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GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Students demand Ortega resignation BBC, beIN In brief sign pact

QATAR | Reaction to extend Kidnapping, killing of three men condemned Qatar has strongly condemned the kidnapping and killing of three men working for the French logistics company Sodexo in Kabul creative ties yesterday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated Qatar’s firm stance BC Studios and beIN Media Group “This MoU builds on BBC Studios’ rejecting violence and terrorism, have signed a Memorandum of successful existing partnership with regardless of motives and reasons. BUnderstanding (MoU) to establish beIN Media Group and stands to bring The bodies of the Indian, Macedonian a strategic partnership to explore op- our expertise in development and pro- and Malaysian were recovered Students from diff erent universities from across Nicaragua demonstrate demanding the resignation of President Daniel Ortega portunities for the co-development, co- duction to an even wider international yesterday, in the latest incident and his powerful Vice President, wife Rosario Murillo, in Managua, yesterday. The students also demanded that the government production and distribution of content audience. It further demonstrates our targeting foreigners in the war-torn keep the 6% budget for universities. The death toll in violent protests in Nicaragua against Ortega stands at 317, a US-based in Qatar, the Middle East and Turkey. commitment to working with partners capital. Earlier, Qatar condemned regional rights group said yesterday. BBC Studios is a commercial sub- globally to create world-class pro- three explosions that rocked sidiary of the BBC Group and beIN Me- grammes,” Dempsey said. Afghanistan killing at least seven dia Group is one of the world’s leading Al-Obaidly added: “We are incred- civilians. entertainment and sports groups and ibly excited about furthering our trusted owner of Miramax studios. partnership with BBC Studios. This Paul Dempsey, president for Global memorandum of understanding estab- AFRICA | Election Markets at BBC Studios, and Yousef al- lishes a new milestone of cultural col- Zimbabwe president Obaidly, deputy chief executive offi cer laboration between our organisations, UN to convene Yemen of beIN Media Group, signed the agree- bringing together two of the strongest takes strong lead ment – which is set to run for an initial global entertainment brands to deliver Zimbabwe President Emmerson three year-term from August 1 this year stand-out original content, cutting- Mnangagwa took a strong lead in the – at BBC Studios’ London headquarters edge innovation and – ultimately – counting of votes yesterday from this in Television Centre. more value to our customers. We are week’s presidential election, according talks in Geneva on Sept 6 In a symbolic deal for both compa- also delighted to support BBC Studios’ to the off icial results. With nine out of nies, the partnership continues to ex- intention to explore broader business 10 provinces declared, Mnangagwa tend their creative ties and has been a opportunities together with beIN Media had 2.15mn votes against 1.93mn for zAir strikes on fishing port in Hodeidah kill 26 strategic priority for each organisation. Group in Qatar.” opposition leader Nelson Chamisa. As part of the agreement, BBC Studios Earlier this year, beIN launched The first presidential elections since and beIN intend to seek opportunities BBC Earth, BBC Studios’ global fac- the ousting of Robert Mugabe have Reuters ed oil exports through a strategic Red parties come together and understand for the development and/or production tual brand, as a linear channel across sparked a deadly crackdown on United Nations Sea channel following attacks on crude the seriousness of this,” Haley said. of content, while exploring the acqui- the Middle East and North Africa via protesters. Downtown Harare was tankers. The International Committee of the sition of additional BBC Studios’ dig- its direct-to-home service. BBC Earth unusually quiet a day after six people Griffi ths has recently been shuttling Red Cross said on Twitter it was send- ital content by beIN to complement the joined BBC Studios’ pre-school brand, were killed when troops fired live he United Nations Yemen me- between the warring parties to avert a ing medical equipment to Al Thawra current BBC programming on beIN’s CBeebies, which has been on the beIN rounds against demonstrators alleging diator said yesterday he plans coalition assault on Hodeidah. Hospital to treat 50 people in critical platforms. platform since 2016. BBC Earth and the vote had been rigged. Page 4 Tto invite the warring parties to It is home to the main port in the Arab condition following the attack. Included in the MoU is the agreement CBeebies are also available as bespoke Geneva on September 6 to discuss a country, where some 8mn people are The hospital said in a tweet a strike by BBC Studios and beIN to explore in- channels in Turkey via pay-TV operator framework for peace talks and confi - believed to be on the verge of starvation. targeted its main gate, leaving dozens of vestment in content production and for Digiturk, which – along with Miramax AMERICA | Business dence-building measures as he tries “We have tried to fi nd a way to avoid casualties while Houthi-run Saba news the two companies to collaborate on studios – is also part of beIN Media Apple becomes fi rst to negotiate an end to the more than a battle for the city and the port of Ho- agency said 40 were killed in the strike. knowledge exchange and media busi- Group’s rapidly-growing and market- private fi rm worth $1tn three-year confl ict. deidah and we are still trying,” Griffi ths “It is a very painful sight, parts of ness development opportunities in Qa- leading global and entertainment and A Saudi-led military coalition in- told the council, adding that while the bodies are everywhere around the hos- tar. sports business. Apple became the first private tervened in Yemen in 2015, backing gap had been narrowed, he was still pital gates,” an eyewitness told Reuters. company to surpass $1tn in stock government forces fi ghting the Houthi concerned that Hodeidah could be a A coalition spokesman did not im- market value yesterday following its group. fl ashpoint. mediately respond to a Reuters request latest surge after reporting strong During a UN Security Council brief- Air strikes yesterday by the Saudi- for comment. quarterly earnings. Shares of Apple ing, UN mediator Martin Griffi ths led coalition on a fi shing port and fi sh The Saudi-led alliance says captur- briefly hit $207.05 in late-morning called on the parties to create a condu- market in Hodeidah killed 26 people, ing Hodeidah would cut off the main trading, before retreating somewhat. cive environment to allow the Geneva Yemeni medical sources and aid agen- supply line of the Houthis and force The gains came after the iPhone consultations to take place. cies said. the group to the negotiating table, but maker reported strong earnings late “I am very conscious that each day “We’ve hit a new sense of urgency in it has made no major gains since it Tuesday that prompted a two-day costs lives which might have been Yemen,” US ambassador to the United launched the off ensive on June 12. rally in the share price. The company’s saved,” Griffi ths said. Nations Nikki Haley told the council. The Houthis have off ered to hand stock was at $205.98, up 2.2% near The Houthi group said on Tuesday it “If this is what’s starting to happen, over management of the port to the 1555 GMT. Apple said it currently has is unilaterally halting attacks in the Red civilians are at risk, infrastructure is at world body, according to the United 4.83bn shares outstanding. Business Sea for two weeks to support peace ef- risk and we as the international com- Nations, but the coalition says the Page 12 forts, days after Saudi Arabia suspend- munity have to demand that the two group must quit the western coast. Dempsey and al-Obaidly shake hands after signing the MoU. Meet focuses on application of behavioural insights

QNA members of the community of practice the whole concept of using behavioural Doha identifi ed a number of education chal- insights to address many of the chal- lenges in Qatar and discussed how in- lenges that the country and the region is jecting behavioural insights could tackle facing is a great legacy. atar’s Community of Practice these challenges. “What Qatar is doing through its ini- for Behavioural Economics ini- Asked on the use of behavioural in- tiative stands out as pioneering. Many Qtiative has completed its second sights in a FIFA World Cup setting, more countries will be looking to learn session, titled Legacy Majlis, focusing Shephard stressed the work of QBIU in from this experience and use behaviour- on the application of behavioural in- applying insights from behavioural sci- al insights in future World Cup events sights to education. ences in the run-up to the 2022 FIFA and other mega sports events in the fu- The community of practice was de- World Cup to enhance sustainability, ture. The US had already announced in vised as a joint venture between the Su- workers’ welfare, entrepreneurship and its bid that it will also be using behav- preme Committee for Delivery & Legacy education. ioural insights to advance various as- (SC)’s Qatar Behavioural Insights Unit “The World Cup has created unique pects of the World Cup in 2026.” (QBIU) and Qatar Foundation (QF) in opportunities for welfare-enhancing Commenting on the session, Dr Mak- April with the aim of promoting and behavioural insights work and will con- ki said QBIU is a fi ne example of how the sharing knowledge and best practices tinue to do so. There are unique oppor- 2022 FIFA World Cup is having a posi- about behavioural economics in Qatar. SC Secretary-General Hassan al-Thawadi and other dignitaries at the session. tunities to use sports and the national tive impact on Qatar and the region. QBIU, launched by the SC in 2016, pride associated with the World Cup to “We’re very proud to be contributing leads policy experimentation in areas support Qatar’s public policy ecosys- Nudge Lebanon, where he also serves as tion representing key entities in Qatar, encourage hard work and positive self- to the success of the event and, more such as healthy lifestyles, sustainabil- tem. Following the inaugural session, senior adviser, was the guest host. including representatives from QF, Ha- images among students,” he said. importantly, the legacy it leaves for Qa- ity, workers’ welfare and entrepreneur- the second instalment took place within The Legacy Majlis focused on the mad Bin Khalifa University, Doha British “The Generation Amazing pro- tar, the region and the world. To have ship, which will support the successful the majlis of the SC’s Legacy Pavilion at application of behavioural insights to School, Newton Schools, Qatar Fund for gramme at the SC, which is supported the opportunity to learn from and share delivery of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Al Bidda Tower. education with Shephard, an expert in Development, Generation Amazing and by QBIU, is a very good example of these knowledge with other high-level ex- and steer Qatar and the region towards Daniel Shephard, a former member of education and evaluation with over eight Injaz. eff orts, in particular by creating social perts continues to provide a wonderful a better future, in line with the goals of the White House Social and Behavioural years’ experience, leading the discussion. The discussion centred around two impact through sport and using football opportunity for us all.” Qatar National Vision 2030. Sciences Team, co-founder and presi- The session was attended by SC main topics: students’ performance and to create behavioural change and trans- Makki also thanked Shephard for his As part of its commitment to achiev- dent of the Implementation Science & Secretary-General Hassan al-Thawadi, the supporting environment around form lives and communities,” Shephard contribution, noting that the majlis was ing this goal, it launched the community Communication Strategies Group and QBIU chief Dr Fadi Makki, and practi- them, such as parents, teachers, nan- said. “Many countries strive to leave a “another enormously enjoyable and en- of practice in partnership with QF to member of the Board of Trustees of tioners and experts in the area of educa- nies and coaches. Against this backdrop, legacy after hosting the World Cup, and lightening discussion”, sc.qa reported. Gulf Times 2 Friday, August 3, 2018 QATAR

QU-CPH MSc Fire Station panel to select graduate wins art programme applicants Best Poster Award

By Joey Aguilar atar University Col- co-supervised by Dr Ahmed Staff Reporter lege of Pharmacy (QU- Nader (AbbVie Inc principal QCPH) MSc graduate scientist of Pharmacometrics Fatima Khalifa al-Sulaiti has in the US), Dr Daoud al-Badri- ire Station’s selection won the Best Poster Award at yeh (CPH associate professor) committee will hold a se- the 2018 American College and Dr Hazem Elewa (CPH as- Fries of sessions to study of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) sistant professor). the applications of artists who Virtual Poster Symposium. Dr Mohamed Diab, dean of want to join the next edition of Fatima’s abstract on the CPH, said: “Aligning with the the ‘Artist in Residence’ pro- ‘Outcomes of Peak-trough- College mission to promote gramme, it was announced. based versus Trough-only- research and scholarly activ- “Following the conclusion based Vancomycin Thera- ity, we are proud to announce of the residency programme peutic Drug Monitoring that Ms Fatima Khalifa al- for 2017-2018, next year’s par- Clinical and Pharmacokinetic Sulaiti has won the best poster ticipating artists will be chosen. Approaches: A Pragmatic award at the 2018 American “The number increases every Randomised Controlled Tri- College of Clinical Pharmacy year,” said Fire Station director al’ was selected from among Virtual Poster Symposium. Khalifa al-Obaidli in his mes- Khalifa-al-Obaidli. hundreds in the ACCP Best Her project will, without a sage in a book for their recently Poster competition. doubt, advance healthcare and opened ‘Dual Inspiration’ exhi- among other privileges. She presented her poster to serve as a pharmacy resource bition. “QM Chairperson HE Sheikha a panel of expert judges. in Qatar and the Middle East. A panel of judges will evalu- Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin The posters were evalu- This is a real refl ection on the ate applications and choose “the Khalifa al-Thani is committed ated on the following criteria: College of Pharmacy’s re- most distinguished applicants” to supporting the Artist in Resi- originality, rationale and sig- search quality and excellence’. in the country who will be in- dence programme and its de- nifi cance; research question, Dr Awaisu added, “We are cluded in the next edition of the velopment on an ongoing basis Fire Station study design and methods; really proud of Fatima for this programme. by partnering with a number of results; discussion/conclu- signifi cant and tremendous The nine-month Residency in studios in art centres around the York, known as a laboratory for platform for discussions and try as creative and full of po- sions; and contribution to the accomplishment. Her project Doha is a Qatar Museums (QM) world,” said al-Obaidli. the world’s most promising art- exchange of ideas, and for learn- tential, a reason for the Fire research and response to the is the fi rst of its kind in Qa- initiative, which provides an op- QM earlier announced that ists and curators. ing about the techniques used Station to support and provide judges’ questions. tar in which the investigators portunity for talented residents it will open its “Studio 209 NY “This is in addition to creat- in producing and preparing fea- them with the needed tools Fatima has been invited to have developed a vancomycin to develop their artistic skills. (New York)” in the US in Janu- ing a supportive environment tured art works. and exposure. present the winning poster at population-specifi c dosing From September to June, ary, a new partnership for an in- with innovative programmes According to al-Obaidli, the “Here we give artists the the 2018 ACCP Global Con- model for Qatar. This model participants get access to art ternational art residency, similar and spaces for artists in Qatar exhibition has become an annual structure, how to reach a concept ference on Clinical Pharmacy will allow population-specifi c studios (round-the-clock), to its Paris programme. to develop their artistic talents,” event showcasing local artists’ in art, so when they are coming in October. calculations of vancomycin workshops and fabrication lab The new studio will give Qa- al-Obaidli added. innovative masterpieces, created here and meeting other artists The winning poster is a pharmacokinetic parameters support, mentorship, and end tari artists an opportunity to Highlighting the success of during their nine-month resi- and mentors, they are getting a product of Fatima’s MSc re- in individual patients in Qa- of programme exhibition at apply for a residency at the pres- the Artist in Residence exhibi- dency at the Fire Station. sort of a guideline, advice, and search project that was super- tar’s clinical settings, an im- the Fire Station’s Garage Gal- tigious International Studio and tion, he noted that such one- He described young and options. This is really developing vised by CPH associate pro- portant tool in vancomycin lery to showcase their works, Curatorial Programme in New of-its-kind show serves as a emerging artists in the coun- them,” al-Obaidli said. fessor Dr Ahmed Awaisu and dosing and therapy.”

Qatar-Dominican Republic bilateral relations reviewed Traffi c diversion he Public Works Author- ity ‘Ashghal’ will im- Tplement a minor traffi c detour on Bu Erayyen Street in Luaib Area for two months, starting on Sunday (August 5). According to a communique, the diversion is aimed to enable the upgrade works on Bu Erayy- en Street. Ashghal, in collaboration with the General Directorate of Traf- fi c, will close the traffi c coming from the southbound lanes on Bu Erayyen Street to Luaib Area (as shown on the map). During the traffi c change, people heading for Luaib Area via Bu Erayyen Street can con- tinue their journey on Bu Erayy- en Street, then turn right onto Al Samriya Street, located 220 me- tres from the closed access. Those heading from Luaib Area towards Bu Erayyen Street can use Al Samriya Street, then turn right onto Sanaya Street to- wards Rasheeda Street and turn left at Lekhwiya Roundabout onto Erayyen Street. Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic Miguel Vargas Ashghal will install the signage Maldonado met Charge D’Aff aires at Qatar’s embassy Khalid to guide the drivers. The Public Mohamed al-Sharshani in Santo Domingo yesterday. The Works Authority has requested meeting focused on bilateral relations and the means to road users to abide by the speed enhance them. limit and follow the traffi c in- structions for their safety.

