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Bollywood’s Sridevi drowned in bathtub after losing consciousness - Dubai police

DUBAI - Indian actress Sridevi died from drowning in her hotel room bathtub, police in Dubai said on Monday following a postmortem.

Media reports had earlier said the 54-year-old, who had been in Dubai for a family wedding, had died of cardiac arrest on Saturday.

“Following the completion of post-mortem analysis, Dubai Police today stated that the death of Indian actress Sridevi occurred due to drowning in her hotel apartment’s bathtub following loss of consciousness,” Dubai Police said on their Twitter account.

“Dubai Police has transferred the case to Dubai Public Prosecution, which will carry out regular legal procedures followed in such cases,” it added, without elaborating.

In a career spanning five decades, Sridevi acted in 300 films and was awarded the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian honour in 2013.

Born Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, she started acting at the age of four, appearing in several Tamillanguage films in the 1960s and 1970s, and eventually dropping out of school for a career in the movies.

Sridevi made her Bollywood debut in 1979 with “Solva Sawan” (16th spring), but it was in 1983, with Balu Mahendra’s “Sadma” (Shock) that she made her mark in the Hindi film industry.

That year, she also acted with Jeetendra in K. Raghavendra Rao’s blockbuster “Himmatwala” (The Courageous One), cementing her place as one of Bollywood’s top actresses.

Sridevi was known for her on-screen vivacity and energy, playing memorable characters in films such as “Chaalbaaz” (Trickster) and Shekhar Kapur’s “Mr India” in the 80s and 90s. She charmed audiences in female-centric hits at a time when the Indian film industry relied on male actors for box-office success. (rtr)

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Ed Sheeran poses during a photocall to promote the movie Songwriter at the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 23, 2018.

Ed Sheeran named best-selling global artist of 2017

LOS ANGELES - British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran was named the world’s best-selling artist of 2017 on Monday, thanks to his album “Divide” and singles “Shape of You” and “Perfect.”

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Actress Sridevi Kapoor arrives for the gala presentation of “English Vinglish” at the 37th Toronto International Film Festival, September 14, 2012.

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) said that “Divide,” which was released in March 2017, went multiPlatinum in 36 nations.

Sheeran’s pop ballad “Shape of You” was also the best-selling single globally of 2017 and has been certified as multi-Platinum in 32 nations, the organization said.

The IFPI said it was the first time that a recording artist has had both the best-selling album and single

of the year.

Sheeran, 27, first found success in England in 2009 and 2010 by self-releasing his music online.

“Ed is truly an incredible songwriter, vocalist and performer, whose ability to tell stories and make people feel is what stands him out from the crowd,” Max Lousada, chief executive of recorded music for Sheeran’s Warner Music Group record label, said in a statement on Monday.

Sheeran, known for his ginger hair and shy demeanor, delighted fans last month by announcing his engagement to his childhood friend Cherry Seaborn, who he has known since he was 11 years old.

Canadian rapper Drake and his album “More Life” was named the second biggest seller globally for 2017 and the IFPI said Taylor Swift’s “Reputation” was third, despite being released only in November 2017. (rtr)

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A tree covered in snow is seen during a heavy snowfall in Rome, Italy February 26, 2018.

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Freeze engulfs Europe, rare Rome snow disrupts flights ROME - Bitterly cold weather gripped parts of Europe causing travel chaos on Monday, and a rare snow storm in Rome prompted Italian authorities to call in the army to help clear the streets. A Siberian weather system British forecasters dubbed the “beast from the east” brought snow, strong winds and the coldest temperatures for years to many regions.

The freeze was expected to continue for much of the week, and the World Meteorological Organization said daily minimum temperatures below 0 C were expected even in southern Europe.

“This cold period ... could be a risk to life for vulnerable people exposed to the cold,” it said.

Piazza Venezia, Rome’s central square which is usually a cacophony of car horns and a tangle of traffic, was eerily empty, quiet and white as dawn broke. In St. Peter’s Square, priests and seminarians from the Vatican threw snowballs at each other. Near the Colosseum, students skied down

the Oppian Hill.

It was the heaviest snowfall in Rome in six years and the largest for the end of February in decades.

The city, which is not equipped to deal with snow emergencies due to their rarity, asked other areas to send in snow ploughs to help clear roads.

Schools were ordered shut and

many people could not reach their work. Police asked residents to stay at home if possible. Rome’s Fiumicino airport was forced to operate with only one runway during the night, when 10 cm (4 inches) of snow fell in less than four hours. The capital’s second airport, Ciampino, was closed overnight and workers were clearing its two runways.

Italian aviation officials said Ryanair had cancelled all flights to and from Ciampino, its Italian

hub. Most of Italy’s other main airports were open, albeit with flight delays.

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Hundreds of palm-leaf manuscripts digitized

Traffic jam happen to the road leading to Bali Toll.

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Commission III holds a meeting on toll road congestion

DENPASAR - Commission III of the Bali House of Representatives apparently did not want to resolve the congestion problem at the Mandara Bali Toll Road half-heartedly, especially after the underpass project at the Ngurah Rai Statue intersection. Following the working visit to PT. Jasamarga Bali Tol (JBT) and Bank Indonesia of Bali Representative Office, Commission III held a meeting with relevant stakeholders in the parliamentary building on Monday (Feb. 26).

Commission III invited some institutions such as Bali Police Traffic Affairs, Denpasar Police, Bali Transportation Agency, National Road Authority (BBPJN), Angkasa Pura, Bank Indonesia of Bali Representative Office, JBT and Toll Card Providers such as Bank Mandiri, BCA, BNI, BRI, BTN and BPD Bali.

A tense atmosphere had imbued the meeting chiefly when the Commission III asked for traffic engineering.

In this case, the BBPJN that works on the underpass does widening the road at some points. However, BBPJN has not been able to afford due to be constrained by the pipelines of Municipality Waterworks (PDAM) and aviation fuel.

“We must be strict there. Should there be any problem with water pipelines, it must be coordinated quickly with the PDAM. Regarding the aviation fuel pipeline problem, it’s the authority of Angkasa Pura.

Just now, the Angkasa Pura has agreed, it means the problem can be resolved in such a way technologically,” said Secretary of Commission III of the Bali House of Representatives, I Ketut Kariyasa Adnyana, when confirmed after the meeting.

According to Kariyasa, BBPJN in its presentation will indeed accelerate the construction of the bridge on the southern side. But the seriousness of BBPJN is still awaited to reduce the severe congestion occurred,

especially the road section heading for the airport.

Meanwhile, Bali Police Traffic Affairs are said to immediately add personnel to regulate the traffic. It had given alternative way to access by opening toll road so as to reduce congestion.

“In fact, it can be done by discretion. Police have the right to do so and are protected by law because it is an emergency. For the sake of smoothness and avoid long congestion at toll road, it can be opened first for a while without charges,” explained this PDI-P politician.

On the other hand, continued Kariyasa, PT. JBT managing the Mandara Toll Road is said to be ready to add the officers at the toll booth to facilitate the payment because the congestion does not only happen because of the underpass project and the traffic diversion to toll road. Besides, it is caused by the payment process with toll card as there are users that do not carry the card or their card balance runs out.

“Previously, if toll users do not carry a toll card, they are just served at one toll booth. This is also the trigger of the congestion. Now in the emergency case, all the toll booths should be equated,” he added.

Kariyasa added that banks coalesced into the toll card providers will do more disseminations to the public chiefly related to location where people can top up their e-money balance. Meanwhile, Angkasa Pura is said to be ready to make shortcut so there is an alternative pathway to the airport from the Nusa Dua direction. However, the plan prepared for this emergency needs an escort.

“We are committed that this traffic congestion is not good for tourism image. Moreover, Bali is just in the recovery process from Mount Agung eruption. Do not let this congestion bring in bad issue that is not good for Bali tourism. Just now, all the stakeholders have committed and it should be implemented as well as possible and as soon as possible because this is an emergency and short-term plan,” he concluded. (kmb32)

MANGUPURA - Conservation of palm-leaf manuscripts by utilizing digital media continues to be attempted by district government of Badung. At least, 375 pieces of palm-leaf manuscript spreading across Badung have been digitized until 2017.

In addition to digitization, the government through the Culture Agency also records and rewrites damaged palm-leaf manuscripts onto palm-leaf medium.

Head of the Badung Culture Agency, I.B. Anom Bhasma, said the digitalization of palm-leaf manuscripts is one of the efforts to preserve the manuscripts. They are digitizing and translated into three languages namely Balinese, Ancient Java and Bahasa Indonesia. “Without such preservation, the palm-leaf manuscripts will become damaged, so that we digitize them,” said Anom Bhasma, on Monday (Feb. 26).

According to him, the palmleaf manuscripts made into book have been distributed to the public, especially chief of customary village across Badung and higher priests. With the distribution of the manuscripts in the form of books, the younger generation is expected to easily learn the contents of the manuscripts.

“There are no more palm-leaf

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manuscripts as scripture that cannot be read but all such palm-leaf manuscripts can be learned by the community,” he said. This official from Abiansemal said that his agency has completed the Culture Agency building with palm-leaf manuscript library collecting all kinds of such manuscripts. “In the palm-leaf manuscript library, they are available in the form of books, palm-leaf manuscripts and 10 others are inscribed onto copper plate. Anyone can visit our library,” he said.

To be known, the Badung Culture Agency has conducted the auction of information technology expenditure services consultancy, consulting services on the making of palm-leaf manuscript digitalization sourced from regional budget plan (APBD) 2018 worth IDR 135,000,000 and HPS package valued at IDR 134,459,600.

“Many palm-leaf manuscripts are scattered in the community. Therefore, we continue the digitalization program because we are worried about their damage,” he said while adding it has been regularly disseminated to the community in an effort to preserve the palmleaf manuscripts in Badung. (kmb27)

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A Serene Getaway on Nyepi Day at Harper Kuta Bali Hotel

Hari Nyepi or the Day of Silence is the most sacred day for Hindu People in Bali. It is the Caka New Year, Balinese New Year, which falls on the March 17th this year.

During Nyepi, the main restrictions for all people in Bali are no lighting, electricity, entertainment, traveling, and no talking or eating for Hindu People. Nyepi is a day reserved for self-reflection for and a breathe-out day for Earth. On this day, Hindu people will purify their soul by refraining from all worldly

and physical activities.

Nowadays, Nyepi Day has become a special attraction for domestic and foreign tourist to experience the authentic moment in Bali, which allows people to feel revived and reborn in one day.

This year, Harper Kuta Bali Hotel offers a special Nyepi Package at Rp 1.488.000,-++ for 3 days and 2 nights, starting from March 16th to 18th at Superior Room. The package features daily buffet breakfast, 1 time Buffet Lunch and Buf-

fet Dinner at Rustik Bistro & Bar for 2 persons on 17 March 2017, and 10% discount on all treatment at The Spa. Besides, various inhouse activities and selection of Box Office movies will entertain all guests all day.

“If globally we have Earth Hour, we have Nyepi Day in Bali which will temporarily shut Bali off in 24 hours.

Nyepi Day has become a special attraction to many people who are interested to experience the unique moment. With our special package,

Harper Kuta Bali Hotel delivers an authentic experience for all guests in the magical Island of the Gods,” said I Nyoman Bandisa, General Manager of Harper Kuta Bali Hotel.

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ERATO Kawahara Universal Information Network Project’s ‘Luciola’, miniature floating LED light aptly named after fireflies, draws the letter ‘R’ during its demonstration at the University of Tokyo, Japan February 20, 2018. Picture taken February 20, 2018. Picture taken with long exposure.

Japanese scientists invent floating ‘firefly’ light

TOKYO - Japanese engineering researchers say they have created a tiny electronic light the size of a firefly which rides waves of ultrasound, and could eventually figure in applications ranging from moving displays to projection mapping.

Named Luciola for its resemblance to the firefly, the featherweight levitating particle weighs 16.2 mg, has a diameter of 3.5 mm (0.14 inch), and emits a red glimmer that can just about illuminate text.

But its minuscule size belies the power of the 285 microspeakers emitting ultrasonic waves that hold up the light, and have a frequency inaudible to the human ear, allowing Luciola to operate in apparent total silence.

It took two years for Luciola to get this far, said circuit design specialist Makoto Takamiya, a member of the Kawahara Universal Information Network Project that developed the device.

“Ultimately, my hope is that such tiny objects will have smartphone capabilities and be built to float about helping us in our everyday lives in smarter ways,” said the University of Tokyo professor, who hopes it will be commercially viable in five to 10 years.

The developers expect Luciola to find applications in the so-called Internet of Things, in which regular objects, such as cars, or domestic appliances such as air-conditioners, are connected to networks to send and receive data.

Equipped with movement or temperature sensors, Luciola could fly to such objects to deliver a message or help to make moving displays with multiple lights that can detect the presence of humans, or participate in futuristic projection mapping events.

The Kawahara Universal Information Network Project is a government-funded programme that is part of the Japan Science and Technology Agency and explores advances in information and communication technology. (rtr)

dialogue”.

Vector Space Systems did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Boeing said it sent two executives to visit the base.

“Boeing sees this as an exciting time in the space industry as we build rockets for launch, test new spaceships, and develop innovative technologies for keeping humans alive on orbit in deep space,” the world’s top planemaker said.

“International partnerships will play an important role in making that a reality, and we look forward to Brazil’s participation,” Boeing said in a statement.

Boeing is currently seeking to buy Brazil’s Embraer , the world’s third-largest commercial planemaker and the main player in the country’s aerospace industry.

American companies will not be able to launch rockets from Brazil until the South American country signs a Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA) with Washington to protect U.S. intellectual property.

A previous attempt to do so in 2000 was scuttled by the leftist government of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva when he took power in 2003 and has never been ratified by Congress.

Brazilian lawmakers are expected to approve a new TSA that is now being negotiated with the United States.

Jungmann said in addition to U.S. companies that China, Russia, France and Israel were interested in a partnership with Brazil to use the Alcantara site.

Brazil envisions multiple users for the base. (rtr)

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Alcantara’s location makes it attractive because one-fifth less fuel is used to launch satellites into orbit along the equator compared with sites farther north or south.

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Boeing, Lockheed interested in launching rockets from Brazil, minister says

BRASILIA - Brazil’s defense minister said on Thursday that Boeing, Lockheed Martin, SpaceX and other U.S. aerospace companies have expressed interest in launching rockets from its Alcantara military base near the equator and visited the site in December.

“They were very impressed,” Defense Minister Raul Jungmann told reporters. “They showed interest, but I can’t say whether it will materialize.”

Alcantara’s location makes it attractive because one-fifth less fuel is used to launch satellites into orbit along the equator compared with sites farther north or south.

Besides SpaceX, Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co , the Alcantara visit included smaller aerospace U.S. companies Vector Space Systems, which launches small satellites, and Microcosm, which focuses on providing lowcost access to space, an organizer of the trip said.

Rubens Barbosa, a former Brazilian ambassador to the United States who organized the visit to the base, said the U.S. companies were eager to use the Alcantara site.

However, Elon Musk’s SpaceX, fresh off the successful launch this month of the world’s most powerful rocket, said the comments were not correct.

“Reports that SpaceX is interested in launching from Brazil are inaccurate,” spokesman John Taylor said in a statement.

In a statement, Lockheed Martin confirmed a fact-finding trip to Alcantara and Brasilia. “While there are no formal decisions at this time, we look forward to a continued

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NEGARA - Up to these days, the transmission of rabies is still worrying. Some villages in Jembrana have even included into red zone of rabies transmission in 2017. Similarly, the mitigation of rabies in the red zone area remains a priority of related institutions.

Made Sutama

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Revenue Services collect data on SWRO users

MANGUPURA — The district of Badung’s Revenue Services (Bapenda) and Pasedahan Agung of Badung reveal the users of Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO).

In addition to tracing the area of the ITDC Nusa Dua, they are also recording its use in a number of tourism areas such as Kuta, Seminyak and Canggu.

Head of the Badung Bapenda, Made Sutama, explained that a special team has been deployed to track users of SWRO. “We are collecting data in a number of areas to find out which companies are using SWRO”, said Made Sutama on Sunday (Feb. 25).

So far they have found three tourist accommodations that are taking advantage of seawater to make drinking water. “We have found three other companies n the South that are using seawater, but I forget their names”, he said adding that they are continuing to collect data in the field. “This week, I will be checking further into this to see if they are really using SWRO or if they are using groundwater.

This needs to be proven in detail”, he added.

A recent investigation in South Kuta in the ITDC Nusa Dua area, showed that 14 taxpayers were using SWRO but have yet to be taxed for it. There are a number of hotels o the ITDC area that are using SWRO including: St. Regis Bali, Melia Bali, The Laguna Resort and Spa, Bvlgary Hotel, Blue Point Hotel, Indigo Hotel, Westin Hotel, Nusa Dua Hotel, Conrad

Hotel, PT Consolidate Water Bali, Ritz-Carlton Bali Hotel, Club Med Hotel, Sofitel Hotel and Grand Hyatt.

Water treatment service providers of SWRO systems are: Gapura Liqua Mandiri (GLM) based in Bandung and PT Tiara Cipta Mandiri whose head office is on LC Jalan Gatot Subroto, Denpasar. “All the taxpayers using SWRO will be summoned to equate perceptions related to the use of SWRO”, he said.

Sutama further explained that they will continue to track which hotels are using SWRO services in a number of areas. Badung’s Bapenda also plans to install water meters in order to acertain the volume of water being used.

“This is a part of our strategy to increase tax revenues according to our determined target. We are also continuing to track hotels in Badung that are using groundwater”, he concluded.

The targeted revenue from ground water taxes in 2017 was IDR 67.9 billion of which IDR 61.8 billion was collected. For 2018, the Bapenda Badung is aiming for around IDR 88.4 billion representing a increase or IDR 20.4 billion form the target set for 2017. Meanwhile, the ground water tax arrears in 2017 reached IDR 13.1 billion.

Ground water taxpayers from 2016 to 2017 increased by 369. In 2016, it grew to 1,490 and in 2017 grew again to 1,848. This year, the aim is add an addition 400 taxpayers. (kmb27)

Section Head of Disease Observation and Investigation on Animal Health and Public Veterinary Health, Jembrana Agriculture and Food Agency, I Wayan Widarsa, said on Monday (Feb. 26) the tracing was conducted against the positive case of rabies in 2017.

