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WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 SHAWWAL 25, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Heatwave Rohingya Syrian man Sri Lanka make strikes cornered by displaced by IS record run , poverty, trailed fight paints chase to beat Middle 3East by violence8 his32 heartache Zimbabwe16 US sanctions despite Min 32º Max 46º nuclear deal compliance High Tide 06:52 & 20:46 Low Tide Tehran has received ‘contradictory signals’ from Trump 00:48 & 02:10 32 PAGES NO: 17283 150 FILS

WASHINGTON: The US slapped fresh sanctions on Iran yesterday over its ballistic missile program, just hours MP Hayef demands after Washington admitted the Islamic Republic was complying with a landmark nuclear deal signed two official statement years ago. Iran’s parliament retaliated by voting for extra funding for the missile program, a move that speaker Ali over ‘Abdaly cell’ Larijani said would show the Americans that Iran “will By B Izzak resist them with all its power”. The heightened tensions came after President Donald KUWAIT: Islamist opposition MP Mohammad Hayef Trump was forced to back off from a key campaign yesterday called on the interior minister to issue a promise to withdraw from a 2015 nuclear accord with Tehran, which eased sanctions in return for limiting its statement as soon as possible about the reported ability to produce material for atomic weapons. Trump escape of 14 members of the so-called pro-Iran had described it as “the worst deal ever” and accused “Abdaly cell”. News reports on Sunday said 14 of the Iran of continuing to back terrorism in the Middle East. 26 members of the cell fled Kuwait hours after the But on Monday, the White House admitted that the court of cassation overturned their acquittals and Islamic Republic was sticking to the nukes agreement. It sentenced them to various jail terms. The men noted, however, that while Iran might be meeting its reportedly fled to Iran by sea and are believed to be requirements on paper, it was “unquestionably in default living in the Islamic republic. The government has of the spirit” of the accord. In announcing the new sanc- remained silent over the reports. tions against 18 individuals and entities in Iran, the State Hayef said that it is unacceptable that the Kuwaiti Department said it “remains deeply concerned about people do not know the whereabouts of 14 convicts Iran’s malign activities across the Middle East which of the cell, which was convicted of plotting attacks in undermine regional stability, security, and prosperity.” the country. “The ministry of interior must clarify It cited Iran’s support for Hezbollah, Hamas, the whether the men are in Kuwait serving their jail regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and Houthi terms or are outside the country,” he demanded. rebels in fighting a US-backed coalition led by Hayef called for quickly apprehending the 14 con- . In addition to earmarking an additional victs and those who are hiding them or who helped WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump swings a Marucci baseball bat in the Blue Room during a “Made in $260 million for its ballistic missile program, Iran’s Continued on Page 11 America” product showcase event at the White House on Monday. — AFP Continued on Page 11 Erdogan to visit Kuwait, Gulf ends visas on arrival for Qataris ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will vate news agency Dogan. is a key ally of , this month visit Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which are which has been diplomatically and economically isolat- locked in a deep diplomatic crisis, his office announced ed by its Gulf neighbors over allegations it supports ter- yesterday. Erdogan will also visit Kuwait, the main medi- rorism. Saudi Arabia, the , Egypt ator in the Qatar crisis, during his July 23-24 tour. and last month cut diplomatic ties with Qatar Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Ankara would and issued 13 wide-ranging demands to lift the block- continue to play a “constructive and active” role to help ade, including the closure of a Turkish military base in solve what he described as a “pointless” crisis. Yildirim the emirate. The crisis has put Turkey in a delicate posi- added Erdogan’s visit would be part of this effort. tion as Qatar is its main ally in the Gulf but Ankara does Erdogan is expected to visit Saudi Arabia then Kuwait not want to antagonize key regional power Saudi Arabia. on July 23 followed by Qatar on July 24, according to pri- Continued on Page 11

ANKARA: This photo taken on July 15, 2017 shows Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waving to an F-16 fighter jet while travelling from Ankara to Istanbul. — AFP US healthcare reform collapses

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump blasted con- gressional Democrats and “a few Republicans” yesterday Saudi woman in over the failure of the GOP effort to rewrite the Obama healthcare law, and warned, “we will return”. Trump’s early online miniskirt morning tweet unleashed a barrage of criticism at Congress over the collapse of the GOP’s flagship legisla- tive priority. For seven years, the party has pledged to video arrested repeal President Barack Obama’s law. “Most Republicans RIYADH: Saudi police said yesterday they were ques- were loyal, terrific & worked really hard,” Trump tweeted tioning a woman who appeared in an online video in yesterday morning, but said, “We were let down by all of a miniskirt and crop top walking through a historic the Democrats and a few Republicans.” He added, “As I site in the ultraconservative kingdom. A series of have always said, let ObamaCare fail and then come videos, initially posted over the weekend to the together and do a great healthcare plan. Stay tuned!” Snapchat account of “Model Khulood”, show a young Two GOP senators - Utah’s Mike Lee and Jerry Moran of woman in a high-waisted miniskirt walking through Kansas - sealed the measure’s doom late Monday when a fort in Ushaiqer, outside the capital Riyadh, playing they announced they would vote “no” in an initial, critical with sand in the dunes and turning towards the vote that had been expected as soon as next week. That camera for a close-up, her long hair uncovered. The meant that at least four of the 52 GOP senators were videos have since been uploaded to YouTube and ready to block the measure - two more than Majority tweeted by different users. Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., had to spare in the face of Saudi media, including the main dailies Sabq and unanimous Democratic opposition. Okaz, yesterday quoted a spokesman for police in “Regretfully, it is now apparent that the effort to repeal Riyadh as saying the woman was being questioned and immediately replace the failure of Obamacare will not Continued on Page 11 be successful,” McConnell said in a late evening statement Continued on Page 11 WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 LOCAL

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. — KUNA

KUWAIT: Ambassadors of Guyana (top) Dr Shamir Ally and the Frans Potuyt (above) visited Kuwait Times yesterday and met separately with Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan. — Photos by Joseph Shagra

Mogherini in Kuwait Sunday to underline mediation efforts support

CAIRO: Kuwait’s Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with Egypt’s President BRUSSELS: European Union foreign poli- July 15 and 16. Abdelfatah Al-Sisi in Cairo on Monday. —KUNA cy chief Federica Mogherini will visit Mogherini said she had discussed Kuwait on Sunday to express with Le Drian during her visit EU support of mediation to Paris last week the mes- Sisi appreciates Amir’s efforts efforts assumed by His sages he would have brought Highness the Amir Sheikh before his travel to the Gulf Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- region. “We agreed on mes- Sabah to find solution to the sages to be passed before- to solve Gulf row: Spokesman Gulf crisis. hand and he told me today “I will be visiting Kuwait, about his contacts he has had,” the mediator that we support said Mogherini. Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled meets UN Yemen envoy in Cairo and accompany and with “We discussed in particular whom we are constantly in the need to avoid tensions in CAIRO: Egypt’s President Abdelfatah Al-Sisi touch. So I will visit Kuwait European Union for- the Gulf,” she said noting that has expressed his appreciation of Kuwait’s next Sunday,” she told a press eign policy chief it has negative repercussions good efforts led by His Highness the Amir conference after a meeting of Federica Mogherini on the crisis in which is Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, EU foreign ministers Monday a top priority for the EU. “This reflecting keenness on boosting the Arab soli- evening. Meanwhile, French is a consistent message that darity and consensus. Sisi made his remarks Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian all EU ministers who had contacts in on Monday during a meeting with the visiting briefed his EU counterparts on the out- the Gulf region but also the heads of Kuwaiti Acting Prime Minister and Foreign come of his visit to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, states in the Gulf are passing,” she Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates on added. — KUNA Al-Sabah, Presidential Spokesman Alaa Yousef said in a statement. The meeting was attended by Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri, and Kuwait’s Public Authority of Industry Assistant Foreign Minister for the Office of the First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign wins int’l award for GIS app Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al- Mohammad Al-Sabah, and the Kuwaiti KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Public Authority Of Ambassador to Egypt Mohammad Al- Industry (PAI) announced yesterday that it Thuwaikh. had won a distinguished achievement The Egyptian President asked Sheikh award in the field of geographic informa- Kuwait’s Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- tion systems (GIS). The award, described by Sabah Al-Khaled to convey his greetings to Sabah meets with the UN special envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Sheikh Ahmad. PAI as a “great achievement,” was presented His Highness the Amir, highly appreciating by the leading international company, ‘ESRI’, Kuwait’s “unforgettable” supportive stances by or tamper with people’s destinies. Meanwhile, sis and preserving the unity of Arab states. at its annual conference held recently in San the side of Egyptian people. Egyptians will the Kuwaiti Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Diego. Engineers Younis Al-Khilaifi and always hold good and love sentiments Minister conveyed His Highness the Amir’s Yemen Eman Fairoz briefed the audience at the towards the Kuwaiti people and His Highness regards to Al-Sisi, affirming his country’s keen- Separately, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled also conference on the Kuwaiti application. The the Amir who represents a major Arab value ness on boosting ties with Egypt on all levels, met with the UN special envoy for Yemen application, which has a large and integrat- and wise leadership, said Sisi. He also affirmed said Yousef. Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled said Ismail Ould Sheikh Ahmad. During the meet- ed database, provides information in a pre- Cairo’s keenness on continuing consultations Kuwait is looking forward to hosting the ing, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled reiterated cise, easy and flexible manner to employees and coordination with Kuwait on various Kuwaiti-Egyptian higher committee’s meeting Kuwait’s support to the UN envoy’s efforts to and industrial investors. It provides decision regional and international issues of mutual to discuss ways of enhancing bilateral cooper- conclude a solution to the Yemeni crisis. The makers with research, statistics, reports and interest. ation. He reaffirmed his country’s keenness envoy, meanwhile, reviewed the latest devel- indicators to support them in gaining the on Egypt’s security and stability, noting that opments on the Yemeni scene. The meeting best results at the lowest cost. —KUNA Engineer Eman Fairoz Non-interference the Arab North African country is a pillar of was attended by Assistant Foreign Minister for The Egyptian foreign policy’s constants are stability in the Arab region, and that Kuwait is the Office of the First Deputy Prime Minister and based on several principles, including non- to continue intensive coordination and con- Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al- interference in the internal affairs of any coun- sultations with Cairo in the forthcoming peri- Mohammad Al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti Ambassador Army Chief of Staff meets try, and striving to preserve the Arab national od. The two sides discussed a number of to Egypt Mohammad Al-Thuwaikh, Assistant security, as well as disallowing interference in regional issues, notably the ongoing dispute Foreign Minister for the Arab World Affairs Australian military official Egypt’s affairs, Sisi mentioned. He also between Qatar and a number of Arab coun- Ambassador Aziz Al-Daihani, Kuwait’s stressed the importance of standing decisive- tries, the Presidential spokesman noted, Permanent Delegate to the Arab League KUWAIT: Chief of General Staff of Kuwait’s The meeting dealt with military aspects ly against policies that support terrorism and adding that Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled pointed Ambassador Ahmad Al-Bakr, and senior officials Armed Forces Lt Gen Mohammed Al-Khedr and ways to develop them, said Kuwait’s foiling attempts to destabilize the Arab states out that Kuwait’s efforts aim at solving the cri- from the Kuwaiti foreign ministry. — KUNA held talks yesterday with Australian Defense Ministry in a statement. Khedr Defense Attache to Saudi Arabia, Col Brad praised the deep bilateral relations shared Robertson, on issues of common interest. between two countries. —KUNA

Members of the Kuwaiti National Assembly committee pose with the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Sami Al-Sulaiman and embassy staff.—KUNA Committee visits Kuwaiti health office in Paris

PARIS: Members of the Kuwaiti National general state budget, particularly the Health Paris, he said. The delegation of the parliamen- Assembly committee tasked with inquiring Ministry’s finances, head of the parliamentary tary inquiry committee is due to leave for about healthcare violations held meeting yes- delegation MP Salah Khorshid said. Frankfurt today as part of a tour of Health terday with the staff of the Health Office in The members of the committee also met Ministry offices abroad. The delegation Paris. The committee discussed with the head with a number of Kuwaiti patients in Paris, includes MPs Sadoun Hammad, Osama Al- KUWAIT: Chief of General Staff of Kuwait’s Armed Forces Lt Gen Mohammed Al- of the office Dr Fahad Al-Rashidi, the members adding that they praised the cooperation of Shaheen, Omar Al-Tabtabai and Faisal Al- Khedr meets with Australian Defense Attache to Saudi Arabia Col Brad of the bureau, issues connected to Kuwait’s the Health Office and the Embassy of Kuwait in Kandari. — KUNA Robertson. —KUNA WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 LOCAL Amiri pardon for prisoners in 2017

By Meshaal Al-Enezi Multipurpose hall reclaimed KUWAIT: Justice Minister and State The Social Affairs Ministry reclaimed Minister for National Assembly Affairs a multipurpose hall from the Union of Faleh Al-Azb said an Amiri decree was Consumer Co-operative Societies issued for releasing and commuting (UCCS). It said the reason for this action prisoners’ sentences for 2017. Azb said was due to many violations, including His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- the hall being used for conferences by Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issued the the union. It said the hall was turned decree based on article 75 of the consti- into a multipurpose facility without tution and article 239 of the procedures receiving the necessary licenses. A law. He said this article of the proce- statement said current and previous dures law says “the Amir can, after a sen- union administrations used to rent the tence is rendered against a certain per- hall to an investor and used it as a com- son, and before implementing it, or dur- mercial outlet in a clear violation of an ing implementation, issue an order to administrative decision that regulates pardon the sentence or reduce it.” He the use of halls and sets the fee at KD said that some inmates will be released 100 in the general interest of citizens. immediately, while others will have their Citizens also complained they were sentences commuted to half. Some will forced to deal with the investor. The be relieved of judicial deportation, while hall was seized in the presence of a others will have their fines dropped. police force.

Heat wave strikes Kuwait, Middle East

KUWAIT: A record heat wave struck Degrees Celsius. The heat wave will last for lated to heated coal, usually describes the Kuwait and the Middle East region, bring- 52 days, from mid-July until late-August. unbearable weather during this time of ing the maximum temperatures to over 50 The term ‘Jamarat Al-Gaith,’ roughly trans- the year. —KUNA Domestic help company operates in September

By A Saleh a fee and possibility of a refund, provided that salaries and military allowances law that it a six-month period has not elapsed. returned it to the Assembly on the last work- KUWAIT: Chairman of Ishbelia Cooperative ing day before Eid. He said the fatwa and leg- Society Bussam Al-Mutairi said the Al-Durra Report ready islation department, social security, the Domestic Help Company will start work in A report on the resignation of former chair- finance committee and concerned ministers September, adding that the society will pro- woman of Kuwait Airways Rasha Al-Roumi will did not oppose it. vide all possible facilities to organize the be ready by the start of the next term of the process of bringing in workers. Mutairi said he National Assembly, the parliamentary investi- Premier’s grilling held a technical meeting with the company’s gation committee said in a statement. The Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and operations director Ahmad Al-Fares in the committee will hold a meeting today with State Minister for Economic Affairs Hind Al- presence of co-op secretary Saad Al-Rasheedi. Interior Minister Sheikh Khalid Al-Jarrah to ask Sabeeh said the government fully cooperates Some Asian countries were approved for him where the Civil Aviation Department with the committee studying aspects of the bringing in domestic help, including belongs - to the interior ministry or the state prime minister’s grilling, and it is ready to Philippines, , Madagascar, Nepal and Sri ministry for economic affairs. present all necessary information. She said Lanka. He said it was also agreed to apply to she attended the committee’s meeting and hire helpers electronically to help the elderly Defensive plan presented everything related to the issues Multiple drug-related and those with special needs. He said the peri- MP Nayef Al-Merdas said the government brought up in the grilling. The committee od for a helper to arrive will be a minimum of is using a defensive plan against proposed held a meeting to discuss the grilling of the arrests made around Kuwait two months from the date of the application, laws. He said although it should take the ini- prime minister in the presence of Sabeeh to adding that the guarantee will be for six or tiative and have discussions with the execu- discuss the demographic structure and the By Hanan Al-Saadoun eight pills suspected of being Lyrica. three months as agreed. As for returned work- tive authority, it is always confronting laws high unemployment rate, but a lack of quo- Another citizen was found wanted to ers, the company will take them back without tabled by MPs, the latest of which is the rum prevented the meeting. KUWAIT: Farwaniya security directorate serve a five-year jail sentence. He is also officers arrested an Arab man with pos- wanted for using and trading in drugs. session of 26 envelopes suspected of containing shabu (meth), along with 107 Crackdown Tramadol pills and three envelopes of Mubarak Al-Kabeer security arrested chemical; a variation of ‘’ (synthetic six indebted people, six absconders and marijuana) with added chemicals. The a roaming vendor. Six vehicles wanted by man was taken to the Drug Control authorities and three other vehicles were General Department (DCGD) to face impounded, and 20 people were given charges. In another case, Hawally securi- humanitarian assistance. Separately, ty arrested a citizen in an abnormal con- General security personnel set up several dition who was obstructing traffic. Police checkpoints, resulting in the arrest of 13 found four butts of cigarettes suspected persons including seven citizens and six of containing drugs in the man’s posses- expats with drugs. A citizen was found sion. Meanwhile, three Asians were wanted on a debt case. arrested for brewing liquor. Police found 2,300 bottles and 50 drums. Also, Detour Ahmadi security arrested a citizen with The Traffic Department announced herbal material, along with remnants of a the opening of a detour on the Sixth cigarette. He was found wanted on debt Ring Road at the intersection with Al- cases. Separately, Capital police arrested Ghous Street. The traffic light will be a citizen in an abnormal condition with removed today morning.

KUWAIT: Shoppers gather at the main fish market in Sharq seeking a good bargain during a daily auction yesterday. The fishing season for Zubaidi (silver Pomfret) opened this week after a fishing ban imposed by local authorities to allow the marine species to reproduce in terri- KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality inspectors disconnected electricity from five violating torial waters. Kuwaiti Zubaidi fish are considered one of the most expensive fish in Kuwait, where the price of one kilograms is KD 15 equiva- buildings during a crackdown carried out yesterday in Abu Al-Hassaniya in Mubarak lent to $45.— Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat Al-Kabeer governorate. WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 LOCAL

In Brief Flight from Kuwait Kuwait oil price US Dollar rate makes emergency landing up to $45.88 pb stable at KD 0.302

KUWAIT/BUCHAREST: A KLM flight from Kuwait KUWAIT: The price of Kuwaiti oil went up 50 KUWAIT: The US Dollar exchange to Amsterdam made an emergency landing in cents to $45.88 per barrel Monday as oppose rate was stable at KD 0.302 while yesterday. The Airbus A330 plane, trav- to $45.38 pb last Friday, said Kuwait the euro went up to KD 0.348, said eling with 298 people onboard, requested an Petroleum Corporation (KPC) yesterday. At the (CBK) emergency landing at the Henri Coanda Airport the global level, the prices were up due to yesterday. The CBK indicated the after one of its engines began consuming extra the increase in the number of oil rigs in the Sterling Pound remained fuel. Airport authorities instituted standard US and the surge in crude oil demand at unchanged at KD 0.396, whereas emergency procedures, reported the National Chinese refineries. The price of the Brent the was to KD 0.315. Company of Bucharest Airports. crude was up to $49.02 per barrel, the same The Japanese Yen was firm at KD case with the Texas West Intermediate, 0.002. — KUNA which was at $46.64 pb. — KUNA Photo of the day

KUWAIT: A bird is perched on a dry twig of a leafless tree during a hot afternoon in . — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Business-friendly environment Kuwait beach cleanup gives impetus to development KUWAIT: It is imperative to provide an entrepreneurs and eliminate any campaign nears end environment that is conducive for impediments to fledgling businesses. business and in turn, would encour- Roudhan also spoke of a growing pen- age development projects and help chant among many young Kuwaitis to diversify the economy, an official said dabble in small and medium-sized yesterday. development projects, which have Speaking at a panel discussion, become increasingly significant. Minister of Commerce and Industry Moreover, he added that many Khaled Al-Roudhan noted that the entrepreneurs are often deterred by Ministry of Commerce was eager to certain legislation that need to be facilitate procedures related to small amended, or else, pursuing such proj- and medium-sized development ects can be a daunting task. The panel projects. discussion, attended by bodies from Roudhan, who doubles as Acting across the government spectrum, Minister of State for Youth Affairs, detailed the intricacies behind small revealed that the ministry has set up an and medium-sized development proj- ad hoc committee tasked with ensuring ects, including the private sector’s con- a proper environment that would lure tributions to such endeavors. — KUNA Deaf Sports Club grateful after suspension is lifted

KUWAIT: Kuwait is wrapping up the bay, which is a major fish that the previous two phases of an environmental cleanup cam- habitat in a country with a pro- the beach cleanup were success- paign through protecting the found maritime tradition. He fully held in the last two years. Bay of Kuwait and making sure added that numerous govern- Amna Al-Refai, an official from that its beaches are kept pris- ment bodies have joined forces the Environment Public tine. Speaking at a press confer- to pick up heaps of trash strewn Authority (EPA), pointed out that ence yesterday, Abdulaziz Al- across Kuwait’s beaches, which sewage and waste have wreaked Shatti, who heads the cam- collectively stretch over 814 havoc on the Bay of Kuwait and paign, noted that the endeavor sq/km. that EPA has initiated a plethora aims to stave off pollution Meanwhile, Manal Al-Thifeeri, of measures to protect this envi- caused by waste that could sully a campaign member, recalled ronmental landmark. — KUNA

ANKARA: Members of the Kuwait Sports Club for the Deaf pose for a group photo. — KUNA

ANKARA: Head of Kuwait Sports Club for lift the suspension. The conference is tack- the Deaf Aidan Al-Shali yesterday ling a number of issues concerning deaf expressed his gratitude to those who con- athletes across the organization’s 168 tributed to the lifting of Kuwait’s member- member states. ship suspension of the World Federation of The 2017 Summer kicked the Deaf (WFD). off yesterday in city, northern Shali said that Kuwait’s participation in Turkey, with the participation of 3,000 ath- the International Committee of Sports for letes representing 97 countries. The first the Deaf (ICSD) conference comes after lift- championship for the deaf was launched in ing the suspension on Kuwait sanctioned Paris, France in 1924. The United States of by the Asia - Pacific Deaf Sports Confedera - America is the most decorated country in tion. He endorsed the efforts exerted by the event, having amassed 987 medals, KUWAIT: The Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK) sponsored a ceremony organized by the ambulance department in Jahra recently to honor dis- Kuwait’s club chairperson and members to including 350 gold. — KUNA tinguished emergency medical technicians. WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 LOCAL

KFH participates in Al-Rai Believe me, corruption is far more KFSD annual ceremony Poetry as a media tool dangerous than terrorism.

By Dr Khalid Al-Saleh

nd the poets (only) the deviators follow them (224). Do you not see that in every valley they Aroam (225). And that they say what they do not do? (226). Except those (poets) who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allah often and defend (the Muslims) after they were wronged. And KUWAIT: Executive Manager Group Public Relations those who have wronged are going to know to what and Media at KFH Yousef Al-Ruwaieh receiving honor (kind of) return they will be returned (227). (Holy from KFSD’s Director General Lieutenant General Quran: Ash Shuara) Khaled Al-Mikrad. Several sayings about the meaning of these verses include that two men, one of them from the Ansar KUWAIT: Director General of Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (Supporters), dueled with poetry, so people came to (KFSD) Lieutenant General Khaled Al-Mikrad commended Kuwait the support of their man. Those supporters who lis- Finance House (KFH) for its unlimited support to the firefighters, tened to the poetry and spread it are the people who expressing appreciation for the bank’s Chairman and Board of Directors, and the executive management in recognition of KFH’s are astray, that Almighty Allah mentioned. Poetry has — Al-Anbaa lost its strength as a media tool in our era and support to the efforts and initiatives of the country’s institutions, indicating this reflects the pioneering role of KFH in the social replaced by satellite channels and social media that responsibility. Mikrad’s statement was made during the annual play the same role poets used to play in the past. ceremony of KFSD in honor of media practitioners at the Media men or ‘Tweeters’ who do not have any fear Regency Hotel. of God in our era roam every valley, lie and post infor- Meanwhile, Public Relations Department at KFSD Director mation they make up, which are received by others, Colonel Khalil Al-Ameer said that KFH has a proven track record who in turn repost them. All these are deviators who Man attempted of social contributions, which affirms the bank’s efficient strategy not only publish, but also participate in spreading in the field of social responsibility. strife and corrupt the system of values, which is the Executive Manager Group Public Relations and Media at KFH pillar of social peace among individuals and people. to sell dead body Yousef Abdullah Al-Ruwaieh reiterated the bank’s commitment If you look left or right today, you will find poets towards supporting all initiatives that serve the society and con- everywhere who roam every valley, and you will also tribute in achieving comprehensive development. see large crowds of deviants, and you barely see the KUWAIT: An Egyptian man whose job is to transport Fight He added, during his speech at the ceremony, that KFH attaches exception that came in the verse “Except those dead bodies to Kuwait International Airport was arrested A fight between a citizen and a detective ended with both great attention to the KFSD representatives and the security per- (poets) who believe and do righteous deeds and and taken to state security after he was caught with the injured, and one of them had to undergo surgery. Police had sonnel in all sectors in recognition of their important role in the remember Allah often and defend (the Muslims) after body of a Bangladeshi man that was supposed to be responded to a call about a fight and broke it up. Police are peace and security of the country. He affirmed that the bank is keen they were wronged.” These have become a rare com- shipped out. The suspect took advantage of a document questioning both to find out the cause of the fight, as they on honoring media practitioners who support KFSD and focus on modity. Today, every person, even if he is not a media showing that the official at the airport received two bod- are neighbors. the role of firemen in protecting the society. man, has the tools attributed to poets who are astray. ies, but delivered only one body. He told authorities that Every one of us relays information without making he was about to sell the body to students at the college sure about it and without knowledge of the harm it of medicine. Al-Anbaa local daily said the inspector who may cause to human relationships that link the gave him the receipt of two bodies and did not make sure region’s peoples. they were onboard was questioned. He claimed that the The strange thing is that the astray get nothing hot weather caused him not to follow the matter person- out of what they are doing other than release ally. The second body was discovered at the outer gate grudges and entertain gossip, besides some media when inspectors saw the coffin. people who are making a living out of differences and gain from nations’ tragedies. We in the Gulf today are on top of a volcano, and the circle of strife is get- ‘Too much money’ ting wider, so we all must understand and think The electronic crimes department is carrying out about the ending of the previous verse: “And those investigations to identify a person who uploaded a who have wronged are going to know to what (kind video on YouTube bragging about being rich and lit a of) return they will be returned,” which refers to those cigarette with a KD 10 note. A source said detectives who do not heed the warning of Almighty Allah, stop are determining the authenticity of the clip, and harming others and avoid publishing destructive whether the currency note he used is real or fake. The messages under any title. man boasted he is rich and pitied those who wait for — Translated by Kuwait Times their salaries at the end of the month, claiming he has too much money and lights cigarettes with it.

Jail riot News Central prison administration sent a report to the interi- or ministry’s assistant undersecretary for reform institu- In Brief tions and sentence implementation affairs Maj Gen Abdullah Al-Muhanna about events in ward 7 that end- ed with several policemen and inmates injured. A securi- Agreement on reducing ty source said that prison guards decided to raid ward 7 following information about banned substances there. expatriates’ numbers When prisoners were told to leave the place, several of them refused and attempted to take the money they KUWAIT: Fees that expatriates in Kuwait pay for public had with them. The source added that inmates attacked services could double in the near future as local authorities policemen, who fought back and brought the prisoners mull ways to cut the number of foreigners living in the under control. country and rebalance the state’s demographics in favor of locals. There is understanding between the government and parliament over the need to increase Kuwaitis’ per- Threats centage in the total population from around 31 percent A Palestinian man filed two complaints at Zahra today to 40 percent within a few years. This can happen police station, one against his brother-in-law, who through a number of procedures that include increasing threatened to harm him, relying on his relations with the number of national manpower in the private sector an influential person; and the other against an (where over 90 of workers are expats), increasing fees of unidentified person who called his home several public services offered to expats and limiting government times. He gave police the caller’s phone number. A subsidies on products and services exclusively to Kuwaitis, man lodged a complaint against his daughter, who is government sources said. — Al-Qabas in her 20s, accusing her of damaging the floors of his house. Police will summon her for questioning. He told police that she poured a liquid on the floor to 12,000 visitor’s visas renewed damage it deliberately. KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry’s Residency Affairs General Department renewed nearly 12,000 expired visitor’s visas for Syrian nationals in Kuwait, and col- Assault lected around KD 900,000 as delay fines in the process. An Egyptian woman was beaten badly by a compatriot, Each visa was renewed for a three-month renewable and lodged a complaint against him at Jabriya police period, security sources said, adding that a KD 10 fine station. She told police that she came across the was collected for each day of delay beyond the visa’s Egyptian with whom she had earlier differences, and he expiration date. — Al-Rai attacked her in public and did not let go of her until passersby intervened. Police will question the man, who faces legal action. 1,150 face legal action KUWAIT: The Ministry of Defense started procedures to Mugging take legal action against Kuwaitis who failed to subscribe A man who posed as a policeman in Jabriya robbed a for conscription after the end of the two-month period Filipina. The woman said that the suspect stopped stipulated by the law to join military service, Head of the her near a taxi office claiming to be a policeman and National Service Authority at the ministry Major General stole her money, IDs and ATM cards. Hawally detec- Ibrahim Al-Omairi said. The total number of people expect- tives are working on the case. — Translated from the ed to face legal action is 1,150 out of 2,300 citizens eligible Arabic press to join conscription, Omairi added. — Al-Rai

KUWAIT: Daily cleaning works are ongoing at the historic Mubarakiya Market, reflecting commitment to taking care of the site that is considered one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country, Kuwait Municipality’s public relations department announced in a statement yesterday. WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 Duterte seeks martial law extension in south Rohingya Muslims: Cornered by poverty, stalked by violence

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SEOUL: This photo taken on May 24, 2017 shows social workers caring for babies at the Jusarang Community Church in southern Seoul. — AFP S Korea child law sees more babies abandoned ‘Teenagers give birth in empty houses or public toilets’

SEOUL: The young woman labored up the well-intended reasons that campaigners say dust. The father had been planning to bury it ing to accept such a past. Even employment mothers. International adoptions slumped by steps, past brightly decorated walls akin to a could make the situation even worse. alive, he explained. “When the father started checks often go into family background, and three-quarters in the wake of the 2012 law- child’s nursery, her daughter in her arms. shovelling earth over it, the mother could not would show that a woman had had a child which tightened requirements from natural Opening a hatch in the wall, she put her inside, Buried alive bear it any more and rescued the baby.” and given it up. The box operates in a legal and prospective adoptive parents-going from turned around and walked away. She ran her The woman in the video footage was grey area. Authorities are fully aware of it, and 916 the previous year to 236 in 2013. hands over her head but did not look back, sur- among the latest of more than 1,000 to have Social stigma the welfare ministry-which has a specific cate- Now Seoul says it aims to ratify the Hague veillance camera footage showed. She may made their way to a house in a working-class In 2010, its first year of operations, just four gory for it in its statistics-neither supports it Convention, which says children should prefer- never see the girl again. neighborhood on the outskirts of Seoul. babies were placed in the box. At the time, nor opposes it as, according to official Kim ably be adopted by families in their home coun- has risen from the ruins of Converted into a shelter by a small Seoul South Korean women who wanted to give up Hye-Ji, “it saves the lives of newborn babies”. try, by the end of the year. Officials say that will war to become Asia’s fourth-largest economy church, a temperature-controlled chamber unwanted babies were obliged to give adop- But the Gwanak district office has repeatedly see authorities regulate all stages of the adop- and a member of the OECD club of devel- built into the wall functions as a baby box, tion agencies their written consent, but often urged Pastor Cho to shut it down. “We see the tion process, including the reasons children are oped countries. It was for a time one of the enabling unwanted newborns to be taken in gave false details or no records, and operators baby box as an illegal facility that encourages given up, the qualifications of adopting parents, world’s biggest sources of unwanted chil- without parents having to identify themselves. looked the other way. baby abandonment,” said local official Min and ensuring that as adults, adoptees will be dren, driven by poverty, a light regulatory New arrivals-almost 200 last year, an average But two years later the country adopted a Seo-Young. able to trace their birth families. touch, and a culture of racial purity, family of nearly four a week-are deposited covered in law banning adoption agencies accepting Pastor Lee’s colleague Cho Tae-Seung is con- bloodlines, and shame. Around 110,000 blood, wrapped in material, sometimes with undocumented babies, in line with the Hague Blank sheet cerned that the regulations resulting from the South Koreans have been adopted to the the umbilical cord still attached. Pastor Lee Convention, which aims to give adoptive chil- The shelter looks after new arrivals for a few convention could backfire by driving women to United States alone since the 1950s but num- Jong-Rak of the Jusarang Community Church dren the right to trace their birth parents. It days until they are moved to orphanages to abandon unwanted babies illicitly and danger- bers have fallen in recent years. set up the facility after hearing reports of also required all adoptions to be court- await new families. But a stigma remains ously. “It’s very hard to strike a balance between Birth rates have plummeted to the world’s babies being abandoned in the open air or in approved. In 2013, 224 babies were aban- around adoption in Korea, where a focus on reality and international adoption norms,” he lowest with factors such as high child-rearing public restrooms, where they risked dying of doned at the centre by parents desperate to preserving family bloodlines makes the idea of said. Instead the group wants mothers to be costs and a workaholic culture affecting the sit- hypothermia. “Some teenagers give birth to hide their identities. raising someone else’s child anathema to legally allowed to give birth and give up their uation. But the number of abandoned babies babies in empty houses or in public toilets. Almost all who do so are poor single many. It also has a long history of taking pride children anonymously. Next to the hatch in the has jumped in recent years in the wake of a law They wrap them in old shirts or towels and women. More unmarried mothers are keeping in its racial homogeneity-many of the first wall, a form enables parents to state a child’s intended to protect children. bring them to us,” he told AFP. On one occasion, their children in South Korea, but face social international adoptees were the mixed-race name, date of birth, and vaccinations. The Now more changes are mooted, for similarly a young couple brought in a baby covered in ostracism and struggle to find husbands will- children of American servicemen and Korean mother in the video left it blank. — AFP Separated by conflict, Iraqi children wait for parents