Hamad Port – Qatar’s Celestial treat for Qatar residents this month gateway to the world

eople in Qatar will be able to see fi ve The fi ve planets are Uranus, Venus, Ju- centre, QCH astronomy expert Dr Beshir until sunrise time tomorrow. planets of the solar system in the piter, Saturn and Mars. Marzouk has said in a statement. People in Then, on August 14, Qatar’s inhabitants Psky this month as the planets come To begin with, Uranus will approach the Qatar will be able to observe Uranus and will have a good chance of seeing Venus close to the moon, Qatar Calendar House moon today and be at an angular distance the moon together over the eastern ho- approach the new crescent of Dhul-Hija, (QCH) has said. of fi ve degrees from the northern moon’s rizon from the moonrise time at 10.31pm according to QCH. Venus will be at angu- lar distance of six degrees from the south- ern moon’s centre. People can observe the planet and the moon with their naked eye over the western horizon after sunset time at 6.10pm, until the setting time of Venus at 11.32pm, Dr Marzouk adds. Jupiter will come close to the moon on August 17, when it will be at 4.5 degrees from the southern moon’s centre. People in Qatar will be able to observe Jupiter and the moon together in the southwest direction of the sky after sunset time at 6.08pm, continuing until the setting time of Jupiter at 10.15pm. Next is Saturn, which will be at two degrees from the southern moon’s cen- tre on August 21. Qatar inhabitants will have a chance of observing Saturn and the moon together with their naked eye over the southeast horizon from sunset time at 6.04pm until the setting time of Saturn at 1.03am the next day, the statement ex- Qatar Ports Management Company (Mwani Qatar) has issued plains. an infographic highlighting key aspects of Hamad Port, which Finally, on August 23, Mars will be at six is described as “Qatar’s main gateway to world trade”. “Hamad degrees from the southern moon’s centre Port is not just vital to Qatar’s infrastructure but also drives in the southeast direction. Qatar residents the region’s development and growth. Within a short period can see Mars and the moon together over of time, it has reached a global port connectivity coverage of the southeast horizon after sunset time at 40 ports spanning three continents,” Mwani Qatar tweeted 6.02pm, continuing until the setting time recently. of Mars at 2.43am the next day, QCH adds. Gulf Times Friday, August 3, 2018 3 ARAB WORLD

DEFENCE PAINT JOB NEW APPOINTMENT POSSIBLE MURDER S Korea deploys warship to Egyptian zookeeper to be Abbas spokesman named Church halts entry of new Libya after kidnappings questioned over fake zebra deputy Palestinian PM monks after mystery death

Seoul said yesterday it had deployed a warship Egyptian authorities have referred a zookeeper in Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Egypt’s Coptic Church said yesterday that it to Libya in an apparent show of force to Cairo to a public prosecutor for interrogation over spokesman has been named deputy prime will stop accepting any new monks for a year secure the release of a South Korean national allegedly having painted stripes on a donkey to minister, the government announced yesterday, after the mysterious death of a bishop at a kidnapped along with three Filipinos in the make it look like a zebra, an off icial said yesterday. a move criticised by his rivals from Islamist monastery northwest of Cairo. The body of North African country. The 4,000-tonne Late last month, a visitor to the government- movement Hamas. Nabil Abu Rudeina will Bishop Epiphanius, the 68-year-old abbot of vessel, Munmu the Great, which takes part owned International Garden municipal park in the serve as deputy prime minister and information Saint Macarius monastery in Wadi el-Natrun, in anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden, eastern Cairo district of Nasr City posted a picture minister, the government said. The move comes was found with head injuries on Sunday in what was now on its way to Libya. “(the warship) is on Facebook, showing a donkey with smudges amid talk of fresh attempts at reconciliation a security off icial said was being investigated also preparing for all possibilities including on its face. The picture soon caused a massive between Abbas’s Fatah and Hamas, which runs as a possible murder. The church announced the need for military support”, a defence stir on social media, drawing an initial denial from the Gaza Strip. Hamas said it ran contrary to a dozen measures yesterday related to monks’ ministry spokesman told AFP. The three Filipino authorities. However, Mohamed Sultan, the head those eff orts. “Any reconciliation agreement activities after a meeting called “to discuss This screen grab image taken from a SITE engineers and a South Korean were abducted of Specialized Parks in Cairo, yesterday accused must be submitted to a unity government monastic order in light of the painful incident Intelligence Group video of the hostages in an attack on a water project site in western the zoo keeper of having painted the donkey to and not to a Fatah government,” said Hamas and martyrdom of Bishop Epiphanius”, a church sitting in the desert at an undisclosed location. Libya on July 6. look like a zebra, purportedly to deceive visitors. spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri. statement said.

Safe, for now Not yet ready to open border crossing with Syria: Jordan

Reuters The crossing’s recapture by and gave the Russians the green- Amman Syrian forces was a central goal light to crush rebels in the south- of a campaign launched last June west, diplomats say. by the government and Russian They say Amman now wants ordan will reopen its border forces to regain control of rebel- Russian guarantees to help re- with Syria only when it is held parts of the southwest. store stability in the sensitive Jready, Foreign Minister Ay- Russia is a crucial backer of southern border area where of- man Safadi said yesterday, in a Assad and Russian bombing was fi cials say a spillover of violence signal that Amman could delay a central to a campaign by Assad and radicalism poses a threat. decision that would boost Presi- that forced the mainstream Free Before reopening the cross- dent Bashar al-Assad. Syrian Army (FSA) rebels once ing, it also wants Russian mili- Young Syrian refugees play on a slide at the Azraq camp for Syrian refugees in northern Jordan. Billions of dollars in annual backed by Jordan and Assad’s tary police to play a bigger role trade with Europe and the Gulf Western and Arab foes to sur- in protecting displaced civilians moved through the Syrian- render. who want to return to areas re- Jordanian Nassib crossing until “Jordan in principle wants cently won back by Syria’s army fi ghting erupted in 2011. open borders with all its neigh- and to repel a threat from Iranian It was captured by rebels in bours. But when and how (Nas- militias. 2015 and its closure hurt the sib opening) this will depend on “For Russia and the regime Netanyahu calls cabinet meet on Gaza situation economy of Syria and neigh- when we ensure our interests and opening the crossing will deliver bouring states. Damascus said our security,” he added. a big psychological boost. They this week the road was ready for Jordan is a US ally but Mos- want to show everything is now Reuters peace process, said on Twitter that he held these are days that it is imperative that he use but Safadi said he had re- cow wanted Amman to persuade quickly being normalised and the Jerusalem “productive meetings” with Egyptian offi - should stay in the country, and he knows ceived no request to reopen it. rebels before it was retaken by war is nearing its end,” said an- cials in eff orts to de-escalate Gaza tensions why,” Regional Co-operation Minister Tza- “We will deal with the request government forces last month other diplomatic source familiar and resolve humanitarian issues. chi Hanegbi told Army Radio. with all positiveness that serves to cede control of the crossing to with the discussions. sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netan- “The devil is always in the details but More than 2mn Palestinians are packed our interests,” he told a news consolidate an accord between Syria’s army has recovered yahu has cancelled a South American we are #movingforward in the interest of into the narrow coastal enclave which suf- conference with visiting French US President Donald Trump and control of most of the country. Itrip planned for next week due to the #peace,” Mladenov said. fers deep economic hardship. Foreign Minster Jean-Yves Le Russian President Vladimir Pu- This year, they defeated in- situation around the Gaza Strip, an Israeli The talks are being held in Cairo, though Israel withdrew its troops and settlers Drian. tin last year to set up a de-esca- surgents in the last remaining offi cial said yesterday, as UN ceasefi re talks Mladenov said he had also held meeting from Gaza in 2005, but maintains tight con- “Matters have to stabilise,” he lation zone. enclaves near the cities of Homs pressed on. with Palestinian leaders in the occupied trol of its land and sea borders, citing secu- said. Washington’s decision not to and Damascus, swept through Netanyahu will convene his security cabi- West Bank. rity concerns over Hamas and other militant Safadi said he discussed reo- intervene during the southwest the southwest and regained the net on Sunday to discuss an emerging deal, In Gaza, Hamas said some of its top-rank- groups. pening the crossing with Moscow. campaign wrecked the accord border with Israel and Jordan. brokered by the United Nations and Egypt, ing offi cials were expected to arrive from Egypt also restricts movement in and out for long-term peace in Gaza, a second Israeli Egypt late yesterday to discuss the deal. of Gaza on its border. offi cial said, speaking on condition of ano- “The delegation will arrive in Gaza for Four months of weekly Palestinian pro- Seized Gaza ship captain accuses Israel of breaking law nymity. consultation over issues of concern for the tests along the border have calmed slightly Netanyahu was due to travel to Colombia Palestinian people, foremost in achieving but organisers have said they will continue The captain of a Norwegian boat force,” a Norwegian government waters and force it to moor in from August 6-9. the national reconciliation and ending the until Israel lifts economic sanctions on carrying pro-Palestinian activists spokesman told AFP in Oslo Israel,” he told Norwegian public Tensions have fl ared in recent weeks Gaza blockade,” Hamas spokesman Fawzi Gaza. en route to Gaza has accused yesterday. “We were arrested in broadcaster NRK. along the border between Israel and Gaza — Barhoum said. At least 155 Palestinians have been killed Israeli authorities of violating international waters and we were The Israeli army on Sunday Palestinian territory which is controlled by A source in Hamas, speaking on condition in the protests and one Israeli soldier was the law by boarding the vessel in closer to Egypt than Israel,” the announced the seizure of a boat Hamas. of anonymity, said the delegation included shot dead by a Gaza sniper. international waters and using boat’s captain Herman Reksten off the Gaza Strip with activists Israel, the United States and other West- the group’s deputy chief, Saleh al-Arouri, Palestinian militants have also fi red hun- violent force against its crew who said yesterday when he returned who were denouncing the land ern countries regard Hamas as a terrorist exiled by Israel in 2010. dreds of rockets over the border, drawing were arrested. to Norway after being held for and sea blockade imposed by the organisation. Israeli and Palestinian leaders have di- dozens of Israeli air and tank strikes. Norway has asked Israel to three days in an Israeli prison. Jewish state on the Palestinian Israel and Hamas have fought three wars vulged few details of the talks. Israel has lost tracts of farmland and for- explain the circumstances “Israel has broken all the rules, enclave for more than a decade. since 2008, the last of them in 2014. “The fact that the trip (to Colombia) has ests to fi res set by kites and helium balloons surrounding the arrests and “the it’s horrific that they board a The Norwegian-flagged Karstein Last Sunday, Nickolay Mladenov, the UN been called off shows that the prime minis- laden with incendiary material and fl own allegations of excessive use of Norwegian ship in international ship had 22 people on board. special co-ordinator for the Middle East ter has a feeling that these are decisive days, over the border by Palestinians in Gaza.

Israel’s ‘loyal’ Druze Arabs push for changes after Jewish state law

By Ori Lewis, Reuters Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against draft leaders to propose new legisla- on the details and bring a set pro- Jerusalem tion that will address their griev- posal to a vote,” he told the Ynet Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel who should they avoid call-ups, face ances and ease tensions. web site. say they should receive a blanket possible prosecution. These changes appear de- This would enshrine the srael’s new “nation-state” exemption from military conscrip- Protesters taking part in yes- signed to accommodate the Druze’s special status within law has provoked anger tion yesterday staged a sit-down terday’s demonstration said they Druze primarily, and not the Israeli society, recognise their Iamong members of its most protest at a major Jerusalem junc- had turned out in solidarity with much larger Israeli Arab minor- service to the state and boost integrated minority, the Druze, tion, prompting scuff les with police. an ultra-Orthodox man who had ity. funding for their towns, villages prompting Prime Minister Ben- Israel has long exempted many been arrested for draft-dodging. “The team reached an historic and community institutions. jamin Netanyahu to seek correc- of its ultra-Orthodox men from Thirty-seven people were ar- outline that constitutes a revolu- Education Minister Naftali tive legislation. the draft, on the understanding rested, police said. tion in the legal status of minor- Bennett of the ultranationalist Netanyahu has defended the they are better suited for semi- The protesters had blocked ity community members who Jewish Home party also praised law, which declares that only nary studies. traff ic at the western entrance to serve in the security forces, par- the Druze. Jews have the right of self-de- Political parties run by rabbis Jerusalem, leading to the Tel Aviv ticularly the Druze community,” “The Druze community does termination in the country, from in the coalition government have highway. Netanyahu’s media adviser said not have to prove to anybody its fi erce criticism at home and helped preserve the arrangement A police statement said it in a statement. loyalty to the state of Israel or the abroad. in the face of criticism by secular would “take determined, firm- Akram Hasson, a Druze mem- strength of the bond between us. But his conservative govern- Israelis. handed action against extremist ber of the coalition party Kulanu, Seventy years of statehood prove ment appears to have been blind- Israeli security forces carry away a young protester during a But some ultra-Orthodox men ultra-Orthodox Jews who disrupt said the work would take time. this beyond any doubt,” he wrote sided by the response from the demonstration by Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem yesterday. do not secure exemptions and, public order”. “There is still a long way to go,” on Facebook. Druze community, even though he told Israel Radio. Druze opposition lawmaker parliament passed the law on July Druze leaders are divided over Salah Saed of the Zionist Union 19 after years of heated debate in confronted and heckled one of But criticism from Druze, who its population, especially such a The law, which downgrades whether the proposals will calm said he was not sure the crisis had the Knesset. the law’s main proponents, law- are also Arabs and practise an loyal and good population, feels Arabic from an offi cial language the tensions. been averted. In a further eff ort to calm ten- maker Avi Dichter of Netanya- off shoot of Islam, has had more excluded,” he said, after the del- on a par with Hebrew and deems A large rally by the Druze and “I have read the new proposal sions, Netanyahu convened a hu’s Likud party who had started eff ect even though they make up egation also met President Reu- only Jewish settlement as a na- their supporters is planned at a and I can live with it, but the meeting yesterday with Druze giving a speech. only 1.3% of Israel’s citizenry. ven Rivlin. tional priority, has prompted an- main Tel Aviv plaza tomorrow. problem is that I don’t believe community leaders in Tel Aviv Leaders of Israel’s main Arab “We see it as a discriminatory Druze communities are scat- nouncements by several Druze Tourism Minister Yariv Levin, the prime minister,” Saed said, but it was cut short because one minority denounced the law law which doesn’t give expres- tered around the region, includ- that they would no longer serve one of the committee members, fearing Israel could face early of the participants, a retired sen- while Turkey called it racist and sion to our citizenship,” said ing in Syria and Lebanon. in uniform. said legislation would be pre- elections before the legislation ior military offi cer, had harshly the European Union expressed Rafi k Halabi, one of a delegation In Israel, Druze men are draft- Israel’s top general, Gadi Ei- sented when parliament returns is fi nalised. Elections are set for criticised the legislation, Israeli concern. of Druze leaders who met Netan- ed by the military unlike other zenkot, responded with a call not for its winter session in mid Oc- November 2019. media reported. Netanyahu took this in his yahu. Arab minorities, who often iden- to politicise the military. tober. “(Netanyahu) is stringing us At a separate event in northern stride, saying it was needed to “We told the prime minister tify as Palestinian. Druze are also Netanyahu hastily set up a “To my delight, the Druze along...We will not play into the Israel, a Druze man had to be for- fend off Palestinian challenges to unequivocally...we won’t be able active in mainstream governance committee including ministers, community has accepted the hands of this government,” Saed cibly removed by police after he Jewish self-determination. to live in a state where part of and media in Israel. offi cials and Druze community outline. We have agreed to work added. Gulf Times 4 Friday, August 3, 2018 AFRICA Zimbabwe police seal off offi ce of opposition MDC

Reuters Harare

olice sealed off the head- quarters of Zimbabwe’s Pmain opposition party and troops cleared the streets of the capital yesterday, one day after protests over a disputed presi- dential election ended in deadly violence. The security forces acted de- spite calls from foreign govern- ments and international organi- sations for calm and for political leaders to show restraint. The result of Monday’s presi- dential election, the fi rst since the army ousted Robert Mugabe last November to end four decades of authoritarian rule, had still not been announced by yesterday af- ternoon although the electoral Women walk past police in vehicles parked outside the headquarters of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) a day after commission said it would do so post-election clashes between security forces and opposition protesters in Harare, yesterday. “very soon”. On Wednesday, Nelson Chami- “They are showing their true job,” police spokeswoman Charity ousted Mugabe – including army economy – at independence, one sa, leader of the opposition Move- colours now. We thought they Charamba said. chief-turned vice-president Con- of Africa’s most vibrant – back on ment for Democratic Change were our saviour in November but Nearly all shops in downtown stantino Chiwenga – are fi rmly in its feet. (MDC), accused the ruling ZANU- they fooled us,” said newspaper Harare were shuttered and the charge, analysts said. Instead, observers from the PF party of rigging the poll, al- vendor Farai Dzengera, saying that normally bustling pavements “Deployment of troops reveals Commonwealth, the group of though he off ered no evidence. the brief dream of an end to dec- quiet the day after the blood- the uncomfortable truth that, mainly former British colonies Opposition supporters took to ades of repression was over. shed. eight months after Mugabe was that Mnangagwa had been hop- the streets to demonstrate and “What can we do...They run President Emmerson Mnan- ousted, the army remains the ing to rejoin, did not mince their three were shot dead by soldiers this country.” gagwa’s spokesman, George preeminent political force,” said words in condemning the conduct amid clashes. MDC secretary general Douglas Charamba, insisted that it was a Piers Pigou, a Zimbabwe expert of the military. The army crackdown has punc- Mwonzora said 27 party workers normal working day yesterday. at the International Crisis Group “We categorically denounce the tured the euphoria that followed carrying out voter tabulation were “They must go about their think-tank. excessive use of force against un- its removal of Mugabe, and fuelled locked inside its offi ces as police business as always,” he said on The election, which pitched armed civilians,” former Ghanaian suspicions that the generals who sealed them off yesterday. state television. 75-year-old Mnangagwa against president John Mahama said in a launched the coup remain Zimba- He said he suspected police Wednesday’s violence, which the 40-year-old Chamisa, was statement on behalf of the Com- bwe’s de facto rulers. wanted to plant evidence to in- followed a relatively orderly elec- supposed to confi rm the legiti- monwealth. In Harare, the contrast could criminate offi cials. tion, dashes Mnangagwa’s hopes macy of the post-Mugabe govern- He also urged the electoral not be stronger with November, “We will not recognise that of repairing the image of a coun- ment and allow Harare to renew commission to speed up the an- when hundreds of thousands search warrant because they want try that had become synonymous ties with the international com- nouncement of the results of the fi lled the streets, hugging soldiers to plant evidence. They want to with corruption and economic munity. presidential vote. and celebrating their role in oust- disrupt our results tabulation collapse under Mugabe. This in turn would have al- The observers had on Wednes- ing 94-year-old Mugabe, the only process that’s all,” he said. In particular, the use of soldiers lowed it to start unlocking the bil- day reported a number of prob- leader Zimbabwe had known since Police denied the allegation. to control the capital confi rms lions of dollars of donor funding lems with the poll, including voter independence in 1980. “The police are there to do their suspicions that the generals who and investment needed to get its intimidation.