From the records on the rabies carrier animals (HPR), the positive cases in 2017 are admitted to have happened at eight villages in four subdistricts in the red zone which is now the target of tracing by the Denpasar Veterinary Agency.

The vulnerable villages consist of Batuagung in Jembrana subdistrict, Tukadaya and Warnasari in Melaya subdistrict, Penyaringan and Yeh Sumbul in Mendoyo subdistrict as well as Asahduren, Gumbrih and Pangyangan in Pekutatan subdistrict.

His section conducted a search by interviewing the owners of rabies carrier animals in the area of positive bite cases by searching for at least ten samples.

According to him, the search was done to find out the history and journey of positive rabies cases and tracing the origin of the rabies carrier animals in the red zone.

In addition to questionnaire sampling of the rabies

carrier animal owners, there is also a blood sampling of the animals especially the dog in order to know the anti-body titer because according to him if the antibody titer is low then the opportunity of rabies carrier animal to receive and transmit rabies is very high.

According to him, the tracing is also meant as prevention and data collection so that there are valid data on the rabies carrier animals including their vaccination history. He said if the previous vaccination results in the risk area remain low, the vaccination will be carried out intensively.

He admitted there had been a positive rabies case returned to occur in the red zone a few years ago but he thought the chance is very small because the transmission has been suppressed through vaccination and elimination. Besides, it has been provided with awareness dissemination to rabies carrier animal owners in order to always protect their pets.

At the beginning of 2018, his section has sent 14 brain samples of dogs having bitten consisting of 7 samples of last January and 7 samples of this February.

Moreover, one of the samples was taken from the red zone, namely Sari Kuning.

Results of the laboratory test in the Denpasar Veterinary Agency indicated that all samples delivered were negative including those obtained from Sari Kuning.

According to him, the samples sent was taken after the occurrence of bite cases by rabies carrier animal occurring in the risky areas as well as on the bites at risky bodily parts. (kmb)

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If the previous vaccination results in the risk area remain low, the vaccination will be carried out intensively.

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At least 14 dead in Papua New Guinea quake; ExxonMobil shuts LNG plant MELBOURNE - Up to 14 people were killed in landslides and by collapsed buildings during a powerful earthquake in the remote Papua New Guinea highlands, police and a hospital worker said on Tuesday, with unconfirmed reports of up to 30 dead.

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Asperda has prepared more than 1,000 vehicles for the event.

Rent car business will grow in 2018

For IMF-WB, Asperda prepares 1,000 vehicles

DENPASAR — The big event like IMF-WB annual meeting bringing in many important persons from various countries also involves the Association of Local Rent Car Entrepreneurs (Asperda) in the provision of transportation services. Asperda has prepared more than 1,000 vehicles for the event.

Deputy Chairman of Asperda Bali, Ariyanto, said that at this time he has done a lot of coordination related to the readiness of transportation availability. “Asperda has already prepared over 1,000 units to welcome the international event,” he said to National Leadership Meeting of Central and Regional Executive Board of Asperda across Indonesia at Quest Hotel, Denpasar, on Sunday (Feb. 25).

The types of vehicle prepared are in accordance with the demand and in accordance with the standardization. “Our members are ready. Of course, the vehicles are not only

prepared by Asperda Bali itself, but also backed up by other regional executive boards,” he said.

The types of vehicles prepared include Alphard, Camry, et cetera.

However, the matters of the rental price for the IMF – WB event cannot be disclosed because it remains in the negotiation phase. However, the price for Alphard vehicle is IDR 1 million per 12 hours including the driver.

With the implementation of IMF-WB 2018, he is optimistic that rent car business can grow.

Until February 2018, he acknowledged, with promotional support

by local government, the car demand growth increased by about 20 percent from January 2018.

“We compare it to January, not to December. But when compared to December, it is certainly larger in December,” he said.

However, for the Bali region there are several cycles needing to be watched out for including the low season cycle. “It becomes our consideration to provide the units or request the new units,” he said.

Chairman of Central Executive Board of Asperda Indonesia, Harmawan Jeffrivan, said the association of local rent car entrepreneurs

is optimistic to be able to prepare a number of vehicles in an effort to support the IMF-WB 2018 activities. For the meeting, he hoped all the transportation service needs can be shared. “This subject is also discussed in this national leadership meeting aside from the issues related to rent car competition in the era of digitalization,” he said.

Previously, Chairman of Asperda Bali, Paskalis Budy Hartono, said the IMF-WB event taking place in Nusa Dua Bali is a green signal for the Asperda Bali. Transportation especially cars is required during the IMF implementation for smooth operation of guests and ministeriallevel government heads or staff and delegates of the economic advisers.

“Aside from preparation of vehicles by Asperda, the Angkasa Pura

I of Ngurah Rai Airport intends to prepare additional parking space to facilitate a thousand vehicles for the upcoming IMF-WB 2018 event,” he explained.

Hartono also conveyed the large number of vehicle supplies where his association will also be assisted with vehicles from Java and Jakarta.

“But first priority for vehicle provision will be given to the members in Bali. The same conditions also applied during the implementation of APEC Summit 2013,” he added.

The rental price of vehicles for the event that will involve tens of thousands of delegates from 189 countries reaches IDR 1.5 million per day / full day for luxury car.

Meanwhile, regular vehicle (mini bus) costs around IDR 650,000 a day. (kmb)

The 7.5 magnitude quake that rocked the region early on Monday also damaged mining and power infrastructure and led ExxonMobil Corp to shut its $19 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, the country’s biggest export earner.

Two buildings collapsed and along with a landslide killed 12 people in Mendi, the provincial capital of the Southern Highlands, said Julie Sakol, a nurse at Mendi General Hospital, where the bodies were brought to the morgue.

“People are afraid. The shaking is still continuing. There’s nowhere to go but people are just moving around,” she said.

Dozens of aftershocks rattled the area, including a 5.7 quake on Tuesday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

Police in Mendi said 14 people were killed in the initial quake, including three in Poroma, south of Mendi.

“They were killed by landslides destroying families sleeping in their houses,” said Naring Bongi,

a police officer in Mendi.

Provincial Administrator William Bando said more than 30 people were believed to have been killed in the rugged region, about 560 km (350 miles) northwest of the capital, Port Moresby, the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier reported.

The PNG disaster management office said it was verifying the reports but it could take days to confirm a death toll.

With a lack of communications preventing a clear assessment of damage, aid agencies had not yet begun relief efforts, said Udaya Regmi, head of the International Red Cross in Papua New Guinea, in Port Moresby.

“The magnitude of the earthquake is quite huge, so there must be an impact ... but we cannot say how many people are actually affected and what they need,” Regmi said.

ExxonMobil said communications with nearby communities remained down, hampering efforts

Kuta on Monday (Feb. 26).

The beating case occurred at Coco Mart shopping complex, Taman Mumbul, Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai, South Kuta, on Monday at 01:30 local time. A freelance tourist driver, Komang Gede Mudiasa, 29, was beaten by three tourists from China with initials CG, 36, HPY, 31, and ZNN, 34. As a result of the incident, the victim suffered serious injuries and had to be hospitalized.

Chief of South Kuta Criminal Investigation Unit, Andi Yaqin, said the results of research and investigation at 01:30 local time indicated if the victim was handling two female Chinese tourists namely Li Yi Dong and Jia Jing Jing. On the request of his guests, the victim headed to the scene and parked the Suzuki APV vehicle there. “His guests want to shop there,” said Andi.

A few minutes later, came four

male tourists from China and shopping in the same location as well.

Shortly afterwards, the victim saw both guests quarrelling with the perpetrators. The victim immediately approached with the intention to intervene. But no response, instead the perpetrators ganged up the victim.

The perpetrators hit and ganged up the victim with his hand and threw him with a paving block. As a result of the incident, the victim suffered injuries

and rescued by people at the location.

Based on the medical examination, the victim suffered a torn wound on the right eyebrow, lower right eyelid and lump at back head.

“At that time, the perpetrators were alleged to be under the influence of alcohol. They were offended at the victim’s warning while seducing his female guests. We have arrested the perpetrators at subdistrict police station,” added Andi. (kmb36)

to assess damage to its facilities that feed the PNG LNG plant.

“Communications continue to be one of the most significant challenges,” the company said in

an emailed statement.

Its partner, Oil Search, said a review of all of its facilities and infrastructure would take at least a week, and an industry source told

Reuters that the Exxon plant will likely be shut at least seven days.

Miners Barrick Gold Corp and Ok Tedi Mining also reported damage to infrastructure. (rtr)

South Korean prosecutors seek 30 years’ jail for ousted Park as supporters demand her release

More and more foreigners involved in criminal cases, highest in theft MANGUPURA - Criminal cases involving foreign citizens in Bali increased in 2017, primarily as perpetrators. They (8 people) mostly are involved in criminal cases especially in theft cases. Meanwhile, 15 foreigners are involved as perpetrators.

The number is estimated to continually grow this year with the arrest of dozens of Chinese citizen. The latest case is the beating involvomg three foreign tourists in the area of South

BERNARD JAMES MCQUEEN /via REUTERS

Areas affected by landslides are seen after a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake, in Hela, Papua New Guinea February 26, 2018 in this picture obtained from social media. Picture taken February 26, 2018.

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Supporters of former South Korean president Park Geunhye protest in front of a court after prosecutors sought a 30 year jail term for the ousted president in Seoul, South Korea February 27, 2018.

SEOUL - South Korean prosecutors on Tuesday sought a 30-year jail term for former President Park Geun-hye who was ousted last year amid an influence-peddling scandal as supporters braved the winter cold outside the Seoul court demanding her immediate release.

Park, 66, was dismissed in March after being impeached and is standing trial on charges of bribery, abuse of power and coercion in a case that rocked the country’s business and political elite. She denies wrongdoing.

The prosecution’s recommendation came two weeks after Choi Soon-sil, a longtime friend of Park who was at the centre of the scandal, was jailed for 20 years for taking bribes from “chaebol”, or conglomerates, including electronics powerhouse Samsung and retail giant Lotte.

Prosecutors are also seeking a 118.5 billion won ($127.1

million) fine for Park, who has been detained since March 31 last year.

Park Seung-gil, a lawyer representing the former president, tearfully pleaded before Seoul Central District Court for mercy, saying Park had tried her hardest in leading the country “day and night”.

Park’s trial began in May and a verdict is expected on April 6 in a case that brought scrutiny to the cosy ties between South Korea’s political leaders and its largest chaebol, the so-called “Republic of Samsung”. “(Park) brought a national crisis by letting a person who has never been involved in state management rule the country,” a prosecutor said.

“She and Choi took tens of billions of won in bribes and yet denied her crimes and obstructed efforts to establish the truth.”

Receiving bribes carries a

penalty of up to life in jail.

Hundreds of supporters gathered outside the court, proclaiming Park’s innocence.

“Immediately release our president,” they chanted.

The Liberty Korea Party, a conservative opposition party formerly led by Park, condemned the call for jail.

“What the prosecution is demanding is harsher than the death penalty,” the party said in a statement.

Seoul Central District Court had also sentenced Shin Dongbin, chairman of the country’s fifth-largest conglomerate, Lotte Group, to two years and six months in prison in the same case.

Seoul High Court suspended a prison sentence for Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee in early February - a surprise decision that sent shockwaves through political and business circles. (rtr)

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BUSINESS

Economy minister Brigitte Zypries stuck to Berlin’s position that Geely’s swoop was a business matter, but said Germany’s openness must not be not exploited by other countries.

Geely, which owns rival Swedish carmaker Volvo, is pushing Daimler for access to know-how in electric and autonomous cars.

On Wednesday, a German parliamentary committee will question government officials on whether Geely has violated disclosure rules and whether loopholes in securities trading law need to be closed, the Stuttgarter Zeitung and Stuttgarter Nachrichten newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Germany tightened its rules on foreign takeovers last year, the first European Union country to do so, after a series of deals saw China gain access to high-tech know-how, while attempts by German companies to buy full control of Chinese rivals remains prohibited.

Although under German law, the government can only intervene if a threshold of 25 percent is exceeded, investors must abide by market rules, Zypries said in interviews with Daimler’s home-town newspaper Stuttgarter Zeitung and Handelsblatt newspaper.

Geely revealed its 9.7 percent stake in Daimler on Friday, surprising the

market as it had not disclosed having crossed regulatory thresholds of 3 and 5 percent.

Financial and markets regulator Bafin, which oversees the proper disclosure of stakes said it was investigating whether there had been any breach of disclosure rules, which can result in fines of 10 million euros or more.

The Chinese carmaker first approached Daimler in November and asked it to issue shares so it could buy a stake, as well as for access to battery technology to help set up an electric car joint venture in Wuhan, China.

Daimler, which employs 289,000 people, declined to do a deal as it had reservations about a new industrial alliance for fear of alienating its existing Chinese joint venture partner BAIC , a person familiar with the carmaker’s thinking said.

Daimler and BAIC on Sunday said they were planning to co-invest more than 11.9 billion yuan ($1.88 billion) to build a new local production base.

“Daimler has already rejected Geely’s overtures once, and Daimler execs we spoke with argue it’s simply not clear what Geely could offer Mercedes,” Bernstein Research analyst Robin Zhu said in a note.

November by enlisting Dirk Notheis, the former Chief Executive of Morgan Stanley in Germany and Yi Bao, a former CEO of Morgan Stanley Huaxin Securities, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Notheis, who declined comment, and Yi Bao, who could not be reached, devised a way for Geely to build a significant stake in Daimler using aggressive takeover tactics which German regulators had sought to quash.

Geely worked with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, which declined to comment on Monday, to help secure a 9.69 percent voting stake using derivatives to help skirt disclosure requirements, two people familiar with the deal told Reuters.

Mercedes-Benz executives in Stuttgart were at first caught off guard by the approach, but welcomed Geely in meetings on Monday to see how to “constructively discuss” industry changes.

Zhejian Geely Holding also owns several other carmakers including Sweden’s Volvo Cars, London’s black-cab maker LEVC and its own Geely Automobile Holdings. It has agreed to buy a $3.3 billion stake in Volvo Trucks.

STEALTH RAID Geely responded to the rejection in

KNOCK-ON IMPACT The first sign of wider ramifica-

Desamuda Village

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tions from Geely’s move on Daimler surfaced on Monday as Volvo Trucks dropped the chief executive of Geely’s Volvo Cars from its board, citing competition concerns with rival Daimler.

And EU trade ministers will meet this week to discuss a range of issues including how better to protect strategically important European companies from unwanted investors.

Germany’s DIHK chambers of industry and commerce representing 3.6 million companies in Europe’s largest economy welcomed Geely’s actions.

“In principle, it is an honour that foreign investors take interest in German companies,” Volker Treier, the DIHK’s head of foreign trade was

quoted by Stuttgarter Zeitung and Stuttgarter Nachrichten as saying.

Several major deals during 2017 raised German sensitivities about multi-billion euro foreign takeovers, notably Chinese home appliance maker Midea Group buying German robotics firm Kuka, and Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing’s buying German metering firm Ista.

“The events of last Friday are the latest demonstrations of China’s growing confidence and assertiveness, growing desire to impose its will on global affairs, and growing willingness to exploit the German OEMs’ heavy reliance on Chinese profits,” Bernstein Research said. (rtr)

World stocks hit 3-week highs before new Fed chief’s debut LONDON - World stocks rose to three-week highs on Tuesday, helped by a decline in borrowing costs ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s first testimony before the United States Congress later in the day.

The MSCI All-Country World Index, was up 0.1 percent and set for its third straight day of gains after hitting its highest level since Feb. 5. Though the index remains down over 2 percent for February, it has recovered more than two thirds of the losses sustained in the wake of a drastic selloff early this month.

After gains in opening deals, European shares turned red, with the pan-European STOXX 600 down 0.1 percent. Britain’s FTSE 100 was up 0.1 percent.

Japan’s Nikkei rose 1.1 percent to three-week highs while MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan also hit a three-week high before giving up gains on profittaking in Chinese shares.

On Wall Street, the S&P 500 advanced 1.18 percent on Monday helped by a fall in U.S. bond yields.

The 10-year U.S. Treasuries yield eased to 2.866 percent, dropping further from its four-year peak of 2.957 percent touched on Feb. 21, driven by month-end buying as well as position adjustments ahead of Powell’s testimony.

Powell’s debut appearance is seen as critical for financial markets at a time when many investors are nervous about the Fed’s policy normalisation

following years of stimulus after the financial crisis almost a decade ago.

Many investors expect the Fed to raise interest rates three times this year, with some pundits predicting four, if U.S. inflation starts to take off, especially as growth is set to get another boost from the Trump administration’s tax cuts and spending plans.

Yet, there are worries higher dollar bond yields could prompt investors to shift funds to bonds from riskier assets, especially when the valuation of the world’s stocks are quite expensive even after their sell-off earlier this month.

The two-year U.S. Treasuries yield was 2.226 percent, well above the dividend yield of the S&P 500, which stood at 1.88 percent.

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Desamuda Village, feels like home

The Geely Automobile Holdings logo is pictured at the Auto China 2016 auto show in Beijing, China April 25, 2016.

A rise in dollar interest rates could also bode ill for potential borrowers, including U.S. home buyers and many companies that have expanded borrowing for years to take advantage of low dollar funding costs.

“The market is a little bit cautious ahead of this speech, but we think he (Powell) is likely to stress the continuity of monetary policy...because it wouldn’t be in his interest to have any major market reactions - that would make his job more difficult,” said Commerzbank currency strategist Anje Praefcke.

“What he’s likely to state is what we’ve seen in the FOMC (Federal Open Markets Committee) minutes: that the outlook for the U.S. economy has improved considerably, short-

term, and that both wages and consumer price inflation have recently surprised on the upside.” Against a basket of currencies, the dollar traded 0.1 percent lower.

Elsewhere in currencies, the euro traded at $1.2334, up 0.1 percent, but off its three-year high of $1.2556 hit earlier this month.

