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Israel heading for early elections after turbulent week for Netanyahu
Israel will pick a date for early elections on Sunday, a source close to a key minister told CNN, following a turbulent week for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that saw key government resignations and calls for an early vote.
The decision to call early elections came after crunch talks between Netanyahu and the rightwing Education Minister Naftali Bennett broke down on Friday.
Bennett had threatened to quit the government if he wasn't given the defense portfolio after the resignation of former Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman on Wednesday, but Netanyahu rejected Bennett's demands.
After Friday's meeting, the source, who is close to Bennett, told CNN: "There was a need to go to elections as soon as possible, with no possibility of continuing the current government. A date for the elections is expected to be decided on Sunday following a meeting of the coalition party heads."
On Thursday, Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri also called for early elections.
Bennett's withdrawal from the coalition would leave Netanyahu without the minimum 61 seats needed to govern, making elections inevitable and ending a government that lasted nearly four years.
A spokesman for Netanyahu's Likud party said in a statement after the meeting with Bennett that the Prime Minister would try to stabilize his government on Sunday at the weekly cabinet meeting.
"At the beginning of the week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold conversations with the heads of the coalitions, and he relies on the ministers' responsibility not to make a historic mistake in toppling a right-wing government," the statement said.
"Prime Minister Netanyahu stressed that it's important to make every effort in order to preserve the right-wing government and not to repeat the historical mistake of 1992 when a right-wing government was toppled, raised the left to power and brought the Oslo disaster upon Israel."
A statement released a short time later said Netanyahu had begun those conversations Friday afternoon.
Netanyahu's troubles began Wednesday when Liberman, his hardline Defense Minister, announced his resignation. Liberman had openly opposed a ceasefire reached with Gaza one day earlier that ended the worst 24 hours of fighting since the 2014 war, advocating instead for a harsher blow against Hamas, the militant group that controls the coastal enclave. Liberman called the ceasefire "a capitulation to terror."
From Monday night to Tuesday afternoon, Gaza militants fired some 400 rockets into Israel, while the Israeli military struck more than 100 targets inside Gaza.
Liberman didn't have enough seats to topple the government on his own, but his withdrawal left Netanyahu with a bare minimum 61-seat coalition, allowing other parties to make demands of the Israeli leader.
The sudden vacancy allowed Bennett, leader of the right-wing Jewish Home party, to demand the defense portfolio, promising to quit the government if he didn't get it.
On Thursday morning, Kahlon, the Finance Minister, met with Netanyahu and said it was time to call early elections.
In a statement released after the meeting, Kahlon said, "The stability required at this time is not achievable in the present situation, and therefore the responsible act is the establishment of a new, strong and stable government."
Deri, the Interior Minister, echoed his call, increasing pressure on Netanyahu to dissolve the government.
The political turbulence comes as Netanyahu faces criminal investigations that have hit him and his inner circle. Israeli police say they have enough evidence to indict Netanyahu on charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust in two separate investigations. He was questioned as a suspect in a third investigation. Netanyahu has repeatedly proclaimed his innocence, often employing the phrase "There will be nothing because there is nothing."
The criminal investigations have barely damaged the Prime Minister's standing in the polls or his popularity. Polls have repeatedly projected that Netanyahu's Likud party would increase its number of seats if early elections are held.
But the crisis may pose a new challenge for the Israeli leader, since it appears he is being led to call early elections, instead of calling them on his own.
By law, the government must choose an election date within three to five months, making March or May the most likely time for elections. April is unlikely because of Jewish holidays during the month.
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Easter Islanders to visit London in bid to get their statue back
The 2.5-meter basalt figure has been part of the museum's collection since 1869 -- but now the islanders want it back.
Easter Island, known as Rapa Nui in the local language and governed by Chile, is famous for the moai statues that dot its landscape.
A delegation including Carlos Edmunds, president of the council of Rapa Nui elders, and Felipe Ward, Chile's minister for national property, will travel to London to underline the significance of the moai and discuss its future. The group will arrive in the UK capital next week, the Guardian reported.
Islanders carved the statues to commemorate their ancestors and believe that the moai are an incarnation of dead relatives. According to the British Museum, around 887 moai were erected between 1100 and 1600 A.D.