DEBAGA: Adel, 15, hasn’t seen his parents for dren agency, UNICEF, more than 1,000 chil- Facebook,” said Adel. He hopes to go visit the past nine months, but that was the price dren under the age of 18 have been separated them after September, when he is due to resit to pay to escape the brutal rule of Islamic from their parents. Adel is cared for by the his school exams after failing at a first attempt. State group jihadists in his northern Iraqi Terres des Hommes Italia, a children’s aid “There are just over 1,000 children who are hometown. “I miss my family, nine months is organization, and is among 17 teenagers separated and unaccompanied,” UNICEF’s too long,” said the teenager, among hundreds being sheltered by the charity, which organiz- Maulid Warfa said after a tour of the Mosul of youngsters separated from their parents es English and computer science classes and area. His visit to eastern and western Mosul because of IS and the months-long battle that sports activities. “The teachers treat us well. It’s came after the government declared the has expelled the jihadists from Mosul, the like I’m at home here now,” said Adel. city “liberated” from the jihadists who overran main city of northern Iraq. it three years ago. Adel remembers the long trek on foot out Tracing families “Separated means they are with relatives, of Hawijah-a town in Kirkuk province that is In the common room, boys wearing T-shirts but not their parents. Unaccompanied means still held by IS-as he and others made their took turns to play ping pong or table football. they are all alone, and this group is our top pri- way to Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region. “We Others lay on mattresses in the dormitory next ority,” said Warfa. He said UNICEF was working walked all night, around 14 hours,” said the door busy with their mobile phones, while in to trace the families. “If we can’t find them, the teenager. He now lives in a camp for the dis- the background Arab music blared out at full courts will put them in a state institution.” placed in Debaga region, southeast of Mosul, volume. In the , three teenagers were The UN official said he had met a boy of where he has been reunited with one of his helping the head cook prepare the day’s around seven whose left hand had been badly brothers and some cousins. Adel is not from , and they were learning how to bake damaged in an explosion. “He was clearly very the area, but the battle for Mosul has dis- . Six months after Adel fled Hawijah, his distressed, not talking or interacting, even placed hundreds of thousands of other civil- parents also left for a camp for the displaced in when we gave him a small ball to play with, he DEBAGA, Iraq: Iraqi youth, who were separated from their families during the fighting between ians, many of whom now reside in camps near Kirkuk province. “The only way to contact didn’t touch it. We were told his parents were Iraqi forces and Islamic State (IS) group jihadists around the city of Mosul, sit in a room at the head- Iraq’s second city. According to the UN’s chil- them is by phone and sometimes on killed in the blast,” he said. — AFP quarters of the Terres des Hommes Italia, a children’s aid organization. — AFP INTERNATIONAL WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 PM praises US and British volunteers fight against anti-Semitism BUDAPEST: Israeli leader Benjamin fertile ground. Netanyahu will today battle IS in Syria’s Raqqa Netanyahu yesterday praised Budapest meet premiers of the Visegrad Group- for “standing up for” the Jewish state, at , and the talks with Hungarian premier Viktor plus Hungary-whose nationalistic Orban who is under fire at home for stances have also increasingly placed Tearing out the ‘heart of darkness’ allegedly stoking anti-Semitism. “I want to them at odds with the rest of the EU. “All thank you for standing up for Israel in these states are very pro-Israel,” Israeli RAQQA: Hunkered down on the top floor of an international forums, you have done this analyst Raphael Vago told AFP. “They abandoned building, two Americans and a again and again,” Netanyahu said at a vote in our favor at the European Union British volunteer face off against Islamic State press conference with Orban in Budapest. and the United Nations.” Netanyahu will snipers in the Syrian city of Raqqa. The trio, He added that Hungary, as the birth- attend Budapest’s Great Synagogue with including two who served in the French Foreign place of modern political Zionism Jewish community leaders, before Legion and the war in Iraq, have made the war founder Theodor Herzl, was “at the fore- departing Thursday. against IS their own. front” of countries fighting anti-Zionism. They are among dozens of Western volun- Netanyahu is the first Israeli prime minis- Anti-Soros graffiti teers who have battled the Islamic State group ter to visit Budapest since the fall of com- The trip comes at a sensitive time for in Iraq, and now in Raqqa, the city in northeast- munism in 1989. The landmark trip Orban who faces a backlash over his viru- ern Syria that the militants declared the capital brings together two right-wingers enam- lent crusade against Soros, a Hungarian- of their self-proclaimed caliphate. The men ored of US President Donald Trump and born Jewish emigre. Some posters joined US-allied Syrian militias for different rea- with a disdain for the left-leaning liberal daubed with graffiti have attacked the sons - some motivated by survivors’ accounts of global order bankrolled, as they see it, by financier for his alleged support of mass brutality at the hands of the extremists. Others the likes of US billionaire George Soros. immigration. joined what they see as a quest for justice and a “The (Israeli) prime minister is a great Many in Hungary’s 100,000-strong final battle to tear out the “heart of darkness.” patriot and success belongs to those Jewish population-one Europe’s largest Taylor Hudson, a 33-year old from Pasadena, who are patriots, who don’t push nation- have accused Orban, in power since California, compares the fight for Raqqa to the al identity and interests aside,” Orban 2010, of turning a blind eye to anti- 1945 Battle of Berlin in World War II that ended said yesterday. “Israel’s history teaches Semitism or even encouraging it to stave the rule of Adolf Hitler. “This is the Berlin of our that we will lose the things we don’t off growing support for the far-right. times,” said Hudson, who doubles as a platoon fight for.” The hardline policies of the Orban however has insisted the bill- medic and a sniper in the battle against the mil- pair-described as “spiritual brothers” by boards were not about Soros’s itants. For him, IS extremists “represent every- Hungarian media-have sparked tensions Jewishness but the “national security risk” thing that is wrong with humanity.” with Brussels. But in eastern and central posed by his supposed wish to “settle a Europe, the muscle-flexing has found million migrants” in the EU. — AFP Deepening conflict Syria’s war, now in its seventh year, has attracted foreign fighters to all sides. Extremists from Europe, Asia and North Africa have flocked army to act against to IS as well as local Al-Qaeda-linked groups. Shiite Iranian and Lebanese militias have sided militants near Syria border with the Syrian government, deepening the RAQQA: In this Monday, July 17, 2017 photo, Kevin Howard, a 28-year old former US military sectarian nature of the conflict that has killed BEIRUT: Lebanese security forces will conditions, but rights groups urged an contractor from California, who fights with an Assyrian militia, that is part of the US-backed over 400,000 people and displaced over 11 mil- launch an operation against militants near independent investigation after allegations forces battling Islamic State group militants, gives an interview to The Associated Press. —AP lion, half of Syria’s pre-war population. A much informal refugee camps in the country’s that the men had been tortured to death. smaller number of Western volunteers fight had treated some 600 wounded ahead of the military contractor from California who east after coming under attack there, Lebanese security forces have come under alongside the US-allied Kurdish militia known as march onto Raqqa. The presence of Western fought in Iraq in 2006, the war is more per- Lebanon’s prime minister said on yester- attack in Arsal before, and in 2014 jihadists anti-IS volunteers in Syria has created some- sonal. A skilled sniper who boasts of having day. Saad Hariri’s announcement came as kidnapped 30 soldiers and policemen after the People’s Protection Units, or YPG. The US military has developed a close relationship with thing of a conundrum for their governments, killed 12 IS militants so far, Howard said he is the country’s president warned against clashes in the area. which have often questioned them on terrorism doing it for the victims of the Bataclan theatre rising anti-refugee rhetoric after Lebanese the YPG and its extension, the Syrian Democratic Forces, in the war against IS. charges. “I am not a terrorist,” said attack in France, where the sister of one of his troops were attacked around Arsal, a town Renewed tensions best friends survived. The Nov 13, 2015 near the Syrian border. “The Lebanese Four of the hostages were killed and a Before that, dozens of Westerners joined Iraqi Kurds fighting IS, spurred on by Kurdish Former broker attacks, claimed by IS, killed 130 people at army will carry out a planned-out opera- fifth died of his wounds, while 16 were even- Macer Gifford, a 30-year former broker in Paris cafes, the national stadium and the tion in Jurud Arsal and the government tually released in December 2015. Another social media campaigners and a sense of duty many feel after Iraq, the target of a decade-long London, who came to Syria three years ago to Bataclan, where 90 died. gives it freedom (to do so),” Hariri said in nine hostages are still being held. The latest volunteer first with the Kurdish militia. Now he “This is a continuation of that fight. I think if comments quoted by the official National incident in Arsal has created renewed ten- US-led military campaign, collapsed under an IS is fighting with an Assyrian militia, also part of you leave something unfinished, it will remain News Agency. sions in a country of just four million people offensive within days in the summer of 2014. the US-backed forces battling IS. “I am here unfinished for a lifetime,” he said, showing off Jurud Arsal refers to the mountainous hosting more than one million Syrian Some Western volunteers have died in battle. defending the people of Syria against terror- his 1972 sniper rifle. On his forehead and neck, border region around Arsal, and is home to refugees. Lebanese President Michel Aoun Earlier this month, the YPG announced that 28 he has tattooed “life is pain,” as well as “Rien thousands of refugees from neighboring warned yesterday that anti-refugee rhetoric year-old Robert Grodt, of Santa Cruz, California, ists,” he added. Gifford has been questioned by Syria living in informal camps. Lebanese was dangerous for both sides. and 29-year-old Nicholas Alan Warden, of British and US officials. At home, he has written N’empÍche” - or “Nothing Prevents”- from the troops carrying out arrest raids in two of “If we are working for the return of the Buffalo, New York, died in the battle for Raqqa. and lectured about the complex situation in song of the French Foreign Legion in which he those camps in late June were met with a refugees, it is because Lebanon is no longer Since launching the push on Raqqa on June Syria, offering a firsthand account of IS’ evolv- served. “For me this is a chance to absolutely string of suicide attacks and grenades. A able to carry the burden,” Aoun said at a 6, the U.S.-backed forces have taken a third of ing tactics. “The Islamic State is actually an go to the heart of darkness and grab it and get girl was killed and seven soldiers wounded meeting with local officials, and in a post the city. Hudson, who has been fighting in Syria exceptional opponent,” Gifford said. “We can’t rid of it,” he added. From his sniper position on in the attacks, and the army subsequently on his official Twitter account. “But the for the past 13 months, said he was moved to negotiate them away, we can’t wish them Raqqa’s front line, he peeked again through arrested dozens of people. spread of hatred and incitement are reject- tears by media reports of Iraqi Yazidi women away. The only way we can defeat them is with the rifle hole. For Howard, the orders to march Days later, the army said four of the ed, and their consequences are severe for enslaved by IS. A pharmacy student who force of arms.” deeper into the IS-held city can’t come soon detainees had died of pre-existing medical both peoples,” he added. — AFP learned combat medicine in the field, he said he For Kevin Howard, a 28-year old former US enough. — AP

CARACAS: Opposition activists block an avenue during a protest. — AFP Trump threatens with ‘economic actions’

CARACAS: US President Donald Nationwide strike backed by a loyal military, has up to Trump threatened Venezuela with Venezuela’s opposition coalition now shrugged off the opposition tac- swift “economic actions” on Monday if has called a nationwide, 24-hour strike tics and the international criticism lev- its leader pushes on with an unpopu- for Thursday to add pressure to eled at him. Despite growing public lar bid to change his country’s consti- Maduro following an unofficial week- anger at and medicine shortages tution amid mounting condemnation. end vote it held that rejected the under a spiralling economic crisis that The warning came as Venezuela’s leader’s plan. That plan, which Maduro has swelled the opposition move- opposition coalition called a nation- has shown no sign of deviating from, ment, authorities in Caracas portray wide strike for Thursday to kick off a entails a citizens’ body-called a the efforts against them as illegiti- “final offensive” aimed at forcing “Constituent Assembly”-being elected mate and fomented by the US. President Nicolas Maduro from office on July 30 to redo the constitution. through early elections. Maduro says that path is the only ‘Demand for political change’ Maduro, Trump said in a statement, way to secure peace and economic One leader in the opposition coali- was “a bad leader who dreams of recovery in Venezuela. His govern- tion, Freddy Guevara, said the strike becoming a dictator”. “The United ment has dismissed the opposition this week was a “mechanism for pres- States will not stand by as Venezuela vote against it as illegal. But Trump sure and to prepare for the definitive crumbles,” he said. Trump did not said that, “if the Maduro regime escalation to take place next week.” A specify what measures could be tak- imposes its Constituent Assembly on total of 7.6 million Venezuelans turned en. But the warning dramatically July 30, the United States will take out for Sunday’s vote, at home and raised the stakes and scope of the strong and swift economic actions.” abroad, the opposition said. long political and economic crisis that Venezuela, with the largest proven That figure-though disputed by the has been battering Venezuela. oil reserves in the world, is almost government-was more than a third of Nearly 100 people have died since entirely reliant on its crude exports. The Venezuela’s total 19 million voters, April, when street protests against United States imports around 270 mil- undermining legitimacy for Maduro’s Maduro turned violent. Trump’s stance lion barrels of oil a year from Venezuela, future Constituent Assembly. ’s explicitly sided with Venezuela’s according to the US government’s foreign ministry said in a statement “the opposition, which accuses Maduro of Energy Information Administration — a high turnout in the plebiscite... was an trying to accumulate dictatorial pow- volume in decline by about a third unmistakable sign the Venezuelan peo- ers to hang on to the reins. It risked compared to a decade ago. ple want democracy quickly restored.” fueling Maduro’s frequent allegations Political analyst John Magdaleno that he was the victim of a plot by a ‘Final offensive’ told AFP that “there is evidence of a colluding right-wing opposition and Venezuela’s opposition is intent on persistent and durable demand for the “imperialist” United States. There a “final offensive” ultimately aimed at political change.” According to the was no immediate reaction from the toppling Maduro through early elec- opposition, the final turnout figure Venezuelan president. tions. On Sunday, more than a third of was enough to overturn Maduro’s Separately, Colombian President Venezuela’s 19 million voters took part mandate should there be a recall refer- Juan Manuel Santos was in Cuba - a in the opposition ballot, giving an endum, because it exceeded the 7.5 close ally of Venezuela - on Monday for overwhelming rejection to the elec- million votes that put the president in meetings with President Raul Castro. tion of a Constituent Assembly and power in 2013. To lend weight to the Colombian Foreign Minister Maria backing a presidential election before vote, a group of former Latin American Angela Holguin said the Venezuelan Maduro’s term ends in 2019. The poll presidents, including Mexico’s Vicente crisis was discussed, but she denied was lauded by the European Union, Fox, who was declared “persona non reports that Santos traveled to con- the United Nations, the US, Brazil and grata” by the government, took part as vince Castro to act as a mediator. other countries. However Maduro, observers. — AFP WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 INTERNATIONAL rebels announces plan to create new ‘state’

KIEV: Russian-backed rebels fighting A constitution presented by rebel leader gents’ “Kremlin puppet masters”. “We and figthing that has claimed the lives of promoted fears was looking to against Kiev announced yesterday a plan Alexander Zakharchenko said his self- our partners will not let this happen,” he some 10,000 people. A deal brokered by annex swathes of mainland Ukraine after its to create a new “state” they said would declared Donetsk People’s Republic, neigh- vowed. The proposal seems to stand no the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and seizure of the Crimea peninsula. Moscow take the place of Ukraine and have its bouring rebel-held Lugansk and other chance of gaining traction and even the in Mink in 2015 has hit a wall used the tsarist-era name “Novorossiya” capital in their territory. Ukraine’s pro- regions had agreed to “declare the estab- insurgents appeared unable to agree on but is still viewed by those involved as (New Russia) to refer to the areas the rebels Western authorities immediately lishment of a new state, which is the suc- it. The press service for Lugansk rebel the only way of unwinding Ukraine’s war. had seized, but the term was later dropped. ridiculed the idea as a Kremlin project cessor of Ukraine.” The document-released chief Igor Plotnitsky said he had not France’s foreign ministry called on Ukraine and the West insist that Moscow that they would never allow to get off by the separatists’ news agency-said rebel been consulted on the project. Moscow “to denounce” the rebel has funneled troops and arms across the the ground. The separatists said the pro- bastion Donetsk would become the capital, announcement, which it described as a border to fan the flames of the war in posed country would be founded after a while Kiev would be reduced to the status A ‘violation’ “violation” of the peace deal. “Russia has to Europe’s backyard. Moscow has denied referendum and called Malorossiya, a of a “historical and cultural centre”. The surprise announcement of intensify its efforts to put an end to this the allegations despite overwhelming tsarist-era name meaning “Little Russia” Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Malorossiya could, however, further dent conflict,” a statement said. The proposal by evidence that it has been involved in the that once described most of the area Klimkin quickly derided the plan on an already stalled peace process that has the rebels echoed language used by the fighting and its explicit political support covering modern-day Ukraine. Twitter as another “show” by the insur- failed to end more than three years of Kremlin in the early days of the conflict that for the rebels. — AFP Rohingya Muslims: Cornered News in brief by poverty, stalked by violence

MAUNG HNAMA, RAKHINE: Hemmed in by tary operation has abated but the area remains in lock- Mysterious killings security forces and menaced by abductions and killings, down, with sporadic killings by military patrols still intent In an area stained by mistrust and rumour it is unclear Rohingya Muslims in a conflict-scarred corner of Rakhine on rooting out “terrorists”. who is behind the attacks-and the fear is intensifying in the State say fear is one of the few constants in their lives. Last The UN believes hundreds may have died in what may face of almost daily reports of killings. Earlier this month week foreign media were given partial access to the isolat- be the bloodiest chapter of Buddhist-majority Myanmar’s unidentified men dragged father-of-six Atthu Suwan from ed wedge of the northwestern state for the first time since years-long persecution of the Rohingya Muslims. the bed he was sharing with his wife in Maung Hnama vil- security forces launched a months-long operation to root The minority are widely reviled as illegal migrants from lage. They stabbed the 44-year-old, who occasionally worked as a translator for local officials, and carried his body into the darkness, his family and friends told reporters on the government-run press trip. “I haven’t even been able to eat since they took my son,” his elderly mother Moeyeyan Khatu said, her face etched with sadness. On Monday state media reported his body had been found abandoned in a nearby creek. “We are fearful it (the killings) will happen again,” his neighbour, 67- year-old Hanumyar, told AFP. The government blames the attacks on the self-styled Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), a newly formed Rohingya militant group. KARACHI: Pakistani rescue workers move the body of a The group denies any involvement, instead accusing victim from the rubble of a collapsed three storey the military in statements issued through an unverified building in a residential area. —AFP Twitter account. They do however claim the raids on police border posts last October. The raids sparked the months- Building in collapses, long “clearance operation” by the military which sent more killing at least 5 residents than 70,000 fleeing into Bangladesh. KARACHI: A dilapidated, three-storey building in a poorer Rohingya escapees shared harrowing accounts of secu- neighborhood of Pakistan’s port city of Karachi collapsed rity officers slaughtering babies, burning people alive and before dawn yesterday, killing at least five people and gang-raping women-abuses UN investigators said may injuring 14, a rescue and senior police official said. Several amount to crimes against humanity. The army denies the hours into the day, rescuers were still working and pulling claims and says its response was proportionate in the face more bodies from under the rubble, according to Rizwan of terrorist interlopers. But the crackdown sparked global Edhi, a top official for Pakistan’s largest private ambulance opprobrium and the UN has commissioned a fact-finding service, Edhi. “Rescuers are using heavy machinery with mission to probe the violence. utmost care as we can still hear voices of people trapped in the rubble,” he said. Up to two people were still believed to Rock and a hard place be trapped under the rubble. Myanmar has refused to cooperate with the probe, denying the investigators visas. Unable to leave because of travel restrictions and abject poverty, Rohingya villagers say they are trapped between an oppressive state and voids a marriage This photo taken on July 13, 2017 shows a Muslim family at Maung Hnama village, Buthidaung township in vengeful militants. Adding to the climate of fear, death after husband’s sex change Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state. —AFP threats and fatwas (Islamic religious rulings) have circulat- SINGAPORE: Singapore has voided the marriage of a out militants who attacked border police posts. Bangladesh, although many Rohingya families say their ed on social media aimed at anyone who dares to stand couple after the husband underwent a sex change, The UN wants to establish if that campaign amounted ancestors have lived in the area for generations. Now a against the militants, according to several analysts and making their partnership a same-sex union that con- to ethnic cleansing after accounts of mass rape, killing and new peril has emerged: scores of local men have been Rohingya sources. On the media visit, officials sought to travened the city-state’s laws, a report said yesterday. arson emerged from Rohingya who fled to neighboring abducted and murdered by unknown gangs of knife- play down the military’s campaign and the murders. Police The couple married as man and woman in 2015 but Bangladesh. For those left behind in the rattan-walled fron- wielding men, with state media reporting they are dressed Brigadier General San Lwin, chief of Rakhine’s state police, the husband underwent a sex change operation and tier villages the violence and insecurity is unrelenting, in black and often wearing masks. said some of the killings might relate to “personal grudges” updated his national identity card to read “female”. But locals told reporters, under the watch of Myanmar border Authorities say the assassins are targeting leaders from and not militancy. But locals say they are now frightened to when the unidentified couple tried to buy a govern- forces who steered the visit. the Muslim minority and anyone perceived to be a state take official posts in case they too become targets. A 35- ment-built apartment, they had to inform the authori- “Our husbands are on the run. They left us because they collaborator. They blame Rohingya militants for the mur- year-old Muslim man, recently appointed as a household ties. Married couples receive state grants for first-time are afraid of border guard police,” one Rohingya woman ders. International Crisis Group analyst Richard Horsey says head in Tinmay village, said his predecessor was killed in purchases of government apartments. The marriage told AFP, requesting anonymity for safety reasons. “They some 60 people may have been targeted in a “systematic” April after talking to local reporters. “I do not sleep at was voided several months later, making them ineligi- burned our house. We have no home and nothing to eat. campaign “to take out Muslims who are in some way con- home,” he added, requesting anonymity. “I sleep at a police ble to buy the apartment they wanted. Our husbands are hiding somewhere.” The large-scale mili- nected to, or perceived to be connected to, authorities”. outpost with security.” — AFP

Suspected rebels, Indian 547 boys were abused at soldier killed in Kashmir SRINAGAR: Two suspected rebels and an Indian soldier German Catholic choir were killed yesterday in disputed Kashmir along the de fac- to border with Pakistan, where the two sides traded fire for school: Investigator a second day. Army spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said Indian soldiers exchanged fire with unknown combatants MUNICH: At least 547 boys at a Georg Ratzinger, the elder broth- as they tried to cross the Line of Control (LoC) into Indian- German Catholic choir school suf- er of former pope Benedict XVI. administered Kashmir. “Two bodies and three weapons fered sexual or physical abuse in As head of the choir from 1964 were recovered from the site of the firing,” Kalia told AFP. In what victims have likened to to 1994, Georg Ratzinger could a separate incident an Indian soldier shot and killed his “prison, hell or a concentration be “blamed for looking the other senior officer at a frontier post in Uri following a dispute camp”, said an investigator releas- way and failing to intervene” on between the two, Kalia said. ing a final report yesterday on the physical violence, said Weber, one of the country’s worst such who added there was no evi- scandals. The Regensburger dence Ratzinger knew of the sex- leader challenges Domspatzen (“Cathedral ual violence. Ratzinger, 93, has Sparrows”), a 1,000-year-old denied knowledge and said that PM to attend 1MDB meet PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s former leader Mahathir cathedral choir in the southern the alleged sexual abuse was Mohamad urged the prime minister yesterday to state of Bavaria, was in 2010 “never discussed” while he ran attend a town hall meeting focusing on a massive dragged into the massive sexual the choir. Weber also charged financial scandal, heaping fresh pressure on the scan- abuse and paedophilia scandal that the Regensburg cardinal, Smoke and flames rise from a fire in the village of Podstrana, near the Adriatic coastal town of Split. —AFP dal-hit premier. The saga surrounding the 1MDB state plaguing the Catholic Church Gerhard Ludwig Mueller, had investment fund has rocked Prime Minister Najib around the world. failed to sufficiently clear up the Razak’s government, with claims the premier took part Many victims remembered the decades of abuse or engage in Wildfires rage in Europe in the alleged looting of huge sums from the fund. world-famous choir school in the dialogue with the victims. Mahathir, 92, has come out of retirement from politics, town of Regensburg as “the worst formed his own party and joined forces with his old time of their lives, marked by fear, ‘All made mistakes’ from to foe Anwar Ibrahim in an opposition alliance that aims violence and helplessness”, said Weber said the attacks were to unseat Najib at elections due by 2018. He has exco- lawyer Ulrich Weber, who was concentrated in the boarding ZAGREB: Firefighters battled to douse wildfires not known. In , authorities said a blaze in a riated Najib over 1MDB, saying that Malaysia is “con- commissioned two years ago by schools’ primary section, but also on the Adriatic coast of Croatia and Montenegro pine forest at a popular park outside Rome, now trolled by thieves”. the diocese to look into the cases. occurred in the secondary sec- yesterday, as blazes also raged in Italy, France and under control, was deliberately set and that a sus- Presenting his final report on tion. He said that 49 alleged per- Portugal. About a dozen wildfires had broken out pect has been arrested. But fires continue burn in abuses between 1945 and the petrators had been identified, but late Sunday in the villages surrounding Split, a southern Italy in parts of the Calabria region and Swiss couple found on glacier early 1990s, Weber said he had that they were not expected to popular tourist destination, but firefighters man- in the outskirts of Naples where one person died uncovered 67 cases of sexual face criminal charges as the aged to control the blaze on the outskirts of on Monday after falling off his roof where he 75 years after disappearance abuse and 500 cases of other alleged crimes took place too Croatia’s second largest city. went to look at how the forest fire was progress- GENEVA: A couple that disappeared in the Alps 75 years physical violence, with some for- long ago. Late Monday the fire spread to the suburbs of ing not far from his home. ago has been found preserved in a receding glacier, ending mer singers having fallen victim The known victims are now Split where a shopping centre had to be evacuat- Winds, high temperatures and dry conditions decades of uncertainty for their seven children. The bodies to both. expected to receive 20,000 euros ed and several cars were burned. The city waste prompted fires to break out the past several days were found lying near each other in the Diablerets massif ($23,000) each in compensation. dump caught fire, while the town was covered in southern France and the Mediterranean island in southern , along with backpacks, a bottle, a Rape, severe beatings The diocese apologized in a with thick black smoke, but the blaze was put of Corsica. More than 450 firefighters were still book and a watch. The head of the Glacier 3000 ski resort, This more than doubled the statement and said that “we all under control overnight. “It seems that the worst battling a forest fire at Castagniera, north of Nice, Bernard Tschannen, told Le Matin that the bodies were 231 reported abuse cases by made mistakes and we have is behind us ... Split has been saved,” mayor Andro which has destroyed some 100 hectares but found last Thursday. “It was a man and a woman wearing school clergy and educators learnt a lot”. Weber agreed in a Krstulovic Opara told HRT state-run television. appears not to be spreading further, authorities clothes from the last (world) war”, Tschannen was quoted Weber had uncovered through press conference that the diocese Local media reports however said some parts said. On Monday fire swept through around 200 as saying. “The ice preserved them perfectly and their interviews by January 2016, when had rectified organizational of Split were without electricity or water on hectares of scrubland near Bonifacio in southern belongings were intact”. he said victims had spoken of weaknesses, and that there was a Tuesday as Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic Corsica. On Europe’s Atlantic coast nearly 1,400 rape, sexual assaults, severe beat- “heightened awareness” about arrived to take stock of the situation. According firefighters supported by water-bombing planes ings and food deprivation. Weber, the past abuses. to initial estimates some 4,500 hectares of land, and helicopters have battled three major blazes 6.4 earthquake who was not able to speak with The abuse scandal is one of mostly pine forests, bushes and olive groves, in northern Portugal since Sunday. Civil protec- hits : UGS all former students, said he esti- several to have rocked the were destroyed. Houses were burned but there tion authorities say firefighters have managed to LIMA: A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck just off mated the true number of victims Catholic Church in recent years, were no casualties. mostly bring the fires under control and the Peru’s southern coast Monday, the US Geological at around 700. notably in where one In neighboring Montenegro, where the forest weather on Tuesday was cooperating as tempera- Survey said, with no immediate reports of injuries or The investigator pointed to a priest admitted sexually abusing fires forced the evacuation of more than a hun- tures dropped from 35 degrees Celsius (95 damage. The quake hit at approximately 9:05 pm local “culture of silence” that aimed to more than 100 children. Several dred campers on the Lustica peninsula, the situa- degrees Fahrenheit) to 30 C. time with a depth of 44 kilometers. It occurred some protect the reputation of the German institutions have also tion was slightly better yesterday. Fires however Last month Portugal battled a giant fire in the 220 kilometers west of Arequipa, Peru’s second most renowned choir of boys and been engulfed by the scandal, were still active in several municipalities further central region that raged for five days, killing 64 populous city. Though there was no initial evidence of young men that has made many including an elite Jesuit school inland but were all under control, an interior min- people and injuring more than 250, with many damage the tremor provoked alarm among Peruvians, recordings and performed in Berlin which admitted to sys- istry statement said. trapped in their cars by the flames. Following the with the Mayor of the southern town of Caraveli saying around the world. He placed part tematic sexual abuse of pupils tragedy, experts said Portugal is likely to see residents there had taken to the streets. “The tremor of the blame for the situation on by two priests in the 1970s and Under control more massive forest fires because the country is has been very strong here in Caraveli,” Mayor Santiago the school’s former choir master 1980s. — AFP The cause of the fires in the two countries at highly exposed to global warming’s climate-alter- Neyra said. “It has generated fear in the population.” the height of the summer tourist season is still ing impacts. — AFP WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 INTERNATIONAL Duterte seeks martial law extension in south Critics warn that country edging towards dictatorship MANILA: President Rodrigo Duterte Congress is to convene Saturday to wide martial law declaration, he will go for plans to extend martial law in the south- discuss an extension after Duterte met it,” Trillanes told AFP. The country’s constitu- ern Philippines to defeat Islamist mili- with its leaders late Monday, presidential tion allows the president to impose martial tants who have seized a major city, his spokesman Ernesto Abella told law for up to 60 days, as well as allowing administration said yesterday, as critics reporters. The president also asked authorities to detain suspects for up to warned the country could be edging Congress to suspend a constitutional three days without charges to suppress towards a dictatorship. Duterte had safeguard against warrantless arrests. invasion or rebellion. Beyond two months, imposed military rule for 60 days in the “This is not only a step back, but several the president can extend it “for a period to Mindanao region, home to 20 million steps back for our democracy,” opposi- be determined by the Congress”. people, after gunmen waving black tion lawmaker and prominent martial Islamic State flags occupied Marawi city law critic Edcel Lagman told AFP, calling ‘Extraordinary measure’ on May 23, triggering clashes that have Duterte’s request illegal. But Duterte’s allies dominate killed more than 550 people. Lagman and Senator Antonio Trillanes, Congress, and House Speaker Pantaleon While the military said at least 60 mili- a fellow critic, also warned of a potential Alvarez said yesterday he saw no obsta- tants continued to hold out against gov- repeat of human rights abuses under the cle to approving an extension. Duterte ernment forces nearly two months later, late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, whose 20- had initially consulted the military and critics expressed surprise by Duterte’s year rule was ended by a bloodless popu- police on extending martial rule. His request for a martial law extension until lar revolt in 1986. Trillanes, a retired naval spokesman would not say if the plan to December 31. “I have come to the conclu- officer, also accused Duterte of using mar- extend by five months was their idea. In sion that the existing rebellion in tial rule as preparation for installing a rev- May, Duterte said he had made the Mindanao which has prompted me to olutionary government that would allow move to stamp out an attempt by mili- issue (the martial law proclamation), will him to stay in office beyond his six-year tants, including foreign fighters, to not be quelled completely by 22nd July MANILA: Protesters hold placards to protest the extension of martial law on electoral mandate. “Once he feels that establish an IS caliphate on Philippine 2017,” Duterte said in a letter to Congress. Mindanao island in southern Philippines. —AP there is not enough opposition to a nation- territory. — AFP

Indonesian Islamists protest attempts to curb radicals JAKARTA: Conservative Islamic groups cumscribed in some countries, is estimat- protested yesterday in the capital of ed to have tens of thousands of members , the world’s most populous in Indonesia. Muslim nation, denouncing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s attempt to ban radical Major graft case organizations. Demonstrators from an Meanwhile, Indonesia’s anti-corruption alliance of Islamic groups waved flags and agency has named the country’s speaker held up banners calling the government of parliament as a suspect in a major graft tyrannical and repressive. The crowd, which scandal which is estimated to have swelled to an estimated 2,000 people, was siphoned around $170 million out of gov- divided into separate rows for men and ernment coffers. The Corruption women and was mostly peaceful, said Eradication Commission named house Jakarta police spokesman Argo Yuwono. speaker Setya Novanto as a suspect late A decree signed by Jokowi last week Monday in the giant graft case that has that amends a law regulating mass organi- also implicated other senior politicians, zations will give the government almost including the justice minister, ex-interior unfettered power to ban groups it deems minister and several governors. contrary to the country’s constitution. The head of the commission, Agus Parliament has one year to reject or Rahardjo, said Novanto “allegedly abused approve it. It is likely that Hizbut Tahrir, a his authority and position for personal group that campaigns for Indonesia to gain or for the interest of a corporation”. adopt Shariah law, is among the targets of Investigators allege that Novanto was the decree, with the government among many politicians who received announcing in May that it planned to ban kickbacks from funds earmarked for a gov- the organization. ernment project to issue new ID cards to “Jokowi’s anti-Islam decree is proof this the country’s 255 million inhabitants. “The is a dictatorial regime,” a rally coordinator, accusations are all untrue,” Novanto told a Kholilulloh Al-Habsyi, told the crowd from press conference yesterday. a truck. Rights groups have criticized the Indonesia’s special anti-corruption decree as a draconian and anti-democratic court has said that more than one-third of measure and say governments could easi- the 5.9 trillion rupiah ($443 million) fund ly abuse its power. Jokowi’s measure fol- was embezzled by a network of politicians lowed months of sectarian tensions in and businessmen in a scheme that Jakarta that shook the government and allegedly ran from 2009 to 2015. Novanto, undermined the country’s reputation for who is also the chairman of the ruling practicing a moderate form of Islam. coalition party Golkar, is the fourth sus- Hizbut Tahrir, along with groups such as pect announced in the case, which could the violent Islamic Defenders Front, was turn into a test of President Joko Widodo’s behind a series of massive protests in willingness to take a tough stance against Jakarta, the capital, against the city’s corruption since many of those implicated minority Christian governor, an ally of are government officials. Novanto was Jokowi who was accused of blaspheming previously named a suspect in another Islam. He subsequently lost a bid for re- corruption case which forced him to quit election to a Muslim candidate and was as speaker in 2015 when he was accused imprisoned for two years for blasphemy of extorting a stake from US mining giant despite prosecutors downgrading the Freeport-McMoRan in exchange for charge to a lesser offense. Hizbut, a global extending the company’s right to operate organization that is already banned or cir- in the archipelago. —Agencies

JAKARTA: Indonesian Muslims gather during a rally. —AFP Macron puts France top of ‘soft power’ rankings PARIS: France has leapfrogged the United “With Macron having long campaigned for States and Britain as the world’s top so- cooperation and integration, it is not called soft power, helped by the election of unreasonable to expect France’s global President Emmanuel Macron, a study of engagement and influence to grow.” countries’ non-military global influence France also remains the world’s top showed yesterday. tourist destination, the report said. The ter- While France has risen, Donald Trump’s ror attacks that have cost the lives of more ascent to the White House has seen the US than 230 people since 2015 “have not slip from the top last year to third place in stopped tourists flocking to France and the Soft Power 30 study, compiled by PR enjoying its rich cultural offering, , company Portland Communications and and lifestyle,” the report says. The top five the University of Southern California. Soft countries by order are France, Britain, US, power measures a country’s ability to Germany and Canada. has risen to secure international alliances and influence sixth place from seventh, Switzerland is others through its attraction and appeal. seventh and slips to eighth. The study uses polling in 25 countries The survey attributes the US decline-it and digital data to measure a country’s has slipped from first last year to third-to a influence. It takes into account factors such deterioration of “global sentiment” as a as the ability of countries to attract foreign result of Trump’s “America First” policy. The students to its universities and tourists, as US was still “unrivalled” in higher education, well as its cultural allure. France’s rapid rise technological innovation and the produc- from fifth place last year, when it was in the tion of film, music and TV, it pointed out. doldrums under unpopular ex-president Meanwhile, the report’s authors warn that Francois Hollande, is partly due to the cen- Britain’s fall-it was top of the rankings last trist Macron’s election in May. But the coun- year-”should serve as a warning of what is try’s diplomatic reach also played a key role. likely to come for post-Brexit British influ- “France’s greatest strength lies in its vast ence”. With negotiations under way for diplomatic network,” the study says. “It is Britain to leave the European Union within unrivalled in terms of membership to mul- two years, the report says: “It is hard to imag- tilateral and international organisations, as ine the direction of travel for British soft pow- well as in its diplomatic cultural missions. er... will be upwards in the future.” — AFP WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 ANALYSIS

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Focus Could it be Kasowitz is actually voice of restraint for Trump?

