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BRITISH HERALD AUTOMOBILE Five Japanese automakers sign on to SoftBank-Toyota self-drive venture Five Japanese Hino Motors Ltd, Toyota's \"e-palette\" multi-purpose automakers truck-making operations, vehicle. including Suzuki which each own 10% stakes. Motor Corp and Launched in October, the Monet is building up Mazda Motor Corp members as it joins the said they would each invest venture plans to roll out ride-sharing sphere which is 2% in the on-demand, self- on-demand bus and car dominated by startups such driving car service venture services in Japan in the next as Uber Technologies Inc, set up by SoftBank Corp and year, and a services platform Didi Chuxing and Lyft Inc, Toyota Motor Corp. for electric vehicles in the as traditional automakers country as early as 2023 band together to compete Suzuki, Mazda, Subaru based on Toyota's boxy in an industry which is Corp, Isuzu Motors Ltd and placing growing emphasis Toyota's compact car unit on offering vehicle services Daihatsu will each invest 57.1 rather than selling cars to million yen in the venture - individual drivers. dubbed Monet - in return for a 2% stake, the companies Automakers are increasingly said in a statement. joining forces with technology companies as SoftBank and Toyota will well as each other as they each retain their 35% stakes grapple with the massive in the company, which is investment and software now capitalized at $26.6 expertise required to million. The latest investors develop these new services join Honda Motor Co Ltd and for which demand has yet to be tested. The new investment will see Suzuki, Mazda and Subaru deepen their partnership with Toyota, as they have already agreed to tap the RD firepower of Japan's biggest automaker for electric cars and other future vehicle technologies. The announcement comes after Monet's chief executive told that earlier this month it was planning to expand its investor base and start operating in Southeast Asia next year. facebook.com/britishherald July-August 2019 51

BRITISH HERALD INNOVATION Google internet balloon spinoff Loon still looking for its wings Google's bet by floating solar-powered Vodafone New Zealand and on balloons networking gear over areas French giant Orange SA say to deliver cell where cell towers would be Loon must demonstrate its service soon too expensive to build. technology is reliable, safe faces a crucial and profitable for carriers. test amid doubts about the Its tennis-court-sized helium viability of the technology by balloons have demonstrated Herv Suquet, chief some potential customers. utility. Over the last three technology and information years, Loon successfully let officer for Orange Middle The company behind the wireless carriers in Peru and East and Africa, said Loon effort, Loon says its balloons Puerto Rico use balloons for needs to prove itself in will reach Kenya in the free to supplant cell phone Kenya. coming weeks for its first towers downed by natural commercial trial. The test disasters. \"If the results are positive, we with Telkom Kenya, the would then be potentially nation's No. 3 carrier, will let Kenyan officials are interested,\" he said in a mountain villagers buy 4G enthusiastic as they try to statement. service at market-rate prices bring more citizens online. for an undefined period. Kuwait-based carrier Zain Kenya's aviation authority But executives at five other Group said it, too, is watching said its final approval would wireless carriers courted by the Kenyan trial closely. be signed this month. Loon across four continents said that Loon is not a fit Stakes are high for Google's Hatched in 2011, Loon aims currently, and may never parent Alphabet Inc It to bring connectivity to be. Those companies, has touted a few small remote parts of the world including Telkom Indonesia, subsidiaries, including Loon, 52 July-August 2019 www.britishherald.com

BRITISH HERALD invested $125 million as part INNOVATION of a partnership this year. as being crucial to its next It has accelerated Loon's balked, preferring to pay act: diversifying beyond ad previously unreported based on the number of sales. But its self-described interest in industrial subscribers, according to \"other bets,\" such as self- applications, such as serving one of the carrier executives driving car company Waymo, farms and off-shore oil wells. and one of the former generate 0.4% of revenue. Google executives. \"With years of technical Another cloud is a lawsuit development, over 35 Others are wary of technical alleging Google swiped a million kilometers flown, limitations. A virtual chain of competitor's balloon ideas in and hundreds of thousands six balloons can supply 4G 2008. A trial in federal court of people connected, we to thousands of devices over is slated to begin August have a big head start and are an area nearly as large as 2 in San Jose, California. If well positioned to connect Puerto Rico. it loses, Loon would pay a lot of people and seize jury-determined damages the opportunities that come But users can lose to Chandler, Arizona-based with it,\" Westgarth said in a connections if winds push Space Data, which sells statement. balloons astray. Their communications balloons to solar-powered gear needs the U.S. military. Industry Flight abundant year-round sunshine, leaving chunks of Loon said it will \"vigorously Loon decided to partner the United States, Europe, defend\" itself. with carriers, three former China and southernmost Google executives said, after South America and Africa off Alastair Westgarth, chief finding that operating its own limits. And using balloons executive of the Alphabet network risked blowback too close to cities could jam subsidiary officially formed from telecom companies, other communications. last July, expressed shareholders and activists confidence in its strategy. wary of Google's influence. In addition, the balloons \"Multiple\" additional It aims to levy a fixed each cost tens of thousands entities are close to signing subscription charge based of dollars and must be contracts with Loon, he said. on the size of the coverage replaced every five months The company's workforce area, plus fees linked to data as their plastic shells has tripled to over 200 usage. degrade. employees in the last year. But some prospective Loon declined to comment Loon also attracted outside telecoms clients have on costs, but said it is funding. An arm of Japanese continuing to improve telecoms firm SoftBank Corp coverage and longevity developing internet drones Stumble In Indonesia The company also has faced political and cultural headwinds. In 2015, it invited officials from Indonesia to Google's headquarters to announce trials in the world's fourth most populous country. Its 268 million people are spread over thousands of islands, making traditional coverage challenging. facebook.com/britishherald July-August 2019 53