Kenyan panel calls for probe against minister DR Congo rushes

Reuters It said Mohamed had failed to supervise the country’s standards team to Ebola zone Nairobi agency, which falls under the min- istry he ran, leading to imports of AFP The Beni region lies in the However, the outbreak “is oc- enya’s fi nance minister and sugar that was not safe for human Kinshasa heart of a confl ict zone gripped curring in an environment which a cabinet colleague should consumption. by a notorious Ugandan-linked is very diff erent from where we Kbe investigated over the Rotich did not answer calls from militia called the Allied Demo- were operating in the north- way they handled sugar imports, Reuters seeking comment. R Congo yesterday fl ew a cratic Forces (ADF). west,” it quoted Peter Salama, a joint report by two parliamen- Mohamed said he had not seen team led by Health Min- On July 24, the government deputy director-general for tary committees submitted to the report and would comment Dister Oly Ilunga Kalenga declared the end to a 10-week emergency preparedness and re- parliament late on Wednesday once he had seen it. to an eastern region hit by Ebola, outbreak of Ebola that struck sponse as saying. said. Parliament has to vote on the the country’s second outbreak in northwestern Democratic Re- “This is an active confl ict The East African nation is in recommendations by the two less than three months, a local public of Congo, claiming 33 zone. The major barrier will be middle of an unprecedented cam- committees before the report offi cial said. lives. safely accessing the aff ected paign against what the govern- takes eff ect. The delegation from Kinshasa The latest outbreak is the population.” ment calls illicit goods, to help the It has not said when the vote “arrived in Beni today,” the city’s 10th in the DRC since 1976, One of the world’s most feared local manufacturing sector. will take place. deputy mayor, Modeste Bakwa- when it was discovered in the diseases, Ebola is a virus-caused The report by parliament’s ag- Kenya consumes 870,000 namaha, told AFP. north of the country, then haemorrhagic fever that in ex- riculture and trade and industries tonnes of sugar each year but do- On Wednesday, Ilunga said called Zaire, and named after a treme cases causes fatal bleeding committees said Finance Minister mestic production has slumped the eastern province of North river nearby. from internal organs, the mouth, Henry Rotich and Adan Moham- due to high costs, old and ineffi - Kivu had notified the ministry In Geneva, the World Health eyes or ears. ed, who is now East African Com- cient sugar-crushing machinery, of 26 suspected cases of Ebola, Organisation (WHO) said most It has a natural host in a spe- munity minister but was previ- and mismanagement and theft of 20 of them fatal, in the region of the new cases were recorded cies of tropical African fruit bats, ously minister for Trade, Industry farmers’ funds. of Beni. in the district of Mangina, 30km from which it is believed to leap and Co-operatives, should be in- Local production was nearly Four of six samples later tested from the city of Beni. to humans who kill and butcher vestigated over the sugar imports 380,000 tonnes of sugar last year, positive for the haemorrhagic It said in a statement late the animals for food. last year. a 41% drop from about 638,000 virus. Wednesday that it still had staff In the worst outbreak of Eb- The report said Rotich had au- tonnes a year earlier, largely as a Twelve health ministry ex- and equipment in place in DR ola, the disease struck the West thorised imports that led to a result of a severe drought in the perts were sent to Beni yesterday Congo after dealing with the African states of Guinea, Liberia market oversupply of more than fi rst quarter of 2017, according to to help oversee the response to May-July outbreak, and this and Sierra Leone in 2013-15, kill- 450,000 tonnes of sugar. government data. the outbreak, Ilunga added. would give it a “head start.” ing more than 11,300 people. Women lead revival of libraries’ faded glory

AFP in,” Koinange, 32, who grew up in library is calm, there is no noise,” Nairobi the Kenyan capital, told AFP. said 20-year-old student Caren In 2017, the young women Mumbua Musembi, as she visited launched the “Book Bunk” scheme for the fi rst time. espite the dilapidated state to modernise the McMillan Memo- Bernard Ouma Ogutu, an ac- of Nairobi’s McMillan li- rial Library, situated in Nairobi’s countancy student at Nairobi’s Dbrary, a handful of Kenyans buzzing business quarter, as well as Kenyatta University, whiles away still seek out its 1930s neoclassical the libraries at Makadara and Kalo- his days in the library. grandeur, complete with granite leni in residential areas of the city. “It might be hard to get the exact columns on its imposing facade. “The approach for all three li- books that you want but... there is They are drawn more by the braries is the same – it is just that suffi cient Internet that you are able tranquil refuge off ered from Nai- the diff erent libraries will tar- to do your stuff ,” he said. robi’s urban hubbub than for the get diff erent demographics,” said There is currently no index of the meagre and chaotic array of books Koinange. books or the impressive archive of on its shelves. McMillan, the largest, will be Kenyan newspapers, and a com- Soon though, if publisher An- general interest while Kaloleni will prehensive cataloguing exercise is gela Wachuka and author Wanjiru specialise in children’s literature badly needed. Kenyan publisher Angela Wachuka (right) and author Wanjiru Koinange have their way, the faded and Makadara will focus on off er- “Access for us, it is not just Koinange pose for a photo in Nairobi. glory of the past will give way to ings for teenagers. about people coming in through modern amenities and a renovated Despite the rundown state of the doors, it is also about democ- McMillan, opened in 1931 to volumes about the London black space. the Makadara library, located in a ratising the collection that is here,” commemorate US explorer Wil- cab trade – but few works by The pair are working to restore 1970s building, it still pulls in 180 said Wachuka, 36, who has organ- liam Northrup McMillan. Kenyan authors. three Nairobi libraries that have young readers a day, which, Koin- ised literary events under the Book The building mostly contains “It is very important to us that been neglected for decades. ange said, highlights the demand Bunk brand. books from the beginning of the we have African authors repre- “I refuse to live in a city where for literary services. She added that was why it was 20th century, well before Kenya’s sented here,” said Wachuka, who children can actually grow up hav- In a vibrant, built-up city, people so important to her to off er a wide independence in 1963. wants to rejuvenate the collec- ing never entered a library, which is also crave the rare peace and quiet. range of books. Two imposing el- Readers can fi nd works on the tion rather than removing refer- the case of the Nairobi we are living “I have come to study and the ephant tusks greet visitors to the British aristocracy alongside ences to white colonialism. Gulf Times Friday, August 3, 2018 5 AMERICAS

Family separations at border marked ‘low point’: Ivanka US reveals ‘ongoing’

AFP president’s recent rallies. Washington “No, I do not feel that the media is the enemy of the peo- ple,” Ivanka said when pressed S First Daughter Ivanka on the issue. bid to infl uence polls Trump spoke out yes- The immigration crisis, Uterday against the fam- which swelled further when Reuters/AFP are going to follow our oaths and ily separations prompted by audio emerged of detained tod- Washington do our jobs.” her father’s border crackdown, dlers crying out for their moth- Democrats sceptical of the saying that news of the con- ers, caused a domestic and in- Trump-led eff ort to protect the troversial policy marked a “low ternational fi restorm, and in S President Donald elections said they were glad point” during her White House June the president reversed Trump’s top aides said there was a focus on it now. tenure. course. Uyesterday that Russia is Trump had held a National Describing herself as “the He ordered an end to the behind “pervasive” attempts to Security Council meeting on the daughter of an immigrant” – separations, but as of last interfere in upcoming US elec- subject last Friday. her mother was born and raised week’s deadline, some 711 of tions, in a rejection of the de- “Glad to see the White House in the former Czechoslova- the roughly 2,500 separated nials of meddling that Russian fi nally do something about elec- kia – Trump said she felt very children were still not reunited President Vladimir Putin made tion security – even if it’s only a strongly about the crisis that with their parents, and offi cials directly to Trump. press conference. Now if only it swelled earlier this year when were unable to clarify when Trump’s national security was actually backed up by any- thousands of children were they would be. team, including intelligence di- thing the president has said or separated from their migrant Trump noted that her rector Dan Coats and national done on Russia,” US Senator parents. mother, Donald Trump’s fi rst security adviser John Bolton, ap- Mark Warner, a Virginia Demo- “That was a low point for me wife Ivana Trump, came to the peared in the White House brief- crat, said in a tweet. as well,” Trump, 36, told a con- United States legally. ing room to stress that a major In an eff ort to thwart interfer- ference organised by website “So we have to be very care- eff ort is under way to protect the ence in US elections, Democratic Axios, referring to the “zero ful about incentivising behav- integrity of congressional elec- US Senator Ron Wyden of Or- tolerance” immigration policy iour that puts children at risk tions in November and the 2020 egon said that he hopes to win of Donald Trump’s adminis- of being traffi cked, at risk of presidential election. enough support for his bill that tration. entering this country with coy- Trump has publicly voiced would require the use of paper “I am very vehemently otes or making an incredibly scepticism about Russia’s role in ballots for voting. against family separation and dangerous journey alone,” she US election meddling, drawing “The bottom line for election the separation of parents and said. “These are incredibly dif- accusations from Democrats and security is to make sure that we children, so I would agree with fi cult issues, and like the rest of Republicans that he is ignoring a have paper ballots and that we that sentiment,” added the the country I experience them threat to American democracy. have audits after the election to businesswoman, who is a sen- in a very emotional way.” “I have great confi dence in pick up on whether there were ior adviser to the president. Trump was accused of in- my intelligence people, but I will Coats speaks at the press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, yesterday, with White House any risks” to election results, Trump also distanced herself sensitivity on social media in tell you that President Putin was Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders (left), National Security Adviser John Bolton (second left), Paul Wyden told reporters. from her father’s brutal con- May when, amid the outcry extremely strong and powerful Nakasone (partially obscured, the National Security Agency director), FBI director Christopher Wray Three Senate panels in coming demnation of the media – at- over family separations, she in his denial today,” Trump said (second right), and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen (right). weeks are expected to weigh bills tacks that have raised the levels posted a photograph of herself after talks with Putin in Helsinki, that would tighten the security of of anti-press antagonism at the hugging her young son. Finland, on July 16. “Our democracy itself is in the opened investigations into elec- 2016 US presidential election, US voting stations, which are ad- However, Coats, Bolton, Fed- crosshairs,” Nielsen said in an tion interference. and any possible co-operation ministered by the states, as well eral Bureau of Investigation unusually stark warning. “This is not just an election with Trump’s presidential cam- as measures to punish Russia if (FBI) director Christopher Wray, The illegal activity includes cycle threat,” Wray said. “Our paign. it is found meddling again in US Homeland Security Secretary criminal eff orts to suppress vot- adversaries are trying to under- Trump has insisted there was elections. Kirstjen Nielsen and the director ing and provide illegal campaign mine our country on a persistent no collusion between his cam- A senior US offi cial said the of the National Security Agency, fi nancing, cyber attacks against and regular basis, whether it’s paign and Russia to sway the Russian meddling campaign has Paul Nakasone, said that Russia voting infrastructure, along with election season or not.” 2016 election in his favour. accelerated and grown more so- is to blame along with other for- computer intrusions targeting “We also know the Russians He has also repeatedly called phisticated since the 2016 elec- eign actors. elected offi cials and others, US tried to hack into and steal in- for an end to the investigation tion and is not directed at boost- “Our focus here today is sim- offi cials said. formation from candidates and into Moscow’s meddling, which ing one party over another. ply to tell the American people “In regards to Russian involve- government offi cials alike,” Coats has seen more than 20 Russians “This is about exploiting the we acknowledge the threat, it is ment in the mid-term elections, said. indicted so far. fault lines that exist in our socie- real, it is continuing, and we’re we continue to see a pervasive He further said that Russia is Asked whether the Ameri- ty and building on what was done doing everything we can to have messaging campaign by Russia not the only country working to can people could trust the ad- in 2016, and it isn’t confi ned to a legitimate election,” Coats to try to weaken and divide the undermine the American elec- ministration to do its job, Wray the Internet – it includes print said, adding: “It is pervasive, it United States,” Coats said. “We tions. responded: “I can assure the and television, as well, in some is ongoing, with the intent to ... will continue to monitor and A federal special counsel is American people that the men cases using existing platforms Ivanka: I am very vehemently against family separation and the drive a wedge and undermine our warn of any such eff orts.” leading a criminal investigation and the women of the FBI, from that predate the 2016 election,” separation of parents and children. democratic values.” Wray said that the FBI has of Russian interference in the the director all the way on down, the offi cial said. US welcomes remains of war dead from N Korea US seeks rollback