Hoa Hakananai'a -- which is Rapa Nui for "lost or stolen friend" -- is one of only 14 moai made from basalt, with the majority carved from softer volcanic rock. The statue is estimated to weigh about 4.2 metric tonnes.
"We very much look forward to this meeting and having an opportunity to have a discussion directly with the Rapa Nui community," the British Museum said in a statement. "The subject of the talks would involve taking the delegation to see Hoa Hakananai'a and then discussing any future proposals they have.
While some want the original statue returned, others have proposed a deal involving a replica moai and a financial donation from the British Museum, which would be used to protect the Rapa Nui cultural heritage, according to Spain's EFE news agencyConservation is an increasingly important issue for Easter Island, with growing concerns about the impact of tourism.
Despite its isolated location in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a five-hour flight from the Chilean capital of Santiago, the island has become a popular tourist destination.
With visitor numbers putting pressure on local infrastructure, the government in August introduced a 30-day time limit for visits
Interest in the island was also piqued when scientists revealed that its history might be more complicated than previously thought.
For decades, researchers believed that the original population of the island destroyed itself through infighting and depletion of natural resources.
However, a study published in August showed that the society was sophisticated and collaborative.
"Ancient Rapa Nui had chiefs, priests, and guilds of workers who fished, farmed, and made the moai. There was a certain level of sociopolitical organization that was needed to carve almost a thousand statues," lead study author Dale Simpson Jr., an archaeologist at the University of Queensland, said in a statement at the time.
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India's first woman with a Michelin star
Her Bangkok restaurant Gaa, which opened in May 2017, quickly earned praise for Arora's tasty and artful mix of Indian and Thai cuisine and has now earned one coveted Michelin star in the Michelin Guide Bangkok, Phuket and Phang-Nga 2019.
One popular dish on her tasting menu brings together grilled unripe jackfruit, roti and homemade pickles. Another combines blue crab and macadamia milk.
Responding to news of the Michelin star, Arora thanked her team via Instagram. "Each one of them persevered. believed and always showed up," she wroteArora grew up in Mumbai and drew inspiration early on from her Punjabi family, particularly her father, who loved bringing home exotic foods.
She started her career as a journalist but was quickly drawn to cooking. She studied at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris before working her way through stints with the UK's Gordon Ramsay, René Redzepi of Noma in Copenhagen, and Indian chef Gaggan Anand.
Anand was an early investor in Gaa and has two Michelin stars for his own nearby restaurant, Gaggan.
Gaggan and Gaa are now two of 27 Michelin-starred restaurants in Bangkok and Phuket recognized in the new guide. Ten new spots made the list including Gaa, Canvas, PRU and Suan Thip.
"This year's guide is a reflection of the growing talent in Thailand's culinary scene with many new restaurants added to the selection, including 13 specializing in Thai food, reinforcing Thailand's reputation as a go-to destination for gastronomy," said Gwendal Poullennec, International Director of the Michelin Guides, in a statement on their website.
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Sejarah Riwayat Uni Soviet Kini
Tahukah anda mengenai sejarah dan riwayat Uni Soviet hingga kini? Pada era abad 21 ini negara-negara didunia seakan berlomba-lomba untuk membuktikan pada dunia bahwa negara mereka merupakan negara paling demokratis. Negara adidaya seperti Amerika Serikat yang selalu menekankan demokrasi keseluruh dunia seakan menjadi negara didunia.
Negara yang merdeka pada tanggal 4 Juli 1778 itu kini untuk pertama kalinya mencatat sejarah dengan menempatkan seorang dari ras negroid menjadi pemimpin negara mereka. Ya, Obama memang bisa dikatakan sebagai puncak penyelesaian isu rasial di negara adidaya itu.Lain lubuk lain ilalang, jika Amerika Serikat telah mencapai hasil tertinggi mereka dalam hal demokrasi, bagaimana nasib negara-negara yang memiliki ideology politik yang berseberangan dengan mereka. Negara seperti Uni Soviet, Korea Utara dan Vietnam. Ketiga negara ini merupakan negara yang secara langsung pernah memiliki konflik dengan Amerika Serikat.
Jika Amerika Serikat dengan paham liberalisme dan penggunaan system ekonomi Kapitalisme. Ketiga negara yang pernah memiliki konflik dengan Amerika Serikat itu memiliki paham Komunis dan menerapkan system ekonomi sosialis.