BRITISH HERALD sentiment, according to INNOVATION two people familiar with the But four years on, Loon is still plans. last month they issued awaiting final approval to test preliminary clearance. The there. \"To lobby, you have to be nation's Ministry of Defense there to bow and respect,\" must still perform security It stumbled early by one of the people said. Loon inspections, including serving pork sandwiches \"could have pushed much checking for cameras, an to its Muslim guests more.\" Indonesian. during the 2015 Silicon Valley visit, according to Loon said it holds frequent Meanwhile, Telkom a person familiar with the talks with Indonesian Indonesia, the nation' proceedings. Loon said it authorities and that No. 1 carrier, is focusing accommodated dietary on satellites to expand restrictions and scheduled coverage, David Bangun, a prayer time for guests. top executive, said. Back in Indonesia, rumors swirled online and in Madrid-based Telefonica government that the which declined to balloons held surveillance comment but has held cameras, which the deal talks with Loon company denied. for years, has tested Indonesian authorities alternatives such as in 2016 probed Google relying on solar power for alleged tax evasion, to reduce the costs of eventually agreeing to an remote towers. undisclosed settlement. Another Latin American But the damage was carrier, whose operations done. Loon staff that year are vulnerable to storms, canceled an Indonesian said it found an alternative trip over concerns for disaster resilience: It about rising anti-Google will fortify its cell towers. BALLOON BASICS- Balloons are made from a thin plastic and filled with helium. They weigh about 165 pounds including an air pump, and carry an additional 165 pounds or so of solar panels, antennas and other equipment. Each balloon is about as long and wide as a tennis court when fully pressurized in the stratosphere at 60,000 feet. LANDING- Balloons descend by parachute at about 12 mph, or about the speed of a skydiver. REGULATIONS- Loon coordinates with air-traffic control officials in all countries where it operates. Onboard transponders share each balloon's location. THE TECH- Networking gear in the balloon connects to a ground station or satellite. Each balloon provides coverage over about 2,000 square miles. But balloons can also relay the internet connection between each other, extending their range without the need for additional ground equipment. STRENGTHS- Balloons can be positioned above almost any spot on Earth in a couple of weeks or less. Units can be added or removed depending on coverage needs, and their parts can be recycled for other uses. CHALLENGES- The lifespan of each balloon is only around five months because its plastic degrades. The units are reliant on winds to navigate and the sun to power their networking equipment. Their presence has generated safety concerns from some aviation authorities. 54 July-August 2019 www.britishherald.com

BRITISH HERALD TECHNOLOGY First battery-powered cruise The company, which ship sails for the Arctic operates scenic cruise lines along the country's fjords The world's first mainly on marine gasoil, the and into the Arctic, was cruise ship ship's battery pack enables inspired by Norway's fleet propelled partially it to run solely on batteries of hybrid ferries and also its by battery power for around 45 to 60 minutes growing fleet of electric cars, is set to head out under ideal conditions, he said. from northern Norway on Hurtigruten Chief Executive Battery technology for its maiden voyage, cruise Daniel Skjeldam said. propelling ships is in its operator Hurtigruten said. The company estimates that infancy, even on shorter The hybrid expedition cruise the battery pack will reduce routes, as few ports provide ship, the Roald Amundsen, fuel consumption and save charging stations. can take 500 passengers about 20% in carbon dioxide \"We expect batteries to be and is designed to sail in emissions, compared to if an important part of shipping harsh climate waters. the ship was operating on in the years to come, but of Named after the Norwegian marine gasoil alone. course we don't expect our explorer who navigated \"It's designed to take ships to be able to operate the Northwest Passage in excessive energy from only on batteries, because 1903-1906 and was first to the engines and put into the ship can sail up to 18-20 reach the South Pole in 1911, the battery when the ship days in areas where there the ship heads for the Arctic doesn't need it, and put it are no charging points,\" from Tromsoe this week back into the engine when Skjeldam said. and will sail the Northwest the ship needs it. It is a Hurtigruten expects Passage to Alaska before way of reducing emissions infrastructure will improve heading south, reaching significantly without having on its traditional routes along Antarctica in October. charging stations available,\" the Norwegian coast, while While the engines run Skjeldam said. currently charging services are only provided in Bergen, facebook.com/britishherald Norway's second-largest city. The future for batteries on larger ships also hinges on suppliers' capacity to develop lighter, more powerful systems. \"We expect a revolution on battery technology for ships, we expect batteries to be lighter, more effective, and we've set aside extra room for more batteries to be installed when battery packs become more effective,\" Skjeldam said. He added that the second hybrid cruise ship the company has on order, to be delivered later this year, will have battery pack with twice the capacity of the Roald Amundsen. July-August 2019 55

BRITISH HERALD ROBOTICS Boxing with giants Italy's packing robots are not just cardboard cutouts Amazon's new unemployment. in the last three years and I recruit comes think we will double it again from a medieval And leading the pack is in the next three years,\" walled town in - automated packaging - said CMC Chief Executive central Italy and growing nine times faster Francesco Ponti. can box and seal at least 600 than the economy as a His father, Giuseppe, a items of different shapes and whole, according to the technician with a local sizes every hour. Twenty-four trade association UCIMA. packaging company, hours a day, seven days a founded CMC in 1980 in a week. \"We doubled our turnover www.britishherald.com That recruit is the CartonWrap, brainchild of CMC, a small firm that is just one of 630 Italian companies making automated packaging machines - one of Italy's fastest growing industries, raking in nearly 8 billion euros in 2018, or about a quarter of the world market. Machinery is Italy's top export, worth almost 50 billion euros last year and a rare bright spot for a stagnant economy plagued by low productivity and high 56 July-August 2019

BRITISH HERALD and clean away the excess ROBOTICS hot glue that can clog the domestic garage not far from machine. specializes in packaging for the frescoed 16th century Production capacity is also pharmaceutical products. palazzi of Citt di Castello. limited - CMC can only make While Italian and German five or six machines a month, companies dominate the It now employs 300 people though it plans to double automated packaging and has revenues of 50 that soon. market, Chinese competition million euros - thanks mainly \"Scale is a problem is growing. to CartonWrap, which for our industry and The German robotics measures goods coming firm Kuka and the Italian down a conveyor belt consolidation is already Romaco group have both through a scanner and wraps under way,\" said Maurizio each in a custom-made box. Marchesini, chairman of been bought by Marchesini Group, which Chinese firms in the Both Amazon and Walmart last three years - and are customers, though Ponti across industrialized said client relationships were countries, humans confidential. Others include will soon become the Italian fashion group redundant on many Gucci, the French retailer packaging lines. Leclerc and the Dutch online Back at CMC, shop Bol.com. Francesco Ponti is relaxed. Faster and Cleaner \"There are no more people who want to At up to 1,000 boxes per do this job by hand,\" he hour, CartonWrap machines said. not only pack much faster \"If automation grows, than humans; they also the (number of) save money by reducing people who work in packaging waste, CMC says. automation grow, and the quality of their \"We were doing it work will be much better manually but the than it is today.\" problem was handling the volumes,\" Tim July-August 2019 57 Fronzek, co-founder of the German online retailer reBuy.com, which dispatches up to 25,000 items a day, told a CMC customer presentation. \"The machines have allowed us to manage the packaging process more efficiently, and process all outbound shipments in just a few hours with the help of two or three employees.\" The machines may not eat lunch but they do need breaks, for on-site technicians to fix problems facebook.com/britishherald