Reuters Washington on auto emissions

n a solemn ceremony, the AFP However, the Trump admin- United States welcomed New York istration has consistently criti- Ihome on Wednesday the hu- cised the policy as bad for the man remains it said presum- car industry. ably included Americans killed in S President Donald Administration offi cials said the 1950-1953 Korean War, and Trump’s administra- the Obama rules added $2,340 thanked North Korea for making Ution announced a pro- to the cost of owning a new car good on a June summit pledge to posal yesterday to roll back and that more Americans have hand them over. Obama-era fuel effi ciency been priced out of the market Only one identifi cation “dog standards, likely sparking a for new vehicles. tag” was delivered by the North legal fi ght with California and They also said the policy Koreans, underscoring the long other states that favour more shift would lead to fewer high- path ahead for US military eff orts aggressive environmental pol- way deaths by enabling more to identify the remains inside the icies. consumers to aff ord new ve- 55 boxes presented by North Ko- The tough standards fa- hicles that are safer than those rea to the US last week. voured by former president being traded in. Vice-President Mike Pence Barack Obama “are no longer Shifting to a more relaxed hailed the remains’ arrival in Ha- appropriate and reasonable” standard would have “negligi- waii as evidence of the success of beyond 2020, according to the ble environmental impacts on President Donald Trump’s land- proposal released by the Envi- air quality”, the agencies said in mark summit in June with North ronmental Protection Agency their proposal. Korean leader Kim Jong-un. (EPA) and National Highway “More realistic stand- Critics say that the summit has Traffi c Safety Administration. ards will promote a healthy so far failed to deliver on prom- The two agencies will gather economy by bringing newer, ised steps toward denuclearisa- public comments and hold safer, cleaner and more fuel- tion by Pyongyang. hearings before the rule chang- effi cient vehicles to US roads,” “I know that President Trump es can be implemented. said Transportation Secretary is grateful that Chairman Kim The less stringent standards Elaine Chao. has kept his word, and we see to- would apply to model years be- The proposal also took a day this tangible progress in our tween 2021 and 2026. swipe at California, accusing eff orts to achieve peace on the Trump’s move concerns the state of focusing “dispro- Korean Peninsula,” said Pence, a deal originally struck be- portionately” on greenhouse whose father fought in the Ko- tween Obama and many lead- gas emissions at the expense of rean War. Flag-draped transfer cases with the remains of American soldiers repatriated from North Korea are seen during a ceremony after arriving to ing automakers in 2011 that overall air quality. More than 7,700 US troops re- Joint Base Pearl Harbour-Hickam, Honolulu. envisioned a series of gradual Backers of the Obama-era main unaccounted for from the increases through 2025, when rules dismissed these points, Korean War. for the US Defence POW/MIA The pledge to transfer war Canada gives big polluters a break average fuel economy would noting that more effi cient fuel About 5,300 were lost in what Accounting Agency (DPAA), told remains was seen as a goodwill rise to 54.5 miles per gallon (4.3 rules meant consumers would is now North Korea. reporters at Osan that the fam- gesture by Kim at the Singapore Canada is scaling back its planned carbon pricing scheme to curb litres per 100km). spend less on gasoline, while Other countries under the ily of the soldier identifi ed by the summit, and was the most con- greenhouse gas emissions after industry executives warned that The proposal would also end reducing emissions that cause command of the United Nations dog tag had been notifi ed. crete agreement reached by the it would hurt their international competitiveness, the off ice of the a federal waiver to California global warming. also lost troops that are still un- However, he cautioned that two sides so far. environment minister said on Wednesday. that allowed the state to en- “California will fi ght this accounted for, including the it is unclear if that soldier’s re- While it has taken longer than The government released a regulatory framework for carbon act stricter tailpipe standards, stupidity in every conceiv- United Kingdom, Australia and mains were among those re- some had hoped, a US State De- emissions in January, which was to take eff ect in 2019. thereby limiting the types of able way possible,” California Canada. ceived from North Korea. partment offi cial said the process After private meetings with stakeholders last week, Ottawa cars that can be sold in the na- Governor Jerry Brown said on Pence, in his address at Joint Experts say that positively had so far proceeded as expect- proposed lowering how much big polluters and vulnerable firms or tion’s most populous state. Twitter. Base Pearl Harbour-Hickam in identifying the decades-old re- ed, and the handover rekindled those facing stiff foreign competition will have to pay to emit CO2. About a dozen other states California Attorney General Hawaii, said that he trusted that mains could take anywhere from hopes for progress in other talks The new guidelines would allow some of these companies to pay a have followed California’s lead. Xavier Becerra said the state Americans killed in the war were days to decades. with North Korea aimed at get- carbon tax on only 10% to 20% of their CO2 emissions, down from a The Obama rules were in- would “use every legal tool among the fl ag-draped cases Still, the initial fi eld forensic ting it to abandon its nuclear 30% benchmark. tended to ensure progress at its disposal” to defend the fl own to Hawaii on Wednesday. review indicated the “remains weapons programme. The government, however, has not yet decided which firms will pay made during the Democrat’s tougher rules. “Whosoever emerges from are what North Korea said they However, questions have what rate. presidency would extend be- White House spokeswoman these aircraft, today begins a new were”, Byrd said. deepened over Pyongyang’s The carbon levy itself will not change, starting at C$20 per tonne in yond it. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said season of hope for the families of The North Koreans provided commitment after US spy satel- January and rising to C$50 in 2022. Automakers over the last much of the criticism was our missing fallen,” he said. enough specifi cs about where lite material detected renewed “We need to take action to tackle climate change and we need to decade have employed lighter based on “false” news ac- The US military fl ew the re- each suspected body was found activity at the North Korean fac- reduce emissions,” said Environment Minister Catherine McKenna. materials and tweaked vehicle counts of the proposal. mains from Osan Air Base in that US offi cials have matched tory that produced the country’s “Big polluters have to pay,” she added. “However, we have to do it in design to boost fuel effi ciency, “What the EPA released was South Korea after they had un- them to specifi c battles fought fi rst intercontinental ballistic a smart way. changes that have improved a proposed rule, not a fi nal dergone an initial review. from 1950 to 1951, although not missiles capable of reaching the “I’ve always said that the environment and economy go together, mileage on even the biggest US rule,” she told a White House John Byrd, director of analysis necessarily individuals, he said. United States. and we don’t want to drive industry out of our country.” gas guzzlers. briefi ng. Gulf Times 6 Friday, August 3, 2018 ASIA

Southeast Asia, Beijing hail milestone in South China Sea talks

Reuters Some members of the Associa- Vivian Balakrishnan, the foreign Yi, called the working text “good counterparts in Russia, Japan and leased late yesterday made no US intelligence agencies have Singapore tion of Southeast Asian Nations minister of Singapore, who is news” and “great progress”. New Zealand. mention of this, however. said a Russian propaganda arm (Asean) and China have overlap- hosting the meeting of regional Critics say the consensus ap- A draft version seen by Reu- Singapore suff ered its worst tried to tamper with the 2016 ping claims to islands in the sea, leaders and lawmakers from proach to negotiations on the ters before Asean’s meeting with cyberattack this year, when hack- presidential election by post- outheast Asia and China one of the world’s busiest water- around the world in the city- code could mean a fi nal deal is Russia said the bloc would seek to ers stole the personal information ing and buying ads on Facebook. have agreed on a work- ways. state. still years off and works in Chi- strengthen its co-operation on cy- of about 1.5mn people, including Moscow has denied involvement. Sing text to continue long For years they have been dis- He said the “single draft COC na’s favour as a delaying tactic bersecurity with Moscow, which Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, In its joint statement, Asean drawn-out negotiations over a cussing a pact to prevent an es- negotiating text”, agreed at high- to ease scrutiny of its militarisa- the United States has accused of from a government health data- also reiterated its commitment to code of conduct in the disputed calation of disputes. level talks in June but only an- tion of man-made islands in the election meddling, by issuing a base. Malaysia this year said it had wrap up a major trade pact backed South China sea, with offi cials “I am pleased to announce yet nounced yesterday, would serve region. joint statement of “co-operation foiled a cyber heist of its central by China, against the backdrop yesterday lauding it as a “mile- another milestone in the COC as the basis for negotiations. Offi cials of the 10 nations of in the fi eld of cybersecurity”. bank. Neither country has identi- of protectionist trade policies stone” and “great progress”. (code of conduct) process,” said His Chinese counterpart, Wang the Asean grouping also met The fi nal communique re- fi ed the hackers. adopted by the United States.

Manila nabs cleric over bomb claimed by IS

Reuters Defence and military offi cials Manila dismissed the Islamic State claim as propaganda, with Defence Secretary Delfi n Lorenzana de- he Philippine military said scribing the claim as “just spec- yesterday it has arrested a ulation”. TMuslim cleric who knew Basilan is a stronghold of in advance about a bomb that the Abu Sayyaf, a group better killed 11 people on Basilan island known for its banditry and kid- in an attack earlier this week that napping, though it has pledged raised fears of Islamic State in- loyalty to Islamic State. volvement. The attack came days after Acting on a tip off , scout rang- Philippine President Rodrigo ers raided the home of Indalin Duterte made peace overtures Jainul, alias Ustadz Abdulgani, 12 towards the Abu Sayyaf, follow- hours after Tuesday’s bombing ing his approval for an autonomy in Lamitan town. plan sought for decades by lead- Informants told the army that ers of the region’s Muslim mi- the cleric, 58, knew the bomb nority. would go off and had been help- Vehicle bombings are rare in ing foreign operatives reach the Philippines, despite decades Basilan from Malaysia, accord- of separatist and Islamist vio- ing to army spokesman Gerry lence that have destabilised the Besana. A grenade was found at southern Mindanao region. his home. Jainul is charged with Security experts say that al- multiple murder and illegal pos- though Islamic State has no session of explosives. known affi liate in the southern His family protested what they Philippines, it has ties with local said were trumped-up charges. extremists who have given refuge Islamic State claimed respon- to foreign radicals, particularly sibility for the attack which killed from Malaysia and Indonesia. fi ve militias, a soldier, and four The scope of Islamic State’s Bangladeshi students block a road during a student protest in Dhaka yesterday. civilians, including a child, calling infl uence became clearer last it a “martyrdom operation”. year when an alliance of black- The driver of a van carrying clad fi ghters occupied Marawi the device also died. City for fi ve months, taking hos- He was believed to have deto- tages, destroying churches and nated the device when ques- fl ying black fl ags in scenes remi- tioned at the checkpoint. niscent of Iraq and Syria. Student protests enter Cambodia PM slams ‘failed’ vote boycott fi fth day in Bangladesh

By Shafiqul Alam and Sam Jahan, AFP Anger has not subdued since a bus rac- high schools yesterday in an eff ort to Many residents were forced to walk AFP “clean fi nger” campaign after the Dhaka ing for passengers killed a boy and girl quell unrest, promising students their across the congested capital to offi ces and Phnom Penh most viable election contender, on the roadside last Sunday, igniting the demands for reforms to road safety would workplaces. the Cambodia National Rescue protests. be considered. But some joined the students, frustrat- Party (CNRP), was dissolved last angladesh yesterday shut down Bangladesh’s transport sector is widely “They should have taken our demands ed at the government’s inability to tackle ambodian Prime Minister year and barred from running. high schools across the country as seen as corrupt, unregulated and danger- seriously, but they didn’t,” Imran Ahmed, Dhaka’s notoriously dangerous roads. Hun Sen said opposition “The sleep-at-home cam- Btens of thousands of students pro- ous, and as news of the teenagers’ deaths a protesting student, said. “I support this movement, and sin- Ccalls to boycott elections paign has already failed. More tested for a fi fth straight day after two spread rapidly on social media they be- Dhaka suff ers from daily gridlock but cerely hope it will shake out corruption failed as he celebrated his “crys- than 82% of Cambodians na- teenagers were killed by a speeding bus. came a catalyst for an outpouring of an- congestion has been exacerbated by in the system,” Yunus Ali, a businessman, tal clear” victory in the uncon- tionwide went to vote, it shows Authorities had pleaded with students ger. blockades set up across the city since told AFP at a busy demonstration. tested vote in a speech yesterday our Cambodians support the to call off the protests that have near-par- An insensitive comment by Shajahan Sunday. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on to thousands of garment workers. democratic process,” he told a alysed Dhaka and beyond and prompted Khan, a government minister with ties to In some parts of Dhaka, students oc- Wednesday promised that the govern- Hun Sen’s Cambodian Peo- crowd of 14,000 workers in his foreign embassies to issue travel alerts. powerful transport unions, also triggered cupying major intersections yesterday ment would launch a public transport ple’s Party (CPP) is poised to win fi rst speech since the ballot. But thousands blocked major inter- fresh outrage. checked licence plates and demanded to safety campaign and urged the protesters all 125 parliamentary seats after “It is crystal clear that the fu- sections in Dhaka as police armed with Khan questioned why there was such see driver identifi cation and registration to go home. the fl awed poll that will see the ture Prime Minister of the new shields and batons drove back students in an uproar over the two Dhaka children but documents. “People are suff ering and we don’t strongman leader extend his 33- government...is Hun Sen again,” parts of the capital, with some reports of no reaction when 33 people were killed in “We don’t want any vehicles with- want this,” he said. year rule, cementing the coun- he said to applause. vehicles being vandalised. an Indian bus crash the day before. out licences on the streets. Those unfi t According to the National Committee try’s status as a one-party state. He told the crowd that Cambo- The demonstrators, mostly students There have been widespread social to drive should not get licences, and we to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways, Opposition fi gures had called dia’s new parliament would convene in their mid-teens, brought traffi c to a media demands for his resignation even don’t want underage motorists driving a private research group, more than 4,200 for a boycott of the vote with on September 19 and the govern- standstill as they marched through the though the minister later apologised. public transport,” said one protester, Mo- pedestrians were killed in road accidents a so-called “sleep at home” or ment would be formed a day later. streets chanting “we want justice”. The education ministry shut down hamed Sifat. last year, a 25% increase from 2016. Myanmar endures worst of Mekong monsoon fl oods

AFP In Madauk town in Bago re- ing out entire villages and killing Bago, Myanmar gion, warnings that key levees at least 11 — though earlier offi - are at breaking point sparked fear cial tolls initially put the number among residents. as high as 27. onsoon rains have pum- “We are worried about the em- Thai, South Korean and Chi- melled the Mekong re- bankment. We are really afraid,” nese specialists have joined the Mgion in recent days with 43-year-old Ma Wai told AFP eff ort to fi nd the missing. Myanmar bearing the brunt of yesterday. Floodwaters from the disaster fl ooding that has forced 150,000 “When the authorities warned seeped into Cambodia and forced to fl ee and threatens to destroy us over the microphone, we thousands from their homes. levees shielding thousands of didn’t know where to run. Chil- Thailand said yesterday that homes. dren and elderly people were seven of its northeastern prov- The swirling inundations have crying.” inces have been hit by flooding, started to recede in some areas State media reported that affecting at least 30,000 peo- in the low-lying southeast but nearly 150,000 people have been ple. the country is only just entering forced to seek refuge in 327 camps Heavy fl ooding has also sub- peak monsoon season and more while nearly 28,000 are clinging merged swathes of farmland downpours are expected in the on in their fl ooded homes. near Vietnam’s capital Hanoi coming weeks. At least a dozen people have this week, with water reaching Thousands were either un- been killed. the roofs of some homes causing able or have refused to leave their Tin Tun, 50, said he and his 4,000 residents to scramble to half-submerged homes, peering family decided they had no dry ground. out from upper fl oor windows choice but to escape what he “We had to move our prop- as they waited for relief boats described as the worst fl ooding erty, rice, our cattle and poultry,” bringing food and supplies. they had ever experienced. Phung Thi Luan told AFP from a Some waded out through the “We had to fl ee, taking peo- makeshift shelter in a commu- waist-deep water to collect the ple and our animals by boat. The nity centre. “There’s no road for donations while others balanced water was up to our waists in our us to get around and...there’s no precariously on rafts made from house when we left,” he said. electricity.” bamboo poles or jerry cans as The particularly heavy mon- So far this year in Vietnam, they paddled through the waters. soon is also lashing Myanmar’s 112 people have gone missing in Evacuation orders are still in neighbours. natural disasters, with more than place across Bago, Karen, Mon and Laos is still searching for 900 homes completely destroyed Taninthari provinces with dozens scores of people missing after a and tens of thousands of hectares A man rides a tri-shaw along a flooded road in Yangon yesterday. of dams and reservoirs overfl owing. dam collapsed last month, wip- of farmland damaged. Gulf Times Friday, August 3, 2018 7 AUSTRALASIA/EAST ASIA

ACCIDENT EDUCATION POLLUTION CONSERVATION SUMMER WOES Aussie toddler dies after Varsity cut women’s exam China mulls winter smog Canberra to oppose Tokyo ‘Unprecedented’ heatwave being attacked by dog scores to curb numbers curbs to improve toxic air push to ease whaling ban causing crop damage

A 14-month-old girl has died after she was A Tokyo medical school systematically cut women China is considering measures to curb pollution Australia yesterday vowed to “vehemently” oppose North Korea yesterday warned that an attacked by a dog in the southern Australian applicant’s entrance exam scores for years to keep in its smog prone Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region a new push by Japan to undermine a global “unprecedented” heatwave has caused heavy state of Victoria, police said yesterday. The them out and boost the numbers of male doctors. and nearby areas during the upcoming winter moratorium on commercial whaling. Japan seeks damage to crops as it urged citizens to “join the German wirehaired pointer attacked the child The exam score alterations were discovered in season as the government ramps up its push an easing of the International Whaling Commission’s struggle” to prevent drought-like conditions from early yesterday at a property at Neerim Junction, an internal investigation of a graft allegation that to improve air quality, a draft plan showed (IWC) prohibition on commercial whaling and worsening and hampering food production in some 120km east of Melbourne. Paramedics emerged this spring over entrance procedures for yesterday. That would be the second year Beijing continues to kill the animals under what it calls a the impoverished country. The Korean peninsula were called to the home but were unable to save Tokyo Medical University, the Yomiuri Shimbun has enforced emission cuts in winter. The cuts “scientific research”. At September’s IWC meeting in has been gripped by a scorching heatwave in the girl. Broadcaster Channel Seven reported daily said. From 2011, it said, the university began to heavy industry are aimed at reducing the Brazil, Tokyo has said it plans to “propose setting a recent weeks, with dozens of deaths in the South the child was bitten on the face, and her mother cutting the scores of female applicants to keep concentration of breathable particles, known as catch quota for species whose stocks are recognised blamed on soaring temperatures that have hit attempted to intervene but could not stop the the number of women students at about 30%. PM2.5, by around 5% year on year from October as healthy by the IWC scientific committee”. “We all-time highs. The temperature in North Korea’s animal. The dog has been seized by the Baw Baw The paper quoted university sources as saying 1 until March 31, 2019 in the region. Steel mills in strongly support the 30-year global moratorium on capital Pyongyang climbed to a record high of Shire Council, Victoria police said. Police added the action was prompted by a “strong sense at six key cities, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Tangshan, commercial whaling and will vehemently oppose any 37.8 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, with state TV that they will investigate the circumstances of the school” that many women quit medicine after Handan, Xingtai and Anyang, will be asked to cut attempts to undermine the processes that support warning that it was “taking a toll on the economy”. the attack and prepare a report for the coroner. graduating to get married and have children. 50% of their capacity during the heating season. it,” Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said. It did not elaborate on the scale of the damage. Seoul seeks Face for asylum-seekers Interpol ‘red corner’ on treasure ship claims