Fed funds rate futures were almost fully pricing in a rate hike at the Fed’s next policy meeting on March 20-21.

“Expectations that Powell will be sensitive to financial markets appear to be running high. But he hasn’t said he will sacrifice policy normalisation for the sake of financial markets. I feel there is room for disappointment in markets,” said Hiroko Iwaki, senior bond strategist at Mizuho Securities.(rtr)

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Mouse Cremation at Bedha Village, How Does the Ceremony Look Like?

China’s Geely raid on Daimler reignites German know-how fears

BERLIN/FRANKFURT - Automaker Geely’s purchase of a $9 billion stake in Mercedes maker Daimler rekindled fears in Germany on Monday of its highly-prized expertise falling into Chinese hands.

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Wishing to feel the real atmosphere of Bali? Once upon a time, you can try the convenient stay at Desamuda Village, an accommodation in the form of villa located on Jalan Raya Basangkasa No.30A, Seminyak, Kuta, Badung district. It is located in the heart of Seminyak, about 35 minutes’ drive from Ngurah Rai International Airport, very close to various shopping malls and entertainment centers and only about 10 minutes from the beach.

Desamuda Village has 28 villas consisting of one-bedroom villa, twobedroom villa, three-bedroom villa and deluxe pool villa or often called honeymoon villa. All villa units have beautiful garden. Each villa offers a kitchenette and private bathroom coming with shower facilities and a bathtub while some villas have private pool. Staying in the room will really feel comfortable because it has a flat-screen TV and DVD player.

Atmosphere of the villas is cool and beautiful. Various rare tropical plants functioned as shady plants can create a sense of beauty. Modern Balinese-style architecture and décor come with a thatched roof. Although each villa has compound wall, all dwellers will feel like in one family. It is inseparable from the intelligence of villa employees and staff in providing services.

If wishing to maintain wellness,

guests can take advantage of spa services, a gazebo and two outdoor pools to relax. When relaxing, simply take advantage of Ricetable Restaurant offering a variety of Indonesian, Asian and European dishes. For those who like drinking, they can enjoy various drinks at the bar as well as free Wi-Fi access. “We are also ready to provide airport transfer for free as well as free drop off services from Seminyak to Kuta area,” said General Manager, Bayu P. Hermani.

Staying at Desamuda Village, guests will feel the nuances of a strong Eastern culture. Each room is decorated with traditional and modern paintings. Especially in the lobby area, there is a Javanese puppet in combination with Balinese paintings. “We deliberately highlight the Indonesian arts. By that way, inhouse guests will really feel if they are in Bali and Indonesia in general,”

he added.

Bayu P. Hermani said that Desamuda Village is targeting the Australian market, but remains open to other markets. Today, the Australian market dominates, about 60 percent, while the rest comes from Korea, Japan, China, India and other countries. This villa prepares Laundry & Dry Cleaning Service in cooperation with third parties. “We have repeated guests from Australia. They usually come every three months, or four months or once a year,” he explained.

Meanwhile, the relationship of villa to surrounding environment, added Bayu P. Hermani, runs very well. Moreover, some local people are the villa employees, so that the local cultural character stays to be well maintained. “We always work with local people, both in maintaining the environment and the villa itself,” he concluded. (kmb)

Bali Island retains a number of unique things. For instance, Balinese people have a tradition of fighting against mouse pests. Dubbed as the rice granary region of ??Bali, Tabanan district surely has an extensive agricultural land. A number of challenges are often faced by local farmers.

For instance, mouse attack threatens the yields of agricultural production. To overcome such pest attack, some villages in Tabanan district still uses traditional method of mass hunting. Not only that, the ceremony of mereteka merana or mouse cremation is still done especially by subak members in the area of Bedha customary village, Tabanan. This ceremony is still closely related to the safety and fertility of plants, especially paddy.

The mouse cremation has been frequently done at Bedha customary village and has been regarded as local custom. Moreover, this ceremony is held in the holy place namely Penataran Bale Agung, Puseh Temple of Bedha. Moreover, after the ceremony it has proved to provide real evidence for the life of farmers. “Until now, the tradition of mouse cremation in Bedha remains to exist, but it’s only done if there is an uncontrolled mouse pest attacks in paddy fields,” said chief of Bedha customary village, I Nyoman Surata.

The ceremony, said Surata, aims to purify the soul of pests so as to return to its origin and does not re-incarnate to the earth as a pest that damage all types of plants on earth, especially paddy plants. “Thus, it is unlike cremation on Pitra Yadnya but when there is an uncontrolled pest attack, so farmers always face harvest failure. The mouse also called as Jero Ketut is cremated like in ngaben ceremony. After being cremated, the mice collected from mass hunting (through fumigation) in the fields are floated to the sea,” he explained.

He added that at Bedha village such ceremonies are often organized when mice and other pests have caused an extraordinary disturbance and cannot be controlled. This last mouse cremation ceremony was held in 2009 involving subak groups in Tabanan district under the coordination of Sedahan Agung of Tabanan. Interestingly, after the mouse cremation, the plants have never been attacked by pests until now. (kmb)

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Plecing Gonda

Wow It’s Quite Delicious Vegetable

Speaking about Balinese traditional culinary traditions will never end. One of the menus having not been widely known is plecing gonda (gooseweed with hot spices).

However, in one region, this type of green vegetable sometimes becomes favorite food. Moreover, it is processed in a simple manner.

It just needs to be boiled and then mixed with tomato seasoning and fried onion to make the taste very delicious. It offers typical and

tempting aroma.

Plecing gonda has become a typical food for Balinese community.

This vegetable menu is very close to farmers living in countryside.

Other than easy to get the ingredient, the preparation is also easy.

Simply fill with spices in the form of garlic, chili, large chili peppers, tomatoes, shrimp paste, lemon and salt to taste, plecing gonda is already tasted different from other vegetables.

The preparation is not too complicated. Ingredient in the form of gonda is boiled until cooked.

All spices are cleaned, pulverized until subsequently fried, except for lemon. Well, the serving of gonda having been boiled is spiced and then mixed until finely blended.

To give a distinctive taste, it can be provided with grated kaffir lime.

Other than by boiling, this gooseweed vegetable can also be cooked by stir-frying. Optionally, it

can also be roasted and then given seasoning like salt, chili and coconut oil (traditionally processed).

Such cooking method was usually performed by farmers that have completed their work in the fields.

When they arrive home, they usually carry a handful of gooseweed. This vegetable is processed as above and then eaten with the family.

Gonda plants are very close to farmers’ life in Bali, especially farmers in Tabanan, right in Ole

hamlet, Marga Dauh Puri, Marga subdistrict. This type of plant is actually a weed plant, but taken advantage by farmers as a daily food. It is planted on the sidelines of paddy plants (by intercropping), so it does not require a large area.

Harvest time is also very short namely about 20-25 days. The color is green. It does not need to be sprayed with chemicals, so the gonda is free from chemicals. (kmb)

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Comcast challenges Murdoch with $31 billion offer to buy Sky

LONDON - Comcast Corp, the biggest cable operator in the United States, offered on Tuesday to pay $31 billion to buy Sky, challenging Rupert Murdoch’s Fox and Bob Iger’s Walt Disney for the European pay-TV jewel.

Comcast, a $184 billion media giant which owns NBC and Universal Pictures, said it was offering 12.50 pounds per share, significantly higher than the 10.75 pounds per share agreed by Fox. Shares in Sky soared 18 percent.

Present in 23 million homes across Europe and known

for its technological innovation, Britain’s Sky has already agreed to be sold to Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox but the takeover has been delayed by concerns over the media tycoon’s influence in Britain.

That has complicated a separate $52 billion deal by Disney to buy Fox assets including Sky. “Sky and Comcast are a perfect fit: we are both leaders in creating and distributing content,” Comcast Chief Executive Officer Brian L. Roberts, 58, said. “We think Sky is an outstanding company.”

The latest round of major deals indicates the pressures being felt by traditional cable television networks which have been losing customers to streaming services like Netflix Inc and Amazon.com Inc..

MEDIA RIVALRIES

REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo

Brian Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Comcast, participates in a panel discussion at the 2015 Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco, California November 3, 2015.

Freeze...

From page 1 The weather brought chaos to Italy’s rail network. Most express trains heading north from Rome and Naples faced at least three hours of delays. The chill engulfed much of the country, with the harshest temperatures recorded in the Alps in the Valle d’Aosta, where a low of -34.9 C was recorded early on Monday.

In Brussels, authorities said homeless people sleeping in parts of the city would be detained overnight if they refused shelter, to protect them from sub-zero temperatures this week. Temperatures in Brussels are set to fall to as low as -10 degrees Celsius (14 F) in the coming week, with strong winds adding a further chill factor. Campaign groups estimate there are more than 3,000 homeless people in the Brussels

Shares in Sky rose to 13.08 pounds as investors hoped the ensuing bid battle would push both sides to offer a higher price.

“The initial share price reaction suggests that this story has further to run, with Sky’s price leaping above the level of the already increased Comcast offer,” said Richard Hunter, Head of Markets at Interactive Investor.

The proposed offer pits Comcast’s Roberts against Murdoch, the 86-year-old tycoon who helped to launch Sky in Britain, and who has been edging towards finally getting his hands on Sky after he first bid for the company eight years ago.

It also pits Roberts against Disney’s Iger, a long time rival after Comcast tried to buy Disney for $54 billion in 2004.

Comcast said it had not yet engaged with Sky over the proposal and nearly 90 minutes after the statement came out, Sky was yet to respond.

“We would like to own the whole of Sky and we will be looking to acquire over 50 percent of the Sky shares,” Comcast CEO Roberts said.

“Innovation is at the heart of what we do: by combining the two companies we create significant opportunities for growth,” he said. (rtr)

region.

In Germany temperatures plunged to their lowest so far this winter with a low of -27.5 degrees centigrade recorded at the Zugspitze, Germany’s highest mountain. But even in the ordinarily more temperate coastal climes, temperatures were well below zero on Monday, according to the German Weather Service.

Heavy snow left thousands in western Bulgaria without power, disrupting transport and shutting down schools, prompting the Balkan country’s authorities to warn people to refrain from travelling. Dozens of villages were left without electricity.

Roads were blocked while flights in and out of Sofia Airport were cancelled. Schools in several municipalities were closed and strong winds closed the Black Sea port of Burgas.

Some trains were cancelled or delayed due to the weather in Britain, where authorities said the country

faced the coldest period for a number of years, with forecasts of snow and temperatures falling to minus 8 Celsius (46.4 F). Transport is expected to be badly hit when more severe weather strikes on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Frank Saunders, Met Office Chief Operational Meteorologist, said daytime temperatures would struggle to rise above freezing this week. Public Health England advised family and neighbours of the elderly to check they were ok.

The cold snap triggered a jump in power prices in France, a country still largely reliant on electric heating, though price moves in Germany were less pronounced.

French power grid operator RTE said there was no risk to French electricity supply. Nonetheless, state utility EDF said it was delaying planned maintenance outages at two nuclear reactors by a week. (rtr)

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German court to rule on city bans for diesel cars

BERLIN - Germany’s top administrative court will decide on Tuesday whether cities in Europe’s biggest auto market can ban diesel cars, potentially wiping hundreds of million of euros off the value of up to 12 million vehicles.

Since Volkswagen was found in 2015 to be cheating on emissions tests in the United States, diesel emissions containing toxic nitrogen oxide (NOx) which causes respiratory disease, have come under close scrutiny.

The environmental lobby DUH sued Stuttgart and Duesseldorf to force them to implement driving bans, after about 70 German cities were found to exceed European Union NOx limits.

“Once it is clear there will be driving bans the car industry will end its resistance against technical upgrades,” DUH managing director Juergen Resch told public broadcaster Bayern 2.

The states of Baden-Wuerttemberg and North Rhine-Westphalia have appealed against the bans, leaving the federal administrative court in Leipzig to rule on their legality.

The Leipzig tribunal was expected to announce its decision at 1100 GMT after Judge Andreas Korbmacher delayed a verdict on Thursday amid speculation that the European Court of Justice could be consulted over the matter.

German auto safety group ADAC advised potential buyers of diesel cars to wait for the verdict, adding that how the government handled its consequences could influence decisions.

ADAC said carmakers should bear any costs of upgrading old diesel models.

Fiat Chrysler plans to cut diesel from its passenger cars by 2022, the Financial Times reported on

Monday and Barclays forecast the share of diesel cars in overall vehicle production in Europe by 2025 could be cut to 27 percent from 52 percent in 2015.

EXTREMELY POLLUTED

Germany’s government and the auto industry have been seeking to avert driving bans. Carmakers have pledged to overhaul software on 5.3 million diesel cars and are offering trade-in incentives for older models to help improve air quality.

But environmental groups have lobbied for cars with Euro-6 and Euro-5 emissions standards to get hardware updates.

The government has begun work on legal changes to permit driving bans on certain routes on an emergency basis, transport ministry documents seen by Reuters showed.

It is also considering making public transport free in cities suffering from poor air quality. This is backed by the opposition Green Party which wants 8 billion euros ($9.9 billion) of annual public diesel subsidies used to pay for it.

Annalena Baerbock, co-leader of the Greens, said she could foresee driving bans on some roads.

“If that has to be the final step to ensure the right for clean air, we will of course help to implement it,” she told public broadcaster Deutschlandfunk.

If diesel bans are allowed, cities will probably target models with older emission controls. Of the 15 million diesel cars on Germany’s roads, only 2.7 million have the latest Euro-6 technology, data by the KBA motor vehicle watchdog showed.

Retrofits would be costly and an outright ban could slash resale prices, which are used to price leasing and finance contracts. (rtr)

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Greenpeace environmental activists protest in front of Germany’s Federal Administrative Court before it decides whether German law provides a legal basis for cities to ban diesel cars to help reduce air pollution, in Leipzig, Germany February 27, 2018. The placards read: “Health risk.”

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Two Chinese crew fined over illegal fishing

KUPANG - Two suspects in the case of illegal fishing by a Chinese fishing ship in eastern Indonesian waters have been sentenced to a fine, head of fisheries and marine resource surveillance station in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, Mubarak, said.

“The fine was a court decision made by the judge in the district court of Kupang following a session on Thursday,” he said here on Tuesday.

He said Weng Zhi Yi and Li Zhaofeng were each fined Rp100 million.

He said they were not imprisoned as has been demanded by the prosecutor because they were not caught violating Article 129 of the Fisheries Law and UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea).

The evidence in the form of a 598 GT ship has been confiscated by the state. “It was not destroyed

because it still has economic benefit,” Mubarak said.

He said the two defenfants had accepted the sentence while the prosecutor still had yet to decide if they would accept it.

The case emerged after their ship was caught fishing illegally in Indonesia`s exclusive economic zone bordering Timor Leste at the end of November 2017.

The fisheries and marine resources surveillane station in Kupang arrested 21 crew members along with their ship and fish catch weighing around 30 tons that have now been auctioned off.

Two of the crew who were the skipper and chief engineer were named suspects and had been judicially processed.

The rest of the crew had been sent back to their regions of origin.(ant)

House speaker condemns intensive bombardments in Eastern Ghouta

JAKARTA - House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo has expressed his strong condemnation over the intensive aerial bombardments carried out by the Syrian regime forces in the besieged area of Eastern Ghouta.

“I express my deep sorrow for the death and injuries,” Soesatyo stated here on Monday.

The attack has resulted in more than 500 civilian deaths and extensive damage to infrastructures, such as hospitals and clinics. Meanwhile, more than 2.5 thousand civilians have been injured.

The speaker urged all parties to comply with the UN Security Council Resolution 2268 of 2018 by ending the bloodshed in Eastern Ghouta. “The United Nations should be able to stop the war, in an effort to allow access to emergency humanitarian aid and medical evacuations,” he remarked.

Reuters earlier reported that the fighting has continued in Syria since Saturday?s Security Council resolution calling for a 30-day ceasefire. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that it would not apply to the army?s battle with

“terrorists” in eastern Ghouta.

Health authorities in eastern Ghouta have revealed that several people had suffered symptoms consistent with chlorine gas exposure, resulting in the death of one child.

Lavrov explained that the allegations, which state that the Syrian government was responsible for any chemical attack, were aimed at sabotaging the truce.

“Eastern Ghouta cannot wait, it is high time we stop this hell on earth,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, calling for implementation of the 30-day ceasefire.

Syrian President Bashar alAssad, backed by Russia and Iran, has steadily clawed back control of areas where his opponents rose up against his rule in 2011. Eastern Ghouta is the last major insurgent stronghold near Damascus, the seat of his power.

Fighting is raging elsewhere in Syria too, as Turkey presses its offensive against a Kurdish militia in Afrin, rival rebel groups fight each other in Idlib, and a US-led coalition targets Islamic State in the east. (ant)

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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde looks on during an IMF conference in Jakarta, Indonesia February 27, 2018.

IMF chief says growth strong but countries must prepare for change

WASHINGTON - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday the global economy was showing broad-based growth, but the landscape was shifting with heightened risks of trade disputes, monetary policy normalization and technological change.

Lagarde, speaking to an IMF conference in Jakarta in preparation for the Fund’s annual meetings in Bali in October, said the IMF was expecting global growth to reach 3.9 percent in 2018 and 2019. This is unchanged from the IMF’s forecast in January and up from 3.7 percent in 2017.

She said ASEAN countries were preparing for higher interest rates in advanced economies such

as the United States and Europe, but cautioned that policymakers need to stay vigilant about its effect on financial stability and volatile capital flows.

“We have known for some time that this is coming, but it remains uncertain as to how exactly it will affect companies, jobs and incomes,” Lagarde said in prepared remarks.

ASEAN countries need to embrace new growth models that put a greater emphasis on domestic demand, regional trade and economic diversification and prepare for technological changes such as automation and artificial intelligence.

While these could eliminate some jobs, it was important for countries to boost efforts to educate workers to better prepare them to take advantage of new technologies. (rtr)

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Piling Kawan Hot Spring, New Gunung Lebah Temple Tourist Attraction in Tabanan GIANYAR - Gunung Lebah Temple is a historic temple which stands on a protruded rock in Ubud.