BRITISH HERALD TRAVEL Top destinations for Shopping tourism during this Summer Shopping tourism is becoming a major factor when travelers pick their destinations and it is also a powerful driver of economic development. A new platform called LookStyler was created particularly for that reason. It connects professional stylists, fashion brands and international luxury shoppers in more than 70 cities worldwide in order to offer a unique shopping experience while traveling abroad. Following is the list of some of the most wanted destinations for fashion tourism this summer. New York New York is one of the top fashion capitals of the world and the shopping experience in this city is always a real art of consumption. There are some major reasons why this city is on the A list of shopping destinations. For example, an impressive new shopping district called Hudson Yards just opened in the city and millions of visitors flock to the mall to snap a photo of themselves in front the famous Vessel. This is the city with the largest number of stylists in the world and LookStyler is the platform that leverages their skills to guide you while you shop. The city encompasses a multitude of many other shopping districts like Madison Avenue, Fifth Avenue and Soho. There is something here for everyone’s fashion taste. 58 July-August 2019 www.britishherald.com

BRITISH HERALD TRAVEL Dubai There is one common denominator that binds together all shopping destinations in Dubai: a unique luxury experience. All brands can be found in Dubai and while you stroll through the impressive malls, you can enjoy great restaurants as well. Luxury cars, jewelry and clothing are all part of this incredible shopping experience. Paris Paris is all about the blend of tradition and luxury. Known as the most prestigious fashion city in the world, it is a place that oozes style. The Art Nouveau architectural style paired with luxury department stores like Galeries Lafayette attract millions of tourists from all over the world every year. LookStyler can help you shop like VIP French celebrities do. Milan There is no other place on earth like Milan. Here you can buy Gucci, Prada, Versace and Fendi, while you stop to have a cup of the most delicious espresso. The culinary experience is on a very high level and it is paired so well with the fashion experience that can be enjoyed here. Everyone in the city looks stylish and its is a true delight to gaze at models, while you enjoy an Aperol Spritz in the evening during sunset. This city should be on the bucket list of everyone who wants to upgrade their wardrobe and their entire look. LookStyler brings a unique experience to each of these cities. Now you can explore best shopping districts, discover independent designers and get a makeover, all with the help of a local professional expert. Stylists can save your time and money and make you look and feel beautiful, all while you travel. Isn’t that just perfect? Check out the platform: www.lookstyler.com facebook.com/britishherald July-August 2019 59

BRITISH HERALD TRAVEL Hungry@Hungary Night Cruise on Danube: By Prof Ujjwal K Chowdhury who was in Hungary to speak in Debrecen Fashion Film Festival and Ms Priyanka Sarkar, winner of third best film award at the festival. The highlight of the Hungary trip was the night cruise on Debrecen thermal spas. Indian the Danube which made University, naturopathy and ayurveda us hungry for more. The with a hat- have a pride of place with a ambiance, the climate, the wearing department in the medical breezy night, the snacks on squirrel as its school dedicated to these the deck, the look of the mascot since squirrels are a healthcare systems, and well-lit gothic structures million around the campus, with Indian professors on the banks, the most is 105 years old, with some too. The huge gothic exquisite sight of the 30,000 plus students, of structures, with names of profusely lit up Hungarian which 6,000 are foreigners, top 20 people associated and at least 10% of them across the last 100 years Parliament on one are from South Asia, half of inscribed in the central hall, bank, the several them being Indians. We met and the water spring with leading hotels of a few and talked to find they statues around, give the the world, the were largely on Erasmus university a unique look multiple bridges Munde scholarships to resplendent in history. The across Danube study Masters or do doctoral nation changed hands from river of variegated research. monarchs to dictators, to makes and designs communists, to democrats, The University is spread but the University continued which link the hilly across a large part of the its mission of education Buda with the plains Pest to city, giving Debrecen a unabated. The professors make the twins legendary university-city look like at the media department Budapest, we can just go on our own Shantiniketan or and the international office, and on. The Danube being Manipal, though it has a especially Dr. Anna Keszeg, the second largest river large Forum mall, theatres, were extremely helpful and of Europe and connecting market place, downtown inquisitive about India. several historical and capital pubs, and most strikingly, cities of the continent is a veritable treasure to know 60 July-August 2019 the history of these places and was a major trading route in the past. The multilingual running commentary personalized to each tourist when you are on the cruise makes it a complete Hungarian experience, with drinks and dinner for those who would like to pay for the same. An Afternoon @ New York Palace Cafe: Decidedly the most fabulous cafe I have ever visited, www.britishherald.com

BRITISH HERALD and cream, which was the TRAVEL cheapest, and cost us just New York Palace Cafe, earlier Rs.9000. young man. And he is not known as Boscolo Budapest alone. A few thousands of till 2017 and built by New Multi-tasking such young people double York Life Insurance in 1894 Learners: up with studies and part- initially as their office with a time jobs and keep the city cafe, will ever remain etched At Debrecen, after my talk, I economy running. in my mind. Its ground floor (UKC) was driven around the has been a long-time centre city by Ben Jones, a tall lanky Night-life@ for Hungarian art, sculpture, young man in early 20s, who Budapest: and literature. studies Sociology Bachelors at the university, doubles So much little time and so The statues and other up as a radio cab driver many ruin-bars to cover ornaments on the facade of in the afternoons earning in the city of Budapest. I the building as well as the enough for his education (PS) was there for two days cafe's 16 imposing devilish and upkeep in four and I decided not to sleep fauns are the works of Karoly afternoons of work a week, because that’s what I had. Senyei. Fauns are Roman swims at the national level, Strolled the city thrice in mythological half man-half has fun in the weekends two days and even the goat creatures. There is a with friends, and stays cab drivers thought I was 107-room luxury hotel also in a youth hostel coming a local to getting lost in on the upper floors. Billed to from upcountry for study. the early morning but then be the most beautiful cafe Completely independent, getting right back on time in the world by several cafe expecting more out of life, just before my departure. rankings, the place surely he is learning music and The so-called “ruin-bars” plucks a hole in your pocket. German too. Salute the spirit are undoubtedly the most We tried the Hungarian and cheerful focus of the unique attraction for people coffee with black sour cherry who love to party and palinka (Hungarian local dance the daylights out alcohol), chilly, brown sugar facebook.com/britishherald July-August 2019 61

