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Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar lead male-dominated Grammy nominations LOS ANGELES - Jay-Z’s soulbaring album on love, life and social fractures led the Grammy Award nominations on Tuesday with eight nods in a list that saw women sidelined in some major categories and Katy Perry excluded completely.

Jay-Z’s “4:44” album was nominated for album of the year, one of the top three Grammy accolades. The album’s title track and “The Story of O.J.” songs were nominated in song and record of the year.

“4:44” will compete for album of the year against R&B star Bruno Mars’ “24K Magic,” New Zealand pop singer Lorde’s “Melodrama,” hip hop artists Childish Gambino’s “Awaken, My Love!” and Kendrick Lamar’s “Damn.”

Lamar landed seven nominations overall, Mars got six including the top three categories and Childish Gambino, the alter-ego of actor Donald Glover, scored five nominations.

“Despacito,” the hit from Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi featuring Justin Bieber and Daddy Yankee landed three nominations including record and song of the year.

The 60th Grammy Awards, music’s biggest night honoring the year’s achievements across more than 80 categories, are scheduled for Jan. 28 at New York City’s Madison Square

Garden. Music released between October 2016 and September 2017 qualified for this year’s awards and will be voted for by members of the Recording Academy, made up of music industry professionals.

Newcomer R&B singer SZA was the most-nominated female artist with five nods including best new artist, in which she will face singers Julia Michaels, Alessia Cara, Khalid and rapper Lil Uzi Vert.

Taylor Swift’s “Reputation” album will not be eligible this year due to its November release, but she garnered two nominations including writing country group Little Big Town’s “Better Man.” The most notable ommission from Tuesday’s Grammy nominations was Canadian hip hop artist Drake, whose “More Life” album dominated streaming, charts and radio play since its March release.

British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, whose “Divide” album topped charts around the world, garnered two nominations in the pop categories. Lady Gaga and Kesha landed two nods each in the same categories as Sheeran.

Pop star Katy Perry, who is yet to win a Grammy award, did not score a single nomination for her “Witness” album. (rtr)

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Britain’s Prince Harry poses with Meghan Markle in the Sunken Garden of Kensington Palace, London, Britain, November 27, 2017.

Meghan Markle departs ‘Suits’ after engagement to Prince Harry

LOS ANGELES - U.S. actress Meghan Markle has wrapped up her role on legal drama series “Suits” after seven seasons, USA Network and Universal Cable Productions said in a statement on Tuesday, a day after Markle and Britain’s Prince Harry announced their engagement.

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American rapper Jay-Z performs at Bercy stadium in Paris, October 17, 2013.

Markle, 36, played Rachel Zane on the cable network drama, rising up the ranks from paralegal to lawyer. The character is engaged to be married to Mike Ross, played by Patrick J. Adams.

Markle has completed all her filming for the seventh season, which will return in early 2018, the network said.

“We want to send our most heartfelt congratulations to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on their engagement,” USA Network and Universal Cable Productions, both units of Comcast Corp, said in a joint statement.

“Meghan has been a member of our family for seven years and it has been a joy to work with her.

We want to thank her for her undeniable passion and dedication to Suits, and we wish her the very best,” the statement added.

Markle and Harry, 33, announced on Monday they were getting married in May 2018.

The couple met on a blind date in July 2016 and said their relationship had blossomed “incredibly quickly.” (rtr)

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A Balinese Hindu woman makes an offering outside of a tent at a camp for people who have been evacuated from villages near Mount Agung volcano in Rendang, Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia, November 29, 2017.

Bali’s economy sluggish

Predicted to decrease by 5.6 percent until yearend

DENPASAR - The eruption of Mount Agung started with phreatic eruptions since a few days ago has been shaking the Bali’s economy. Coupled with the airport’s closure since Monday at 07:00 to the present, it increasingly makes the Bali’s economy sustained by tourism sluggish. As predicted, until the end of the year the economy will grow slowly around 5.2 percent to 5.6 percent.

Assistant Director of Bank Indonesia for Bali Representative Office, Teguh Setiadi, said that based on the assumption of three months since the warning status, he has predicted the economic growth of Bali only reaches 4.8 percent. However, after this eruption, the economic growth in Bali is predicted to be in the range of 5.2 percent and 5.6 percent. This growth is lower than the previous year, namely 6.24 percent in 2016 and 6.04 in 2015.

During October 1-31, 2017 alone, the revenue lost due to cancellation of tourist visits to Bali reached IDR 11.6 billion.

Based on the experience of 2015, the eruption of Mount Barujari and Mount Raung also affected Bali with the closing of Ngurah Rai Airport. The 14-day closing of the airport caused the Angkasa Pura I to lose revenue valued at IDR 19 billion. In addition, the income of business players due to the closure of Ngurah Rai Airport

at that time reached IDR 79.96 billion.

Bank Indonesia for Bali Representative Office itself has mitigated the risk of Bali’s economic slowdown that may happen due to the eruption of Mount Agung.

“Mr. Iman has summoned banking circles related to the credit potentially getting disrupted,” he said.

The management of debtors given privilege must be clear and centralized. “In other words, there

must be agreement for debtors really affected directly by Mount Agung. Banking institutions are asked to list the affected customers,” he said. The privilege given can be either restructuring or rescheduling or if the condition is too severe they can be imposed with write off.

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He predicted if this situation lasts until December, Bali’s economic growth will be lower than 5.2 percent. It happens because peak season commonly taken advantage to boost income at the end of the year can no longer cover the target due to the eruption of Mount Agung.

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For the sake of tourism, Badung expects exceptional circumstances

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School children wear masks as they walk in an area affected by volcanic ash from nearby Mount Agung volcano, in Karangasem Regency, Bali, Indonesia, November 29, 2017.

Stories of refugee students

They attend final test at refuge as do not want to leave behind

DESIRE of the students of Karangasem evacuating to Klungkung district to be able to follow final exam (PAS) is granted. However, it does not take place at school, but in the evacuation as in the hamlet hall of Jelantik Kuribatu, Tojan village, Klungkung, on Tuesday (Nov. 28).

From outside, the atmosphere of the hamlet hall located on Jalan Semarapura-Klotok looked quiet.

When looked in the rear, there appeared a number of students while bending over. There were students sharpening their pencil as well as flicking through thin papers containing dozens of questions and blank answer sheets. It is the atmosphere of test implementation. Those who are still young age did not care about the atmosphere around them. Various items piled up. A number of old people were also sleeping soundly. Others were chatting to share stories. “We are answering to the semester final test,” said Komag Hendra Supanca, a second grade of the SDN 1 Duda elementary school, Selat, Karangasem.

Questions of various subjects were obtained directly at the school. They were taken two days ago before evacuating. All have to be done on Friday because on Saturday it has to be submitted to school. It will be checked by teacher before filling the report card. “I answer these questions from the morning. Sometimes,

I have to have a break and then continue again. Now, I have just one lesson left,” he said.

Actually it is a difficult option to answer the questions at the place he has never known before. However, it has gone as motivated by enthusiasm to be able to reach the highest education. In this place, he can share his knowledge with other children. His parents can also pay attention. “When learning, there are people helping,” he said.

Vivacity to get education was also showed by a student of SMPN 3 Selat junior high school, Kadek Devi Cahyati. She studied diligently in refugee camp, a place far from her homeland. It is the preparation to face the assessment started on Thursday. “Necessarily, it already started on Monday. However, due to evacuating, it is postponed. Later on, the exam will be held at SMPN 2 Sidemen lasting next Tuesday,” he said.

Staying in a new place surely disturbs her while studying. However, it was tricked by pulling over, looking for a quiet place. “It’s a bit hard to learn and slightly disturbed,” added the child aspiring to become a doctor.

One of the students’ parents, Nyoman Menuh, felt relieved as his son can take the test although his temporary school is quite far from the evacuation. However, it does not matter. The child will be escorted in order to achieve the desired dream. “Luckily, he can take part in the exam. So, he does not drop out of education,” he said. (sos)

MANGUPURA - District government of Badung hoped the governor of Bali to immediately determine the Mount Agung eruption into exceptional circumstances (KLB). With the determination of emergency status, his government can issue a policy to bear all the costs of tourists getting trapped due to the closure of Ngurah Rai Airport.

This was revealed by Regent of Badung, I Nyoman Giri Prasta, when attending the inauguration of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) of Badung on Tuesday (Nov. 28). This PDI-P politician said the eruption of Mount Agung resulted in the closure of the airport, so that hundreds of airlines and thousands of tourists failed to fly since Monday (Nov. 27).

“If more than a day and there is a letter of exceptional circumstances (KLB) from the province, we will take action. Then, we will rent a hotel and cover their meals,” he said.

By covering the cost of accommodation during the airport is closed, Giri Prasta hoped tourists feel to get more attention as well as it becomes tourism promotion in the eyes of foreign tourists. “If they are happy in Bali and have been treated very well by the government, I have confidence this will become a positive image for Bali tourism,” he said.

Nevertheless, Giri Prasta claimed that at this time he can only appeal to the entire hotels in order to give the guests a free stay for one night. His authority has also asked the airport to provide services for tourists.

“So far, we have coordinated with PHRI and airport authority.

PHRI is ready to give free onenight stay at the hotel to canceled travelers. Meanwhile, those who

stay at the airport, the airport have provided food and a good place,” he said.

Head of the Badung Tourism Office, I Made Badra, cannot do much because the disaster cannot be predicted. Nevertheless, his office still provides information to travel agencies that Bali remains safe to visit. “However, the transportation here is not possible because the airport is closed,” he said.

Regarding the handling of flight cancellation, he claimed to have made coordination with the airport authority to provide services to Mengwi Terminal leading to Surabaya. Meanwhile, the PHRI gives services in the form of free one-night stay.

In the meantime, Chairman of the PHRI Badung, IGN Rai Suryawijaya, did not dare to ascertained whether the service is provided by the hotel management. “As the appeal implies, it should be made mandatory,” he said briefly amid the inauguration of the Kadin Badung in the Badung Civic Center.

Based on the data collected, the foreign tourist visit during the period of January to October reached 4,878,478 people of the target in 2017 reaching 5,850,000.

This means there are still 971,522 tourists that should be traveling to Bali. Seeing the number of tourist visits within two months, it seems very difficult to reach the target in 2018. The visit in November reached 309,601 foreign tourists and December reaches 411,177 foreign tourists.

“As the calculation, the tourist visit until November lacks of about 600,000. Hopefully, this can be clear within one week and we make recovery again. And let’s see the development,” he concluded. (kmb27)

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Passengers ask staff about their flights near the flight screen after Ngurah Rai airport closed their operation due to eruption of Mount Agung in Bali resort island, November 27, 2017 in this photo taken by Antara Foto.

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Pipeline breaks after hit by mud flow

Thousands of customers face water crisis

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HIV self tests are displayed in a pharmacy in Bordeaux, France, September 15, 2015.

Europe’s HIV epidemic growing at alarming rate, WHO warns

LONDON - The number of people newly diagnosed with HIV in Europe reached its highest level in 2016 since records began, showing the region’s epidemic growing “at an alarming pace”, health officials said on Tuesday.

That year, 160,000 people contracted the virus that causes AIDS in the 53 countries that make up the World Health Organization’s European region, the agency said in a joint report with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

Around 80 percent of those were in eastern Europe, the report found.

“This is the highest number of cases recorded in one year.

If this trend persists, we will not be able to achieve the ... target of ending the HIV epidemic by 2030,” the WHO’s Euro-

pean regional director, Zsuzsanna Jakab, said in a statement.

The trend was particularly worrying, the organisations said, because many patients had already been carrying the HIV infection for several years by the time they were diagnosed, making the virus harder to control and more likely to have been passed on to others.

Early diagnosis is important with HIV because it allows people to start treatment with AIDS drugs sooner, increasing their chances of living a long and healthy life.

“Europe needs to do more in its HIV response,” said ECDC director Andrea Ammon. She said the average time from estimated time of infection until a person is diagnosed is three years, “which is far too long”.

The report said new strategies were needed to expand the reach of HIV testing - including self-testing services and testing provided by lay providers.

Almost 37 million people worldwide have the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS. The majority of cases are in poorer regions such as Africa, where access to testing, prevention and treatment is more limited, but the HIV epidemic has also proved stubborn in wealthier regions like Europe.

The WHO European Region comprises 53 countries, with a population of nearly 900 million people.

The ECDC/WHO report found that over the past ten years, the rate of newly diagnosed HIV infections in this region has risen by 52 percent from 12 in every 100,000 of population in 2007 to 18.2 for every 100,000 in 2016.

That decade-long increase was “mainly driven by the continuing upward trend in the East,” the report said.

An ECDC study published earlier this year also found that around one in six new cases of HIV diagnosed in Europe are in people over the age of 50. (rtr)

SEMARAPURA — The water distribution network of the Klungkung’s Municipal Waterworks (PDAM) located in Rendang, Karangasem, was damaged by the mud flow carrying debris from Mount Agung.

As a result, tens of thousands of PDAM customers in the town of Semarapura did not have access to water on Monday morning (Nov 27).

Director of PDAM Klungkung, I Nyoman Renin Suyasa, explained that the water source in Rendang has discharge of 120 liters per second, which is very large compared to other sources.

However, when the mud flow hot the distribution networks, access to the reservoir was cut off. “This network uses gravity to move the water. At about 08:00 on Monday morning, the mud flow caused damage to the system. Our technical officers are looking into the matter”, he said.

Naturally local residents complained as about 15,000 customers could no longer access clean water. “ Normally, the water flows from the source to urban areas. But now the network is damaged so our customers cannot access water” said this official from Nusa Penida.

To overcome this problem, a number of other water sources are being utilized: the drilled wells at Akah village that have a discharge of 20 liters per

second, the source at Koripan, Banjarangkan (5 liters/sec), Swecapura Stadium (7 liters/ sec), the drilled well built by the Bali-Penida River agency (BWS) at Puputan Klungkung Square (10 liters/sec) and in the area of ?? Kentel Gumi Temple (5 liters/sec). Because these sources cannot provide as much water as the Rendang source, service is provided in a rotating scehdule. “ We are in the process of installing a pump. Meanwhile the upstream and downstream areas have alternate access every 24 hours”, said Suyasa.

The community is being asked to create water reservoirs to facilitate this system. Evacuees in the area are provided with water that is dropped off by water-tank trucks. “ we urge the public to provide water tanks and other such containers”, added Suyasa.

Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, has requested the clean water problem be handled immediately. Apart from the PDAM, other related agencies such as the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), the Public Works Agency, the Spatial Planning and Settlement Area are also taking steps to solve this matter. “We urge the community to prepare temporary water reservoirs, while water administration is being directly handled by PDAM”, he said. (kmb45)

Nevertheless, 25 percent of people diagnosed with HIV in 2015 were infected for seven years or more before being diagnosed.

CDC Director Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald said the report shows the nation is making progress in the fight against HIV, but the gains are uneven, and challenges remain.