The temple was built in the 8th century and is popular tourist atTABANAN - When traction.

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Springs Spa about & Resort at Penatahan Located 2kms west of village, YehUbud Panesmarket, Belulang at Bethe popular Gunung lulang Temple village, Yeh Panes Angsri at Lebah is associated with Angsri village welltourist as Yeh Panes the origins ofasthe town Piling at Piling Kawan preUbud.

Enthralled by village, the picturciselyvalley at Subak Desa, Taman esque andUma the soothing waSari,of Piling village, ters the Kawan two rivers, thePenebel High subdistrict.

Priest Rsi Markendya decided to Yeha Panes is relatively build templePiling on the grounds, new asis it is newly to which today knownintroduced as Pura Guthe general nung Lebah.public, although it has existed from a long time ago.

This The temple, which remains spiritual objectawas in open 24 hours day,discovered allows both 1972 byand local society on located on visitors pilgrims a quest for a deeper meaning. To get to the temple, visitors need to access Jl Raya Campuan as the temple is off this road. For the best views, it is advisable to visit the temple in the morning. At this time, the temple is not packed with tourists, and you can enjoy the solitude for a moment or two of reflection.

On arrival, visitors are asked to donate at the temple as part of entrance fees (usually between 10,000-20,000 IDR is appropriate).

Visitors must ensure that they wear land owned byknees Nyoman athe sarong to cover and Sutana, ankles. the land inherited from his parents.

Also make sure that shoulders and “This hotare spring continues midriffs covered.

If youtodoflow. not After your arriving downstream, it have ownatsarong, you can is utilized paddy fields. hire one at to theirrigate entrance for around Now, many 15,000 IDR.people take advantage it to bathe,” Nyoman Like mostsaid of the ancient Sutana. temples In the beginning, the hot spring in Ubud, Pura Gunung Lebah is was only known to local people for beautifully set among lush natural bathing.It’s However, afterbythe story settings. surrounded bamboo of wordwith to mouth, the Piling hot forests, the Campuhan River spring becomes tourist flowing below it.a spiritual It’s positioned attraction, a place away for skin mediat a good distance from the cationroad in addition cleaning the main and at atolow elevation. bodytemple from isdirt.

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It is meant to become ing their prayers.

The temple has a tourist attraction in close spiritual ties to and Baturbrings Temple visitors,” he said. in the namesake mountain. Batur is around a 90-minute drive up north in the central highlands. Gunung Lebah itself honours the goddess of Batur, and is tribute to the deified founding ancestors of Ubud. The temple complex comprises three courtyards. You can easily enter the first outer courtyard and admire its Balinese temple features. You’ll

instantly see the towering shrines of the ‘Padmasana’ from the centre. The two inner courtyards are usually open during ceremonies.

However, you can try your luck Arrangement and management anytime while paying close atof the new tourist attraction is tention to proper temple attire (a entrusted his son, Wayan sarong andtosash around yourMediwaist astra, in accordance with tourism at a minimum).

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5 meters and a depthalso of company Dancers 120 cm.prepare In addition, there are five usually to perform here.

A showers Bale having natural materials majestic Kulkul tower houses andtemple’s atmosphere.

“People whocomusuthe wooden bell. The ally bathe this location calm plex’s mainatshrines featurecan varying down the of mind soak to treat numbers roofand tiers.

There are skin resting diseases,” he explained. also pavilions for devotees. facilities Lebah availYouThis cansupporting find Pura Gunung able include three spacious bathtemple at the eastern end of Ubud’s rooms (include changing room). landmark Campuhan bridge.

You Meanwhile, of can easily seethe the management towering shrines this the hot courtyard spring poolthrough was just and theestabhigh lished three area foliage frommonths above.ago.

It’sThis possible continues to beto arranged, so that it to walk down the temple from most of the hotels in the immediate area. The closest is the Warwick Ibah Luxury Villas & Spa. The pathway to the right of the temple leads you down to the scenic Campuhan Ridge Walk. You can enjoy a pleasant light trek or a refreshing jog with lush green views over the Campuhan valley on this trail. (net)

looks more beautiful. Cool nature and clean area is embellished with beautiful plants. “Most visitors bathing in this place are local people, but there are also foreign tourists. Visitors are crowded on weekend and other public holidays,” he said.

To use the existing facilities, visitors are subject to sincere donation. As located in the subak area,

visitors wishing to shower must be ready to go through a muddy and slippery subak pathway. Visitors must walk along 100 meters from the parking lot. However, visitors will not feel tired because in every leaps of the journey can see beautiful panorama of paddy fields, while being entertained by the sounds of nature and greeted by native animals to paddy fields. (kmb)

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Wednesday, February27, 28,2018 2018 Tuesday, February

South Korea brings curtain down on ’Peace Games’ Brendon Hartley of Toro Rosso during testing.

PYEONGCHANG - South Korea brought the curtain down on its “Peace Games” on Sunday, with winter sports athletes dancing and singing together at a vibrant closing ceremony, though there was little warmth between dignitaries from the United States and North Korea.

South Korea President Moon Jae-in, who hopes to use these Games as an opportunity to engage with the North, warmly greeted U.S. President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka before offering a brief handshake to North Korean delegation leader Kim Yong Chol.

Despite the cool body language, Moon’s efforts may be bearing fruit. The South’s presidential office said on Sunday that members of the North Korean delegation had expressed the North’s openness to talks with the United States.

Trump sat front and centre, beside Moon’s wife, while North Korea’s Kim was seated a row behind, decked out in a long black jacket and furry hat. Sitting two seats along from him was General Vincent Brooks, the commander of U.S. Forces Korea.

Kim’s appearance at the closing ceremony has been greeted with outrage by some in South Korea. The former North Korean intelligence chief is accused of having been behind a deadly 2010 attack on a South Korean warship.

South Korean protesters tried to block Kim’s motorcade to the closing ceremony earlier in the day.

Despite the divisions and distrust between the two Koreas, they agreed to have their athletes march together at both the opening and closing ceremonies under a banner of unification. They also fielded a unified women’s ice hockey team.

REUTERS/Albert Gea International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach paid tribute to the athletes, saying they were an example to the world.

Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull Racing during testing.

“You have shown how sport brings people together in our fragile world; you have shown how sport builds bridges,” he said. “The IOC will continue this Olympic dialogue, even after we extinguish the Olympic flame.

Toro“In Rosso Newdriven Zealander “We havefuture.” used that knowledge BARCELONA - Toro Rosso began their new Formula One well. I am convinced that Honda has this,have we are by our faith in the Hartley and Frenchman this year on reliability partnership with Honda in optimistic fashion on Monday, the capacity and the know-how to Brendon During his speech, Bach invitedfor several athletes to join himand on perstage, Gasly asSouth their driver line-up, formance as well,” heYun said,Sung-bin, adding with team principal Franz Tost looking forward to proving the develop the engine and that we will Pierre including Korea’s gold medallist skeleton rider be where we all expect to be.” bothNorth startingKorean their first full seasons. thatTae theOk, engine concept remained figure skater Ryom American skier Lindsey doom-mongers wrong.

The Austrian added that Honda Hartley was the first on track on unchanged.

Vonn and Tongan flag carrier Pita Taufatofua.

Honda’s engine has been the least Bull-owned Toro Rosso leaving had made great progress in terms of Monday, queuing at the exitupon the Toro Rosso seventh overallin Bach signed off pit by lane calling youth of were the world to gather reliable and slowest on the starting the French manufacturer to become reliability and performance. “we are to get the session of thein2022 2017.

But with a manufacturer Beijing in fourstarted years’ahead time for Winter Games. grid for the past three seasons, with Honda’s sole partner. all looking forward to the season,” all the rest. fully devoted to South them for the first With the ceremony showcasing cutting-edge Korean techthe Japanese company’s reputation “We won’t have any troubles,” he said.

Honda’s Tanabe, a Forto move higher in aof nologyToyoharu and a remarkable drone time, showthey thathope dotted out the image badly damaged by the failed relation- Tost told reporters after presentation A limited-mileage filming day mulathe One veteran, told reporters that a white 21-racetiger, championship starts in Games mascot Soohorang, in the nightthat sky, athletes ship with McLaren. of the team’s new STR13 car in the at Misano in eastern Italy last week the company suffered a hard time Australiatheir on March 25. marchedhad into the stadium, many wearing medals.

McLaren have now switched to Barcelona pit lane ahead of pre- went smoothly and the team reported since returning to theflag, sportabsent but had “The target for Toro was Rosso has to The Russian at the opening ceremony, again nowhat should be a more competi- season testing. that the engine fired up first time learned a lot from the tough McLaren be in the front part of the midfield, where to be seen after the IOC decided not to lift the suspension on tiveBARCELONA Renault power unit, withBull’s Red Daniel “The power unit is went working quite and without a glitch. around fifth place,” Tost said. (rtr) - Red Ricciardo faster further than anyone else as experience. their country.

Formula One started testing on Monday while Fernando Alonso ended up in the gravel after It was a bitter-sweet day for Russian athletes, who after savouring a wheel came off his McLaren. the high of winning a nail-biting men’s ice hockey final on Sunday then had to march without their flag. (rtr) Ricciardo completed 103 laps McLaren Renault team,” added minute 20.179 seconds in the of Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalu- Alonso. morning session.

PYEONGCHANG The spotat anwhat Olympics for the first Alpine coach Luke Bodensteiner, chief of sport nya, the only driver to- break into medal Asked had gone through Redskiing Bull head had to playSasha catch able for Beijing. light on American skiers Mi- time 20 years andthe could facing Rearick after the giant slalom.

The absence of veteran leader- for U.S. ski and snowboard, said threecast figures on a day that started his in mind when carbecrashed, up lastsaid year after a slow start, kaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonnand in the of key veterans “We didending not step and takethree the ship will put a lot of pressure on he was not surprised by the men’s sunny but ended with rain he departure grinned, saying: “That it on wasa a despite upupwinning Pyeongchang obscured the fact that par withday thefor lossyou of Vonn. needed.” plunging temperatures. good guys. I thought risks races, but this time launched Cochran-Siegle and the young crop results in Pyeongchang given the the Alonso nation’s Alpine bench relaChief among those two-time Rearick spotearlier was of American men when they battle injuries to Nyman and others but provided theis early exactly that. This is is a very, very their newsaid cara bright a week tively light and, apart from Shiffrin, who 25-year-old Ryan headlines, returning to his home gold smallmedalist problemTed but Ligety, very graphic, than before andCochran-Siegle, hit the ground powerhouses Austria and Norway said the U.S. was investing heavily could to contend foron medals will not compete at who laid down a confident second in four years’ time. in young talent. (rtr) trackstruggle with a smile a year from many very believe obvious. running. ina Beijing in 2022. the next Winter Olympics in Beirun for a surprising 11th-place fintesting nightmare with Honda “A car in the gravel makes a So too did sister team Toro The media focus was underwhelming in ish in giantHonda’s slalom to new go along with engines and becoming theunderimme- jing big after thinga and there are sixrun teams Rosso, partners, standably onwhen Vonn,his thecar’s nation’s finishes 93 in super-G and diate focus right Pyeongchang. in the garage with the door closed career-best who completed trouble-free greatest-ever Alpine The Utah native downhill. rear wheel came off.skier, who and the33-year-old car in pieces but nobody laps with New Zealander Brenis unlikely to compete in another a solid outingare in the combined, In addition Ligety is the seems The Spaniard remained cheer- had sees it. There a lot of teams don Hartley, to who ended day Olympic Games, and Shiffrin, the where he finished fifth, before looklikely that another accomplished ful after an accident that the with big trouble and us with a eighth fastest of the 13 drivers 22-year-old prodigy who leaves out of sorts his favoured team blamed on a simple wheel ing wheel nut, weinwill make thegiant story veteran, on track.36-year-old Steve NySouth Korea after bagging a slalom willtest hangwas up his nut and saidhappy was no big deal, alof thewhere day.”he came a disappoint- man,The theskis firstbefore since gold and a silver. ing 15th, failing to defend his gold Beijing. though he lost about three hours Alonso went back out again the introduction of the now addition slalomthespecialist from Sochi in 2014.

Nyman, who graced World ofIntrack timetowhile damage medal before the lunch break for a mandatory ‘halo’ head 11 protection Shiffrin, the United States can be After the giant slalom, which Cup podiums and for years was was dealt with. further four laps and ended the system and drivers reportedtheno encouraged performance of one-time rival Austrian of the with U.S. visibility. men’s team, tore “So far,bysothegood,” said the day with Ligety 49 under his belt as the heart problems their women’s team, where Hirscher won, the American ligament in his double worldspeed champion, whose Marcel rain limited what teams could do. the anterior Valttericruciate Bottas was second Alice McKennis and Breezy Johnopted to skip the slalom and team right knee during a training run team are expected to be far more fastest for Mercedes and days comson both finished in thethe topswitch 10 in theto events to ready himselfHONDA for the sea- before competitive since TROUBLE-FREE pletedthe58Games. laps, with a time two REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji downhill Laurenne Ross looked son’sRicciardo, remainingwhose World team Cup races.

Speed off racer and two-time suRenaultand engines. use the tenths Ricciardo’s, before Gold medalist Michelle Gisin of Switzerland, silver medalist confident and injury free.

“Today was a disappointing day, per-G medalist Andrew Weibrecht “The car was running fine, the same Renault engines as McLar- handing over to four times world The bigger concern fine. for theI U.S. a team did not aggressive to finish raceLewis in Pyeobronze medalist Wendy HoldREUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY engine was running think we enaseven if they areskibranded Tag failed champion team amate Ham- Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. and lies with their men, who failed to enough on the first run,” U.S. men’s ngchang and, at 32, is also questionener of Switzerland on the podium. there is a huge potential in the Heuer, set his fastest lap of one ilton. (rtr) A general view during the closing ceremony.

Toro Rosso expect trouble-free year with Honda Ricciardo leads F1 testing, Alonso loses a wheel Americans face uphill battle as veterans bow out

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Sp rt Paris Saint-Germain’s Neymar lies on the pitch after sustaining an injury

PSG’s Neymar suffers fractured metatarsal

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Milan’s Gattuso still angry, this time over snow ROME - AC Milan’s famously hot-tempered coach Gennaro Gattuso usually has something to be angry about and this time it is a rare Rome snowfall which forced his team to train indoors.

“We are a little annoyed because it had not snowed in Rome in years,” he told Milan’s

TV channel. “We’ve worked in the gym, but I’d have preferred us to work on the pitch.”

Gattuso, who was angry even after his team won 3-0 away to Ludogorets Razgrad in the Europa League earlier this month, has sparked a revival in his three months at Milan.

His side are unbeaten in their last

12 matches in all competitions and have won their last five.

After winning 2-0 at AS Roma on Sunday, they return to the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday to face Lazio in a Coppa Italia semi-final second leg tie.

“The last win helps us to feel confident but we have several tough matches ahead of us. We must re-

cover our energy and think about our upcoming games,” he said.

“We have to show we are ready for the big matches as we have been

doing during the last months....

What we’ve done is important but is in the past. Now we have to look forward.” (rtr)

REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

PARIS - Paris St-Germain’s Brazilian forward Neymar suffered a fractured metatarsal and a sprained ankle during Sunday’s Ligue 1 win over their arch-rivals Olympique de Marseille.

The world’s most expensive player was injured while chasing forward Bouna Sarr and was seen crying as he was

carried off near the end of the 3-0 win at the Parc de Princes.

He is set to miss the Champions League last 16 second-leg tie at home to Real Madrid on March 6 with PSG trailing 3-1.

Ligue 1 leaders PSG said on Monday that Neymar had suffered “a sprain of the right ankle and also a fracture of the fifth metatarsal” but did not say how long he would be sidelined.

Neymar, who joined PSG for 222-million euro ($273.39 million) from Barcelona in the close season, posted a picture of his heavily bandaged ankle on Instagram earlier on Monday.

The Brazilian has scored 28 times and provided 16 assists for PSG this season, although he gave a disappointing display against Real at the Bernabeu two weeks ago. (rtr)

Dortmund drop vital points in Augsburg draw

Borussia Dortmund’s Sokratis Papastathopoulos in action with Augsburg’s

Kevin Danso REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler

BERLIN - Borussia Dortmund’s pursuit of a Champions League place suffered a setback on Monday after Augsburg secured a 1-1 draw in the Bundesliga thanks to defender Kevin Danso’s 73rd minute equaliser.

Marco Reus put Dortmund ahead in the 16th minute of a first half Dortmund largely dominated before being second best to Augsburg for much of the second half.

Second-placed Dortmund, 19 points behind runaway leaders Bayern Munich, could ill afford to drop points in a tight race for Champions League places.

With 41 points from 24 matches, they are one point ahead of Schalke 04, two in front of Eintracht Frankfurt and three clear of Bayer Leverkusen and RB Leipzig with 10 matches to go. Bayern were held 0-0 at home

by Hertha Berlin on Saturday.

“We’re disappointed with the performance today.

We had a great chance to put some distance between us and the other sides,” said Dortmund’s German international forward Andre Schuerrle.

A cross from Schuerrle on the right to Michy Batshuayi at the far post was cut out by defender Martin Hinteregger only for Reus, who was following up, to steer the loose ball into the net.

Augsburg’s equaliser to end a run of two defeats was no surprise after their better start to the second half.

Austria defender Danso tapped home the rebound from two metres after Swiss keeper Roman Buerki had parried his header at a corner.

Batshuayi, on loan from Chelsea, and Mahmoud Dahoud both missed chances to snatch a winner for the home side in the final minutes. (rtr)

Man United’s Lukaku ponders Premier League All-Star match Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku has suggested the Premier League host an match similar to the NBA’s All-Star game.

The NBA hosts an annual All-Star weekend with the main feature being a match contested by two teams comprised of the league’s best players, who are picked by popular vote.

“Here’s an idea for you guys... the NBA has an all-star game!,” the 24-year-old Belgian wrote on his verified Twitter account.

“Don’t you guys think we should organise one in the Premier League. The north vs the south! And the fans vote... what do you guys think?”

