said. (kmb)

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Apple’s Tim Cook calls for calm heads on China, U.S. trade

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Cars of foreign ambassadors are parked near the building of the Russian Foreign Ministry during a briefing, dedicated to the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, in Moscow, Russia March 21, 2018.

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The beach located close to Rambut Siwi Temple will look beautiful in the afternoon due to the sunset in red color especially if the weather is sunny.

Yehembang Beach

Between beauty of sunset and abrasion

NEGARA - Yehembang Beach, Mendoyo subdistrict, actually has the beauty, especially in the late afternoon. The beach located close to Rambut Siwi Temple will look beautiful in the afternoon due to the sunset in red color especially if the weather is sunny.

Since the past few weeks, this beach is often visited by citizens and tourists because it offers magnificent sunset in the sunny weather.

“Previously, we rarely paid attention because it is constrained by cloudy weather and so on, primarily since several years the beach has been hit by abrasion so that it is constrained to enjoy the beauty of the beach,” said Ayu, a local resident, on Friday afternoon (Mar. 23).

This location has been ravaged by abrasion as well as the activities of illegal sea sand mining on Yehembang Beach.

However, since a few weeks ago the mouth of the Yehembang River located adjacent to cemetery of local customary village is suddenly crowded by local tourists in the afternoon. They came to the beach to enjoy the beautiful scenery with the light of sunshine when about to

sink in western horizon.

Dewa Gede Mahardika, one of the visitors, who is also a local resident, had captured the sunset.

According to him, every afternoon he always sat in the mouth of the river to enjoy the sunset view. “It is indeed beautiful, but would be more beautiful if the Yehembang coastline is well arranged because it is still ravaged by abrasion,” he said.

Chief of Yehembang customary

village, Ngurah Gede Aryana, said the coastal area of Yehembang, especially from the river estuary to the west of the location is beautiful and charming. However it is damaged due to abrasion.

According to him, in the future he will arrange the region so as to look better and beautiful.

Hopefully, it can bring in tourists.

Moreover, there is a land denoting the property asset of customary village that will be utilized to develop mangrove tourism.

He said if the area is arranged and equipped with tourism infra-

structure, in addition to looking beautiful, the area will also absorb the local workforce. Tourists will be busy visiting and the village will automatically develop well,” he concluded.

Meanwhile, headman of Yehembang Mendoyo, Made Semadi, said that he had already proposed and reported the abrasion to district government of Jembrana and the agency being responsible for handling abrasion. However, until now there has been no follow-up.

He also hoped it can be repaired soon. (kmb)

Smuggling of 2 kilograms of cocaine foiled

MANGUPURA — Disclosure of a great drug case returned to be conducted by the Ngurah Rai Airport customs team. The drug smuggler, I Nyoman Arnaya, 47, from Buleleng was arrested at the International Arrival Terminal of Ngurah Rai Airport, Badung, on Friday (Mar. 23). The evidences secured are 2,014.25 grams of cocaine packaged in 4 packs of large clips and 39 medium size packs.

Subsequently, the case was submitted to the Directorate of Narcotic Investigation Unit of Bali Police.

Pursuant to the information obtained on Saturday (Mar. 24), the incident occurred around 18:30 when Qatar Airways flying from Doha, Qatar arrived in Denpasar.

At the airport, the passenger came down to International Terminal including the perpetrator.

“Based on information obtained

by the officer, a passenger of Qatar Airways with flight number QR962 will arrive from Doha, Qatar.

It is a transit passenger with flight route of Bogota-Madrid-DohaDenpasar. The passenger belongs to high risk category (high-risk passengers),” said the source.

The airport customs officers directly conducted a surveillance and investigation. Furthermore, the officers suspected the perpetrator

because of his movements and his luggage and goods were inspected.

Results of the X-ray machine examination and inspection of goods carried by the perpetrator found that four packages of cocaine were hidden in four cardboards of new shirts and 39 packages in the sandpaper wraps. After weighing the evidence, it totally has the weight of 2,014.25 grams. “This case is still being developed by members

of Directorate of Narcotic Criminal Investigation of Bali Police,” said a source asking for anonymity.