“Too many people have HIV infections that go undiagnosed for far too long,” Fitzgerald said in a conference call with reporters.

Shortening the time between HIV infection and diagnosis is key

to prevention. The CDC estimates that about 40 percent of new HIV infections are caused by people who did not know they were infected.

Although testing rates increased overall, an estimated 15 percent of people living with HIV in 2015 did not know they were infected, and half of people who were unaware of their infection in 2015 lived in the South.

The report found many other disparities, with delays in diagnosis varying significantly by race/ethnicity and gender. For example, the estimated time from HIV infection

to diagnosis was a median of five years for heterosexual men, twice as long as heterosexual women.

The median was three years for gay and bisexual men.

“The report tells us some groups, particularly heterosexual men and racial and ethnic minorities, live with HIV longer than other groups before they are diagnosed,” Dr. Jonathan Mermin, director of CDC’s National Center for HIV/ AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, told the briefing.

Among high risk individuals,

many reported not being tested in the prior year, including 29 percent of gay and bisexual men, 42 percent of people who inject drugs and 59 percent of heterosexuals at increased risk for HIV. Two thirds of those who had not been tested for HIV in the prior year had seen a healthcare provider, which Mermin considered a missed opportunity for testing.

People who are diagnosed and take medications to control HIV are significantly less likely to spread the disease. (rtr)

Dozens of people return to Sutasoma evacuation post

GIANYAR — Following the minor eruption of Mount Agung, dozens of residents of Karangasem who had returned home, were forced to evacuate to the Sutasoma post in Sukawati again. “Well, I came back on Sunday afternoon, along with 15 families consisting of 60 people from Jungutan Village, Bebandem”, said Wayan Bawa, on Monday (Nov. 27).

U.S. HIV diagnoses improving, but progress varies -CDC CHICAGO - Delays in the time between becoming infected with HIV and getting a diagnosis are shortening, helped by efforts to increase testing for the virus that causes AIDS, U.S. health officials said.

The report, released on Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that 50 percent of the 39,720 people diagnosed with HIV in 2015 had been infected for at least three years, a seven-month improvement compared with 2011.

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Following the minor eruption of Mount Agung, dozens of residents of Karangasem who had returned home, were forced to evacuate to the Sutasoma post in Sukawati again.

The mud flow carrying debris from Mount Agung.

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Wayan Bawa explained that he and others had been told to go home as conditions were considered safe. But he was again evacuated from his village as volcanic ash started descending on Karangasem. “ The ash at Jungutan village is very thick, many houses and plants are covered in ash”, he said.

He and others left their cows and pigs in the village and as Bawa explained, it is hard to find grass for the animals. “When we go looking for grass, we have to wash it off as it is covered in ash. The animals are still in the village, we wanted to save our families first”, he said.

Residents of Jungutan village who earn a living as farmers, he added will certainly face crop failure as

their paddy plants are covered in volcanic ash. “ Our paddy would have been ready to harvest in about 1 month, but with the heavy ash fall the yellow grain has turned balck”, he mourned.

Meanwhile, Regent of Gianyar, A.A. Gde Agung Bharata, has instructed his staff to provide prime handling for the evacuees, especially regarding food. “ I have ordered food for the evacuees and asked that the expiry dates on all food be double-checked”, he said.

The regent has also been coordinating with local entrepreneurs about accommodating the evacuees’ livestock. “ We are ready to accommodate the evacuees, including the matter of their livestock. They will be purchased at normal prices and sold at Beringkit cattle market”, said the regent.

When asked about the long-term funding for the evacuees, this Gianyar Palace figure said that it was included in the regional budget for 2018é “ a total of 10 billion IDR has been assigned for the handling of this situation. This is about humanity. Not all people are given a chance by God to help. This is a good opportunity to do something good”, affirmed Regent Bharata. (kmb35)

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N.Korea says new ICBM puts U.S. mainland within range of nuclear weapons

SEOUL - North Korea said it had successfully tested a powerful new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that put all of the U.S. mainland within range, declaring it had achieved its long-held goal of becoming a nuclear power.

Hundreds of residents are scattered at villages across five subdistricts in Jembrana.

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Hundreds of independent refugees to Jembrana

NEGARA — Since the stipulation of the warning alert level of Mount Agung last week, hundreds of Karangasem residents belonging to dangerous areas have fled to their relatives’ house in Jembrana.

Pursuant to data collection conducted by the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Jembrana, until Tuesday morning (Nov. 28), there are 175 people from Karangasem.

Hundreds of residents are scattered at villages across five subdistricts in Jembrana. The largest number evacuates in Pekutatan subdistrict reaching105 people.

Head of BPBD Jembrana, I Ketut Eko Susila AP, said the

number is based on temporary data reported. Perhaps, it will continue to grow following the stipulation of warning alert level of Mount Agung. “In total, there are 175 people. They mostly evacuate in Pekutatan and Mendoyo,” said

this former Pekutatan subdistrict head. By village, the most is at Asah Duren, Pekutatan subdistrict amounting to 42 people.

Besides, the data collected indicate 27 people evacuate in Mendoyo subdistrict where 22 people

at Penyaringan village and five others at Yeh Sumbul. In Jembrana subdistrict, there are 16 people in Dangin Tukadaya village, Dauh Waru village and East Loloan village. Meanwhile, in Negara subdistrict, namely Banyubiru is reported there are six people; 21 people in Melaya subdistrict spreading in Candikusuma, Tuwed and Tukadaya village.

This data collection is then used

a reference to do follow-up later on. In Jembrana, he said, there is no provision of special place for evacuation. Most Karangasem residents flee to their relatives’ home.

The government distributes aid when people apply for help. Eko Susila also ensured that logistics for refugees is safe and sufficient.

“When people submit through village, we immediately distribute the aid,” he concluded. (kmb26)

Use mask to anticipate impact of ash rain

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Ni Made Adi Purnami

BANGLI — Ash rain with a slight intensity has hit several areas in Bangli district since the past few days. Such condition happened due to the impact of increased activities of Mount Agung in Karangasem.

Though occurring in a thin intensity, the ash rain still needs to be watched especially by children.

Volcanic ashes produced by the activities of Mount Agung can potentially interfere with respiratory health.

A pediatrician of Bangli Hospital, Ni Made Adi Purnami, said on Tuesday (Nov. 28) it is the same as cigarette ashes or ashes in the burning of garbage. Volcanic ashes produced from the activities of Mount Agung can potentially disrupt the health of the respiratory

tract. Respiratory disorders can be experienced by all ages. However, compared to adults, the respiratory health problems are more susceptible to children. It happens because the body’s immune system is weaker than adults.

She explained that someone suffering from respiratory problems due to exposure to ash particles will usually experience symptoms of sneezing. According to her, sneezing is a body mechanism in response to the presence of foreign objects entering into the body to be removed. If a person’s immune system is weak, then sneezing will continue causing coughing, upper respiratory tract infections to congestion. “If getting puffed, this means it has hit the lungs,” she

explained.

When continuing and recurring, it will be able to cause total lungs damages. “If the lungs are totally damaged, someone will need oxygen cylinders for life,” she said.

To prevent the occurrence of respiratory health problems due to the impact of volcanic ashes, it is important to wear protective equipment in the form of masks when being outdoors. Moreover, it is recommended for children having basic allergies. “So, when children are playing in the open field, they must be fitted with mask,” she explained.

This doctor originating from Pule hamlet, Kawan village, said that so far there has been no increase in the cases of respiratory

disorders in the residents, particularly the children in Bangli.

Meanwhile, in addition to affecting the disruption of one’s respiratory health, volcanic ashes can also cause health problems to skin.

According to a dermatologist from Bangli, AAIA Nindya Sari, the exposure to volcanic ashes on the skin can cause skin health problems such as allergies and itching.

However, the allergies caused by volcanic ashes have futures nature, and depend on the level of skin sensitivity. To prevent any skin health problems due to volcanic ashes, it is necessary to take precautions by using long-sleeved clothes. Prevention can also be made with diligent bathing after doing outdoor activities too long. (kmb40)

Wednesday’s missile test, North Korea’s first since mid-September, came a week after U.S. President Donald Trump put North Korea back on a U.S. list of countries it says support terrorism, allowing it to impose more sanctions. North Korea has conducted dozens of ballistic missile tests under its leader, Kim Jong Un, in defiance of international sanctions. In September, it conducted its sixth and largest nuclear test.

North Korea said the new powerful missile reached an altitude of around 4,475 km (2,780 miles) - more than 10 times the height of the international space station - and flew 950 km (600 miles) during its 53 minute flight.

“After watching the successful launch of the new type ICBM Hwasong-15, Kim Jong Un declared with pride that now we have finally realized the great historic cause of completing the state nuclear force, the cause of building a rocket power,” according to a statement read by a television presenter.

In the statement, North Korea described itself as a “responsible nuclear power”, saying its strategic weapons were developed to defend itself from “the U.S. imperialists’ nuclear blackmail policy and nuclear threat”.

Many nuclear experts say the North has yet to prove it has mastered all technical hurdles including the ability deliver a nuclear warhead reliably atop an ICBM, but likely soon will.

“We don’t have to like it, but we’re going to have to learn to live with North Korea’s ability to target the United States with nuclear weapons,” said Jeffrey Lewis, head of the

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A pedestrian walks in front of a television screen displaying a map of Japan (R) and the Korean Peninsula in Tokyo on November 29, 2017, following a North Korean missile launch. Japan’s prime minister said on November 29 that the latest North Korean missile launch was a “violent act” that “can never be tolerated” after the ICBM splashed down in its exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute of Strategic Studies.

“THREATEN EVERYWHERE” U.S., Japanese and South Korean officials all agreed the missile, which landed within Japan’s exclusive economic zone, was likely an ICBM. It did not pose a threat to the United States, its territories or allies, the Pentagon said.

“It went higher frankly than any previ-

ous shot they’ve taken, a research and development effort on their part to continue building ballistic missiles that can threaten everywhere in the world, basically,” U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told reporters at the White House.

Trump spoke by phone with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-In, with all three leaders reaffirming their commitment to combat the North Korean threat.

“It is a situation that we will handle,” Trump told reporters.

Moon told Trump that North Korea’s missile technology seemed to have improved, a spokesman for the South Korean leader’s office said.

Trump, who was briefed on the missile while it was in flight, said it did not change his administration’s approach to North Korea, which has included new curbs to hurt trade between China and North Korea. (rtr)

Canada apologizes for persecution of gay public servants

OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized on Tuesday for a decades-long campaign by previous governments to rid the military and public service of homosexuals, calling the dark chapter in the country’s history a “collective shame.” rom the 1950s to the early 1990s, the Canadian government monitored and interrogated civil servants who were believed to be homosexual or transgender. Thousands in the public service, military and Royal Canadian Mounted Police were fired or intimidated into leaving their jobs.

Speaking in the House of Com-

mons, Trudeau said the thinking that homosexuals would be at increased risk of blackmail by Canada’s adversaries was nothing short of a witch hunt.

“The government of Canada exercised its authority in a cruel and unjust manner,” Trudeau said, to a standing ovation from both sides of the House of Commons.

“It is with shame and sorrow and deep regret for the things we have done that I stand here today and say, we were wrong. We apologize. I am sorry. We are sorry,” Trudeau said.

The apology was the latest in a series of statements by the twoyear-old Liberal government seek-

ing to make amends for historical wrongs. Trudeau used a speech to the U.N. General Assembly in September to acknowledge Canada has failed its indigenous people.

Canada has also reached an agreement in principle with those involved in a class action lawsuit related to the government’s persecution of homosexuals, Trudeau said, though he did not say how much the settlement will be worth.

The government earlier on Tuesday also proposed legislation that will allow the criminal records of those convicted of sexual activity with same-sex partners to be permanently destroyed. (rtr)

REUTERS/Chris Wattie

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers an apology to members of the LGBT community who were discriminated against by federal legislation and policies, in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, November 28, 2017.

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NEW YORK - Virtual currency bitcoin soared to an all-time high above $10,000 on Wednesday on major exchanges and digital currency indexes, including the widely followed Luxembourg-based trading platform BitStamp. At 0600 GMT, it was quoted around $10,115 on BitStamp, coming sharply off a high of $10,743.61, which was a rise of more than 5 percent on the day. amongst speculative traders and a growing contingent of liquid traders that have a long-term optimistic view on … this technology.”

Sol Lederer, blockchain director at U.S. technology company LOOMIA, said this surge will help long-time bitcoiners finally feel vindicated that their currency, which had been ridiculed for years, was at last being taken seriously. “Bitcoin’s future is still uncertain; it faces the same serious technical challenges it has for years and faces stiff competition from newer, more sophisticated blockchains. But even if it were to crash, it’s apparent that bitcoin is here to stay.”

In some emerging markets, bitcoin had hit well over $10,000 previously. In Zimbabwe, bitcoin traded at $17,875 on Monday. Tuesday’s price in Zimbabwe was not available.

In South Korean exchanges, bitcoin was already close to $11,000 or higher early this week. It traded at nearly $12,000 on Tuesday on bithumb after hitting the $10,000 milestone on Monday. At Coinone, it traded at near $12,700, and it was up 10 percent in 24 hours at $12,792 on Korbit.

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Passengers line up to enter the departure terminal Officers at Ngurah Rai Airport after it reopened following Mount Agung volcano’s eruption on the holiday island in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia November 29, 2017 in this photo taken by Antara Foto.

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A copy of bitcoin standing on PC motherboard is seen in this illustration picture, October 26, 2017.

Bitcoin has been boosted as exchanges such as the CME Group Inc and the Chicago Board Options Exchange announced plans to launch futures contracts for the currency.

“I’m sure there will be a few dips over the next weeks and months as the cryptocurrency market is quite illiquid so there’s bound to be volatil-

ity,” Gatecoin’s Glucksmann said.

Mike Novogratz, a former macro hedge fund manager at Fortress Investment Group, said in a Reuters Investment Summit earlier this month that mainstream institutional investors were about six to eight months from adopting bitcoin. But many leading bankers, including Credit

Suisse Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam, have expressed scepticism about bitcoin.

“From what we can identify, the only reason today to buy or sell Bitcoin is to make money, which is the very definition of speculation and the very definition of a bubble,” Thiam said earlier this month.(rtr)

U.S. consumer confidence near 17-year high; goods trade deficit widens

WASHINGTON - U.S consumer confidence surged to a near 17year high in November, driven by a robust labor market, while house prices rose sharply in September, which should underpin consumer spending and boost economic growth. The near-term growth outlook was, however, marred by other data on Tuesday showing a big rise in the goods trade deficit in October and a drop in inventory accumulation. The wider goods trade gap and weak inventory investment prompted economists to slash their fourth-quarter gross domestic product estimates.

“This economy has really got some legs if this confidence of consumers is to believed,” said Chris Rupkey, chief economist at MUFG

in New York. The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index increased 3.3 points to a reading of 129.5 this month, within striking distance of 132.6, which was touched in November 2000. The strong confidence reading largely reflected households’ upbeat perceptions of the labor market.