By Alison Frankel

ver the weekend, Axios and Bloomberg ran stories about a shakeup in President Donald OTrump’s legal team, reporting that longtime Trump lawyer Marc Kasowitz of Kasowitz Benson Torres is expected to play a diminished role as the president responds to investigations of his campaign’s ties to Russia. Kasowitz spokesman Mark Corallo told me in an email on Monday that the Axios and Bloomberg stories are incorrect and that Kasowitz remains the head of Trump’s outside legal team. Kasowitz’s role as outside counsel is distinct from that of newly-hired special counsel Ty Cobb. Cobb will work from within the administration to coordinate its response to Russia inquiries. Kasowitz has savored and even promoted his reputation as Donald Trump’s legal pit bull, a lawyer as pugnacious as his most famous client. When Trump needed a lawyer during Officials fume as Philip Morris eyes youth the campaign to threaten the New York Times with lit- igation, after the newspaper published accounts of K Arora spent more than three years World Health Organization estimates that tobacco products are clearly and categori- several people in this group, including women who claimed Trump had sexually harassed trudging through the Indian summer tobacco-related diseases cost the country cally permitted,” ITC said in response to Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, them, Kasowitz was his man. Sheat and monsoon rains to inspect about $16 billion annually. questions from Reuters. Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda, and When the president wanted to counter testimony tobacco kiosks across this sprawling Philip Morris is not alone in using mar- Arora, however, said all advertising is pro- Amit Shah, president of the ruling by fired FBI director James Comey, he had Kasowitz megacity, tearing down cigarette adver- keting methods that Indian officials say are hibited - “There are no two ways about it,” he Bharatiya Janata Party. Modi and the other announce plans to file a Justice Department com- tisements and handing out fines to store illegal. The country’s largest cigarette mak- insisted - but he can’t start legal proceed- politicians didn’t respond to requests for plaint against Comey. It may be hard to think of owners for putting them up. But as fast as er, ITC Ltd, uses similar tactics, such as ings until getting further guidance from the comment. Philip Morris International also Kasowitz, who relishes his tough-guy reputation, as a he removed the colorful ads, more advertising at kiosks. British American federal government. He has yet to receive an didn’t comment on the plan. force of moderation. But if you look at the record of appeared. The chief tobacco control officer Tobacco Plc and Indian state-run compa- answer. Federal health officials say in inter- the client relationship between Trump and Kasowitz, at the Delhi state government, Arora asked nies have large, passive stakes in ITC, which views that the ads are out of bounds. Amal Marlboro Parties there’s a notable streak of restraint. Trump and the major cigarette companies to put a controls about 80 percent of the market. Pusp, a director for tobacco control at the The tobacco giant’s efforts to fend off Kasowitz, for instance, never followed through with stop to the cat-and-mouse routine. In offi- Tobacco-control officer Arora, a short, mus- health ministry, told Reuters that “there is no anti-smoking steps have had limited impact libel suits against the Times - or against any other cial letters and face-to-face meetings, he tachioed man with a gruff demeanor, sent a confusion”: All advertisements - inside and so far. Last year, for instance, India ordered news organization in the last 30 years. (Kasowitz did told them India’s tobacco control laws letter to Philip Morris and other tobacco outside shops - are illegal. manufacturers to cover 85 percent of the represent Trump in his unsuccessful libel suit against barred such public advertising and promo- companies in mid-April, giving them until surface of cigarette packs with health warn- Trump biographer Timothy O’Brien and O’Brien’s book tion of cigarettes. the end of the month to remove all adver- ‘Innocent Minds’ ings, up from 20 percent. The rule, which is publisher.) That included the Indian arm of Philip tisements. “Legal action will be initiated The 2003 law allows tobacco companies still being challenged in a state court by the Nor did Kasowitz file the threatened DOJ complaint Morris International Inc, the world’s largest against the company” if it did not comply, to advertise at shops, but subsequent rules tobacco industry, including Philip Morris’ against Comey. According to Bloomberg, the Trump publicly traded tobacco company. Early last he wrote in the letters, copies of which issued by the government prohibit it. In India partner, was implemented by order of team decided the wiser was to stop attacking year, Arora said, he met with a Philip Morris were reviewed by Reuters. 2004, India became one of the first coun- the Supreme Court. Marlboro has just a 1.4 the integrity of the Russia investigation being con- director for corporate affairs in India, a man tries to ratify the World Health percent share of the almost $10 billion ciga- ducted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. In fact, the named R Venkatesh, and told him the signs Cigarette Raid Organization’s Framework Convention on rette market in India. The industry is domi- New York Times has been reporting that the president were an unequivocal violation of Indian A day after Arora’s deadline passed, he Tobacco Control (FCTC) treaty. The pact has nated by ITC, which has a strong grip on dis- is chafing under Kasowitz’s advice to keep quiet on law. Like other tobacco companies, Philip and his team conducted a raid in an afflu- 181 members and contains a raft of anti- tributors and retailers. Twitter and elsewhere about the Russia case - advice Morris kept up its ad blitz. ent area of cafes and coffee shops in New smoking provisions, including tobacco tax- One major method Philip Morris is almost every defense lawyer would endorse. Venkatesh says Philip Morris is doing Delhi that showed his letters did not have es, warning labels on cigarette packs and deploying to gain ground, the marketing nothing wrong. In response to questions the desired effect. On that hot afternoon in advertising bans. The country enacted its documents show, is the free distribution of Early Battles from Reuters, he said the company’s adver- May, the team cut down about a dozen national tobacco control law the year cigarettes at bars and nightclubs - known The best example of Kasowitz’s relatively meas- tising is “compliant with Indian law” and advertisements for Marlboro and various before ratifying the FCTC, and since then as Legal Age Meeting Points, or LAMPs, in ured approach to litigation for Trump may be an enor- that Philip Morris has “fully cooperated with ITC brands. As word of the raid spread, wor- the government has added rules to company jargon. The hiring of young mous case Kasowitz handled early in his relationship the enforcement authorities” on the matter. ried vendors covered their ads with news- strengthen the law in line with FCTC treaty women and men to work at these gather- with the president. In a prolonged battle against But Indian government officials say Philip papers or took them down. provisions. ings is outsourced to event management Hong Kong real estate partners whom Trump accused Morris is using methods that flout the One kiosk owner, Rakesh Kumar Jain, The health ministry published rules in companies, according to people with of underpricing West Side real estate, Trump replaced nation’s tobacco-control regulations. These removed his Marlboro ads before Arora’s 2005 that banned any display of brand knowledge of the gatherings. Some of the Kasowitz after he lost a key motion. Once Kasowitz include tobacco shop displays as well as the team arrived. Jain said the signs had been names, pack images or promotional mes- recruiting takes place online. “Hey girls...We was out, Trump pursued tactics so aggressive that free distribution of Marlboro - the world’s put up by Philip Morris representatives. In sages. The rule specified that tobacco are searching A++ Hot & Gorgeous girls for they nearly cost him and Kasowitz’s replacement a best-selling cigarette brand - at nightclubs return, he said, he received free cigarettes retailers could only display a 60-by-45 cen- the Marlboro pub activity...Pay: sanction finding. and bars frequented by young people. each month worth about 2,000 rupees timeter board, roughly 24 by 18 inches. The 2000/day...Work: Promotion in clubs in The litigation stemmed from a 1994 deal in which In internal documents, Philip Morris (about $30). Jain knew that putting up the sign can have a description of the type of Delhi,” read one post on a Facebook public tobacco products sold - such as cigarettes Trump sold a 70 percent majority interest in residen- International is explicit about targeting the posters was illegal, but they helped group in June last year. There was no com- tial-zoned real estate in midtown Manhattan, along country’s youth. A key goal is “winning the pany name attached to the ad. hearts and minds of LA-24,” those between At several parties attended by Reuters in the Hudson River waterfront, to a consortium of Hong legal age, 18, and 24, according to one slide Delhi and Mumbai, young women dressed Kong billionaires. They maintained the property for 11 in a 2015 commercial review presentation. in the colors of the latest Marlboro variant years, then reached a deal to sell it in 2005 to a joint As with the point-of-sale ads at kiosks, pub- handed out packs of cigarettes. During one venture of the Carlyle Group and Extell Development lic health officials say that giving away ciga- party at a nightclub in a Delhi hotel, a Company. The sale price was $1.76 billion, at the time rettes is a violation of India’s Cigarettes and young woman walked around with a tablet the highest publicly-disclosed amount ever paid for Other Tobacco Products Act and its accom- showing an ad that highlighted Marlboro residential property in New York. panying rules. features. A television screen played a video Trump insisted it wasn’t enough. Represented by Philip Morris’ marketing strategy for promoting the brand: “For trendsetters, for Kasowitz, he sued in both federal and state court, India, which relies heavily on kiosk advertis- forward thinkers, a smooth and balanced offering evidence that New York developers, including ing and social events, is laid out in hundreds smoking experience.” Trump friend Richard LeFrak, might have paid $3 bil- of pages of internal documents reviewed by In many ways, it was right out of the lion for the property. The case ended up being litigat- Reuters that cover the period from 2009 to Philip Morris 1990s playbook. The ed in state court before New York State Supreme 2016. In them, Philip Morris presents these American Journal of Public Health study, Court Justice Richard Lowe. Trump asserted both promotions as key marketing activities. In drawing on previously secret industry doc- direct and derivative claims, alleging among other recent years, they have helped to more than uments, found that Philip Morris ran bar things that certain of the Hong Kong majority part- quadruple Marlboro’s market share in India, promotions in 1990 using racing jackets, ners had received kickbacks in exchange for agreeing where the company is battling to expand its and added “neon message boards and to undervalue the property. reach in the face of an entrenched local cocktail trays” in 1991. The study described Judge Lowe put enough early credence in Trump’s giant. Reuters is publishing a selection of methods for collecting names for a compa- side of the story to issue an order attaching $1 billion those documents in a searchable repository, ny database “to generate smoker profiles, in proceeds from any sale of the property. But the The Philip Morris Files. direct mailing campaigns, and conduct judge eventually came to believe the Hong Kong improve sales, he said. About a dozen kiosk or chewing tobacco - but cannot include telephone research studies after the bar partners had sold at a fair price. In 2006, he dismissed ‘Within Walking Distance’ owners interviewed by Reuters said that any brand advertising and must carry a events”. At the parties in India, people who all of Trump’s claims except for a request to examine The company’s goal is to make sure that tobacco companies paid them a monthly large health warning. took the Marlboro packs were asked their his majority partners’ books and records. Up to that “every adult Indian smoker should be able fee for advertisements and product dis- The health ministry’s rules were chal- names, ages and preferred brands. Philip point, with Kasowitz representing Trump, the litiga- to buy Marlboro within walking distance,” plays, with the amount determined by fac- lenged in court by a group of cigarette dis- Morris calls this distribution of free ciga- tion had been fierce but not outside the bounds of according to another 2015 strategy docu- tors such as location, volume of business tributors and put on hold by a state-level rettes “sampling”, which it says in an inter- ment. In targeting young adults, Philip nal document is allowed under the law. convention. and type of promotional material. In pay- High Court for seven years. They finally Morris is deploying a promotional strategy came into force in 2013 on orders of India’s After Trump lost the 2006 dismissal motion, how- ment receipts seen by Reuters, Philip Morris’ that it and other tobacco companies used Supreme Court. The High Court had over- Brief Respite ever, he replaced Kasowitz with his appellate counsel, India unit promised to pay 500 Indian in the United States decades ago. A study rupees ($7.50) a month to a cigarette seller looked the fact that advertisement of The company has spent millions of dol- Jay Goldberg. With Kasowitz out of the case, the litiga- published in the American Journal of Public tobacco products “will attract younger gen- lars on these activities. In 2014, for exam- tion skipped well beyond those bounds. — Reuters with a small roadside kiosk in New Delhi for Health in 2002 found that during the 1990s, putting up Marlboro ads. The receipts were eration and innocent minds, who are not ple, Philip Morris estimated it spent $1.6 “tobacco industry sponsorship of bars and signed by a company representative. aware of grave and adverse consequences million on LAMP events and sampling at nightclubs increased dramatically, accom- During the raid, fines were issued to of consuming such products,” the Supreme kiosks in India, according to the 2015 com- All articles appearing on these pages are panied by cigarette brand paraphernalia, some vendors, many of them repeat offend- Court said in its ruling. mercial review presentation. The company advertisements, and entertainment events ers, and they were threatened with court Philip Morris has lobbied against the planned to use LAMPs in 2015 to generate the personal opinion of the writers. Kuwait in bars and clubs.” action if the ads went up again. Like Philip passing of stricter tobacco control rules by 30,000 “trials,” or samplings of cigarettes. Times takes no responsibility for views With cigarette sales declining in many Morris, ITC says that it is in full compliance the Indian government. In documents And it planned to generate another countries, Philip Morris has identified India, with India’s 2003 tobacco control law. If it detailing the company’s plans for the bien- 500,000 trials that year through sampling expressed therein. Kuwait Times invites population 1.3 billion, as a market with wasn’t, the company said in a statement to nial FCTC treaty convention in India last at cigarette shops and kiosks, according to readers to voice their opinions. Please send opportunity for significant growth. “India Reuters, then “the relevant government November, Prime Minister Narendra Modi the 2015 strategy document. The company remains a high potential market with huge authorities would have initiated action”. emerges as a prime target. A key goal: to instructs employees to watch their words. submissions via email to: opinion@kuwait- upside with cigarette market still in infan- Since Arora’s threat of legal action in pre-empt Modi from taking “extreme anti- An undated training manual for market cy,” says a 2014 internal document. April, there are fewer Philip Morris adver- tobacco measures” before delegates were researchers says: “Do not say this is a ‘PRO- times.net or via snail mail to PO Box 1301 According to government data, India has tisements outside cigarette shops in the to gather from around the world for the MOTION’ or ‘ADVERTISING’.” Safat, Kuwait. The editor reserves the right about 100 million smokers. Of those, about capital. But both Philip Morris and ITC say treaty meeting, according to a 2014 corpo- Indian health ministry officials say that two-thirds smoke traditional hand-rolled that advertising inside a shop is allowed. rate affairs PowerPoint presentation. anyone who hands out free cigarettes, to edit any submission as necessary. cigarettes. Tobacco use kills more than “Advertisements of tobacco products at the The company planned to gain Modi’s whatever the circumstances, is breaking 900,000 people a year in India, and the entrance and inside the shops selling ear through those close to him. It identified the law. — Reuters NEWS WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 Uber-style app ‘Careem’ goes off beaten track in West Bank

RAMALLAH: Careem, a Middle Eastern Careem, which launched in 2012 and captured those areas in the 1967 rival to Uber, has become the first now operates in 12 countries and Middle East war. It withdrew from Gaza ride-hailing firm to operate in the more than 80 cities across the Middle in 2005, but still occupies the West Israeli-occupied West Bank. Dubai- East, Africa, and South Asia, has said it Bank and East Jerusalem. Under inter- based Careem, whose name is a play aims to provide work for one million im peace accords, Israel still controls 60 on the Arabic word for generous or people across the region by 2018. percent of the West Bank, where most noble, launched in Ramallah in June, of its settlements are located. Careem’s aiming to bring digital simplicity to Careem’s Captains drivers have Palestinian license plates, the Palestinian territory. There is cer- While a version of Uber and Israeli meaning they usually cannot enter tainly a market for easier ride-hailing app Gett already operate in Israel, they Israeli-controlled areas. among the nearly 3 million do not venture into Palestinian territo- In 2015, Israel and the Palestinian Palestinians living in the West Bank, ry. Drivers are excited to work with Authority agreed to expand 3G but the fact the mobile network is still Careem, which they hope will help mobile access to the West Bank by A man looks at the setting sun on Monday near Hanover in northern Germany. — AFP 2G, that electronic payments are not boost their incomes, especially with 2016, but have yet to implement the the norm and that Israeli checkpoints unemployment in the West Bank run- agreement. In the meantime, the are common, make using the service ning at nearly 20 percent. “It’s a very Ramallah municipality has set up Saudi woman in online miniskirt video... somewhat cumbersome. wonderful opportunity,” said one of the public Wi-Fi in parts of the city cen- Yet Careem is optimistic about the more than 100 new drivers, known as ter, allowing Apps like Careem to be Continued from Page 1 required to wear long black abaya robes and cover their potential. “We are planning to invest “captains” by Careem. “Most of the peo- used more easily. Despite 2G’s slower hair in public. hundreds of thousands of dollars ple who use it are young and happy service, Zinaty said their model was and had confessed to visiting the site with her male Many have come to the defense of the young woman, within the coming year in the with the price.” an opportunity for telecommunica- guardian. Saudi Arabia’s guardianship system mandates pointing out the privileges afforded to Western women (Palestinian) sector,” Kareem Zinaty, Palestinians have limited self-rule in tion companies to look into expand- accompaniment by or written permission from a male by Saudi authorities. US First Lady Melania Trump and operations manager for the Levant parts of the West Bank, which they ing services and technologies to bet- relative - usually a father, husband or brother - for women Ivanka Trump, daughter of the president, did not cover region said. “After the investment, it is want for a future state alongside East ter serve Palestinian startups and to study, work or travel. The woman denied that she had their hair when they visited Saudi Arabia in May. “If it also an opportunity to create jobs.” Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. Israel businesses. — Reuters uploaded the clips and that the Snapchat account was were Trump’s daughter, we would have braced ourselves hers, the spokesman said. for the flood of compliments and love poems,” read one The case has now been referred to the public prosecu- tweet. “Problem solved,” tweeted Shahd bint Fahd along- US healthcare reform collapses tor’s office, which will decide whether to prosecute the side a picture of the model with Ivanka Trump’s face woman. The local government of Riyadh had issued a superimposed over the original. Others expressed out- Continued from Page 1 That would seem to leave McConnell with an option memo saying authorities were searching for the woman rage and derided those speaking out in support of the he described last month - negotiating with Senate who had been “walking around... in indecent clothing”. model. “These are the demands of the liberal ignorant that essentially waved a white flag. It was the second Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. That would likely be on The clips have sparked heated debate, with social media community: a naked woman, a co-ed movie theatre, and stinging setback on the issue in three weeks for a narrower package aimed more at keeping insurers in users in the region and beyond weighing in on questions music and dance. That’s progress to them! Not health McConnell, whose reputation as a legislative mastermind difficult marketplaces they’re either abandoning or of gender and rights in the kingdom, where women are care and not education,” read one tweet. — AFP has been marred as he’s failed to unite his chamber’s imposing rapidly growing premiums. “The core of this bill Republicans behind a health overhaul package that’s is unworkable,” Schumer said in a statement. He said highlighted jagged divides between conservatives and Republicans “should start from scratch and work with moderates. In late June, he abandoned an initial package Democrats on a bill that lowers premiums, provides long- MP Hayef demands official statement over... after he lacked enough GOP support to pass. term stability to the markets and improves our health The episode has also been jarring for Trump, whose care system.” between two and 15 years in jail. Two were acquitted Continued from Page 1 intermittent lobbying and nebulous, often contradictory Similar to legislation the House approved in May after and three others, including the Iranian, remain at descriptions of what he’s wanted have shown he has lim- its own setbacks, McConnell’s bill would repeal Obama’s Members of the cell, consisting of 25 Kuwaitis and large. Hayef said that he remained silent for a long ited clout with senators. That despite a determination by tax penalties on people who don’t buy coverage and cut one Iranian, have been convicted of hiding large quan- time until the final verdicts were issued, and now after Trump, McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan to the Medicaid program for the poor, elderly and nursing tities of arms and ammunition including explosives, the ruling was passed, the ministry must inform peo- demonstrate that a GOP running the White House and home residents. It rolled back many of the statute’s having links with Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah and ple about the measures it has taken or plans to take Congress can govern effectively. Now, McConnell said, requirements for the policies insurers can sell and elimi- plotting attacks in Kuwait. The main suspect was sen- against the members, especially those who have the Senate would vote on a measure the GOP-run nated many tax increases that raised money for Obama’s tenced to life, while 20 others were sentenced to allegedly fled the country. Congress approved in 2015, only to be vetoed by Obama expansion to 20 million more people, though it retained - a bill repealing much of Obama’s statute, with a two- the law’s tax boosts on high earners. year delay designed to give lawmakers time to enact a Besides Lee and Moran, two other GOP senators had US sanctions Iran despite nuclear deal... replacement. Trump embraced that idea last month after previously declared their opposition to McConnell’s bill: Continued from Page 1 rorism and other issues. Zarif said that for the United an initial version of McConnell’s bill collapsed due under moderate Maine Sen Susan Collins and conservative States “it’s more important to maintain the sanctions Republican divisions, and did so again late Monday. Rand Paul of Kentucky. And other moderates were waver- parliament also agreed yesterday to allot a similar that remain” on Iran “rather than remove the sanctions “Republicans should just REPEAL failing ObamaCare ing and could have been difficult for McConnell and amount to the Revolutionary Guards’ foreign operations that have been lifted”. As a result, he said, the Office of now & work on a new Healthcare Plan that will start from Trump to win over because of the bill’s Medicaid cuts: wing, the Quds Force, accused by Washington of Foreign Asset Control “has been reluctant to provide a clean slate. Dems will join in!” Trump tweeted. But the Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski, Cory Gardner of Colorado, Rob fomenting unrest across the region. straightforward answers to those who want to do busi- prospects for approving a clean repeal bill followed by Portman of Ohio, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia The Pentagon has also repeatedly voiced concern ness with Iran because it was worried that a straight-for- work on replacement legislation, even with Trump ready and Dean Heller of Nevada, probably the most endan- over a string of high-profile incidents in waters off Iran ward answer would undermine the sanctions” that to sign it, seemed shaky. Trump and party leaders had gered Senate Republican in next year’s elections. involving Iranian vessels. It has accused the haven’t been lifted. started this year embracing that strategy, only to aban- The range of objections lodged by the dissident sena- Revolutionary Guards of conducting risky maneuvers Zarif said this “creates the impression in Iran that the don it when it seemed incapable of passing Congress, tors underscored the warring viewpoints within his own around US warships in the Gulf, some of which resulted United States’ hostility toward Iran will never end.” But he with many Republicans worried it would cause insurance party that McConnell had to try patching over. Lee com- in the Americans firing warning shots. “These sanctions left open the possibility of changing that perception, market and political chaos because of uncertainty that plained that the GOP bill didn’t go far enough in rolling target procurement of advanced military hardware, such saying: “I think that can be remedied.” Responding to a they would approve substitute legislation. back Obama’s robust coverage requirements, while mod- as fast attack boats and unmanned aerial vehicles, and question about whether Iran has received any signals McConnell’s failed bill would have left 22 million unin- erates like Collins berated its Medicaid cuts and the mil- send a strong signal that the United States cannot and from the Trump administration, positive or negative, sured by 2026, according to the nonpartisan lions it would leave without insurance. McConnell’s will not tolerate Iran’s provocative and destabilizing Zarif said: “We receive contradictory signals. So we don’t Congressional Budget Office, a number that many revised version aimed to satisfy both camps, by incorpo- behavior,” said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. know which one to interpret in what way. But it’s very Republicans found unpalatable. But the vetoed 2015 rating language by Sen Ted Cruz of Texas allowing insur- Washington is also concerned about the fate of Xiyue clear that Iran is serious about the nuclear deal and we measure would be even worse, the budget office said last ers to sell skimpy plans alongside more robust ones, and Wang, a 37-year-old Chinese-American researcher at believe that the nuclear deal can lay the foundation, not January, producing 32 million additional uninsured peo- by adding tens of billions of dollars to treat opioid addic- Princeton University who was recently sentenced to 10 the ceiling.” ple by 2026 - figures that seemed likely to drive a stake tion and to defray consumer costs. His efforts did not years in Iranian prison. Zarif said he had no communication with Secretary of into that bill’s prospects for passing Congress. achieve the intended result. — AP While the US complained about Iran’s defiance of the State Rex Tillerson, in stark contrast to his predecessor spirit of the nuclear accord, Iranian Foreign Minister John Kerry, with whom Zarif negotiated the ground- Erdogan to visit Kuwait, Gulf Mohammad Javad Zarif said he would make his own breaking nuclear deal. “It doesn’t mean there can’t be. complaints about US non-compliance when representa- The possibilities for engagement... have always been Continued from Page 1 Qataris studying in Egypt will be exempt from having to tives of the five nuclear powers - , Russia, France, open,” said Zarif in New York, where he was attending a apply for a visa, he added. Britain, the United States - plus Germany meet in Vienna UN forum on development. He said he was willing to dis- Meanwhile, Egypt will end visa-free entry for Qatari Sources at Cairo International Airport told on Friday to take stock of the deal. Zarif accused the cuss Wang’s case “on humanitarian grounds” but stressed nationals with some exceptions, the Egyptian Foreign Reuters the decision would be implemented from Trump administration of failing to lift sanctions in line that Iran’s courts were independent of the government. Ministry said on Monday, the latest measure taken tomorrow, which the Qatari Foreign Ministry later with the deal. Zarif said the International Atomic Energy Trump and his top security officials have always taken against Doha. “It does not make sense to keep making confirmed on Twitter. Foreign workers make up Agency, “which is hardly a sympathizer for Iran,” has veri- a tough line on Iran: His defense secretary, Jim Mattis, exceptions for Qatar and giving it privileges in light of around 1.6 million of Qatar’s 2.5 million population, fied its compliance with the agreement. fought Iranian-backed militias during the US occupation its current positions,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman and hundreds of thousands of them are Egyptians, The key issue with the US, he said, is over sanctions of Iraq while serving as a Marine general, and memories Ahmed Abu Zeid. Qatari nationals will now have to making them one of the biggest foreign contingents against Iran that the agreement requires to be lifted and are still fresh of Hezbollah’s attack on the Marine Corps apply for a visa in order to enter Egypt. Qatari nationals in the Gulf country. So far no action has been taken the sanctions that remain on Iran over human rights, ter- barracks in Lebanon in 1983.— Agencies with Egyptian mothers, those married to Egyptians, and against them. — Agencies

WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 SPORTS

Barca ‘200%’ certain Boro smash club transfer Trippier pens Neymar will stay record for Assombalonga new Spurs deal

BARCELONA: Barcelona vice-president Jordi Mestre insisted yesterday that LONDON: Middlesbrough have broken their transfer record to sign LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur defender Kieran Trippier has signed a Brazilian star Neymar will be staying in despite rumours linking him with a striker Britt Assombalonga from second-tier Championship rivals new five-year deal, the Premier League club announced yesterday. The move to Paris Saint-Germain. Asked during a press conference if he could con- Nottingham Forest for a fee in the region of £14 million (15.8 million full-back, who made his international debut in the friendly firm Neymar would remain at Barca ahead of the 2017-18 season, Mestre replied: euros, $18.2 million). Boro, who were relegated from the Premier defeat to France in June, will remain with Spurs until the summer of “200 percent”. Reports in Spain have suggested PSG are looking to lure the 25- League last season, are believed to have met a buyout clause in the 2022. “We are delighted to announce that Kieran Trippier has year-old to the Parc des Princes after snapping up Neymar’s interna- 24-year-old’s contract. Assombalonga scored 14 goals in 33 games signed a new contract with the club,” Tottenham said on tional teammate Dani Alves on a free transfer. “PSG want to finalise for a struggling Forest side last term and had also attracted the their website. Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino signed the signing of Neymar this summer”, wrote Catalan daily Sport, while interest of Burnley, but Boro have got their man after outbidding Trippier from Burnley in June 2015, and the 26-year-old the Madrid-based AS newspaper led with the headline “Neymar flirts the Premier League club. The fee surpasses the £12.7 million paid by has made 41 appearances over two seasons, establishing with PSG”. PSG are reportedly attempting to take advantage of himself as the club’s first-choice right-back towards the the north-east club to Dutch side Heerenveen for Brazilian striker Neymar’s desire to step out of Lionel Messi’s shadow, with the French end of last season. Trippier’s new contract comes just days Afonso Alves in January 2008. “I can’t wait to get started and train club prepared to build a team around the Brazil forward. “In the after Tottenham sold another England right-back Kyle background of Neymar’s annoyance there’s always a con- with the boys,” Assombalonga told Middlesbrough’s club website. Walker to Manchester City for a fee that could cern, which has to do with his role in the team and his wish “There’s a good feeling around the place. From the minute I walked reportedly rise to £54 million ($70 million, 61 mil- to become a leader,” wrote Sport. — AFP in it felt right.” —AFP lion euros). — AFP

CYCLING Road to Tour salvation starts

LE PUY-EN-VELAY: Le Puy en Velay is With the top riders largely neutralising the starting point of the ‘Via Podiensis’ each other on the toughest climbs, it has pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in been elsewhere that they have had to Spain but it will see off the Tour de look to try to make small gains. And France peloton on the road to yellow jer- Italian Fabio Aru, who held the yellow sey glory. On paper, the 165km 16th jersey for two days last week before relin- stage to Romans sur Isere should be one quishing it back to Froome when he was for sprint king Marcel Kittel to claim a caught out by the lightning fast run-in to remarkable sixth victory this year. But for Rodez on Saturday, believes the con- the overall contenders, including race tenders are going to have to get creative. leader Chris Froome, there are potential “In my opinion, you have to be inven- perils. tive on the bike. You can come up with With less than 30 seconds separating all the possible tactics but it’s in the race the top four and another three riders that you find out if you’ve got the legs or within a further 90 seconds, this is the not,” said the Astana leader, second over- tightest Tour race in years. From all at 18sec. Following Monday’s second Wednesday, two daunting Alpine moun- rest day it promises to be a fast start out tain stages loom but for Ireland’s Dan of the beautiful, historic and UNESCO Martin, the biggest dangers lurk else- World Heritage Site of Le Puy en Velay, where on this year’s enthralling Grand known for its Notre Dame de Boucle. l’Annonciation Cathedral, Corneille rock “Anything can happen in the Tour. If and Notre Dame de France statue of the you have a bad day, especially with the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus. It’s relatively potential for crosswinds (on Tuesday) short at 165km and pretty lumpy to start BUDAPEST: Members of gold medal winner Team Russia pose with their medals during the awarding ceremony of women’s team technical final and on Friday, the Tour could be decided with, which should encourage strong routine competition of FINA Swimming World Championships 2017 in the City Park, in Budapest, Hungary, yesterday. — AP on the flat, similar to Rodez (stage 14) breakaway riders. rather than in the mountains where But the sprinter’s teams, especially everybody expected it to be decided,” Kittel’s Quick-Step, will want to control SWIMMING said the 30-year-old Quick-Step rider, the break to set up their man for the lying fifth at 1min 12sec. sprint finish. He’s been almost unbeat- “You have to be concentrated until able in that department this year and his the finish and so far I’m really proud of rivals such as Andre Greipel and Russian team claims gold in the way I’ve ridden in terms of the focus Alexander Kristoff will need soe divine and concentration I’ve maintained since inspiration if they are to steal a march on the start.” the German powerhouse. —AFP synchronized swimming again