When confirmed, the Section Head of Coaching and Excise Information Services of Ngurah Rai Airport, Teddy Triatmojo, said that as scheduled there will be a press conference on Monday (Mar. 26).

“On Monday morning, it will be announced the detailed invitation,” he said. (kmb36)

Europeans promise more steps against Russia over UK spy attack

BRUSSELS - European Union member states agreed at a summit on Friday to take additional punitive measures against Russia for a nerve agent attack in Britain, as Moscow accused the bloc of joining a London-driven hate campaign against it.

Moscow has denied that it is behind the attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, the first known offensive use of a nerve toxin in Europe since World War Two. But German Chancellor Angela Merkel said evidence of Russian culpability presented by British Prime Minister Theresa May was “very solidly based” and promised new measures after EU leaders agreed late on Thursday to recall their ambassador to Moscow.

“Germany and France agree that additional steps, on top of the recall of the ambassador, are necessary,” Merkel said at a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Macron called the attack “unprecedented” and said Europe must respond: “It is an aggression against the security and sovereignty of an ally that is today a member of the European Union. It demands a reaction. This is clear.”

In a boost for May, the 28-member EU collectively condemned the attack and declared in a Brussels summit statement that it was “highly likely” Moscow was responsible.

A British judge said on Thursday that both victims may have suffered brain damage from the attack. A policeman who was hospitalised after discovering the two unconscious

on a park bench has now been discharged.

“Additional steps are expected as early as Monday at the national level,” summit chair Donald Tusk told reporters.

TENSIONS The leaders of Poland, the Czech Republic and the three Baltic states Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania - were among those predicting further expulsions of Russian diplomats from their capitals.

However, Boyko Borissov, prime minister of Bulgaria which holds the EU’s rotating presidency, wanted more evidence so that “high probability becomes full probability” of Russian involvement.

“I expect very rapid tensions in the coming weeks because many countries will start to recall their ambassadors too. The current times are harder than the Cold War,” Borissov said, making clear his discomfort with further measures.

Moscow has retaliated against Britain’s move to expel 23 Russians by ordering out the same number of Britons.

On Friday, the Russian foreign ministry described the EU allegation as “baseless” and accused the bloc of spurning cooperation with Moscow and joining “another anti-Russian campaign deployed by

London and its allies overseas”.

The expulsion of British diplomats went ahead on Friday, with a convoy of minibuses speeding out of the embassy compound to applause after British embassy staff said their goodbyes in the courtyard under a light snowfall.

“I welcomed 48 colleagues/ families plus 4 dogs. Safe at home,” Foreign Office official Simon McDonald said on Twitter after the diplomats arrived back at a British air force base later on Friday.

France’s Foreign Minister JeanYves Le Drian, on a visit to Kiev, signalled that Paris was considering expelling Russian diplomats in solidarity with Britain. “You will see,” he said.

The summit statement hardened previous EU language on Russia’s alleged role as Macron and others helped May to overcome hesitation on the part of some states that feel friendlier to Moscow. Some of them had questioned how definitive Britain’s evidence is.

Welcoming the solidarity she secured from the summit, May told reporters on leaving: “The threat from Russia is one that respects no borders and I think it is clear that Russia is challenging the values we share as Europeans and it is right that we stand together in defence of those values.” (rtr)

BEIJING - Apple Inc’s Chief Executive Tim Cook on Saturday called for “calm heads” and more open trade, amid rising fears of a trade war between the United States and China.

Trade tension between China and the United States flared this week when President Donald Trump unveiled plans on Thursday to slap tariffs on potentially up to $60 billion in Chinese goods.

China’s Commerce Ministry on Friday urged the United States to “pull back from the brink”, saying it was not afraid to engage in a trade war.

“I’m cognizant that in both the U.S. and China, there have been cases where everyone hasn’t benefited, where the benefit hasn’t been balanced,” Cook said.