The survey’s so-called labor market differential, derived from data about respondents who think jobs are hard to get and those who think jobs are plentiful, was the best in more than 16 years. This measure closely correlates to the unemployment rate in the Labor Department’s employment report and is consistent with further absorption of labor market slack.

The labor market is near full em-

ployment, with the unemployment rate at a 17-year low of 4.1 percent.

The share of consumers expecting more jobs in the months ahead increased to 22.6 percent this month from 18.7 percent in October.

The proportion of those anticipating fewer jobs fell to 11 percent in November from 11.6 percent the prior month. More consumers said they planned to buy houses and major appliances over the next six months.

Confidence is also being buoyed by a resurgent stock market amid expectations that President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans in Congress will push through hefty corporate tax cuts. Congressional Republicans have unveiled a broad package of tax cuts, including slash-

ing the corporate income tax rate to 20 percent from 35 percent.

BULLISH CONSUMERS Economists said bullish consumers, together with the tightening labor market, were compelling reasons for the Federal Reserve to increase interest rates next month despite worries about persistently low inflation. The U.S. central bank has raised rates twice this year. The dollar was trading higher against a basket of currencies, while prices for U.S. Treasuries were little changed. Stocks on Wall Street rose, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 index and Dow Jones industrial average hitting record highs.

A separate report on Tuesday showed the S&P CoreLogic Case-

Shiller composite index of house prices in 20 metropolitan areas jumped 6.2 percent in September on a year-over-year basis after increasing 5.8 percent in August. A dearth of homes for sale and strong demand are pushing up house prices. While rising house prices are boosting equity for homeowners, the chronic shortage of properties is constraining home sales. The combination of rising consumer confidence and house prices bodes well for consumer spending.

“Confidence isn’t a perfect gauge for consumer spending, but having the strongest confidence level in nearly two decades certainly helps,” said Jennifer Lee, a senior economist at BMO Capital Markets in Toronto.(rtr)

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International passengers in Bali to receive overstayed permit: Ministry

Bitcoin tops $10,000, marks 10-fold increase in 2017

Created in 2009, bitcoin uses encryption and a blockchain database that enables the fast and anonymous transfer of funds outside of a traditional centralized payment system.

It has increased more than 10-fold in value so far this year, posting the largest gain of all asset classes, amid increased institutional demand for crypto-currencies as financial and mainstream use has expanded. But sceptics say it a classic speculative bubble with no relation to real financial market activity or the economy, most famously JPMorgan boss Jamie Dimon who labelled it a fraud.

Bitcoin crossed $10,000 on smaller exchanges such as the CEX.IO exchange, and the cryptocurrency index coinmarketcap.com long before it hit the milestone on BitStamp.

“The price rise is a continuation of a long-term trend which has been driven by the speculative activity in Japan and also with institutional investors dipping their toes into the cryptocurrency market,” said Thomas Glucksmann, head of marketing at Hong Kong exchange Gatecoin.

“The recent surge is just part of that additional element of excitement

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Indonesia reopens Bali airport as wind clears volcanic ash

DENPASAR - The airport on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali reopened on Wednesday as wind blew away ash and smoke spewed out by a volcano, giving airlines a window to get stranded tourists out and authorities more time to urge villagers to move to safety. Operations at the airport - the second-busiest in Indonesia - have been disrupted since the weekend when Mount Agung, in east Bali, began belching out huge clouds of smoke and ash, and authorities warned of an “imminent threat” of a major eruption.

“Bali’s international airport started operating normally,” air traffic control provider AirNav said in a statement, adding that operations resumed at 2:28 p.m. (0628 GMT).

The reopening of the airport, which is about 60 km (37 miles) away from Mount Agung, followed a downgrade in an aviation warning to one level below the most serious, with the arrival of more favourable winds.

A large plume of white and grey ash and smoke hovered over Agung on Wednesday, after night-time rain partially obscured a fiery glow at its peak. President Joko Widodo begged villagers living in a danger zone around the volcano to move to emergency centres.

The decision to resume flights followed an emergency meeting at the airport, when authorities weighing up weather conditions, tests and data from AirNav and other groups.

Flight tracking website FlightRadar24 later showed there were flights departing and arriving at the airport although its general manager said if the wind changed

direction the airport could be closed again at short notice.

Agung looms over eastern Bali to a height of just over 3,000 meters (9,800 feet). Its last major eruption in 1963 killed more than 1,000 people and razed several villages. Ash coated cars, roofs and roads to the southeast of the crater on Wednesday and children wore masks as they walked to school.

‘UNPREDICTABLE’ Singapore Airlines Ltd said it would resume flights while Australia’s Qantas Airways Ltd said it and budget arm Jetstar would run 16 flights to Australia on Thursday to ferry home 3,800 stranded customers.

Singapore Airlines and SilkAir were seeking approval to operate additional flights on Thursday, while budget offshoot Scoot said it would cease offering land and ferry transport to the city of Surabaya, on Java island, as it resumed flights to Bali.

Virgin Australia plans to operate up to four recovery flights to Denpasar on Thursday. “As the volcanic activity remains unpredictable, these flights may be cancelled at short notice,” it said on its website.

The head of the weather agency at Bali airport, Bambang Hargiyono, said winds had begun to blow from the north to south, carrying ash toward the neighbouring island of Lombok. He said the wind was expected to shift toward the southeast “for the next three days”, which should allow flights to operate.

As many as 430 domestic and international flights had been disrupted on Wednesday. Authorities are urging villagers living up to 10 km (6 miles) from the volcano to move to emergency centres, but some are reluctant to leave homes and livestock.

“Those in the 8- to 10-km radius must truly take refuge for safety,” Widodo told reporters. “There must not be any victims.”(rtr)

JAKARTA - All international passengers in Bali province would receive an overstayed permit for maximum one month, following the closure of the airport due to Mount Agung`s Eruption few days ago, the Transportation Ministry stated.

Sugihardjo, the ministry`s secretary general said in Jakarta, Tuesday, the authority would ease the procedure on extending the stay permit for the affected foreign passengers.

“During a conference at the Coordinating Ministry with (Bali) Governor and its deputy, we have agreed to help the international passengers earn their overstayed permits,” he remarked.

The airport operator, PT Angkasa Pura I`s secretary, Israwadi said, his company has contacted the Immigration Office to give an “exit pass” to the international passengers who have crossed the immigration counter. The “exit pass” would be effective for one week. “However if the passengers are seeking to extending their stays for one month, they have to submit their requests to the Immigration Office,” Israwadi noted.

Meanwhile, for the international passengers that have not yet passed the immigration counter, they could directly file a request to the Immigration Office. Earlier on Monday, the operator PT Angkasa Pura I announced the Bali I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport was closed due to the volcanic ashes of Mount Agung.

“Referring o the Notice to the airmen (NOTAM) number: A4242/17 on Nov 27, herewith we inform you that due to the volcanic ashes of Mount Agung in Karangasem district, Bali, Indonesia, I Gusti Ngurah Rai airport will be closed on Nov 27 to Nov 28,” Yanus Suprayogi, the operator`s general manager said in a written statement.

Following the closure, all flights both arriving and departing en route from and to the airport will be cancelled until further notice, he reiterated. However, on Nov 28, the authority later decided to extend the closure to Nov 29. “We have decided to extend the closure of I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport from 07.00 a.m. on Nov 28 until 07.00 a.m. on Nov 29, 2017,” Secretary General of Air Transportation Directorate of the Ministry of Transportation Pramintohadi said, Tuesday.

Because of the closure, some 445 flights have been canceled, affecting at least 89 thousand passengers. Although the closure was predicted to end on Nov 29, Sugihardjo said the authority may shut down the airport for the next three days.

“Based on the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency`s forecast, there will be a cyclone for three to four days,” he stated, Tuesday. Hence, he called on all passengers to remain alert for any unpredictable natural disasters.(ant)

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Senior Saudi prince freed in $1 bln settlement agreement -official

DUBAI - Senior Saudi Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, once seen as a leading contender to the throne, was freed after reaching an “acceptable settlement agreement” with authorities paying more than $1 billion, a Saudi official said on Wednesday.

Miteb, 65, son of the late King Abdullah and former head of the elite National Guard, was among dozens of royal family members, ministers and senior officials who were rounded up in a graft inquiry partly aimed at strengthening the power of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

The official, who is involved in the anti-corruption campaign, said Miteb was released on Tuesday after reaching “an acceptable settlement agreement”. The amount of the settlement was not disclosed but the official said it is believed to be the equivalent of more than $1 billion.

“It is understood that the settlement included admitting corruption involving known cases,” the official said. According to a Saudi official, Prince Miteb was accused of embezzlement, hiring ghost employees and awarding contracts to his own firms including a $10 billion deal for walkie talkies and bulletproof military gear worth billions of Saudi riyals.

The allegations against the others included kickbacks, inflating government contracts, extortion and

bribery.

The claims could not be independently verified.

Saudi authorities had been working on striking agreements with some of those in detention, asking them to hand over assets and cash in return for their freedom.

News of the purge emerged on Nov 4 soon after King Salman decreed the creation of an anti-corruption committee led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, his 32-year-old favourite son, also known as MbS, who has amassed power since his meteoric rise three years ago.

The new body was given broad powers to investigate cases, issue arrest warrants and travel restrictions, and seize assets.

In an interview with the New York Times published last week, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was quoted as saying that the vast majority of about 200 businessmen and officials implicated in the crackdown were agreeing to settlements under which they would hand assets over to the government.

Apart from Miteb, the Saudi official said that at least three other people allegedly involved in corruption cases have also finalized settlement agreements.

He said the Public Prosecutor had also decided to release a number of individuals and to prosecute at least 5 individuals. The official gave no details on their identities. (rtr)

REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/File Photo

Saudi Arabian Prince Miteb bin Abdullah at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 18, 2014.

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What can be done in the near future is looking for new alternatives to go in and out of Bali, such as by sea. So, the crossing in Gilimanuk and Padangbai should be maximized. Although most of Bali’s economy is paralyzed mainly in Karangasem and the areas near Karangasem, yet other areas such as Denpasar are still on the move as usual.

In terms of tourism management, Deputy Chairman of the

Indonesia Hotel General Manager Association (IHGMA), I Made Ramia Adnyana, said that the condition of hotel and tourism is decreasing slightly, along with the closing of the Ngurah Rai International Airport. It has resulted in a number of cancellations to the arrivals and departures from and to Bali.

Anticipating this decline, the hotel management temporarily helps foreign and domestic tourists by providing information services about the airport, airline and current status of Mount Agung itself. “We set up a special hospitality desk for

this,” he said.

On the other hand, as the hotel located near the airport, his management also provides accommodation for guests that will depart according to an appeal of the governor, PHRI and Bali Tourism Board (BTB). Internally, the company is tightening the expenditure (saving) and delaying the purchase of things related to capital expenditure (Capex) until the condition is getting better. “The condition is indeed quite unpredictable. So, it is rather difficult to forecast seeing this uncertain situation,” he added. (kmb42)

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Cyclone kills 19, most under landslide, on Indonesian island of Java

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Katerina Tikhonova (L), daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, dances with Ivan Klimov during the World Cup Rock’n’Roll Acrobatic Competition in Krakow, Poland, April 12, 2014.

Colleague names Putin’s daughter, then withdraws comments

MOSCOW - A colleague of Katerina Tikhonova from the world of acrobatic rock’n’roll confirmed that she is the younger daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and then later withdrew his comments, saying he had misheard the question.

It is the second time in two years that Reuters has disclosed Tikhonova’s relationship to the president, citing a named source, and then been publicly challenged post publication.

World Rock’n’Roll Confederation (WRRC) Vice President for Legal Affairs Manfred Mohab told Reuters in an interview on Sunday during a dance event that he knew Tikhonova through their work together on the confederation’s presidium.

When asked whether he knew Tikhonova was Putin’s daughter, he said: “Yes. I know her, yes of course.” Asked a second time, he nodded and said: “Yes.” The Kremlin and Tikhonova did not respond to requests for comment.

After the Reuters article was published on Tuesday, Mohab telephoned Reuters and said: “I can’t confirm that I know the daughter of Mr. Putin. I have nothing to do with them.”

Asked why he had earlier said Tikhonova was Putin’s daughter, Mohab said: “Believe me, it was so loud in the hall that a lot of the things I can’t understand and other things I felt that I didn’t understand right. So it’s not sure that I gave you the right answers.”

Mohab said he had problems with his hearing. “I’m sure we had some misunderstandings.”

In 2015, Andrey Akimov, deputy chairman of the board of directors at Russian lender Gazprombank,

told Reuters that Tikhonova was Putin’s daughter but later denied the statement. Reuters also confirmed her identity through two other sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.

After the report, Gazprombank said Akimov was “surprised and bewildered” by the quotes attributed to him by Reuters and that he had made no such remarks.

Akimov and a representative for Gazprombank did not respond to a request for comment on Tuesday.

Putin, a former KGB intelligence officer, is famously guarded about his private life and has fought to keep his two daughters, Maria and Katerina, away from the public eye.

While Katerina’s identity has been widely assumed, it has never been confirmed by Tikhonova herself, her representatives or the Kremlin, which says it does not comment on the private lives of Putin’s close relatives.

Mohab, in his comments to Reuters on Sunday, became the first official to publicly identify her relationship to the Russian president since Akimov in 2015.

Tikhonova, who uses a surname inherited from her grandmother, runs publicly-funded projects at Moscow State University and serves as the WRRC’s vice president for expansion and marketing.

Aged 31, she is a major player in acrobatic rock’n’roll, a niche dance discipline she has competed in and helps manage through senior positions at the WRRC and the Russian national federation.

She is also married to Kirill Shamalov, the son of one of Putin’s closest friends, who has since made a fortune of at least $1 billion through dealings in Russia’s largest petrochemical company. (rtr)

JAKARTA - A tropical cyclone killed 19 people on the Indonesian island of Java, officials said on Wednesday, with most of the victims caught under a landslide.

Video footage showed rivers overflowing and roads and villages submerged in brown water after the storm struck on Tuesday.

“Nineteen people have died, thousands of homes have been flooded and other damage has been caused,” Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for the Disaster Mitigation Agency, said on Twitter.

Two nearby airports were briefly closed but had since reopened. Flights around Indonesia have been disrupted due to the eruption of a volcano on the neighbouring holiday island of Bali to the east. (rtr)

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Villagers walk in flood waters after heavy rain hit Hadiwarno village in Pacitan, Indonesia November 28, 2017 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Picture taken November 28, 2017.

Jokowi, Rasmussen discuss five sectors of improving cooperation

BOGOR - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen discussed five sectors that could improve bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

“The first thing we discussed is that I appreciate the significant increase of Denmark`s investment in Indonesia up to 1.260 percent. Along with better investment climate in the country I expect investment cooperation to be more improving,” the president said in a press conference after meeting the Danish PM at the Bogor Presidential Palace on Tuesday.