BUDAPEST: Russia won its sixth straight Chigireva and Shurochkina equaled Daria Budapest from seven events, was the 21-year- GOLF women’s team technical synchronized swim- Korobova’s three gold medals in this event. Only old Chen’s second world 10m synchro gold. “We ming title for its fourth gold medal of the world Russian compatriots Aleksandra Patskevich, Alla are glad to win with this new formation. There championships yesterday. The team of Maria Shishkina and Angelika Timanina have more were strong pairs, so we should be delighted Shurochkina, Veronika Kalinina, Daria Bayandina, with four. with this result,” said Chen, who switched part- Rose looks to recreate Anastasia Bayandina, Maryna Goliadkina, Darina Meanwhile, Chinese duo and ner to Yang, 19, after winning gold in Rio last Valitova, Polina Komar, Vlada Chigireva per- cruised to gold in the men’s synchro- year with . magic of ‘98 at Birkdale formed last and maintained the team’s unbeaten nised 10m platform at the world aquatics cham- The 2013 world champions from Germany, record in the event with 96.0109 points. pionships in Budapest on Monday. Patrick Hausding and , who finished SOUTHPORT: After Justin Rose finished even before I finished fourth here as an Chinese swimmers Wang Qianyi, Wang Liuyi, The duo scored perfect 10s in the six-dive second behind the Chinese duo at all four FINA fourth in the British Open at Royal Birkdale amateur, I got to final qualifying at the age Guo Li, Xiao Yanning, Tang Mengni, Feng Yu, final, earning 498.48 points, well ahead of World Series meets this season, came third as a 17-year-old amateur in 1998, it seemed of 14 and created a bit of a story then. Liang Xinping and Yin Chengxin claimed silver Russian pair Aleksandr Bondar and Viktor (440.82). Britons Thomas Daley and Daniel inevitable that he would soon go on to win “It’s definitely been a championship that with 94.2165, followed by Japan on 93.1690 for Minibaev on 458.85 points. Goodfellow, Olympic bronze medallists in Rio, the Claret Jug. But he returns to the I’ve had great moments in. And to win it its first medal of the championships. The title, China’s fifth gold so far in finished fourth (418.02). —Agencies Southport links for this week’s champi- would kind of close the book in a way on onship having never subsequently man- my Open Championship story.” Rose-who aged to match that performance as a pro- warmed up for Birkdale by attending Roger Toyota, Global Institute for Motor Sport Safety launch fessional. Federer’s victory over Marin Cilic in the It is little wonder that Rose, now 36, Wimbledon final on Sunday-has had mixed joint research project using THUMS virtual human model spoke of “unfinished business” yesterday as results since winning Olympic gold in Rio he prepared for Thursday’s first round, last year. when he will go out in a group with former He was runner-up to Sergio Garcia at the TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corporation and the ed itself to producing vehicles that are safe National Association for Stock Car Auto Open champion Louis Oosthuizen of South Masters in April but missed the cut at the Global Institute for Motor Sport Safety and provide complete peace of mind,” said Racing), Toyota has also been using THUMS Africa and Justin Thomas. recent US Open. Having only ever won one (Global Institute) have launched a four-year Takayuki Yoshitsugu, Chief Representative, to identify deceleration g- “It surprises me after all these years that major, at the US Open in 2013, Rose admits research project using Toyota’s Total Human Middle East and North Africa forces and the powerful is still the best finish,” he said of his per- he still uses his 1998 display as a model. Model for Safety (THUMS) with the aim of Representative Office, Toyota Motor forces imposed dur- formance in miserable weather in 1998, “The freedom I had that particular enhancing safety in motorsports. The Corporation. “We are pleased to partner ing a collision on when Mark O’Meara eventually won the week, the confidence I had in my short Global Institute is the safety research part- with the Global Institute to continue the spine and title in a play-off against Brian Watts. Rose game, the innocence in which I played the ner of the Federation Internationale del’ delivering on this vision and surpass internal equalled the record low score for an ama- game, I think, is kind of still a model. “But, Automobile (FIA), the governing body of the expectations of our valued teur at The Open with a second-round 66, yeah, when I do look back I do marvel at world motorsports. customers who associate and there was a huge roar when he holed how I was able to compete so closely The joint research project covers study on the name Toyota with a a pitch from the rough at the 18th on the down the stretch, and finished within two collisions involving not only closed-circuit brand that is commit- Sunday for a birdie to secure a tie for shots of winning an Open Championship race cars, but also rally cars, and will possibly ted to leveraging fourth place. at the age of 17. “I guess for me it was a include review of seat structures and seat- “I don’t want to say that if I don’t win this glimpse into what my potential is. And belt positioning. Based on the results, the it’s going to be a huge sort of hole in my hard work will create another chance here Global Institute plans to consider meas- career, but it was the one tournament that and there.” —AFP ures that could lead to updating motorsports regulations and other actions to enhance the safety of motorsports vehi- cles. Although organs, crash dummies due to the are com- seating condi- monly tions unique to race used in cars, and to investigate vehicle methods of mitigating those collision forces. tests, they Last year, as part of its continued do not commitment toward improving vehicle allow for safety performance, Toyota enhanced its easy and tech- THUMS virtual crash dummy software with detailed analy- nology and a new range of models. The company sis of how colli- industry inno- added three new models - representing sions impact the vations to provide children aged ten, six, and three -to Version brain, internal customers with safer 4 of the software; the expanded line-up organs and certain and more secure driving takes into consideration the influence of other parts of the experience.” age and physique, and allows for a more body. As a result, Toyota “It is deeply satisfying to know thorough injury analysis. has been working with that our customers have been highly THUMS is used for a wide variety of pur- Toyota Central R&D Labs, appreciative of our safety-related initia- poses by automobile manufacturers, parts Inc. since 2000 to develop tives, and I would like to express my sincere manufacturers, and universities, both in THUMS, which allows for computer simula- gratitude to them for their continued sup- Japan and overseas. It contributes to tion and analysis of actual conditions dur- port over the years,” Yoshitsugu added. research on safety technologies not just at ing a crash and of the mechanisms of Since 2007, Toyota has been using Toyota, but also by organizations all over injury occurrence, including that of injuries THUMS not only for general automobiles, the world. The ultimate desire of a mobile ROYAL BIRKDALE: Britain’s Justin Rose plays a shot on the 10th hole during a practice to internal organs and other parts of the but also to analyze injuries due to crashes society is to advance towards the goal of round ahead of the British Open Golf Championship, at Royal Birkdale, Southport, body. in motorsports. In response to a request eliminating traffic fatalities and injuries. England yesterday. — AP “Since its founding, Toyota has dedicat- from the FIA and NASCAR (the US-based WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 SPORTS Houston Rockets owner Alexander is selling team

HOUSTON: The Houston Rockets are behind the likes of Hakeem Olajuwon thing that he’s very much looking for- no set timetable for the sale, but Brown other locations, it may or may not make going up for sale. Rockets CEO Tad and Clyde Drexler. In 24 seasons under ward to.” said they want to find the right buyer a difference in the overall valuation.” Brown made the announcement Alexander, the Rockets have won 56.9 Brown emphasized that Alexander is and won’t rush things. “We’re going to Brown said he had spoken to James Monday, hours after owner Leslie percent of their games, fifth-highest in healthy and his health was not an issue make sure that it is the right buyer,” Harden, Chris Paul and Trevor Ariza Alexander made the decision. “It’s been the league. in this decision. NBA Commissioner Brown said. “Leslie has the latitude of before the announcement and that he my great joy and honor to own the Brown said the 74-year-old Adam Silver raved about Alexander. time based on our resources and his planned to call the rest of the players. Houston Rockets for the past 24 years,” Alexander had been approached over “Leslie Alexander is a true competitor resources and everything associated Included in the sale will be Clutch City Alexander said in a statement. “I’ve had the years by potential buyers, but never who always searched for the right with the team right now.” Sports and Entertainment, which puts the incredible opportunity to witness considered it until very recently. “I think move to make his teams better,” Silver Brown would not say how much on non-basketball shows and concerts true greatness through the players and it’s been something he’s been thinking said in a statement. “Well-respected they expect to get in the sale. Forbes at the Toyota Center. coaches who have won championships about a little bit,” Brown said. “It can around the league, he has been an named Houston the eighth-most valu- “It’s a nice opportunity to have that for the city, been named to All-Star and wear on you after so many decades and active and influential owner whose able franchise, worth an estimated rolled into one asset,” Brown said. All-NBA teams, enshrined in the he’s tired. There are passions in his life vision helped to grow the game global- $1.65 billion, in its annual valuation of During his time as owner of the Basketball Hall of Fame, and done so now that are becoming more and more ly, especially in China.” NBA teams in February. Rockets Alexander has been active in much for our franchise and our fans.” clear. His family, certainly, and his phil- Brown will be working with the “There’s a range that we feel people the community and through his Clutch Alexander took over as owner on anthropic efforts, what he’ll be able to league office while the Rockets look for are going to understand and we’ll con- City Foundation he has given more July 30, 1993, and the Rockets went on do with his additional time and his a new owner and there were no plans tinue to go from there,” he said. than $35 million to charities through- to win back-to-back titles in 1994-95 resources on a global scale is some- to hire an outside firm to help. There is “Whatever’s bandied about in Forbes or out the city. — AP

MINNEAPOLIS: New York Yankees’ Clint Frazier beats the tag of Minnesota Twins second baseman Brian Dozier for a double during the eighth inning of a baseball game Monday, in Minneapolis. The Twins won 4-2. — AP

BASEBALL Seager, Valencia hit HRs to lift Seattle over Astros

HOUSTON: Kyle Seager and Danny Valencia and struck out four in 5 1/3 innings for the Johan Camargo’s fly ball to shallow left Vogt left the game in the fifth inning after a hit back-to-back homers in the 10th inning to Twins, who were tied 2-2 when Escobar deliv- ended the game, giving Davis his 18th consec- RAYS 3, ATHLETICS 2 collision with Pirates pitcher Chad Kuhl at the lift the Seattle Mariners to a 9-7 win over the ered a base hit to left field off left-hander utive save this season. Julio Teheran (7-7) Jake Odorizzi and two relievers combined plate. Vogt caught an incidental elbow to the Houston Astros on Monday night. The wild Caleb Smith (0-1). Rosario followed with his allowed two runs and five hits and four walks on a two-hitter, helping Tampa Bay beat head from Kuhl, and both players were down back and forth game was tied at 7 entering second double of the game, and Brandon in six innings. Oakland. Steven Souza Jr. hit his 19th home for several minutes. Kuhl remained in the the 10th when Seager, who finished with Kintzler picked up his 26th save as light rain run, Evan Longoria also went deep and game, but Vogt had to be helped to his feet three hits, connected off Tony Sipp (0-1) on a turned into a steady downpour at Target Field. INDIANS 5, GIANTS 3 reached base three times while Adeiny and left to be evaluated for a neck strain and shot to the seats in right field. Valencia added Yankees star slugger Aaron Judge went 0 for 3 Josh Tomlin struck out five and pitched into Hechavarria added two hits for the Rays, who left knee strain. Vogt held onto the ball and an insurance run when he launched a slider with an intentional walk and is 1 for 21 since the eighth inning to win back-to-back starts won for the third time in four games since the Kuhl was called out. Polanco finished 4 for 4 to center field three pitches later. Mike his electric performance in the All-Star Home for the first time this year, and Cleveland capi- All-Star break. Odorizzi (6-4) bounced back and is hitting .446 this month. Francisco Zunino and Nelson Cruz also homered for the Run Derby. Taylor Rogers (5-1) pitched 1 1/3 talized on two costly errors to beat San from his worst start of the season and went Cervelli added two hits for the Pirates, who Mariners as they tied a season high with four innings of scoreless relief for the win. Francisco. Tomlin (6-9) allowed six hits and seven innings while striking out five and walk- pulled within six games of the first-place homers to win their fifth straight game. three runs without walking a in 7 1/3 ing two. Alex Colome retired three batters for Brewers. Daniel Hudson (2-4) picked up the Yovani Gallardo (4-7) allowed a hit and two CUBS 4, BRAVES 3 innings. Cleveland snapped a season-high his AL-leading 27th save. Daniel Gossett (1-5) win in relief of Kuhl when Polanco nailed walks in a scoreless ninth for the win and Jon Lester (6-6) bounced back from the four-game skid with its first victory against the allowed three runs in seven innings, including Manny Pina at the plate in the sixth to pre- Edwin Diaz struck out two in a scoreless 10th shortest start of his career by allowing only Giants in the last seven tries. San Francisco the homers to Souza and Longoria. serve a tie. Polanco drove in Josh Bell in the for his 17th save. Cruz tied it in the seventh one run in seven innings and Chicago stopped starter Matt Moore (3-10) hit an RBI single in bottom of the inning off Josh Hader (1-1) to and Zunino put Seattle on top with his homer Atlanta’s ninth-inning comeback. The Cubs led the third before a wild throw did him in, and ROCKIES 9, PADRES 6 put the Pirates in front. Felipe Rivero retired in the eighth. A sacrifice fly by George 4-1 before Atlanta scored two runs in the ninth the Giants dropped their fourth straight home Charlie Blackmon ‘s fourth leadoff homer of the last four batters for his seventh save. Springer scored a run to tie it at 7-7 in the off closer Wade Davis and loaded the bases game. Cody Allen finished for his 17th save as the season hit the facing of the third deck, bottom of the eighth. Jake Marisnick and with two outs. Davis allowed one-out singles the defending AL champs improved to just 4- hard-throwing rookie German Marquez tied a CARDINALS 6, METS 3 Carlos Beltran both homered for the Astros on to Brandon Phillips and Freddie Freeman 11 in interleague. career high with nine strikeouts and scuffling Paul DeJong homered against New York for a night when All-Star shortstop Carlos Correa before Phillips scored from third on a wild Colorado beat San Diego. Trevor Story added a the fourth straight game and Adam left in the fourth inning after jamming his left pitch. Matt Kemp followed with a run-scoring BLUE JAYS 4, RED SOX 3 two-run double as part of a five-run third to Wainwright hit an RBI double while winning thumb on a swing. single and pinch-runner Lane Adams stole sec- Steve Pearce hit a solo homer, then added help the Rockies win back-to-back games for his fourth consecutive start. With runners at ond and moved to third on Tyler Flowers’ fly- the go-ahead single in the eighth inning in the first time in nearly a month. Marquez (7-4) the corners in the bottom of the ninth inning, TWINS 4, YANKEES 2 ball to the warning track in center field. Toronto’s victory over Boston. The Blue Jays allowed three runs over 6 2/3 innings. He per- slugger Yoenis Cespedes grounded into a Eddie Rosario had two RBI doubles and Following an intentional walk to pinch-hitter led 3-0 after two innings but Boston scored plexed the Padres by effectively mixing in his game-ending double play on a 3-0 pitch from Eduardo Escobar added the go-ahead, pinch- Matt Adams, pinch-runner Dansby Swanson three in the seventh. Toronto went back in curve with a 98 mph fastball. Greg Holland got Brett Cecil. Tommy Pham capped a six-run hit single in the eighth inning to help stole second, leaving runners on second and front in the eighth when Pearce singled to Matt Szczur to ground out following a two-out sixth with a three-run homer on Hansel Robles’ Minnesota over New York. Brian Dozier had third. Davis walked Sean Rodriguez, playing in score pinch-runner Ezequiel Carrera from double in the ninth to earn his 29th save in 30 second pitch since returning from the minors. two hits and Adalberto Mejia gave up one run his first game of the season, to load the bases. third. Ryan Tepera (5-1), who started the chances. San Diego starter Luis Perdomo (4-5) Michael Conforto and Lucas Duda homered eighth, was credited with the victory even had his three-game winning streak halted off Wainwright (11-5), who beat scuffling though Leone was the pitcher of record when after surrendering seven runs, five earned, starter Zack Wheeler (3-7) for the second time MLB Results/Standings the winning run scored. Baseball rule 9.17 (c) over 2 1/3 innings. in 10 days. instructs the official scorer not to award a vic- Cleveland 5, San Francisco 3; Tampa Bay 3, Oakland 2; Colorado 9, San Diego 6; Detroit 10, Kansas City 2; tory to a reliever who makes a short, ineffec- 10, ROYALS 2 ORIOLES 3, RANGERS 1 Minnesota 4, NY Yankees 2; Seattle 9, Houston 7 (10 innings); Chicago Cubs 4, Atlanta 3; Miami 6, Philadelphia 5 tive appearance. Roberto Osuna pitched the Nicholas Castellanos and Mikie Mahtook Seth Smith hit a tiebreaking homer in the (10 innings); St. Louis 6, NY Mets 3; Toronto 4, Boston 3; Pittsburgh 4, Milwaukee 2; Baltimore 3, Texas 1; ninth for his 23rd save. Heath Hembree (1-3) went deep, Zimmermann smothered seventh inning and Baltimore used a strong Washington 6, Cincinnati 1. took the loss. the Royals with strikes and Detroit proceeded performance by its struggling pitching staff to American League National League to trounce Kansas City to open a four-game beat Texas. Smith connected off Andrew Eastern Division Eastern Division NATIONALS 6, REDS 1 series. Ian Kinsler added three extra-base hits Cashner (4-8) to make it 2-1, Baltimore’s first W L PCT GB Washington 56 36 .609 - Ryan Zimmerman set the Nationals’ career for the Tigers, who knocked American League lead since the All-Star break following a three- Boston 52 42 .553 - Atlanta 45 46 .495 10.5 home run record with a solo shot, and Bryce wins leader Jason Vargas (12-4) from the game sweep by the Chicago Cubs. Chris Tampa Bay 50 44 .532 2 Miami 42 49 .462 13.5 Harper connected again as Washington pow- game after 2 2/3 innings in his first start since Tillman allowed one run and two hits over six NY Yankees 47 44 .516 3.5 NY Mets 41 49 .456 14 ered its way to a victory for a four-game sweep the All-Star break. Zimmermann (6-7) allowed innings. Richard Bleier (2-1) pitched a scoreless Toronto 43 49 .467 8 Philadelphia 30 61 .330 25.5 of Cincinnati. Zimmerman’s 235th career one run and seven hits without a walk in 6 2/3 seventh, Mychal Givens had a perfect eighth Baltimore 43 49 .467 8 Central Division Central Division Milwaukee 52 43 .547 - homer moved him ahead of Vladimir Guerrero innings, throwing 79 of 97 pitches for strikes. and Brad Brach completed the three-hitter for Cleveland 48 43 .527 - Chicago Cubs 47 45 .511 3.5 for most in Expos and Nationals history. His dominance was partly a result of first- his 16th save. Minnesota 47 45 .511 1.5 St. Louis 45 47 .489 5.5 Stephen Strasburg (10-3) recovered from his pitch strikes to 24 of the 28 batters he faced, Kansas City 45 46 .495 3 Pittsburgh 45 48 .484 6 shortest start of the season by fanning 11 in which helped the right-hander win for the first MARLINS 6, PHILLIES 5, 10 INNINGS Detroit 42 49 .462 6 Cincinnati 39 53 .424 11.5 seven innings and allowing four hits, including time since June 3. Giancarlo Stanton homered twice and Dee Chicago White Sox 38 52 .422 9.5 Western Division Eugenio Suarez’s homer. Scott Feldman (7-7) Gordon hit an RBI single with two outs in the Western Division LA Dodgers 64 29 .688 - lasted only one inning. He gave up a double, a PIRATES 4, BREWERS 2 10th inning that sent Miami over Philadelphia. Houston 62 31 .667 - single, Harper’s three-run homer and Gregory Polanco doubled twice, drove in Gordon lined a single to right-center off Mark Seattle 47 47 .500 15.5 Arizona 53 39 .576 10.5 Texas 45 47 .489 16.5 Colorado 54 41 .568 11 Zimmerman’s solo shot in his first 12 pitches. two runs and threw out a potential go-ahead Leiter Jr. (1-2) for the Marlins’ fourth walk-off LA Angels 46 49 .484 17 San Diego 40 52 .435 23.5 Feldman left after facing nine batters and giv- run at the plate to lead surging Pittsburgh win of the season. Drew Steckenrider (1-1) Oakland 42 51 .452 20 San Francisco 35 59 .372 29.5 ing up five runs on 33 pitches. over Milwaukee. Brewers catcher Stephen pitched a scoreless 10th. — AP WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 SPORTS

Manager Klopp backs Sturridge to fire for Liverpool

HONG KONG: Liverpool manager old has recently been linked with a big- good physical shape.” Amid fanfare lot of improvement from the players the German, whose team kick off their Jurgen Klopp plans to unleash an money move to China, but Klopp insist- over the arrival of record signing we have.” Salah is one of two new sign- Premier League campaign at Watford injury-free Daniel Sturridge in the new ed Sturridge was going nowhere, back- Mohamed Salah to Liverpool, signed ings Liverpool have brought with them on August 12. “I am not easy to frus- season with the England striker back ing him to return to the kind of form from Roma last month for an estimated to Hong Kong. trate. It’s the transfer market-some- training fully fit and focused. “It’s the that almost helped bring Liverpool a $45 million, Klopp said his primary The Egypt international has hit the times things work out, sometimes they best condition he has been in since I league title in his first season on focus was on seeing his club improve ground running with the Reds, scoring don’t. I have all the players I want, until have been here,” Klopp told reporters Merseyside. on last season’s fourth-place finish. in his first friendly against Wigan last now. I’m still relaxed.” in Hong Kong yesterday ahead of his “He has been part of a full pre-sea- “Sometimes (the news) is all about week, while striker Dominic Solanke Meanwhile, Liverpool arrived in second full campaign as Liverpool son so far so that is very positive,” bringing in new players but the main will also be looking to impress his new Hong Kong on Monday to a deluge of manager. Klopp said before Liverpool take part in thing is how do we improve the players boss following the 19-year-old’s free rain and flood warnings. “You have to Sturridge has been troubled by a the Premier League Asia Trophy also we had last season,” said the former transfer from Chelsea. But Klopp make the best of the circumstances,” spate of injuries since joining the Reds involving Leicester City, Crystal Palace Dortmund coach, currently playing a refused to be drawn on Leipzig mid- said Klopp. “We come from England so from Premier League rivals Chelsea in and West Bromwich Albion. “It has waiting game on key transfer targets fielder Keita or van Dijk, the we are used to a little bit of rain but 2013 and hip problems restricted his been quite intense what we have done Naby Keita and Virgil van Dijk. Southampton defender. yesterday was a little bit too much. impact to just seven goals from 27 and he has pretty much been part of “The good thing is we did not lose “It is what it is and the transfer mar- Situations like this are like football-you appearances last season. The 27-year- each session so that is good. He is in any player that we want and I expect a ket is open until the (August) 31st,” said always need to find solutions.”— AFP Celtic hope for trouble free Linfield visit

GLASGOW: Celtic will hope the focus is Irish manager Brendan Rodgers. solely on football when the Scottish cham- Griffiths then sparked crowd disorder at pions host Linfield in the return leg of their the end of the game when he tied a Celtic Champions League second round qualifier scarf to a goal-post, with riot police today. The Hoops have one foot in the next deployed to stop a pitch invasion and the round following a 2-0 victory over the striker subsequently charged by UEFA for Northern Ireland title holders at Windsor provoking spectators. Those scenes have Park thanks to first-half goals from Scott led to Police issuing a statement Sinclair and Australian international Tom urging fans to focus on the football as extra Rogic. However, the first leg in Belfast was officers are drafted in to deal with the marred by nasty scenes with the Linfield anticipated 1500 Linfield supporters who fans - who are drawn from Northern are making the trip to Glasgow. Despite Ireland’s Protestant community - giving a the off-field issues, Celtic will be pleased to hostile reception to Celtic, who are histori- have registered a win in Belfast as they cally seen as a Catholic side. avoided a repeat of the embarrassment of Their unruly behaviour during and the 1-0 defeat they suffered against after the game has led to UEFA charging Gibraltar minnows Lincoln Red Imps at the David Healy’s side for objects being same stage of the competition last season. thrown from the crowd and a field inva- The Hoops will now be keen to put on a sion by supporters. show for their supporters as they attempt The Glasgow giants - who had a small to seal their spot in the third round where pocket of supporters in the stadium after they could face either Rosenborg or Irish the club refused its official allocation - are champions Dundalk. also the subject of disciplinary action with Irish winger Jonny Hayes knows Celtic - Europe’s governing body charging them who finished last season unbeaten domesti- with improper conduct after they picked cally - will be overwhelming favourites to up more than five bookings. One of the take a step closer to the lucrative group players booked was Celtic striker Leigh stages but insists they will be fully focused Griffiths, who was the target of the home on finishing the job against Linfield. support on a number of occasions. The “Linfield will have to come and play and Scotland international was forced to look for a goal or two so hopefully it might remove objects from the field including make for a more exciting game,” the sum- coins and a bottle as he prepared to take a mer signing from Aberdeen said. “We would second half corner kick, earning himself a maybe have liked another goal, but credit BREDA: Leonie Maier (R) of Germany vies with Kosovare Asllani (L) of during the UEFA Women’s Euro 2017 football tournament between yellow card for time-wasting from Spanish to Linfield they sat in and were well organ- Germany and Sweden at Rat Verlegh Stadium in Breda city on Monday. — AFP referee Alejandro Hernandez - a booking ised but we were definitely the happier side described as bizarre by Celtic’s Northern to have come away with a 2-0 win.” —AFP SOCCER Mourinho pleased as Germany held by Sweden, Russia Lukaku opens account stun Italy at women’s Euro

SALT LAKE CITY: Romelu Lukaku bagged “(He) was really aggressive in the second BREDA: Holders Germany were held to a goal- to deliver following a superb run as her weak lead which Italy merely reduced through Ilaria his first goal in a Manchester United shirt half. That’s what happens. Some other less draw by Sweden while underdogs Russia shot was blocked by keeper Almuth Schult who Mauro’s 88th-minute consolation goal. Russia on Monday as the 10-man Premier League actions were a bit dangerous,” Mourinho stunned Italy as Group B opened at the women’s also stopped Lotta Schelin’s breakaway effort were avenging three 2-0 defeats from Italy at giants labored to a 2-1 victory over Real said. “It’s young people with enthusiasm Euro tournament in the Netherlands on Monday. two minutes later. previous Euro tournaments, as well as a 3-0 loss Salt Lake in Utah. Lukaku, who joined the playing against Manchester United but it’s In Breda, Sweden picked up their first point in 12 Seven minutes before the end, Islacker flicked in a friendly last December. Russia’s high press- Red Devils from Everton in a reported 75 a friendly match and it’s a different mentali- competitive encounters with Germany, who a low pass from captain Dzsenifer Marozsan ing kept Italy at bay most of the time, and when million pound ($98.2 million) transfer last ty. But it’s preseason so no problem. It is have by now won the European title six times in under the crossbar, but Chelsea keeper Hedvig that failed, their 19-year-old keeper Tatiana week, fired United ahead on 38 minutes, good experience or us to play with one a row and eight times overall. Lindahl cleared the ball over the bar. “In the first Shcherbak came to the rescue. Shcherbak latching on to a low cross from Henrikh player less.” Earlier in Rotterdam, first-half goals from half we had a little bit too much respect for cleared a long-range left-foot blast from Marta Mkhitaryan. The United goals were the rare high- Elena Danilova and Elena Morozova handed Sweden but we can be happy with the second Carissimi in the first half and then forced out a The 24-year-old Belgian international lights of a disjoined first half performance Russia a surprise 2-1 win over Italy. In a reprise half,” said Marozsan, an Olympique Lyon mid- vicious long-range shot from captain Melania striker had also been involved in United’s from Mourinho’s side, who had travelled to of the Olympic final from Rio, Germany kept fielder. Sweden coach Pia Sundhage said she Gabbiadini, curling into her top corner. equalizer scored by Mkhitaryan in the 29th Utah earlier Monday from their Los Angeles Sweden under pressure in an uneventful first was happy with the result and “especially the Two minutes from the end, Shcherbak failed minute after Luis Silva had given Salt Lake a training camp. half but they failed to create scoring chances way we defended. to react to a random pass which Mauro barely shock early lead. Lukaku used his strength For much of the opening half United against solid defence. “It was a good start into this tournament, for touched and which ended up in the Russian net. and physical presence to hold off the Real were second best, with their defense being Their dominance continued in the second us it has been crucial to get a good start.” In But she produced another superb save in stop- defense to feed Jesse Lingard, who provid- given a torrid time by a team who are lan- half, with substitute Mandy Islacker the biggest Rotterdam, Russia’s Danilova struck nine minutes page time, sending Elisa Bartoli’s header onto ed the pass for Mkhitaryan to score. guishing near the foot of Major League threat for the Swedish goal. In the 65th minute, into the game with a low shot from outside the the crossbar and the goal line, from which the United manager Jose Mourinho was Soccer’s Western Conference. she flicked a low cross from Carolin Simon just box that took Italian keeper Chiara Marchitelli by Russian defence managed to clear it. pleased with Lukaku’s display, saying the The lively attacking trio of Luis Silva, past the post. surprise at her left post. “We were too deep,” Italian defender Elena former Chelsea player was now a “top strik- Joao Plata and Jefferson Savarino often left Sweden then demonstrated their strength on On 26 minutes, Morozova headed in Linari told UEFA’s website. “They were able to get er.” “It’s just nice for him, not important for United’s defense scrambling to get into the counter-attack but Stina Blackstenius failed Ekaterina Sochneva’s corner to give Russia a 2-0 players in whenever they wanted to.” — AFP me,” Mourinho said of Lukaku’s first United position, with Phil Jones finding the move- goal. “Before he scored the goal I told him I ment of the Salt Lake front two hard to deal love everything you do on the pitch. Don’t with. A surging run from Savarino set up be worried about scoring or not scoring. He Silva’s opening goal on 23 minutes. gets behind people, works and presses United however responded swiftly with Arsenal seeking fresh blood well. Like everything he does. Mkhitaryan’s equalizer just before the half “It’s easy to feel it because he was my hour mark. Real coach Mike Petke, with one player four years ago his evolution has eye on his team’s MLS fixture in Portland on been great. He’s now a top striker. The goal Wednesday, withdrew his entire starting but Sanchez stays: Wenger is just a detail, not important.” line-up at the 30-minute mark, and United capitalized to take the lead through RED CARD WOE Lukaku. Mourinho also fielded a new start- SHANGHAI: Arsenal manager Arsene is not on the tour in China as he takes time “The main focus for us is the Premier League United’s win was marred by the second- ing XI for the second half, with Marcus Wenger said yesterday he wants to make out on holiday. But Wenger added: “I do not and the Premier League for me today is more half dismissal of Antonio Valencia for a Rashford and Anthony Martial leading the more new signings before the season begins give too much importance to things that are important than the Champions League. “We reckless lunge on Sebastian Saucedo. line for United. United again struggled to next month and batted away fresh doubts translated. “From that interview what I got was played 20 years in the Champions League — Valencia was given his marching orders impose themselves however, and their frus- about the future of Alexis Sanchez. Wenger is that he didn’t really mean that (about leaving 17 years before Sanchez arrived and three with after a lengthy consultation between the tration boiled over when Antonio Valencia under pressure after the Premier League side Arsenal to play Champions League football). him-so he can get us back in it.” — AFP match referee and Mourinho. “The referee was sent off for a reckless lunge on failed to qualify for the Champions League asked me to change the player and I didn’t Sebastian Saucedo midway through the for the first time in 20 years, and he is also because I don’t agree with the card,” second half. United will face Manchester dealing with persistent doubts about several Mourinho said, before appearing to sug- City in Houston on Thursday in the third of his star players. Chief among them is the gest Saucedo was to blame. game of their US tour.—AFP future of attacker Sanchez, who has a year left on his Arsenal contract but is stalling over an extension. Wenger said that rather than sell his best players, he is in the market to add to his squad. “We are still open to strengthening our team with players coming from outside,” the Frenchman, who has already signed defender Sead Kolasinac and striker Alexandre Lacazette this summer, told the Arsenal web- site. “We are very active in the transfer market and have already realised two incomings. “We have to keep a balance as well, that you don’t destabilise the team too much by bringing in too many players. “But we are still active in the transfer market so let’s see what kind of opportunities we can find.” Separately, speaking at a Shanghai press conference on the eve of a friendly with Bayern Munich, Wenger said he paid little attention to more media reports linking Sanchez with a move away from Arsenal. The 28-year-old was quoted in Chilean media at the weekend as saying he wanted to play SANDY: Manchester United forward Romelu Lukaku, right, scores against Real Salt Champions League football. SHANGHAI: Arsenal’s forward Alexandre Lacazette kicks the ball during a training session Lake goalkeeper Lalo Fernandez during the first half of a friendly soccer match Wenger said he had not spoken to the ahead of the International Champions Cup football match between Bayern Munich and Arsenal Monday, in Sandy, Utah. — AP player since the quotes emerged and Sanchez in Shanghai yesterday. Arsenal will play against Bayern Munich in Shanghai today. —AFP Russian team claims Germany held by gold in synchronized Sweden, Russia stun swimming again Italy at women’s Euro

WEDNESDAY, JULY13 19, 2017 15 Seager, Valencia hit HRs to lift Seattle over Astros Page 14 S Lanka pull off record chase to beat