United are second in the Premier League and travel to Crystal Palace next Monday. (rtr)

UEFA charge Atalanta for alleged racist chants during Dortmund clash

UEFA have charged Atalanta for alleged racist behaviour after Borussia Dortmund striker Michy Batshuayi said he was racially abused by the Serie A side’s supporters in Thursday’s Europa League last-32 meeting between the two sides.

Batshuayi, on-loan from Premier League champions Chelsea, hit out at Atalanta fans for making monkey noises during the second leg of the tie, which ended 1-1 and saw Dortmund progress to the last-16 with a 4-3 aggregate win.

The Italian team have been charged with violating several UEFA disciplinary and safety regulations including racist behaviour, setting off fireworks, throwing of objects and blocking stairways.

“The cases will be dealt with by the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body on 22 March,” the governing body of European football said.

German side Dortmund have also been charged with their fans setting off fireworks and throwing objects.

Atalanta were previously handed a suspended REUTERS/Massimo Pinca one-game stand closure after Napoli defender Juventus’ Gianluigi Buffon talks with Atalanta’s Kalidou Koulibaly was subjected to racist Rafael Toloi in the snow before the match was chants during a league game between the two postponed sides. (rtr)

AC Milan coach Gennaro Gattuso reacts

REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Sp rt Paris Saint-Germain’s Neymar lies on the pitch after sustaining an injury

PSG’s Neymar suffers fractured metatarsal

9

Milan’s Gattuso still angry, this time over snow ROME - AC Milan’s famously hot-tempered coach Gennaro Gattuso usually has something to be angry about and this time it is a rare Rome snowfall which forced his team to train indoors.

“We are a little annoyed because it had not snowed in Rome in years,” he told Milan’s

TV channel. “We’ve worked in the gym, but I’d have preferred us to work on the pitch.”

Gattuso, who was angry even after his team won 3-0 away to Ludogorets Razgrad in the Europa League earlier this month, has sparked a revival in his three months at Milan.

His side are unbeaten in their last

12 matches in all competitions and have won their last five.

After winning 2-0 at AS Roma on Sunday, they return to the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday to face Lazio in a Coppa Italia semi-final second leg tie.

“The last win helps us to feel confident but we have several tough matches ahead of us. We must re-

cover our energy and think about our upcoming games,” he said.

“We have to show we are ready for the big matches as we have been

doing during the last months....

What we’ve done is important but is in the past. Now we have to look forward.” (rtr)

REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

PARIS - Paris St-Germain’s Brazilian forward Neymar suffered a fractured metatarsal and a sprained ankle during Sunday’s Ligue 1 win over their arch-rivals Olympique de Marseille.

The world’s most expensive player was injured while chasing forward Bouna Sarr and was seen crying as he was

carried off near the end of the 3-0 win at the Parc de Princes.

He is set to miss the Champions League last 16 second-leg tie at home to Real Madrid on March 6 with PSG trailing 3-1.

Ligue 1 leaders PSG said on Monday that Neymar had suffered “a sprain of the right ankle and also a fracture of the fifth metatarsal” but did not say how long he would be sidelined.

Neymar, who joined PSG for 222-million euro ($273.39 million) from Barcelona in the close season, posted a picture of his heavily bandaged ankle on Instagram earlier on Monday.

The Brazilian has scored 28 times and provided 16 assists for PSG this season, although he gave a disappointing display against Real at the Bernabeu two weeks ago. (rtr)

Dortmund drop vital points in Augsburg draw

Borussia Dortmund’s Sokratis Papastathopoulos in action with Augsburg’s

Kevin Danso REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler

BERLIN - Borussia Dortmund’s pursuit of a Champions League place suffered a setback on Monday after Augsburg secured a 1-1 draw in the Bundesliga thanks to defender Kevin Danso’s 73rd minute equaliser.

Marco Reus put Dortmund ahead in the 16th minute of a first half Dortmund largely dominated before being second best to Augsburg for much of the second half.

Second-placed Dortmund, 19 points behind runaway leaders Bayern Munich, could ill afford to drop points in a tight race for Champions League places.

With 41 points from 24 matches, they are one point ahead of Schalke 04, two in front of Eintracht Frankfurt and three clear of Bayer Leverkusen and RB Leipzig with 10 matches to go. Bayern were held 0-0 at home

by Hertha Berlin on Saturday.

“We’re disappointed with the performance today.

We had a great chance to put some distance between us and the other sides,” said Dortmund’s German international forward Andre Schuerrle.

A cross from Schuerrle on the right to Michy Batshuayi at the far post was cut out by defender Martin Hinteregger only for Reus, who was following up, to steer the loose ball into the net.

Augsburg’s equaliser to end a run of two defeats was no surprise after their better start to the second half.

Austria defender Danso tapped home the rebound from two metres after Swiss keeper Roman Buerki had parried his header at a corner.

Batshuayi, on loan from Chelsea, and Mahmoud Dahoud both missed chances to snatch a winner for the home side in the final minutes. (rtr)

Man United’s Lukaku ponders Premier League All-Star match Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku has suggested the Premier League host an match similar to the NBA’s All-Star game.

The NBA hosts an annual All-Star weekend with the main feature being a match contested by two teams comprised of the league’s best players, who are picked by popular vote.

“Here’s an idea for you guys... the NBA has an all-star game!,” the 24-year-old Belgian wrote on his verified Twitter account.

“Don’t you guys think we should organise one in the Premier League. The north vs the south! And the fans vote... what do you guys think?”

United are second in the Premier League and travel to Crystal Palace next Monday. (rtr)

UEFA charge Atalanta for alleged racist chants during Dortmund clash

UEFA have charged Atalanta for alleged racist behaviour after Borussia Dortmund striker Michy Batshuayi said he was racially abused by the Serie A side’s supporters in Thursday’s Europa League last-32 meeting between the two sides.

Batshuayi, on-loan from Premier League champions Chelsea, hit out at Atalanta fans for making monkey noises during the second leg of the tie, which ended 1-1 and saw Dortmund progress to the last-16 with a 4-3 aggregate win.

The Italian team have been charged with violating several UEFA disciplinary and safety regulations including racist behaviour, setting off fireworks, throwing of objects and blocking stairways.

“The cases will be dealt with by the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body on 22 March,” the governing body of European football said.

German side Dortmund have also been charged with their fans setting off fireworks and throwing objects.

Atalanta were previously handed a suspended REUTERS/Massimo Pinca one-game stand closure after Napoli defender Juventus’ Gianluigi Buffon talks with Atalanta’s Kalidou Koulibaly was subjected to racist Rafael Toloi in the snow before the match was chants during a league game between the two postponed sides. (rtr)

AC Milan coach Gennaro Gattuso reacts

REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

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International International

Piling Kawan Hot Spring, New Gunung Lebah Temple Tourist Attraction in Tabanan GIANYAR - Gunung Lebah Temple is a historic temple which stands on a protruded rock in Ubud.

The temple was built in the 8th century and is popular tourist atTABANAN - When traction.

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Priest Rsi Markendya decided to Yeha Panes is relatively build templePiling on the grounds, new asis it is newly to which today knownintroduced as Pura Guthe general nung Lebah.public, although it has existed from a long time ago.

This The temple, which remains spiritual objectawas in open 24 hours day,discovered allows both 1972 byand local society on located on visitors pilgrims a quest for a deeper meaning. To get to the temple, visitors need to access Jl Raya Campuan as the temple is off this road. For the best views, it is advisable to visit the temple in the morning. At this time, the temple is not packed with tourists, and you can enjoy the solitude for a moment or two of reflection.

On arrival, visitors are asked to donate at the temple as part of entrance fees (usually between 10,000-20,000 IDR is appropriate).

Visitors must ensure that they wear land owned byknees Nyoman athe sarong to cover and Sutana, ankles. the land inherited from his parents.

Also make sure that shoulders and “This hotare spring continues midriffs covered.

If youtodoflow. not After your arriving downstream, it have ownatsarong, you can is utilized paddy fields. hire one at to theirrigate entrance for around Now, many 15,000 IDR.people take advantage it to bathe,” Nyoman Like mostsaid of the ancient Sutana. temples In the beginning, the hot spring in Ubud, Pura Gunung Lebah is was only known to local people for beautifully set among lush natural bathing.It’s However, afterbythe story settings. surrounded bamboo of wordwith to mouth, the Piling hot forests, the Campuhan River spring becomes tourist flowing below it.a spiritual It’s positioned attraction, a place away for skin mediat a good distance from the cationroad in addition cleaning the main and at atolow elevation. bodytemple from isdirt.

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It is meant to become ing their prayers.

The temple has a tourist attraction in close spiritual ties to and Baturbrings Temple visitors,” he said. in the namesake mountain. Batur is around a 90-minute drive up north in the central highlands. Gunung Lebah itself honours the goddess of Batur, and is tribute to the deified founding ancestors of Ubud. The temple complex comprises three courtyards. You can easily enter the first outer courtyard and admire its Balinese temple features. You’ll

instantly see the towering shrines of the ‘Padmasana’ from the centre. The two inner courtyards are usually open during ceremonies.

However, you can try your luck Arrangement and management anytime while paying close atof the new tourist attraction is tention to proper temple attire (a entrusted his son, Wayan sarong andtosash around yourMediwaist astra, in accordance with tourism at a minimum).

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5 meters and a depthalso of company Dancers 120 cm.prepare In addition, there are five usually to perform here.

A showers Bale having natural materials majestic Kulkul tower houses andtemple’s atmosphere.

“People whocomusuthe wooden bell. The ally bathe this location calm plex’s mainatshrines featurecan varying down the of mind soak to treat numbers roofand tiers.

There are skin resting diseases,” he explained. also pavilions for devotees. facilities Lebah availYouThis cansupporting find Pura Gunung able include three spacious bathtemple at the eastern end of Ubud’s rooms (include changing room). landmark Campuhan bridge.

You Meanwhile, of can easily seethe the management towering shrines this the hot courtyard spring poolthrough was just and theestabhigh lished three area foliage frommonths above.ago.

It’sThis possible continues to beto arranged, so that it to walk down the temple from most of the hotels in the immediate area. The closest is the Warwick Ibah Luxury Villas & Spa. The pathway to the right of the temple leads you down to the scenic Campuhan Ridge Walk. You can enjoy a pleasant light trek or a refreshing jog with lush green views over the Campuhan valley on this trail. (net)

looks more beautiful. Cool nature and clean area is embellished with beautiful plants. “Most visitors bathing in this place are local people, but there are also foreign tourists. Visitors are crowded on weekend and other public holidays,” he said.

To use the existing facilities, visitors are subject to sincere donation. As located in the subak area,

visitors wishing to shower must be ready to go through a muddy and slippery subak pathway. Visitors must walk along 100 meters from the parking lot. However, visitors will not feel tired because in every leaps of the journey can see beautiful panorama of paddy fields, while being entertained by the sounds of nature and greeted by native animals to paddy fields. (kmb)

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South Korea brings curtain down on ’Peace Games’ Brendon Hartley of Toro Rosso during testing.

PYEONGCHANG - South Korea brought the curtain down on its “Peace Games” on Sunday, with winter sports athletes dancing and singing together at a vibrant closing ceremony, though there was little warmth between dignitaries from the United States and North Korea.

South Korea President Moon Jae-in, who hopes to use these Games as an opportunity to engage with the North, warmly greeted U.S. President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka before offering a brief handshake to North Korean delegation leader Kim Yong Chol.

Despite the cool body language, Moon’s efforts may be bearing fruit. The South’s presidential office said on Sunday that members of the North Korean delegation had expressed the North’s openness to talks with the United States.

Trump sat front and centre, beside Moon’s wife, while North Korea’s Kim was seated a row behind, decked out in a long black jacket and furry hat. Sitting two seats along from him was General Vincent Brooks, the commander of U.S. Forces Korea.

Kim’s appearance at the closing ceremony has been greeted with outrage by some in South Korea. The former North Korean intelligence chief is accused of having been behind a deadly 2010 attack on a South Korean warship.

South Korean protesters tried to block Kim’s motorcade to the closing ceremony earlier in the day.

Despite the divisions and distrust between the two Koreas, they agreed to have their athletes march together at both the opening and closing ceremonies under a banner of unification. They also fielded a unified women’s ice hockey team.

REUTERS/Albert Gea International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach paid tribute to the athletes, saying they were an example to the world.

Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull Racing during testing.

“You have shown how sport brings people together in our fragile world; you have shown how sport builds bridges,” he said. “The IOC will continue this Olympic dialogue, even after we extinguish the Olympic flame.

Toro“In Rosso Newdriven Zealander “We havefuture.” used that knowledge BARCELONA - Toro Rosso began their new Formula One well. I am convinced that Honda has this,have we are by our faith in the Hartley and Frenchman this year on reliability partnership with Honda in optimistic fashion on Monday, the capacity and the know-how to Brendon During his speech, Bach invitedfor several athletes to join himand on perstage, Gasly asSouth their driver line-up, formance as well,” heYun said,Sung-bin, adding with team principal Franz Tost looking forward to proving the develop the engine and that we will Pierre including Korea’s gold medallist skeleton rider be where we all expect to be.” bothNorth startingKorean their first full seasons. thatTae theOk, engine concept remained figure skater Ryom American skier Lindsey doom-mongers wrong.

The Austrian added that Honda Hartley was the first on track on unchanged.

Vonn and Tongan flag carrier Pita Taufatofua.

Honda’s engine has been the least Bull-owned Toro Rosso leaving had made great progress in terms of Monday, queuing at the exitupon the Toro Rosso seventh overallin Bach signed off pit by lane calling youth of were the world to gather reliable and slowest on the starting the French manufacturer to become reliability and performance. “we are to get the session of thein2022 2017.

But with a manufacturer Beijing in fourstarted years’ahead time for Winter Games. grid for the past three seasons, with Honda’s sole partner. all looking forward to the season,” all the rest. fully devoted to South them for the first With the ceremony showcasing cutting-edge Korean techthe Japanese company’s reputation “We won’t have any troubles,” he said.

Honda’s Tanabe, a Forto move higher in aof nologyToyoharu and a remarkable drone time, showthey thathope dotted out the image badly damaged by the failed relation- Tost told reporters after presentation A limited-mileage filming day mulathe One veteran, told reporters that a white 21-racetiger, championship starts in Games mascot Soohorang, in the nightthat sky, athletes ship with McLaren. of the team’s new STR13 car in the at Misano in eastern Italy last week the company suffered a hard time Australiatheir on March 25. marchedhad into the stadium, many wearing medals.

McLaren have now switched to Barcelona pit lane ahead of pre- went smoothly and the team reported since returning to theflag, sportabsent but had “The target for Toro was Rosso has to The Russian at the opening ceremony, again nowhat should be a more competi- season testing. that the engine fired up first time learned a lot from the tough McLaren be in the front part of the midfield, where to be seen after the IOC decided not to lift the suspension on tiveBARCELONA Renault power unit, withBull’s Red Daniel “The power unit is went working quite and without a glitch. around fifth place,” Tost said. (rtr) - Red Ricciardo faster further than anyone else as experience. their country.

Formula One started testing on Monday while Fernando Alonso ended up in the gravel after It was a bitter-sweet day for Russian athletes, who after savouring a wheel came off his McLaren. the high of winning a nail-biting men’s ice hockey final on Sunday then had to march without their flag. (rtr) Ricciardo completed 103 laps McLaren Renault team,” added minute 20.179 seconds in the of Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalu- Alonso. morning session.

PYEONGCHANG The spotat anwhat Olympics for the first Alpine coach Luke Bodensteiner, chief of sport nya, the only driver to- break into medal Asked had gone through Redskiing Bull head had to playSasha catch able for Beijing. light on American skiers Mi- time 20 years andthe could facing Rearick after the giant slalom.

The absence of veteran leader- for U.S. ski and snowboard, said threecast figures on a day that started his in mind when carbecrashed, up lastsaid year after a slow start, kaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonnand in the of key veterans “We didending not step and takethree the ship will put a lot of pressure on he was not surprised by the men’s sunny but ended with rain he departure grinned, saying: “That it on wasa a despite upupwinning Pyeongchang obscured the fact that par withday thefor lossyou of Vonn. needed.” plunging temperatures. good guys. I thought risks races, but this time launched Cochran-Siegle and the young crop results in Pyeongchang given the the Alonso nation’s Alpine bench relaChief among those two-time Rearick spotearlier was of American men when they battle injuries to Nyman and others but provided theis early exactly that. This is is a very, very their newsaid cara bright a week tively light and, apart from Shiffrin, who 25-year-old Ryan headlines, returning to his home gold smallmedalist problemTed but Ligety, very graphic, than before andCochran-Siegle, hit the ground powerhouses Austria and Norway said the U.S. was investing heavily could to contend foron medals will not compete at who laid down a confident second in four years’ time. in young talent. (rtr) trackstruggle with a smile a year from many very believe obvious. running. ina Beijing in 2022. the next Winter Olympics in Beirun for a surprising 11th-place fintesting nightmare with Honda “A car in the gravel makes a So too did sister team Toro The media focus was underwhelming in ish in giantHonda’s slalom to new go along with engines and becoming theunderimme- jing big after thinga and there are sixrun teams Rosso, partners, standably onwhen Vonn,his thecar’s nation’s finishes 93 in super-G and diate focus right Pyeongchang. in the garage with the door closed career-best who completed trouble-free greatest-ever Alpine The Utah native downhill. rear wheel came off.skier, who and the33-year-old car in pieces but nobody laps with New Zealander Brenis unlikely to compete in another a solid outingare in the combined, In addition Ligety is the seems The Spaniard remained cheer- had sees it. There a lot of teams don Hartley, to who ended day Olympic Games, and Shiffrin, the where he finished fifth, before looklikely that another accomplished ful after an accident that the with big trouble and us with a eighth fastest of the 13 drivers 22-year-old prodigy who leaves out of sorts his favoured team blamed on a simple wheel ing wheel nut, weinwill make thegiant story veteran, on track.36-year-old Steve NySouth Korea after bagging a slalom willtest hangwas up his nut and saidhappy was no big deal, alof thewhere day.”he came a disappoint- man,The theskis firstbefore since gold and a silver. ing 15th, failing to defend his gold Beijing. though he lost about three hours Alonso went back out again the introduction of the now addition slalomthespecialist from Sochi in 2014.