Serious attention to the discrimination and black campaign of Indonesian palm oil in Europe became second issue that had been discussed between the two leaders. In this case, Indonesia is expecting Denmark`s support for the European Union-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (EU-CEPA).

“We also agreed to improve our maritime cooperation including the efforts to eradicate IUU fishing and Denmark`s participation for the `Our Ocean Confer-

ence` to be held in Indonesia next year,” Jokowi added.

The enhancement of environmental and sports cooperation such as forest conservation in Jambi Province, inter-university cooperation, as well as waste and water management are the fourth topic which had been discussed. Last but not least, President Jokowi and PM Rasmussen had a talk on new and renewable energy.

“The cooperation will be focused on the long-term target of new renewable energy and energy conservation as well as the development of cooperation in wind energy which becomes one of the priorities,” the president noted.

During the meeting, President Jokowi and PM Rasmussen also witnessed the signing of the 2017-2020 partnership action plan between the Indonesian government and the Danish Kingdom by Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi and Danish Deputy Foreign Minister Susanne Hyldelund. In addition, Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya and Hyldelund also signed an MoU between on sustainable economics and waste management. (rtr)

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Pemecutan Palace DENPASAR - The royal house of Pemecutan was one of the most influential families during the feudal era in Denpasar. Alongside the Denpasar and Kesiman royal houses, Pemecutan ruled the area that in present-day Bali is known as Denpasar, as well as parts of Badung regency. The three royal houses lost their military power after suffering a paralyzing defeat in the 1906 battle, known locally as Puputan (battle to the last stand), in which the leaders of the three families and a large number of their loyal soldiers perished under a continuous salvo from the technologically superior Dutch military expedition.

Despite the military defeat and the emergence of the Republic of Indonesia, which put an end to the feudal rule of the royal families, the descendants of the houses still wield substantial political, social and cultural influence over Denpasar’s residents. The Pemecutan royal house’s current leader, Ida

Cokorda Pemecutan XII, is the former head of the local chapter of the Golkar Party, former speaker of the Bali Legislative Council, and, despite his brief fall from grace after he stabbed one of his relatives to death, is still a power to be reckoned with in the island’s political landscape.

Pemecutan was also one of the first royal houses to open its palace to tourists, giving visitors the opportunity to see the architectural beauty of the buildings, as well as the daily life of their blue-blooded occupants. Pemecutan Palace, which lies on Jl. Thamrin in the old quarter of Denpasar city, has now been included in Jelajah Pusaka, a government-initiated tourism package designed for the historyconscious visitors.

One of Pemecutan’s elders, Anak Agung Ngurah Putra Darmanuraga, said that the royal house traced its ancestral origins to Arya Damar, one of the young princes from East

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Grand champion Harumafuji to retire over assault incident

TOKYO - Grand champion Harumafuji has told Japan’s sumo association he intends to retire, an association spokesman said on Wednesday, after his assault of a junior wrestler tainted the image of the national sport just as it was regaining popularity.

Java’s Majapahit kingdom who joined the military expedition in the 14th century to annex Bali. In 1906, during Puputan Badung, the palace was destroyed following the demise of the king, Cokorda Ngurah Agung Pemecutan. The king and nearly all of his immediate relatives perished in the battle.

Two of his surviving sons, AA Gde Lanang and his kid brother Cokorda Ngurah Gede Pemecutan, continued the royal lineage and the

palace was rebuilt.

The palace is divided into two main compounds: the living quarters and pemerajan (place of worship). A huge split gate brings visitors to the spacious outer courtyard, where in the past the local communities performed dances and other performing arts. A bell tower, where the hollow wooden drum is kept, and a pavilion for a gamelan musical ensemble are two main buildings in this yard. Upon

going through another elaborately carved gate, visitors reach the middle courtyard populated with a balairung, a large hall where the king holds court, and an open stage for art performances. The inner courtyard hosts several open pavilions, including the bale murda, where the corpse of a member of the royal family is laid to rest before being taken to the cemetery, as well as several sleeping quarters.

(IBP/net)

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Mongolian-born grand sumo champion Yokozuna Harumafuji (C) performs the New Year’s ring-entering rite at the annual celebration for the New Year at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo January 8, 2013.

The 33-year-old Mongolianborn “yokozuna” (grand champion) apologised earlier this month after media reported he had beaten junior wrestler Takanoiwa while drinking at a restaurant-bar with other wrestlers.

The reports added that Harumafuji had become incensed when he saw the younger wrestler checking his smartphone after being chastised for having a bad attitude.

The incident has highlighted the ancient sport’s struggle to reform harsh conditions that can breed violence in its closed, hierarchical world, although some wrestlers say there have been improvements in the decade since a trainee was beaten to death by other wrestlers.

“Sumo, recognising its responsibility as the sport with the longest history in Japan, must stamp out violence so that the expectations of the people, including youth, are not again betrayed,” Education Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, whose

ministry oversees sports, said in a parliamentary committee meeting.

A Japan Sumo Association spokesman said Harumafuji’s “oyakata” (head coach) Isegahama, who runs the gym where he trains, had informed the JSA of the wrestler’s decision on the grand champion’s behalf.

The head of an advisory body to the JSA, the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, had said this week the affair warranted “extremely harsh punishment” but did not issue a final decision because both the JSA and police were still investigating.

“There is almost no doubting that an act of violence was carried out,” Masato Kitamura, chairman of the panel, told a news conference after a council meeting on Monday.

“The general feeling within the council is that a strict disciplinary measure is required,” he added. (rtr)

Woods hopes to be a winner in another comeback

CALIFORNIA - Tiger Woods makes another return to competitive golf this week and despite 10 months on the sidelines recovering from a fourth back surgery, the 14time major winner’s goal remains the same -- to win.

While Woods’s famous competitive fires continue to rage the former world number one conceded he may have to temper his expectations at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.

He takes on an elite 18player field that

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previous venue for the event), last year I was the same but it was not where it’s at now,” said Woods.

“It’s different than my prior two comebacks at this event. Last year I was still struggling and this year is night and day.

“There’s still some apprehension going forward and no doubt this week is a big step for me, to be able to play golf, be explosive and hit shots.”

Woods said he has made no plans on his competitive future beyond the Hero World Challenge.

While the state of his game remains a big question mark, he

made it clear that he has undergone a dramatic improvement in his quality of life. “The neatest thing for me is to be able to get up out of bed and I can grab a club and not use it as a crutch,” smiled Woods. “Now I’m able to take a swing, you have no idea how exciting that is, I’m just so thankful I’ve had this procedure and am back to this point.

“I’ve only been doing this for a month, give me a little more time.

Let me play this event and see what I can or can’t do and I will have a better understanding once I’m at game speed.” (rtr)

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Just last year Woods made a similar return at the Hero following a 16-month hiatus for previous back surgeries and the initial reports were upbeat after he completed four rounds.

Yet two months later he succumbed to more back pain and returned to the operating table.

Woods, however, insists it is different this time.

“I was still struggling with some nerve issues down my leg when I came back at Isleworth (the

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includes eight of the top 10 in the current world rankings.

“I just really want to be able to compete this week, play all four days and give myself a chance on the back nine on Sunday to win this thing,” a relaxed and smiling Woods told a news conference on Tuesday from the Albany Club.

“I don’t know where I’m at, I don’t know how hard I can hit, what shots can I play. I don’t know what the future entails in that regard because I am still learning this body.”

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Tiger Woods (left) hits his tee shot in front of caddie Joe LaCava (right) on the ninth hole during Monday’s practice round of the Hero World Challenge golf tournament at Albany.

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Manchester United’s Ashley Young celebrates scoring their second goal

Man United stay in touch, Tottenham stumble again

LONDON - Manchester United sent a timely message to leaders Manchester City as they won 4-2 at Watford but Tottenham Hotspur’s Premier League challenge is fading fast after they slumped to a 2-1 defeat at Leicester City on Tuesday. Ashley Young was on target for the first time in 18 months as he scored twice for second-placed United who led 3-0 at the break before Watford produced a late fightback.

United’s win moves them to 32 points and they are within five points of leaders City who host Southampton on Wednesday. Leicester’s Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez turned the clock back two years as they both scored in a first-half display reminiscent of when the Foxes won the title in 2015-16.

Harry Kane replied for Tottenham after the break but the visitors could not prevent a third defeat in five league games which left them in fifth place -- 13 points off top spot. West Bromwich Albion’s caretaker manager Gary Megson looked set for a morale-boosting victory as his side led Newcastle United 2-0 with goals from Hal Robson-Kanu and Sam Field.

But Newcastle rallied to avoid a fifth straight league defeat with Ciaran Clark halving the deficit and an own goal by West Brom’s Jonny Evans frustrating the hosts who are expected to name a successor to sacked Tony Pulis this week.

The BBC reported after Tuesday’s match that former Newcastle and Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew, 56, was set to be appointed as the new West Brom manager as early as Wednesday. Basement club Palace drew 0-0 at Brighton & Hove Albion to move level on nine points with second-bottom Swansea City.

SAO PAULO - Grieving fans of Chapecoense football club held a candlelit vigil at their stadium in southern Brazil on Wednesday, exactly one year after the team’s plane crashed into a hillside in Colombia, killing most of the players on board. Hundreds of supporters in Chapeco prayed together before walking to the city’s cathedral, where the bells tolled at 1:15 am, the exact moment the accident occurred on Nov. 29 last year.

The plane crashed as it approached Medellin, killing 71 of the 77 people on board, including all bar three of the Chapecoense squad. The club were on their way to the biggest game in their history, a Copa Sudamericana final against Atletico Nacional. The match was cancelled and South American football’s governing body awarded the title to the Brazilian club.

The team, now known around the world as “Chape”, eschewed any major events on the anniversary, telling fans they were opting to spend the day “reflecting and seeking peace.”

“I know – and I agree - that our eternal champions deserve all the tributes available to them but on this day especially we have to

have respect,” the club wrote in an open letter. “Respect for those who remain and respect for great memories.” In one of the few events planned, the club was to open the stadium to let fans see a new tunnel decorated with 48 two-meter high photos of players and special moments from the side’s history.

It also created a special website, an online condolence book, where fans can leave messages of support.

Chapecoense survived the difficult year by signing a whole new squad of players, most of them experienced journeymen.

They won the Santa Catarina state championship in May and briefly led the Brazilian first division a few weeks later before falling down the table. They flirted with the relegation zone and used three different coaches over the course of the year but a 2-1 victory over Vitoria on Nov. 17 ensured they will retain their top-flight status.

The club turned down the chance of immunity from relegation before the season started and a win in Sunday’s final Serie A game could even take them into next year’s Copa Libertadores, the South American version of the Champions League. (rtr)

Spain’s La Liga aims to close income gap with Premier League BRUSSELS - La Liga, which runs the top two divisions of Spanish soccer, believes it can close the gap in revenues between it and the English Premier League in the next 10 years with an ambitious plan to expand its international audience.

Javier Tebas, La Liga’s president, said the Premier League earned about 40 percent more that the Span-

ish league, which draws in some 1.7 billion euros ($2 billion) a year in television rights.

“I have no doubt that within 10 years we will practically be equal to the Premier League or at least within 10 percent,” he said at the opening of a La Liga office in Brussels.

The main difference for now was that the British market itself

was bigger than Spain’s. “On an international level there is less of a difference, but that’s our main objective -- to get closer to the Premier League,” Tebas said late on Tuesday La Liga, which already dominates in Latin America, has now set its sights on gaining ground in key markets China, India and the United States, with another eye focused on

Moyes eager to replicate Everton progress at West Ham

West Ham United manager David Moyes is hopeful of a long stay at the Premier League club and is aiming to emulate the progress he made with former side Everton, the Scotsman has said. Moyes, who took over at West Ham earlier this month, was at the helm at Everton for 11 years and lifted the Merseyside club from a mid-table team to a top-half side challenging for European places.

“I hope, and would love to say, that we have similar building blocks here to those we had at Everton,” the 54-year-old told the club’s website. (www.whufc.com) “If I can get good stability and strength, then it could easily be 11 years, as West Ham has unbelievable poten-

tial to be up there. They’ve got the infrastructure now.

“I’d love to think football clubs would always go long-term and think and aspire to emulate what we built at Everton. I hope it’ll turn full circle. At the moment, managers are now down to probably 16 months in the job, maybe even less in some cases.”

West Ham are 18th in the league and travel to Everton, who are two points and a place ahead, later on Wednesday. “They’ll be wanting to get back to the standards they’ve set,” Moyes added. “But my focus is on West Ham and my focus is solely on how we’re doing and trying to improve our performances to get us three points from the game.” (rtr)

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Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City look unstoppable but neighbours United are emerging as their most likely challengers with a derby looming next month. United have been hamstrung by their poor away form, losing their last two on the road in the league, but they found a cure for travel sickness at a freezing Vicarage Road where manager Jose Mourinho said they could have scored seven or eight goals.

As it was they were hanging on towards the end after Tory Deeney’s converted a 77th minute penalty and Abdoulaye Doucoure stabbed home to make it 3-2 with six minutes left before Jesse Lingard’s superb solo goal sealed the win.

“The second half should have been five or six nil, it was easier to score than the first,” Mourinho said. “We missed chances. Out of nothing, they got a penalty for 3-1, then it was a different game. We should be smoking cigars but then we’re in trouble. “It’s important we have three wins in a row, nine points in three matches is good.”

Former Watford winger Young had put United ahead after 19 minutes with a powerful near-post effort, celebrating by cupping his ear to the home faithful who responded with boos. He topped that with a superb free kick that gave goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes no chance six minutes later.

Anthony Martial made it 3-0 in the 32nd but home substitute Deeney’s spot kick breathed new life into the hosts who began the night seeking a third straight league win of their own.

Needless to say their manager Marco Silva was not inclined to agree with fellow Portuguese Mourinho’s verdict that United could have won by a much larger margin. “The result is hard to take for us, we didn’t deserve this result,” he said. (rtr)

West Ham United manager David Moyes reacts

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People pay tribute on the first anniversary of the plane crash where several players of the Chapecoense soccer team died, in La Union, Colombia November 28, 2017.

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Africa. In the past four years, it has set up offices in Shanghai, Delhi, New York, Johannesburg and Dubai and had representatives in over 40 countries.

It has also changed the times of fixtures, so that one match was played earlier to catch viewers in Asia and one late on Sunday for an audience in the Americas. Tebas said La Liga’s biggest advantage relative to the Premier League was the quality of its clubs and players.

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo have won the Ballon d’Or for world’s best player for the past nine years and their clubs the Champions League for the past four years, with Atletico Madrid also in the final twice. “This is an aspect we’re working on. We didn’t have a strategy before,” Tebas said.

La Liga was also looking into the possibility of playing one or two of its 380 matches per season

outside Spain, noting the success of a pre-season Barcelona-Real Madrid game in Miami in July.