AFP tion last week, saying that the reports and unverifi ed docu- Seoul founder of the Singaporean ments. Shinil Group, surnamed Ryu, was Choi Yong-seok also insisted also wanted in connection with Shinil Group in Singapore had olice in Seoul yesterday fraud allegations dating back to nothing to do with Shinil Group requested an internation- 2014. in South Korea, although the two Pal arrest warrant for the “He is the key fi gure in the companies’ founders are siblings, founder of a Singapore-based suspected treasure ship scam,” and the Singapore fi rm has been fi rm after launching an investi- a police offi cial told AFP yes- selling virtual coins, reportedly gation into the company and a terday, adding that the authori- with a promise of handsome re- South Korean start-up over false ties had asked Interpol to issue turns in case treasure is salvaged claims of discovering a long-lost a so-called red notice for Ryu. A from the ship. Australian artist, activist and curator Arielle Gamble standing by a painting of Australia’s Minister for Immigration and Border Control Russian “treasure ship”. red notice is a request to locate The claims also caused share Peter Dutton by Abbas Alaboudi — an Iraqi asylum seeker detained on Nauru — at an exhibition titled All We Can’t See which is Seoul-based Shinil Group an- and provisionally arrest a person prices of Jeil Steel — a compa- attempting to give asylum seekers a human face. nounced last month that it had with a view to extradition. ny in which the founder of the discovered the wreckage of im- Police have been hunting for South Korean Shinil Group had perial vessel Dmitri Donskoi off Ryu since 2014, when he fl ed the acquired a large stake — to sky- South Korea’s east coast, saying country during a separate inves- rocket initially. the ship was believed to contain tigation. But Choi said the two fi rms gold bullion and coins worth “We are asking police in any were not associated with each $130bn. relevant country to help locate other. But since then, the fi rm has and repatriate him at the earliest Observers say in 2003 another faced questions about whether possible date”, the offi cial said, fi rm sparked a stock bubble by New Zealand PM back to the announcement was aimed at adding that South Korean au- announcing the discovery of the artifi cially boosting share prices, thorities believed Ryu was now Donskoi, which sank in a 1905 or luring investors into buying a living in Vietnam. naval battle against Japan. virtual currency which a Singa- Following news of the fi nancial Experts have said imperial porean company — also named probe, the CEO of the South Ko- Russia would have no reason to work after maternity leave Shinil Group — had recently rean Shinil Group apologised last load vast treasure on a ship that started to issue. week, explaining that the fi rm was going into battle and have AFP Gayford want to protect the baby’s privacy months before the birth, Benazir Bhutto — Financial regulators an- may have gone overboard on the also noted that there was a safer Wellington “at the same time we want to be a family and the fi rst world leader to have a child while in nounced a probe into the South claims and saying that specula- land route to Vladivostok, the I do a very public job”. offi ce — told almost no one she was pregnant Korean fi rm, while police tion on the value of treasure in- treasure’s supposed fi nal desti- Gayford, a television fi shing show host, until her daughter was born in January 1990. launched a criminal investiga- side the ship was based on news nation. ew Zealand Prime Minister and new plans to be a stay-at-home dad and the During Ardern’s absence, her deputy mum Jacinda Ardern, only the sec- main caregiver for their daughter. Winston Peters led the country. Nond world leader to give birth while Ardern told stuff .co.nz they would travel She resumed control when he left over- in offi ce, ended her maternity leave yester- as a family to the United Nations in New night for an Asean foreign ministers summit day and immediately announced baby Neve York, where she is due to speak. in Singapore. Harvesting lotus seeds will accompany her to the United Nations “Perhaps fi ttingly the programme for (the Ardern said she will be “hitting the next month. UN meeting) is focused on things like wom- ground running” when she turns up at the After six weeks bonding with her daugh- en, children, and climate change — very offi ce on Monday. ter, the 38-year-old said she was looking strong themes in those areas,” she said. Her fi rst week back will focus on issues forward to getting back to work. Rather than be concerned with aff airs of that “really matter to me”, including men- “Absolutely,” she told TVNZ as she state while on maternity leave, Ardern was tal health, the environment, trade-related marked her fi rst day back with a round of “worrying about feeding, sleeping, and aff airs and an “employment-related an- media interviews. nappies and there’s this overlay of (public) nouncement”. “I feel like I’ve been gifted by the New interest in what is actually something that With the veteran 73-year-old Peters at Zealand public, by my team and with the is mundane”. the helm, aff airs of state ticked over quietly help of the acting prime minister this time “Something that every parent has gone although business unease continues to qui- to be with Neve, which has been wonderful. through and yet I absolutely accept this lay- etly simmer in the background with a grow- “But of course, this is a unique circum- er of interest because it’s not our normal yet. ing number of surveys showing a lack of stance and I’m really very keen to get back But one day it will be.” confi dence in the centre-left government. to work.” The birth capped an eventful year for Ard- Ardern has said she is keen to work with Ardern has opted to work from home in ern, who became prime minister in October business leaders and has been active in steps Auckland until the weekend when she will just three months after taking charge of the to rescue the Trans-Pacifi c Partnership relocate to the capital Wellington. Labour Party as it languished in the polls. trade agreement, with her government also She said that while she and partner Clarke While she announced her pregnancy fi ve pushing an aggressive trade agenda.

Supermarket bagged after plastic backfl ip

AFP reusable plastic bags for free indefi nitely. With a PR disaster looming and calls for Sydney The decision sparked claims the company a boycott mounting, Coles yesterday back- was “making a mockery of their stated com- fl ipped again, saying the 15 cent bags would mitment to reduce plastic waste”. only be free until August 29. leading Australian supermarket was “It is a betrayal of the millions of their “Off ering complimentary bags was al- yesterday forced into a backfl ip af- customers who want the supermarket to do ways an interim measure to help our cus- Ater facing a barrage of criticism for the right thing in favour of a vocal minority,” tomers adjust their shopping habits and reneging on plans to phase out free plastic Greenpeace Australia Pacifi c campaigner Coles will no longer be providing Better Bags bags. Zoe Deans said. free of charge from 29 August,” it said. The nation’s two major grocery chains, Social media also lit up, with many accus- Woolworths said it had no plans to change Coles and Woolworths, banned lightweight ing Coles of buckling under pressure from its original decision to charge for the reus- single-use plastic bags from their stores na- recalcitrant shoppers. able bags. tionally last month in response to mounting “This is insane @Coles. The only good “We’ve found the majority of our cus- community calls for change. part of this was the 15c charge, which would tomers across Australia have embraced the Instead, they began off ering more en- change people’s behaviour over time. With- move to a more sustainable way of shop- vironmentally-friendly reusable bags for out it you have ONLY brought in thicker ping,” it said, adding that it would take 3.2bn A$0.15 each, with Coles supplying them plastic bags,” Craig Reucassel said in Twit- single-use bags out of circulation each year. without charge until August 1 to help people ter. According to US journal Science, 8mn adjust to the new regime. Another, John Wren, said: “Dear @Coles, tonnes of plastic are dumped into the Earth’s People harvest seed pods of lotus flowers from a pond in Tancheng in China’s eastern Shandong But on Wednesday, Coles said the change in I will be shopping exclusively at @wool- oceans and seas each year, with toxic parti- province. habit had proven to be “big and diffi cult” for worths & @ALDIAustralia until you enforce cles ingested by fi sh and, through the food customers and it intended to hand out its thick, your plastic-bags ban.” chain, by humans. Gulf Times 8 Friday, August 3, 2018 BRITAIN/IRELAND

Charities say Britain ‘failing’ Street art forced marriage victims by granting visas to abusers

By Sonia Elks, Reuters Charities called for reform of a policy London that requires offi cials to inform a foreign spouse if his wife does not support his visa application. ritain is failing victims of forced This can expose women to domestic marriage by granting dozens of visas violence, homelessness and family rejec- Bto their spouses despite warnings tion, they said. that the women married abroad against “It’s a huge, huge barrier for women to their will, charities said yesterday. come forward,” said Polly Harrah, founder The Times newspaper said yesterday of The Sharan Project, a charity that sup- that visas were granted in almost half of ports vulnerable South Asian women who 88 cases last year where victims, offi cials have left home. or third parties had raised fears of forced Charities said the system was fl awed as marriage. victims’ attempts to escape coercive mar- “Unfortunately, I’m not surprised by riages were often overridden by offi cials it,” Aneeta Prem, founder of Freedom, a who were not suffi ciently alert to signs of charity opposing forced marriage, told the risk. Thomson Reuters Foundation. Harrah described one case where a “It is a very typical case that girls are woman wrote to the Home Offi ce to say forced into marriage, and then when they that an application had been fraudulently come back to the UK, they are forced to put submitted in her name, but offi cials dis- in a spousal application for their abuser.” missed her letter as her handwriting made The Home Offi ce said in a statement them believe that it was written by a child. that they “take our safeguarding respon- “There are a number of reasons why sibilities very seriously” as a “world- cases are referred to the Forced Marriage leader in tackling the horrendous crime of Unit, not all of which are the result of a forced marriage”. reluctant sponsor getting in contact,” a Britain banned forced marriage in 2014, Home Offi ce spokesman said. although there have only been two convic- “In some cases it will be decided, fol- tions since the law was passed. lowing enquiries, that no further action is A man walks past murals painted on a wall near Grenfell Tower in London. The government’s Forced Marriage Unit necessary and a visa will be issued.” received reports of nearly 2,000 possible Prem of Freedom said she found that cases last year, many involving girls from Home Offi ce offi cials did fi nd creative South Asian backgrounds but campaign- ways to refuse applications, even when ers say the fi gure is just the tip of the ice- victims were unable to publicly withdraw berg. support for the visa.

‘Dependent’ Britons check Ryanair Irish pilots to phones every 12 minutes

rising to 95% among people aged 16 to 24, join widening strike DPA London it said. Ofcom’s annual survey found the time By Padraic Halpin, Reuters Netherlands as well on August 10. The union said it was willing to Ryanair cancelled around 20 of spent on phone calls had fallen for the fi rst Dublin The Irish airline, Europe’s largest explore the option of a third-party today’s 300 Irish fl ights as a result, ritain has developed a culture of time as people make more use of What- by passenger numbers, has respond- facilitating talks but Ryanair said its mainly on busy routes to and from “digital dependency” over the last sApp, Facebook Messenger and other in- ed by threatening to move jobs away off er to meet the union one-on-one Ireland and Britain, and has said im- Bdecade, with most people needing ternet-based services. yanair’s directly-employed from any bases aff ected by the stop- on Tuesday to try and solve their dif- pacted passengers have either been constant connection to the Internet, the “Over the last decade, people’s lives pilots in Ireland will join col- pages, beginning with Dublin where ferences was pointless after another put on another fl ight or refunded. national telecoms watchdog said yester- have been transformed by the rise of the Rleagues in Sweden and Bel- it cut its winter fl eet by 20% and put strike was called. It said yesterday that it would day. smartphone, together with better access gium on strike in an escalating day over 300 employees on preliminary “This fi fth strike notice by FORSA contact another 3,500 passengers to British people check their smartphones to the Internet and new services,” said Ian of action on August 10, the fi fth one- notice. is irresponsible, unwarranted and is inform them of 20 further cancella- every 12 minutes on average, with about Macrae, Ofcom’s director of market intel- day walkout in the airline’s home “The airline’s escalation of the disrupting customers and is a way of tions on August 10. 40% of adults fi rst monitoring their ligence. market. dispute last Wednesday — when it damaging Ryanair’s business,” Rya- Ryanair, which operates from 86 phones within fi ve minutes of waking up, “Whether it’s working fl exibly, keeping Ryanair has suff ered strikes in threatened to sack 100 pilots and nair chief marketing offi cer Kenny bases in 37 countries and carried Ofcom said in a report. up with current aff airs or shopping online, some of its other main markets such 200 cabin crew, or transfer them to Jacobs said in a statement. 130mn passengers last year, decided About 65% of under-35s reach for their we can do more on the move than ever be- as Spain and Portugal as it struggles Poland — led to a predictable hard- Around a quarter of Ryanair’s 350 to recognise unions for the fi rst time phones as soon as they wake up and 60% fore,” Macrae said. to reach collective labour agree- ening of resolve among its staff ,” Ire- pilots based in Ireland have taken in its 32-year history last December use them less than fi ve minutes before “But while people appreciate their ments across Europe, and expects land’s Forsa/IALPA trade union said part in the series of strikes so far, to avert widespread strikes before going to bed, said the report, A decade of smartphone as their constant companion, to face action in Germany and the in a statement. with the fourth scheduled for today. Christmas. digital dependency. some are fi nding themselves feeling over- Ownership of smartphones in Britain loaded when online, or frustrated when has soared from 17% in 2008 to 78% now, they’re not,” he said. Don’t be sexist and call me a housewife, say British women Half of British women find the word falling out of favour, these have been inroads into many highly paid profes- equal numbers, ‘housewife’ will remain housewife outdated, sexist or embar- replaced with equally important sions, jobs like cleaning, catering a ‘dirty word’, rather than just an rassing, a survey said yesterday, as know-hows,” Lars Andersen, managing and childcare — traditionally seen as outdated one.” pressure mounts for greater equality director of My Nametags, said in a women’s work — remain undervalued More than three-quarters of 2,000 at home and at work. statement. and often unpaid, said Samantha Ren- women surveyed said expectations of Most women in Britain cannot do Despite sex discrimination being out- nie of charitable fund Rosa. their role had changed over a genera- old-fashioned tasks, like darning and lawed in the 1970s, few women in Britain “Parenting, nurturing relation- tion. knitting, and instead see a good career, hold top positions and salary diff erences ships and running households are Nearly half said they are more ful- financial security and being tech-savvy have attracted significant public atten- everyone’s responsibilities,” Rennie, filled than their own mother was. as key accomplishments, found a sur- tion, with large businesses required to who finances projects that support Another survey this month found vey by My Nametags, which manufac- publish pay gap figures this year. women’s equality, told the Thomson that nearly three-quarters of Britons tures iron-on labels. Women earn 18% less than men on Reuters Foundation in emailed com- do not believe a woman’s place is in “There was a strong sense that, average, government data shows. ments. “Until it becomes the norm for the home — although that consensus although many traditional skills are Although women are making all genders to take on these roles in fell away if she had a young child. A man looks at his mobile phone in Shoreditch, London. Want to save the planet? Move to Wales