Speaking at the annual China Development Forum in Beijing, Cook said he hoped “calm heads” would prevail.

The sparring has cast a spotlight on hardware makers such as Apple, which assemble the majority of their products in China for export to other countries. Electrical goods and tech are the largest U.S. import item from China.

In the past year, Apple and other foreign tech firms have grappled with a string of new regulatory requirements in China, including

a controversial law requiring firms to house user data in data centers overseen by Chinese firms.

Last month, Apple officially moved to store keys for its iCloud data in China, provoking intense criticism from rights groups who say the decision makes it easier for Chinese officials to tap and collect private data.

Despite challenges, the company has sought to expand its services in China, its third-largest market, where roughly 1.8 million developers use its platform. “My belief is that businesses should be engaged with governments in countries where they are doing business, whether they agree or disagree,” Cook said.

Cook has come to China several times in the past year, and was among executives who met Chinese President Xi Jinping last October. “My belief is that one plus one equals three. The pie gets larger, working together,” Cook said.

Others attending the three-day forum include the chief executives of IBM Group , Google Inc and Qualcomm Inc. Cook, who this year co-chaired the event, also attended last year when he called for China to increase trade and continue opening itself up to the world. (rtr)

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A new iPhone X is sold at an Apple Store in Beijing, China November 3, 2017.

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Pampered pooches take to the sky in travel niche

HONG KONG - Ding Dong and Fun Fun, a pair of 12-year-old Yorkshire terriers, know how to enjoy the high life - literally.

The pampered pets and their owner, Zoe Man, 43, flew on a private plane from Hong Kong to Japan for a five-day holiday.

The terriers tucked into an inflight meal of grilled salmon and tender chicken.

Man, vice president of a textileand-apparel company in Hong Kong, plans two more trips by private jet this year, part of a growing number of owners indulging their pets on specialist holidays.

“I’ve asked myself why I spend so much money on them,” said Man, who spent over HK$240,000 ($30,600) taking Ding Dong and Fun Fun on the trip to Osaka, Japan last year.

“I’ve wondered whether they know the difference. But I think they do know - they must have known the air smelt different,” she said, sitting next to Fun Fun who was clad in a padded jacket.

Hong Kong travel company Life Travel, which organised Man’s trip, started flying pooches and their owners last year from Hong Kong to Japan, currently its only destination for these tours.

On commercial flights, pets are typically carried in the hold. On its private jets, small dogs sit on their owner’s lap, while bigger dogs can lie on the floor, Life Travel said.

Life Travel’s pet holidays start from around HK$70,000, for a

week in Okinawa, Japan. It even offers “petmiles” as an added incentive.

Meals and water are served to both dogs and owners and after arriving at their destination, they are taken to designated pet-friendly accommodation.

Consumer spending on pets in China is growing at about 20 percent a year and will be a $7 billion market by 2022, market research firm Euromonitor International says. The pet market in the United States is growing around 2 percent a year.

Chinese airline Hainan Airlines, owned by HNA Group, said in January that it was testing a pilot scheme to allow travellers to bring small pets with them on certain domestic routes.

Life Travel organised three trips to Japan last year and is planning 13 in 2018 and 50 in 2019. It plans to offer trips to other countries, including the United States, this year but customs policies and quarantine requirements mean certain destinations, such as Australia, are off the cards.

Although the company has received requests to take cats, turtles, parrots, and even a hamster on its luxury trips, Life Travel founder Raymond Chung said that for now the company is sticking with dogs only.

“There is a huge market out there. We were just able to see the demand and start a little earlier than others,” Chung said. (rtr)

BALI becomes a ‘heaven’ to photographers having a particular interest in the genre of stage photography, specifically those that like to perpetuate the beauty of a dance. In addition to great events such as the Bali Arts Festival held for a whole month every year, the dance performances are almost held every night as found in the tourist areas of Bali. For example, the performance of cak a cappella in Tanah Lot as well as Legong and Sanghyang Jaran Dance in Ubud are specially staged for tourist consumption. For stage photography hobbyists, these regular performances can be taken advantage as the ‘hunting grounds’ to get interesting stage photos.