“We are thinking about it... The first match abroad would probably be in the United States,” Tebas said, adding he hoped a first such match could take place within two years.

While La Liga dreams of greater foreign riches, Tebas expressed concern that competition in Europe was being skewed by what he called state-owned clubs, singling out Qatar-owned Paris St Germain.

Tebas said the French club could not have paid the world-record 222 million euro fee to buy striker Neymar from Barcelona with their own funds, with state capital distorting the market. If European governing body UEFA did not take measures by the end of 2017, Tebas said La Liga would address its complaint to the European Commission, which governs competition issues across the bloc.(rtr)

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Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge

Manchester United’s Ashley Young celebrates scoring their second goal

Man United stay in touch, Tottenham stumble again

LONDON - Manchester United sent a timely message to leaders Manchester City as they won 4-2 at Watford but Tottenham Hotspur’s Premier League challenge is fading fast after they slumped to a 2-1 defeat at Leicester City on Tuesday. Ashley Young was on target for the first time in 18 months as he scored twice for second-placed United who led 3-0 at the break before Watford produced a late fightback.

United’s win moves them to 32 points and they are within five points of leaders City who host Southampton on Wednesday. Leicester’s Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez turned the clock back two years as they both scored in a first-half display reminiscent of when the Foxes won the title in 2015-16.

Harry Kane replied for Tottenham after the break but the visitors could not prevent a third defeat in five league games which left them in fifth place -- 13 points off top spot. West Bromwich Albion’s caretaker manager Gary Megson looked set for a morale-boosting victory as his side led Newcastle United 2-0 with goals from Hal Robson-Kanu and Sam Field.

But Newcastle rallied to avoid a fifth straight league defeat with Ciaran Clark halving the deficit and an own goal by West Brom’s Jonny Evans frustrating the hosts who are expected to name a successor to sacked Tony Pulis this week.

The BBC reported after Tuesday’s match that former Newcastle and Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew, 56, was set to be appointed as the new West Brom manager as early as Wednesday. Basement club Palace drew 0-0 at Brighton & Hove Albion to move level on nine points with second-bottom Swansea City.

SAO PAULO - Grieving fans of Chapecoense football club held a candlelit vigil at their stadium in southern Brazil on Wednesday, exactly one year after the team’s plane crashed into a hillside in Colombia, killing most of the players on board. Hundreds of supporters in Chapeco prayed together before walking to the city’s cathedral, where the bells tolled at 1:15 am, the exact moment the accident occurred on Nov. 29 last year.

The plane crashed as it approached Medellin, killing 71 of the 77 people on board, including all bar three of the Chapecoense squad. The club were on their way to the biggest game in their history, a Copa Sudamericana final against Atletico Nacional. The match was cancelled and South American football’s governing body awarded the title to the Brazilian club.

The team, now known around the world as “Chape”, eschewed any major events on the anniversary, telling fans they were opting to spend the day “reflecting and seeking peace.”

“I know – and I agree - that our eternal champions deserve all the tributes available to them but on this day especially we have to

have respect,” the club wrote in an open letter. “Respect for those who remain and respect for great memories.” In one of the few events planned, the club was to open the stadium to let fans see a new tunnel decorated with 48 two-meter high photos of players and special moments from the side’s history.

It also created a special website, an online condolence book, where fans can leave messages of support.

Chapecoense survived the difficult year by signing a whole new squad of players, most of them experienced journeymen.

They won the Santa Catarina state championship in May and briefly led the Brazilian first division a few weeks later before falling down the table. They flirted with the relegation zone and used three different coaches over the course of the year but a 2-1 victory over Vitoria on Nov. 17 ensured they will retain their top-flight status.

The club turned down the chance of immunity from relegation before the season started and a win in Sunday’s final Serie A game could even take them into next year’s Copa Libertadores, the South American version of the Champions League. (rtr)

Spain’s La Liga aims to close income gap with Premier League BRUSSELS - La Liga, which runs the top two divisions of Spanish soccer, believes it can close the gap in revenues between it and the English Premier League in the next 10 years with an ambitious plan to expand its international audience.

Javier Tebas, La Liga’s president, said the Premier League earned about 40 percent more that the Span-

ish league, which draws in some 1.7 billion euros ($2 billion) a year in television rights.

“I have no doubt that within 10 years we will practically be equal to the Premier League or at least within 10 percent,” he said at the opening of a La Liga office in Brussels.

The main difference for now was that the British market itself

was bigger than Spain’s. “On an international level there is less of a difference, but that’s our main objective -- to get closer to the Premier League,” Tebas said late on Tuesday La Liga, which already dominates in Latin America, has now set its sights on gaining ground in key markets China, India and the United States, with another eye focused on

Moyes eager to replicate Everton progress at West Ham

West Ham United manager David Moyes is hopeful of a long stay at the Premier League club and is aiming to emulate the progress he made with former side Everton, the Scotsman has said. Moyes, who took over at West Ham earlier this month, was at the helm at Everton for 11 years and lifted the Merseyside club from a mid-table team to a top-half side challenging for European places.

“I hope, and would love to say, that we have similar building blocks here to those we had at Everton,” the 54-year-old told the club’s website. (www.whufc.com) “If I can get good stability and strength, then it could easily be 11 years, as West Ham has unbelievable poten-

tial to be up there. They’ve got the infrastructure now.

“I’d love to think football clubs would always go long-term and think and aspire to emulate what we built at Everton. I hope it’ll turn full circle. At the moment, managers are now down to probably 16 months in the job, maybe even less in some cases.”

West Ham are 18th in the league and travel to Everton, who are two points and a place ahead, later on Wednesday. “They’ll be wanting to get back to the standards they’ve set,” Moyes added. “But my focus is on West Ham and my focus is solely on how we’re doing and trying to improve our performances to get us three points from the game.” (rtr)

LIKELY CHALLENGERS

Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City look unstoppable but neighbours United are emerging as their most likely challengers with a derby looming next month. United have been hamstrung by their poor away form, losing their last two on the road in the league, but they found a cure for travel sickness at a freezing Vicarage Road where manager Jose Mourinho said they could have scored seven or eight goals.

As it was they were hanging on towards the end after Tory Deeney’s converted a 77th minute penalty and Abdoulaye Doucoure stabbed home to make it 3-2 with six minutes left before Jesse Lingard’s superb solo goal sealed the win.

“The second half should have been five or six nil, it was easier to score than the first,” Mourinho said. “We missed chances. Out of nothing, they got a penalty for 3-1, then it was a different game. We should be smoking cigars but then we’re in trouble. “It’s important we have three wins in a row, nine points in three matches is good.”

Former Watford winger Young had put United ahead after 19 minutes with a powerful near-post effort, celebrating by cupping his ear to the home faithful who responded with boos. He topped that with a superb free kick that gave goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes no chance six minutes later.

Anthony Martial made it 3-0 in the 32nd but home substitute Deeney’s spot kick breathed new life into the hosts who began the night seeking a third straight league win of their own.

Needless to say their manager Marco Silva was not inclined to agree with fellow Portuguese Mourinho’s verdict that United could have won by a much larger margin. “The result is hard to take for us, we didn’t deserve this result,” he said. (rtr)

West Ham United manager David Moyes reacts

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People pay tribute on the first anniversary of the plane crash where several players of the Chapecoense soccer team died, in La Union, Colombia November 28, 2017.

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Africa. In the past four years, it has set up offices in Shanghai, Delhi, New York, Johannesburg and Dubai and had representatives in over 40 countries.

It has also changed the times of fixtures, so that one match was played earlier to catch viewers in Asia and one late on Sunday for an audience in the Americas. Tebas said La Liga’s biggest advantage relative to the Premier League was the quality of its clubs and players.

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo have won the Ballon d’Or for world’s best player for the past nine years and their clubs the Champions League for the past four years, with Atletico Madrid also in the final twice. “This is an aspect we’re working on. We didn’t have a strategy before,” Tebas said.

La Liga was also looking into the possibility of playing one or two of its 380 matches per season

outside Spain, noting the success of a pre-season Barcelona-Real Madrid game in Miami in July.

“We are thinking about it... The first match abroad would probably be in the United States,” Tebas said, adding he hoped a first such match could take place within two years.

While La Liga dreams of greater foreign riches, Tebas expressed concern that competition in Europe was being skewed by what he called state-owned clubs, singling out Qatar-owned Paris St Germain.

Tebas said the French club could not have paid the world-record 222 million euro fee to buy striker Neymar from Barcelona with their own funds, with state capital distorting the market. If European governing body UEFA did not take measures by the end of 2017, Tebas said La Liga would address its complaint to the European Commission, which governs competition issues across the bloc.(rtr)

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Pemecutan Palace DENPASAR - The royal house of Pemecutan was one of the most influential families during the feudal era in Denpasar. Alongside the Denpasar and Kesiman royal houses, Pemecutan ruled the area that in present-day Bali is known as Denpasar, as well as parts of Badung regency. The three royal houses lost their military power after suffering a paralyzing defeat in the 1906 battle, known locally as Puputan (battle to the last stand), in which the leaders of the three families and a large number of their loyal soldiers perished under a continuous salvo from the technologically superior Dutch military expedition.

Despite the military defeat and the emergence of the Republic of Indonesia, which put an end to the feudal rule of the royal families, the descendants of the houses still wield substantial political, social and cultural influence over Denpasar’s residents. The Pemecutan royal house’s current leader, Ida

Cokorda Pemecutan XII, is the former head of the local chapter of the Golkar Party, former speaker of the Bali Legislative Council, and, despite his brief fall from grace after he stabbed one of his relatives to death, is still a power to be reckoned with in the island’s political landscape.

Pemecutan was also one of the first royal houses to open its palace to tourists, giving visitors the opportunity to see the architectural beauty of the buildings, as well as the daily life of their blue-blooded occupants. Pemecutan Palace, which lies on Jl. Thamrin in the old quarter of Denpasar city, has now been included in Jelajah Pusaka, a government-initiated tourism package designed for the historyconscious visitors.

One of Pemecutan’s elders, Anak Agung Ngurah Putra Darmanuraga, said that the royal house traced its ancestral origins to Arya Damar, one of the young princes from East

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Grand champion Harumafuji to retire over assault incident

TOKYO - Grand champion Harumafuji has told Japan’s sumo association he intends to retire, an association spokesman said on Wednesday, after his assault of a junior wrestler tainted the image of the national sport just as it was regaining popularity.

Java’s Majapahit kingdom who joined the military expedition in the 14th century to annex Bali. In 1906, during Puputan Badung, the palace was destroyed following the demise of the king, Cokorda Ngurah Agung Pemecutan. The king and nearly all of his immediate relatives perished in the battle.

Two of his surviving sons, AA Gde Lanang and his kid brother Cokorda Ngurah Gede Pemecutan, continued the royal lineage and the

palace was rebuilt.

The palace is divided into two main compounds: the living quarters and pemerajan (place of worship). A huge split gate brings visitors to the spacious outer courtyard, where in the past the local communities performed dances and other performing arts. A bell tower, where the hollow wooden drum is kept, and a pavilion for a gamelan musical ensemble are two main buildings in this yard. Upon

going through another elaborately carved gate, visitors reach the middle courtyard populated with a balairung, a large hall where the king holds court, and an open stage for art performances. The inner courtyard hosts several open pavilions, including the bale murda, where the corpse of a member of the royal family is laid to rest before being taken to the cemetery, as well as several sleeping quarters.

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Mongolian-born grand sumo champion Yokozuna Harumafuji (C) performs the New Year’s ring-entering rite at the annual celebration for the New Year at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo January 8, 2013.

The 33-year-old Mongolianborn “yokozuna” (grand champion) apologised earlier this month after media reported he had beaten junior wrestler Takanoiwa while drinking at a restaurant-bar with other wrestlers.

The reports added that Harumafuji had become incensed when he saw the younger wrestler checking his smartphone after being chastised for having a bad attitude.

The incident has highlighted the ancient sport’s struggle to reform harsh conditions that can breed violence in its closed, hierarchical world, although some wrestlers say there have been improvements in the decade since a trainee was beaten to death by other wrestlers.

“Sumo, recognising its responsibility as the sport with the longest history in Japan, must stamp out violence so that the expectations of the people, including youth, are not again betrayed,” Education Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, whose

ministry oversees sports, said in a parliamentary committee meeting.

A Japan Sumo Association spokesman said Harumafuji’s “oyakata” (head coach) Isegahama, who runs the gym where he trains, had informed the JSA of the wrestler’s decision on the grand champion’s behalf.

The head of an advisory body to the JSA, the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, had said this week the affair warranted “extremely harsh punishment” but did not issue a final decision because both the JSA and police were still investigating.

“There is almost no doubting that an act of violence was carried out,” Masato Kitamura, chairman of the panel, told a news conference after a council meeting on Monday.

“The general feeling within the council is that a strict disciplinary measure is required,” he added. (rtr)

Woods hopes to be a winner in another comeback

CALIFORNIA - Tiger Woods makes another return to competitive golf this week and despite 10 months on the sidelines recovering from a fourth back surgery, the 14time major winner’s goal remains the same -- to win.

While Woods’s famous competitive fires continue to rage the former world number one conceded he may have to temper his expectations at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.

He takes on an elite 18player field that

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previous venue for the event), last year I was the same but it was not where it’s at now,” said Woods.

“It’s different than my prior two comebacks at this event. Last year I was still struggling and this year is night and day.

“There’s still some apprehension going forward and no doubt this week is a big step for me, to be able to play golf, be explosive and hit shots.”

Woods said he has made no plans on his competitive future beyond the Hero World Challenge.

While the state of his game remains a big question mark, he

made it clear that he has undergone a dramatic improvement in his quality of life. “The neatest thing for me is to be able to get up out of bed and I can grab a club and not use it as a crutch,” smiled Woods. “Now I’m able to take a swing, you have no idea how exciting that is, I’m just so thankful I’ve had this procedure and am back to this point.

“I’ve only been doing this for a month, give me a little more time.

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Senior Saudi prince freed in $1 bln settlement agreement -official

DUBAI - Senior Saudi Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, once seen as a leading contender to the throne, was freed after reaching an “acceptable settlement agreement” with authorities paying more than $1 billion, a Saudi official said on Wednesday.

Miteb, 65, son of the late King Abdullah and former head of the elite National Guard, was among dozens of royal family members, ministers and senior officials who were rounded up in a graft inquiry partly aimed at strengthening the power of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

The official, who is involved in the anti-corruption campaign, said Miteb was released on Tuesday after reaching “an acceptable settlement agreement”. The amount of the settlement was not disclosed but the official said it is believed to be the equivalent of more than $1 billion.

“It is understood that the settlement included admitting corruption involving known cases,” the official said. According to a Saudi official, Prince Miteb was accused of embezzlement, hiring ghost employees and awarding contracts to his own firms including a $10 billion deal for walkie talkies and bulletproof military gear worth billions of Saudi riyals.