BRITISH HERALD experience than what I have TRAVEL been to back at home and I of their mind. These ruin- have some amazing pictures “sneakers” and unfortunately, bars are located in historic to share. I was the only one without buildings, dilapidated pre- a pair. This gives me an war buildings and the old The second day was more idea that the Hungarian Jewish quarters. Ruin bars adventurous as I traveled outgoing youth is highly have been a rage since the across three different fashionable with their founding of Szimpla Kert, the modes of transport: walking, clothing while maintaining epicenter of ruin bars. From bus and metro and finally a sense of individuality and outside, they look like simple reached my destination, they experiment a lot but buildings but, once you Dürer Kert, this ruin-bar is they look for comfort and get inside there might be located near the Danube are grounded at the same possibilities of you to get lost which used to be a gay time. Above all, I have never as there could be nearly 18 club back in the days, the felt so safe in a city which bars, where different parties building is a historic one is new to me, be it 4 AM in happen on various floors. with the most underground the morning, one can walk experience I have ever had. and dance while listening to With the psychedelic I met a lot of people on this music without any fear. You interiors with a retro set- day and what I observed say “Buda” and I say “Pest” - I up and the hipster crowd, through the nightlife and am definitely coming back the ruin-bars have my people of Budapest is Budapest! heart. These bars are not that the city has a “retro- just bars but feel more like futuristic” approach to David Lynch in spaces, where they have fashion, you can literally see Hungary: effortlessly made the place people wearing hippie pants, look not less than any art tie-dyes to pop and rock The cult American museum, be it graffiti on the n roll inspired clothing to filmmaker, the great wall, chandeliers hanging vintage goth and new wave director, screenwriter, from the bathroom ceiling, ravers wearing athleisure, painter and musician, the amazing light installations sunglasses and carrying one and only David Lynch with the underground fanny packs. had his “Small Stories” structure. On day one, I went photography exhibition in to FogasHázés Kert, Instant But what was common Budapest this spring and and LÄRM, these were not among them all was a pair of I (PS) feel extremely lucky as old-school but definitely to be in Budapest during a completely different that time. “Small Stories” was created in 2014 for 62 July-August 2019 the Paris Photo Week at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie and has only been on display three times altogether. A psychedelic voyage through the world of emotions, humour, playfulness, and restlessness, it also reveals memories and scars from the past. One of my good friends Petra from Debrecen was kind enough to inform me regarding this. After reaching www.britishherald.com

BRITISH HERALD heroes when it comes to TRAVEL avant-garde cinema and I Budapest from Debrecen, am highly inspired by his with chair installation and the first thing I did was to surreal vision and approach two AV screens for the go visit this exhibition right in the form of storytelling viewers to have a deeper after putting my luggage and I love how he bridges personal experience. in the cute guest house the gap between dreams in Óutca. This exhibition and real world with seeking These 40 absurd photos had was an opening for “The a connection between the a sense of ambiguity with a Budapest Photo Festival”, an subconscious and reality. hint of nightmare with tonal annual city-wide exhibition One had to enter through the motifs of deep reds, greys, series that is one of the famous “Twin Peaks” surreal blacks, and whites which biggest photography events path through the red curtains covered the white walls of in Hungary in the Műcsarnok to the main space of the the gallery. What I admire (Kunsthalle or Hall of Art), exhibition. 40 photographs the most is the composition according to a press release were put on display along of the photos as it gave sent to the Budapest an eerie vibe with a lot of Business Journal. suspense and delusional Lynch is one of my biggest thoughts, what we all might have experienced in our facebook.com/britishherald childhood dreams, which were unable to comprehend. In the words of the artist himself “Still images can contain stories. Mostly, still, images contain small stories. And, as it happens, sometimes there are interesting stories that are small. Small stories take place during a very short period of time. However, the mind and emotions can become engaged by looking at a still image, and small stories can grow into huge stories. It depends, of course, on the viewer. It’s almost impossible not to find some kind of story emerging from a still image. This, I think, is a beautiful phenomenon.” – David Lynch Being an emerging filmmaker myself, this was one of my “happiest” moments during my second visit to Europe. Hop On Hop Off Experience: As funky the name sounds, the Hop-On Hop-Off Bus & July-August 2019 63

BRITISH HERALD Post lunch visit at the local TRAVEL Hungarian market was a Boat Tour has bright colored cultural trip! Those wishing The evening turned out to double-decker open-top red to experience the full be chic and very “Sex and buses, which is a 48-hour spectrum of the local food the City” like experience with bus pass valid on the red, scene and get an intimate, a visit to one of the biggest purple and yellow routes for behind-the-scenes look, will and heavenly gorgeous sightseeing in the heart of find that the Great Market cafes in Budapest: New York Europe, which is Budapest. Hall, also known as the Palace with breath-taking There are lots of things to do Central Market Hall, is the architecture. After standing in Budapest! Hop off the bus perfect spot for culinary in the queue for 20 minutes, at the strategically located exploration. Covering three we tried the Hungarian stops and there are buses in floors, this market is a great coffee with black sour cherry every 15 minutes for hopping place to discover traditional palinka (Hungarian local back. street food specialties, alcohol), chilly, brown sugar including lángos, the best- and cream along with the The best part is that you known fast food dish in yummy New York cake. can Hop on and off as many Hungary. This drink definitely gave us times as you wish to take the energy to take the tour the tour at your own pace, Besides ready-to-eat food, forward to the fashion street, which makes the sightseeing one can enjoy fresh goods which is Middle-Eastern of this gothic city more and regional delicacies Europe's most prestigious enjoyable. We covered 22 such as Tokaj wines, palinka shopping and lifestyle spots on the red route of the (traditional fruit brandy in destination for Ladies & bus starting from the Heroes Central Europe with origins Gents. square, a historical spot from the Transylvania with art museums on the Region), Hungarian paprika, The onset of the night side, explored the Citadel excellent salami, and other started with the view of the and Jewish Synagogue, souvenirs. I ended up buying Gothic Revival façade of and were astonished by 10 bottles of palinka to take the lit Hungarian Parliament the panoramic views of the back home, and I decided Building during the one- imperial city. River cruise to pick different flavors like hour cruise on the Danube to walking around Buda to lavender, peach, grape, etc. river under a full moon. Just Pest, we enjoyed a relaxed hop off every time you spot lunch paired with some something you would like to Hungarian wine and beer in explore further and then hop the afternoon. back on! 64 July-August 2019 www.britishherald.com