COLOMBO: Niroshan Dickwella and ease during his 151-ball stay. The visitors scented victory, but it was Asela Gunaratne guided Sri Lanka to Wicketkeeper-batsman Dickwella not to be for the 10th-ranked side. a record 388 target to beat rode his luck to reach 81 before “Credit to them...but the way the Zimbabwe by four wickets yesterday being caught behind off left-arm guys fought and got the runs on the in a pulsating end to their one-off spinner Sean Williams while attemp- board and pushed Sri Lanka till the Test. A crucial 121-run sixth-wicket ing an audacious reverse sweep. last day was great,” said Cremer. “The stand between Gunaratne (80 not Dickwella survived a stumping one-day series is a high point for us, out) and Dickwella (81) secured Sri chance from Sikandar Raza’s off-spin we brought that confidence into the Lanka’s best-ever run chase. Sri on 37 and was then dropped by Test match and it gave us the belief Lanka’s previous best was against wicketkeeper Regis Chakabva on 63. that we could push the big teams.” in 2006, when they The stumping reprieve cost For Sri Lanka, veteran left-arm achieved a 352-run target. Zimbabwe dearly. It was referred to spinner Rangana Herath also stood Yesterday’s chase was also the high- the third umpire, who ruled him not out with five wicket hauls in each est in Asia and fifth best in Tests. out despite replays showing his toe innings. He got the man of the series Man-of-the-match Gunaratne was on the crease — a case where award for his overall match figures of anchored the chase to perfection the batsman can be given out. 11-249. Zimbabwe batsman Craig after Dickwella’s departure, putting Ervine’s 160 in the first innings and on an unbeaten 67-run partnership HERATH EFFECT allrounder Raza’s 127 in the second with Dilruwan Perera (29 not out) to Earlier, Cremer sent overnight essay were also notable performanc- take Sri Lanka to victory. The win in batsman Kusal Mendis trudging back es in the match. Colombo was a boost for new Test to the pavilion for 66 after Sri Lanka Sri Lanka host the number-one captain Dinesh Chandimal and eased resumed on 170-3. Cremer struck ranked India for three Tests, five one Sri Lanka’s pain after a shock defeat again with his leg-spin to have day internationals and a single in the one-day series against the Mathews caught and bowled for 25. Twenty20 later this month. — AFP minnows. “It’s always tough when you’re SCOREBOARD batting in the fourth innings but I told the team that they should play COLOMBO: Completed scoreboard on the fifth day of the one-off Test between Sri Lanka and their normal game and they played Zimbabwe in Colombo yesterday. some outstanding innings, especially Dickwella and Asela,” Chandimal said. Zimbabwe 1st innings 356 (C. Ervine 160; R. A. Gunaratne not out 80 Herath 5-116) D. Perera not out 29 “It’s always challenging as a cap- Sri Lanka 1st innings 346 (U. Tharanga 71, D. Extras (b9, lb8, w2) 19 tain but it’s about doing the right Chandimal 55; G. Cremer 5-125) Total (6 wickets; 114.5 overs) 391 things on and off the field,” said Zimbabwe 2nd innings 377 (S. Raza 127, M. Still to bat: R. Herath, S. Lakmal, L. Kumara Chandimal, who took over after Waller 68; R. Herath 6-133) Fall of wickets: 1-58 (Tharanga), 2-108 Angelo Mathews quit because of the (Karunaratne), 3-133 (Chandimal), 4-178 Sri Lanka 2nd innings (target 388, overnight ODI loss. Zimbabwe skipper Graeme (Mendis), 5-203 (Cremer), 6-324 (Dickwella) 170-3) Cremer claimed four wickets with his D. Karunaratne b Williams 49 Bowling: Raza 13-1-58-0; Williams 43.5-2-146-2 leg-spin to return overall figures of 9- U. Tharanga c Moor b Cremer 27 (w2); Cremer 48-6-150-4; Waller 4-0-10-0; C. 275 at the R. Premadasa Stadium. K. Mendis c Williams b Cremer 66 Mpofu 6-3-10-0. But Gunaratne, who played most D. Chandimal c Masakadza b Cremer 15 Result: Sri Lanka won by four wickets of the Test as a batsman after injur- A. Mathews c & b Cremer 25 Man-of-the-match: Asela Gunaratne N. Dickwella c Chakabva b Williams 81 Man-of-the-series: Rangana Herath COLOMBO: Sri Lankan cricket captain Dinesh Chandimal poses with the trophy after victory in the final day of a one- ing his hamstring in the first innings, off Test match between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe at the R Premadasa Cricket Stadium in Colombo yesterday. — AFP tackled the Zimbabwe spinners with Global, GCC bond yields mixed in 2017 Page 18

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Employees of French auto parts manufacturer GM&S, threatened with liquidation, hold CGT French union flag as they block a site fo their supplier Renault, yesterday in Villeroy, central France. Around 280 jobs are on the line at the site, a supplier to Peugeot Citroen and Renault, that was placed in receivership in December. — AFP Air India eyes bumper staff buyout Carrier cuts costs, holds fleet expansion ahead of privatization NEW DELHI: Air India is drawing up a proposal to offer voluntary well as its influential unions. If Modi can pull the privatization off, buyouts to just over a third of its 40,000 employees, a senior com- it will buttress his credentials as a reformer brave enough to pany official said, one of the largest such offers in India’s state wade into some of the country’s most intractable problems. sector, as the carrier slashes costs ahead of a 2018 sale. The offi- In its heyday, Air India boasted of a talent pool that newly NBK offers customers cial, who could not be named as the plans are not public, said the founded airlines dipped into. The government will, however, state-owned airline had also put fleet expansion on hold, scrap- need to convince seven trade unions to accept the plan to make ping a proposal to lease eight Boeing 787 wide-body aircraft. Air the company attractive to potential buyers, including buyouts tap & pay technology India’s board approved the proposal in April but nothing further and other efforts to slash costs. Their initial response was not pos- had been done. India’s flag carrier is on the block after Prime itive. “The government will propose a VRS scheme and we will Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet last month approved plans to throw their proposal in the dustbin,” said J.B. Kadian, leader of a First in GCC to offer secure payment instrument privatize the loss-making airline - selling part or all of the compa- union that represents 8,000 non-technical staff of Air India. ny and ending decades of state support. Founded in the 1930s Kadian said a joint forum of unions representing Air India KUWAIT: NBK is the first bank in the Khazal invited customers to visit and known to generations of Indians for its Maharajah mascot, employees will launch “an agitation” in August if the government GCC region to bring yet another inno- their nearest NBK branch to get their Air India has a complex fleet, too many staff relative to its peers pursues its plans to privatize the national carrier. vative payment technology to its cus- wristband, or sticker to enjoy the and $8.5 billion in debt. Since 2012, New Delhi has injected $3.6 A committee of five senior federal ministers, led by Finance tomers. NBK Tap & Pay Service is now fastest, easiest and most convenient billion to keep it afloat. Minister Arun Jaitley, is expected to meet this month and begin available on wristbands and stickers way to pay. NBK offers a wide range An official in Modi’s office said the leader, under pressure to ironing out the finer details of the privatization plan. In the mean- creating a new, up-to-date payment of innovative banking solutions and cut spending and boost basic infrastructure like ports and roads, time, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said he wants instrument. Carrying a wallet or a products that satisfy customers’ is in “no mood” to provide fresh monetary assistance to any loss- Air India to begin cutting at all levels. banking card has just become obso- ever-changing needs and lifestyle making public sector company. The official said that top bureau- Earlier this month, the airline decided to stop serving non- lete. Whether you are running errands, requirements. crats in the civil aviation ministry and at Air India had been asked vegetarian in the economy class on domestic flights, in a jogging or just living life, you always Customers will earn NBK Rewards to present a report on how a Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) bid to save up to 100 million rupees ($1.6 million) over 10 have a way of paying for everyday Points for using their NBK Tap & Pay could be offered to about 15,000 of Air India’s 40,000 staffers, months. The action provoked uproar on social media and was items with your NBK Tap & Pay wrist- wristband, stickers and cards at more including contractors. belittled by aviation experts, who argue Air India management band or sticker. than 700 rewards partner outlets. NBK “Nothing has been finalized but our aim is to make the strate- needs a massive structural overhaul, tackling thornier issues like Contactless payment technology Mobile Banking and NBK Online gic sale as simple as we can,” said a second top official in New fleet and staff, not meals. The airline is also working to reduce the has been embedded in the wrist- Banking allow customers to bank any- Delhi, involved in the airline’s daily operations, adding that any time its planes are not flying and launching direct flights to new bands and stickers enabling a new where at any time, in addition to the fresh investments would be put on hold. international destinations. In July, Air India started a direct flight innovative way of paying for everyday Hanadi Khazal SMS Banking through which cus- Previous attempts to offload the airline have failed mainly to Washington. It will start flying to Stockholm, Copenhagen and purchases. Using an NBK Tap & Pay experience without comprising on tomers are notified of any changes on because of the scale and complexity of problems at Air India, as Los Angeles later this year. — Reuters wristband, sticker or card is as simple security to fulfill customers’ needs. their account or card balance, the as tapping it on the NBK Tap & Pay NBK’s Tap & Pay Service adheres to WhatsApp service for queries and enabled POS terminal without enter- the highest international security questions, international toll-free Al-Tijari reports operating ing the PIN or signing the receipt for standards, further supporting NBK’s access through the NBK call center payments up to KD 10. As for the pay- position as one of the safest 50 banks from 8 different countries, ATMs and ments from KD 10.001 to KD 100, around the world. CDMs and more. clients can use NBK Tap & Pay by profit of KD 53.2m for H1 2017 entering the PIN only. NBK Tap & Pay is truly a way of making every day trans- KUWAIT: Commercial Bank of Kuwait region and any adverse conditions. actions quicker and easier - for con- announced its financial results for the The net profit after allocation of sumers and merchants alike. half year ended 30th June 2017. provisions was KD 2.0 million com- With more than 4,000 NBK Tap & Commenting on the financial results, pared to KD 11.5 million for the Pay enabled terminals, NBK has the Ali Al-Mousa, the Bank’s Chairman same period last year, decreasing largest POS network in the country, said that the Bank’s total assets by 82.7 percent. accepting contactless payments. This reached KD 4,164.0 million at the end Al-Mousa referred to the other wide network gives NBK customers of June 2017 (compared with KD strong financial indicators at the choice and an opportunity to use 4,137.9 million at the end of June end of June 2017 where the Bank their NBK Tap & Pay wristbands, stick- 2016) and operating income continues to maintain a lower NPL ers, credit, debit or prepaid cards at increased to KD 74.3 million from KD ratio which reached 0.49 percent a merchants ranging from lifestyle and 70.7 million for the 1st half 2016. much lower than the industry aver- fashion to dining. Al-Mousa explained that the Bank wit- age, capital adequacy ratio stood at “NBK is excited to be the first in the GCC to offer its customers the ability nessed a growth in the fee income by 8.9 18.39 percent, the leverage ratio to pay using innovative wristband percent and 8.0 percent in the interest stood at 10.4 percent, liquidity cov- payment technology,” Hanadi Khazal, income resulting in operating profit of KD erage ratio stood at 175.0 percent NBK’s Assistant General Manager- 53.2 million for the six months period of and Net Stable Funding Ratio stood Consumer Banking Group noted. “NBK 2017 up by 4.5 percent compared with KD Ali Al-Mousa at 106.4 percent comfortably implements the latest innovative 50.9 million for the same period in 2016. exceeding the minimum require- banking technology while continuing Al-Mousa emphasized on the Bank’s prudent & ment set by the Central Bank of Kuwait. The Bank con- to provide the highest security and conservative policy of building the required provi- tinues to demonstrate its cost leadership with opera- privacy for customers.” sions, with provisions amounting to KD 141.06 million tional efficiency, a competitive advantage for the Bank The innovative service translates with coverage of 1207 percent for NPL. Building such which continues to maintain one of the lowest NBK’s drive to introduce the best-in- buffers will help to absorb any shock resulting from cost/income ratios among Kuwait banks at 28.5 per- class banking products and services the volatile economic, geopolitical situation in the cent for the period ended 30th June 2017. that match the highest industry stan- dards while using cutting-edge tech- nology for the ultimate banking WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 BUSINESS Global, GCC bond yields mixed in 2017

KUWAIT: Global and GCC yields were mixed in 2Q17 Kuwait. However, their central banks did hike repo as markets reacted to a more optimistic economic NBK ECONOMIC REPORT rates, as they sought to protect their pegs without outlook, low inflation, and geopolitical risks. hurting domestic credit growth. Issuance in the GCC was strong but slightly slower than in 1Q17, led again by sovereigns. and GCC issuance eases Saudi were the only sovereigns to issue internation- GCC debt issuance eased in 2Q17 as the quarter ally. The ongoing rift with Qatar has increased the coincided with the holy month of Ramadan but region’s riskiness and has applied some pressure on remained strong nonetheless. Total new issuance Qatar’s liquidity. GCC primary debt market activity is amounted to $20 billion compared to $26 billion in expected to be healthy in the second half of 2017. 1Q17, driven almost entirely by sovereign activity. International benchmark yields were range- Private sector activity was relatively weak in 2Q17; bound, trading within a 28-35 bps window in with banks accounting for most of it. Total out- 2Q17. Investors balanced geopolitical uncertainty standing debt was up a healthy 11 billion, to rest at and stubbornly tepid inflation expectations $394 billion. against a gradually more positive global economic Sovereign activity stayed strong during 2Q17 backdrop. Overall, yields trended downwards for with $18 billion in new issuance, chiefly driven by most of the quarter, jumping up twice throughout: Saudi Arabia and helped by Qatar, Oman, and once in mid-May on the back of strong economic Kuwait. Oman and Saudi were the only two to tap data, and again towards quarter’s end on hawkish remarks from global central banks (ECB, BOE, BOC). international markets for a $2 billion sukuk and a A fully priced Fed rate hike had little impact on $9 billion sukuk, respectively. The offerings were markets, with most GCC central banks following well received, even with Oman’s downgrade to suit in support of their USD pegs. Other major cen- below investment grade, reflecting the still strong tral banks stood pat. attractiveness of GCC debt. Qatar and Kuwait issued domestic debt totaling $3.5 billion and $2 US treasury yields drop billion, respectively. US government 10-year Treasury yields were The riskiness of investing in the region has risen down in 2Q17, finishing 9 bps lower at 2.35 percent, following the dispute between Qatar and four Arab in spite of the Fed’s rate hike in June. Downward allies. CDS rates rose across the board as investors pressures emerged from weak to moderate eco- digested the fallout. Qatar was the worst hit, with nomic data, from little progress on healthcare and Qatar, Oman shine next move to happen in December with close to 50 its CDS rate rising to 118 bps, up 48 bps on the tax reform, and from political/media shenanigans Qatari and Omani yields jumped following percent certainty. quarter and the highest it has been in a year. As for surrounding the White House. This has underpinned increased geopolitical risks for the former and finan- the rest of the tracked GCC sovereigns, their CDS skepticism over future inflation momentum and the cial risks for the latter. The rest of the GCC sovereign ECB, BoE hawkish rates were up between 5 and 13 bps. government’s short-term pro-growth policies. US yields were down or little changed as they tracked The ECB and the BOE turned hawkish late in the 10-year yields experienced their largest daily drop in US Treasuries. quarter in spite of dovish announcements early on. Qatar liquidity almost a year (11 bps) on 17 May when President Qatar’s rift with neighboring countries saw yields The ECB’s official dovish policy stance in 2Q17, sup- The rift has also stressed Qatar’s liquidity, with Trump was rumored of having interfered with an FBI on Qatari sovereign bonds maturing in 2021 breach ported by weaker than expected inflation data, its 3-month interbank rate jumping 50 bps in 2Q17, investigation. 3 percent and finish the quarter at a record high of came at odds with record setting PMIs and healthy as regional institutions in the concerned countries, Yields on 10-year German Bunds were up 14 bps 3.12 percent, up 45bps. The regional ostracism of GDP growth. Remarks by the ECB at its 8 June poli- both private and financial, shied away from dealing in 2Q17, registering at 0.47 percent following the Qatar also resulted in Moody’s revising its outlook to cy meeting and by ECB president Draghi on 26 with Qatari banks. As for the rest of the GCC, inter- French presidential election and hawkish ECB state- “negative”. June at an ECB conference, however, revealed a bank rates rose to accommodate the June Fed hike, ments. The emergence of pro-EU reform minded Oman’s downgrade to lower than investment- gradual acceptance of a more optimistic outlook. increasing between 5 and 18bps. Emmanuel Macron as France’s president saw grade by S&P, on the grounds of weaker financial Investors interpreted the newly positive tone as a GCC debt issuance is expected to remain investors unwind risk-off positions throughout the buffers, saw the yield on Omani paper due in 2021 primer for monetary tightening. Meanwhile, the healthy for the rest of 2017, as sovereigns continue quarter, helping 10-year Bund yields rise. But weaker jump up 40 bps in 2Q17. The latter was exasperated BOE surprised by coming very close to hiking its to seek cheap deficit financing, but will increasing- than expected inflation data, which favored policy by weakening oil prices during the quarter and a still policy rate, with 3 of its 8 members voting in favor, ly face growing risks. The geopolitical rift with inaction during two ECB meetings held during large financing deficit. on the grounds of rising inflationary pressures. This Qatar has already weighed on investor confidence, 2Q17, tempered the rise in yields and pressured The Federal Reserve remained the only major was later substantiated by hawkish comments and may hamper future regional issuance activity, them downward. 10-year Bund yields would later central bank tightening its monetary policy, as it made by BOE governor Carney. especially if the dispute escalates or is drawn-out. experience their largest increase since the US presi- hiked its policy rate again in 2Q17. The Fed GCC central banks followed the Fed, raising their The volatility in current oil prices stands as another dential election, jumping by 10 bps on 27 June, fol- increased its target federal funds rate by 25 bps to policy rates by 25 bps, with Oman and Kuwait risk, with oil prices failing to firm up following an lowing remarks made by ECB president Draghi. 1.00-1.25 percent in June. This was its second rate being the exceptions. The moves were in line with extension to the OPEC agreement. The pick-up in Markets interpreted his comments as surprisingly hike this year and occurred despite somewhat weak- the need to support USD pegs. As for Oman, this is global growth and the expected relative cheapness hawkish and further affirmed what is now seen as a er national data. The Fed’s rate outlook, for now, still the third time it passes on hiking its policy rate, of the dollar may also divert investors’ interests to change in tone in the ECB’s outlook. sees only three hikes in 2017. Markets expect the despite its peg to the dollar, and the first for other debt markets.

Johnson & Johnson tops Ericsson steps up restructuring Q2 profit forecasts on new quarterly loss STOCKHOLM: Weaker than expected second-quarter comments, shares in the firm dropped by 10.3 percent NEW YORK: Higher spending on sales and profits in a poor growth climate prompted mid-morning to 54.65 kronor in Stockholm trading. marketing, production and Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson to announce fresh cost- “Execution of our focused business strategy is gaining research pushed down Johnson & cutting measures yesterday, prompting a plunge in its traction. However, in light of current market conditions, Johnson’s second-quarter profit 4.3 share price. Ericsson posted a fourth straight quarterly we are accelerating the planned actions to reduce costs.” percent despite slightly higher loss in unveiling April to June figures of 1.0 billion kronor Those cost cuts, to include notably unprofitable service sales for the health care products (105 million euros/$121 million) on sales dropping eight contracts, will amount to at least an annual 10 billion kro- giant. But with its biggest acquisi- percent to 49.9 billion kronor, dipping beneath analysts’ nor by 2018 with the goal to double operating margins tion ever just completed, bringing forecasts of 50.5 billion. of 2016, a year which saw net profit slump 86 percent. it multiple new prescription medi- The company said it saw “increased risk of further Since then, Ericsson has seen a slowing of investments cines to sell, J&J raised its financial market and customer project adjustments with an esti- in networking equipment, its core business, and now forecasts for the year. mated negative impact on operating income of three to anticipates a market contraction of between five and The maker of blood thinner five billion kronor for the coming 12 months.” nine percent across 2017 rather than an initial forecast of Xarelto, Tylenol and other pain “We are not satisfied with our underlying perform- a two-to-six percent drop. The group’s uneven perform- relievers, and medical devices yester- ance with continued declining sales and increasing loss- ance so far this year saw ratings agency Moody’s down- day reported net income of $3.83 bil- es in the quarter,” said CEO Borje Ekholm, as the share grade it a notch to Ba1 in May, noting rising restructuring lion, or $1.40 per share, down from price dropped 10 percent in Stockholm. Following those charges and provisions. — AFP $4 billion, or $1.43 per share, a year earlier. Adjusted results, excluding one-time charges, amounted to $5 Nepalis, saddled with banned Indian billion, or $1.83 per share. That topped Wall Street per-share expec- rupee notes, risk losing savings tations of $1.79, according to a sur- vey by Zacks Investment Research. KATHMANDU: Nepalis stand to lose mil- promised to allow every Nepali citizen ministry spokesman also declined to Revenue was $18.84 billion, just lions of dollars held in high-value Indian to exchange 4,500 Indian rupees ($70) comment, saying it was a central bank shy of analyst expectations for In this Sept 13, 2016 file photo, a selection of Johnson & Johnson brand bank notes that India banned last year worth of the old notes for new ones. matter. India fears that if it agrees to $18.89 billion. first aid products are shown in Surfside, Fla. Johnson & Johnson reported and has yet to exchange, a Nepali central “That was only a verbal assurance Nepal’s demand to allow Nepalis to “We are optimistic that the financial earnings yesterday.—AP bank official said yesterday. but no formal decision from India has exchange unlimited amounts, a large investments we are making will the lungs, other marketed products climbed 4.9 percent to $6.73 billion, Indian Prime Minister Narendra come to us,” said Chinta Mani Shivakoti, number of Indians may launder their ill- accelerate our sales growth in the and some experimental drugs in indicating the restructuring begun a Modi in November banned 500 rupee a deputy governor of the central Nepal gotten old notes through Nepal. second half of this year,” CEO Alex late-stage testing. year ago is turning around problems ($7.77) and 1,000 rupee bank notes as Rastra Bank. “Even if this amount was Shivakoti said Nepal’s banks hold Gorsky said in a statement. “The The company’s prescription drugs in the segment. part of a drive against unaccounted exchanged, individuals holding more 78.5 million Indian rupees worth of the Actelion acquisition establishes a business, its largest segment, saw J&J said it now expects full-year wealth in India that has also hit Nepal than 4,500 Indian rupees risk losing the old notes, while business officials esti- new therapeutic area as well as sales dip 0.2 percent to $8.64 billion, earnings in the range of $7.12 to where Indian rupees are widely used. excess,” Shivakoti said. Nepal depends mate that up to 10 billion in old Indian another engine for growth.” J&J, while sales of consumer health prod- $7.22 per share, up from it April fore- People holding the notes in India were heavily on funds from workers in India, rupees ($155 million) may be held by based in New Brunswick, New ucts such as Johnson’s baby care cast of $7 to $7.15 per share. It fore- given a little less than two months to who sent home $640 million in 2016, or individuals in Nepal’s informal sector. Jersey, closed that $30 billion deal in items edged up 1.7 percent to $3.48 cast revenue in the range of $75.8 exchange them at banks. about 3 percent of its gross domestic Another NRB official, Bhisma Raj June, gaining Actelion’s three drugs billion. Meanwhile, sales of medical billion to $76.1 billion, up from $75.4 In March, officials from the Reserve product. The Indian central bank Dhungana, said the delay in resolving the for treating high blood pressure in devices and diagnostic products billion to $76.1 billion. —AP Bank of India (RBI) visited Nepal and declined to comment. An Indian finance issue was causing concern. —Reuters

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Chinese Yuan Renminbi 45.110 Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Swiss Franc 317.130 Indian Rupee 0.004235 0.004923 Australian Dollar 239.880 Thai Bhat 9.895 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 US Dollar Buying 302.450 Turkish Lira 84.300 ASIAN COUNTRIES Japanese Yen 0.002609 0.002789 Japanese Yen 2.699 GOLD Kenyan Shilling 0.002914 0.002914 Indian Rupees 4.712 20 Gram 249.070 BAHRAIN EXCHANGE COMPANY WLL Korean Won 0.000259 0.000274 Pakistani Rupees 2.882 10 Gram 127.450 Malaysian Ringgit 0.067199 0.073199 Srilankan Rupees 1.973 5 Gram 64.570 CURRENCY BUY SELL Nepalese Rupee 0.002939 0.003109 Nepali Rupees 2.950 Pakistan Rupee 0.002686 0.002976 Singapore Dollar 222.620 Europe Hongkong Dollar 38.912 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd British Pound 0.390577 0.400577 Philippine Peso 0.005935 0.006235 Bangladesh Taka 3.733 Czech Korune 0.005314 0.017314 0.000038 0.000044 Philippine Peso 6.000 Danish Krone 0.042689 0.047689 Singapore Dollar 0.216204 0.226204 Rate for Transfr Selling Rate Thai Baht 8.975 Euro 0. 342241 0.351241 South African Rand 0.017238 0.025738 US Dollar 303.750 Norwegian Krone 0.032987 0.038187 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001604 0.002184 GCC COUNTRIES Canadian Dollar 236.435 Romanian Leu 0.076094 0.076094 0.009873 0.0010053 Saudi Riyal 81.027 Sterling Pound 393.310 Slovakia 0.009065 0.019065 Thai Baht 0.008643 0.009193 Qatari Riyal 83.550 Euro 347.925 Swedish Krona 0.032418 0.037418 Omani Riyal 789.111 Swiss Frank 294.490 Bahraini Dinar 806.830 Swiss Franc 0.308133 0.319133 Arab Bahrain Dinar 805.645 UAE Dirham 82.727 Turkish Lira 0.081005 0.091305 Bahraini Dinar 0.798336 0.806836 UAE Dirhams 83.095 Egyptian Pound 0.015171 0.021079 ARAB COUNTRIES Qatari Riyals 84.315 Australasia Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Egyptian Pound - Cash 20.800 Saudi Riyals 81.895 Australian Dollar 0.228846 0.240846 Iraqi Dinar 0.000190 0.000250 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 16.880 Jordanian Dinar 428.335 Dollar 0.216093 0.225593 Jordanian Dinar 0.423674 0.432674 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.220 Egyptian Pound 16.990 1.000000 1.000000 Tunisian Dinar 125.520 Sri Lankan Rupees 1.976 Lebanese Pound 0.000151 0.000251 Jordanian Dinar 428.760 America Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.024 Indian Rupees 4.713 Canadian Dollar 0.2343350 0.243335 Moroccan Dirhams 0.019723 0.043723 Syrian Lira 2.165 Pakistani Rupees 2.891 Georgina Lari 0.137144 0.137144 Nigerian Naira 0.000392 0.001027 Dirham 31.963 Bangladesh Taka 3.761 US Dollars 0.299550 0.303970 Omani Riyal 0.782281 0.787961 Philippines Pesso 6.003 US Dollars Mint 0.300050 0.303970 Qatar Riyal 0.079115 0.084055 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES pound 167.630 Saudi Riyal 0.079887 0.081187 US Dollar Transfer 303.650 Japanese Yen 3.660 Asia Syrian Pound 0.001287 0.001507 Euro 350.260 Syrian Pound 2.415 Bangladesh Taka 0.003423 0.004007 Tunisian Dinar 0.121757 0.129757 Sterling Pound 399.910 Turkish Lira 0.081005 0.091305 Canadian dollar 241.090 Nepalese Rupees 2.949 Chinese Yuan 0.043315 0.046815 Turkish lira 86.390 Malaysian Ringgit 71.550 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036828 0.039578 UAE Dirhams 0.081248 0.082948 Yemeni Riyal 0.000987 0.001067 WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 BUSINESS

Chevrolet Alghanim signs new deal with KGL Car Rental Agreement to provide a fleet of 2017 Chevrolet Impala vehicles KUWAIT: Yusuf A Alghanim & Sons Automotive (Chevrolet Alghanim), the exclusive distributor of Chevrolet vehi- cles in Kuwait, signed a new partnership agreement with KGL Car Rental, a sub- sidiary of Kuwait & Gulf Link Transport Company (KGL), a pioneer establishment providing integrated Supply Chain Management services in Kuwait, the Gulf region and the Middle East. Robert Boustani, CEO of KGL Car Rental acknowledged: “Chevrolet Alghanim has provided KGL Car Rental with more than 450 Chevrolet Impala 2017 vehicles.” He noted that, “KGL Car Rental follows a strategy that places the customer at the center of its operations, which has enabled the company to win many Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) ten- ders. On behalf of KGL Car Rental, I express my deepest appreciation to KOC’s officials and emphasize the signifi- cance of the relationship between us offers a powerful and efficient powertrain Safety technology help identify potential threats with suf- Camera which helps even more to throughout the years”. This tender is a with a 3.6L V-6 that is the most powerful The 2017 Impala offers one of the ficient warning to give the driver time avoid accidents. new milestone and will commence this naturally aspirated six-cylinder engine in most comprehensive safety packages to react and make changes. month and end after the contracted the segment. Output for the engine is rat- in the full-size car segment. It employs An available Driver Confidence Exterior design duration of three years.” ed at 305 horsepower (227 kW) and 264 advanced technologies, including sev- package on LT models offers Forward The Impala’s exterior styling hon- The new partnership goes in line with lb-ft of torque (358 Nm). Lightweight fea- eral alert systems for collision evasion. Collision Alert, Rear Cross-Traffic Alert, ors the design elements that have Chevrolet Alghanim’s commitment to tures support a more balanced driving Visual and audio alerts help drivers Lane Departure Warning and Side distinguished the classic nameplate providing all customers with the best per- experience and include an integrated identify potential crash situations and Blind Zone with Lane Change Alert. In for decades. It has that timeless formance, highest safety standards and cylinder head/exhaust manifold design even intervene when a crash threat addition, an available Safety package Chevy sedan presence in a modern top quality of Chevrolet vehicles. Impala that saves approximately 6 kg per engine. appears more imminent. The alerts offers Rear Park Assist and Rear Vision and edgy style. News UK inflation unexpectedly in brief