The allegations against the others included kickbacks, inflating government contracts, extortion and

bribery.

The claims could not be independently verified.

Saudi authorities had been working on striking agreements with some of those in detention, asking them to hand over assets and cash in return for their freedom.

News of the purge emerged on Nov 4 soon after King Salman decreed the creation of an anti-corruption committee led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, his 32-year-old favourite son, also known as MbS, who has amassed power since his meteoric rise three years ago.

The new body was given broad powers to investigate cases, issue arrest warrants and travel restrictions, and seize assets.

In an interview with the New York Times published last week, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was quoted as saying that the vast majority of about 200 businessmen and officials implicated in the crackdown were agreeing to settlements under which they would hand assets over to the government.

Apart from Miteb, the Saudi official said that at least three other people allegedly involved in corruption cases have also finalized settlement agreements.

He said the Public Prosecutor had also decided to release a number of individuals and to prosecute at least 5 individuals. The official gave no details on their identities. (rtr)

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Saudi Arabian Prince Miteb bin Abdullah at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 18, 2014.

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What can be done in the near future is looking for new alternatives to go in and out of Bali, such as by sea. So, the crossing in Gilimanuk and Padangbai should be maximized. Although most of Bali’s economy is paralyzed mainly in Karangasem and the areas near Karangasem, yet other areas such as Denpasar are still on the move as usual.

In terms of tourism management, Deputy Chairman of the

Indonesia Hotel General Manager Association (IHGMA), I Made Ramia Adnyana, said that the condition of hotel and tourism is decreasing slightly, along with the closing of the Ngurah Rai International Airport. It has resulted in a number of cancellations to the arrivals and departures from and to Bali.

Anticipating this decline, the hotel management temporarily helps foreign and domestic tourists by providing information services about the airport, airline and current status of Mount Agung itself. “We set up a special hospitality desk for

this,” he said.

On the other hand, as the hotel located near the airport, his management also provides accommodation for guests that will depart according to an appeal of the governor, PHRI and Bali Tourism Board (BTB). Internally, the company is tightening the expenditure (saving) and delaying the purchase of things related to capital expenditure (Capex) until the condition is getting better. “The condition is indeed quite unpredictable. So, it is rather difficult to forecast seeing this uncertain situation,” he added. (kmb42)

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Cyclone kills 19, most under landslide, on Indonesian island of Java

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Katerina Tikhonova (L), daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, dances with Ivan Klimov during the World Cup Rock’n’Roll Acrobatic Competition in Krakow, Poland, April 12, 2014.

Colleague names Putin’s daughter, then withdraws comments

MOSCOW - A colleague of Katerina Tikhonova from the world of acrobatic rock’n’roll confirmed that she is the younger daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and then later withdrew his comments, saying he had misheard the question.

It is the second time in two years that Reuters has disclosed Tikhonova’s relationship to the president, citing a named source, and then been publicly challenged post publication.

World Rock’n’Roll Confederation (WRRC) Vice President for Legal Affairs Manfred Mohab told Reuters in an interview on Sunday during a dance event that he knew Tikhonova through their work together on the confederation’s presidium.

When asked whether he knew Tikhonova was Putin’s daughter, he said: “Yes. I know her, yes of course.” Asked a second time, he nodded and said: “Yes.” The Kremlin and Tikhonova did not respond to requests for comment.

After the Reuters article was published on Tuesday, Mohab telephoned Reuters and said: “I can’t confirm that I know the daughter of Mr. Putin. I have nothing to do with them.”

Asked why he had earlier said Tikhonova was Putin’s daughter, Mohab said: “Believe me, it was so loud in the hall that a lot of the things I can’t understand and other things I felt that I didn’t understand right. So it’s not sure that I gave you the right answers.”

Mohab said he had problems with his hearing. “I’m sure we had some misunderstandings.”

In 2015, Andrey Akimov, deputy chairman of the board of directors at Russian lender Gazprombank,

told Reuters that Tikhonova was Putin’s daughter but later denied the statement. Reuters also confirmed her identity through two other sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.

After the report, Gazprombank said Akimov was “surprised and bewildered” by the quotes attributed to him by Reuters and that he had made no such remarks.

Akimov and a representative for Gazprombank did not respond to a request for comment on Tuesday.

Putin, a former KGB intelligence officer, is famously guarded about his private life and has fought to keep his two daughters, Maria and Katerina, away from the public eye.

While Katerina’s identity has been widely assumed, it has never been confirmed by Tikhonova herself, her representatives or the Kremlin, which says it does not comment on the private lives of Putin’s close relatives.

Mohab, in his comments to Reuters on Sunday, became the first official to publicly identify her relationship to the Russian president since Akimov in 2015.

Tikhonova, who uses a surname inherited from her grandmother, runs publicly-funded projects at Moscow State University and serves as the WRRC’s vice president for expansion and marketing.

Aged 31, she is a major player in acrobatic rock’n’roll, a niche dance discipline she has competed in and helps manage through senior positions at the WRRC and the Russian national federation.

She is also married to Kirill Shamalov, the son of one of Putin’s closest friends, who has since made a fortune of at least $1 billion through dealings in Russia’s largest petrochemical company. (rtr)

JAKARTA - A tropical cyclone killed 19 people on the Indonesian island of Java, officials said on Wednesday, with most of the victims caught under a landslide.

Video footage showed rivers overflowing and roads and villages submerged in brown water after the storm struck on Tuesday.

“Nineteen people have died, thousands of homes have been flooded and other damage has been caused,” Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for the Disaster Mitigation Agency, said on Twitter.

Two nearby airports were briefly closed but had since reopened. Flights around Indonesia have been disrupted due to the eruption of a volcano on the neighbouring holiday island of Bali to the east. (rtr)

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Villagers walk in flood waters after heavy rain hit Hadiwarno village in Pacitan, Indonesia November 28, 2017 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Picture taken November 28, 2017.

Jokowi, Rasmussen discuss five sectors of improving cooperation

BOGOR - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen discussed five sectors that could improve bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

“The first thing we discussed is that I appreciate the significant increase of Denmark`s investment in Indonesia up to 1.260 percent. Along with better investment climate in the country I expect investment cooperation to be more improving,” the president said in a press conference after meeting the Danish PM at the Bogor Presidential Palace on Tuesday.

Serious attention to the discrimination and black campaign of Indonesian palm oil in Europe became second issue that had been discussed between the two leaders. In this case, Indonesia is expecting Denmark`s support for the European Union-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (EU-CEPA).

“We also agreed to improve our maritime cooperation including the efforts to eradicate IUU fishing and Denmark`s participation for the `Our Ocean Confer-

ence` to be held in Indonesia next year,” Jokowi added.

The enhancement of environmental and sports cooperation such as forest conservation in Jambi Province, inter-university cooperation, as well as waste and water management are the fourth topic which had been discussed. Last but not least, President Jokowi and PM Rasmussen had a talk on new and renewable energy.

“The cooperation will be focused on the long-term target of new renewable energy and energy conservation as well as the development of cooperation in wind energy which becomes one of the priorities,” the president noted.

During the meeting, President Jokowi and PM Rasmussen also witnessed the signing of the 2017-2020 partnership action plan between the Indonesian government and the Danish Kingdom by Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi and Danish Deputy Foreign Minister Susanne Hyldelund. In addition, Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya and Hyldelund also signed an MoU between on sustainable economics and waste management. (rtr)

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NEW YORK - Virtual currency bitcoin soared to an all-time high above $10,000 on Wednesday on major exchanges and digital currency indexes, including the widely followed Luxembourg-based trading platform BitStamp. At 0600 GMT, it was quoted around $10,115 on BitStamp, coming sharply off a high of $10,743.61, which was a rise of more than 5 percent on the day. amongst speculative traders and a growing contingent of liquid traders that have a long-term optimistic view on … this technology.”

Sol Lederer, blockchain director at U.S. technology company LOOMIA, said this surge will help long-time bitcoiners finally feel vindicated that their currency, which had been ridiculed for years, was at last being taken seriously. “Bitcoin’s future is still uncertain; it faces the same serious technical challenges it has for years and faces stiff competition from newer, more sophisticated blockchains. But even if it were to crash, it’s apparent that bitcoin is here to stay.”

In some emerging markets, bitcoin had hit well over $10,000 previously. In Zimbabwe, bitcoin traded at $17,875 on Monday. Tuesday’s price in Zimbabwe was not available.

In South Korean exchanges, bitcoin was already close to $11,000 or higher early this week. It traded at nearly $12,000 on Tuesday on bithumb after hitting the $10,000 milestone on Monday. At Coinone, it traded at near $12,700, and it was up 10 percent in 24 hours at $12,792 on Korbit.

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Passengers line up to enter the departure terminal Officers at Ngurah Rai Airport after it reopened following Mount Agung volcano’s eruption on the holiday island in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia November 29, 2017 in this photo taken by Antara Foto.

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A copy of bitcoin standing on PC motherboard is seen in this illustration picture, October 26, 2017.

Bitcoin has been boosted as exchanges such as the CME Group Inc and the Chicago Board Options Exchange announced plans to launch futures contracts for the currency.

“I’m sure there will be a few dips over the next weeks and months as the cryptocurrency market is quite illiquid so there’s bound to be volatil-

ity,” Gatecoin’s Glucksmann said.

Mike Novogratz, a former macro hedge fund manager at Fortress Investment Group, said in a Reuters Investment Summit earlier this month that mainstream institutional investors were about six to eight months from adopting bitcoin. But many leading bankers, including Credit

Suisse Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam, have expressed scepticism about bitcoin.

“From what we can identify, the only reason today to buy or sell Bitcoin is to make money, which is the very definition of speculation and the very definition of a bubble,” Thiam said earlier this month.(rtr)

U.S. consumer confidence near 17-year high; goods trade deficit widens

WASHINGTON - U.S consumer confidence surged to a near 17year high in November, driven by a robust labor market, while house prices rose sharply in September, which should underpin consumer spending and boost economic growth. The near-term growth outlook was, however, marred by other data on Tuesday showing a big rise in the goods trade deficit in October and a drop in inventory accumulation. The wider goods trade gap and weak inventory investment prompted economists to slash their fourth-quarter gross domestic product estimates.

“This economy has really got some legs if this confidence of consumers is to believed,” said Chris Rupkey, chief economist at MUFG

in New York. The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index increased 3.3 points to a reading of 129.5 this month, within striking distance of 132.6, which was touched in November 2000. The strong confidence reading largely reflected households’ upbeat perceptions of the labor market.

The survey’s so-called labor market differential, derived from data about respondents who think jobs are hard to get and those who think jobs are plentiful, was the best in more than 16 years. This measure closely correlates to the unemployment rate in the Labor Department’s employment report and is consistent with further absorption of labor market slack.

The labor market is near full em-

ployment, with the unemployment rate at a 17-year low of 4.1 percent.

The share of consumers expecting more jobs in the months ahead increased to 22.6 percent this month from 18.7 percent in October.

The proportion of those anticipating fewer jobs fell to 11 percent in November from 11.6 percent the prior month. More consumers said they planned to buy houses and major appliances over the next six months.

Confidence is also being buoyed by a resurgent stock market amid expectations that President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans in Congress will push through hefty corporate tax cuts. Congressional Republicans have unveiled a broad package of tax cuts, including slash-

ing the corporate income tax rate to 20 percent from 35 percent.

BULLISH CONSUMERS Economists said bullish consumers, together with the tightening labor market, were compelling reasons for the Federal Reserve to increase interest rates next month despite worries about persistently low inflation. The U.S. central bank has raised rates twice this year. The dollar was trading higher against a basket of currencies, while prices for U.S. Treasuries were little changed. Stocks on Wall Street rose, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 index and Dow Jones industrial average hitting record highs.

A separate report on Tuesday showed the S&P CoreLogic Case-

Shiller composite index of house prices in 20 metropolitan areas jumped 6.2 percent in September on a year-over-year basis after increasing 5.8 percent in August. A dearth of homes for sale and strong demand are pushing up house prices. While rising house prices are boosting equity for homeowners, the chronic shortage of properties is constraining home sales. The combination of rising consumer confidence and house prices bodes well for consumer spending.

“Confidence isn’t a perfect gauge for consumer spending, but having the strongest confidence level in nearly two decades certainly helps,” said Jennifer Lee, a senior economist at BMO Capital Markets in Toronto.(rtr)

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Bitcoin tops $10,000, marks 10-fold increase in 2017

Created in 2009, bitcoin uses encryption and a blockchain database that enables the fast and anonymous transfer of funds outside of a traditional centralized payment system.

It has increased more than 10-fold in value so far this year, posting the largest gain of all asset classes, amid increased institutional demand for crypto-currencies as financial and mainstream use has expanded. But sceptics say it a classic speculative bubble with no relation to real financial market activity or the economy, most famously JPMorgan boss Jamie Dimon who labelled it a fraud.

Bitcoin crossed $10,000 on smaller exchanges such as the CEX.IO exchange, and the cryptocurrency index coinmarketcap.com long before it hit the milestone on BitStamp.

“The price rise is a continuation of a long-term trend which has been driven by the speculative activity in Japan and also with institutional investors dipping their toes into the cryptocurrency market,” said Thomas Glucksmann, head of marketing at Hong Kong exchange Gatecoin.

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Indonesia reopens Bali airport as wind clears volcanic ash

DENPASAR - The airport on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali reopened on Wednesday as wind blew away ash and smoke spewed out by a volcano, giving airlines a window to get stranded tourists out and authorities more time to urge villagers to move to safety. Operations at the airport - the second-busiest in Indonesia - have been disrupted since the weekend when Mount Agung, in east Bali, began belching out huge clouds of smoke and ash, and authorities warned of an “imminent threat” of a major eruption.

“Bali’s international airport started operating normally,” air traffic control provider AirNav said in a statement, adding that operations resumed at 2:28 p.m. (0628 GMT).

The reopening of the airport, which is about 60 km (37 miles) away from Mount Agung, followed a downgrade in an aviation warning to one level below the most serious, with the arrival of more favourable winds.

A large plume of white and grey ash and smoke hovered over Agung on Wednesday, after night-time rain partially obscured a fiery glow at its peak. President Joko Widodo begged villagers living in a danger zone around the volcano to move to emergency centres.

The decision to resume flights followed an emergency meeting at the airport, when authorities weighing up weather conditions, tests and data from AirNav and other groups.

Flight tracking website FlightRadar24 later showed there were flights departing and arriving at the airport although its general manager said if the wind changed

direction the airport could be closed again at short notice.

Agung looms over eastern Bali to a height of just over 3,000 meters (9,800 feet). Its last major eruption in 1963 killed more than 1,000 people and razed several villages. Ash coated cars, roofs and roads to the southeast of the crater on Wednesday and children wore masks as they walked to school.

