Indonesia's popular president to be sworn in for final term

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Indonesia's popular president to be sworn in for final term

2019-10-20 14:51 Last Updated At：15:00

Indonesia's popular president who rose from poverty and pledged to champion democracy, fight entrenched corruption and modernize the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation is to be sworn in for his final five-year term with a pledge to take bolder actions.

Army troops and police, along with armored vehicles and firetrucks, are deployed Sunday across the capital, Jakarta. Major roads are closed in a departure from the more relax atmosphere of President Joko Widodo's 2014 inauguration.

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo, left, poses with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison for a photo during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesia's popular president who rose from poverty and pledged to champion democracy, fight entrenched corruption and modernize the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation is to be sworn in for his final five-year term with a pledge to take bolder actions.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, shakes hands with Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Western and Asian leaders and special envoys flew in for the event, including Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, China's Vice President Wang Qishan and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, shows the way to Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, second left, directs Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, second right, as Widodo's wife Iriana, left, and Bolkiah's son Abdul Mateen look on during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, center, shakes hands with Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah as Widodo's wife Iriana, left, looks on during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, walks with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, shakes hands with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, walks with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, second from right, shakes hands with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as Lee's wife Ho China, left, and Widodo's wife Iriana Joko Widodo look on during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, second from left, his wife Iriana Iriana Joko Widodo, left, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his wife Jenny Morrison pose for photographers during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, shakes hands with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

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Indonesia's popular president who rose from poverty and pledged to champion democracy, fight entrenched corruption and modernize the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation is to be sworn in for his final five-year term with a pledge to take bolder actions.

Western and Asian leaders and special envoys flew in for the event, including Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, China's Vice President Wang Qishan and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, shows the way to Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, second left, directs Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, second right, as Widodo's wife Iriana, left, and Bolkiah's son Abdul Mateen look on during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, center, shakes hands with Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah as Widodo's wife Iriana, left, looks on during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, walks with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, shakes hands with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, walks with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, second from right, shakes hands with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as Lee's wife Ho China, left, and Widodo's wife Iriana Joko Widodo look on during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, second from left, his wife Iriana Iriana Joko Widodo, left, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his wife Jenny Morrison pose for photographers during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, shakes hands with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

An Oct. 10 knife attack by an Islamic militant couple that wounded the security minister set off a security alarm and a new crackdown.

Western and Asian leaders and special envoys flew in for the event, including Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, China's Vice President Wang Qishan and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao.

Athletics express sadness, some relief at moving out of Oakland at the end of the season

2024-04-06 01:24 Last Updated At：01:30

DETROIT (AP) — The Oakland Athletics no longer have to wonder where they'll play the next few seasons. That won't make the long goodbye any easier.

The A's reacted to the announcement that this will be their last year in Oakland with a mixture of sadness and relief.

“At least as a player, you know where you’re headed,” outfielder Seth Brown said Friday before a game against the Tigers in Detroit. “There’s obviously a lot of moving parts, a lot of stuff we’re not privy to, so it’s just been kind of a waiting game on our end. Where are we going to go? Where are we going to be? So I think just having that knowledge -- at least we know where we’re going to be playing next year.”

Vivek Ranadivé, who owns the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats, and Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher announced Thursday that the A’s will temporarily relocate to West Sacramento's Sutter Health Park for at least three seasons. The A's are moving to Las Vegas after a new ballpark is constructed.

The River Cats, who are affiliated with the San Francisco Giants, will continue to play at the same facility.

Fisher was unable to reach an agreement with Oakland city officials on extending the lease at Oakland Coliseum, which expires at the end of this season. The A's have played in the city since 1968.

“There's direction now, which we've talked a lot about,” Oakland A's manager Mark Kotsay said. “We've got time to kind of reflect on what this really means from an organizational standpoint, the history that we've had in Oakland, with this being now the final season. There's a lot of emotion that goes behind this.”

It will not only cause some upheaval for the players and staff but also members of the organization that work behind the scenes.

“At the end of the day, we know where we're going to be for the next three seasons after the finish this year and that in itself gives a little bit of stability,” Kotsay said. “At the same time, in the present, it's challenging in certain ways to think about the finality of this organization in Oakland.”

Sacramento will be a much smaller environment to house a major league team. Ranadivé said the River Cats venue currently seats 16,000 when counting the stands, the lawn behind center field and standing room only.

First baseman Ryan Noda is concerned with the facilities. He's hopeful that significant upgrades will be made, much like the Toronto Blue Jays did at Buffalo's Triple-A facility. The Blue Jays played at Buffalo's Sahlen Field in 2020 in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“New walls, new dugouts, new locker rooms — everything they needed to become a big league stadium,” said Noda, who played some games in Sacramento as a minor leaguer. “As long as we can do something like that, then it'll be all right. But it's definitely going to be different than playing in stadiums that hold 40,000 people.”

Kotsay is confident the upgrades will occur.

“I know it will be of major league baseball quality,” he said. “It's has to be of major league baseball quality. I know the Players Association will make sure that takes place, as they did in Buffalo.”

For the rest of this season, the A's will have to deal with small home crowds and disappointed fans.

“We’re sad for the fans, the diehard fans, who always come to our games, always support us, always support the boys wearing the jersey,” Noda said.

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Indonesia&#039;s popular president to be sworn in for final term

Indonesia&#039;s popular president to be sworn in for final term

Indonesia's popular president who rose from poverty and pledged to champion democracy, fight entrenched corruption and modernize the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation is to be sworn in for his final five-year term with a pledge to take bolder actions.

Western and Asian leaders and special envoys flew in for the event, including Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, China's Vice President Wang Qishan and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, shows the way to Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, center, shakes hands with Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah as Widodo's wife Iriana, left, looks on during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, walks with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, shakes hands with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, walks with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, shakes hands with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesia's popular president who rose from poverty and pledged to champion democracy, fight entrenched corruption and modernize the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation is to be sworn in for his final five-year term with a pledge to take bolder actions.

Western and Asian leaders and special envoys flew in for the event, including Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, China's Vice President Wang Qishan and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, shows the way to Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, center, shakes hands with Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah as Widodo's wife Iriana, left, looks on during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, walks with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, shakes hands with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, walks with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, shakes hands with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)

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