OPEC basket stable at $46.80 pb falls, eases rate-hike fears VIENNA: OPEC daily basket price stood at $46.80 per barrel (pb) on Monday after climbing by 40 cents, compared with $46.40 pb last Friday, said the international organization yes- terday. The basket’s annual price for 2016 was at $40.76 pb, it Economy will adjust over time to weaker sterling: Hammond added. OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes (ORB) is made up LONDON: Inflation in Britain unexpectedly fell in the year the British economy, economy in the months ahead as economists had of the following: Saharan Blend (Algeria), Iran Heavy (Iran), to June, official figures showed yesterday in a development which grew by less than expected real incomes to continue to fall with negative Basra Light (Iraq), Kuwait Export (Kuwait), Es Sider (Libya), that’s likely to ease market expectations that the Bank of any other Group of Seven repercussions for retail sales. Bonny Light (), Qatar Marine.(Qatar), Arab Light England will raise interest rates soon. The Office for country in the first quar- “If this fails to materialize the economy could see a (Saudi Arabia), Murban (UAE), Merey (Venezuela), Girassol National Statistics said consumer prices were 2.6 percent ter of the year. The main stronger second half to the year,” he said. Economists (Angola), and Oriente (). A gathering between OPEC higher in the year to June, down from 2.9 percent the pre- uncertainty surrounding remain split as to how inflation will pan out over the com- oil ministers and their counterparts from outside the organi- vious month. The consensus was that inflation would rise the British economy ing months largely because there’s uncertainty surround- zation have reached an agreement last May to continue the to 3 percent, which would have been a full percentage relates to Brexit and what ing the value of the pound. However, if the currency stabi- decrease of production for additional nine months to end by point higher than the Bank’s target rate. trading relationship the lizes then the impact of last year’s depreciation will start to March of the year 2018 with 1.8 mbpd. The surprise fall, the first since last October, was largely country will have with the drop out of the annual comparison and that could see due to falling gas prices at the pump as lower wholesale EU after it leaves the bloc inflation fall back toward target and help support the econ- crude prices were passed on to drivers. Despite the fall, liv- in March 2019. The British omy. But as with almost everything about Britain, Brexit Goldman Sachs profits flat ing standards in Britain are still falling as price increases government has only just will remain the driver.* amid weak trading results outpace wage rises. started full-scale Brexit NEW YORK: Global financial services giant Goldman Inflation has risen sharply from last June’s 0.5 percent discussions with the EU Weaker sterling Sachs reported flat second-quarter earnings yesterday largely because the country’s vote to leave the European and there are fears that Over time Britain’s economy will adapt to changes in as gains in investment management offset a steep drop Union triggered a 15 percent drop in the value of the Philip Hammond the country could end up the value of sterling, finance minister Philip Hammond said in trading revenues due to weak volatility. Net income pound. Though a lower pound may help exporters sell crashing out of the bloc with no deal, which could result in yesterday when asked by a lawmaker about the impact of was essentially unchanged from the comparable quar- their wares in international markets, all other things being tariffs being slapped on British goods. the fall in the pound since the country voted to leave the ter last year at $1.6 billion, while revenues dipped 0.6 equal, it makes imported goods such as food and energy The pound fell sharply after the inflation data as European Union. “The short run effect of a depreciation of percent to $7.9 billion. “A mixed operating environment more expensive. traders priced in a lower interest rate profile. By mid- sterling would be expected to be a decline in our trade bal- persisted into the second quarter as conditions contin- The spike in inflation over the past year has caused con- morning London time, the pound was 0.3 percent lower ance performance as we suck in more expensive, in sterling ued to support underwriting and mergers and acquisi- cern among some rate-setters at the Bank of England. Last at $1.3019. Earlier it had hit a 2017 high above $1.31 as terms, imports,” Hammond said. tions, while constraining certain market-making activi- month, three of the eight members of the bank’s Monetary traders bet that the inflation data would be higher than “But over time, and there’s signs the economy is ty,” Goldman chief executive Lloyd Blankfein said. Policy Committee voted to increase the benchmark inter- anticipated and potentially force the hand of the bank doing this now, the economy will adjust, with exporters est rate by a quarter-point from the record low of 0.25 per- to raise interest rates soon. Ben Brettell, senior econo- increasing their output to take advantage of weaker cent. The rest though, while acknowledging the inflation mist at stockbrokers Hargreaves Lansdown, said easing sterling and their greater competitiveness in interna- Vodafone Qatar struggles to spike, thought a rate hike could be counterproductive for inflation, if sustained, could help shore up the British tional markets.” — Agencies fix large-scale telecom outage DUBAI: One of Qatar’s two telecommunications compa- nies is struggling to bring its network online following a widespread outage. Vodafone Qatar said yesterday on ECB’s Draghi to tiptoe to Twitter that network engineers have arrived in the tiny Gulf country to fix the outage that began on Monday. It says that “all hands are on deck” to fix the problem. Vodafone competes against Ooredoo, formerly known as Qtel. Both monetary stimulus exit companies are partly owned by government-linked enti- ties. The outage happened as Qatar remains locked in a FRANKFURT, Germany: European Draghi’s speech on June 27 in Sintra, strengthening recovery. A raft of dispute with four other Arab countries that have cut diplo- Central Bank head Mario Draghi is Portugal, where he talked about the indicators in recent months has matic ties and severed air, land and sea links. They have likely to tread softly tomorrow as the “strengthening and broadening” raised expectations that the euro- threatened to intensify their isolation of Qatar if it does not bank inches toward bringing an end eurozone recovery but signaled no zone recovery has gained momen- give in to their demands. to its monetary stimulus efforts. definite shift in the bank’s stance. tum and that growth will come in Analysts think it’s a near-certainty Markets reacted sharply anyway, stronger than anticipated. Many that the ECB, the monetary authority helping to send the euro higher - it’s economists are predicting that for the European Union’s 19-country recently pushed above $1.15 for the growth will be north of 2 percent euro currency union, will start scaling first time since May 2016 - and bond this year. back its 60 billion euros ($69 billion) prices lower. The sudden moves sug- Inflation remains the main prob- Nissan, UAW This July 18, 2016 file photo shows a Bank of in monthly bond purchases after gested that some market partici- lem confronting the ECB. The primary America ATM in Woburn, Mass. Bank of America their earliest termination date at the pants were still unprepared for an purpose of the bank’s stimulus efforts agree on union Corp. reports financial results yesterday. —AP end of the year. end to the stimulus, which the bank is to get inflation up to its goal of just vote at southern But they don’t expect Draghi to says has played a big role in shoring under 2 percent. In the year to June, provide the road map for the exit at up the economic recovery in the it was only 1.3 percent. Rising interest US auto plant tomorrow’s news conference, which eurozone by keeping a lid on market “We expect Draghi to refer to the will follow the regular meeting of the interest rates. need for ‘patience’ and ‘prudence’ as rates boost DETROIT: The United Auto Workers and Nissan said bank’s 25-member governing council The market reaction echoed the well as the need for ‘persistent’ mon- Monday that they reached an agreement to let workers at the bank’s Frankfurt skyscraper so-called “taper tantrum” that fol- etary policy support in a bid to signal at a Nissan plant in the southern state of Mississippi to headquarters. The bank is expected lowed remarks by then US Federal that normalization will be gradual,” BofA profits vote on whether to unionize. to leave its interest benchmark Reserve head Ben Bernanke in May, Ben May, lead eurozone economist at Controversy over unionization at the largely African- unchanged at zero. More clarity on 2013. US government bonds prices Oxford Economics, said. NEW YORK: Consumer banking giant Bank of America American plant in the town of Canton, which opened the timing of the stimulus withdraw- sagged after Bernanke indicated He added that the ECB “is unlikely reported a 10 percent rise in second-quarter profits in 2003 and employs 6,400 people, has raged for years. al is expected at the Sept. 7 meeting. that the economic recovery would to provide any firm guidance” on yesterday as gains from higher interest rates were In May the UAW labor union filed a complaint with the The reason why little is expected mean the Fed could taper off its own what will happen to the bond pur- more than enough to offset a drop in trading revenue. federal National Labor Relations Board claiming that right now: Draghi and top bank offi- bond-purchase stimulus. chases next year. Market watchers will The Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank said it Nissan was using deterrence tactics against workers cials want to avoid a sudden market That program has since been focus on the bank’s standing promise earned $5.27 billion, or 49 cents per share, compared who showed signs of unionizing. reaction that could prematurely send ended and the Fed has started rais- that it could increase the purchases in with $4.78 billion, or 43 cents per share, in the same “We do not believe that UAW representation is in business and government borrowing ing interest rates. Draghi is expected size or duration if the outlook wors- period a year earlier. The results beat analysts’ fore- the best interest of Nissan Canton and the people who costs higher before the phase-out to underline the need for caution in ens. Dropping that promise from the casts of 43 cents a share. work here,” Nissan said in a statement. starts. The caution may be under- withdrawing the stimulus, even post-meeting statement would be a Like its competitors, Bank of America benefited “However, it is ultimately up to the employees to standable given the reaction to while pointing out the eurozone’s small move toward announcing a from rising interest rates. The Federal Reserve has decide.” The NLRB will supervise the August 3-4 vote, phase-out of the stimulus. Several raised interest rates three times since December, the UAW said. “Over the past six days, Nissan has made analysts however think Draghi won’t which has allowed banks like BofA to charge higher it abundantly clear that it does go even that far. interest rates to borrowers when they take out loans. not respect its Mississippi employees’ rights to vote The ECB’s bond purchases began Because of its large consumer banking division, in a free and fair election,” UAW official Gary Casteel in March, 2015 in an effort to raise Bank of America’s fortunes, as the nation’s second- said in a statement. Nissan “is running one of the most inflation and avoid a crippling down- largest bank by assets, are often more directly tied aggressive anti-worker campaigns that we’ve seen in ward price spiral. The ECB purchases into interest rates than its rivals JPMorgan Chase, modern US history,” Casteel claimed. the bonds with newly created mon- Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, who have much larger Many manufacturers, particularly automakers, have ey, pushing that new money into the trading divisions and are less exposed to short-term set up plants in the US south where unions are not as financial system and the economy. interest rates. Bank of America’s net interest income ingrained in the social fabric. Printing money can in theory cause increased 9 percent in the quarter compared to a In March, one-time US presidential contender higher inflation, but prices have year ago to $10.99 billion. Bernie Sanders spoke in favor of unionization in responded only slowly. “Against modest economic growth ... we had one of Canton in an appearance that doubled as Analysts think the ECB will have to the strongest quarters in our history,” said BofA CEO Democratic Party outreach. end the program by the end of next Brian Moynihan in a statement. Sanders was accompanied by actor Danny Glover year in any case because it will run BofA did experience some difficulty on its trading and officials from the NAACP, the largest African- out of available bonds to purchase. desks this quarter, however. The bank’s trading divi- American advocacy group in the United States. The bank has restricted itself to pur- sion reported profits of $830 million in the quarter, Organizers demanded that the company halt what chasing no more than a third of the down 25 percent from a year earlier, largely due to a they said was “ongoing harassment of African- bonds issued by any country. That is slide in trading revenue. Other major banks have said American workers who are organizing to form a union.” to avoid charges that it is dominating that last quarter’s quieter market conditions kept They allege that Nissan threatened to illegally shut FRANKFURT: In this April 21, 2016 file photo president of European Central the market for that country’s debt traders on the sidelines, which in turn kept a lid on down the facility and terminate employment if workers Bank, ECB, Mario Draghi speaks during a news conference after a meeting of and propping up government bank trading revenues. The pain was particularly felt in unionized, and unlawfully interrogated workers.— AFP the governing council in Frankfurt. Draghi said yesterday the bank’s stimulus finances, something it is legally BofA’s fixed-income trading division, where revenue efforts need to be “persistent” even as the economy recovers.—AP restricted from doing. —AP fall 14 percent. —AP BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017

Emerging stocks jump, US shares lower

NEW YORK: US stocks opened lower yesterday, dollar traded at 10-month lows after the collapse weighed down by earnings reports from some big of a key US healthcare bill raised doubts about names and concerns over President Donald President Donald Trump's reform agenda. MSCI's Trump's ability to push through his pro-growth benchmark emerging stocks index held at levels policies, following a setback to the healthcare bill. not seen since end-April 2015, still underpinned by Shares of Bank of America slipped 0.8 percent, Monday's solid Chinese economic growth data, while Goldman Sachs was down 0.9 percent after which beat consensus forecasts and showed firmer reporting quarterly results. Last week, shares of exports and production. JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and Citigroup had taken a Chinese mainland shares rose 0.3 percent after beating after their quarterly results and forecasts falling 1.4 percent on Monday due to a sharp selloff failed to excite investors. in small caps, and Hong Kong gained 0.2 percent. Harley-Davidson slumped 9.6 percent after the Russian dollar-denominated stocks also rose 0.4 motorcycle maker cut its 2017 shipments forecast. percent, helped by higher oil prices. But gains were The healthcare sector will be under scrutiny offset by losses in other markets. Turkish stocks fell after the Republican healthcare bill to replace 0.5 percent and Indian shares slipped 0.6 percent Obamacare sank in the Senate, with news that two from the record highs hit in the previous session. Republican senators would not support the latest Higher taxes on cigarette makers clobbered index version of the bill. heavyweight ITC. The healthcare bill failure spelled uncertainty Both the South African rand and Turkish lira for President Donald Trump's agenda of tax reform held near two-week highs. On Monday Turkey and an infrastructure overhaul, leaving the presi- extended emergency rule for another three dent without any major legislative accomplish- months, almost a year after it was imposed in the ments six months into his tenure. wake of last July's failed military coup. The News on the healthcare bill sent the US dollar NEW YORK: Trader Andrew Silverman (right) works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. Hungarian forint was steady against the euro to a 10-month low against a basket of major cur- Stocks opened slightly lower on Wall Street, led by declines in phone and technology companies. — AP ahead of a central bank meeting at which it is rencies. "Investor sentiment is pessimistic this expected to keep rates on hold at record lows of morning," said Naeem Aslam, chief market analyst Eight of the 11 major S&P 500 sectors were low- earnings since 2011. 0.9 percent. at ThinkMarkets UK. "The fiasco of the healthcare er, with the healthcare index's 0.50 percent fall IBM, United Continental Holdings, CSX and The International Bank of Azerbaijan, the coun- bill means that the tax reforms or the so called leading the decliners. As the earnings season gets Navient are among the companies scheduled to try's biggest state-run bank, will announce full vot- infrastructure spending plan are in jeopardy." under way, the market will be keeping a close eye report results after the bell. Netflix jumped 8.8 per- ing results from creditors on its proposed $3.3 bil- UnitedHealth Group fell 0.2 percent, while on corporate results to see if the high valuations cent after the streaming-television pioneer's lion debt restructuring after a claimants' meeting Johnson and Johnson fell 0.4 percent. are justified in the face of mixed economic data, added more subscribers than expected in the sec- later in the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down tepid inflation and policy gridlock in Washington. ond quarter. Meanwhile President Trump has threatened 61.69 points, or 0.29 percent, at 21,568.03, the S&P Analysts' are estimating an 8.2 percent rise in "strong and swift economic actions" if Venezuela 500 was down 5.71 points, or 0.23 percent, at second-quarter earnings for the S&P 500 compa- Emerging stocks goes ahead with plans to create a Constituent 2,453.43. The Nasdaq Composite was down 16.48 nies from a year earlier. This follows a robust first Emerging stocks flirted with 27-month highs Assembly with powers to rewrite the constitution points, or 0.26 percent, at 6,297.95. quarter when US companies posted their best yesterday while currencies firmed a touch as the and annul the opposition-led legislature. — Reuters Trump failure on healthcare sends dollar to 10-month low

LONDON: The US dollar sank to a 10- be no money for tax cuts. The imple- month low against a basket of major mentation of his fiscal policy will be currencies yesterday, as the collapse difficult," said Bart Wakabayashi, of President Donald Trump's latest Tokyo Branch Manager of State Street. healthcare bill eroded confidence in Friday's weak reading on US infla- his ability to legislate to boost tion and retail sales also fanned spec- growth. ulation the Fed may not have justifi- The Australian dollar was by far cation for another rate hike by the the biggest beneficiary, jumping 1.8 end of this year, despite policymakers' percent to more than two-year highs projection for such a move. Money after minutes from a Reserve Bank market instruments price in less than policy meeting showed it turning 50 percent chance of a rate increase more upbeat on the economy. In four for the rest of the year. weeks dominated by doubts over the In contrast, central bank policy- Federal Reserve's ability to raise inter- makers in the euro zone, Britain and est rates further, and signs that other Canada have recently signaled they major central banks are finally turning could adjust their policies, with the more hawkish, the dollar is now down Bank of Canada raising rates last week more than 3 percent. for the first time since 2010. At 94.650 yesterday, the dollar A woman walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei But the latest signs from New index was down 8.8 percent from the 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo yesterday. —AP Zealand, Sweden and the United 14-year peak of 103.82 hit on Jan. 3. Kingdom all point in the opposite The euro rose 0.7 percent to $1.1564, gist with Bank of New York Mellon in Senators, Jerry Moran and Mike Lee, direction. British inflation surprised by its strongest since May last year. London. announced their opposition late on falling for the first time since October, "Clearly anything that comes along at "There's just not enough inflation Monday to a revised Republican knocking a whole cent off the value the moment just corroborates the at the moment. And anything like this healthcare bill, leaving efforts to pass of the pound against the dollar and market's negative attitude to the dol- (defeat for Trump) is liable to push it the legislation in chaos. weakening it 1 percent against the lar," said Neil Mellor, senior FX strate- lower." Two more Republican "If the bills won't pass, there will euro. — Reuters Drowning for sand: Miners risk all for India's building boom

MUMBAI: At dawn on a sultry summer morning, ($15) for a boat-full of sand and gravel, much higher Creek said deaths go unreported, with hundreds of Balaram Raute stood on a boat bobbing in a murky than the average daily wage in India of about 270 boats in the creek nightly, and they only find out when creek outside Mumbai, waiting for the sun to light up rupees. Their employers sell the sand for up to 5,000 the body of a drowned diver floats to the surface a day the water so he could dive in to dig sand. Minutes later rupees to be sieved, washed, and bagged for building or two after disappearing or they find it buried on the he was neck-deep in Vasai Creek where untreated projects. creek bed. "There have been so many times when I chemicals and industrial waste float - and, at times, the But the potential rewards and depleting reserves have gone down for sand and touched a body," said corpses of fellow workers. have intensified the risks, with frequent reports of Shiva Shahni, 35, a worker at a sand port in Bhiwandi, While Indian authorities and mining officials deny opponents attacked and even murdered. Officials and Thane, who migrated from the northern state of Uttar the existence or the dangers of an illegal sand mining bureaucrats have been arrested over the past year and Pradesh. Shankar Meghwali's son Mahesh is one of the industry, a Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation corruption is rife. In June alone, a police inspector in miners who died. found miners are dying to meet rising demand from a the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh was seri- Outside the family's mud house in Mohokhurde booming construction sector. Although there is no ously injured and another policeman crushed to death village in Vikramgad - a little over 100 km from official data, studies estimate illegal extraction of sand in the northwestern state of Rajasthan for taking on Mumbai - is a holy basil plant where Meghwali and his in India generates about $150 million a year with the the sand mafia - the latest in a string of attacks. wife buried the ashes of their son who drowned in states of Gujarat and Maharashtra the main hotspots. A district head in the southern state of Karnataka Vasai Creek five years ago. He was 22, just married and An investigation in Mumbai, the nearby city of was attacked in a raid on an illegal sand mining site in with a baby girl. "He went down once and came up. Thane, and villages in the neighboring district of April - the same month in which a policeman in the The second time he went inside the water, he didn't Palghar over two months found evidence of at least northern state of Uttar Pradesh was run down by a come up," Sanguna, Mahesh's grandmother, told the two deaths in the past year and more in the past few sand truck he tried to stop. Employers who identify Thomson Reuters Foundation. Mahesh's body was years - none of which were reported. themselves as Mumbai's native fishermen want the found floating in the water a day later. "My son would "I don't feel scared," said Raute, 27, wiping the state government to legalize manual mining, arguing accompany me to the creek as a child and by the time water from his eyes. "My only worry under water is to it does not harm the environment like suction pumps. he was 15 he joined the work himself," Meghwali said. find good sand." Raute is among about 75,000 men, Critics, however, say the real reason for seeking a legal many from India's poorest areas, who work illegally as stamp is to insulate them from hefty fines levied each GRIM REMINDER sand miners along Vasai Creek, diving 40 feet (12 time officials seize trucks filled with illegally mined The father-son duo worked 20 days a month, metres) into pitchblack waters clutching just a metal sand. But there is virtually no discussion about the bringing back earnings that helped them build a rod for balance and an iron bucket to fill with sand. threat to human lives among the authorities or house that they painted blue and emblazoned with a Although manually mined creek sand by cheap labor- builders, although miners speak of death as a com- boat to indicate their profession. The sculpted boat is ers plays second fiddle to the large quantities of sand mon occurrence. now a grim reminder of their lost son. "I don't go sand extracted legally by suction pumps from rivers, it is in "I have seen people fall and drown. There is no mining anymore. My son lost his life working there. I high demand in a nation of 1.3 billion people with fast count of the number of people who have died here," feel uneasy going to the creek," Meghwali said. growing cities. said Radheshyam Sahni, who has been mining sand About a dozen people from Meghwali's village The sand is used across the construction industry, from the creek bed for 15 years and said he has seen at worked as sand miners, but the numbers fell after his in the flooring of upmarket apartments in Mumbai least five deaths himself. son died. Activists opposed to sand mining have been and Thane and to plaster the walls of cheap, illegal shocked by the deaths and suffering accompanying homes in distant suburbs where people are moving as DENIALS AND CORRUPTION the surge in demand for sand. "I could never have space tightens in the cities. Sand mining has been Local police denied miners were dying in the imagined all these new buildings and beautiful con- declared illegal in most parts of India with countless creeks. "We have registered cases of theft of sand and structions you see in Mumbai would have this terrible court petitions highlighting the danger it poses to also violations of environmental norms but there are back history of human suffering," said Sumaira coastlines, marine life, and sand reserves. no cases ever of drowning," said S D Jadhav, a senior Abdulali, a leading voice against sand mining in India Uneven depths in creeks and rivers caused by ille- police inspector with the local police station, when and founder of the environmental advocacy group gal sand mining can spark currents and whirlpools, asked about the deaths. Sandeep Khakha, a migrant Awaaz Foundation. "Even if people see (the creek), posing a danger not just to miners but anyone using worker from Chattisgarh who works on one of nine they would think these are fishing boats and not the rivers, with multiple drownings across India sand ports on a 16 km (10 mile) stretch of the Vasai imagine that people are dying, suffering to produce blamed on the black market for sand. Creek, said he saw two divers lose their lives last year. construction (material)," said Abdulali, who has been For the creek bed is not smooth but has sand dunes attacked twice by the sand mafia for opposing mining. "INDIA'S GOLD" measuring 1.5 to 2 metres in height and scooping out Campaigners fear the number of deaths will only get The crackdown has helped make sand so valuable sand loosens these structures. The work can be fatal if worse with the construction boom set to continue it has been dubbed "India's gold", with mining domi- a sand dune falls on a miner, burying him if he fails to and demand for sand forecast to double by 2020 as nated by criminal gangs. The so-called "sand mafia" is right his balance. "I never lose my grip on the metal the government pursues a "housing for all" program. a network of businessmen, transporters and also crim- rod. If I lose my balance, I am gone," said Khakha. They want workers to be given alternative and legal inals who often enjoy political patronage and are "It is pitch dark under the water. I just feel a wall of ways to make a living which will mean they have unafraid to use violence. Despite the danger involved, sand. I have to dig my feet in it, balance myself and social security cover and compensation in the event of divers keep on working, making 1,000 Indian rupees push the bucket into it to fill it." Other workers at Vasai an accident or death.—Reuters WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 BUSINESS

GS8 obtains 5-star safety ratings GAC vehicle wins highest score of C-NCAP in medium and large-sized SUV KUWAIT: On July 3, China Automotive Technology & Research Center (CATRC) held the second Group, 2017 C-NCAP results announcement in Tianjin. With an excellent performance of 57.7 points, GS8 obtained 5- star safety ratings and outperformed its counterparts, becoming the “safety champi- on” of medium and large-sized SUVs since adoption of new test standards by C-NCAP and setting a safety benchmark of the medi- um and large-sized SUV. C-NCAP is the highest assessment stan- dard in China’s automobile safety sector. In particular, CATRC, since adoption of C-NCAP Management Regulation (edition 2015) and collision standard, has put forward stricter requirements to the safety of products to be tested. In the second batch of collision test in 2017, GS8 lived up to expectations and obtained 5-star safety ratings with an out- standing performance of 57.7 points, which is the highest score among medium and large- sized SUVs since implementation of the Management Regulations (edition 2015) and exceeds that of counterparts such as Highlander (55.5 points), EDGE (56.5 points), Changan CS95(54.1 points) and Haval H7 (57.4points). That manifests GAC MOTOR’s system strength in insistence on forward development and international quality standard to manufacture vehicles in an all-round manner.

The moment of GS8’s 100% front collision against a rigid wall In the test of 100 percent front collision against a rigid wall, GS8 got a high score of 16.37 points: front cabin crumpled due to energy absorption and airbags popped up of side seat belts for front passengers, side Bosch’s nine-generation ESP 9.1 and 8 normally; column A incurred no obvious airbags and air curtains and ESC device. In airbags, ensuring driving safety in a compre- deformation; four doors could be opened the front collision test: the dummy in the car hensive manner. normally; passengers were fully protected. In was fully protected and doors could be the strictest 40 percent front offset collision opened normally. High-strength steel test, GS8 won a high score of 16.73 points: security body of GAC 2.0 front anti-collision steel beams fully transmit- High-tech 5-star safety ratings By virtue of product value beyond users’ ted collision energy, front cabins crumpled provide you with safe travel expectations, GS8, with supply failing to due to energy absorption and airbags GS8 was designed according to the stan- meet demands since its launch, has exceeded popped out normally; Column A incurred no dard higher than 5-star safety ratings. And it 10,000 units in sales for two consecutive obvious deformation and four doors could be takes 5 years to develop GS8 based on G- months. Limited by insufficient supply of opened normally. CPMA. The second-generation GAC (geomet- transmissions, GS8 achieved total sales of In the side collision test, GS8 got a full ric absorption control) technology tested on over43,500 units from January to May, creat- score of 18.00 points: side air curtains and multiple models is adopted for GS8 with uti- ing the best sales among Chinese luxury flag- airbags popped out correctly; Column B lization ratio of high-strength steel in passen- ship SUVs. GS8 obtained C-NCAP 5-star safety incurred no obvious deformation; side anti- ger compartment exceeding 95 percent and ratings with a high score, reaching win-win collision steel beams ensured the safety of compressive strength on the roof and maxi- results in market and brand with increasingly passengers. GS8 performed well in the seat mum pressure of resistance to extrusion at mature quality. Mutawa Alkazi Company is whiplash test, obtaining 3.57 points. Three side doors far higher than regulatory require- the sole agent of all GAC vehicles in Kuwait items for awarded scores (3 points): reminder ments. Meanwhile, GS8 is provided with including the GS8.

EQUATE resumes operations ABK announces winners of its first at Ethylene Unit in Kuwait ‘Spend and Win Skyward Miles’ draw KUWAIT: The ty of 850,000 metric tons annually KUWAIT: Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait EQUATE Group, (MTA) and is owned by The Kuwait (ABK) held its first ‘Spend and Win a global pro- Olefins Company (TKOC), part of the Skyward Miles’ monthly draw on 12 ducer of petro- EQUATE Group. July, 2017 at the Bank’s Head Office chemicals, The dedication and efforts of in the presence of a representative announced the EQUATE Group’s employees were from the Ministry of Commerce. successful lauded by Husain as operations were restart of its resumed within a timeframe less than The winners this month are: Ethylene Unit 2 the originally planned two weeks and 1) Fahad Jassim Abdullah, Khaitan (EU2) in in absolute abidance to safety stan- Branch, Winner of 500,000 Skywards Kuwait, follow- dards. The EQUATE Group is a global Miles. 2) Mohammad Khalifah Abdullah, ing a brief producer of petrochemicals and the Company (PIC), The Dow Chemical Mohammad Husain Qurain Branch, Winner of 300,000 shutdown for world’s second largest producer of Company (Dow), Boubyan technical reasons during last week. Ethylene Glycol (EG). Skywards Miles. Petrochemical Company (BPC) and 3) Bawader Barak Abdulmohsen, EQUATE Group’s President & CEO The Group has industrial complex- Qurain Petrochemical Industries Jabriyah Branch, Winner of 200,000 second or third prize of 500,000; further in subsequent draws, giving Mohammad Husain said, “Operations es in Kuwait, North America and Company (QPIC). The Group is a lead- Skywards Miles. 300,000 or 200,000 Skywards Miles customers the chance to win more at our EU2 have resumed normally in Europe that annually produce over 5 ing enterprise that pursues sustain- To take part in one of the three respectively each month; a total of 3 than once! The Bank’s next draw will record time following repairs. Both million tons of Ethylene, EG, ability wherever it operates through monthly draws, ABK Emirates Credit Million Skywards Miles to be won be held on 9 August, 2017 where the Ethylene Glycol (EG) and Polyethylene (PE) and Polyethylene partnerships in fields that include the & Prepaid cardholders need to spend during the promotion period. three new lucky winners will be Polyethylene (PE) plants in Kuwait Terephthalate (PET). The products are environment, economy and society. a minimum of KD 100 during the fol- The more points earned by ABK announced. All winners will be con- have returned to the usual production marketed throughout Asia, the ● The EQUATE Group includes lowing transaction periods: 1 June - cardholders the higher the chances tacted personally and a weekly levels as they were impacted by the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and EQUATE Petrochemical Company 30 June, 1 July to 31 July and 1 to win. Cardholders that win in any of announcement will be made through temporary shutdown of EU2.” Africa. The EQUATE Group’s sharehold- (EQUATE), its subsidiaries and The August to 31 August, to win the first, the draws are qualified to participate the media with the winners’ names. The EU2 has a production capaci- ers include Petrochemical Industries Kuwait Olefins Company (TKOC). technology WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017

Ali Amer to lead Cisco's Global Service Provider business in MEA

DUBAI: Cisco announced yesterday business and revenue models to experience and was previously the Senior ships will play a pivotal role in enabling SPs to that Ali Amer has been appointed meet the growing demand for data Telecom and IT Consultant in the same unit, become truly intelligent network operators that Managing Director for Global Service services and financial and commer- advising multinationals and start-ups on market are able unlock opportunities, enhance business Provider Sales in the Middle East and cial services. entrance and go-to-market strategies in the agility, and drive service innovation and customer- Africa at Cisco. "It gives me great pleasure to region. Prior to Cisco, Amer spent fifteen years at experience enhancement." In his new role, Ali will be respon- announce Ali as the new leader for Motorola Networks rising to the position of Vice The next phase for the Middle East and Africa sible for helping telecommunica- our Service Provider business in President and General Manager for Europe, the telecommunications sector will be defined by an tions service providers transform the Middle East and Africa," said Middle East and Africa, where he ran an organiza- explosion in data demand. The annual Cisco Visual their networks, businesses and cus- Karlstromer. "Ali is a highly regard- tion of 2,500 employees and business profession- Networking Index(tm) (VNI) forecast projects a 12- tomers' experiences to capture the ed leader known for his close als with annual revenues in excess of $1 billion. fold increase in Middle East and Africa mobile opportunities created by the digital working relationships and deep "I am excited to take on this expanded role data traffic from 2016 to 2021, a compound annu- era. In addition to driving the seg- Ali Amer understanding of the telecoms within our Service Provider business as Cisco con- al growth rate of 65 percent. By 2021, the Middle ment's sales strategy and growth industry landscape. His expertise tinues to push the envelope with solutions, tech- East and Africa will have 2.4 billion networked across the Middle East and Africa, he will also focus and ability to build high performance teams will nologies and a vision that drives exponential value devices (up from 1.7 billion in 2016) and 1.4 net- on streamlining business operations, including undoubtedly accelerate our momentum in deliv- and success for our customers and partners," said worked devices per capita, while 75 percent of all sales and channel strategy, business development ering the digital ecosystem and network infra- Ali Amer, Managing Director, Global Service networked devices will be mobile-connected in and customer support. structure that our customers need to capture ris- Provider Sales, Cisco Middle East and Africa. "With 2021. Across the Middle East and Africa, strong Amer will report to Peter Karlstromer, Senior ing opportunities." its significant growth potential, a rapidly expand- growth in mobile users, smartphones and Internet Vice President for Global Service Provider Sales, Amer joined Cisco in 2013, most recently serv- ing population, and increasing smartphone pene- of Things (IoT) connections combine with net- Cisco EMEAR. He will work closely with the ing as Managing Director for Cisco's Service tration, the telecommunications market in the work speed improvements and growth in mobile regions' mobile operators to develop their digital Provider segment in the Middle East and Turkey. Middle East and Africa is at an important junction. video consumption to significantly increase transformation roadmaps as they evolve their He brings to the role over 25 years of industry Cisco's technology capabilities and strong partner- mobile data traffic over the next five years. Samsung to recover rare metals in Galaxy Note 7s Recovery of components to reduce waste

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics plans to of recalled Note 7 smartphones. The ASPEN: Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Technologies, speaks at recover gold and other metals and com- Note 7 crisis was one of the biggest black the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, ponents from recalled Galaxy Note 7 eyes in Samsung's recent history, costing Colorado on Monday. — AFP smartphones to reduce waste. the company more than $5 billion. The South Korean company said yes- Airlines banned passengers from carry- terday that it expects to retrieve 157 tons ing Note 7s on flights due to safety con- Michael Dell of gold, silver, cobalt, copper and other cerns and millions of smartphones were metals from millions of smartphones shipped back to Samsung. takes long view that were recalled and discontinued last The phone recall fiasco prompted year after their batteries were found to Greenpeace to urge the South Korean be prone to catching fire. It didn't say tech giant to sell longer lasting electron- with 'Dell 2.0' how it would use the retrieved metals ics products that are easier to repair and The phones' display modules, memo- upgrade. Environmentalists fault smart- ASPEN, United States: His first company became the ry chips, camera models and other com- phones for increasing the amount of world's largest maker of personal computers. Now Michael ponents will be separated from the Note tech waste, though some experts note Dell says he is building a broader technology firm with 7 for sale or recycling, Samsung said in a that by replacing other appliances they similar ambitions. Dell Technologies is the result of the pri- statement. In another effort to reduce may actually decrease the amount of vate buyout of the original Dell computer firm, bolstered waste, Samsung has begun selling high-tech-related rubbish overall. by the massive $67 billion deal for computer storage firm 400,000 units of Galaxy Note FE phones Samsung is the world's largest smart- SEOUL: A man passes by advertisements of Samsung Electronics Galaxy Note Fan EMC and other software and services acquisitions. in South Korea made from unused parts phone maker. — AP Edition at a mobile phone shop in Seoul yesterday. — AP Interviewed at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference Monday in Aspen, Colorado, Dell said the private model allows his firm to take a longer-term focus to grow the company. "Right at the moment we went private, we start- ed gaining (market) share," Dell said. "We shifted our focus for more three-year, five-year, 10-year (plans), we invested China users report WhatsApp heavily in R&D and innovations .. we stopped thinking about the short term as much." Dell described the new firm-which some refer to as Dell chaos amid censorship fears 2.0 -- as "the essential infrastructure company" for informa- tion technology which can offer an array of business serv- BEIJING: Users of WhatsApp in China and security A report this week by the University of Toronto's which is produced by Shenzhen-based internet giant ices and products. researchers have reported widespread service disruptions Citizen Lab detailed how Chinese censors were able to Tencent and legally bound to cooperate with Chinese The new Dell includes EMC, which was the world's amid fears that the popular messaging service may be at intercept, in real time, images commemorating Liu in pri- security agencies. largest computer storage firm, as well as cloud computing least partially blocked by authorities in the world's most vate one-on-one chats on WeChat, a feat that hinted at Because WhatsApp content is encrypted, "they have unit VMware and a stake in the software group Pivotal. populous country. the government's image recognition capabilities. moved to brute censor all non-text content," Smith said in While Dell declined to name his main competitors, he said WhatsApp users in the country reported yesterday on It appeared that pictures were also the focus of the an email. "It would not be surprising to find that every- that "none of them have the unique set of capabilities or other social media platforms that the app was partly inac- move to censor WhatsApp. Late yesterday, users in China thing on WhatsApp gets blocked, forcing users in China to the breadth that we have now." cessible unless virtual private network software was used could send texts over WhatsApp without the use of VPNs, use unencrypted, monitored and censored services like He noted that Dell Technologies can be a key player in a to circumvent China's censorship apparatus, known collo- but not images. Nadim Kobeissi, a cryptography WeChat." variety of sectors because of its strengths across the board- quially as The Great Firewall. researcher based in Paris who has been investigating the Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said he in data, software and hardware. Asked about artificial intel- WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook and offers WhatsApp disruption, said he believed The Great Firewall had no information on the issue when asked by reporters. ligence competitors, Dell said, "When you have no data to end-to-end encryption, has a relatively small but loyal fol- was only blocking access to WhatsApp servers that route Facebook, which owns WhatsApp, did not immediately put in AI, it doesn't do anything. Then you need the com- lowing among Chinese users seeking a greater degree of media between users, while leaving servers that handle respond to a request for comment. puting devices." privacy from government snooping than afforded by pop- text messages untouched. WhatsApp is one of the world's most widely used mes- The new Dell won regulatory approval last year for the ular domestic app WeChat, which is ubiquitous but close- Kobeissi said voice messages also appeared to be saging services, with over 1.2 billion users. record buyout of EMC, accelerating its move into the cloud ly monitored and filtered. blocked. But there was no evidence to suggest that In 2015, China blocked Telegram, another encrypted and mobile computing market. In 1984, Michael Dell Questions over WhatsApp's status come at a politically Chinese authorities were decrypting WhatsApp messages, messaging service, after it became a popular platform for founded the personal computing maker, which struggled fraught time in China. The government is in the midst of he added. A Chinese censorship researcher known by his activists and dissidents to share information. China has preparing for a sensitive party congress while Chinese pseudonym Charlie Smith said that authorities appeared also blocked Twitter, Facebook and YouTube for years, amid a shift into smartphones and tablets. censors this week revved up a sprawling effort to scrub all to be blocking non-text WhatsApp messages wholesale with officials arguing that foreign social media services He won the backing in 2013 of private-equity firm Silver mention of Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate precisely because they have not been able to selectively operating beyond their control pose a threat to China's Lake Partners to buy out other shareholders to take the who died Thursday in government custody. block content on the platform like they have with WeChat, national security. — AP company private. — AFP

TOKYO: This general view photo shows a 3.4-meter-high and 2.6-meter-deep dome-type widescreen where people can TOKYO: A journalist looks at 8K video images projected on a 3.4-meter-high and 2.6-meter-deep dome-type widescreen sit (at right) and experience 8K video images projected via a new virtual reality (VR) motion ride system, during a press as they experience a new virtual reality (VR) motion ride system, during a press preview in Tokyo yesterday. preview in Tokyo yesterday. — AFP photos Japanese engineers develop headset-less VR system