Berubahnya Uni Soviet Menjadi Rusia
Uni Soviet merupakan negara yang memiliki luas wilayah yang membentang dari Eropa hingga Ke Asia dan di Timurnya berbatasan langsung dengan benua Amerika. Dibatasi dengan selat antara Siberia dan Alaska (Amerika Serikat).
Pada masa jayanya, Uni Soviet pernah menguasai banyak negara yang kini telah mencapai kemerdekaanya. Tersebut diantara negara yang masih memiliki pengaruh sisa-sisa kejayaan Uni Soviet seperti Kazakhtan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgistan, Azerbaidjan dan negara-negara yang berada di perbatasan Asia-Eropa.
Pada perang dunia satu dan perang dunia kedua Uni Soviet merupakan ancaman serius bagi Nazi (Jerman) sehingga paham komunis yang telah mencapai puncaknya itu dianggap sebagai momok serius bagi Jerman. Konflik Fasisme ala Jerman-Italia harus berhadapan dengan semangat kebersamaan ala Uni Soviet.
Walaupun akhirnya Uni Soviet berhasil memenangkan konflik itu dengan dibantu pihak sekutu akhirnya Uni Soviet tidak bisa dengan mudah berhubungan dengan negara yang merupakan negara-negara yang sebenarnya merupakan pesaing ketatnya.
Pada era selepas berakhirnya perang dunia kedua, paham komunis ala Uni Soviet berhasil menancapkan pengaruhnya di Jerman Timur sedangkan Amerika Serikat menanamkan pengaruhnya di Jerman Barat. Persaingan ini akhirnya membawa ke Perang Dingin antara Uni Soviet dan Amerika Serikat.
Dengan wilayah kekuasaan yang membentang luas dan permasalahan intern yang terjadi. Uni Soviet akhirnya mengakhiri perang dingin dengan sikap defensive. Itu terbukti dengan bersatunya kembali Jerman Barat dan Jerman Timur yang secara simbolis yang juga mengutarakan bahwa pengaruh Uni Soviet di dunia luar mulai melemah.
Disisi yang lain, negara-negara kecil yang sudah sejak lama merupakan kawasan “jalur sutra” dan terbiasa mengadopsi paham kebebasan beragama merasa terkekang oleh pemerintah Uni Soviet yang sekuler. Satu persatu kawasan Uni Soviet itu harus runtuh dan kini negara itu berusaha mempertahankan pengaruhnya dengan upaya defensive.
Sejak saat itu Uni Soviet perlahan mulai merelakan daerah kekuasannya lepas satu persatu dari genggamannya. Kebutuhan untuk persamaan hak didepan negara memang merupakan sesuatu yang tidak bisa ditawar. Namun paham komunis yang terlalu berfokus pada nilai-nilai kebersamaan dan kesamarataan manusia itu ternyata tak mampu meredam kebutuhan manusia akan spiritual.
Sejarah Riwayat Uni Soviet Kini?
Kini Uni Soviet telah tenggelam menjadi sejarah dunia yang tak akan pernah terlupakan. Perjalanan sepak terjang Uni Soviet di belantika politik dunia telah membuktikan bahwa manusia merupakan makhluk yang memiliki kebutuhan yang terus bertambah seiring waktu.Dan ternyata keadilan sosial itu tidak cukup hanya sampai disitu. Kebebasan beragama lah yang diatas segalanya. Uni Soviet telah membuktikan hal itu.
Bagaimana dengan negara kita? Untunglah negara kita punya Pancasila yang telah merangkum segala kebutuhan rakyatnya. Hanya tinggal penerapannya yang memerlukan perjuangan keras. Dan tidak semudah yang dituturkan oleh teori-teori.
Second North Korea-U.S. summit to take place in 2019, planning “ongoing”: Pence
Planning for a second summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump continue, Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday, adding that the meeting will likely take place early next year.
Speaking following a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on the sidelines of the ASEAN regional summit in Singapore, the Vice President stressed that many of the details for the next Kim-Trump meeting were still to be ironed out.
“The plans are ongoing,” he reportedly told journalists following the meeting. “We believe that the summit will likely occur after the first of the year but the when and the where of that is still being worked out.”
President Trump said earlier in the month he was hoping to meet with Kim Jong Un in early 2019, though details on the exact date and location for the planned meeting have yet to be revealed.