By Max Baring, Reuters to live a highly sustainable life- offi ce. They decided it was time Bone analysis backs Stonehenge link to Wales business. We have more than resource … you divide it by the Glandwr, Wales style, project a light touch on the for action, not academia. enough room here, to build population of the planet, you environment, and who will be Eight months pregnant and Analysis of charred bone frag- “These results emphasise the something on the farm for the get a number: 1.88 hectares, it’s largely self-suffi cient in terms of elbow-deep in local clay plaster, ments has backed archaeologists’ importance of inter-regional con- pair of them, but of course a fairly arbitrary number, but ighting climate change is income, food and energy,” said Thompson said their home had belief that the giant slabs erected nections involving the movement planning is a huge issue,” he that’s the number that is your fair much more than a day job Matthew Morris, a communica- to be zero carbon in construc- at Britain’s Stonehenge, a world of both materials and people told the Thomson Reuters share.” Ffor Chris Vernon and Erica tions offi cer with the Welsh gov- tion and use to win government heritage site famed for its iconic, in the construction and use of Foundation. Each applicant must also show Thompson. It is their entire way ernment. go-ahead. 4,500-year-old stone circle, were Stonehenge,” they wrote in the Housing fi gures across Wales that within fi ve years, 65% of of life. “Numbers of such develop- It sits deep in bucolic Pembro- moved 260km from west Wales. latest issue of the magazine Sci- tell the same story. their basic needs are covered by They are part of a ground- ments are likely to remain small.” keshire, a lush, coastal county in Scientists from British, French entific Reports, part of the Nature In the 1980s, it would have their patch of land, including breaking Welsh government The scheme has mostly at- the southwest of Wales that pio- and Belgian universities exam- publishing group. taken a typical 20-something food, water, energy and waste. scheme under which people get tracted digital-era smallholders neered the green approach before ined the results of strontium Archaeologists believe the household about three years to Hence the hodge podge of to circumvent tight planning with a stubborn determination to it was adopted countrywide. isotope analysis of bone frag- main, 30m diameter circle at save for an average deposit, ac- greenhouses and polytunnels rules so long as they build an return to a subsistence lifestyle Just up the road lies the Lam- ments retrieved from 25 people Stonehenge was built for reli- cording to the Resolution Trust that dot the land, often cobbled eco-home in the countryside and in the rolling hills and valleys of mas community, a pioneering at former cremation sites near the gious, political or other think tank. The research shows it together from reclaimed mate- go back to working the land on rural Wales. and collective eco-venture where monument, finding that at least ceremonial use. would now take 19 years. rials and designed to make the which it sits. And not to ruin the planet with nine smallholdings nestle in the 10 of them did not spend their Seasonal agricultural cycles are Like many of her fellow One most of a grass incline, wood- The ‘One Planet Development a consumerist, throwaway life- landscape around a central com- lives in the Stonehenge area. thought to have inspired Neolithic Planet builders, Jacqui Banks land shelter or power-generating Policy’ was adopted by the Welsh style. munity hub. “Combined with archaeological people to align the huge, 25-tonne wanted to jettison her old life and stream. government in 2011 and so far, 32 “We’ve known for 20 or 30 The Intergovernmental Panel evidence, we suggest that their silicified sandstone boulders to be true to her principles. Applicants must also come up households have signed up. years now what we need to do to on Climate Change, the leading most plausible origin lies in west the movements of the sun. “It’s a lot of work, in the early with a zero-carbon house design The aim is ambitious: in a address the problem of climate international group that assesses Wales, the source of the blue- Recent research has suggested years, but what we’re building is using locally-sourced and sus- small country where people on change,” Vernon said from his climate change, estimates that stones erected in the early stages that smaller, standing bluestones hopefully a resilient system that tainable materials. average use three times their fair half-built home. global temperatures could rise of the monument’s construction,” used at Stonehenge were quar- is going to help us have a positive The result: a magical land- share of the world’s resources, “We don’t need more data. 3.4 degrees Celsius by the end of said the group, led by experts ried in Wales and hauled across impact on the world,” she told the scape dotted with “hobbit hous- Wales wants its One Planet peo- Whilst I was sitting in my of- the century. at Oxford University’s school of land and a major river to the site Thomson Reuters Foundation. es” straight out of JRR Tolkien’s ple to use only the resources they fi ce working on the computer I Amid a European heatwave archaeology. in the English county of Wiltshire. “Living in the city I found it Lord of the Rings, with mesmer- are due. got the feeling I could be doing running from North Africa up to extremely diffi cult — the con- ising wooden beams, grass roofs Which means a simpler small- something that demonstrates the Arctic Circle, the Welsh initi- sumerist lifestyle and the waste and hemp walls. holding life, spending and trav- how we can address the prob- ative is taking root on the Western It off ers people with little home and work nearby, said an- involved.” To get permission to Thirdly, everyone must set up elling less, growing and making lems.” fringe of the continent in a bid to money, but plenty of determina- other One Planet home builder, build a One Planet Development, a rural business to pay the sort of more. Vernon and his partner redress some of the damage. tion, a way out of the rat race and Cathryn Wyatt. three requirements must fi rst be bills — Internet, clothes, council A spokesman for the Welsh Thompson know more about The policy also aims to address back to the land. Dairy farmer Brian Boman satisfi ed. tax — that cannot be met with a government said the scheme was “the problems” than most. a myriad of problems beyond ris- With property prices out of sums up the diffi culties faced by First is the overall ecological subsistence-only lifestyle. an important niche initiative, She holds a PhD in climate sci- ing temperatures, from soil deg- reach for many rural workers locals seeking to live and work in footprint. As Vernon explained, Enterprises range from fruit rather than a model to scale up. ence, he has one in glaciology and radation to rural de-population, and tight regulations restrict- the area. each household must only use wine to bees, an exotic tree nurs- “It is intended to provide an is a climate modeller at Britain’s a housing crisis to wasteful global ing new builds, the scheme is the “We have two sons both in their global fair share of land: ery to sculpture — anything that opportunity for those wishing national weather service, the Met supply chains. only way for many locals to own a their 30s, both involved in the “If you take the entire global brings in a small income. Gulf Times Friday, August 3, 2018 9 EUROPE Turkey vows retaliation in row with US over pastor

AFP Minister Abdulhamit Gul and In- and which allows the US to sanc- Turkish invasion of Cyprus and ally costing Turkey”, and sug- pastor an evangelical Christian, rope, Curtis Scaparrotti, was Istanbul terior Minister Suleyman Soylu tion foreign offi cials implicated the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq. gested that Erdogan might seek said Turkey would face “signifi - holding talks with Turkish mili- freeze any property or assets on in rights abuses. “A historic rupture,” said the a “graceful exit” from the crisis. cant sanctions” if this “innocent tary offi cials in Ankara yesterday US soil held by the two ministers, The Turkish foreign minis- headline in the opposition daily The sanctions rattled fi nancial man of faith” was not freed. but there was no indication that urkey was drawing up re- and bar US citizens from doing try warned that the move “will Cumhuriyet. markets with the Turkish lira hit- His language was echoed by the Brunson case would be raised. taliatory measures yes- business with them. greatly damage constructive ef- Soner Cagaptay, director of ting fi ve to the dollar for the fi rst President Donald Trump, who The court trying Brunson has Tterday after Washington White House spokeswoman forts” to solve outstanding is- the Turkish Research Programme time in history. had enjoyed a relatively warm refused to allow him to go free. slapped sanctions on two Turk- Sarah Huckabee Sanders told sues. at the Washington Institute, The currency has lost 4% relationship with Erdogan and The next hearing is October 12 ish ministers in one of the biggest journalists that both ministers Foreign Minister Mevlut Ca- told AFP that the crisis had against the dollar last week alone. was even reported to have “fi st- with the pastor facing 35 years in crises between the two North At- had “played leading roles in the vusoglu, who is set to meet US erupted with Turkey undergo- Finance Minister Berat Al- bumped” the Turkish president jail if convicted. lantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) arrest and detention of Pastor Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ing a “transformation” under bayrak, who is Erdogan’s son-in- at a Nato summit last month. He is accused of acting on be- allies in recent years. Brunson”, who led a Protestant in the next few days, said that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan law, insisted that the impact on US media reported there had half of two groups deemed by Tensions have soared over church in the Aegean city of Iz- the move “will not go without which has seen the country more the economy would be “limited” been a deal with Turkey to free Turkey to be terrorist organisa- Turkey’s detention on terror mir. response”. closely orientating towards the and said Turkey’s priority “is to Brunson after Washington’s ally tions – the movement led by US- charges of American pastor An- The US Treasury implemented The stand-off appears to be Muslim Middle East. solve the issue with diplomacy Israel released a Turkish woman based Muslim preacher Fethul- drew Brunson, who was fi rst held the sanctions under the 2016 one of the most serious crises However, he said that Ankara and constructive eff orts”. held on terror charges. lah Gulen, who Ankara says was in October 2016 and was moved Global Magnitsky Act named between Turkey and the United would think twice before es- The row over Brunson esca- But Turkish offi cials have rub- behind the 2016 coup bid, and to house arrest last week. after Russian lawyer Sergei Mag- States in modern history, along calating, given “the pain of the lated last week when US Vice- bished the claims. the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ The sanctions targeting Justice nitsky, who died in a Moscow jail, with the rows over the 1974 economic burden which is re- President Mike Pence, like the The senior US general in Eu- Party (PKK). South Europe issues

A handout picture released by Stockholm University on Wednesday and taken on July 31 shows Rosqvist taking measurements atop Sweden’s highest peak, a glacier on the southern tip of the heatwave warnings Kebnekaise mountain in northern Sweden. Reuters/AFP levels we have forecast, they will Rome beat records,” an IPMA spokes- woman said. Concern for climate as Meanwhile, fi refi ghters aid- editerranean countries ed by calmer winds yesterday issued severe weather brought a wildfi re under control Sweden’s highest peak Mwarnings yesterday as that had erupted near Spain’s a heatwave pushed temperatures famous Estrecho natural park in above 40° Celsius (104° Fahren- the southwest of the country. melts to rank second heit) in Europe and falling water The blaze which had raged levels exposed World War II mu- since Wednesday at Punta Ca- nitions along the banks of a river marinal near Tarifa in the prov- By Pia Ohlin, AFP the temperature and it was really in Germany. ince of Cadiz amid scorching Stockholm warm yesterday, it was over 20°C Italy issued red alerts – the temperatures was contained at (68°F) so it has surely melted” highest of three warning levels – 2.30pm (1230 GMT), the fi re- below the level of the northern across the centre and north, indi- fi ghting service in Andalusia an- esearchers expressed con- peak, she said. cating widespread health risks in nounced on Twitter. cern yesterday about the Rosqvist and her team will cities including tourist magnets Firefi ghters were still at the Rpace of climate change, af- measure the peak again around Rome, Florence and Venice. scene to fully extinguish the ter it was reported on Wednesday September 8, “when the summer Heatwaves have become com- blaze, it added. that a glacier on Sweden’s Keb- is over”. mon in Italy, and between 2005 The fl ames threatened, nekaise mountain had melted so “It could easily be 1m under and 2016 some 23,880 people but did not enter, the nearby much in sweltering Arctic tem- the northern peak by the end of died in 23 Italian cities of heat- 19,000-hectare Estrecho natural peratures that it is no longer the summer,” she said. related problems, a report by the park, a spokesman for the service country’s highest point. The southern glacier, whose region of Lazio found. said. “It’s quite scary,” Gunhild height has been registered since Forecasters expect Italy’s heat- The park is home to oak, cork Ninis Rosqvist, a Stockholm 1880, has been melting by 1m wave to break over the weekend and wild olive trees as well as University geography professor every year over the past two dec- with powerful thunderstorms A dog shakes as it stands in a pool during a heatwave yesterday in Montpellier, France. Some 66 of French birdlife, such as white storks, who has been measuring the gla- ades, according to Stockholm across much of the country. departments are aff ected by the current heatwave and have been placed on ‘orange’ alert by authorities vultures and falcons. cier for many years as part of cli- University. Wildfi res in Greece last month in the face of unprecedented high temperatures. It also takes in Bolonia beach, mate change research, told AFP. The glacier could grow this killed 91 people. which is regularly included on “This glacier is a symbol for coming winter and the south- In the eastern German state of coming days, prompting the gov- the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) their behaviours in consideration lists of Spain’s best beaches be- all the glaciers in the world. This ern peak could even rise above Saxony-Anhalt, police warned ernment to warn of a high risk said the heatwave that will hit of the weather,” the government cause of its fi ne white sand and whole environment is melting, the northern peak again, before people not to touch the grenades, of forest fi res in the fi rst test of in coming days will be similar to said in a statement. crystal clear waters. the snow is melting, and it aff ects some of it melts away next sum- mines and other weapons that the country’s readiness after the 2003, the second worst year on The interior minister resigned Wind gusts of up to 55kph the entire ecosystem: the plants, mer if the weather is warm. have emerged from the mud on worst fi res in history last year. record for forest fi res in Portugal last year over the fi res. (35mph) had fanned the fl ames, the animals, the climate, every- According to Martin Hedberg, the banks of the River Elbe since The weather in Portugal has after 2017. Since last year’s tragedy, but fi refi ghters said slower winds thing,” said Rosqvist, who is also meteorologist at the Swedish the heatwave caused a drastic re- been relatively cool and wet so far Greece’s deadly wildfi res last which struck during an extreme yesterday had helped them gain the head of the Tarfala research Weather and Climate Centre, duction in the water level. in 2018 compared to many parts month is a sharp reminder of the drought, the government has the upper hand against the blaze. station near Kebnekaise. “extreme heat is 100 times more In just a few weeks, police have of Europe, but the government constant threat of deadly fi res hired hundreds of professional Like much of Spain, Cadiz is on “You see the eff ects of climate common today than it was dur- found 24 pieces of World War II has gone to great lengths to en- in southern Europe during the fi refi ghters and sharply stepped high alert for forest fi res because change so clearly here. And for ing the 1950s, 60s and 70s” glo- munitions – dumped at the end sure that the fi res that killed 114 summer. up controls to ensure landowners of a heatwave pushing tempera- Sweden, Kebnekaise’s southern bally. of the confl ict by Russian, West- people in 2017 are not repeated. Portugal’s government issued clear their lands of undergrowth tures past 40°Celsius (104°F). peak is such an iconic symbol,” “The temperature diff erenc- ern and German forces – near the The highest temperature on a “situation of alert”, raising the that fan fi res. Spain’s meteorological offi ce, she added. es between the Arctic and the water, compared with 12 in the record in Portugal was 47.3°C readiness levels of fi refi ghters, The government has also test- Aemet, said the hot spell would A popular tourist destination Mediterranean are narrowing,” whole of last year. (117°F) in 2003, in the southern police and emergency medical ed an SMS alert system which stretch from Wednesday to at located in Sweden’s far north, he told AFP. Specialist technicians are Alentejo region. services until August 6. will notify people of emergen- least Sunday as a mass of hot air Kebnekaise has two main peaks – Kebnekaise’s two peaks may working overtime to make them Several places in the Alentejo There is a ban on lighting fi res cies. moves up from Africa. a southern one covered by a gla- compete for the title of Sweden’s safe, in some cases defusing are forecast to reach 47°C tomor- and access to forests will be lim- Although temperatures are In 2008, a wildfi re destroyed cier and a neighbouring, north- highest point for the next few them on site. row, while Lisbon could reach ited. soaring, so far there are no indi- around 500 hectares (1,200 ern one free of ice. years, Rosqvist predicted. Portugal went on high alert 43°C, which is highly unusual for “The government will con- cations of the strong winds that acres) of land in the Estrecho The southern peak lost 4m She lamented that political yesterday as temperatures Portugal’s capital by the sea. stantly monitor the situation made last year’s fi res so deadly. natural park and forced the evac- (13’) of snow between July 2 and targets to combat climate change, threaten to beat record levels in The Portuguese Institute of and appeals to citizens to change “If temperatures reach the uation of around 1,000 people. July 31. including the Paris Agreement “It looked diff erent this year. which calls for capping the global The snow was melting, the gla- rise in temperature at 2°C, were cier surface has never been as not having enough of an impact. low as it is now. I saw meltwa- “With these targets, our gla- Heat drives reindeer into tunnels ter trickling down the sides, I’ve ciers are going to disappear. It’s never seen that before,” Rosqvist an election this year in Sweden, said. and yet no one is talking about AFP places, both reindeer and sheep with evening temperatures above When measured early on this,” she bristled, referring to Oslo fi nd refuge in tunnels and shaded 20°C so far this year, according Tuesday, the southern peak the country’s general election on areas to cool down,” he said. to the Norwegian Meteorological reached 2,097m above sea level, September 9. Although this phenomenon is Institute. just 20cm higher than the north- With the last three years be- orwegian authorities nothing new, it could be intensi- The Norwegian Public Roads ern tip’s 2096.8m. ing the hottest ever recorded on have urged motorists to fi ed by record high temperatures Administration said no serious On a daily basis in July, the Earth, she said that changes are Nwatch out for reindeer in Norway’s northernmost re- accidents involving animals have southern peak lost an average needed “in the way our societies that are seeking refuge in tunnels gions. been reported yet but described 14cm of snow, as Sweden regis- are structured” to reduce green- to cool themselves amid extreme The Norwegian Meteorological the situation as “a challenge”. tered record temperatures that house gas emissions. heat in the nation’s far north. Institute posted a temperature of The government agency, triggered dozens of wildfi res. She cited cuts in fossil fuel us- “It has been very hot for weeks 31.2° Celsius (above 88° Fahren- which has multiplied its mes- Rosqvist said yesterday that age and more electric cars as ex- in northern Norway,” Tore Lys- heit) on Wednesday in Finnmark, sages to raise awareness among the southern peak was most cer- amples. berg, a senior offi cial at the Nor- a major reindeer herding region motorists, should be helped by tainly lower than the northern “Many people want these This handout photo dated July 3, 2016 and made available by the wegian Public Roads Adminis- located within the Arctic Circle. the weather, which is expected to peak. changes, and they’re prepared to Norwegian Public Roads Administration shows reindeer crossing a tration, told AFP yesterday. The region is so hot that it has return towards normal starting “We haven’t gone up today to change their consumer habits,” road at the Oksfjord tunnel in Loppa municipality, Northern Norway. “The animals retreat to colder experienced 12 “tropical” nights this weekend. measure it, but we’ve checked she added. Vatican changes teaching to oppose death penalty in all cases