BRITISH HERALD AFRICA Bob Collymore, the Safaricom poorest users. \"The company CEO who connected with Kenyans was afraid that if he took a walk he might be in trouble,\" When Bob what Bob has done for this Mwangi said. \"Kenyan CEOs Collymore, company,\" Michael Joseph, don't hang out in the hood the CEO his predecessor as CEO and or go to the consumers. of Kenya's a member of the board, said Kenyan CEOs wait for market Safaricom in a news conference. research reports.\" wanted to know about his Collymore became Staff recalled a boss who poorest customers, he would Safaricom's chief executive encouraged them to unplug catch a local bus or walk officer in 2010 at the height from work devices at night around Kenya's slums with of a price war sparked by and spend time with their a prominent anti-corruption its arch-rival, Airtel Kenya families. activist. Collymore held the line, \"His presence here was of The visits, after Collymore's refusing to slash prices in great benefit to us, we all death from cancer his drive to provide better are the better for it,\" said the epitomized the popular services. Subscribers stayed. chairman of the company's touch that helped make him He fired corrupt internal board, Nicholas Ng'ang'a. a household name as he led procurement officers before A Briton who was born in East Africa's most profitable seeing off two attempts by Guyana, Collymore had company. the state regulator to break worked for retailer Dixons, Affectionately referred to up the company due to its mobile operator O2 and as \"Bob\" by employees, dominant size, arguing poor BT in Britain before joining customers and news customers relied on the Vodafone. He launched anchors, the 61-year-old's network for banking services Vodafone's 3G strategy affable manner and staunch via M-Pesa, the money in the Japanese business defense of his company service that helped propel market and became head in the face of internal Safaricom to its status as of corporate affairs in South corruption and external the first multi billion-dollar- Africa before his move to criticism from regulators a-year revenue company on head Safaricom. made him a colorful the Nairobi bourse. It's now Outside the boardroom, character in corporate valued at $11 billion. Collymore was a keen piano Kenya's forest of dark suits. Boniface Mwangi, a and saxophone player \"You've all experienced prominent anti-corruption and a frequent presence Bob, his largeness, his activist, said he had on Nairobi's music scene. enthusiasm, his greatness, accompanied Collymore He helped raise funds for his affinity with people when he defied company drought victims in 2011 and I think that's what has security to walk around the and started big-name jazz driven this company and slums to meet Safaricom's concerts sponsored by Safaricom. He also appeared in music videos by local musicians. \"He grew up poor so he had a soft spot for the downtrodden and the vulnerable,\" friend Jeff Koinange, a prominent broadcaster, wrote to Reuters. \"He died as he lived ... with a smile on his face.\" He is survived by his wife and four children. facebook.com/britishherald July-August 2019 65

BRITISH HERALD ASIA Massive shark fin haul into Hong Kong dodges global shipping bans Two global shipping Shipping Company's (MSC) ONE and MSC are among firms that have vessel Natasha to Hong many companies including vowed not to Kong, according to cargo shipping group A.P. Moller- transport shark records confirmed by the Maersk and Cathay Pacific fin products firms. that banned the carrying inadvertently moved a of shark fins, in widely 40-foot container of the The shipment arrived in publicised campaigns. controversial delicacy from Hong Kong in April and was Nicaragua to Hong Kong this first flagged by conservation A Singapore-based year. group OceansAsia, which representative for ONE said saw bags of shark fin being the cargo was declared The shipment highlights the unloaded on a road in the as fish products and the challenges global industry city's industrial western company was not aware faces in monitoring the trade district. it was shark fins. ONE that results in the killing of was established in 2017 more than 70 million sharks Representatives of both ONE though the integration of a year, and has pushed more and MSC said the shipment the container businesses than a quarter of species took place but the contents of Japan's Kawasaki Kishen into extinction according to had not been declared as Kaisa, Nippon Yusen KK and World Wildlife Fund. shark fin. Mitsui OSK Lines. The fins were first loaded There was no evidence the A spokesman for MSC said onto a vessel called Laura, shipment broke any local or the company understood which is operated by Ocean international laws around the cargo had been Network Express (ONE), in shark fin transportation but it \"misdeclared\". Nicaragua in March and then did breach both companies' transhipped in Manzanillo, own policies. While the sale and Mexico, onto Mediterranean consumption of shark fin is legal in Hong Kong and accounts for about half of global trade, products from endangered sharks listed by the U.N. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) are protected and must be accompanied by a permit. The Hong Kong government has moved to stop illegal trading of sharks fin but false labelling by traders is rampant, allowing shipments to dodge port checks. Viewed as a status symbol, shark fin is typically eaten shredded in a jelly-like soup that is believed to have nourishing benefits. 66 July-August 2019 www.britishherald.com

BRITISH HERALD HEALTH UK offers HPV vaccines to boys, in Britain will be offered aims to stop 100,000 cancer cases the shots as part of a government health Some 100,000 cases of cancer could be prevented in programme. Britain in the next 40 years by a vaccine against the human Since UK girls began getting papillomavirus (HPV) that causes cancers of the cervix, mouth, the HPV vaccine in 2008, anus and genitals, UK health officials said. studies have shown that Announcing the extension of a vaccination programme to cover infections with some key boys as well as girls, experts at Public Health England (PHE) said the types of the virus have fallen immunisation plan would prevent around 64,000 cervical cancers by 86% in 16 to 21 year-olds and nearly 50,000 non-cervical cancers by 2058. in England. A Scottish study This would be 50 years after the introduction of the HPV vaccination also showed the vaccine programme in Britain - which began in girls in 2008 - when people had reduced pre-cancerous who were vaccinated as teenagers might otherwise begin to cervical disease in women develop HPV-related cancers, PHE said in a statement. by up to 71%. HPV is a sexually transmitted virus linked to more than 99% of Robin Weiss, a professor of cervical cancers, as well as 90% of anal cancers, about 70% of viral oncology at University vaginal and vulvar cancers and more than 60% of penile cancers. College London, said PHE said that from September this year boys aged 12 and 13 the extension of the HPV programme \"should be a NHS teams up with Amazon win-win situation\". \"The HPV vaccine has Britain's National Health Service is teaming up with Amazon enjoyed 10 years of success to provide health information through the tech giant's voice in protecting girls from assistant Alexa, the government said. acquiring cervical cancer The technology is aimed at helping patients - especially the elderly, as women,\" he said in blind and those unable to access the Internet through traditional an emailed comment. means - to quickly get information verified by the health service \"It appears clear. that through voice commands. vaccinated boys will themselves benefit from not facebook.com/britishherald getting cancer of the penis, anus, and a diminished risk of head and neck cancer.\" Amazon's algorithm uses information from the NHS website to provide answers to voice questions such as \"Alexa, how do I treat a migraine?\" or \"Alexa, what are the symptoms of flu?\" The technology could reduce pressure on the NHS and general practitioners by providing information on common illnesses, the statement said. The NHS, which has been plagued by budget cuts, provides free access to care for residents in Britain. July-August 2019 67