South Korean President Moon used Thursday’s meeting to call for U.S.-DPRK and DPRK-ROK relations to improve in parallel with each other.
“It is entirely the power of the strong Korea-U.S. alliance that drew North Korea into dialogue and made the current situation possible,” he said, in comments that come amid fears of a growing gap between Seoul and Washington’s positions on the best way to deal with Pyongyang.
“In order to realize lasting peace… inter-Korean relations should move forward together with North-U.S. relations,” he added, stressing his support for a planned second Kim-Trump meeting and his hopes that a fifth inter-Korean summit will take place soon in Seoul.
Pence also used the meeting to ask for the South Korean President to increase his communication with the North Korean leader and to help facilitate further diplomacy, the ROK Blue House said following the talks.
“My understanding is that (Pence) made a request to Moon separately even as talks are under way between the North and the U.S.,” presidential spokesperson Kim Eui-kyeom said following the meeting, in comments carried by Yonhap.
The Vice President’s comments come on the third day of a six-day visit to Asia – a tour which has so far seen him reiterate the U.S.’s commitment to the “maximum pressure” campaign against North Korea.
“The sanctions will remain in full force until we achieve the final, fully verified denuclearization of North Korea,” Pence said following a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday.
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North Korea’s Pyongyang Golf Club undergoing expansion, imagery reveals
The Pyongyang Golf Club on the outskirts of the North Korean capital is undergoing a major expansion, exclusive images obtained by NK News show this week, making it the newest luxury resort to see substantial upgrades as the country continues to improve tourist amenities nationwide.
Located on the banks of Lake Taesong along the Pyongyang-Nampo highway, the existing 18-hole course appears set to receive nine new holes and a host of new buildings and lodging facilities, according to a construction plan displayed on site.
While ruling party organ the Rodong Sinmun recently referred to the club as a destination “for both foreign and local tourists,” in reality it is mostly frequented by expats or wealthy locals.
Foreign tour company Lupine Travel has already begun advertising the “2019 DPRK Amateur Golf Open” to be held September 4-7, 2019 – a possible deadline for the project’s completion.
Additionally, this points to the likelihood that the purpose of the upgrades will be to bolster the government’s foreign currency earnings as North Korea has recently stepped up its calls to lift international and bilateral economic sanctions amid ongoing denuclearization negotiations with the U.S.
The planning board for the “Pyongyang Golf Club Renewal Construction Battle Site” contains both a detailed map and artistic renders for 24 buildings or structures, which include lodgings, bathrooms, a new stylized welcome gate, and other facilities.
Five of the nine new holes will be built on a long, narrow peninsula that juts out into the middle of the lake, which will be connected to the peninsula nearest the main clubhouse with a new 400-meter-long bridge.
Work on this stage of the renewal effort has not yet begun, according to November 12-dated satellite imagery.
Among the renders on the planning board is the existing main clubhouse, shown receiving a new green roof and upgrades to its exterior from workers in soldier uniforms in October-dated images of the construction site obtained by NK News.
A recent visitor to the club who wished to remain anonymous told NK News they saw approximately 300-500 workers on site continuing construction while their group played, and that work on the new holes had not yet begun.
Having also visited the course in the past, they said that in terms of equipment upgrades, approximately “30 secondhand carts were brought [in] more then a year ago but not yet in use.”
Perhaps the most visible of the new additions is a group of lodgings along the bay near the clubhouse – another sign that the Pyongyang Golf Club, typically a day-trip destination, may target tourists for longer stays in the future.
A review of satellite imagery provided by Planet Labs shows no major changes to the landscape until June this year, and that the basic structures for the ten new two-story lodgings were built up entirely within the month of August.
Images from on site show that the concrete structures were nearing completion by October, but still required exterior finishing and likely interior work.
The bay appears to have been temporarily dammed off and dried up, according to the latest satellite imagery as well as pictures on site, likely to allow for the construction of a sandy beach outside the lodgings, as depicted in the site’s blueprint.
Overall the site appears far from completion, as work has yet to begin on any of the new holes to the golf course.
Major tree clearing will be required to carve out four new holes and alter the shapes of another two on the mainland, as well as for building five new holes on the adjacent peninsula.