Most dance performances usually take place at night. Some are held inside and outside the building. Wherever the staging is held, the main character of stage photography including the stage of the dance is low light photography namely the photography with minimal lighting.

In general, a dance performance is designed to be watched by spectators and not to be photographed. Therefore, the photographers must be smart to deal with such condition. So, what should be considered so that you still have a chance to get interesting photographs of the dance?

Recognizing the performing stage is not limited to knowing the stage physically or just staging place. No less important is that you also have to know deeply about what will be staged. Of course, it will sound very funny if we photograph a dance performance but we do not know what dance to be performed by the dancers we will photograph. If the performance is fragmentary show or ballet, we also need to know what the play is. It would be much better, if you also have information about the artists or dance studio involved in the performance. By knowing the stage, surely we can get an initial picture of the staging, including estimating the scenes and interesting moments that will appear.

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Zoe Man poses with one of her pet dogs onboard a private jet during her Japan trip from Hong Kong, China July 17, 2017. Picture taken July 17, 2017.

Prepare the Equipment

After getting to know the stage, then prepare the equipment such as camera and lens to start your ‘hunt.’ Necessarily, there is no standard benchmark on the lens focal length as the most ideal for photographing dance performances.

Definitely, it all highly depends on the position or distance of the photographer from the stage.

Although not a necessity, the use of telezoom lens like 70-200 mm is highly recommended because with this lens we can ‘catch up’ close up photos so as to have a better chance to capture the expression of the dancers clearly.

However, the use of a lens with shorter range like 18-55 mm does not mean we will practically miss the opportunity to get interesting photos.

We can still get an equal ‘satisfaction.’ Just focus on photographing the whole stage. A wide photo showing the whole scene on stage is equally interesting. Moreover, you can get precisely the composition of the dancers, known as blocking or floor pattern.

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Another thing needs to remember is that almost in every dance performance, the staging organizers usually do not allow photographers to shoot with the help of flash, either built-in or externally. On that account, you must be really ready to get around the staging conditions with generally low light.

Nothing is wrong, make your time to come

and watch during rehearsal because at the time of rehearsal the lighting arrangement or lighting stage has usually been set as in the actual staging. Obviously, this can be a very valuable guide and allows you to make camera setting. Another advantage is that you will know the scene, the best moment or expression that must be pursued in the real play. Recognizing the condition of the stage early can also facilitate you in choosing a number of spots to take pictures so as to get the best photos.

If you do not have time to watch the general rehearsal, try to come to the staging premises or at least 30 minutes before the performance takes place. By arriving early, you still have the opportunity to ‘study’ the stage conditions and look for important information about the staging to be photographed.

Take an Appropriate Position

Selection of the most appropriate and comfortable position for this photograph is closely related to the equipment to be used. If you only carry a lens with a short focal length or range, try to take the position closest to the stage. When shooting dance performances, it is advisable to take the position of shooting somewhat sideways to the left or right from the front of the stage or not right in the middle. Most dances tend to apply a floor pattern that tends to move diagonally or sideways. When photographed exactly from the front, sometimes the photos become flat.

Camera Settings

White balance in photographing dance performances should be set daylight to approach the human eye to see such as red will be recorded red, blue recorded blue. However, the best results will be achieved if you use the RAW file format because you can still adjust the color using computer according to the existing artistic needs. Considering the conditions tend to be lowlight, the minimum speed setting is ISO 400 and the largest lens aperture can be at least f / 2.8. The large lens aperture will allow us to shoot objects in a dimly lit atmosphere.

However, it does not mean you have to apply f / 2.8 throughout the shows.

Adjust to the existing lighting conditions because the dance staging usually has non-static intensity of light but always changes. Metering method on stage photography can be M (manual) or can also be A (aperture priority). The use of M is recommended if lighting conditions are so complicated, for example, the lighted part is very small.