Nyman, who graced World ofIntrack timetowhile damage medal before the lunch break for a mandatory ‘halo’ head 11 protection Shiffrin, the United States can be After the giant slalom, which Cup podiums and for years was was dealt with. further four laps and ended the system and drivers reportedtheno encouraged performance of one-time rival Austrian of the with U.S. visibility. men’s team, tore “So far,bysothegood,” said the day with Ligety 49 under his belt as the heart problems their women’s team, where Hirscher won, the American ligament in his double worldspeed champion, whose Marcel rain limited what teams could do. the anterior Valttericruciate Bottas was second Alice McKennis and Breezy Johnopted to skip the slalom and team right knee during a training run team are expected to be far more fastest for Mercedes and days comson both finished in thethe topswitch 10 in theto events to ready himselfHONDA for the sea- before competitive since TROUBLE-FREE pletedthe58Games. laps, with a time two REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji downhill Laurenne Ross looked son’sRicciardo, remainingwhose World team Cup races.

Speed off racer and two-time suRenaultand engines. use the tenths Ricciardo’s, before Gold medalist Michelle Gisin of Switzerland, silver medalist confident and injury free.

“Today was a disappointing day, per-G medalist Andrew Weibrecht “The car was running fine, the same Renault engines as McLar- handing over to four times world The bigger concern fine. for theI U.S. a team did not aggressive to finish raceLewis in Pyeobronze medalist Wendy HoldREUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY engine was running think we enaseven if they areskibranded Tag failed champion team amate Ham- Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. and lies with their men, who failed to enough on the first run,” U.S. men’s ngchang and, at 32, is also questionener of Switzerland on the podium. there is a huge potential in the Heuer, set his fastest lap of one ilton. (rtr) A general view during the closing ceremony.

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Comcast challenges Murdoch with $31 billion offer to buy Sky

LONDON - Comcast Corp, the biggest cable operator in the United States, offered on Tuesday to pay $31 billion to buy Sky, challenging Rupert Murdoch’s Fox and Bob Iger’s Walt Disney for the European pay-TV jewel.

Comcast, a $184 billion media giant which owns NBC and Universal Pictures, said it was offering 12.50 pounds per share, significantly higher than the 10.75 pounds per share agreed by Fox. Shares in Sky soared 18 percent.

Present in 23 million homes across Europe and known

for its technological innovation, Britain’s Sky has already agreed to be sold to Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox but the takeover has been delayed by concerns over the media tycoon’s influence in Britain.

That has complicated a separate $52 billion deal by Disney to buy Fox assets including Sky. “Sky and Comcast are a perfect fit: we are both leaders in creating and distributing content,” Comcast Chief Executive Officer Brian L. Roberts, 58, said. “We think Sky is an outstanding company.”

The latest round of major deals indicates the pressures being felt by traditional cable television networks which have been losing customers to streaming services like Netflix Inc and Amazon.com Inc..

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REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo

Brian Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Comcast, participates in a panel discussion at the 2015 Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco, California November 3, 2015.

Freeze...

From page 1 The weather brought chaos to Italy’s rail network. Most express trains heading north from Rome and Naples faced at least three hours of delays. The chill engulfed much of the country, with the harshest temperatures recorded in the Alps in the Valle d’Aosta, where a low of -34.9 C was recorded early on Monday.

In Brussels, authorities said homeless people sleeping in parts of the city would be detained overnight if they refused shelter, to protect them from sub-zero temperatures this week. Temperatures in Brussels are set to fall to as low as -10 degrees Celsius (14 F) in the coming week, with strong winds adding a further chill factor. Campaign groups estimate there are more than 3,000 homeless people in the Brussels

Shares in Sky rose to 13.08 pounds as investors hoped the ensuing bid battle would push both sides to offer a higher price.

“The initial share price reaction suggests that this story has further to run, with Sky’s price leaping above the level of the already increased Comcast offer,” said Richard Hunter, Head of Markets at Interactive Investor.

The proposed offer pits Comcast’s Roberts against Murdoch, the 86-year-old tycoon who helped to launch Sky in Britain, and who has been edging towards finally getting his hands on Sky after he first bid for the company eight years ago.

It also pits Roberts against Disney’s Iger, a long time rival after Comcast tried to buy Disney for $54 billion in 2004.

Comcast said it had not yet engaged with Sky over the proposal and nearly 90 minutes after the statement came out, Sky was yet to respond.

“We would like to own the whole of Sky and we will be looking to acquire over 50 percent of the Sky shares,” Comcast CEO Roberts said.

“Innovation is at the heart of what we do: by combining the two companies we create significant opportunities for growth,” he said. (rtr)

region.

In Germany temperatures plunged to their lowest so far this winter with a low of -27.5 degrees centigrade recorded at the Zugspitze, Germany’s highest mountain. But even in the ordinarily more temperate coastal climes, temperatures were well below zero on Monday, according to the German Weather Service.

Heavy snow left thousands in western Bulgaria without power, disrupting transport and shutting down schools, prompting the Balkan country’s authorities to warn people to refrain from travelling. Dozens of villages were left without electricity.

Roads were blocked while flights in and out of Sofia Airport were cancelled. Schools in several municipalities were closed and strong winds closed the Black Sea port of Burgas.

Some trains were cancelled or delayed due to the weather in Britain, where authorities said the country

faced the coldest period for a number of years, with forecasts of snow and temperatures falling to minus 8 Celsius (46.4 F). Transport is expected to be badly hit when more severe weather strikes on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Frank Saunders, Met Office Chief Operational Meteorologist, said daytime temperatures would struggle to rise above freezing this week. Public Health England advised family and neighbours of the elderly to check they were ok.

The cold snap triggered a jump in power prices in France, a country still largely reliant on electric heating, though price moves in Germany were less pronounced.

French power grid operator RTE said there was no risk to French electricity supply. Nonetheless, state utility EDF said it was delaying planned maintenance outages at two nuclear reactors by a week. (rtr)

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German court to rule on city bans for diesel cars

BERLIN - Germany’s top administrative court will decide on Tuesday whether cities in Europe’s biggest auto market can ban diesel cars, potentially wiping hundreds of million of euros off the value of up to 12 million vehicles.

Since Volkswagen was found in 2015 to be cheating on emissions tests in the United States, diesel emissions containing toxic nitrogen oxide (NOx) which causes respiratory disease, have come under close scrutiny.

The environmental lobby DUH sued Stuttgart and Duesseldorf to force them to implement driving bans, after about 70 German cities were found to exceed European Union NOx limits.

“Once it is clear there will be driving bans the car industry will end its resistance against technical upgrades,” DUH managing director Juergen Resch told public broadcaster Bayern 2.

The states of Baden-Wuerttemberg and North Rhine-Westphalia have appealed against the bans, leaving the federal administrative court in Leipzig to rule on their legality.

The Leipzig tribunal was expected to announce its decision at 1100 GMT after Judge Andreas Korbmacher delayed a verdict on Thursday amid speculation that the European Court of Justice could be consulted over the matter.

German auto safety group ADAC advised potential buyers of diesel cars to wait for the verdict, adding that how the government handled its consequences could influence decisions.

ADAC said carmakers should bear any costs of upgrading old diesel models.

Fiat Chrysler plans to cut diesel from its passenger cars by 2022, the Financial Times reported on

Monday and Barclays forecast the share of diesel cars in overall vehicle production in Europe by 2025 could be cut to 27 percent from 52 percent in 2015.

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Germany’s government and the auto industry have been seeking to avert driving bans. Carmakers have pledged to overhaul software on 5.3 million diesel cars and are offering trade-in incentives for older models to help improve air quality.

But environmental groups have lobbied for cars with Euro-6 and Euro-5 emissions standards to get hardware updates.

The government has begun work on legal changes to permit driving bans on certain routes on an emergency basis, transport ministry documents seen by Reuters showed.

It is also considering making public transport free in cities suffering from poor air quality. This is backed by the opposition Green Party which wants 8 billion euros ($9.9 billion) of annual public diesel subsidies used to pay for it.

Annalena Baerbock, co-leader of the Greens, said she could foresee driving bans on some roads.

“If that has to be the final step to ensure the right for clean air, we will of course help to implement it,” she told public broadcaster Deutschlandfunk.

If diesel bans are allowed, cities will probably target models with older emission controls. Of the 15 million diesel cars on Germany’s roads, only 2.7 million have the latest Euro-6 technology, data by the KBA motor vehicle watchdog showed.

Retrofits would be costly and an outright ban could slash resale prices, which are used to price leasing and finance contracts. (rtr)

REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Greenpeace environmental activists protest in front of Germany’s Federal Administrative Court before it decides whether German law provides a legal basis for cities to ban diesel cars to help reduce air pollution, in Leipzig, Germany February 27, 2018. The placards read: “Health risk.”

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Two Chinese crew fined over illegal fishing

KUPANG - Two suspects in the case of illegal fishing by a Chinese fishing ship in eastern Indonesian waters have been sentenced to a fine, head of fisheries and marine resource surveillance station in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, Mubarak, said.

“The fine was a court decision made by the judge in the district court of Kupang following a session on Thursday,” he said here on Tuesday.

He said Weng Zhi Yi and Li Zhaofeng were each fined Rp100 million.

He said they were not imprisoned as has been demanded by the prosecutor because they were not caught violating Article 129 of the Fisheries Law and UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea).

The evidence in the form of a 598 GT ship has been confiscated by the state. “It was not destroyed

because it still has economic benefit,” Mubarak said.

He said the two defenfants had accepted the sentence while the prosecutor still had yet to decide if they would accept it.

The case emerged after their ship was caught fishing illegally in Indonesia`s exclusive economic zone bordering Timor Leste at the end of November 2017.

The fisheries and marine resources surveillane station in Kupang arrested 21 crew members along with their ship and fish catch weighing around 30 tons that have now been auctioned off.

Two of the crew who were the skipper and chief engineer were named suspects and had been judicially processed.

The rest of the crew had been sent back to their regions of origin.(ant)

House speaker condemns intensive bombardments in Eastern Ghouta

JAKARTA - House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo has expressed his strong condemnation over the intensive aerial bombardments carried out by the Syrian regime forces in the besieged area of Eastern Ghouta.

“I express my deep sorrow for the death and injuries,” Soesatyo stated here on Monday.

The attack has resulted in more than 500 civilian deaths and extensive damage to infrastructures, such as hospitals and clinics. Meanwhile, more than 2.5 thousand civilians have been injured.

The speaker urged all parties to comply with the UN Security Council Resolution 2268 of 2018 by ending the bloodshed in Eastern Ghouta. “The United Nations should be able to stop the war, in an effort to allow access to emergency humanitarian aid and medical evacuations,” he remarked.

Reuters earlier reported that the fighting has continued in Syria since Saturday?s Security Council resolution calling for a 30-day ceasefire. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that it would not apply to the army?s battle with

“terrorists” in eastern Ghouta.

Health authorities in eastern Ghouta have revealed that several people had suffered symptoms consistent with chlorine gas exposure, resulting in the death of one child.

Lavrov explained that the allegations, which state that the Syrian government was responsible for any chemical attack, were aimed at sabotaging the truce.

“Eastern Ghouta cannot wait, it is high time we stop this hell on earth,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, calling for implementation of the 30-day ceasefire.

Syrian President Bashar alAssad, backed by Russia and Iran, has steadily clawed back control of areas where his opponents rose up against his rule in 2011. Eastern Ghouta is the last major insurgent stronghold near Damascus, the seat of his power.

Fighting is raging elsewhere in Syria too, as Turkey presses its offensive against a Kurdish militia in Afrin, rival rebel groups fight each other in Idlib, and a US-led coalition targets Islamic State in the east. (ant)

REUTERS/Beawiharta

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde looks on during an IMF conference in Jakarta, Indonesia February 27, 2018.

IMF chief says growth strong but countries must prepare for change

WASHINGTON - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday the global economy was showing broad-based growth, but the landscape was shifting with heightened risks of trade disputes, monetary policy normalization and technological change.

Lagarde, speaking to an IMF conference in Jakarta in preparation for the Fund’s annual meetings in Bali in October, said the IMF was expecting global growth to reach 3.9 percent in 2018 and 2019. This is unchanged from the IMF’s forecast in January and up from 3.7 percent in 2017.

She said ASEAN countries were preparing for higher interest rates in advanced economies such

as the United States and Europe, but cautioned that policymakers need to stay vigilant about its effect on financial stability and volatile capital flows.

“We have known for some time that this is coming, but it remains uncertain as to how exactly it will affect companies, jobs and incomes,” Lagarde said in prepared remarks.

ASEAN countries need to embrace new growth models that put a greater emphasis on domestic demand, regional trade and economic diversification and prepare for technological changes such as automation and artificial intelligence.

While these could eliminate some jobs, it was important for countries to boost efforts to educate workers to better prepare them to take advantage of new technologies. (rtr)

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Economy minister Brigitte Zypries stuck to Berlin’s position that Geely’s swoop was a business matter, but said Germany’s openness must not be not exploited by other countries.

Geely, which owns rival Swedish carmaker Volvo, is pushing Daimler for access to know-how in electric and autonomous cars.

On Wednesday, a German parliamentary committee will question government officials on whether Geely has violated disclosure rules and whether loopholes in securities trading law need to be closed, the Stuttgarter Zeitung and Stuttgarter Nachrichten newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Germany tightened its rules on foreign takeovers last year, the first European Union country to do so, after a series of deals saw China gain access to high-tech know-how, while attempts by German companies to buy full control of Chinese rivals remains prohibited.

Although under German law, the government can only intervene if a threshold of 25 percent is exceeded, investors must abide by market rules, Zypries said in interviews with Daimler’s home-town newspaper Stuttgarter Zeitung and Handelsblatt newspaper.

Geely revealed its 9.7 percent stake in Daimler on Friday, surprising the

market as it had not disclosed having crossed regulatory thresholds of 3 and 5 percent.

Financial and markets regulator Bafin, which oversees the proper disclosure of stakes said it was investigating whether there had been any breach of disclosure rules, which can result in fines of 10 million euros or more.

The Chinese carmaker first approached Daimler in November and asked it to issue shares so it could buy a stake, as well as for access to battery technology to help set up an electric car joint venture in Wuhan, China.

Daimler, which employs 289,000 people, declined to do a deal as it had reservations about a new industrial alliance for fear of alienating its existing Chinese joint venture partner BAIC , a person familiar with the carmaker’s thinking said.

Daimler and BAIC on Sunday said they were planning to co-invest more than 11.9 billion yuan ($1.88 billion) to build a new local production base.

“Daimler has already rejected Geely’s overtures once, and Daimler execs we spoke with argue it’s simply not clear what Geely could offer Mercedes,” Bernstein Research analyst Robin Zhu said in a note.

November by enlisting Dirk Notheis, the former Chief Executive of Morgan Stanley in Germany and Yi Bao, a former CEO of Morgan Stanley Huaxin Securities, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Notheis, who declined comment, and Yi Bao, who could not be reached, devised a way for Geely to build a significant stake in Daimler using aggressive takeover tactics which German regulators had sought to quash.

Geely worked with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, which declined to comment on Monday, to help secure a 9.69 percent voting stake using derivatives to help skirt disclosure requirements, two people familiar with the deal told Reuters.

Mercedes-Benz executives in Stuttgart were at first caught off guard by the approach, but welcomed Geely in meetings on Monday to see how to “constructively discuss” industry changes.

Zhejian Geely Holding also owns several other carmakers including Sweden’s Volvo Cars, London’s black-cab maker LEVC and its own Geely Automobile Holdings. It has agreed to buy a $3.3 billion stake in Volvo Trucks.

STEALTH RAID Geely responded to the rejection in

KNOCK-ON IMPACT The first sign of wider ramifica-

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tions from Geely’s move on Daimler surfaced on Monday as Volvo Trucks dropped the chief executive of Geely’s Volvo Cars from its board, citing competition concerns with rival Daimler.

And EU trade ministers will meet this week to discuss a range of issues including how better to protect strategically important European companies from unwanted investors.

Germany’s DIHK chambers of industry and commerce representing 3.6 million companies in Europe’s largest economy welcomed Geely’s actions.

“In principle, it is an honour that foreign investors take interest in German companies,” Volker Treier, the DIHK’s head of foreign trade was

quoted by Stuttgarter Zeitung and Stuttgarter Nachrichten as saying.

Several major deals during 2017 raised German sensitivities about multi-billion euro foreign takeovers, notably Chinese home appliance maker Midea Group buying German robotics firm Kuka, and Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing’s buying German metering firm Ista.

“The events of last Friday are the latest demonstrations of China’s growing confidence and assertiveness, growing desire to impose its will on global affairs, and growing willingness to exploit the German OEMs’ heavy reliance on Chinese profits,” Bernstein Research said. (rtr)

World stocks hit 3-week highs before new Fed chief’s debut LONDON - World stocks rose to three-week highs on Tuesday, helped by a decline in borrowing costs ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s first testimony before the United States Congress later in the day.

The MSCI All-Country World Index, was up 0.1 percent and set for its third straight day of gains after hitting its highest level since Feb. 5. Though the index remains down over 2 percent for February, it has recovered more than two thirds of the losses sustained in the wake of a drastic selloff early this month.

After gains in opening deals, European shares turned red, with the pan-European STOXX 600 down 0.1 percent. Britain’s FTSE 100 was up 0.1 percent.

Japan’s Nikkei rose 1.1 percent to three-week highs while MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan also hit a three-week high before giving up gains on profittaking in Chinese shares.

On Wall Street, the S&P 500 advanced 1.18 percent on Monday helped by a fall in U.S. bond yields.

The 10-year U.S. Treasuries yield eased to 2.866 percent, dropping further from its four-year peak of 2.957 percent touched on Feb. 21, driven by month-end buying as well as position adjustments ahead of Powell’s testimony.

Powell’s debut appearance is seen as critical for financial markets at a time when many investors are nervous about the Fed’s policy normalisation

following years of stimulus after the financial crisis almost a decade ago.