BRITISH HERALD ODD FACTS Feeling the heat Estonian takes his sauna on the road, literally Alot of Europe has felt like a sauna www.britishherald.com this month, which makes Willem Maesalu's weird car seem even weirder: the bright yellow Audi 100 Avant is a rolling sauna. Maesalu, 29, got the idea to convert his car a couple of years ago, when he found out it would be too expensive to rent a sauna for his birthday party. He and some friends spent two weeks remodeling the vehicle into a working sauna: a SaunAudi, as he calls it. It has all the accoutrements of a traditional Finnish steam bath: wooden panels, thermometers and a wood-fired stove beside the steering wheel. Actually, a traditional Finnish steam bath hasn't got a 68 July-August 2019

BRITISH HERALD ODD FACTS stove beside the steering wheel, because it is inert. But space was He doesn't take it out too limited, and the stove had to go somewhere. often because insurance is expensive, for some reason. To use the sauna, Maesalu, 29, puts a chimney in the bonnet, fires up the wood stove, and heats the sauna to 60 degrees Celsius (140 Comfortably sitting four degrees Fahrenheit). If it got any hotter, the windows might crack. people, the SaunAudi has proved popular in \"The hardest part was figuring out where to put the heater and Estonia, where others have to find a way for the windows to not get too hot and break,\" said previously converted vans Maesalu, a sprinkler systems maintenance technician and safety or trucks. Maeslau has taken inspector. it to sauna festivals across Estonia and rents it out to The car can be driven, but Maesalu avoids taking it out on the steam lovers for 75 euros road, since it lacks seats or seatbelts. Instead, he tows it around. ($85) a day. Flight crew restrains 'God' aboard Delta flight, returns to Puerto Rico Delta Air Lines flight attendants restrained a Puerto Rican police then took custody of a man passenger on a flight from Puerto Rico to identified as Carlos Ramirez, 30, and the case New York after he shouted \"I am God!\" and was taken over by the U.S. Federal Bureau of claimed he would save the world, forcing the Investigation, police said in a statement. plane to return to the airport in San Juan, Puerto Rican police and the airline said. The suspect \"was aggressive and shouted 'I am God! San Juan is going to disappear tomorrow. Delta credited passengers with helping subdue I came to save the world and I am going to end the man who \"became unruly on board.\" terrorism,' and he also tried to enter the main cabin,\" the statement said. The cockpit door remained closed and secured throughout the incident, Delta said. \"Delta applauds the quick action and professionalism of the crew of Delta flight 579,\" the airline said. \"The flight attendant crew swiftly restrained the individual with help from some customers.\" The flight ultimately arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport two hours late, Delta said. facebook.com/britishherald July-August 2019 69

BRITISH HERALD ODD FACTS In Japan, the business of watching whales is far larger than hunting them People packed confessed had him worried. so far north that it's closer to the decks of the Russia than to Tokyo. Japanese whale- \"They won't come into this watching boat, area - it's a national park - or The number of whale screaming in joy there'd be big trouble,\" the watchers around Japan has as a pod of orcas put on 57-year-old former pollock more than doubled between a show: splashing tails at fisherman said. \"And the 1998 and 2015, the latest each other, rolling over, and whales we saw today, the year for which national data leaping out of the water. sperm whales and orcas, is available. One company aren't things they hunt.\" in Okinawa had 18,000 In Kushiro, just 160 customers between January kilometres south of Rausu, \"But we also watch minkes,\" and March this year. where the four dozen people he added. \"If they take a laughed and cheered, boats lot in the (nearby) Sea of In Rausu, 33,451 people were setting off on Japan's Okhotsk, we could well see packed tour boats last first commercial whale hunt a change, and that would be year for whale and bird in 31 years. too bad for whale watching.\" watching, up 2,000 from 2017 and more than 9,000 Killed that day were two Whale-watching is a growing higher than 2016. Many stay minke whales, which the business around Japan, in local hotels, eat in local boats in Rausu also search with popular spots from the restaurants, and buy local for glimpses of - a situation southern Okinawa islands products such as sea urchins that whale-watching boat up to Rausu, a fishing village and seaweed. captain Masato Hasegawa on the island of Hokkaido, www.britishherald.com 70 July-August 2019

BRITISH HERALD native of the western city of ODD FACTS Osaka, she fell in love with \"Of the tourist boat the area after three trips have been with fishing.\" business, 65 percent is there to see orcas. whale watching,\" said Ikuyo Small Industry Wakabayashi, executive \"I thought this was an director of the Shiretoko incredible place,\" she said. The five whaling vessels Rausu Tourism Association, \"Winters are tough, but it's so moored at Kushiro port, who says the numbers grow beautiful.\" the night before the hunt substantially each year. resumed, were well-used \"You don't just see one type Hasegawa, who says he has and well-maintained. Crew of whale here, you see lots a waiting list of customers in members came and went, of them,\" she said. \"Whale- high season, has ordered a carrying groceries or towels, watching is a huge tourist second boat. heading for a public bath. resource for Rausu and this will continue, I hope.\" \"Right now, the lifestyle we Barely 300 people are Wakabayashi was drawn to have is good,\" Hasegawa directly involved with Rausu by whale-watching; a said. \"Better than it would whaling around Japan, and though the government facebook.com/britishherald maintains whale meat is an important part of food culture, the amount consumed annually has fallen to only 0.1 percent of total meat consumption. Yet Japan, under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe - himself from a whaling district - left the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and returned to commercial whaling on July 1. Whaling advocates, such as Yoshifumi Kai, head of the Japan Small-type Whaling Association, celebrated the hunt. \"We endured for 31 years, but now it's all worth it,\" he said in Kushiro after the first minkes were brought in to be butchered. \"They'll be whaling for a week here, we may have more.\" Everybody acknowledges that rebuilding demand could be tough after decades of whale being a pricey, hard-to-find food. Consumption was widespread after World War Two, when an impoverished Japan needed cheap protein, but fell off after the early 1960s as other meat July-August 2019 71

