I Gusti Gede Dharma Putra is a young boy with a unique talent. A leading dalang (puppeteer) in Bali, he lives in Kuta with his family, where, now aged 14, he has been practicing his art since the age of six. Putra also plays traditional Balinese music and performs Balinese dances. Putra shared his day [...]

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JAKARTA ~ US Defense Secretary Robert Gates pledged strong US support this week for military sales to Indonesia and its emergence as a democratic regional power with global reach. Gates singled out military transport planes and maritime systems in his meetings with Indonesian leaders. But US defense officials said there was also interest in selling [...]

TOKYO ~ Scientists at a Japanese university said on Thursday they believe another planet, up to two-thirds the size of the Earth, was orbiting in the far reaches of the solar system. The researchers at Kobe University in western Japan said that theoretical calculations using computer simulations led them to conclude it was only a [...]

The monsoon rains that drench tropical and subtropical Asia from June through September vary in duration and intensity in keeping with tiny wobbles in Earth’s orbit as it circles the Sun, according to a study released this week. These cycles wax and wane every 23,000 years, said the study, based on the breakthrough use of [...]

DENPASAR ~ Police said they have arrested a man who confessed to murdering an Australian woman in an apparent botched robbery in Canggu earlier this month. Ahmad Fahrul Rozi was arrested on Tuesday in the city of Malang in East Java in connection with the death of 34-year-old Heidi Murphy, Badung district police chief Ahmad [...]

JAKARTA ~ Indonesian police are to light up the silver screen in a new action-comedy film aimed at improving their reputation for inefficiency and corruption. Top-ranking officers will appear alongside several film stars in the movie, which will be shown in cinemas nationwide, police said this week. “We want to straighten slanted views (held by [...]

Happy Birthday, Denpasar: Residents took to the streets of Bali’s capital in their traditional finery at the weekend and earlier this week as Denpasar celebrated its 16th birthday. A string of city-wide cultural events was staged to mark the occasion. Previously, Denpasar was ruled by Badung Regency, but has since become its own self-governing district.

By Dr. Robert Goldman For The Bali Times Longevity News and Review provides readers with the latest information in breakthroughs pertaining to the extension of the healthy human lifespan. These news summaries are compiled by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M; www.worldhealth.net), a non-profit medical society composed of 20,000 physician and scientist members from [...]

Noise at night from airport and road traffic can increase blood pressure during sleep, according to a new study. The findings could give ammunition to opponents of noise pollution and proposed airport expansions, including at London’s Heathrow, one of four European air hubs examined in the study. The three others airports serve Athens, Stockholm and [...]

A daily dose of one’s favorite pop melodies, classical music or jazz can speed recovery from debilitating strokes, according to a study. When stroke patients in Finland listened to music for a couple of hours each day, verbal memory and attention span improved significantly compared to patients who received no musical stimulation, or who listened [...]