Reuters cases, but the position began to of the death penalty worldwide, Arabia, Iraq, and Pakistan. had banned the death penalty. detention have been developed, Vatican City change under pope John Paul II, the new teaching says. In the United States, 23 people Recourse to the death penalty, which ensure the due protec- who died in 2005. The new provision is likely to were executed, a slight increase following a fair trial, had long tion of citizens but, at the same The Vatican said the change to run into stiff opposition from from 2016 but a low number been “an appropriate response to time, do not defi nitively deprive he Roman Catholic Church its universal catechism, a sum- conservative Catholics in the compared to historical trends, the gravity of certain crimes and the guilty of the possibility of re- has formally changed mary of church teaching, refl ect- United States and other coun- Amnesty said, adding that it is an acceptable, albeit extreme, demption.” Tits teaching to declare ed Pope Francis’s total opposition tries where capital punishment the only country in the Americas means of safeguarding the com- In a letter to bishops, Cardi- the death penalty inadmissi- to capital punishment. is legal and many believers sup- that carried out executions. mon good”, the new catechism nal Luis Ladaria, the head of the ble whatever the circumstance, According to the new entry in port it. Capital punishment is banned says. Congregation for the Doctrine a move likely to be criticised in the catechism, “the death pen- Last year, 53 countries issued in most of Europe, with Belarus “Today, however, there is an of the Faith which enacted the countries where capital punish- alty is inadmissible because it is death sentences and 23 of them the only European country that increasing awareness that the change, said that it is aimed at ment is legal. an attack on the inviolability and executed at least 993 people, ac- carried out executions last year, dignity of the person is not lost encouraging “the creation of The 1.2bn-member Catholic dignity of the person”. cording to Amnesty Internation- Amnesty said. even after the commission of conditions that allow for the The change reflected Pope Church had for centuries allowed The church is working “with al, with most executions being By the end of last year, more very serious crimes,” it says, add- elimination of the death penalty Francis’s total opposition to the death penalty in extreme determination” for the abolition carried out in China, Iran, Saudi than 100 countries worldwide ing: “more eff ective systems of where it is still in eff ect”. capital punishment. Gulf Times 10 Friday, August 3, 2018 INDIA

POLITICS HEALTH TRAGEDY JUDICIARY SECURITY Congress leader quits 51-year-old Iraqi gets Upset over wife’s video, SC allows Delhi govt to Uber brings ‘Safety UDF committee artificial heart in Delhi man kills self, family buy 500 standard buses Toolkit’ feature to India

Senior Congress leader and the party’s former A 51-year-old Iraqi man with a terminal heart Upset over a purported sleaze video of his The Supreme Court yesterday allowed the Delhi Global cab-hailing major Uber yesterday Kerala president V M Sudheeran yesterday condition has been given a new lease of life by wife and her ‘illicit’ relations, a man from government to purchase 500 standard-floor brought “Safety Toolkit” to India – a announced that he was quitting the United doctors in New Delhi. Hani Jawad Mohamed had Punjab’s Kapurthala district torched himself buses to improve the woefully inadequate public comprehensive set of features in the app for Democratic Front’s high power committee. The suff ered several bullet injuries at the hands of and his family, including two minor children, transport system in the capital city. A bench of riders – after rolling it out first in the US. Riders committee is the UDF’s highest decision making terrorists who had kept him captive. Mohamed hours after his return from abroad, police Justice A K Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan said: can access the “Safety Toolkit” on the home body where every ally has its representative. flew back to Iraq on July 28 with an artificial said yesterday. Kulwinder Singh, 35, his wife “This is only an interim measure to take care of screen of the app from the moment the driver Sudheeran has been upset with the Congress heart. He had undergone several rounds of Mandeep, and two children, Sonal, 8, and the pressing needs of Delhi commuters as there is accepts the trip until when the trip ends. Riders after the party decided to re-admit estranged surgeries in his native country which however Abhi, 5, died yesterday following burns. Police shortage of buses.” The Delhi government assured can also find safety tips built in partnership former ally Kerala Congress (Mani) led by former did not improve his health. Doctors at BLK Heart said Kulwinder returned to his village from the top court that hydraulic lifts would be installed with law enforcement and learn about driver minister K M Mani back into the UDF after almost Centre implanted Left Ventricle Assistance Jordon, where he worked, late on Wednesday in the buses for the benefit of diff erently-abled screening processes, insurance protections a two-year hiatus. He was also angered when Device (LVAD), popularly known as an artificial night. He was sent a sleaze video of his wife persons. The court’s order came on an appeal by and community guidelines. “At Uber, safety is the lone Rajya Sabha seat which would have heart. “We found that his heart was very weak with a man from the village following which the Delhi government and the Delhi Transport a top priority and we look towards harnessing gone to the Congress was given to Mani’s party. and could not eject blood. We tried to treat he brought petrol and poured on himself Corporation (DTC) challenging a Delhi High Court’s technology to solve rider and driver safety Sudheeran’s elevation as state party president him medically first but his breathlessness kept and his family. The matter came to light June 1 order barring them from buying 2,000 concerns in more innovative ways. The roll-out in 2015 came as a shocking decision for many increasing and he was completely crippled. He early yesterday when other family members standard-floor buses without the enabling facility of ‘Safety Toolkit’ to millions of riders across senior colleagues. He often took strong positions was waiting for a transplant but due to acute woke up. Police said they have arrested a for the special category commuters. The decision India is an extension of this commitment to the against his own government led by then chief shortage of donors, it was not feasible at that villager who allegedly had illicit relations with to buy buses has been taken considering the dire community,” Sachin Kansal of Uber said in a minister Oommen Chandy. point of time,” the hospital said. Mandeep. need to augment the existing fleet. statement. Literary body expresses solidarity with writers

IANS thinkers and poets, not only in New Delhi India but all over the world”. It said that the Akademi re- ceived “the news of threat” to he Sahitya Akademi has writers with “great pain”. expressed solidarity with “Sahitya Akademi strongly Twriters after at least 26 condemns these attacks and heavyweight authors urged In- stand behind the writers’ com- dia’s national academy of letters munity of India,” read the one- to condemn repeated threats to paragraph press statement from Goa’s award winning writer Da- the Akademi, signed by Kambar. modar Mauzo and Malayalam A collegium of heavyweight novelist S Hareesh. and multiple award winning “I must make it clear that the writers such as Nayantara Sahgal, Akademi condemns all attacks Keki Daruwalla, K Satchidan- Activists from the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) shout slogans in support of the publication of the first complete draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and against what against writers and I am sad- andan, Ritu Menon, Jerry Pinto they say is illegal immigration of people from Bangladesh during a rally in Kolkata yesterday. dened by the news of Mauzo and and Meena Alexander, among Hareesh. I condemn these threats several others, had written to the in the strongest of words,” Sa- Akademi under the banner of In- hitya Akademi president Chan- dian Writers’ Forum, urging it to drashekhar Kambar said. condemn such instances. The 81-year-old said that he The writers’ forum pointed would to Prime Minister Naren- out that the Akademi had failed dra Modi and draw his attention to take a “bold, public stand” in to the “pressures and attacks” 2015. BJP demands citizens’ writers like Hareesh were fac- “We hope this would not hap- ing. “I am also trying to speak to pen in your dispensation and the concerned minister (Culture that this big literary institution Minister Mahesh Sharma) but he will take a brave stand now,” the is not available,” he said. letter read. “The Akademi is meant to up- Reacting to Akademi’s state- hold free speech and I will not ment, writer and poet Daruwalla, count in W Bengal too hesitate. I will talk,” Kambar who had returned his Sahitya said. Akademi award in 2015 and was IANS of illegal activities like bomb- the NRC issue in Assam, delib- problems in Assam where the He refuted the Trinamool On being reminded that the among the writers who urged the Kolkata making, smuggling, rioting and erately trying to malign the BJP draft list has been published,” he leaders’ claims of being man- same body took 54 days to pub- Akademi to condemn threats on running syndicates. They must and provoke Bengalis by spread- added. handled by the Assam police and licly condemn the killings of ra- Wednesday, said that it was “ex- be deported to Bangladesh,” ing falsehood. The BJP also alleged Trina- supported their detention at the tional thinkers and writers M M cellent news”. he West Bengal unit of state BJP women’s wing presi- “The NRC draft has been mool Congress had sent a dele- airport, saying West Bengal’s Kalburgi, Govind Pansare and “I am happy that the same the Bharatiya Janata Party dent Locket Chatterjee said. published in Assam on Supreme gation to Assam to foment trou- ruling party was being given a Narendra Dabholkar that had scenario (like 2015) has not been Tyesterday demanded the Accusing Chief Minister Court orders and has left out 40 ble and supported the role of the dose of its own medicine. triggered massive protests by repeated. We have done our part publication of a National Regis- Mamata Banerjee of letting the lakh persons. If the process has Assam police in detaining them Roy said that the “freedom of writers bringing the Akademi to and I complement the Akademi ter of Citizens (NRC) in the east- Rohingya refugees (from Bang- some shortcomings, the state at the Kumbhirgram Airport in MPs has been eroded by Assam a standstill in 2015, Kambar said for having spoken out, and par- ern state too to drive out “infi l- ladesh) settle in certain West government and the court will Silchar. government.” the past should be left behind as ticularly Mr Kambar, for taking trators from Bangladesh”. Bengal districts, the BJP leader look into it. But the way they The Trinamool delegation, “They had not gone there to the Akademi was on the cusp of immediate cognisance of the The BJP took out a march said the “NRC is a must” in the (Trinamool) are politicising the including six MPs and two state break law. Yet they were beaten revival. matter, instead of sitting silent from south Kolkata’s Deshapriyo state to check infi ltration and issue and trying to provoke the legislators, was confi ned to a up. Senior MPs were pushed “Forget the past, we are doing like the Akademi did in 2015,” Park to Maidan area led by state conduct fair elections. Bengalis, both in Bengal and As- room at the airport. and shoved. Female MPs were everything in our capacity and Daruwalla said. party president Dilip Ghosh, na- “... Banerjee is allowing even sam, is condemnable,” Ghosh “No one asked them to go to manhandled. Is this democ- we have taken a stand already, Meanwhile, the Supreme tional secretary Rahul Sinha and the Rohingyas to settle in the said. Assam. Why did they go there? racy?” the party said in a state- that we condemn these attacks Court yesterday said that the state general secretary Sayantan state. She has too much com- “Banerjee and her Trinamool Their party chief Mamata Ban- ment. against S Hareesh and Damodar culture of banning books im- Basu. passion for illegal settlers from Congress are trying to malign erjee said a civil war will start The Assam government pub- Mauzo,” he said. pacts the free fl ow of ideas and “We demand the publication Bangladesh. She should fi rst the BJP, but our party has no role in Assam over the NRC list but lished the draft NRC on July In an offi cial statement re- should not be taken recourse to of the NRC in West Bengal as give peace to her own people,” in the publication of the NRC Assam has been peaceful so 30 which included names of leased yesterday afternoon, the unless they are hit by Section well. Infi ltration from Bangla- she said. draft. They are blocking roads far. May be the Trinamool team 28.9mn people but kept over Akademi reiterated that it “con- 292 of the Indian Penal Code that desh is rampant here. These in- Ghosh also fl ayed Banerjee, and railways here and creat- went there to start a civil war,” 4mn people out of the document demns all attacks on writers, prohibits obscenity. fi ltrators are involved in all sorts claiming she was politicising ing a ruckus while there are no Ghosh alleged. due to discrepancies. Stalin comforts hotel staff MPs demand pension attacked by party activists for Emergency ‘victims’ IANS ing the Emergency and were lead- New Delhi ing a life in abject poverty with no IANS The video of the attack went food business on a cartwheel and consistent means of sustenance. Chennai viral on social media, following eventually grew into a 21-outlet “My suggestion to the govern- which the DMK on Wednesday chain. everal members of the Rajya ment is to give some sort of rec- suspended Yuvaraj and Diwakar Meanwhile, the police have ar- Sabha yesterday demand- ognition to those fi ghters of the ravida Munnetra Kazhag- for bringing disrepute to the party. rested fi ve people while Yuvaraj Sed recognition and grant second freedom struggle led by am leader M K Stalin yes- Stalin also condemned the at- and Diwakar are absconding. of central pension to the peo- Jaya Prakash Narayan. Let this Dterday visited a restaurant tack on the hotel staff . According to the hotel staff , ple jailed during the Emergency government provide, at least, a whose owner and employees were Yesterday, owner R R Tamil- Yuvaraj had come to the hotel last clamped on the country by the meagre pension to those who are attacked by party members and selvan praised the DMK leader week and had parked his scooter Indira Gandhi regime in 1975. in need these days,” he said. off ered to pay for the damages, an whose father and former Tamil blocking the entrance, resulting Biju Janata Dal (BJD) member “During the last session, I put act that won the heart of the pro- Nadu chief minister M Karuna- in an argument with the staff . Prasanna Acharya said “thou- a question to the home minis- prietor. nidhi is in hospital battling major zKerala Chief Minister Pi- sands of commoners who fought ter asking about the number of Stalin went to the R R Anbu health related issues. narayi Vijayan yesterday termed to restore democracy” at that those people who took part in that Biryani restaurant in Chennai and “I don’t have any words to say. Karunanidhi a born fi ghter. He time are still living in abject pov- struggle and were arrested and comforted the owner and em- Even when his father, a great lead- made the remark after visiting erty and have been “forgotten by put inside the jails and who are ployees for the weekend incident. er, is admitted in hospital, Stalin Karunanidhi at the Kauvery Hos- the people in power”. still alive. The government does He was accompanied by former came to our restaurant and com- pital in Chennai. More than a dozen members not have the reply till now. They telecom minister and DMK leader forted us all,” Tamilselvan said. Speaking to reporters outside cutting across party lines sec- have been collecting the infor- A Raja and other colleagues. “Earlier he had called us to the the hospital, Vijayan said he met onded the demand by associating mation for the last four months,” On Sunday night, a group of DMK headquarters and inquired Stalin and Karunanidhi’s daughter themselves with the issue. Acharya added. DMK members led by Yuvaraj about the incident and the dam- Kanimozhi and inquired after the “Apart from the leaders, hun- The MPs, who associated went to the restaurant and de- ages. He said he would want to 94-year old politician’s health. dreds and thousands of people of themselves with the cause, in- manded free biryani. The em- visit the outlet.” Vijayan said he was informed this country were also put inside cluded Neeraj Shekhar, Revati ployees told them that business Tamilselvan said Yuvaraj al- that Karunanidhi’s condition was jails. Most of them are forgotten Raman Singh, Ram Nath Thakur, had closed for the day, police said. ways used to come to the res- improving. by those occupying the seat of Ram Vichar Netam, Rupa Gangu- Enraged at this, Yuvaraj as- taurant and demand discount Karunanidhi, who was Tamil power due to the sacrifi ces of the ly, Naresh Gujral, Narendra Jad- saulted the cashier and other em- on food. He also expected not be Nadu’s chief minister for fi ve common people,” Acharya said. hav, Wansuk Syiem, Syed Nasir ployees. He was joined by another billed for the food eaten. times, was admitted to the hospi- Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan speaks to Stalin during his He said he personally knew Hussain, K K Ragesh and Sarojini party member, Diwakar. Tamilselvan said he started his tal on July 28. visit to the Kauvery Hospital in Chennai yesterday. some people who were jailed dur- Hembram among others. Gulf Times Friday, August 3, 2018 11 LATIN AMERICA