TOKYO: A virtual reality "space ride" in which viewers feel chairs just in front of a semi-spherical screen which entirely The experimental technology was unveiled to Japanese both affiliated with public broadcaster NHK-and RecoChoku as if they are flying through the air inside a giant glass ball engulfs their field of vision. "Unlike the conventional flat media for the first time yesterday before a scheduled show- Labo. The space ride was first showcased at SXSW 2017, a has been developed in Japan. Unlike conventional VR sys- screen, you can see images coming closer to you physically ing at Japan's Digital Content Expo 2017 in October. Its major conference on convergence in the interactive, film tems, the "8K:VR Ride"-which resembles a cross between a in this dome screen," said Makoto Nakahira, an engineer at name refers to the screen's super-high definition 8K tech- and music industries, in Austin, Texas in March. The system theme park ride and a miniature IMAX theatre-does not Wonder Vision Techno Laboratory. nology, which is 16 times more detailed than most current features a hemispherical theatre known as Sphere 5.2 -- a require users to wear any headgear. "This is a system in which you can experience visuals that HD images. Wonder Vision co-developed the system with screen 5.2 metres (17 feet) wide, 3.4 metres tall and 2.6 Instead they are placed on two swivelling, elevated you have never seen before." Japan-based NHK Enterprises and NHK Media Technology- metres deep. — AFP WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Fearsome T-rex was a plodder, not a sprinter, researchers say

LONDON: Line up Usain Bolt at the start- carnivore could manage speeds of up to skeleton has to be able to cope with the duce what they say is the most accurate 18 mph - still fast enough to chase down ing blocks with a Tyrannosaurus rex and 45 mph (75 kmh). That’s more than half as loads generated by the high speed,” said simulation of T-rex’s gait and biomechan- top runners over longer distances. Sellers the dinosaur would be left behind in the fast again as the quickest man in history. Professor William Sellers from the universi- ics to date. They concluded that T-rex was said his study had forced a re-think on how sprinter’s dust, according to computer- But because of its size and weight, the ty’s School of Earth and Environmental limited to walking speeds of about 5 T-rex caught its prey. “It certainly would not assisted research that turns long-held predator would actually have broken its Sciences “...This is where it fails. T-rex’s meters/second, equating to 12 mph (18 have been able to chase down faster-mov- assumptions on their head. While the run- legs had it tried to break into a sprint, the skeleton is simply not strong enough for kmh) — less than half the speed of Usain ing prey animals,” said Sellers. “That leaves ning ability of T-rex has been hotly debat- University of Manchester research showed. running locomotion,” he told Reuters. Bolt’s personal best of 27.8 mph. other hunting options such as ambush, ed among palaeontologists for decades, “The muscles need to be able to gener- Researchers used an engineering tech- A study published in Royal Society jour- and of course it means that (discredited) the consensus from previous biomechani- ate sufficient power to allow high-speed nique called multibody dynamic analysis, nal Biological Sciences in 2007 suggested ideas such as ‘T-rex the scavenger’ have to cal models was that the Cretaceous-era locomotion, but at the same time the coupled with machine learning, to pro- an at that time conservative top speed of be reconsidered.” — Reuters Israeli ‘mental first-aid’ method offered to attack victims abroad

TEL AVIV: An Israeli who developed an said. Activating the person includes asking unorthodox model for treating mental concrete and factual questions, giving him trauma and preventing post-traumatic or her the ability to make decisions-initially stress disorder during his years in the mili- easy ones, such as if they want to drink a tary is now sharing it with first responders glass of water or take a break. SAN RAFAEL, Ecuador: View of a marsupial frog (Gastrotheca in other countries. Moshe Farchi says The idea of “resetting” a person who Orophylax) at the amphibian conservation center Jambatu. Israel’s decades of conflict have afforded it underwent a traumatic event using Farchi’s “lots of experience” in dealing with trauma, method can have both immediate and leading to effective and science-based long-term positive effects, according to the models of work. “We made many mistakes psychiatrist who currently heads the clini- and are learning from them,” the head of cal branch in the Israeli army’s mental stress, trauma and resilience studies at health department. “The two main goals Israel’s Tel-Hai College told AFP. are to quickly return a person to being Farchi’s model was developed during his functional in a way that would reduce the years in the Israeli army, where he served as risk of getting killed, and reducing the risk a mental health officer. He saw shortcom- for more serious disorders” in the future, ings in such treatment because it “failed to such as PTSD, said Lieutenant Colonel Dr reduce the element of anxiety and percep- Ariel Ben Yehuda. tion of the event as traumatic.” Farchi, a People in life-threatening situations SAN RAFAEL, Ecuador: Scientists work at the amphibian conservation center SAN RAFAEL, Ecuador: View of a Cristal del Sol frog clinical social worker by training, also uti- tend to feel confused, lonely, frozen or dis- Jambatu, in the locality of San Rafael, southeast Quito. — AFP photos (Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum). oriented, said Ben Yehuda, and “Farchi’s method addresses these issues.” “This isn’t psychiatric treatment, rather something very focused. You can do it in Selling $600 frogs-to save two minutes, but the idea is to ‘reset’ the person,” Ben Yehuda noted. The system is currently being implemented as part of sol- diers’ medical training, and takes just a few them from poachers hours to teach. QUITO: Poachers in Ecuador have long known the ‘Not left alone’ hefty prices their country’s rare frogs can fetch. But One place where Farchi has taken his now environmentally conscious firms are starting method is the British city of Manchester to sell the amphibians too-to try to save them from where a suicide bombing killed 22 and the black market and threatened extinction. In San wounded more than 100 on May 22. The Rafael, just outside the capital Quito, the scientific attack came as Dov Benyaacov-Kurtzman, a company Wikiri is raising 12 species of frog. Some Scotland-born social worker who had lived are native only to Ecuador, while others are at risk in Israel for years, was working in at disappearing from their natural habitat else- Manchester on establishing a centre to pro- where. After being raised in hundreds of terrari- vide emergency response for stress and ums, they are sent to Canada, the United States, TEL AVIV: Israeli Moshe Farchi, the trauma. Benyaacov-Kurtzman had planned Japan and various European countries for up to founder and head of the Stress, Trauma to launch his organization, called Heads Up, $600 each. and Resilience Studies at Tel-Hai College, in six months. But the Manchester attack That high value “gives you an idea just how speaks during an interview with an AFP galvanized him into starting work and profitable that activity (frog poaching) can be,” Lola journalist in the city of Tel Aviv. — AFP reaching out to Farchi to help with training Guarderas, manager of the facility, told AFP. To illus- the group’s professionals and volunteers. trate her point, Guarderas showed a glass frog, with SAN RAFAEL, Ecuador: View of a ‘diablito’ frog (Dendrobates sylvaticus). lized his experience as a volunteer first “At that moment they called and said translucent skin through which its organs and the country. According to Ecuador’s environment species typically found in Ecuador or otherwise responder in emergency medical organiza- ‘come’,” Farchi said recently in Tel Aviv beating red heart could be seen, as it moved along ministry, 186 of the species are at risk of becoming native to several other South American countries. A tions. His principles are simple, easily appli- before flying to Manchester. Farchi has the edge of its container. On the company’s extinct. dozen are offered for export, including the cable and, to the layman, possibly counter- already trained local professionals who can grounds — 5,000 square meters (54,000 square Authorities have banned the capture and sale of Agalychnis spurrelli, or gliding tree frog; the intuitive. They are employed in the immedi- carry out a “cultural translation” of the feet) made up of big gardens alongside a river-the all wild animals. But that hasn’t stopped the illegal Cruziohyla calcarifer, or splendid leaf frog, with its ate aftermath of a traumatic event such as method in countries such as Germany, the frogs are reproduced in labs, so as not to affect trade from the Amazon-sprawled across Brazil, striped yellow belly and long legs; and the an attack, serving as mental first-aid. “One Philippines and . local fauna. Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum, which has a thinks that a person in distress should be He was also set to travel for training in They are then put into an “ethical bio-trade” cir- Guyana and Suriname. The activity is estimated to translucent body dotted with yellow spots. Around contained, held,” he told AFP. But providing London. A key aspect of Farchi’s method cuit that is the opposite of the poachers’ illegal have brought in $1.3 billion for those involved 500 frogs per year are sold, adding to an annual emotional support activates the recipient’s is that it should not be reserved for pro- smuggling and sales. “It’s totally different from the between 2005 and 2014, ecological associations flow from other Latin American countries that emotional part of the brain at the expense fessionals, but spread to as many people illegal trade in species, of those who go directly say. Recently, the Jambatu Center announced amounts to as many as 7,000, sent everywhere in of the area responsible for the ability to as possible. The 2014 conflict between into areas to catch all (the frogs) they can to then something of a breakthrough: The reproduction in the world. think and make decisions, he said. Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza export them, to the detriment of the animals in the captivity for the first time of Atelopus ignescens, or The hope is to undermine the black market traf- Strip was an opportunity to examine forest,” Guarderas said. the Quito stubfoot toad. The black amphibian used ficking of the animals. “Illicit trafficking in amphib- ‘Resetting’ the brain Farchi’s method. to be widespread in Ecuador’s Andean regions but ians in the world is a very big activity,” biologist Luis Thinking and making decisions are what Residents in Ofakim, an Israeli town that Breakthrough lab reproduction was thought to have become extinct three Coloma, director of the Jambatu Center, told AFP. the person needs to do in order to be freed was subject to heavy rocket fire from Gaza, As well as running the frog farm, she is a coordi- decades ago-until a tiny population was found last That activity adds to other dangers faced by the of a “sense of helplessness.” “The given is that underwent Farchi’s intervention, showing nator for the Jambatu Center, which researches year. Forty-three of the toads were taken to the frogs, some species of which risk sudden extinction we can’t stop the threat-the rocket has hit, no occurrence of PTSD in the months fol- and preserves amphibians, and is hosted by Wikiri. Jambatu Center which, after several tries, managed as their habitat is wiped out by encroachment, pol- the event has taken place,” he said. “What we lowing the war, Farchi said. “The chance Ecuador, a relatively small South American nation, to procure 500 tadpoles from one couple. lution or climate change. According to Ecuador’s can do is stop the helplessness.” “The oppo- that a person (experiencing trauma) will be is home to one of the biggest displays of biodiver- environment ministry, 18 frog species have already site of helplessness is effective action. That’s next to a professional is very small, but that sity on the planet. It holds more than 600 species Illegal trafficking is ‘big’ apparently disappeared, robbing the country of why first of all we need to activate the per- a layman will be next to him is very high,” of frogs, of which nearly half can be found only in In total, the research facility works on around 40 some of its rich biodiversity. — AFP son, to diminish the helplessness,” Farchi Farchi said. — AFP WHAT’S ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 Kuwait Marriott Hotels offer hot summer deals

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Teenage Witch 04:50 Gold Rush 12:40 Helicopter Mom End 10:14 Food Factory 05:25 Binny And The Ghost 05:35 How Do They Do It? 14:10 Oscar 22:55 Wildest Middle East 10:38 Man v Expert 05:45 The Hive 06:00 Gold Divers 16:00 Clifford 11:26 Weird Or What? 05:50 06:45 Wheeler Dealers 17:35 Take Care 12:14 Mythbusters 06:00 Jessie 07:30 Fast Nʼ Loud 19:10 7 Chinese Brothers 13:02 How Do They Do It? 06:25 Jessie 08:15 Mega Shippers 20:25 Growing Up And Other Lies 13:26 Food Factory 06:50 The Adventures Of Disney 09:00 Storage Hunters 22:00 Road Trip 13:50 Extreme Engineering Fairies 09:25 How Do They Do It? 23:35 My Man Is A Loser 00:00 The Jail Atlanta: 60 Days In 14:38 Weird Or What? 07:15 Tsum Tsum Shorts 10:10 The Island With Bear Grylls 01:00 Fred Dinenage: Murder 15:26 Man v Expert 07:20 10:55 The Wheel: Survival Games Casebook 16:14 Mythbusters 07:45 Disney Mickey Mouse Shorts 11:40 Running Wild With Bear 02:00 I Didnʼt Do It 17:02 Extreme Engineering Compilations Grylls 03:00 It Takes A Killer 17:50 Weird Or What? 08:10 Bizaardvark 12:25 How Do They Do It? 03:30 It Takes A Killer 18:40 Mythbusters 08:35 Bunkʼd 12:47 Storage Hunters 00:25 In America 04:00 The Jail Atlanta: 60 Days In 19:30 Invent It Rich 09:00 Stuck In The Middle 13:10 Gold Rush 02:15 Experimenter 05:00 Fred Dinenage: Murder 20:20 How Do They Do It? 09:25 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug 13:55 Mega Shippers 03:55 A Country Called Home Casebook 20:45 Food Factory And Cat Noir 14:40 Gold Divers 05:30 Ronaldo 06:00 Evil Up Close 21:10 Extreme Engineering 09:50 Best Friends Whenever 15:25 Fast Nʼ Loud 07:05 Eyes Of An Angel 08:00 The First 48 10:15 Liv And Maddie 08:40 The Wave 22:00 Invent It Rich 09:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 16:10 Wheeler Dealers 10:40 Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam 17:00 How Do They Do It? 10:30 Experimenter 10:00 Crime Stories 12:20 Jessie 12:10 Memories 14:00 The First 48 17:25 How Do They Do It? 12:45 Jessie 17:50 Storage Hunters 13:45 Eyes Of An Angel 15:00 Crimes That Shook Australia 13:10 Girl Meets World 15:20 The Joy Luck Club 16:00 Evil Up Close 18:20 Storage Hunters 13:35 Austin & Ally 18:50 Mega Shippers 17:40 Young Ones 17:00 Homicide Hunter 14:00 Austin & Ally 19:25 Rudderless 18:00 Homicide Hunter 19:40 How Do They Do It? 00:02 Max & Ruby 14:25 Lolirock 21:00 Blowing Up History 21:15 Charlotteʼs Song 00:26 Ben & Hollyʼs Little Kingdom 19:00 The First 48 14:50 The Zhuzhus 22:50 Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life 20:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 21:50 Strip The City 00:36 Ben & Hollyʼs Little Kingdom 15:15 Whisker Haven Tales With 22:40 Made By Destruction 00:46 The Day Henry Met 21:00 Crimes That Shook Australia The Palace Pets 22:00 My Haunted House 23:05 Made By Destruction 00:51 The Day Henry Met 15:20 Bizaardvark 00:57 Blaze And The Monster 23:00 Psychic Kids: Children Of 15:45 Elena Of Avalor The Paranormal Machines 16:10 Liv And Maddie 01:20 Blaze And The Monster 16:35 Wicked World 00:45 A.R.C.H.I.E. Machines 16:40 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug 02:15 Doctor Proctorʼs Fart Powder 01:42 Zack & Quack And Cat Noir 06:00 Gravity Falls 06:25 Disney11 03:45 Memory Loss 02:04 Team Umizoomi 17:05 Stuck In The Middle BERMUDA TENTACLES ON OSN MOVIES ACTION HD 05:05 Outback 02:26 Olive The Ostrich 17:30 Bunkʼd 06:50 Supa Strikas 07:15 Right Now Kapow 07:00 The Tigger Movie 02:31 Olive The Ostrich 00:30 The Big Brain Theory 17:55 Girl Meets World 16:15 WAGs Miami 11:50 Royal Recipes 08:20 The Heart Of The Oak 02:36 Paw Patrol 18:20 Disney Mickey Mouse 07:40 Future-Worm! 19:00 E! News 01:20 The Next Great Magician 08:05 Marvelʼs Rocket And Groot 12:45 Emmerdale 09:40 Ducktales: The Movie 02:59 Little Charmers 02:10 Worldʼs Funniest 18:25 Alex & Co. 20:00 Revenge Body With Khloe 13:45 Coronation Street 11:00 The Fairy Tales Tree 03:11 Ben & Hollyʼs Little Kingdom 18:50 Best Friends Whenever 08:10 K.C. Undercover Kardashian 03:00 Destroyed In Seconds 08:35 Milo Murphyʼs Law 14:15 The Chase: Celebrity 12:15 A.R.C.H.I.E. 03:23 Dora The Explorer 03:25 Destroyed In Seconds 19:15 Star Darlings 21:00 Revenge Body With Khloe Specials 13:50 Doctor Proctorʼs Fart Powder 03:45 Max & Ruby 19:20 Liv And Maddie 09:00 Walk The Prank Kardashian 01:15 Attila 03:50 Ultimate Survival 09:25 Supa Strikas 15:10 Royal Recipes 15:20 Pet Pals In Windland 04:08 Nella The Princess Knight 04:40 How Itʼs Made 19:45 Mako Mermaids 22:00 Famously Single 16:00 This Is England ʻ88 02:40 Bermuda Tentacles 16:45 Ducktales: The Movie 04:31 Shimmer And Shine 20:10 The Adventures Of Disney 09:50 Gravity Falls 23:00 E! News 04:15 Echo Effect 05:05 How Itʼs Made 10:15 Marvelʼs Rocket And Groot 16:55 Lewis 18:05 Marco Macaco 04:54 Dora And Friends 05:30 Dirty Jobs Fairies 17:50 Tonight At The London 06:00 Fast & Furious 7 19:25 Ratchet And Clank 05:16 Zack & Quack 20:35 Cracke 10:20 K.C. Undercover 08:20 The Tower 06:20 Mythbusters 10:45 Right Now Kapow Palladium 21:05 Pet Pals In Windland 05:28 The Day Henry Met 07:00 Doki 20:40 Alex & Co. 18:45 Emmerdale 10:30 Echo Effect 22:35 The Heart Of The Oak 05:33 The Day Henry Met 21:05 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug 11:10 Lab Rats 12:05 Age Of Tomorrow 07:25 Dick ʻnʼ Dom Go Wild 11:35 Mech-X4 19:45 Coronation Street 23:55 Marco Macaco 05:38 Blaze And The Monster 07:50 Bad Dog And Cat Noir 20:10 Royal Recipes 13:40 Fast & Furious 7 Machines 21:30 Stuck In The Middle 12:00 Johnny Kapahala: Back On 16:00 Beyond Redemption 08:40 How Itʼs Made Board 00:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 21:00 This Is England ʻ88 06:00 Rusty Rivets 09:05 How Itʼs Made 21:55 Tsum Tsum Shorts 01:00 Man Fire Food 21:55 Lewis 17:30 Maze Runner: The Scorch 06:12 Paw Patrol 22:25 Bunkʼd 13:30 Milo Murphyʼs Law Trials 09:30 The Big Brain Theory 13:45 Gamerʼs Guide To Pretty 01:30 Man Fire Food 22:50 Emmerdale 06:37 Dora The Explorer 23:15 Emmerdale 19:45 Blackhat 07:00 Zack & Quack 23:40 Coronation Street 22:00 I Am Number Four 07:21 Bubble Guppies 23:55 Assassins Tale 00:15 The Middle 00:40 The Middle 07:44 Blaze And The Monster 01:05 High Maintenance Machines 01:30 High Maintenance 08:07 Paw Patrol 02:00 Family Guy 08:30 Shimmer And Shine 02:20 The Tonight Show Starring 08:53 Nella The Princess Knight 00:20 Ronnie OʼSullivanʼs Jimmy Fallon 09:15 The Day Henry Met American Hustle 00:00 Hocus Pocus 03:10 Late Night With Seth Meyers 09:22 Paw Patrol 01:10 Alone 01:40 Lego DC Comics: Justice 04:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 09:45 Rusty Rivets 02:00 Swamp People League Cosmic Clash 04:50 George Lopez 09:57 Bubble Guppies 02:50 Storage Wars 03:00 The Odd Life Of Timothy 05:15 Two And A Half Men 10:20 Fresh Beat Band Of Spies 03:15 American Pickers Green 05:40 The Bernie Mac Show 10:40 Zack & Quack 04:05 Pawn Stars 04:45 Scooby-Doo! And Kiss: Rock 06:05 New Girl 10:52 Team Umizoomi 04:30 Pawn Stars And Roll Mystery 06:30 Mom 11:15 Shimmer And Shine 05:00 Mountain Men 06:10 Hocus Pocus 06:55 Men At Work 11:38 Shimmer And Shine 06:00 Fifth Gear 07:50 Lego DC Comics: Justice 07:20 Late Night With Seth Meyers 12:01 Max & Ruby 06:50 Duck Dynasty League Cosmic Clash 08:10 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 12:25 Ben & Hollyʼs Little Kingdom 07:40 Counting Cars 09:10 Further Adventures Of 09:00 The Tonight Show Starring 12:36 Ben & Hollyʼs Little Kingdom 08:30 Pawn Stars Professor Branestawn Jimmy Fallon 12:47 The Day Henry Met 09:20 Storage Wars 10:15 Chicken Little 09:50 George Lopez 12:52 The Day Henry Met 09:45 Storage Wars 11:40 The Odd Life Of Timothy 10:15 Two And A Half Men 12:57 Blaze And The Monster 10:10 American Pickers Green 10:40 Mom Machines 11:00 Pirate Treasure Of The 13:25 Hercules (1997) 11:05 Men At Work 13:19 Blaze And The Monster Knights Templar 15:00 The Good Dinosaur 11:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show Machines 11:50 Duck Dynasty 16:35 The Amazing Wizard Of 12:20 Seinfeld 13:41 Zack & Quack 12:15 Duck Dynasty Paws 12:45 Seinfeld 14:03 Team Umizoomi 12:40 Counting Cars 18:20 Inspector Gadget 13:10 The Middle 14:25 Olive The Ostrich 13:30 Ice Road Truckers 19:45 Marvelʼs Iron Man & Captain 13:35 The Middle 14:30 Olive The Ostrich 14:20 Mountain Men America: Heroes United 14:00 George Lopez 14:35 Paw Patrol 15:10 Fifth Gear 21:00 Hercules (1997) 14:25 Two And A Half Men 14:58 Little Charmers 16:00 Storage Wars 16:25 Storage Wars 16:50 Pawn Stars 17:15 Pawn Stars 17:40 Alone 18:30 Swamp People 19:20 Mountain Men 20:10 American Pickers LAST ACTION HERO ON OSN MOVIES HD 21:00 Detroit Steel 21:50 Forged In Fire 22:40 Forged In Fire 10:20 Mythbusters Much Everything 02:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 23:30 American Pickers 11:10 Incredible Food Race 14:10 Disney Mickey Mouse 02:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 12:00 Incredible Food Race 14:15 Future-Worm! 03:00 Man Fire Food 12:50 Incredible Food Race 14:40 Kirby Buckets 03:30 Man Fire Food 13:40 Incredible Food Race 15:05 Lab Rats 04:00 Chopped 14:30 Doki 00:00 Henry Hugglemonster 15:30 Walk The Prank 05:00 Guyʼs Grocery Games 14:55 Dick ʻnʼ Dom Go Wild 00:15 Calimero 15:55 Right Now Kapow 06:00 Barefoot Contessa: Back To 15:20 Bad Dog 16:25 K.C. Undercover Basics 00:30 Art Attack 00:15 Wineroads 16:10 The Big Brain Theory 16:50 Disney11 06:30 Barefoot Contessa 00:55 Zou 00:45 Places We Go 17:00 Bondi Vet 17:15 Mech-X4 07:00 The Kitchen 01:05 Loopdidoo 01:10 Whatʼs For Sale? 17:50 Kings Of The Wild 17:40 Milo Murphyʼs Law 08:00 The Pioneer Woman 01:20 Henry Hugglemonster 01:40 George Clarkeʼs Amazing 18:40 Troy 18:05 Disney Mickey Mouse 08:30 The Pioneer Woman 01:35 Calimero Spaces 19:30 How Itʼs Made 18:10 Gravity Falls 09:00 Sibaʼs Table: Fast Feasts 01:50 Zou 02:35 Maximum Foodie 19:55 How Itʼs Made 18:35 Lab Rats 09:30 Sibaʼs Table: Fast Feasts 02:05 Art Attack 03:00 Maximum Foodie 20:20 Mythbusters 19:00 Supa Strikas 10:00 The Pioneer Woman 02:30 The Hive 03:30 Rustic Adventure Argentina 21:10 Bondi Vet 19:25 Milo Murphyʼs Law 10:30 The Pioneer Woman 02:40 Loopdidoo 03:55 Rustic Adventure Argentina 22:00 Kings Of The Wild 19:50 Marvelʼs Rocket And Groot 11:00 The Kitchen 02:55 Henry Hugglemonster 04:25 Valentine Warner Eats 22:50 Destroyed In Seconds 19:55 K.C. Undercover 12:00 The Pioneer Woman 03:10 Art Attack Scandinavia 23:15 Destroyed In Seconds 20:20 Mech-X4 13:00 Sibaʼs Table 03:35 Loopdidoo 04:50 Valentine Warner Eats 23:40 Ultimate Survival 20:45 Disney11 13:30 Sibaʼs Table 03:50 Calimero Scandinavia 21:10 Walk The Prank 14:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 04:05 Art Attack 05:20 Island Hunter 21:35 Marvelʼs Rocket And Groot 14:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 04:30 Henry Hugglemonster 06:15 Whatʼs For Sale? 21:40 Disney Mickey Mouse 15:00 Chopped 04:45 Zou 06:40 Whatʼs For Sale? 21:45 Lab Rats 16:00 The Kitchen 05:00 Art Attack 07:10 George Clarkeʼs Amazing 22:10 Lab Rats 17:00 The Pioneer Woman 05:30 Henry Hugglemonster Spaces 22:35 Phineas And Ferb 17:30 The Pioneer Woman 00:30 The Coroner: I Speak For 05:45 Loopdidoo 08:05 Maximum Foodie 23:00 Programmes Start At 6:00am 18:00 Chopped The Dead 06:00 Zou 08:30 Maximum Foodie 19:00 Chopped Junior 01:20 Is O.J. Innocent? The 06:15 Calimero 09:00 Rustic Adventure Argentina 20:00 Chopped Missing Evidence 06:30 Loopdidoo 09:25 Rustic Adventure Argentina 21:00 The Great Food Truck Race 02:10 Grave Secrets 06:45 Henry Hugglemonster 09:55 Valentine Warner Eats 22:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 03:00 Steven Avery: Innocent Or 07:00 Sofia The First Scandinavia 22:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives Guilty? 07:25 PJ Masks 10:20 Valentine Warner Eats 23:00 Chopped 03:48 Obsession: Dark Desires 07:50 The Lion Guard 00:05 WAGs Miami Scandinavia 04:36 Obsession: Dark Desires 08:15 Mickey And The Roadster 00:55 WAGs Miami 10:50 Island Hunter 05:24 Obsession: Dark Desires Racers 01:50 E! 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CROSSWORD 1663 STAR TRACK

Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22) Work seems intense today but you possess a powerful, persistent drive and An emphasis on discipline with regard to work and health is a keynote of the are a hard, steady worker. Some people find you deep, with a sense of mystery. You are cycle now dawning in your life. Procedures, scheduling, details: you may become weak in willing to do work today that others would not go near, quietly putting an end to some some areas unless you take steps to correct any deficiencies. Deficiencies may only be difficult problems. Later today you might be helping others to learn technical techniques when you fail to meet a deadline. You can do this . . . You will be pleased with your so that you will eventually not be so overburdened. You are able to direct others in your progress. Otherwise, you will have to run faster just to avoid falling behind. A desire for business and this may lead to a leadership position. You busy yourself this afternoon in variety marks this phase and this especially applies to romantic experience and artistic some project that you had been putting off for some time. You will be creating a new taste. The latter tend to focus on literature and poetry. Communication with distant family form or format for presentation to some very important people. Some people may won- members is possible this afternoon. A sociable, congenial, slightly frivolous orientation der how the business could ever get along without you. sets in this evening. A social involvement can be enjoyable.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Scorpio (October 23-November 21)