In general, it is recommended to use A so that any lighting changes can be ‘pursued’ by the camera, not by us. Metering method in M preferably uses spot, while at A should use matrix. Use the mode that you think is the most mastered that makes you feel comfortable while doing the ‘execution.’ Good luck! (ian)

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Rejection of Benoa Bay reclamation ‘on fire’

DENPASAR — Balinese People’s Forum Rejects Benoa Bay Reclamation (ForBALI) disclosed the latest research on Benoa Bay during an action in front of the governor’s office on Saturday (Mar. 24). The research published in the international journal of Regional Studies in Marine Science (2018) was conducted by researchers from the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia.

It was concluded that reclamation of Benoa Bay triggered environmental degradation drastically in terms of physical, chemical and biological aspects.

“The conclusion is clear where the reclamation of Benoa Bay is bad for the environment in Bali. Necessarily, if it is fair there is no other reason than terminating the reclamation of Benoa Bay and then restores Benoa Bay into a conservation area,” said ForBALI Coordinator, I Wayan ‘Gendo’ Suardana, in his oration.

Gendo added that reclamation causes a slowing of sea currents that can trigger sedimentation in Benoa Bay. This is based on the simulation of the sea currents in 2018 according to the results of research that was also published by one of the national media. Reclamation also leads to disruption of habitat for regular feeding in the Benoa Bay and disturbs the balance of ecosystems. Actually, Benoa Bay is the buffer zone of Bali and becomes one of the keys to maintaining the sustainability of the Island of the Gods.

“A lot of people always say that Bali is handsome, nice and cool. Moreover, the tourism in 2018 remains number one as the best tourist destination rated by several international magazines. Many people are proud of it,” he added.

However, on the other hand, continued Gendo, there are people stating if Bali tourism has been saturated.

As seen from the existing destinations, they are only those of very same things. It is necessary to create a new destination. Actually, before realizing the reclamation or development of new destinations in the Benoa Bay, Bali remains to get the best predicate or become number one. In other words, the logic of tourism also states that Bali will become more beautiful and remain beautiful with this without the need of artificial islands.

“Do not imitate Singapore that does not have paddy

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fields, its culture is not as strong as Balinese culture.

Or in Dubai, try to find the paddy fields there. There is no subak system which then gives birth to its agrarian culture, it does not exist. Then, why should we imitate Dubai or Singapore?” he explained.

According to Gendo, reverse logic by doing reclamation will only make Bali more burdened in terms of environment. Ecologically, when it is increasingly burdened, Bali will begin to suffer destruction. He added that a lot of development has not paid attention to long-term carrying capacity and supporting capacity of Bali. For example, Serangan Island reclamation or the Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) project is also built under the pretext of creating a new tourism icon.

Not to mention, the government always increases the target of tourist visits every year.

“But surprisingly, when they consciously apply the practice of mass tourism, the authority remains to arrogantly say that Bali is cultural tourism. Actually, this is not funny. Cultural tourism is quality tourism, tourism that should develop conservation principles,” he added.

Gendo asserted that he did not go up against the development. But, it should be sought other development solutions that are more adaptive and pro environment.

People should not be lured with the absorption of labor but in reality when there are big projects, many people still complain because they cannot be absorbed there. This also proves that any development of tourist accommodation will not always open up the greatest employment opportunities for local people.

“Why do we keep moving to Benoa Bay? Once again, I repeat that Benoa Bay has a small area, only 1,500 hectares, only in the south. This Benoa Bay case is as a portrait of how investment policy in Bali is not pro environment, not pro people. For example, for the sake of investment the designation of conservation area is converted into a cultivated area in order so that it can be reclaimed. This portrait indicates how the ruler is subject to investment,” he said.

Another portrait, said Gendo, is that Benoa Bay reclamation reflects how the ruler and investment practices work to exploit Bali on behalf of tourism interests. This indicates the powerlessness and arrogance of the political officials that are stubborn to their people. (kmb32)

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The heyday was ever embraced by silversmiths at Celuk, Sukawati, Gianyar.