‘UNPREDICTABLE’ Singapore Airlines Ltd said it would resume flights while Australia’s Qantas Airways Ltd said it and budget arm Jetstar would run 16 flights to Australia on Thursday to ferry home 3,800 stranded customers.

Singapore Airlines and SilkAir were seeking approval to operate additional flights on Thursday, while budget offshoot Scoot said it would cease offering land and ferry transport to the city of Surabaya, on Java island, as it resumed flights to Bali.

Virgin Australia plans to operate up to four recovery flights to Denpasar on Thursday. “As the volcanic activity remains unpredictable, these flights may be cancelled at short notice,” it said on its website.

The head of the weather agency at Bali airport, Bambang Hargiyono, said winds had begun to blow from the north to south, carrying ash toward the neighbouring island of Lombok. He said the wind was expected to shift toward the southeast “for the next three days”, which should allow flights to operate.

As many as 430 domestic and international flights had been disrupted on Wednesday. Authorities are urging villagers living up to 10 km (6 miles) from the volcano to move to emergency centres, but some are reluctant to leave homes and livestock.

“Those in the 8- to 10-km radius must truly take refuge for safety,” Widodo told reporters. “There must not be any victims.”(rtr)

JAKARTA - All international passengers in Bali province would receive an overstayed permit for maximum one month, following the closure of the airport due to Mount Agung`s Eruption few days ago, the Transportation Ministry stated.

Sugihardjo, the ministry`s secretary general said in Jakarta, Tuesday, the authority would ease the procedure on extending the stay permit for the affected foreign passengers.

“During a conference at the Coordinating Ministry with (Bali) Governor and its deputy, we have agreed to help the international passengers earn their overstayed permits,” he remarked.

The airport operator, PT Angkasa Pura I`s secretary, Israwadi said, his company has contacted the Immigration Office to give an “exit pass” to the international passengers who have crossed the immigration counter. The “exit pass” would be effective for one week. “However if the passengers are seeking to extending their stays for one month, they have to submit their requests to the Immigration Office,” Israwadi noted.

Meanwhile, for the international passengers that have not yet passed the immigration counter, they could directly file a request to the Immigration Office. Earlier on Monday, the operator PT Angkasa Pura I announced the Bali I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport was closed due to the volcanic ashes of Mount Agung.

“Referring o the Notice to the airmen (NOTAM) number: A4242/17 on Nov 27, herewith we inform you that due to the volcanic ashes of Mount Agung in Karangasem district, Bali, Indonesia, I Gusti Ngurah Rai airport will be closed on Nov 27 to Nov 28,” Yanus Suprayogi, the operator`s general manager said in a written statement.

Following the closure, all flights both arriving and departing en route from and to the airport will be cancelled until further notice, he reiterated. However, on Nov 28, the authority later decided to extend the closure to Nov 29. “We have decided to extend the closure of I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport from 07.00 a.m. on Nov 28 until 07.00 a.m. on Nov 29, 2017,” Secretary General of Air Transportation Directorate of the Ministry of Transportation Pramintohadi said, Tuesday.

Because of the closure, some 445 flights have been canceled, affecting at least 89 thousand passengers. Although the closure was predicted to end on Nov 29, Sugihardjo said the authority may shut down the airport for the next three days.

“Based on the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency`s forecast, there will be a cyclone for three to four days,” he stated, Tuesday. Hence, he called on all passengers to remain alert for any unpredictable natural disasters.(ant)

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N.Korea says new ICBM puts U.S. mainland within range of nuclear weapons

SEOUL - North Korea said it had successfully tested a powerful new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that put all of the U.S. mainland within range, declaring it had achieved its long-held goal of becoming a nuclear power.

Hundreds of residents are scattered at villages across five subdistricts in Jembrana.

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Hundreds of independent refugees to Jembrana

NEGARA — Since the stipulation of the warning alert level of Mount Agung last week, hundreds of Karangasem residents belonging to dangerous areas have fled to their relatives’ house in Jembrana.

Pursuant to data collection conducted by the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Jembrana, until Tuesday morning (Nov. 28), there are 175 people from Karangasem.

Hundreds of residents are scattered at villages across five subdistricts in Jembrana. The largest number evacuates in Pekutatan subdistrict reaching105 people.

Head of BPBD Jembrana, I Ketut Eko Susila AP, said the

number is based on temporary data reported. Perhaps, it will continue to grow following the stipulation of warning alert level of Mount Agung. “In total, there are 175 people. They mostly evacuate in Pekutatan and Mendoyo,” said

this former Pekutatan subdistrict head. By village, the most is at Asah Duren, Pekutatan subdistrict amounting to 42 people.

Besides, the data collected indicate 27 people evacuate in Mendoyo subdistrict where 22 people

at Penyaringan village and five others at Yeh Sumbul. In Jembrana subdistrict, there are 16 people in Dangin Tukadaya village, Dauh Waru village and East Loloan village. Meanwhile, in Negara subdistrict, namely Banyubiru is reported there are six people; 21 people in Melaya subdistrict spreading in Candikusuma, Tuwed and Tukadaya village.

This data collection is then used

a reference to do follow-up later on. In Jembrana, he said, there is no provision of special place for evacuation. Most Karangasem residents flee to their relatives’ home.

The government distributes aid when people apply for help. Eko Susila also ensured that logistics for refugees is safe and sufficient.

“When people submit through village, we immediately distribute the aid,” he concluded. (kmb26)

Use mask to anticipate impact of ash rain

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Ni Made Adi Purnami

BANGLI — Ash rain with a slight intensity has hit several areas in Bangli district since the past few days. Such condition happened due to the impact of increased activities of Mount Agung in Karangasem.

Though occurring in a thin intensity, the ash rain still needs to be watched especially by children.

Volcanic ashes produced by the activities of Mount Agung can potentially interfere with respiratory health.

A pediatrician of Bangli Hospital, Ni Made Adi Purnami, said on Tuesday (Nov. 28) it is the same as cigarette ashes or ashes in the burning of garbage. Volcanic ashes produced from the activities of Mount Agung can potentially disrupt the health of the respiratory

tract. Respiratory disorders can be experienced by all ages. However, compared to adults, the respiratory health problems are more susceptible to children. It happens because the body’s immune system is weaker than adults.

She explained that someone suffering from respiratory problems due to exposure to ash particles will usually experience symptoms of sneezing. According to her, sneezing is a body mechanism in response to the presence of foreign objects entering into the body to be removed. If a person’s immune system is weak, then sneezing will continue causing coughing, upper respiratory tract infections to congestion. “If getting puffed, this means it has hit the lungs,” she

explained.

When continuing and recurring, it will be able to cause total lungs damages. “If the lungs are totally damaged, someone will need oxygen cylinders for life,” she said.

To prevent the occurrence of respiratory health problems due to the impact of volcanic ashes, it is important to wear protective equipment in the form of masks when being outdoors. Moreover, it is recommended for children having basic allergies. “So, when children are playing in the open field, they must be fitted with mask,” she explained.

This doctor originating from Pule hamlet, Kawan village, said that so far there has been no increase in the cases of respiratory

disorders in the residents, particularly the children in Bangli.

Meanwhile, in addition to affecting the disruption of one’s respiratory health, volcanic ashes can also cause health problems to skin.

According to a dermatologist from Bangli, AAIA Nindya Sari, the exposure to volcanic ashes on the skin can cause skin health problems such as allergies and itching.

However, the allergies caused by volcanic ashes have futures nature, and depend on the level of skin sensitivity. To prevent any skin health problems due to volcanic ashes, it is necessary to take precautions by using long-sleeved clothes. Prevention can also be made with diligent bathing after doing outdoor activities too long. (kmb40)

Wednesday’s missile test, North Korea’s first since mid-September, came a week after U.S. President Donald Trump put North Korea back on a U.S. list of countries it says support terrorism, allowing it to impose more sanctions. North Korea has conducted dozens of ballistic missile tests under its leader, Kim Jong Un, in defiance of international sanctions. In September, it conducted its sixth and largest nuclear test.

North Korea said the new powerful missile reached an altitude of around 4,475 km (2,780 miles) - more than 10 times the height of the international space station - and flew 950 km (600 miles) during its 53 minute flight.

“After watching the successful launch of the new type ICBM Hwasong-15, Kim Jong Un declared with pride that now we have finally realized the great historic cause of completing the state nuclear force, the cause of building a rocket power,” according to a statement read by a television presenter.

In the statement, North Korea described itself as a “responsible nuclear power”, saying its strategic weapons were developed to defend itself from “the U.S. imperialists’ nuclear blackmail policy and nuclear threat”.

Many nuclear experts say the North has yet to prove it has mastered all technical hurdles including the ability deliver a nuclear warhead reliably atop an ICBM, but likely soon will.

“We don’t have to like it, but we’re going to have to learn to live with North Korea’s ability to target the United States with nuclear weapons,” said Jeffrey Lewis, head of the

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A pedestrian walks in front of a television screen displaying a map of Japan (R) and the Korean Peninsula in Tokyo on November 29, 2017, following a North Korean missile launch. Japan’s prime minister said on November 29 that the latest North Korean missile launch was a “violent act” that “can never be tolerated” after the ICBM splashed down in its exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute of Strategic Studies.

“THREATEN EVERYWHERE” U.S., Japanese and South Korean officials all agreed the missile, which landed within Japan’s exclusive economic zone, was likely an ICBM. It did not pose a threat to the United States, its territories or allies, the Pentagon said.

“It went higher frankly than any previ-

ous shot they’ve taken, a research and development effort on their part to continue building ballistic missiles that can threaten everywhere in the world, basically,” U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told reporters at the White House.

Trump spoke by phone with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-In, with all three leaders reaffirming their commitment to combat the North Korean threat.

“It is a situation that we will handle,” Trump told reporters.

Moon told Trump that North Korea’s missile technology seemed to have improved, a spokesman for the South Korean leader’s office said.

Trump, who was briefed on the missile while it was in flight, said it did not change his administration’s approach to North Korea, which has included new curbs to hurt trade between China and North Korea. (rtr)

Canada apologizes for persecution of gay public servants

OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized on Tuesday for a decades-long campaign by previous governments to rid the military and public service of homosexuals, calling the dark chapter in the country’s history a “collective shame.” rom the 1950s to the early 1990s, the Canadian government monitored and interrogated civil servants who were believed to be homosexual or transgender. Thousands in the public service, military and Royal Canadian Mounted Police were fired or intimidated into leaving their jobs.

Speaking in the House of Com-

mons, Trudeau said the thinking that homosexuals would be at increased risk of blackmail by Canada’s adversaries was nothing short of a witch hunt.

“The government of Canada exercised its authority in a cruel and unjust manner,” Trudeau said, to a standing ovation from both sides of the House of Commons.

“It is with shame and sorrow and deep regret for the things we have done that I stand here today and say, we were wrong. We apologize. I am sorry. We are sorry,” Trudeau said.

The apology was the latest in a series of statements by the twoyear-old Liberal government seek-

ing to make amends for historical wrongs. Trudeau used a speech to the U.N. General Assembly in September to acknowledge Canada has failed its indigenous people.

Canada has also reached an agreement in principle with those involved in a class action lawsuit related to the government’s persecution of homosexuals, Trudeau said, though he did not say how much the settlement will be worth.

The government earlier on Tuesday also proposed legislation that will allow the criminal records of those convicted of sexual activity with same-sex partners to be permanently destroyed. (rtr)

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Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers an apology to members of the LGBT community who were discriminated against by federal legislation and policies, in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, November 28, 2017.

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Pipeline breaks after hit by mud flow

Thousands of customers face water crisis

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HIV self tests are displayed in a pharmacy in Bordeaux, France, September 15, 2015.

Europe’s HIV epidemic growing at alarming rate, WHO warns

LONDON - The number of people newly diagnosed with HIV in Europe reached its highest level in 2016 since records began, showing the region’s epidemic growing “at an alarming pace”, health officials said on Tuesday.

That year, 160,000 people contracted the virus that causes AIDS in the 53 countries that make up the World Health Organization’s European region, the agency said in a joint report with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

Around 80 percent of those were in eastern Europe, the report found.

“This is the highest number of cases recorded in one year.

If this trend persists, we will not be able to achieve the ... target of ending the HIV epidemic by 2030,” the WHO’s Euro-

pean regional director, Zsuzsanna Jakab, said in a statement.

The trend was particularly worrying, the organisations said, because many patients had already been carrying the HIV infection for several years by the time they were diagnosed, making the virus harder to control and more likely to have been passed on to others.

Early diagnosis is important with HIV because it allows people to start treatment with AIDS drugs sooner, increasing their chances of living a long and healthy life.

“Europe needs to do more in its HIV response,” said ECDC director Andrea Ammon. She said the average time from estimated time of infection until a person is diagnosed is three years, “which is far too long”.

The report said new strategies were needed to expand the reach of HIV testing - including self-testing services and testing provided by lay providers.

Almost 37 million people worldwide have the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS. The majority of cases are in poorer regions such as Africa, where access to testing, prevention and treatment is more limited, but the HIV epidemic has also proved stubborn in wealthier regions like Europe.

The WHO European Region comprises 53 countries, with a population of nearly 900 million people.

The ECDC/WHO report found that over the past ten years, the rate of newly diagnosed HIV infections in this region has risen by 52 percent from 12 in every 100,000 of population in 2007 to 18.2 for every 100,000 in 2016.

That decade-long increase was “mainly driven by the continuing upward trend in the East,” the report said.

An ECDC study published earlier this year also found that around one in six new cases of HIV diagnosed in Europe are in people over the age of 50. (rtr)

SEMARAPURA — The water distribution network of the Klungkung’s Municipal Waterworks (PDAM) located in Rendang, Karangasem, was damaged by the mud flow carrying debris from Mount Agung.

As a result, tens of thousands of PDAM customers in the town of Semarapura did not have access to water on Monday morning (Nov 27).

Director of PDAM Klungkung, I Nyoman Renin Suyasa, explained that the water source in Rendang has discharge of 120 liters per second, which is very large compared to other sources.

However, when the mud flow hot the distribution networks, access to the reservoir was cut off. “This network uses gravity to move the water. At about 08:00 on Monday morning, the mud flow caused damage to the system. Our technical officers are looking into the matter”, he said.

Naturally local residents complained as about 15,000 customers could no longer access clean water. “ Normally, the water flows from the source to urban areas. But now the network is damaged so our customers cannot access water” said this official from Nusa Penida.

To overcome this problem, a number of other water sources are being utilized: the drilled wells at Akah village that have a discharge of 20 liters per

second, the source at Koripan, Banjarangkan (5 liters/sec), Swecapura Stadium (7 liters/ sec), the drilled well built by the Bali-Penida River agency (BWS) at Puputan Klungkung Square (10 liters/sec) and in the area of ?? Kentel Gumi Temple (5 liters/sec). Because these sources cannot provide as much water as the Rendang source, service is provided in a rotating scehdule. “ We are in the process of installing a pump. Meanwhile the upstream and downstream areas have alternate access every 24 hours”, said Suyasa.