Many investors expect the Fed to raise interest rates three times this year, with some pundits predicting four, if U.S. inflation starts to take off, especially as growth is set to get another boost from the Trump administration’s tax cuts and spending plans.

Yet, there are worries higher dollar bond yields could prompt investors to shift funds to bonds from riskier assets, especially when the valuation of the world’s stocks are quite expensive even after their sell-off earlier this month.

The two-year U.S. Treasuries yield was 2.226 percent, well above the dividend yield of the S&P 500, which stood at 1.88 percent.

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Desamuda Village, feels like home

The Geely Automobile Holdings logo is pictured at the Auto China 2016 auto show in Beijing, China April 25, 2016.

A rise in dollar interest rates could also bode ill for potential borrowers, including U.S. home buyers and many companies that have expanded borrowing for years to take advantage of low dollar funding costs.

“The market is a little bit cautious ahead of this speech, but we think he (Powell) is likely to stress the continuity of monetary policy...because it wouldn’t be in his interest to have any major market reactions - that would make his job more difficult,” said Commerzbank currency strategist Anje Praefcke.

“What he’s likely to state is what we’ve seen in the FOMC (Federal Open Markets Committee) minutes: that the outlook for the U.S. economy has improved considerably, short-

term, and that both wages and consumer price inflation have recently surprised on the upside.” Against a basket of currencies, the dollar traded 0.1 percent lower.

Elsewhere in currencies, the euro traded at $1.2334, up 0.1 percent, but off its three-year high of $1.2556 hit earlier this month.

Fed funds rate futures were almost fully pricing in a rate hike at the Fed’s next policy meeting on March 20-21.

“Expectations that Powell will be sensitive to financial markets appear to be running high. But he hasn’t said he will sacrifice policy normalisation for the sake of financial markets. I feel there is room for disappointment in markets,” said Hiroko Iwaki, senior bond strategist at Mizuho Securities.(rtr)

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Mouse Cremation at Bedha Village, How Does the Ceremony Look Like?

China’s Geely raid on Daimler reignites German know-how fears

BERLIN/FRANKFURT - Automaker Geely’s purchase of a $9 billion stake in Mercedes maker Daimler rekindled fears in Germany on Monday of its highly-prized expertise falling into Chinese hands.

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Wishing to feel the real atmosphere of Bali? Once upon a time, you can try the convenient stay at Desamuda Village, an accommodation in the form of villa located on Jalan Raya Basangkasa No.30A, Seminyak, Kuta, Badung district. It is located in the heart of Seminyak, about 35 minutes’ drive from Ngurah Rai International Airport, very close to various shopping malls and entertainment centers and only about 10 minutes from the beach.

Desamuda Village has 28 villas consisting of one-bedroom villa, twobedroom villa, three-bedroom villa and deluxe pool villa or often called honeymoon villa. All villa units have beautiful garden. Each villa offers a kitchenette and private bathroom coming with shower facilities and a bathtub while some villas have private pool. Staying in the room will really feel comfortable because it has a flat-screen TV and DVD player.

Atmosphere of the villas is cool and beautiful. Various rare tropical plants functioned as shady plants can create a sense of beauty. Modern Balinese-style architecture and décor come with a thatched roof. Although each villa has compound wall, all dwellers will feel like in one family. It is inseparable from the intelligence of villa employees and staff in providing services.

If wishing to maintain wellness,

guests can take advantage of spa services, a gazebo and two outdoor pools to relax. When relaxing, simply take advantage of Ricetable Restaurant offering a variety of Indonesian, Asian and European dishes. For those who like drinking, they can enjoy various drinks at the bar as well as free Wi-Fi access. “We are also ready to provide airport transfer for free as well as free drop off services from Seminyak to Kuta area,” said General Manager, Bayu P. Hermani.

Staying at Desamuda Village, guests will feel the nuances of a strong Eastern culture. Each room is decorated with traditional and modern paintings. Especially in the lobby area, there is a Javanese puppet in combination with Balinese paintings. “We deliberately highlight the Indonesian arts. By that way, inhouse guests will really feel if they are in Bali and Indonesia in general,”

he added.

Bayu P. Hermani said that Desamuda Village is targeting the Australian market, but remains open to other markets. Today, the Australian market dominates, about 60 percent, while the rest comes from Korea, Japan, China, India and other countries. This villa prepares Laundry & Dry Cleaning Service in cooperation with third parties. “We have repeated guests from Australia. They usually come every three months, or four months or once a year,” he explained.

Meanwhile, the relationship of villa to surrounding environment, added Bayu P. Hermani, runs very well. Moreover, some local people are the villa employees, so that the local cultural character stays to be well maintained. “We always work with local people, both in maintaining the environment and the villa itself,” he concluded. (kmb)

Bali Island retains a number of unique things. For instance, Balinese people have a tradition of fighting against mouse pests. Dubbed as the rice granary region of ??Bali, Tabanan district surely has an extensive agricultural land. A number of challenges are often faced by local farmers.

For instance, mouse attack threatens the yields of agricultural production. To overcome such pest attack, some villages in Tabanan district still uses traditional method of mass hunting. Not only that, the ceremony of mereteka merana or mouse cremation is still done especially by subak members in the area of Bedha customary village, Tabanan. This ceremony is still closely related to the safety and fertility of plants, especially paddy.

The mouse cremation has been frequently done at Bedha customary village and has been regarded as local custom. Moreover, this ceremony is held in the holy place namely Penataran Bale Agung, Puseh Temple of Bedha. Moreover, after the ceremony it has proved to provide real evidence for the life of farmers. “Until now, the tradition of mouse cremation in Bedha remains to exist, but it’s only done if there is an uncontrolled mouse pest attacks in paddy fields,” said chief of Bedha customary village, I Nyoman Surata.

The ceremony, said Surata, aims to purify the soul of pests so as to return to its origin and does not re-incarnate to the earth as a pest that damage all types of plants on earth, especially paddy plants. “Thus, it is unlike cremation on Pitra Yadnya but when there is an uncontrolled pest attack, so farmers always face harvest failure. The mouse also called as Jero Ketut is cremated like in ngaben ceremony. After being cremated, the mice collected from mass hunting (through fumigation) in the fields are floated to the sea,” he explained.

He added that at Bedha village such ceremonies are often organized when mice and other pests have caused an extraordinary disturbance and cannot be controlled. This last mouse cremation ceremony was held in 2009 involving subak groups in Tabanan district under the coordination of Sedahan Agung of Tabanan. Interestingly, after the mouse cremation, the plants have never been attacked by pests until now. (kmb)

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Plecing Gonda

Wow It’s Quite Delicious Vegetable

Speaking about Balinese traditional culinary traditions will never end. One of the menus having not been widely known is plecing gonda (gooseweed with hot spices).

However, in one region, this type of green vegetable sometimes becomes favorite food. Moreover, it is processed in a simple manner.

It just needs to be boiled and then mixed with tomato seasoning and fried onion to make the taste very delicious. It offers typical and

tempting aroma.

Plecing gonda has become a typical food for Balinese community.

This vegetable menu is very close to farmers living in countryside.

Other than easy to get the ingredient, the preparation is also easy.

Simply fill with spices in the form of garlic, chili, large chili peppers, tomatoes, shrimp paste, lemon and salt to taste, plecing gonda is already tasted different from other vegetables.

The preparation is not too complicated. Ingredient in the form of gonda is boiled until cooked.

All spices are cleaned, pulverized until subsequently fried, except for lemon. Well, the serving of gonda having been boiled is spiced and then mixed until finely blended.

To give a distinctive taste, it can be provided with grated kaffir lime.

Other than by boiling, this gooseweed vegetable can also be cooked by stir-frying. Optionally, it

can also be roasted and then given seasoning like salt, chili and coconut oil (traditionally processed).

Such cooking method was usually performed by farmers that have completed their work in the fields.

When they arrive home, they usually carry a handful of gooseweed. This vegetable is processed as above and then eaten with the family.

Gonda plants are very close to farmers’ life in Bali, especially farmers in Tabanan, right in Ole

hamlet, Marga Dauh Puri, Marga subdistrict. This type of plant is actually a weed plant, but taken advantage by farmers as a daily food. It is planted on the sidelines of paddy plants (by intercropping), so it does not require a large area.

Harvest time is also very short namely about 20-25 days. The color is green. It does not need to be sprayed with chemicals, so the gonda is free from chemicals. (kmb)

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At least 14 dead in Papua New Guinea quake; ExxonMobil shuts LNG plant MELBOURNE - Up to 14 people were killed in landslides and by collapsed buildings during a powerful earthquake in the remote Papua New Guinea highlands, police and a hospital worker said on Tuesday, with unconfirmed reports of up to 30 dead.

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Asperda has prepared more than 1,000 vehicles for the event.

Rent car business will grow in 2018

For IMF-WB, Asperda prepares 1,000 vehicles

DENPASAR — The big event like IMF-WB annual meeting bringing in many important persons from various countries also involves the Association of Local Rent Car Entrepreneurs (Asperda) in the provision of transportation services. Asperda has prepared more than 1,000 vehicles for the event.

Deputy Chairman of Asperda Bali, Ariyanto, said that at this time he has done a lot of coordination related to the readiness of transportation availability. “Asperda has already prepared over 1,000 units to welcome the international event,” he said to National Leadership Meeting of Central and Regional Executive Board of Asperda across Indonesia at Quest Hotel, Denpasar, on Sunday (Feb. 25).

The types of vehicle prepared are in accordance with the demand and in accordance with the standardization. “Our members are ready. Of course, the vehicles are not only

prepared by Asperda Bali itself, but also backed up by other regional executive boards,” he said.

The types of vehicles prepared include Alphard, Camry, et cetera.

However, the matters of the rental price for the IMF – WB event cannot be disclosed because it remains in the negotiation phase. However, the price for Alphard vehicle is IDR 1 million per 12 hours including the driver.

With the implementation of IMF-WB 2018, he is optimistic that rent car business can grow.

Until February 2018, he acknowledged, with promotional support

by local government, the car demand growth increased by about 20 percent from January 2018.

“We compare it to January, not to December. But when compared to December, it is certainly larger in December,” he said.

However, for the Bali region there are several cycles needing to be watched out for including the low season cycle. “It becomes our consideration to provide the units or request the new units,” he said.

Chairman of Central Executive Board of Asperda Indonesia, Harmawan Jeffrivan, said the association of local rent car entrepreneurs

is optimistic to be able to prepare a number of vehicles in an effort to support the IMF-WB 2018 activities. For the meeting, he hoped all the transportation service needs can be shared. “This subject is also discussed in this national leadership meeting aside from the issues related to rent car competition in the era of digitalization,” he said.

Previously, Chairman of Asperda Bali, Paskalis Budy Hartono, said the IMF-WB event taking place in Nusa Dua Bali is a green signal for the Asperda Bali. Transportation especially cars is required during the IMF implementation for smooth operation of guests and ministeriallevel government heads or staff and delegates of the economic advisers.

“Aside from preparation of vehicles by Asperda, the Angkasa Pura

I of Ngurah Rai Airport intends to prepare additional parking space to facilitate a thousand vehicles for the upcoming IMF-WB 2018 event,” he explained.

Hartono also conveyed the large number of vehicle supplies where his association will also be assisted with vehicles from Java and Jakarta.

“But first priority for vehicle provision will be given to the members in Bali. The same conditions also applied during the implementation of APEC Summit 2013,” he added.

The rental price of vehicles for the event that will involve tens of thousands of delegates from 189 countries reaches IDR 1.5 million per day / full day for luxury car.

Meanwhile, regular vehicle (mini bus) costs around IDR 650,000 a day. (kmb)

The 7.5 magnitude quake that rocked the region early on Monday also damaged mining and power infrastructure and led ExxonMobil Corp to shut its $19 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, the country’s biggest export earner.

Two buildings collapsed and along with a landslide killed 12 people in Mendi, the provincial capital of the Southern Highlands, said Julie Sakol, a nurse at Mendi General Hospital, where the bodies were brought to the morgue.

“People are afraid. The shaking is still continuing. There’s nowhere to go but people are just moving around,” she said.

Dozens of aftershocks rattled the area, including a 5.7 quake on Tuesday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

Police in Mendi said 14 people were killed in the initial quake, including three in Poroma, south of Mendi.

“They were killed by landslides destroying families sleeping in their houses,” said Naring Bongi,

a police officer in Mendi.

Provincial Administrator William Bando said more than 30 people were believed to have been killed in the rugged region, about 560 km (350 miles) northwest of the capital, Port Moresby, the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier reported.

The PNG disaster management office said it was verifying the reports but it could take days to confirm a death toll.

With a lack of communications preventing a clear assessment of damage, aid agencies had not yet begun relief efforts, said Udaya Regmi, head of the International Red Cross in Papua New Guinea, in Port Moresby.

“The magnitude of the earthquake is quite huge, so there must be an impact ... but we cannot say how many people are actually affected and what they need,” Regmi said.

ExxonMobil said communications with nearby communities remained down, hampering efforts

Kuta on Monday (Feb. 26).

The beating case occurred at Coco Mart shopping complex, Taman Mumbul, Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai, South Kuta, on Monday at 01:30 local time. A freelance tourist driver, Komang Gede Mudiasa, 29, was beaten by three tourists from China with initials CG, 36, HPY, 31, and ZNN, 34. As a result of the incident, the victim suffered serious injuries and had to be hospitalized.

Chief of South Kuta Criminal Investigation Unit, Andi Yaqin, said the results of research and investigation at 01:30 local time indicated if the victim was handling two female Chinese tourists namely Li Yi Dong and Jia Jing Jing. On the request of his guests, the victim headed to the scene and parked the Suzuki APV vehicle there. “His guests want to shop there,” said Andi.

A few minutes later, came four

male tourists from China and shopping in the same location as well.

Shortly afterwards, the victim saw both guests quarrelling with the perpetrators. The victim immediately approached with the intention to intervene. But no response, instead the perpetrators ganged up the victim.

The perpetrators hit and ganged up the victim with his hand and threw him with a paving block. As a result of the incident, the victim suffered injuries

and rescued by people at the location.

Based on the medical examination, the victim suffered a torn wound on the right eyebrow, lower right eyelid and lump at back head.

“At that time, the perpetrators were alleged to be under the influence of alcohol. They were offended at the victim’s warning while seducing his female guests. We have arrested the perpetrators at subdistrict police station,” added Andi. (kmb36)

to assess damage to its facilities that feed the PNG LNG plant.

“Communications continue to be one of the most significant challenges,” the company said in

an emailed statement.

Its partner, Oil Search, said a review of all of its facilities and infrastructure would take at least a week, and an industry source told

Reuters that the Exxon plant will likely be shut at least seven days.

Miners Barrick Gold Corp and Ok Tedi Mining also reported damage to infrastructure. (rtr)

South Korean prosecutors seek 30 years’ jail for ousted Park as supporters demand her release

More and more foreigners involved in criminal cases, highest in theft MANGUPURA - Criminal cases involving foreign citizens in Bali increased in 2017, primarily as perpetrators. They (8 people) mostly are involved in criminal cases especially in theft cases. Meanwhile, 15 foreigners are involved as perpetrators.

The number is estimated to continually grow this year with the arrest of dozens of Chinese citizen. The latest case is the beating involvomg three foreign tourists in the area of South

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Areas affected by landslides are seen after a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake, in Hela, Papua New Guinea February 26, 2018 in this picture obtained from social media. Picture taken February 26, 2018.

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Supporters of former South Korean president Park Geunhye protest in front of a court after prosecutors sought a 30 year jail term for the ousted president in Seoul, South Korea February 27, 2018.

SEOUL - South Korean prosecutors on Tuesday sought a 30-year jail term for former President Park Geun-hye who was ousted last year amid an influence-peddling scandal as supporters braved the winter cold outside the Seoul court demanding her immediate release.

Park, 66, was dismissed in March after being impeached and is standing trial on charges of bribery, abuse of power and coercion in a case that rocked the country’s business and political elite. She denies wrongdoing.

The prosecution’s recommendation came two weeks after Choi Soon-sil, a longtime friend of Park who was at the centre of the scandal, was jailed for 20 years for taking bribes from “chaebol”, or conglomerates, including electronics powerhouse Samsung and retail giant Lotte.

Prosecutors are also seeking a 118.5 billion won ($127.1

million) fine for Park, who has been detained since March 31 last year.

Park Seung-gil, a lawyer representing the former president, tearfully pleaded before Seoul Central District Court for mercy, saying Park had tried her hardest in leading the country “day and night”.

Park’s trial began in May and a verdict is expected on April 6 in a case that brought scrutiny to the cosy ties between South Korea’s political leaders and its largest chaebol, the so-called “Republic of Samsung”. “(Park) brought a national crisis by letting a person who has never been involved in state management rule the country,” a prosecutor said.

“She and Choi took tens of billions of won in bribes and yet denied her crimes and obstructed efforts to establish the truth.”

Receiving bribes carries a

penalty of up to life in jail.

Hundreds of supporters gathered outside the court, proclaiming Park’s innocence.

“Immediately release our president,” they chanted.

The Liberty Korea Party, a conservative opposition party formerly led by Park, condemned the call for jail.

“What the prosecution is demanding is harsher than the death penalty,” the party said in a statement.

Seoul Central District Court had also sentenced Shin Dongbin, chairman of the country’s fifth-largest conglomerate, Lotte Group, to two years and six months in prison in the same case.

Seoul High Court suspended a prison sentence for Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee in early February - a surprise decision that sent shockwaves through political and business circles. (rtr)

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ERATO Kawahara Universal Information Network Project’s ‘Luciola’, miniature floating LED light aptly named after fireflies, draws the letter ‘R’ during its demonstration at the University of Tokyo, Japan February 20, 2018. Picture taken February 20, 2018. Picture taken with long exposure.

Japanese scientists invent floating ‘firefly’ light

TOKYO - Japanese engineering researchers say they have created a tiny electronic light the size of a firefly which rides waves of ultrasound, and could eventually figure in applications ranging from moving displays to projection mapping.

Named Luciola for its resemblance to the firefly, the featherweight levitating particle weighs 16.2 mg, has a diameter of 3.5 mm (0.14 inch), and emits a red glimmer that can just about illuminate text.

