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A file photo of Tabanan’s Subak Mandala Mathika Museum becomes Indonesia’s first museum powered by green energy The Subak Mandala Mathika Museum in Tabanan, Bali, has set a precedent by becoming the first museum in Indonesia to operate entirely on green energy. This significant achievement was achieved through a collaboration between the Subak Museum and PT PLN (Persero), involving the use of environmentally friendly electricity through the Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) service, amounting to 200 units or 200 megawatt hours (MWh). The official handover of the REC was carried out by the Director of the PLN Customer Service Implementation Unit…

Image source, Getty ImagesLegend, The first round of elections on Sunday, June 30, saw hundreds of three-round ballots.Item informationAuthor, Hugh SchofieldRole, Correspondent in ParisJuly 2, 2024The deadline for declaring candidacies for the French legislative elections expired on Tuesday, with many left-wing and centrist candidates withdrawing in an attempt to block the far-right National Rally (RN).Parties had until 6:00 p.m. local time (5:00 p.m. GMT) to register their candidates for Sunday’s second round of parliamentary elections.While no official list has yet been released, French media reported that between 214 and 218 third-place candidates withdrew from the race in their respective constituencies.…

UK private sector growth at six-month low – PMIExpansion in the UK services sector slowed further in June with some evidence of a “pre-election seize up” feeding into a wider slowdown across the private sector to a six-month low, according to surveys.More momentum was lost in June, with the upturn at its weakest since last November as tomorrow’s general election prompted some clients to adopt a “wait-and-see” approach before placing orders and commissioning new projects.New business intakes rose at a historically subdued pace, while the pace of job creation also eased. Meanwhile, firms’ cost pressures continued to cool, but remained…

Image caption, John Mark Dougan, an American ex-cop, now lives in Moscow and runs a network of AI-powered fake news sitesArticle informationAuthor, Paul Myers, Olga Robinson, Shayan Sardarizadeh and Mike WendlingRole, BBC Verify and BBC News6 hours agoA network of Russia-based websites masquerading as local American newspapers is pumping out fake stories as part of an AI-powered operation that is increasingly targeting the US election, a BBC investigation can reveal. A former Florida police officer who relocated to Moscow is one of the key figures behind it.It would have been a bombshell report – if it was true.Olena Zelenska, the…

ESCONDIDO, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Palomar Health Medical Group, or PHMG, has been experiencing disruptions to its online system for nearly two months, and its users are fighting back. FOX 5/KUSI has now obtained a class action lawsuit against the vendor, alleging negligence and failure to maintain cybersecurity. “It’s just unbelievable how much pain this situation has caused me,” said John Tucker, a PHMG user from Encinitas. Tucker has been without access to health care for nearly 60 days. Our teams first met Tucker in June after Gray Bill Medical, also known as Palomar Health Medical Group’s phone and online…

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Independence Day holiday is expected to bring record numbers of travel across the country. According to AAA, more than 71 million people will be on the move this week. “The number of passengers is higher than last year. TSA expects this year’s Independence Day travel period to be 20 percent higher than last year,” said Vikkie Calderon, Fresno Yosemite International Airport representative. Fresno Yosemite International Airport is preparing for a record-breaking week of travel ahead of Independence Day. “Until July 7, this coming Sunday and Friday, July 5, are expected to be the busiest days…

Washington — Several days after President Biden’s statement unstable debate performanceThe president, his campaign and the Democratic Party have failed to allay the concerns of a number of Democratic lawmakers and donors.Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas became the first Democratic lawmaker to call on President Biden to step down from the presidential race following his debate performance last week, saying on Tuesday that he was “hopeful that he will make the painful and difficult decision to step down.” Rep. Lloyd Doggett at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images “While much of…

With just one day to go until the U.K. election, the candidates actually running to lead Britain were overshadowed by a blast from the past: former PM Boris Johnson. Johnson made a surprise appearance at a campaign rally in Chelsea for Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday night, taking aim at Labour Leader Keir Starmer and Reform UK’s Nigel Farage — and providing Tory spirits with a much-needed boost. But Johnson’s rock-star reception from the assembled party activists also provided an uncomfortable reality check for Sunak, whose appearance was well and truly overshadowed. The prime minister will stay in the…

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Global Water Fund (GWF) is designed to serve as an integrated financing platform for water resources management, according to an Indonesian official.The Director General of Infrastructure Financing at the Ministry of Public Works and Housing (PUPR), Triono Junoasmono, made this statement on Wednesday.”This fund will mobilize financial resources from various sectors,” he noted, adding that these will include development financial institutions, the private sector, international organizations and philanthropy.The main objective of the GWF is to provide financing for initial investments, rehabilitation and reconstruction of water resources infrastructure affected by disasters.The PUPR Ministry is currently evaluating the…

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) — the agency Washington relies on to enforce export licensing controls to ensure sanctioned technology does not reach certain countries — said Tuesday it is struggling to handle a dramatically increased workload caused by the ever-growing number of Chinese companies added to the U.S. Entity List, thanks to geriatric technology and systems. “Over the past six years, BRI policies have subjected increased trade volumes to [Peoples Republic of China] The PRC has submitted license applications for strategic reviews, and BIS has conducted strategic reviews of those applications, including with publicly traded entities, BIS…