Past visitors to the course will in the future see changes to holes three and four, with each seeing their dog-legs (elbow-like turns in the fairway) switch directions, and the putting green of hole four being turned into a practice area of sorts, according to the blueprint displayed on site.
Two new holes will be built in the forested area between the clubhouse and the existing holes five and six, while the other two holes on the mainland will be carved out on the outskirts of the course beside hole 15.
As these areas rest upon sloped hillsides, leveling work in addition to tree clearing may also be necessary.
The five other new holes will eventually exist on an island, according to the plan, as it appears builders want to permanently cut off the roughly 300-meter-wide peninsula from the mainland. Historical satellite imagery suggests shifting water levels over time have caused frequent changes to its coastline.
As far as other structures, the blueprint suggests some will be built anew or existing buildings upgraded on the southern edge of the course outside hole 14.
Aside from smaller facilities built between holes, it also appears new structures will be built around the clubhouse, adding at least two new ones to the existing group of three.
Images from on-site show that most of the new buildings follow the tendency seen at other politically-important state-led construction sites for decorative accents to loyally follow the theme of the location.
In this case, there are golf ball-shaped accents and sculptures added to the outer walls of buildings and to the tops of declarative signposts.
Multiple new ornate bathrooms along the course were also seen in the images, with soldier-builders in one image appearing to carve artificial lines in one’s concrete facade, creating the rustic look of a mountain lodge stone wall.
Abe, Putin to accelerate WWII treaty talks
Russia and Japan have agreed to accelerate talks to formally end World War II hostilities, using a Soviet-era peace declaration as their starting point and throwing into doubt the fate of four disputed islands.
The two countries are still technically at war, with neither side historically prepared to budge on a row over the ownership of the islands seized by Russia in the closing days of the conflict.
President Vladimir Putin first suggested the two countries sign a peace treaty "without any preconditions" in September but this was coolly received in Japan.
Diplomatic efforts have accelerated in recent months however and, after talks in Singapore Wednesday between Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, progress was announced.
Putin said Russia had "resumed dialogue with our Japanese partners on the basis of the 1956 declaration, exactly what our Japanese partners asked us to do.
"We are ready to work with them."
Japanese foreign ministry spokesman Takeshi Osuga confirmed both sides had agreed to push ahead with talks.
"Both leaders agreed to accelerate the negotiation of a peace treaty on the basis of the Japan USSR joint declaration of 1956," he told reporters on Thursday.
The 1956 declaration restored diplomatic ties but Tokyo and Russia stopped short of signing a formal peace treaty due to the territorial row.
At the time Russia offered to give Japan the two smallest islands in the strategically-located Kuril chain, occupied by Soviet troops at the end of the war in 1945, in exchange for agreeing to a treaty and Moscow keeping the bigger islands.
But this idea was rejected by Japan, which still claims the entire chain.
Some Japanese media interpreted Thursday's announcement as a shift in Tokyo's historical position, meaning that Abe might ultimately be willing to give up some territory in exchange for reaching a deal.
Japanese chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga hailed the news as "extremely significant".
"The government has always kept a policy direction of staying flexible... There is no change to this point."
Historically, Japan insists the islands, which were once inhabited by the Ainu indigenous people, have never belonged to anyone else.
Russia considers them spoils of war as agreed between then US president Franklin Roosevelt and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in 1945.
Strategically, control of the islands gives Russia year-round access to the Pacific Ocean for its Pacific fleet of warships and submarines based in Vladivostok, as the surrounding water does not freeze in winter.
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Japanese, S Korean trawlers collide in Sea of Japan; 13 rescued
A South Korean trawler and a Japanese fishing boat collided in the Sea of Japan on Thursday about 330 km northeast of an island claimed by both countries, officials said.
Part of the 48-tonne South Korean trawler was submerged after the collision, which occurred at 9:38 a.m. local time, a South Korean Coast Guard official said.
All 13 sailors aboard the South Korean boat were rescued by other fishing vessels nearby, the official said.
In Tokyo, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga confirmed the collision and said there had been no casualties on the Japanese boat.
The collision occurred northeast of an island known as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan, located about halfway between the two countries in the Sea of Japan, which Seoul refers to as the East Sea.
South Korea's coast guard has sent a patrol ship and helicopter to the area to investigate the cause of the incident.
"We'll look into how the collision took place once our ship arrives on the scene," the official told Reuters.