BRITISH HERALD advantage of this IWC ODD FACTS withdrawal, I think there are grew cheaper. business chances that are as Rausu's reputation grows viable.\" globally. \"Japan has so much to eat now that food is thrown out, Whales Up Close On a recent weekday, so we don't expect demand customers packed the for whale will rise that fast,\" For Rausu, on Hokkaido's parking lot at a wharf lined said Kazuo Yamamura, remote Shiretoko Peninsula, with squid-fishing boats, president of the Japan the viable business is whale waiting to board Hasegawa's Whaling Association. watching. boat and those of three other companies. Hasegawa's \"But looking to the future, Foxes run through the customers came from all if you don't eat whale, you streets of the city's over Japan and several forget that it's a food,\" he downtown, which clings to foreign countries. said. \"If you eat it in school a narrow strip of land below lunches, you'll remember mountains and faces the \"Today there were more that it's good.\" Nemuro Strait. Summer (whale) jumps than usual; it often brings thick fog, while was fantastic,\" said Kiyoko Pro-whaling lawmaker winter storms can leave Ogi, a 47-year-old Tokyo bus Kiyoshi Ejima said that waist-high drifts. driver who's been whale- subsidies were unlikely, but watching in Rausu three that the government should Though fishing was long times. \"I'm really opposed to be careful not to let the Rausu's economic backbone, commercial whaling; seeing industry founder. About 5.1 the industry has taken a hit whales close is so exciting.\" billion yen ($47.31 million) from declining fish stocks, was budgeted for whaling in which locals blame on Whale hunting was never 2019. Russian trawlers and falling big in Rausu, and though prices. The population has Hasegawa said there once \"If we pull away our hands dropped by several hundred was \"trouble\" with people too soon, a lot of companies annually, slipping below hunting small Baird's beaked will fail,\" he added. 5,000 this year. whales nearby, those fishermen now stay far from The goal of selling whale Hasegawa, a fourth- the tours and will tell him throughout Japan may generation fisherman, began where to find orcas and be impractical, said Joji his tour boat business in sperm whales. Morishita, Japan's former 2006. Though the first few IWC commissioner. years were a struggle, he is But he's dubious about now happy with his choice whether demand for whale \"The alternative ... is to just meat will ever pick up. limit the supply of whale Restaurants and hotels in meat to some of the major Rausu avoid serving it. places in Japan that have a good tradition of whale \"We get a lot of kids in eating,\" Morishita said, summer vacations. If you tell adding that the meat is them on the boat that 'this is difficult to thaw and cook. the whale we ate last night,' they'd cry,\" he said. In areas for which whaling is a tradition, this niche market \"If they serve whale, nobody could promote tourism, from overseas will come, which Abe has made a pillar especially Europeans,\" of his economic plan. he added. \"Given that the national government is trying \"Whale eating in a sense to woo overseas tourists is ideal - it's different, it's so much, its thinking (on well-known, and for better whaling) seems a bit wrong.\" or worse, it's very famous,\" Morishita said. \"Taking 72 July-August 2019 www.britishherald.com

BRITISH HERALD ODD FACTS Remains of one of Napoleon's 1812 generals believed to be found in Russia More than 200 damage to his right leg. (Worker's Journey), saying years after Napoleon had personally he died of his Archaeologists say the known Gudin since his battlefield remains which they found childhood. wounds in in a coffin are consistent Russia, archaeologists with those injuries and \"Napoleon was one of the believe they have found the believe \"with a high degree last people to see him alive remains of one of Napoleon of probability\" that they which is very important, and Bonaparte's favourite have found the aristocrat he's the first general from generals buried in a park and veteran of both the the Napoleonic period that beneath the foundations of a French Revolutionary and we have found.\" dance floor. Napoleonic wars. The Russian military- General Charles Etienne French historian and historical society, which was Gudin, whose name is archaeologist Pierre also involved in the dig, said inscribed on the Arc de Malinovsky, who played a the find, if confirmed, would Triomphe in Paris, died central role in the discovery, be a sensation. \"It's possible aged 44 on August 22, 1812, has hailed the find as the that we'll have to identify after being hit by a cannon culmination of a long search. the remains with the aid of a ball during Napoleon's DNA test which could take unsuccessful invasion of \"It's a historic moment not from several months to a Russia. only for me but for I think year,\" it said. for our two countries,\" Gudin was personally Malinovsky told Smolensk \"The general's descendants known to and respected newspaper Rabochy Put are following the news.\" by Napoleon, and after his death his heart was cut out and carried to Paris to be placed in a chapel in the French capital's Pere Lachaise cemetery. A bust of his likeness resides in the Palace of Versailles, and a Paris street bears his name. A team of French and Russian archaeologists say they discovered what they believe to be Gudin's missing remains on July 6 during a dig in the Russian city of Smolensk, 400 km west of Moscow. Records from the period indicate that Gudin's battlefield injuries meant he had to have his left leg amputated and also suffered facebook.com/britishherald July-August 2019 73

BRITISH HERALD SPORTS England Lift World Cup after a 44-year wait England 15 runs off Trent Boult's \"I was being cooled down by ended their Super Over without losing Liam Plunkett, which is not 44-year wait their wickets. a good sign. I was up and for a maiden down like a yo-yo.\" 50-overs New Zealand also scored World Cup title by beating a 15 runs off Jofra Archer's \"This has been a four-year gutsy New Zealand side on over but England won on journey, we have developed boundaries after a tied Super boundary count, triggering a lot. We are delighted that Over amidst heart-stopping wild celebrations at Lord's as we are lifting the trophy.\" drama. the hosts capped a stunning turnaround. After six weeks of cricket, Chasing 242 for victory, Ben it all boiled down to a Stokes' scintillating 84 not \"We find it hard to play on boundary count in the out helped the hosts tie the wickets like that and today final and England were see-saw contest, forcing the was about getting over comfortable 26-17 winners. Super Over where more nail- the line. Sport is tough at biting excitement unfolded. times,\" England captain Since being Eoin Morgan said after the unceremoniously dumped Jos Buttler and Stokes took draining contest. out of the 2015 edition of 74 July-August 2019 www.britishherald.com