But its minuscule size belies the power of the 285 microspeakers emitting ultrasonic waves that hold up the light, and have a frequency inaudible to the human ear, allowing Luciola to operate in apparent total silence.

It took two years for Luciola to get this far, said circuit design specialist Makoto Takamiya, a member of the Kawahara Universal Information Network Project that developed the device.

“Ultimately, my hope is that such tiny objects will have smartphone capabilities and be built to float about helping us in our everyday lives in smarter ways,” said the University of Tokyo professor, who hopes it will be commercially viable in five to 10 years.

The developers expect Luciola to find applications in the so-called Internet of Things, in which regular objects, such as cars, or domestic appliances such as air-conditioners, are connected to networks to send and receive data.

Equipped with movement or temperature sensors, Luciola could fly to such objects to deliver a message or help to make moving displays with multiple lights that can detect the presence of humans, or participate in futuristic projection mapping events.

The Kawahara Universal Information Network Project is a government-funded programme that is part of the Japan Science and Technology Agency and explores advances in information and communication technology. (rtr)

dialogue”.

Vector Space Systems did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Boeing said it sent two executives to visit the base.

“Boeing sees this as an exciting time in the space industry as we build rockets for launch, test new spaceships, and develop innovative technologies for keeping humans alive on orbit in deep space,” the world’s top planemaker said.

“International partnerships will play an important role in making that a reality, and we look forward to Brazil’s participation,” Boeing said in a statement.

Boeing is currently seeking to buy Brazil’s Embraer , the world’s third-largest commercial planemaker and the main player in the country’s aerospace industry.

American companies will not be able to launch rockets from Brazil until the South American country signs a Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA) with Washington to protect U.S. intellectual property.

A previous attempt to do so in 2000 was scuttled by the leftist government of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva when he took power in 2003 and has never been ratified by Congress.

Brazilian lawmakers are expected to approve a new TSA that is now being negotiated with the United States.

Jungmann said in addition to U.S. companies that China, Russia, France and Israel were interested in a partnership with Brazil to use the Alcantara site.

Brazil envisions multiple users for the base. (rtr)

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Alcantara’s location makes it attractive because one-fifth less fuel is used to launch satellites into orbit along the equator compared with sites farther north or south.

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Transmission of rabies in Jembrana still worrying

Boeing, Lockheed interested in launching rockets from Brazil, minister says

BRASILIA - Brazil’s defense minister said on Thursday that Boeing, Lockheed Martin, SpaceX and other U.S. aerospace companies have expressed interest in launching rockets from its Alcantara military base near the equator and visited the site in December.

“They were very impressed,” Defense Minister Raul Jungmann told reporters. “They showed interest, but I can’t say whether it will materialize.”

Alcantara’s location makes it attractive because one-fifth less fuel is used to launch satellites into orbit along the equator compared with sites farther north or south.

Besides SpaceX, Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co , the Alcantara visit included smaller aerospace U.S. companies Vector Space Systems, which launches small satellites, and Microcosm, which focuses on providing lowcost access to space, an organizer of the trip said.

Rubens Barbosa, a former Brazilian ambassador to the United States who organized the visit to the base, said the U.S. companies were eager to use the Alcantara site.

However, Elon Musk’s SpaceX, fresh off the successful launch this month of the world’s most powerful rocket, said the comments were not correct.

“Reports that SpaceX is interested in launching from Brazil are inaccurate,” spokesman John Taylor said in a statement.

In a statement, Lockheed Martin confirmed a fact-finding trip to Alcantara and Brasilia. “While there are no formal decisions at this time, we look forward to a continued

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NEGARA - Up to these days, the transmission of rabies is still worrying. Some villages in Jembrana have even included into red zone of rabies transmission in 2017. Similarly, the mitigation of rabies in the red zone area remains a priority of related institutions.

Made Sutama

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Revenue Services collect data on SWRO users

MANGUPURA — The district of Badung’s Revenue Services (Bapenda) and Pasedahan Agung of Badung reveal the users of Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO).

In addition to tracing the area of the ITDC Nusa Dua, they are also recording its use in a number of tourism areas such as Kuta, Seminyak and Canggu.

Head of the Badung Bapenda, Made Sutama, explained that a special team has been deployed to track users of SWRO. “We are collecting data in a number of areas to find out which companies are using SWRO”, said Made Sutama on Sunday (Feb. 25).

So far they have found three tourist accommodations that are taking advantage of seawater to make drinking water. “We have found three other companies n the South that are using seawater, but I forget their names”, he said adding that they are continuing to collect data in the field. “This week, I will be checking further into this to see if they are really using SWRO or if they are using groundwater.

This needs to be proven in detail”, he added.

A recent investigation in South Kuta in the ITDC Nusa Dua area, showed that 14 taxpayers were using SWRO but have yet to be taxed for it. There are a number of hotels o the ITDC area that are using SWRO including: St. Regis Bali, Melia Bali, The Laguna Resort and Spa, Bvlgary Hotel, Blue Point Hotel, Indigo Hotel, Westin Hotel, Nusa Dua Hotel, Conrad

Hotel, PT Consolidate Water Bali, Ritz-Carlton Bali Hotel, Club Med Hotel, Sofitel Hotel and Grand Hyatt.

Water treatment service providers of SWRO systems are: Gapura Liqua Mandiri (GLM) based in Bandung and PT Tiara Cipta Mandiri whose head office is on LC Jalan Gatot Subroto, Denpasar. “All the taxpayers using SWRO will be summoned to equate perceptions related to the use of SWRO”, he said.

Sutama further explained that they will continue to track which hotels are using SWRO services in a number of areas. Badung’s Bapenda also plans to install water meters in order to acertain the volume of water being used.

“This is a part of our strategy to increase tax revenues according to our determined target. We are also continuing to track hotels in Badung that are using groundwater”, he concluded.

The targeted revenue from ground water taxes in 2017 was IDR 67.9 billion of which IDR 61.8 billion was collected. For 2018, the Bapenda Badung is aiming for around IDR 88.4 billion representing a increase or IDR 20.4 billion form the target set for 2017. Meanwhile, the ground water tax arrears in 2017 reached IDR 13.1 billion.

Ground water taxpayers from 2016 to 2017 increased by 369. In 2016, it grew to 1,490 and in 2017 grew again to 1,848. This year, the aim is add an addition 400 taxpayers. (kmb27)

Section Head of Disease Observation and Investigation on Animal Health and Public Veterinary Health, Jembrana Agriculture and Food Agency, I Wayan Widarsa, said on Monday (Feb. 26) the tracing was conducted against the positive case of rabies in 2017.

From the records on the rabies carrier animals (HPR), the positive cases in 2017 are admitted to have happened at eight villages in four subdistricts in the red zone which is now the target of tracing by the Denpasar Veterinary Agency.

The vulnerable villages consist of Batuagung in Jembrana subdistrict, Tukadaya and Warnasari in Melaya subdistrict, Penyaringan and Yeh Sumbul in Mendoyo subdistrict as well as Asahduren, Gumbrih and Pangyangan in Pekutatan subdistrict.

His section conducted a search by interviewing the owners of rabies carrier animals in the area of positive bite cases by searching for at least ten samples.

According to him, the search was done to find out the history and journey of positive rabies cases and tracing the origin of the rabies carrier animals in the red zone.

In addition to questionnaire sampling of the rabies

carrier animal owners, there is also a blood sampling of the animals especially the dog in order to know the anti-body titer because according to him if the antibody titer is low then the opportunity of rabies carrier animal to receive and transmit rabies is very high.

According to him, the tracing is also meant as prevention and data collection so that there are valid data on the rabies carrier animals including their vaccination history. He said if the previous vaccination results in the risk area remain low, the vaccination will be carried out intensively.

He admitted there had been a positive rabies case returned to occur in the red zone a few years ago but he thought the chance is very small because the transmission has been suppressed through vaccination and elimination. Besides, it has been provided with awareness dissemination to rabies carrier animal owners in order to always protect their pets.

At the beginning of 2018, his section has sent 14 brain samples of dogs having bitten consisting of 7 samples of last January and 7 samples of this February.

Moreover, one of the samples was taken from the red zone, namely Sari Kuning.

Results of the laboratory test in the Denpasar Veterinary Agency indicated that all samples delivered were negative including those obtained from Sari Kuning.

According to him, the samples sent was taken after the occurrence of bite cases by rabies carrier animal occurring in the risky areas as well as on the bites at risky bodily parts. (kmb)

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If the previous vaccination results in the risk area remain low, the vaccination will be carried out intensively.

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Traffic jam happen to the road leading to Bali Toll.

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Commission III holds a meeting on toll road congestion

DENPASAR - Commission III of the Bali House of Representatives apparently did not want to resolve the congestion problem at the Mandara Bali Toll Road half-heartedly, especially after the underpass project at the Ngurah Rai Statue intersection. Following the working visit to PT. Jasamarga Bali Tol (JBT) and Bank Indonesia of Bali Representative Office, Commission III held a meeting with relevant stakeholders in the parliamentary building on Monday (Feb. 26).

Commission III invited some institutions such as Bali Police Traffic Affairs, Denpasar Police, Bali Transportation Agency, National Road Authority (BBPJN), Angkasa Pura, Bank Indonesia of Bali Representative Office, JBT and Toll Card Providers such as Bank Mandiri, BCA, BNI, BRI, BTN and BPD Bali.

A tense atmosphere had imbued the meeting chiefly when the Commission III asked for traffic engineering.

In this case, the BBPJN that works on the underpass does widening the road at some points. However, BBPJN has not been able to afford due to be constrained by the pipelines of Municipality Waterworks (PDAM) and aviation fuel.

“We must be strict there. Should there be any problem with water pipelines, it must be coordinated quickly with the PDAM. Regarding the aviation fuel pipeline problem, it’s the authority of Angkasa Pura.

Just now, the Angkasa Pura has agreed, it means the problem can be resolved in such a way technologically,” said Secretary of Commission III of the Bali House of Representatives, I Ketut Kariyasa Adnyana, when confirmed after the meeting.

According to Kariyasa, BBPJN in its presentation will indeed accelerate the construction of the bridge on the southern side. But the seriousness of BBPJN is still awaited to reduce the severe congestion occurred,

especially the road section heading for the airport.

Meanwhile, Bali Police Traffic Affairs are said to immediately add personnel to regulate the traffic. It had given alternative way to access by opening toll road so as to reduce congestion.

“In fact, it can be done by discretion. Police have the right to do so and are protected by law because it is an emergency. For the sake of smoothness and avoid long congestion at toll road, it can be opened first for a while without charges,” explained this PDI-P politician.

On the other hand, continued Kariyasa, PT. JBT managing the Mandara Toll Road is said to be ready to add the officers at the toll booth to facilitate the payment because the congestion does not only happen because of the underpass project and the traffic diversion to toll road. Besides, it is caused by the payment process with toll card as there are users that do not carry the card or their card balance runs out.

“Previously, if toll users do not carry a toll card, they are just served at one toll booth. This is also the trigger of the congestion. Now in the emergency case, all the toll booths should be equated,” he added.

Kariyasa added that banks coalesced into the toll card providers will do more disseminations to the public chiefly related to location where people can top up their e-money balance. Meanwhile, Angkasa Pura is said to be ready to make shortcut so there is an alternative pathway to the airport from the Nusa Dua direction. However, the plan prepared for this emergency needs an escort.

“We are committed that this traffic congestion is not good for tourism image. Moreover, Bali is just in the recovery process from Mount Agung eruption. Do not let this congestion bring in bad issue that is not good for Bali tourism. Just now, all the stakeholders have committed and it should be implemented as well as possible and as soon as possible because this is an emergency and short-term plan,” he concluded. (kmb32)

MANGUPURA - Conservation of palm-leaf manuscripts by utilizing digital media continues to be attempted by district government of Badung. At least, 375 pieces of palm-leaf manuscript spreading across Badung have been digitized until 2017.

In addition to digitization, the government through the Culture Agency also records and rewrites damaged palm-leaf manuscripts onto palm-leaf medium.

Head of the Badung Culture Agency, I.B. Anom Bhasma, said the digitalization of palm-leaf manuscripts is one of the efforts to preserve the manuscripts. They are digitizing and translated into three languages namely Balinese, Ancient Java and Bahasa Indonesia. “Without such preservation, the palm-leaf manuscripts will become damaged, so that we digitize them,” said Anom Bhasma, on Monday (Feb. 26).

According to him, the palmleaf manuscripts made into book have been distributed to the public, especially chief of customary village across Badung and higher priests. With the distribution of the manuscripts in the form of books, the younger generation is expected to easily learn the contents of the manuscripts.

“There are no more palm-leaf

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manuscripts as scripture that cannot be read but all such palm-leaf manuscripts can be learned by the community,” he said. This official from Abiansemal said that his agency has completed the Culture Agency building with palm-leaf manuscript library collecting all kinds of such manuscripts. “In the palm-leaf manuscript library, they are available in the form of books, palm-leaf manuscripts and 10 others are inscribed onto copper plate. Anyone can visit our library,” he said.

To be known, the Badung Culture Agency has conducted the auction of information technology expenditure services consultancy, consulting services on the making of palm-leaf manuscript digitalization sourced from regional budget plan (APBD) 2018 worth IDR 135,000,000 and HPS package valued at IDR 134,459,600.

“Many palm-leaf manuscripts are scattered in the community. Therefore, we continue the digitalization program because we are worried about their damage,” he said while adding it has been regularly disseminated to the community in an effort to preserve the palmleaf manuscripts in Badung. (kmb27)

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Bollywood’s Sridevi drowned in bathtub after losing consciousness - Dubai police

DUBAI - Indian actress Sridevi died from drowning in her hotel room bathtub, police in Dubai said on Monday following a postmortem.

Media reports had earlier said the 54-year-old, who had been in Dubai for a family wedding, had died of cardiac arrest on Saturday.

“Following the completion of post-mortem analysis, Dubai Police today stated that the death of Indian actress Sridevi occurred due to drowning in her hotel apartment’s bathtub following loss of consciousness,” Dubai Police said on their Twitter account.

“Dubai Police has transferred the case to Dubai Public Prosecution, which will carry out regular legal procedures followed in such cases,” it added, without elaborating.

In a career spanning five decades, Sridevi acted in 300 films and was awarded the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian honour in 2013.

Born Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, she started acting at the age of four, appearing in several Tamillanguage films in the 1960s and 1970s, and eventually dropping out of school for a career in the movies.

Sridevi made her Bollywood debut in 1979 with “Solva Sawan” (16th spring), but it was in 1983, with Balu Mahendra’s “Sadma” (Shock) that she made her mark in the Hindi film industry.

That year, she also acted with Jeetendra in K. Raghavendra Rao’s blockbuster “Himmatwala” (The Courageous One), cementing her place as one of Bollywood’s top actresses.

Sridevi was known for her on-screen vivacity and energy, playing memorable characters in films such as “Chaalbaaz” (Trickster) and Shekhar Kapur’s “Mr India” in the 80s and 90s. She charmed audiences in female-centric hits at a time when the Indian film industry relied on male actors for box-office success. (rtr)

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Ed Sheeran poses during a photocall to promote the movie Songwriter at the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 23, 2018.

Ed Sheeran named best-selling global artist of 2017

LOS ANGELES - British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran was named the world’s best-selling artist of 2017 on Monday, thanks to his album “Divide” and singles “Shape of You” and “Perfect.”

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Actress Sridevi Kapoor arrives for the gala presentation of “English Vinglish” at the 37th Toronto International Film Festival, September 14, 2012.

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) said that “Divide,” which was released in March 2017, went multiPlatinum in 36 nations.

Sheeran’s pop ballad “Shape of You” was also the best-selling single globally of 2017 and has been certified as multi-Platinum in 32 nations, the organization said.

The IFPI said it was the first time that a recording artist has had both the best-selling album and single

of the year.

Sheeran, 27, first found success in England in 2009 and 2010 by self-releasing his music online.

“Ed is truly an incredible songwriter, vocalist and performer, whose ability to tell stories and make people feel is what stands him out from the crowd,” Max Lousada, chief executive of recorded music for Sheeran’s Warner Music Group record label, said in a statement on Monday.

Sheeran, known for his ginger hair and shy demeanor, delighted fans last month by announcing his engagement to his childhood friend Cherry Seaborn, who he has known since he was 11 years old.

Canadian rapper Drake and his album “More Life” was named the second biggest seller globally for 2017 and the IFPI said Taylor Swift’s “Reputation” was third, despite being released only in November 2017. (rtr)

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A tree covered in snow is seen during a heavy snowfall in Rome, Italy February 26, 2018.

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Freeze engulfs Europe, rare Rome snow disrupts flights ROME - Bitterly cold weather gripped parts of Europe causing travel chaos on Monday, and a rare snow storm in Rome prompted Italian authorities to call in the army to help clear the streets. A Siberian weather system British forecasters dubbed the “beast from the east” brought snow, strong winds and the coldest temperatures for years to many regions.

The freeze was expected to continue for much of the week, and the World Meteorological Organization said daily minimum temperatures below 0 C were expected even in southern Europe.

“This cold period ... could be a risk to life for vulnerable people exposed to the cold,” it said.

Piazza Venezia, Rome’s central square which is usually a cacophony of car horns and a tangle of traffic, was eerily empty, quiet and white as dawn broke. In St. Peter’s Square, priests and seminarians from the Vatican threw snowballs at each other. Near the Colosseum, students skied down

the Oppian Hill.

It was the heaviest snowfall in Rome in six years and the largest for the end of February in decades.

The city, which is not equipped to deal with snow emergencies due to their rarity, asked other areas to send in snow ploughs to help clear roads.

Schools were ordered shut and

many people could not reach their work. Police asked residents to stay at home if possible. Rome’s Fiumicino airport was forced to operate with only one runway during the night, when 10 cm (4 inches) of snow fell in less than four hours. The capital’s second airport, Ciampino, was closed overnight and workers were clearing its two runways.

Italian aviation officials said Ryanair had cancelled all flights to and from Ciampino, its Italian

hub. Most of Italy’s other main airports were open, albeit with flight delays.

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