Section: The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
Credit scheme backfired, hiking greenhouse gases: Study
A global scheme meant to keep atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) levels in check instead caused some 600 million tons of excess emissions, researchers said Monday.They blamed a loophole in the Kyoto Protocol’s Joint Implementation (JI) mechanism which allowed countries to earn and sell credits for emissions cuts which were “not...
Radwanska cruises to win in Connecticut Open
Agnieszka Radwanska breezed into the second round of the Connecticut Open with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over American CoCo Vandeweghe on Monday at Connecticut Tennis Center.The Krakow, Poland native needed only 65 minutes to set up a second-round meeting with France’s Aliza Cornet, who advanced with a three-set win against Yulia Putintseva of...
Defending champ Rosol wins Winston-Salem opener
Defending champion Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic opened with a 6-4, 7-6 (4) victory Monday over Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis in the first round of the Winston-Salem Open.The 6-foot-5 Rosol served 14 aces and took advantage of a break point in the seventh game of the first set to improve to 3-1 all-time against Gulbis, and 2-1 this year, in...
How China’s tremors could weaken the world’s major economies
China is exporting something new to the world economy: Fear.Global investors are quaking over the prospect of a devastating slump in the world’s second-biggest economy. And they’re fast losing confidence that China’s policymakers, seemingly so sure-footed in the past, know how to solve the problem.The worst-case scenario is that...
Global stocks plunge further on China woes
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Monday in New York City. As the global economy continues to react from events in China, markets dropped significantly around the world on Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average briefly dropped over 1000 points in morning trading. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)Major European...
Merkel, Hollande seek unified response to migrant crisis
Migrants wait while Macedonian police allow them to cross into Macedonia on the Greece-Macedonia border near to the town of Gevgelija on Monday. More than 1,500 mostly Syrian refugees, trapped in a no-man’s land for three days, entered Macedonia from Greece, after police allowed them to pass despite earlier trying to hold back the crowd...
Top seeds Djokovic, Federer reach Cincy semis
World number one Novak Djokovic brushed aside Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka in straight sets to advance to the semi-finals of the ATP and WTA Cincinnati Masters Friday.The top-seeded Serb breezed past Wawrinka with little difficulty in just over an hour, winning 6-4, 6-1 to avenge his defeat to the Swiss in the French Open final.Djokovic will...
Kung fu tourism: foreigners learn at China school
A kung fu master (C) training with his students at the kung fu academy in Qufu, Shandong province. (AFP/Fred Dufour)In the countryside outside the birthplace of the Chinese sage Confucius, 35 students — the vast majority of them foreigners — battle the elements as well as exhaustion at a remote kung fu training academy.The students in...
Issue of the day: Indonesia’s beef with Australia
Aug. 18, 2015, p7Live cattle, boxed beef and wheat imports from Australia are detrimental to Indonesian interests in ensuring greater food security and establishing high-value strategic partnerships in Asia. Indonesia must phase out its dependence on Australia in favor of alternative trading partners — such as India or Russia — that can offer a...
Melbourne keeps crown as world’s most livable city
Melbourne, Australia, is the world’s most livable city but conflict and terrorism have led to a fall in global urban living conditions more generally, according to a respected British study published Tuesday.For the fifth year running, the Australian city came out on top of the annual Livability Ranking study of 140 cities, conducted by the...