BRITISH HERALD SPORTS the marquee tournament in decades as the tournament's two-wicket, cross-seam Australia, Morgan's England bridesmaids. masterclass took the wind side have reinvented out of their sails. themselves as a white-ball Controlled juggernaut, heading into this Bowling Plunkett dismissed both World Cup as overwhelming batsmen just when the favourites. Morgan lost an important partnership was looking toss, but Plunkett and Chris dangerous and he eventually Back-to-back defeats by Sri Woakes led England's finished with 3-42. Lanka and Australia in the controlled bowling display group stage helped England to restrict New Zealand to Woakes claimed three as rediscover the attacking 241 for eight on a two-paced well, including the wicket brand of fearless cricket wicket. of Latham just when the which has been the hallmark batsman was looking poised of the current team. Henry Nicholls made 55 and to provide the late charge Tom Latham chipped in with that could have taken New They dismantled India and 47 but lack of significant Zealand past the 250-mark. New Zealand to storm partnerships hurt New into the semi-finals, where Zealand, who eventually New Zealand's new ball they crushed Australia with had to settle for a below-par pair of Trent Boult and Matt another ruthless display of total. Henry returned determined all-round excellence. not to let it become a Nicholls and captain Kane cakewalk for the hosts. Sunday's final, England's Williamson put on 74 runs first since 1992, pitted them to bolster the New Zealand Henry dismissed the in- against a New Zealand innings but Plunkett's form Jason Roy for 10 and team chasing their own slice Colin de Grandhomme put of history after spending a struggling Joe Root (7) out facebook.com/britishherald July-August 2019 75

BRITISH HERALD SPORTS of his misery. England could take singles and hit the third player-of-the-tournament have been in a bigger hole ball from Boult over mid- award. had de Grandhomme not wicket for a six. dropped a waist-high return \"We have showed heart catch from Bairstow, then The next delivery also and fight to get to this stage on 18. yielded six runs albeit in an and a tie in the final - it extraordinary manner. wasn't meant to be,\" he said. England were gasping on \"The guys are shattered. 86-4 when Stokes was joined Stokes hit to deep midwicket It's devastating. Tough to by Buttler for a 110-run stand and dived forward to swallow.\" to revive the chase and tie complete the second run. the scores, producing one of As Martin Guptill fired in his Stokes' batting heroics the most thrilling finishes in throw, the ball was deflected earned him the player- the history of the game. off Stokes' outstretched bat of-the-match honour and and ran to the boundary for the all-rounder said the Stroke of Fortune another four runs. sport may never again see anything to match the frantic Needing 15 runs off the \"That was a bit of a shame finish to the contest. final and 50th over of their wasn't it?\" Williamson said. innings, a stroke of fortune \"That's the game we play. \"I'm pretty lost for words,\" helped Stokes level the You can't nitpick, it just he said. \"All the hard work scores. wasn't meant to be.\" that's gone in over these four years, this is where we With tailender Adil Rashid It was a second successive aspired to be. To do it with at the other end, the all- defeat in the final for New such a game, I don't think rounder twice refused to Zealand and Williamson there will be another like this found little solace in his in the history of cricket.\" 76 July-August 2019 www.britishherald.com

BRITISH HERALD SPORTS Djokovic beats Federer in Wimbledon epic to win fifth title Novak Djokovic set, Federer, three weeks Federer 26-22 head-to-head, again proved before his 38th birthday, is the first player since Bob the toughest seemed poised to become Falkenburg in 1948 to win a nut for Roger the oldest man to win a Wimbledon men's singles Federer to Grand Slam singles title in final having saved a match crack, repelling all the Swiss the professional era and point and he described his threw at him in an epic duel avenge back-to-back losses victory as the \"most mentally to win a fifth Wimbledon to Djokovic in the 2014 and demanding\" match he had crown in the longest singles 2015 Wimbledon finals. ever been involved in. final in the tournament's 133- year history. But it was a case of so near Quite a statement for the yet so far as defending sport's ultimate warrior. The indefatigable 32-year- champion Djokovic, who old withstood almost five must have felt he was Nothing could separate the hours of Federer brilliance, playing most of the 15,000 players in an intoxicating dredging his tank of mental fans as well as the 20-time climax played in a soccer- and physical fortitude to Grand Slam champion over like atmosphere and the prevail 7-6(5) 1-6 7-6(4) the net, fought off two match match was already longer 4-6 13-12(3) in the first points before going on to than Federer's 2008 epic Wimbledon singles final snatch a 16th Grand Slam defeat by Rafael Nadal decided by a tiebreak. title. when Wimbledon's new rule stipulating a deciding-set Serving for the match at Djokovic, who now leads tiebreak at 12-12 kicked in. 8-7 in a cliffhanger fifth July-August 2019 77 facebook.com/britishherald

BRITISH HERALD SPORTS Both players looked out on than the other guy,\" Djokovic past him at the net. their feet but, as he did in the said, when asked how he day's two other tiebreaks, top had pulled victory out of the Eight service holds then sent seed Djokovic proved more fire. the match into the tiebreaker steadfast. which, almost inevitably, \"I'm just obviously thrilled Djokovic dominated. A sublime backhand left and overjoyed to be sitting Federer swishing at air to put here as a winner. I was one \"It was a great match, it the Serbian 6-3 ahead. There shot away from losing the was long, it had everything. was confusion as Djokovic's match. This match had Novak, congratulations, first match point was replayed everything. It could have man, that was crazy,\" Federer after a Hawkeye intervention. gone easily his way. said on court, disguising the heartache he must have felt. But there was no escape for \"I think this was the most a weary Federer who framed exciting and thrilling final I Federer was the more a forehand so badly the have ever been part of.\" threatening player in the ball almost ended in Row Z, sizzling opening set but ending four hours 57 minutes Forehand Mistake failed to convert the one of unforgettable drama. break point on offer when he Federer held serve to stay missed a bread-and-butter It was a crushing blow for alive seven times in the forehand in the fourth game. Federer who struck 94 decider. winners to Djokovic's 54 but He then led 5-3 in the did not take his chances. As Djokovic's nerve failed him at tiebreak but a succession well as the match points he 7-7 when he double-faulted of loose strokes allowed also had a set point in the on his way to dropping serve. Djokovic to snatch it. third. Victory was in the palm of After the intensity of the first Djokovic is now level with Federer's hand at 40-15 and set, the second was a let- Bjorn Borg in fourth spot the frenzied crowd were down as Djokovic went flat, on the all-time list of men's preparing their salute. winning only 12 points. winners at Wimbledon and is only four Slams behind But Federer hit an edgy He re-focussed but with Federer, and two shy of Nadal. forehand out on his first Federer winning around 80 matchpoint, then left the percent of first-serve points \"You have to keep reminding door ajar on his second and it felt like Djokovic was yourself that you're there for a Djokovic whipped a forehand hanging on. reason and that you are better Federer had a set point when 78 July-August 2019 Djokovic served at 4-5 but again his failure to convert came back to bite him. Djokovic led 5-1 in the ensuing tiebreak and although Federer hit back to 5-4, the top seed capitalised on more errors by the Swiss to restore his one-set lead. Federer finally dropped serve after nearly three hours of perfection on his delivery but it did not matter as he had more or less wrapped up the fourth set by then. www.britishherald.com

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