The community is being asked to create water reservoirs to facilitate this system. Evacuees in the area are provided with water that is dropped off by water-tank trucks. “ we urge the public to provide water tanks and other such containers”, added Suyasa.

Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, has requested the clean water problem be handled immediately. Apart from the PDAM, other related agencies such as the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), the Public Works Agency, the Spatial Planning and Settlement Area are also taking steps to solve this matter. “We urge the community to prepare temporary water reservoirs, while water administration is being directly handled by PDAM”, he said. (kmb45)

Nevertheless, 25 percent of people diagnosed with HIV in 2015 were infected for seven years or more before being diagnosed.

CDC Director Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald said the report shows the nation is making progress in the fight against HIV, but the gains are uneven, and challenges remain.

“Too many people have HIV infections that go undiagnosed for far too long,” Fitzgerald said in a conference call with reporters.

Shortening the time between HIV infection and diagnosis is key

to prevention. The CDC estimates that about 40 percent of new HIV infections are caused by people who did not know they were infected.

Although testing rates increased overall, an estimated 15 percent of people living with HIV in 2015 did not know they were infected, and half of people who were unaware of their infection in 2015 lived in the South.

The report found many other disparities, with delays in diagnosis varying significantly by race/ethnicity and gender. For example, the estimated time from HIV infection

to diagnosis was a median of five years for heterosexual men, twice as long as heterosexual women.

The median was three years for gay and bisexual men.

“The report tells us some groups, particularly heterosexual men and racial and ethnic minorities, live with HIV longer than other groups before they are diagnosed,” Dr. Jonathan Mermin, director of CDC’s National Center for HIV/ AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, told the briefing.

Among high risk individuals,

many reported not being tested in the prior year, including 29 percent of gay and bisexual men, 42 percent of people who inject drugs and 59 percent of heterosexuals at increased risk for HIV. Two thirds of those who had not been tested for HIV in the prior year had seen a healthcare provider, which Mermin considered a missed opportunity for testing.

People who are diagnosed and take medications to control HIV are significantly less likely to spread the disease. (rtr)

Dozens of people return to Sutasoma evacuation post

GIANYAR — Following the minor eruption of Mount Agung, dozens of residents of Karangasem who had returned home, were forced to evacuate to the Sutasoma post in Sukawati again. “Well, I came back on Sunday afternoon, along with 15 families consisting of 60 people from Jungutan Village, Bebandem”, said Wayan Bawa, on Monday (Nov. 27).

U.S. HIV diagnoses improving, but progress varies -CDC CHICAGO - Delays in the time between becoming infected with HIV and getting a diagnosis are shortening, helped by efforts to increase testing for the virus that causes AIDS, U.S. health officials said.

The report, released on Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that 50 percent of the 39,720 people diagnosed with HIV in 2015 had been infected for at least three years, a seven-month improvement compared with 2011.

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Following the minor eruption of Mount Agung, dozens of residents of Karangasem who had returned home, were forced to evacuate to the Sutasoma post in Sukawati again.

The mud flow carrying debris from Mount Agung.

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Wayan Bawa explained that he and others had been told to go home as conditions were considered safe. But he was again evacuated from his village as volcanic ash started descending on Karangasem. “ The ash at Jungutan village is very thick, many houses and plants are covered in ash”, he said.

He and others left their cows and pigs in the village and as Bawa explained, it is hard to find grass for the animals. “When we go looking for grass, we have to wash it off as it is covered in ash. The animals are still in the village, we wanted to save our families first”, he said.

Residents of Jungutan village who earn a living as farmers, he added will certainly face crop failure as

their paddy plants are covered in volcanic ash. “ Our paddy would have been ready to harvest in about 1 month, but with the heavy ash fall the yellow grain has turned balck”, he mourned.

Meanwhile, Regent of Gianyar, A.A. Gde Agung Bharata, has instructed his staff to provide prime handling for the evacuees, especially regarding food. “ I have ordered food for the evacuees and asked that the expiry dates on all food be double-checked”, he said.

The regent has also been coordinating with local entrepreneurs about accommodating the evacuees’ livestock. “ We are ready to accommodate the evacuees, including the matter of their livestock. They will be purchased at normal prices and sold at Beringkit cattle market”, said the regent.

When asked about the long-term funding for the evacuees, this Gianyar Palace figure said that it was included in the regional budget for 2018é “ a total of 10 billion IDR has been assigned for the handling of this situation. This is about humanity. Not all people are given a chance by God to help. This is a good opportunity to do something good”, affirmed Regent Bharata. (kmb35)

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For the sake of tourism, Badung expects exceptional circumstances

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School children wear masks as they walk in an area affected by volcanic ash from nearby Mount Agung volcano, in Karangasem Regency, Bali, Indonesia, November 29, 2017.

Stories of refugee students

They attend final test at refuge as do not want to leave behind

DESIRE of the students of Karangasem evacuating to Klungkung district to be able to follow final exam (PAS) is granted. However, it does not take place at school, but in the evacuation as in the hamlet hall of Jelantik Kuribatu, Tojan village, Klungkung, on Tuesday (Nov. 28).

From outside, the atmosphere of the hamlet hall located on Jalan Semarapura-Klotok looked quiet.

When looked in the rear, there appeared a number of students while bending over. There were students sharpening their pencil as well as flicking through thin papers containing dozens of questions and blank answer sheets. It is the atmosphere of test implementation. Those who are still young age did not care about the atmosphere around them. Various items piled up. A number of old people were also sleeping soundly. Others were chatting to share stories. “We are answering to the semester final test,” said Komag Hendra Supanca, a second grade of the SDN 1 Duda elementary school, Selat, Karangasem.

Questions of various subjects were obtained directly at the school. They were taken two days ago before evacuating. All have to be done on Friday because on Saturday it has to be submitted to school. It will be checked by teacher before filling the report card. “I answer these questions from the morning. Sometimes,

I have to have a break and then continue again. Now, I have just one lesson left,” he said.

Actually it is a difficult option to answer the questions at the place he has never known before. However, it has gone as motivated by enthusiasm to be able to reach the highest education. In this place, he can share his knowledge with other children. His parents can also pay attention. “When learning, there are people helping,” he said.

Vivacity to get education was also showed by a student of SMPN 3 Selat junior high school, Kadek Devi Cahyati. She studied diligently in refugee camp, a place far from her homeland. It is the preparation to face the assessment started on Thursday. “Necessarily, it already started on Monday. However, due to evacuating, it is postponed. Later on, the exam will be held at SMPN 2 Sidemen lasting next Tuesday,” he said.

Staying in a new place surely disturbs her while studying. However, it was tricked by pulling over, looking for a quiet place. “It’s a bit hard to learn and slightly disturbed,” added the child aspiring to become a doctor.

One of the students’ parents, Nyoman Menuh, felt relieved as his son can take the test although his temporary school is quite far from the evacuation. However, it does not matter. The child will be escorted in order to achieve the desired dream. “Luckily, he can take part in the exam. So, he does not drop out of education,” he said. (sos)

MANGUPURA - District government of Badung hoped the governor of Bali to immediately determine the Mount Agung eruption into exceptional circumstances (KLB). With the determination of emergency status, his government can issue a policy to bear all the costs of tourists getting trapped due to the closure of Ngurah Rai Airport.

This was revealed by Regent of Badung, I Nyoman Giri Prasta, when attending the inauguration of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) of Badung on Tuesday (Nov. 28). This PDI-P politician said the eruption of Mount Agung resulted in the closure of the airport, so that hundreds of airlines and thousands of tourists failed to fly since Monday (Nov. 27).

“If more than a day and there is a letter of exceptional circumstances (KLB) from the province, we will take action. Then, we will rent a hotel and cover their meals,” he said.

By covering the cost of accommodation during the airport is closed, Giri Prasta hoped tourists feel to get more attention as well as it becomes tourism promotion in the eyes of foreign tourists. “If they are happy in Bali and have been treated very well by the government, I have confidence this will become a positive image for Bali tourism,” he said.

Nevertheless, Giri Prasta claimed that at this time he can only appeal to the entire hotels in order to give the guests a free stay for one night. His authority has also asked the airport to provide services for tourists.

“So far, we have coordinated with PHRI and airport authority.

PHRI is ready to give free onenight stay at the hotel to canceled travelers. Meanwhile, those who

stay at the airport, the airport have provided food and a good place,” he said.

Head of the Badung Tourism Office, I Made Badra, cannot do much because the disaster cannot be predicted. Nevertheless, his office still provides information to travel agencies that Bali remains safe to visit. “However, the transportation here is not possible because the airport is closed,” he said.

Regarding the handling of flight cancellation, he claimed to have made coordination with the airport authority to provide services to Mengwi Terminal leading to Surabaya. Meanwhile, the PHRI gives services in the form of free one-night stay.

In the meantime, Chairman of the PHRI Badung, IGN Rai Suryawijaya, did not dare to ascertained whether the service is provided by the hotel management. “As the appeal implies, it should be made mandatory,” he said briefly amid the inauguration of the Kadin Badung in the Badung Civic Center.

Based on the data collected, the foreign tourist visit during the period of January to October reached 4,878,478 people of the target in 2017 reaching 5,850,000.

This means there are still 971,522 tourists that should be traveling to Bali. Seeing the number of tourist visits within two months, it seems very difficult to reach the target in 2018. The visit in November reached 309,601 foreign tourists and December reaches 411,177 foreign tourists.

“As the calculation, the tourist visit until November lacks of about 600,000. Hopefully, this can be clear within one week and we make recovery again. And let’s see the development,” he concluded. (kmb27)

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Passengers ask staff about their flights near the flight screen after Ngurah Rai airport closed their operation due to eruption of Mount Agung in Bali resort island, November 27, 2017 in this photo taken by Antara Foto.

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Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar lead male-dominated Grammy nominations LOS ANGELES - Jay-Z’s soulbaring album on love, life and social fractures led the Grammy Award nominations on Tuesday with eight nods in a list that saw women sidelined in some major categories and Katy Perry excluded completely.

Jay-Z’s “4:44” album was nominated for album of the year, one of the top three Grammy accolades. The album’s title track and “The Story of O.J.” songs were nominated in song and record of the year.

“4:44” will compete for album of the year against R&B star Bruno Mars’ “24K Magic,” New Zealand pop singer Lorde’s “Melodrama,” hip hop artists Childish Gambino’s “Awaken, My Love!” and Kendrick Lamar’s “Damn.”

Lamar landed seven nominations overall, Mars got six including the top three categories and Childish Gambino, the alter-ego of actor Donald Glover, scored five nominations.

“Despacito,” the hit from Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi featuring Justin Bieber and Daddy Yankee landed three nominations including record and song of the year.

The 60th Grammy Awards, music’s biggest night honoring the year’s achievements across more than 80 categories, are scheduled for Jan. 28 at New York City’s Madison Square

Garden. Music released between October 2016 and September 2017 qualified for this year’s awards and will be voted for by members of the Recording Academy, made up of music industry professionals.

Newcomer R&B singer SZA was the most-nominated female artist with five nods including best new artist, in which she will face singers Julia Michaels, Alessia Cara, Khalid and rapper Lil Uzi Vert.

Taylor Swift’s “Reputation” album will not be eligible this year due to its November release, but she garnered two nominations including writing country group Little Big Town’s “Better Man.” The most notable ommission from Tuesday’s Grammy nominations was Canadian hip hop artist Drake, whose “More Life” album dominated streaming, charts and radio play since its March release.

British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, whose “Divide” album topped charts around the world, garnered two nominations in the pop categories. Lady Gaga and Kesha landed two nods each in the same categories as Sheeran.

Pop star Katy Perry, who is yet to win a Grammy award, did not score a single nomination for her “Witness” album. (rtr)

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Meghan Markle departs ‘Suits’ after engagement to Prince Harry

LOS ANGELES - U.S. actress Meghan Markle has wrapped up her role on legal drama series “Suits” after seven seasons, USA Network and Universal Cable Productions said in a statement on Tuesday, a day after Markle and Britain’s Prince Harry announced their engagement.

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Markle, 36, played Rachel Zane on the cable network drama, rising up the ranks from paralegal to lawyer. The character is engaged to be married to Mike Ross, played by Patrick J. Adams.

Markle has completed all her filming for the seventh season, which will return in early 2018, the network said.

“We want to send our most heartfelt congratulations to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on their engagement,” USA Network and Universal Cable Productions, both units of Comcast Corp, said in a joint statement.

“Meghan has been a member of our family for seven years and it has been a joy to work with her.

We want to thank her for her undeniable passion and dedication to Suits, and we wish her the very best,” the statement added.

Markle and Harry, 33, announced on Monday they were getting married in May 2018.

The couple met on a blind date in July 2016 and said their relationship had blossomed “incredibly quickly.” (rtr)

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A Balinese Hindu woman makes an offering outside of a tent at a camp for people who have been evacuated from villages near Mount Agung volcano in Rendang, Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia, November 29, 2017.

Bali’s economy sluggish

Predicted to decrease by 5.6 percent until yearend

DENPASAR - The eruption of Mount Agung started with phreatic eruptions since a few days ago has been shaking the Bali’s economy. Coupled with the airport’s closure since Monday at 07:00 to the present, it increasingly makes the Bali’s economy sustained by tourism sluggish. As predicted, until the end of the year the economy will grow slowly around 5.2 percent to 5.6 percent.

Assistant Director of Bank Indonesia for Bali Representative Office, Teguh Setiadi, said that based on the assumption of three months since the warning status, he has predicted the economic growth of Bali only reaches 4.8 percent. However, after this eruption, the economic growth in Bali is predicted to be in the range of 5.2 percent and 5.6 percent. This growth is lower than the previous year, namely 6.24 percent in 2016 and 6.04 in 2015.

During October 1-31, 2017 alone, the revenue lost due to cancellation of tourist visits to Bali reached IDR 11.6 billion.

Based on the experience of 2015, the eruption of Mount Barujari and Mount Raung also affected Bali with the closing of Ngurah Rai Airport. The 14-day closing of the airport caused the Angkasa Pura I to lose revenue valued at IDR 19 billion. In addition, the income of business players due to the closure of Ngurah Rai Airport

at that time reached IDR 79.96 billion.

Bank Indonesia for Bali Representative Office itself has mitigated the risk of Bali’s economic slowdown that may happen due to the eruption of Mount Agung.

“Mr. Iman has summoned banking circles related to the credit potentially getting disrupted,” he said.

The management of debtors given privilege must be clear and centralized. “In other words, there

must be agreement for debtors really affected directly by Mount Agung. Banking institutions are asked to list the affected customers,” he said. The privilege given can be either restructuring or rescheduling or if the condition is too severe they can be imposed with write off.

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He predicted if this situation lasts until December, Bali’s economic growth will be lower than 5.2 percent. It happens because peak season commonly taken advantage to boost income at the end of the year can no longer cover the target due to the eruption of Mount Agung.

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