You are friendly and encouraging today. You somehow manage to find a This is a good time for promoting yourself and for letting others know what creative environment or the creative in any environment, so as to provide the most ben- you have to offer. Right now, the key to career moves involves attending to nagging eficial area in which to work or play. Others want to join you in this project. You have a details-whatever you have neglected before. This is a time during which you may be able built-in sense of what the public wants and can always come up with just the right to move ahead with your ambition and your general life’s purpose. You would make an image. You find it easy to work with the emotions and feelings of others and with great excellent teacher of philosophy or religion-you cannot help but communicate these sub- imagination. You are great with kids and big on animals, sports and the outdoors. You jects to others and enchant all who come to know you. Your understanding of the unity are an instant umbrella of warmth, friendship and self-expression. Clear decisions affect- behind appearances, along with the ability to put these thoughts into words, is a rare and ing others could be made easily at this time. These are the attitudes and circumstances valuable gift. You would make a good director, photographer, choreographer, etc. You in which you find yourself teaching others. like working with mental images.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) There are lots of energy and action this day. Your dreams and imaginings You might like to ignore responsibilities and do some socializing, but reali- keep bumping into the real and the actual. You quickly pick up on what is ties demand you tend to business and forget your friends for the moment. expected of you, and you are accountable. You are learning to plan ahead as you see your This is one of the best times to make progress, push forward and rise to prominence. It will ACROSS sure is higher than outside. goals begin to develop. You do the best you can in every situation that you experience. It be hard for you to do wrong-all the cycles are working in your favor. Your career seems to 1. Electronic warfare undertaken under 8. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of. takes judgment to make the choices that best benefit a situation. Consider this: your pow- get the support you need and this is one area of life that runs smoothly. You seem to direct control of an operational com- 9. Ludicrously odd. ers of perception are particularly sharp at this time, and you would do well now to work understand what the public wants and mass marketing could be a natural for you. This is mander to locate sources of radiated elec- 10. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion- out the details of any plans that you have previously made. This evening, you may feel also a time when you may marry or take on a new role in the community or with other tromagnetic energy for the purpose of resistant metallic element used in strong focused and even a bit radiant. You are either entertaining company or being entertained people. Your mind is ever on communication, how you present yourself, especially when immediate threat recognition. light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts). yourself tonight. The snacks are low calorie and nutritional-good for you! negotiating. Enjoy a new recipe tonight. 4. Someone who lives in the same camp 11. (Old Testament) The eldest son of you do. Isaac who would have inherited the 12. A doctor's degree in dental surgery. Covenant that God made with Abraham 15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in and that Abraham passed on to Isaac. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) which the pilot is talked down by ground 12. Any of numerous low-growing cush- control using precision approach radar. ion-forming plants of the genus Draba You may realize that you may have been stagnating lately. There are oppor- Independence on the part of people or events somehow challenges your 16. Semi-parasitic herb with purple or having rosette-forming leaves and termi- tunities today to rise above the mundane. Saying or writing with style authority today. Also, the forces of change assert themselves now and again, white or pink flowers. nal racemes of small flowers with scapose comes naturally as you seek to write a program or progress report. It may seem that you managing to overrule and overturn whatever you have managed to secure. Observing 17. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed. or leafy stems. are always writing technical material, and just now there is a desire for variety with some others, you will find that some people just naturally deal well with upheavals and adjust- 18. A humorous anecdote or remark. 13. Any of various hard resins from trees of of your work. You may find yourself at a used book store reading all types of subjects. You ments-yet others may find much difficulty. You have great discipline and may find it 19. An authoritative command or request. the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the may even find yourself involved with two books at once. Increasing your vocabulary enjoyable to teach young people how to solve difficulties they may uncover. You can 20. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions genus Agathis. expertise can be a fun ongoing activity, and you could find a friend to join you. Your ability demonstrate a good sensitivity and understanding about the needs of others. You know of the Old World. 14. Thin and fit. to discriminate real breakthroughs and to spot new trends makes you able to work in just the right words that will communicate positive messages. This could involve political 22. Saber-toothed tigers. 21. Something twisted and tight and areas at the very fringe of technology these days-more technology to write. issues. If not community politics, possibly club politics. 24. Remove a bar from (a door, for exam- swollen. ple). 23. United States tennis player (born in 25. An emotional response that has been Czechoslovakia) who won several singles Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) acquired by conditioning. championships. 26. A narrow gorge with a stream running 27. A hemoprotein composed of globin Before work begins this morning, conversations with co-workers could be Opportunities may go against your own sense of responsibility. Career through it. and heme that gives red blood cells their in the religious realm or at least, spiritual. You have little interest in spirituality that is ram- choices may require that you temporarily neglect the home. This is a tough call, and some 28. A river in north central Switzerland characteristic color. pant these days. You could probably bring imagination and religious understanding to compromise is perhaps the best way to a workable solution. This is a perfect time to be that runs northeast into the Rhine. 30. The capital of Croatia. physical and scientific studies. Opportunity for further thought regarding the spirit tends assertive and to move forward in your career decisions. You are driven when it comes to 29. The unit of frequency. 31. A city in the Saxony region of Germany to crop up during the day-you are open to new ways of thinking. Continued success on fulfilling your ambitions and carving out a career. There is no lack of energy or drive here, 32. Worker in a railway yard. on the Saale River. the career level may point to your abandoning some of your dreams. This afternoon, fam- and nothing can stand in your way. Everything is poured into making the right moves-the correct decisions. You are outgoing, enthusiastic and always diplomatic-everybody’s 40. In a nimble or agile manner. 33. A state in New England. ily matters tend to take precedence and you may have to help a young person to under- favorite. Politics or some other public career seems inevitable. Some experienced politi- 41. 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But in nine days more than 10 times that number of British, French and Canadian troops were evacuated in what became known as the "Miracle of Dunkirk". Many were plucked from the beaches by a flotilla of "little ships" crewed by civilians who answered the call to cross the Channel. Their courage came home to Nolan and his wife, producer Emma Thomas, when they crossed the same stretch of water in a small boat in what he described as "one of the most difficult and People watch the seventh season premiere of US TV show "Game of Thrones" at the Mayakovskaya metro station in Moscow early yesterday. "Game of Thrones" returned for its season frankly dangerous experiences of my life." "It seven premiere on July 16, ending a longer-than-usual wait for fans craving its unique weekly offer of sex, violence and dragons. — AFP drove home to us how heroic this was," Thomas told AFP. "And no one was shooting or dropping bombs on us." 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"Lipstick Under My Burkha" will hit the board regularly approves adult comedies company shared in the blame for the deadly trestle spanning the Altamaha River near Jesup screens on Friday, five months after the coun- containing derogatory jokes about women freight train collision even though the film crew in southeast . Jones' family had also sued try's notoriously prudish and much-maligned that are directed by men and target India's was trespassing. The parents of Sarah Jones sued Miller, his fellow production managers and sev- censor board refused to certify it for being predominantly young, male cinema-going CSX Transportation in Chatham County State eral other defendants. All of them except for CSX "lady oriented". The movie tells the story of audience. Shrivastava was outraged at the Court, saying the railroad shared blame for their settled or otherwise resolved their cases out of the secret lives and desires of four women- decision and challenged it at an appeals tri- daughter's death. The 27-year-old camera assis- court. The jury Monday found $11.2 million to including a college student who wears a bunal, which in April cleared the film for Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan pose for pho- tant died in the crash Feb. 20, 2014, during the be the total value of Jones' life as well as her pain burkha, and a 55-year-old who rediscovers a release, albeit with a few cuts, such as reduc- tographers upon arrival at the premiere of the first day of shooting "Midnight Rider," an ill-fated and suffering. Jurors decided CSX - the only sex life after the death of her husband. ing the length of some sex scenes. movie "Dunkirk," in Dunkirk, northern France, movie about Gregg Allman of the Allman defendant on trial - bore 35 percent of the "I feel that the release is not just about The Film Certification Appellate Tribunal Sunday. — AP Brothers Band. responsibility for Jones' death, making the rail- 'Lipstick' but is also a victory and celebra- ruled that "Lipstick Under My Burkha" was road's share $3.9 million. tion that women can tell their stories," direc- suitable for anyone aged 18 or over and Grandfather's grave tor Alankrita Shrivastava told AFP on should be given an adult rating. The film has "My grandfather (Francis Thomas Nolan) was a Jones was run over Monday. "It's not just about my film and our aired at more than 35 film festivals world- navigator on a Lancaster bomber and he died The jury in Savannah heard testimony during cast and crew. If it had not released (then) wide, including the Tokyo International Film near here in 1944. While we were shooting the the civil trial that two CSX trains rolled through that would have set a precedent that it's Festival where it won an award last year. film I took the children to see his grave. Seeing my while the movie crew stood on both sides of the okay to gag 50 percent of the population," Shrivastava said she was "excited, happy and own grandfather and the rest of his crew in a she added. India's censor board, the Central also a little nervous" about the movie finally tracks within an hour before the crash, but the communal grave, you realise the concept of enter- operators of those trains never called dispatch- Board of Film Certification (CBFC), sparked showing in cinemas in its home country. "It tainment and war is a very tricky thing." Which is ers to alert them. Jurors also were shown a CSX uproar in February when it blocked the always makes you wonder what people are policy that train operators are expected to movie, saying it was "lady oriented, their expecting but that's only until Friday and why "Dunkirk"-despite its relentless high-octane immediately report trespassers on its tracks and fantasy above life". The ruling was widely then it will be clear what the film is and how score and action scenes-is not "really a war film", rights of way. Jeffrey Harris, the Jones family's mocked on social media. ridiculous all this drama was," she said. — AFP he said. Indeed Nolan wanted to turn it into a attorney, also noted that the train's brakes The board, which has a history of barring "survival story... and to create a different feeling weren't applied until after the locomotive struck movies it deems too racy or at risk of causing and rhythm to what people have ever seen or a hospital bed the filmmakers had placed across experienced before in a cinema." the tracks. Actor William Hurt, hired to play "The leads at the heart of the film are kids," he Allman, had been lying in the bed before the told AFP, including the pop star Harry Styles of In a file photo, Richard and Elizabeth Jones, train came upon the crew at 53 mph (85 kph). One Direction fame. "You are not expecting them speak with reporters outside the Wayne Hurt escaped unharmed. Six crew members to take on the German army. When you see the County Courthouse, in Jesup, Ga. — AP were injured by flying shrapnel from the bed. young soldier played by Fionn Whitehead at the "This trial disclosed a number of exceptional- Jones was run over. Hurt appeared in Savannah beginning (fleeing German fire) you just want this ly poor judgments and ignored opportunities by and sat outside the courtroom during the trial's guy to be OK. You don't have a problem with him CSX Transportation to prevent this tragedy," first day last week. But the actor was never called dropping his rifle and running. Because that is Jones' parents, Richard and Elizabeth Jones of to testify in the case. CSX attorneys blamed the what you would have done." Columbia, South Carolina, said in a written state- crash entirely on the filmmakers. CSX officials For a while, Nolan-who is known for his techni- ment. CSX plans to appeal the jury's decision, had twice sent production managers emails cal and narrative daring toyed with even making said Rob Doolittle, a spokesman for the denying them permission to shoot on the "Dunkirk" "almost as a silent film", driven by "pic- Jacksonville, Florida-based company. "CSX is bridge. Three of Jones' co- workers testified that tures and sound effects rather than dialogue". deeply sympathetic to the terrible loss suffered production managers never told the rest of the by the family of Ms. Sarah Jones, but respectfully crew members, who went onto the railroad tres- disagrees with the conclusions reached by the tle unaware they were trespassing.—AP Brexit bombshell jury today," Doolittle said. "I was looking for ecstatic truth of what hap- The film's director, Randall Miller, served a pened" to the hundreds of thousands of men left stranded like sitting ducks on the beach. "I was trying to make pure cinema," he said, using huge IMAX cameras and shooting with 70mm film- twice the size of the usual format-to make the "experience overwhelmingly real". Rather than 'Apes' swings to top of US box office relying on special effects, Nolan shot on, above and off the very beaches where the evacuation took place with real World War II planes and war- ships. Some of the original "little ships" which ar for the Planet of the Apes" won this week- half from its opening three-day weekend to pull in $44.2 cent approval rating on the Rotten Tomatoes website, picked the soldiers up were also pressed back end's battle of the box office in North million, website Exhibitor Relations reported. "War," direct- which collates reviews. into service. "WAmerica, riding on strong reviews and ever ed by Matt Reeves, tells the continuing story of how intelli- Sony-Marvel collaboration "Spider-Man," which draws a The gargantuan production starring Cillian more natural-looking apes to take $56.3 million. The gent primate Caesar (Andy Serkis) and other apes battle similarly strong 92 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, stars Tom Murphy, Kenneth Branagh and Mark Rylance even Fox/Chemin Entertainment production managed to out- the forces led by an evil human dictator (Woody Holland as a young Peter Parker, ably mentored by Robert involved rebuilding the one kilometre-long draw "Spider-Man: Homecoming," which fell by more than Harrelson). The film, made for $150 million, has a 95 per- Downey Jr. as Iron Man as he takes on bad guy Vulture (1,093-yard) breakwater called The Mole, from (Michael Keaton). Far behind on $19.4 million was Universal's animated sequel "Despicable Me 3," starring which thousands of troops were taken onto larger Steve Carell as the voice of bad guy-turned-protagonist ships. "I think we had the largest marine unit ever Gru-and his twin brother Dru, and Kristen Wiig as Gru's wife used in a film," Nolan added. "At one point we had Lucy. The film has done much better overseas than at 60-plus boats in the water," including three former home, according to Hollywood Reporter, which says its minesweepers, a destroyer and a hospital ship. global gross of $519.4 million includes a whopping $113.6 Storms played havoc with the "arduous" shoot, million from viewers in China. ripping chunks out of The Mole. But Nolan said Placing fourth was Sony's heist thriller "Baby Driver," they also gave him "incredible images that you with Ansel Elgort ("The Fault in our Stars") front and center couldn't plan or fake." as a gifted getaway driver with a hearing problem. It net- And then as filming reached its climax last year ted $8.7 million. And in a surprising fifth place among the came the Brexit bombshell. Suddenly the big-studio blockbusters was independent rom-com "The prospect of another retreat from Europe gave the Big Sick" from Lionsgate, taking in $7.5 million in its first film an unexpected and unwanted political reso- week in wide release. "Sick" stars Kumail Nanjiani in the nance. Nolan said that "like most British people semi-autobiographical role of a Pakistani-American stand- we didn't think Brexit would happen". With the up comic who resists his parents' insistent efforts to find a idea of Britain alone against the world again in wife for him, and instead falls in love with comedy-club the air, he warned against "the Dunkirk spirit" customer Emily, played by Zoe Kazan. The film, co-written being abused. "Dunkirk is always being used by by Nanjiani and the real-life Emily, his wife, rates a resound- politicians as a symbol of something. But whenev- ing 97 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and is credited by the er anyone tries to link it with contemporary poli- New York Times with no less than "revitalizing an often moribund subgenre with a true story of love, death and... tics they are flying in the face of the fact that it everyday comedy." — AFP happened in 1940," he said. — AFP WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 lifestyle

MUSIC & MOVIES Radiohead set for Israel concert despite calls to boycott adiohead is set to defy calls from prominent artists to cancel its concert today in Israel Rover the occupation of Palestinian territory, the latest controversy related to a campaign to boycott the country. Radiohead singer Thom Yorke has responded to artists such as Pink Floyd's Roger Waters and director Ken Loach calling on the pioneering rock band to cancel, saying such demands have been patronizing. In a Twitter post last week, Yorke said "playing in a country isn't the same as endorsing its govern- ment". "We've played in Israel for over 20 years through a succession of governments, some more liberal than others. As we have in America. We don't endorse (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu any more than (US President Donald) Trump, but we still play in America." He added that "music, art and academia is about crossing borders not building them, about open minds not closed ones, about shared humanity, dialogue and free- dom of expression." A boycott campaign over Israel's five-decade occupation of Palestinian terri- tory has been under way for years, but Radiohead's concert has received particular attention due to the British band's reputation for political activism. Band members have spoken out in favor of envi- ronmental causes and against what they see as unfair global trade rules. Radiohead's 2003 album "Hail to the Thief" was seen in part as a response to Israelis to buy tickets in support-though at 484 seeking an end to Israel's occupation of the West in deciding to play. "They have supported human Radiohead singer the George W Bush presidency in the United States. shekels ($135, 117 euros), it's a steep price to pay. Bank and activists say bands such as Radiohead rights causes elsewhere, but when it came to the Thom Yorke. Beyond that, it remains one of the world's biggest Concert organizers Naranja say 50,000 tickets have essentially cross a picket line when they play in Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and equali- rock bands, lauded by critics for stretching the been sold so far for the show at Tel Aviv's Park Israel. ty, they decided to stubbornly ignore our voices boundaries of the genre after first coming to Hayarkon out of some 51,000 available. and our appeals, thus helping Israel's propaganda prominence in the 1990s. David Brinn, the managing editor of Israel's The 'Radiohead's double standard' machine to cover up its denial of our human Jerusalem Post newspaper who has written exten- Israel sees BDS as a strategic threat and accuses rights," he said. 'Choice is simple' sively on music, said the band already had a large it of anti-Semitism-a claim activists firmly deny, But for Yorke, it was "patronizing in the extreme" Loach, the widely lauded director of politically fan base in Israel, so it is difficult to know if the con- calling it an attempt to discredit them. A number of to presume Radiohead is unfamiliar with the Israeli- engaged films such as "The Wind That Shakes the troversy affected sales. "I don't think that there will politically active musicians have called off shows in Palestinian conflict, pointing out that guitarist Barley" and "I, Daniel Blake," wrote recently that "if be that many people that are going to buy tickets Israel, including Lauryn Hill and Elvis Costello. But a Jonny Greenwood's wife was born in Israel. "It's they go to Tel Aviv, they may never live it down". to the show just because Radiohead made a deci- range of others have performed. On Saturday really upsetting that artists I respect think we are "Radiohead need to decide if they stand with the sion to come to Israel," he said, adding that the night, Guns N' Roses played to an estimated crowd not capable of making a moral decision ourselves oppressed or with the oppressor," he wrote in an band's music was "an acquired taste." of around 60,000 in Tel Aviv, while others including after all these years," Yorke recently told Rolling opinion piece in Britain's Independent. "The choice The movement behind calls for Radiohead to Britney Spears and Elton John have also performed Stone magazine. — AFP is simple." Israelis tend to rally around artists who cancel is known as BDS-Boycott, Divestment and recently. defy such boycott calls and the same has been the Sanctions-and says it is inspired by the campaign Omar Barghouti, a leader in the BDS movement, case with Radiohead. There have been calls for that targeted South Africa's apartheid regime. It is however spoke of "Radiohead's double standard" R&B singer R Kelly denies holding women captive &B star R Kelly on Monday denied has been repeatedly hit by scandal. explosive allegations that he was In 2008, he was acquitted of charges Rholding women in virtual slavery of child pornography after the Chicago with control over all aspects of their Sun-Times reported that it had a video lives. The 50-year-old singer-whose of the singer involved in sexual acts smooth voice has produced years of hits with an underage girl. BuzzFeed News, including "I Believe I Can Fly"-said he which quoted people close to Kelly, was "alarmed and disturbed" by the described him as a cult-like figure and charges. "Mr Kelly unequivocally denies said that women allegedly under his such accusations and will work diligent- spell included aspiring musicians. Kitti ly and forcibly to pursue his accusers Jones, said to be a former member of and clear his name," his lawyer, Linda Kelly's inner circle, said the singer once Mensch, said in a statement. held her against a tree and slapped her BuzzFeed News earlier Monday pub- This file photo shows singer R Kelly outside a restaurant of the sandwich lished a report saying that six women attending the Ovadia & Sons front chain Subway after he felt she was too lived in a house near Atlanta and a stu- row during New York Fashion Week: friendly with the cashier. dio in Chicago where Kelly held power Men’s S/S 2016 at Skylight Clarkson Cheryl Mack, described as Kelly's for- over their diets, clothing and sexual Sq in New York City. — AFP mer personal assistant, said the singer encounters, which he would record. The with gossip site TMZ. "I only want to say insisted that the women wear jogging Fans cheer for British band Coldplay performing at the Stade de France Arena in Saint Denis, on the outskirts of parents of one alleged victim held a that I am in a happy place with my life suits and face the wall when other men Paris. — AFP photos news conference outside the residence and I'm not being brainwashed or any- could see them. Kelly "is a master of near Atlanta and said their 21-year-old thing like that," she said, while declining mind control," Mack was quoted as say- daughter had cut off contact. "My to answer more detailed questions ing. But the report said that police have daughter is severely brainwashed," about her conditions. She said that she looked into allegations and not taken mother Jonjelyn Savage said. "We just had not spoken to her parents as their action as the women are of legal age Coldplay salutes US want him to release her and let her go allegations had caused a rift. Kelly-who and are seen as in consensual relation- on with her life," she told reporters. lives partially at the Trump Tower in his ships. — AFP The daughter, Jocelyn Savage, native Chicago-is one of the most suc- immigrants in new video denied coercion in a video interview cessful R&B singers of recent years but oldplay hailed the contributions of immigrants to the United States as the English rockers released a video for Mayer on changing his live Ca new song, "Miracles (Someone Special)." Without any explicit reference to President Donald Trump and his crack- down on immigration, Coldplay made clear that the history of the United States goes beyond people of European heritage. shows: 'I want to be competitive' The video starts with a wall of old photos. The shot zooms in to show immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, the station in New York ohn Mayer never relied on multicolored lighting, confetti and Harbor through which 40 percent of Americans trace lineage. pyrotechnics to help him during his live shows, like some of The videos intersperses black-and-white pictures of Jhis peers. But the singer-songwriter-guitarist wanted to step European immigrants with new Americans of other back- up his game, and he said watching Drake perform live encour- grounds, starting with a family of turbaned Sikhs. "You could aged him to beef up his stage production and take more risks dur- be someone special / You've got fire in your eyes, I see ing his concerts. Mayer will launch the second leg of his Search for Heaven inside / You'll go further than we've ever gone," Everything World Tour yesterday in Albuquerque, New Mexico. John Mayer frontman Chris Martin sings on the mid-tempo pop track led The new live shows have been a departure for the Grammy win- by keyboards. Rapper Big Sean contributes a verse in which Lead singer of British band Coldplay Chris Martin ner, who now performs with a colorful and futuristic L.E.D. wall he speaks of the struggle to earn a stable living in contem- (right) with guitarist Jonny Buckland perform at The and floor. "I wanted to have a really big show. I want to be com- Mayer: Well, when I turned 30 (in 2008), I looked at my 30s porary America. The video opens and closes with a child Stade de France Arena in Saint Denis. petitive. I want to be in the world where people are creating big- that were coming up and I said, 'I want to make as much as I can in lying in a bosom of the shape of the Statue of Liberty, which ger and better shows," Mayer said. "I think there's a healthy com- my 30s,' so I started to. ... 'The Search for Everything' would have is within sight of Ellis Island. summit in Hamburg. The band said proceeds from "Aliens" petition involved in it. I went and saw Drake's show and ... real come out, and I haven't done the math on this, it would have The video came out over the weekend after the song would support a charity that rescues migrants attempting the artists say, 'Wow!' And then they go, '(Expletive).' Right? Because come out in 2015, but then this beautiful opportunity of Dead & appeared on Coldplay's EP, "Kaleidoscope," which was perilous trip across the Mediterranean into Europe. Coldplay, you see something that wows you and as an artist yourself you go, Company showed up at my doorstep. And I've never pressed released Friday. It is the second song to raise social issues from one of the most successful rock bands of the early 21st centu- 'I want a little of that.'" The 39-year-old recently wrapped a tour pause on a solo career before, but I knew that this was worth the five-track EP by Coldplay, which has long been active on ry, released "Kaleidoscope" two years after "A Head Full of with Dead & Company, his supergroup with Grateful Dead's pressing pause for. And that's been really interesting because the humanitarian causes. Coldplay earlier this month released the Dreams," which the band had hinted could be its final full- Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir. His summer tour (new) songs are really powerful, but I'm also two years removed track "Aliens" after performing at the Global Citizen concert length album. — AFP wraps Sept 3 in Noblesville, Indiana. from the emotion of it, so it's a very interesting thing to go out on against global poverty on the sidelines of the Group of 20 But Mayer isn't only playing big arenas: He announced tour with songs that have been gestating for three years. Tuesday that he will join the Dive Bar Tour with Bud Light for a show in Los Angeles on July 26. In a recent interview with The Artistic response Associated Press, Mayer talked about stepping it up with his live AP: What have you learned from performing in Dead & shows, attending Grateful Dead University and enjoying new Company? albums by DJ Khaled and Calvin Harris. Mayer: It seemed to me almost like taking a break to go back Pink, Coldplay, Harry Styles to to school, right? It was like, 'Take a break from this solo thing and AP: The production level for your new live shows has really go back to the university.' And I'm getting my degree from changed. What's that process been like? Grateful Dead University. That's all I ever wanted was musical perform at iHeartRadio fest Mayer: We have an L.E.D. wall and a L.E.D. floor. In a way it's experience that equated to becoming a better musician. ... It's a lit- really minimal ... but from there you can go anywhere you want to tle boring to be a solo act for like 50 years. For me personally, I'm ink, Coldplay, The Weeknd, DJ Khaled, Miley Cyrus and go. It can be abstract. It can be superminimalist. It can also be way too fidgety. Harry Styles will perform at the 2017 iHeartRadio super-real. ... I even want to go further with it. ... I have an idea PMusic Festival this fall. IHeartMedia announced yester- maybe next year to do like a 2.0 version of it where it really goes AP: Who else would you like to collaborate with? day that Kesha, Chris Stapleton, Lorde and David Guetta will down deep into my dream, but that's a lot more trucks and buses. Mayer: My next collaboration, I think, is going to be more on also take the stage Sept 22-23 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las I'd go broke from that tour but it would be incredible. It would the producer side than on the artist side. I'm very interested in and Vegas. Tickets go on sale July 28. Ryan Seacrest will host the almost be Broadway-like. I want to be modern day and I want to intrigued by the idea of working with certain producers. ... I also two-day festival, which will also feature performances by play by modern-day rules and excite people, but I also want to do like the idea of the ensemble record; I see where that's going. The Kings of Leon, Big Sean, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Niall Horan it the way I would do it. Everything that I've ever picked up that (DJ) Khaled record, the Calvin Harris record - that's like a life hack and Thomas Rhett. was a technology in some way or another, I've always found, I that's taking place before our eyes. And it's a thoughtful, artistic The CW Network will livestream both nights of the festival think, my own voice with it. And so I'm doing the big, bad L.E.D. response to the industry going the way it's going, which is like on its website and app, and will air a two-night TV special on show, but in a way that tells a story about me. supergroups. ... So I see that working, too, like 'John Mayer Oct 4-5. The festival will also include its daytime event AP: Your album "The Search for Everything" was released Presents...' - where I'm a little less the singer and the upfront guy, In this file photo, Pink performs during the Festival dubbed, "Daytime Village," on Sept 23. It will include perform- in April and it's been four years since your last release. Why so and more the guy making tracks and saying, 'I really can hear this d’ete de Quebec in Quebec City, Canada. — AP ances from Migos, Halsey, Kelsea Ballerini and others. — AP long? voice here.' lifestyle WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017

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Photo shows the West Highland Way rising up from Loch Lomand, Britain's largest body of inland water at 22 miles long, and part of the Trossachs National Park.

Forests, moors, peat bogs: A week of walking in Scotland

'We sense the enormous presence of the surrounding mountains'

By Lynn Dombek lakes and sky, surrounded by heather and moun- Day Three: Rowardennan to Inverarnan tains. We're smitten. The wind is fierce but rain cotland has more than two dozen official 14 miles (22.5 km) holds off. For most of the day we see no one else, long-distance trails through moors, peat bogs It's overcast but no rain. We're now firmly in Rob save our Scottish friends. Guidebooks say this point Sand forests. We chose one of the most popu- Roy country (he's an 18th century highlands folk is as far from civilization as any place on the Way. It lar, the West Highland Way. As first-time walkers in hero). We're still on the loch's shore where the path feels like it. Scotland, my companion and I used a travel com- is a challenging mix of roots and boulders. pany to plan our route, book accommodations and Guidebooks describe it as "torturous," despite Day Six: Kings House to Kinlochleven arrange baggage transfers. But we met others who extraordinary ferns, waterfalls and forests. Six hours 9 miles (14.5 km) used baggage services and booked their own lodg- in, we convince ourselves a turn was missed and We start in sunshine near Glencoe, feeling like Photo shows Kings House Hotel in Glen Coe, Scotland. — AP photos ing, along with folks who camped out. wearily head back. Then the Day One couple tiny blips on the massive glen floor surrounded by Like the wildly variable Scotland landscape, appears. The man pulls out his GPS to show we're towering peaks. Soon we're cloaked in heavy mist there's no end of ways to enjoy the walks. Walkers on track. I sheepishly pocket my map and we're on on the Devil's Staircase, a zigzag ascent to the we met were a disparate bunch: young Swiss back- our way. We share dinner with our new Scottish Way's highest point at 1,800 feet (550 meters). We packers; mountaineers from Virginia; a Swedish friends, Stephen and Jane McNaughton, at the again miss views of high peaks as clouds dip lower, mother with teenage daughters; a Scottish couple, Drovers Inn, established in 1705. but there's a soggy beauty. We sense the enormous world travelers but out to see more of their own presence of the surrounding mountains. country; an extended family from England ages 16 to 50; and a Louisiana couple celebrating their 50th Photo shows sheep wedding anniversary. We were mid-50s profession- near Crianlarich, als out for adventure. Scotland along the We took lots of walks at home to get ready. West Highland Way. Knowing June could be rainy and cold, we tested gear beforehand. Our essentials were good boots, breathable rain jackets, rain pants or shorts, and wool or suitable base layers (no cotton!). A runner recently set a record walking the West Highland way in under 14 hours. We did the standard itiner- ary: 95 miles (150 km) in seven days.

The daily itinerary Day One: Milngavie to Drymen 12 miles (19 km) Our first, lovely day transitions from Milngavie, a small town north of Glasgow, into a pastoral land- Photo shows a gate to the old Glen Coe road, along Scotland's oldest long distance path, scape dotted with sheep and cows, mossy stone the West Highland Way. walls and livestock gates. The peaceful walking is on mostly well-worn trails and roads. We stop into Glengoyne distillery for a wee dram, then on to Drymen. We eat that night at the Clachan Inn, Day Four: Inverarnan to Tyndrum licensed in 1734, seated next to a couple who reap- 13.25 miles (21.25 km) Day Seven: Kinlochleven to Fort William pear on Day Three to save us in an uncertain We hit old military trails as yesterday's rigors are 15 miles (24 km) moment. We're soundly asleep by 8 p.m. forgotten. The rain is back, as are the sheep. We Our last day brings excitement, along with tor- move from farmlands to a thickly wooded conifer rential rain and wind. By the time we cross the gor- Day Two: Drymen to Rowardennan plantation, and happily eat lunch on a hillside, the geous but unforgiving expanse of the valley Lairig 14 miles (22.5 km) mountaintops shrouded in mist. Nearing Tyndrum Mor, we're soaked. Walkers in ponchos and rain It's pouring rain through moors and forests, we walk through heather, bog myrtle and gear flutter in the distance as we splash through then up and steeply down Conic Hill on the bound- pinewoods. It's a peaceful end to the day, despite mud. The peak of Ben Nevis, the 's ary fault separating lowland Scotland from the having trekked in earshot of busy route A82. tallest mountain, is obscured by clouds as we make highlands. In good weather it has glorious views of our final descent into Fort William. We feel elated Loch Lomond (loch means lake). We lunch in Day Five: Tyndrum to Kings House nonetheless, and lucky to have experienced a week Balmaha, a popular resort town, and continue on 18.75 miles (29.75 km) of such awesome beauty. — AP the rocky lakeshore path toward the Rowardennan Our longest, favorite day. The path starts on the Hotel, a rustic lodge. The pub, with its corner fire- glen floor, zigzags up through woods and place, serves as both restaurant and meeting place descends through spectacular moorland toward for walkers. We exchange stories, and stumble off Loch Tulla. A few more miles and we're out on This June photo is of Doune, Scotland, which lies shortly past Loch Lomond, Britain’s to bed. Rannoch Moor, a landscape of peat bogs and small largest body of inland water at 22 miles long.

Photo shows a hiker on the shore of Loch Lomand walking Scotland's oldest Photo shows Glengoyne Distillery, established in 1833, located in Dumgoyne, Photo shows the West Highland Way rising through the valley of Lairig Mor, long distance path, the West Highland Way. Scotland. just north of Kinlochleven, Scotland. Forests, moors, peat bogs: A week of walking in Scotland

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A Kuwaiti man walks by baskets of freshly-caught fish displayed for sale at the main fish market in Kuwait City yesterday. Fishing for Zbaidi, a very popular item in the Kuwaiti cuisine, opened this week after several months of ban imposed by local authorities to allow the marine species to reproduce in territorial waters. Zbaidi’s price reached KD 14 (nearly $50) per kilogram yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Syrian displaced by IS Bizarre News Writing your name can help with fear of turbulence fight paints his heartache A pilot gave some advice for people who are afraid of tur- bulence. Captain Ron Nielsen appeared on 'The Today nder the Islamic State group's rule, Syrian farmer Faysal Arab divas, and camp life Show' and told a volunteer with a severe fear of flying to was forced to hide his sketches and paintings, but dis- Life at the camp is hard, with little shelter from the relent- take a pen and try writing your name with the opposite Uplaced by fighting he has finally been able to resume less sun. Between pulling out sketches from his portfolio, writing hand. According to Captain Nielsen, doing this acts his beloved hobby. He sought refuge with his family at the Ain Faysal tried to soothe his youngest daughter, who was suffer- as a distraction and it crosses over motor function in the Issa camp in northern Syria three months ago, fleeing the bat- ing intense tooth pain that has gone untreated at the camp. brain which is a disruption for your thought process. The tle for jihadist stronghold Raqa, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) Like most of the displaced, Faysal arrived in Ain Issa with little, producer of the show Joyanna Billington put the method away. The 47-year-old struggled to find art materials in the and to resume his artwork he initially used whatever he found to the test and admitted she felt much better doing it. desolate camp so he meticulously made his own, tying around him. One day, a camp worker saw his pieces and threads pulled from a pillow case to a piece of wood to fash- brought him paper and coloured pencils, requesting a portrait ion a paintbrush. to memorialise his son, a Kurdish fighter. The resulting artwork on a huge white posterboard shows Teenager escapes shark attack a young man in a military-style uniform with the yellow badge A teenager was attacked by a great white shark but sur- of the Kurdish People's Protection Units. Faysal has other por- vived. A 13-year-old schoolgirl named Zoe Steyn was traits, including some of the region's most famous Middle booted into the Indian Ocean when she was surfing in Eastern divas, like Lebanese singer Fairuz and Egyptian Umm South Africa after a 10 foot sea predator clamped onto her Kulthum. "This is Warda Al-Jazairia, I like to listen to her," he surfboard and catapulted her into the sea just missing her says, gesturing to his rendition of the famed Algerian singer in leg, the Mirror Online has reported. Speaking about her her youth. near death experience, the youngster said: "I just saw this Other pieces depict what has become his daily life, includ- huge black eye looking straight at me and a huge bang as ing a coloured sketch of a man atop a stack of the thin sponge it took my board and began shaking it. "It latched on with mattresses common at displacement camps in the region. its jaws just missing my leg and it tipped me backwards "During the month of Ramadan, they did not give us as much and I fell in and I just saw the black shape of it in the water food as we expected. No one helped us," Faysal said, gesturing and panicked. "I heard another surfer screaming at me to at the sketch. "We had nothing in the camps beside sponge get back on my board and I pulled myself onto it but was mattresses." terrified of where the shark was and what to do." Zoe made it to the shore unharmed after being aided by fellow surfer Drawing an execution and photographer JP Veaudry, and she was "relieved" to Another pencil sketch depicts a family in front of a tent, an make it to safety. She explained: "I have never been so He even gathered cigarette butts to use as charcoal for old man leaning on a cane, and other people sitting on the relieved to get on a beach in my life and JP told me I was sketches depicting everything from portraits of his favorite ground. "I was looking out from my tent and I saw them, so I very lucky. They reckon it was at least ten feet long, maybe singers to the daily life of the displaced. "I've been drawing for drew them," Faysal explained. But the most painful of Faysal's bigger. "It was the first time I have ever seen a shark in 15 years and I would keep all the pictures for myself," he told pieces depict life under IS, and particularly the experiences he three years of surfing and my memory of it is this big black AFP. "I'd forgo other things so I could buy paintbrushes and oil fears his son may be enduring. He holds up a sketch of two eye looking straight at me - I was so, so scared." And just paints." "When the Daeshis came in, I wouldn't dare draw," he young men in jail-one of them leaning his head back on the one day after the ordeal Zoe took to the waves again, Artist creates portraits of Wimbledon said, using an Arabic term for IS members. "I hid all my pieces concrete wall behind him, and the other with his head although she has vowed never to surf solo in the future. stars out of takeaway on top of the closet and covered them up with a ton of other between his knees. She said: "I can't thank JP enough for risking his life to pad- A food artist has created three portraits of three of the things. They considered drawing to be haram (religiously for- "I imagine this is my son's situation in jail," he said. The dle out and save me and get back to shore. It has taught nation's favorite tennis stars. Prudence Staite collaborated bidden)." Faysal is among tens of thousands of Syrians dis- image caused tears to stream down Sinaa's face. "I love all his me never to surf alone ever again." with the online food ordering platform hungryhouse.co.uk placed by fighting since a US-backed offensive to capture drawings," she said. "But the dearest to my heart is the one of and created Andy , Caroline Teriyaki and Novak Raqa began last year. my son." Inside his tent, Faysal put the finishing touches to a Djoko-chips, after the popular Wimbledon stars and used He fled his home northeast of Raqa city around three pencil rendition of a gruesome scene he witnessed in Raqa various ingredients from takeaway meals. The food artist months ago with his wife Sinaa and seven of their eight chil- city while he waited for a doctor's appointment. He recalled said: "I have created a lot of food art over the years, but I've dren. The slender, tanned farmer did not want to give his real seeing IS jihadists drag a handcuffed and blindfolded man never taken up a takeaway challenge like this before. "After name or the location of his village because he was forced to from a car, stifling the detainee's screams with a piece of cloth. a grueling two weeks on the tennis courts at SW19, these leave behind a son, imprisoned three years ago by IS. He was When Faysal entered his doctor's office, he heard four gun- sporting starts certainly deserve a tasty treat." These are reluctant to share much about the arrest, saying only that his shots. His pencil drawing shows a blindfolded young man, his not the first celebrities to be turned into food portraits by son was accused of working for the Syrian government and is head thrown back. "This is my pain. Everything that happened the artist who also include Denzel Washington out of pop- being held along with Faysal's nephew. to us, not just to my son and nephew."— AFP corn, a cupcake Queen, and a life-size replica of Dita Von Teese from cheese.

Stretching first thing in the morning makes your day better Stretching first thing in the morning can help make your day better, a Harvard University psychologist claims. Amy Cuddy believes having a stretch in your bed in the best way to start the day and making your body stretch as long as possible as soon as your alarm goes off tells your brain that you have a lot of confidence, the Metro reports. This is known as power posing and Amy claims when you pre- Artist carves people tend to be powerful, you are more likely to feel it. from avocado stones An artist has created sculptures from the stones of avoca- Man gets Costa cup dos. Irish artist Jan Campbell has been busily forging a tattooed on his arm name for herself in the art industry by carving the pit of A Costa coffee addict got a tattoo of one of the franchise's the fruit into tiny ornaments. And the creative mastermind coffee cups. Sam Cooper, 29, from Essex, believes he has has uploaded images of her designs to her Instagram spent more than £5,000 on coffee over the space of four page. Speaking about her latest venture, Jan wrote: "I years and now he has branded himself one of the biggest found Dagda and his magic harp inside an avocado stone fans of the franchise with the life-like tattoo on his forearm. when the Dagda played his harp he could make anyone He said to the Mirror Online: "It embodies my love of Costa. who heard it giggle with joy, cry with sorrow, or fall You could say I'm an addict, I probably go there at least instantly into the softest sleep. The playing of his harp once a day and have done for the last four years. "I made the seasons come in the correct order I want to thought, I've just got to do it. The thing with me is, I don't make a small ensemble of musicians next I will carve a Viol do anything by halves." The coffee fan showed his tattoo to de Gamba player - let me know if you have any sugges- the staff at his local branch and joked he may get a bacon Syrian farmer Faysal, who fled his home northeast of Raqa following an offensive to capture the city from Islamic State tions of other instruments you'd like to see.(sic)." sandwich tattooed next. — Bang Showbiz (IS) group fighters, shows his paintings at the Ain Issa camp in northern Syria. — AFP photos