Restoring heyday of Celuk silver needs to cluster handicraft industry

DENPASAR — The development of creative economy is actually not a new alternative other than relying on the economy on tourism. Balinese people also once existed to pursue the sector on the Island of the Gods.

For instance, the heyday was ever embraced by silversmiths at Celuk, Sukawati, Gianyar. Now, the government plays a big role to restore the glory for the sustainability of economic resources of Bali in the future.

“I think everything goes back to the government itself. For example, formerly Celuk was known as the center for silver crafts. Then, why it now gets eroded because Bali used to be a display, the market place. A lot of silversmiths were taken from Java, especially Jogja,” said a member of Commission II of the Bali House of Representatives, Tjok Gede Asmara Putra Sukawati, when confirmed on Friday (Mar. 23).

According to Tjok Asmara, producers outside Bali then also opened a similar business in Bali surely with a cheaper price. As a result, local producers or craftsmen are not able to make a product with good quality because of the price competition.

This is what then makes the Balinese unable to compete and it becomes the forerunner of the silver market crash at Celuk. Their situation is getting worse with the proliferation of modern souvenir shops. Therefore, the government should set a standard rule on selling prices and protect local producers.

“If the government can make a policy, surely it will come back again. Today, many silver crafts at Celuk have been transformed into a restaurant. Likewise, this also happens to other crafts such as statues at Mas village. So, they have already mingled, no longer be special as ever before,” added this Democratic politician from Gianyar.

Tjok Asmara added the characteristic of each region like Celuk with its silverworks must be returned again, namely by making an area grouping

of producers. For instance, Celuk is specified as the center for silverwork art shop only, while the permit of other business should be more tightened if there is an application of opening silverwork art shop outside Celuk.

“Thus, whoever wants to find silverworks, they must come to Celuk. It’s just like a monopoly. It seems ugly, but good for local community actually,” he explained.

Head of the Bali Industry and Trade Agency, I Putu Astawa, claimed to be working with Udayana University to reconstruct master plan of industrial development in Bali in accordance with its cluster. Celuk itself is an example of the application of ‘one village one product’ because most local people produce silver handicrafts.

“However, in line with the development apparently there is competition with other silver-producing regions. There may be market saturation. Indeed, it is less competitive against better or cheaper products.

Core of the problem lies in the creativity, both in marketing and design techniques,” he said.

Astawa admitted that many silver art shops in Celuk have switched.

This indicates if the craft is no longer promising, and surely makes the Celuk silver market weaker. Actually, the industrial clusters in Gianyar in particular are quite clear. He said there should be a recommendation to restore the glory both in terms of how to market it in the digital era, increase promotion, or review the policies that favors local community.

“One of our constraints is in the matter of raw materials so that it makes our silver competitiveness not good because it is still imported.

Hence, we enforce with KITE program (Ease of Import for Export Destination). For example, we are exporting silver; we bring in silver raw material from overseas with 0 percent tax. It’s our effort to increase our silver price competitiveness,” he explained. (kmb32)

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Bali Safari and Marine Park collaborates with DSI to Attract Chinese Tourists

Bali Safari Park has appointed DSI to market their products in China by joining the D.MARKET B2B Tourism Cloud Platform. As Chinese tourists is the top inbound tourist in Bali now, Bali Safari and Marine Park is actively working with partners to capture this market. . DSI is seen as a dependable partner with the capability to market the products through CTRIP, the largest Online Travel Agent in China using the tourism cloud platform. The platform publishes the products on CTRIP web site and mobile application in China for sale.

Bali Safari and Marine Park is the home for thousands of amazing animals representing over 100 species, including some rare and endangered species such as Komodo dragon, Orang Utan and the Bali Mynah bird. Currently, Chinese tourists is not the main visitor to Bali Safari and Marine Park. The management wish to tap into various channels to capture Chinese visitor market in Bali.

This year, it is forecasted that 109 million Chinese outbound tourists will book their trips online. In view of this trend, Bali Safari and Marine Park sees the collaboration with DSI and CTRIP as strategic to capture the online Chinese tourists market. CTRIP is confident that the number of Chinese tourists to Indonesia will see continual growth. To facilitate the visitors to reach its location, Bali Safari provides free Shuttle service with minimum purchase of the Jungle Hopper package. To facilitate the visitors to reach its location, Bali Safari provides free Shuttle service with minimum purchase of the Jungle Hopper package.

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Justin Bieber Spends More Time With Baskin Champion What exactly is going on with Justin Bieber and Baskin Champion?

That’s the question more than a few Beliebers are asking after the pair was spotted kicking off the weekend together in Beverly Hills.

E! News has learned Baskin spent several hours at Justin’s house this afternoon.

“They spent the day inside and she arrived on her own,” an

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eyewitness shared with E! News.

“Justin was waiting at home for her. After spending the afternoon together, they both left the house within a few minutes of each other in separate cars.”

While photographers didn’t catch a good luck at Justin, they did spy Abby wearing an oversized Fairfax sweatshirt with gray capri pants. She completed her look with Vans sneakers and a cross body handbag. (rtr)

Netflix and Formula One team up for documentary series

LONDON - Netflix are to make a documentary series chronicling the 2018 Formula One season and which will be screened next year, the sport’s rights holders announced on Saturday ahead of the opening race in Australia.

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Formula One said the makers of the 10-part series would have unparalleled and exclusive access over the course of the year to the drivers, team bosses and owners as well as the sport’s management team.

“Formula One is a global sport that we are actively repositioning from a motorsport company to a

media and entertainment brand,” said Sean Bratches, F1’s managing director of commercial operations, in a statement.

“The agreement with Netflix serves to chronicle the fascinating story of what transpires behind the scenes during a grand prix season.

“This is a perspective of the sport that has yet to be unveiled to

fans around the world. This series will unleash a compelling vantage point to the sport that will delight fans and serve as a catalyst to entice new fans.”

U.S.-based Liberty Media took over the sport in January last year and plans to grow the sport and appeal to a younger demographic. (rtr)

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LONDON - Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg apologised to Britons on Sunday over a “breach of trust”, taking out full page advertisements in British newspapers after a political consultancy got its hands on data on 50 million users.

“We have a responsibility to protect your information. If we can’t, we don’t deserve it,” said the advert, signed by Facebook founder Zuckerberg.

The world’s largest social media network is facing growing government scrutiny in Europe and the United States.

This follows allegations by a whistleblower that British consultancy Cambridge Analytica improperly accessed users’ information to build profiles on American voters that were later used to help

elect U.S. President Donald Trump in 2016.

The plain black text apology on a white background, with only a tiny Facebook logo, appeared in Sunday publications including The Observer - one of the newspapers whose reporting on the issue has sent Facebook’s share price tumbling.

Zuckerberg said an app built by a university researcher “leaked Facebook data of millions of people in 2014”.

“This was a breach of trust, and I’m sorry we didn’t do more at the

time,” Zuckerberg said, reiterating an apology first made last week in U.S. television interviews.

Cambridge Analytica says it initially believed the data had been obtained in line with data protection laws, and later deleted it at Facebook’s request. The consultancy said it did not use the data in work it did for the 2016 U.S. election.

On Friday night, investigators from Britain’s data watchdog searched the London offices of Cambridge Analytica for several hours.

Zuckerberg, whose firm has lost

more than $50 billion in market value since the allegations, said Facebook would give users more information and control about who can access their data.

“Thank you for believing in this community. I promise to do better for you,” he wrote.

Advertisers Mozilla and German bank Commerzbank have suspended ads on the service and the hashtag #DeleteFacebook has been trending online.

On Friday, electric carmaker Tesla Inc and its rocket company SpaceX’s Facebook pages - each with more than 2.6 million followers - were deleted after Chief Executive Elon Musk promised to do so.

Less likely to trust Fewer than half of Americans trust Facebook to obey U.S. privacy laws, according to a Reuters/ Ipsos poll released on Sunday, illustrating the challenge facing the social media network after a scandal over its handling of personal information.

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