Santos admits defeat Solidarity helped aircraft in ELN ceasefi re passengers survive crash talks By Julia Love and Daina Beth Solomon, Reuters Mexico City AFP Bogota hortly after boarding her fl ight in the northern utgoing Colombia Presi- SMexican state of Durango dent Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday afternoon, Ashley Ohas admitted defeat after Garcia had a premonition that failing to secure a ceasefi re with something was wrong. ELN Marxist guerrillas before The 17-year-old high school handing over the reins to hard- student from Northlake, a sub- line right-wing successor Ivan urb of Chicago, was one of 65 Duque next week. US citizens among the 103 pas- Santos had made it his goal sengers and crew aboard the to achieve a “complete peace” Aeromexico passenger jet that to end the 50-year confl ict with crashed near the runway shortly left-wing rebels before stepping after take-off . down on August 7. Settling into her seat, Garcia He won the Nobel Peace Prize saw a storm was gathering fast for negotiating the historic ac- in the distance, and by the time cord signed with FARC guerrillas the aircraft began preparing This picture released by Durango’s Civil Protection shows the wreckage of the plane that crashed on in December 2016, ending their for take-off it was battered by Tuesday with 97 passengers and four crew on board. insurgency. strong winds, hail and rain. “We hope that the next gov- Garcia captured the scene cial in preventing deaths – in- take-off was turbulence until left her luggage behind, losing ernment decides to continue” through her window with her cluding the aircraft’s condition the aircraft began skidding and her glasses in the shuffl e. negotiating with the ELN, the cellphone. after crashing and the environ- panic set in. When they reached the exit, last recognised armed group “I had a gut feeling: just record ment where the accident oc- “We were screaming,” said there were no emergency slides, fi ghting government forces in it, just record it,” she said. “I was curred – were largely favourable Gallarzo, a 19-year-old college meaning they had to jump, Gar- Colombia, to “start a real and like, there’s no way we are taking for the Aeromexico fl ight, Brick- student from Chicago. cia said. verifi able ceasefi re”, said Santos. off , it’s too risky.” house said. Despite the panicked scramble A trampoline was there to More than 260,000 people The fl ight crashed moments Investigators found the Em- to fl ee, passengers showed com- cushion their fall, and fellow have been killed, nearly 83,000 after taking off , skidding to a halt braer passenger jet’s recorders passion. passengers helped them make remain missing and some 7.4mn in scrubland near the runway, a on Wednesday and have still to “Everybody was grabbing the jump. have been forced to fl ee their wing in fl ames. determine the cause of the crash. people, helping them,” Gallarzo Once off the plane, Garcia The wreckage of the plane is seen at the airport of Durango. homes due to the confl ict. However, within minutes, Aeromexico said that 64 peo- said. “I was like, we gotta go, coughed and vomited, choking Santos said that there is “very passengers followed emergency ple have been released from hos- I was making sure we were all for air. the runway, where fi refi ghters, returning home that night. little missing” from an agree- protocol, acting fast and help- pitals. there, saying, ‘Just keep walk- A fl ight attendant directed the paramedics and other emergen- She said that the compassion ment, adding: “I would say ing each other along the way, to Two people, including the pi- ing, keep walking, walk as fast as cousins to get as far away as pos- cy personnel sprang into action, shown to her by emergency per- 10%.” escape without fatalities. lot, were more seriously injured. you can’.” sible from the plane, which was checking passengers for injuries. sonnel affi rmed her desire to be a He said that the two parties “Today more people survive Garcia was returning to the Filing behind fellow travel- soon engulfed by the fi re, leaving Gallarzo said that she wound police offi cer. had agreed on a “very well- plane crashes than die,” said An- United States with three cousins lers, they made their way toward only smouldering wreckage af- up with soreness on her neck and She has a fl ight home booked defi ned” plan to implement a thony Brickhouse, an air safety after a two-week trip to visit rel- the rear as the aircraft fi lled with ter fi refi ghters extinguished the back, bruises and some cuts. for today. bilateral and temporary truce expert at Embry-Riddle Aero- atives, travelling from Durango black smoke, unable to take the blaze. Garcia, also suff ering from “I didn’t think I would be able during talks in Havana on Tues- nautical University and a former to Mexico City to catch a con- emergency exits at the middle of They walked through the rain, scratches and bruises, was taken to get back on a fl ight, but I have day evening, but that it lacked National Transportation Safety necting fl ight to Chicago. the plane near the smouldering their clothes soaked. to the hospital, where she un- experienced the worst,” Garcia United Nations verifi cation. Board (NTSB) investigator. Liliana Gallarzo, Garcia’s wing. After waiting for further di- derwent X-rays and magnetic said. “So now whatever hap- “To verify it you need proto- The elements that can be cru- cousin, thought the bumpy Garcia grabbed her phone but rection, they headed closer to resonance imaging (MRI) before pens, it’s meant to happen.” cols, very precise procedures, so that there are no misunder- standings,” said Santos. He said that the United Na- tions itself had insisted on the protocols as it would be moni- toring the truce, alongside the Carmakers’ help sought to clear the air Catholic Church. The two sides produced a joint statement saying that “although Mexico City’s first woman her six-year term as mayor. of the problem is that Mexico comes law, a task made easier 2007 and investigated emissions we haven’t reached full agree- mayor wants car firms’ help The city of some 21mn peo- had fallen behind in emissions because her Morena party won a at Lawrence Berkeley National ment ... in this cycle, signifi cant to end smog ple, known for its deathly smog standards for new vehicles, as majority there in the July 1 elec- Laboratory, said that she wants progress has been made”. in the 1980s, made strides to- well as needing to fi nd ways to tion. to work in collaboration with the The ELN’s delegation chief By Frank Jack Daniel and wards cleaner air at the turn of bring down costs for hybrid and However, attempts to make car companies to turn the high- Pablo Beltran said that he hoped Diego Oré, Reuters the century with measures that electric vehicles that are cur- automobile regulation stricter in altitude city into what she called these developments would form Mexico City restricted the use of older vehi- rently out of reach of most con- Mexico have run into opposition an international “centre of in- the “basis for work” to be carried cles and moved major industry sumers. in the past. novation for public and private out during Duque’s administra- out of town. “What we are proposing, and Toyota and Mexico’s auto in- transport”. tion. exico City’s fi rst wom- While its air remains far bet- we want to do this even before dustry sued the Mexican gov- “We want to have a workshop Duque, though, has promised an mayor plans to sig- ter than smoke-choked Asian we enter government, is to have ernment in 2012 to try to block with them to explain what our a tougher negotiating stance to- Mnifi cantly improve air capitals such as Delhi in India, in a meeting ... with the major au- proposed regulations to align the needs are as a city, to see their wards the ELN. quality in the smoggy capital, 2016 the city government issued tomakers,” Sheinbaum, 56, told fuel effi ciency standard of cars response and to see what they Santos explained that it would one of the world’s largest cities, for the fi rst time in 14 years an Reuters in an interview, saying and light trucks with that of the can do.” have been “counterproductive to by consulting with car manu- air quality contingency warning, that she would approach embas- United States to cut greenhouse Sheinbaum’s other plans to sign something that hasn’t been facturers on a plan for stricter a measure taken when pollu- sies of major automaking powers gas emissions. clean up the city include new endorsed by the new govern- emissions standards, she said in tion reaches levels that seriously fi rst. Business chambers represent- investment in the metro system, ment”. an interview. threaten health. “From there we want to gen- ing Mexico’s auto industry and cleaner buses, and a cable car He ordered his negotiators Environmental scientist The number of vehicles in erate a new standard for new ve- car dealers did not immediately system to transport people from back to Bogota on Wednesday to Sheinbaum: What we are Claudia Sheinbaum, 56, who Mexico almost doubled between hicles, that allows new vehicles respond to requests for com- hillside shanty towns, similar brief the new regime on the state proposing, and we want to do won the election with a large 2006 and 2016, and autos are to be less and less polluting,” she ment. to one in operation in Medellin, of the discussions, which began this even before we enter margin and takes offi ce in De- now the leading source of nitro- said. Sheinbaum, who worked for Colombia. in 2017. government, is to have a cember this year, said that a top gen oxide pollution in the met- Sheinbaum is aiming to pass the Intergovernmental Panel “We want to bring them a However, he said that nego- meeting... with the major priority is to reduce particulate ropolitan area. her proposal through the na- on Climate Change (IPCC) that modern form of transport,” she tiations were “very advanced” automakers. contamination by 40% during Sheinbaum said that part tional Congress before it be- won the Nobel Peace Prize in said. when his team left Cuba. The ELN’s delegation chief Beltran said that a ceasefi re is necessary to allow citizens to participate in the peace process. Santos, though, admitted that Kurdish refugee wins ‘Nobel of mathematics’ Fields medal he didn’t feel “totally satisfi ed because eff ectively we have not arrived at a ceasefi re agreement”. By Louis Genot, AFP put a smile on the faces of those It remains a political defeat for Rio de Janeiro 40mn people,” he said. the former journalist who sacri- Born in a village in the ethnic fi ced his domestic popularity in Kurdish province of Marivan, the quest for a lasting resolution urdish refugee-turned- near the Iran-Iraq border, Birkar to the confl ict. Cambridge University said that “Kurdistan was an un- The 66-year-old had hoped Kmath professor Caucher likely place for a kid to develop he could make signifi cant Birkar was among four winners an interest in mathematics”. progress in convincing the ELN on Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro Despite his humble begin- to lay down their weapons before of the prestigious Fields prize, nings, he went from Tehran stepping down on August 7. dubbed the Nobel for math- University, where he recounts But he baulked at suggestions ematics, but had his gold medal having looked up dreamily at that he failed to achieve “com- stolen minutes later. portraits of past Fields winners, plete peace”. It was an embarrassing de- to get political asylum and citi- “What we’re delivering, and but for crime-ridden Rio, the zenship in Britain – and estab- what all the international or- fi rst Latin American city ever to lish himself as an exceptional ganisations say, is that it’s a host the Fields ceremony, which mathematical mind. This handout picture released by the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM 2018) shows, from left to right, Birkar, Figalli, Scholze, very complete peace, very deep. takes place every four years. “To go from the point that I and Venkatesh at the event in Rio de Janeiro. This agreement with Farc has Less than an hour had passed didn’t imagine meeting these no precedent in any other coun- since Birkar, a 40-year-old spe- people to the point where some- She died in 2017. calculating variations and par- that is me and my wife living in began his undergraduate degree try,” Santos told AFP earlier this cialist in algebraic geometry, had day I hold a medal myself – I just Another of Wednesday’s four tial diff erential equations. the same city,” Figalli said. in mathematics and physics at week. been handed his 14-karat gold couldn’t imagine that this would co-winners, Figalli, also had an Figalli, now 34 and at ETH As for Germany’s Scholze, the University of Western Aus- He insisted, too, that he would medal when his briefcase went come true,” Birkar told Quanta unlikely start to academic su- Zurich, said the prize “gives au- who was awarded the Fields tralia when he was just 13. be remembered more for the Farc missing. Magazine. perstardom, albeit for very dif- tomatic visibility and opens up medal for his work in arithme- Now 36 and at Stanford Uni- deal – that turned the former The organiser behind the The Fields medal recognises ferent reasons than Birkar. doors to us”. tic algebraic geometry, he says versity in the United States, rebels into a political party – event, the International Con- the outstanding mathematical “Until high school, his only In addition to pursuing his there’ll never be an end to the Venkatesh specialises in number than the ELN failure. gress of Mathematics, said that achievements of candidates who concern was playing football,” own high-level research, he says challenges he faces. theory and describes his work “My legacy will defend itself, it “profoundly regrets” the in- were under 40 years old at the the International Congress of encouraging young mathemati- “There are an infi nite number in terms more often associated you can see the results,” he said. cident. start of the year. Mathematicians (ICM), which cians “is something of a duty”. of problems,” said Scholze, who with the artistic fi elds. “There is peace, the Farc is a po- Birkar celebrated his achieve- At least two and preferably oversees the prize, said in its an- However, he joked that the is at the University of Bonn and “A lot of the time, when you litical party, it’s there. ment – alongside co-winners four people are honoured each nouncement. one equation still baffl ing him is is only 30 years old. “Whenever do math, you’re stuck. But you “It’s the Colombian people Alessio Figalli, Peter Scholze, time. That changed after Figalli en- how to spend more time with his you solve a problem, there are 10 feel privileged to work with it: that will defend peace because and Akshay Venkatesh – as a In 2014, Maryam Mirzakhani, tered the International Math- professor wife. more coming.” you have a feeling of transcend- it’s not my peace, nor that of my fairy tale come true for the often from Iran, became the award’s ematical Olympiad, awakening “I have work for the next 30 or The fourth laureate, ence and feel like you’ve been government, but of all Colombi- beleaguered Kurds. fi rst and so far only female win- a fascination for math that today 40 years. But there is one prob- Venkatesh, is an Indian-born, part of something really mean- ans.” “I’m hoping this news will ner. has seen him become a leader in lem I really hope to solve soon: Australian-raised prodigy who ingful,” Venkatesh said. Gulf Times 12 Friday, August 3, 2018 PAKISTAN PPP, PML-N in PM oath-taking on talks over leader of opposition

Internews Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and inde- Lahore pendents from Baluchistan ear- Aug 11 ‘not possible’ lier this year. “There’s likely to be a package Internews submission of returns of election take it to August 6,” said the of- The offi cial said the election to That means the elections at he Pakistan Peoples Party deal as other players on opposi- Islamabad expenses by the winning candi- fi cial. the offi ce of prime minister was the latest must be held by August (PPP) said yesterday that tion benches, e.g. the Muttahida dates. He added that the independ- therefore most likely to take place 8, and the schedule for the polls Tit is in negotiations with Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) and the The offi cial referred to Sec- ents would then have three days on August 15. must be announced two weeks the Pakistan Muslim League – parties of Mehmood Achakzai ncertainty surrounds the tion 98 (3) of the Elections Act to join a political party, meaning When contacted, PTI infor- before that. Nawaz (PML-N) to arrive at a and Hasil Bizenjo, will have to exact date when the elec- 2017, which reads: “Every re- that August 9 would be the last mation secretary Fawad Chaud- However, a proviso attached consensus over the Leader of the be accommodated for building Ution and oath-taking of turned candidate shall, within day for it. hry agreed that the oath taking to the constitutional provision Opposition in the National As- a joint platform against the PTI. the prime minister would be held 10 days from the poll of an elec- He said that the calculation of of the new prime minister would reads: “Provided that, if the sembly. And the PPP will have to adjust as the Election Commission of tion, submit a return of election share of parties in the reserved not be possible on August 11, but election cannot be held within According to the PML-N, the its demands and role according- Pakistan (ECP) has yet to fi nalise expenses under section 134 and seats would take another two expressed the hope that it could the period aforesaid because the issue has not been taken up for- ly,” the PML-N leader said. the results of the July 25 polls and the Commission shall not notify days, and then the names of the be done by Aug 14 – the Inde- National Assembly is dissolved, mally, but it will defi nitely come For the fi rst time in the coun- notify the winning candidates. in the offi cial Gazette the result returned candidates would be pendence Day. it shall be held within 30 days of up for discussion soon. try’s parliamentary history, in- Given the situation, it’s un- of a returned candidate who fails published in the offi cial Gazette. “Yes, we had desired that the the general election to the as- “The PML-N will be asked dependent senators have become likely that Pakistan Tehreek-e- to submit his return of election “Even when moving quickly, oath taking should take place on sembly.” to choose either the opposition a major force, with a strength of Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan will expenses.” the fi rst session of the National August 11, but this seems to be The offi cial pointed out that leader in the Senate or in the 32. take the oath as prime minister The offi cial said that under the Assembly can only happen on impossible,” he remarked. nomination papers could not be National Assembly, leaving one The PPP follows with 20 on August 11, informed sources law, three days would be given August 12, where the newly- Meanwhile, with the term of fi led by the presidential candi- of the two offi ces for the PPP,” a members, the PML-N has 17, and said. to the independent candidates elected members would take the President Mamnoon Hussain ex- dates until the electoral college is party offi ce-bearer said. the PTI, 12. “It’s a touch-and-go situa- to join a political party if they so oath, followed by the election of piring on September 9, the polls complete. He expressed the hope the The MMA enjoys the back- tion,” a senior ECP offi cial said desired, on the basis of which the speaker and deputy speaker,” to elect his successor are all set to He said that the Senate, Na- N-League would realise before ing of six senators, the Bizenjo- while commenting on Khan’s an- the share of reserved seats for said the ECP offi cial. hit a snag. tional and Provincial Assemblies long that it must take along other led National Party (NP) and the nouncement that he would take women and minorities would be He said the newly-elected An offi cial of the ECP pointed served as the electoral college for parties on opposition benches, Muttahida Qaumi Movement the oath on August 11. worked out. speaker would then announce out that election to the offi ce of presidential elections. particularly the PPP, for a better (MQM) have fi ve senators each, He said that the fi nal notifi ca- “Let us assume that all the re- schedule for the election of the the president under Article 41 (4) The ECP offi cial said the working relationship in parlia- Achakzai’s Pashtunkhwa Milli tion of the returned candidates turned candidates submit their prime minister, adding that un- of the Constitution is to be held schedule for the presidential ment, he added. Awami Party (PkMAP) has three, would be issued after receiving returns of election expenses by der the normal practice the prime not earlier than 60 days and not elections would be issued soon The PML-N’s information and the Awami National Party consolidation statements from the last date set for the purpose minister was administered the later than 30 days before the ex- after the newly-elected members secretary, Mushahidullah Khan, (ANP), the PML-Functional and the constituencies where the – August 4 – it will take two days oath of the offi ce by the president piration of the term of the presi- of the National and Provincial told Dawn by phone from Islam- the BNP-Mengal, one senator ECP had ordered recounting and for issuance of notifi cations, to one day following his election. dent in offi ce. Assemblies take their oaths. abad that the subject would be each. taken up in the coming sittings of Makhdoom Ahmed Mahmood, the joint opposition. a former governor of Punjab, has He, however, said that the dis- urged the opposition political cussion would not be confi ned to parties to accept PPP chairman Cabinet the two slots of opposition lead- Bilawal Bhutto Zardari as the op- er, but would also encompass position leader in the National the Senate chairman and deputy Assembly. donation chairman as well as co-operation During a discussion with a in Provincial Assemblies. group of reporters yesterday, he At present, the PPP’s Sherry claimed that he had suggested to dam Rehman is opposition leader in to the PML-N leadership that the upper house of parliament. as they were nearing retirement The party also managed to from politics, they should groom fund install its deputy chairman in fresh faces by taking a cue from co-operation with the Pakistan the PPP.

Internews Islamabad Imran Khan invites he federal cabinet of Paki- stan has decided that the Tcaretaker prime minister and all cabinet members would Indian stars to PM contribute one month’s basic salary into the fund for con- struction of Bhasha and Mohm- and dams. oath-taking event According to offi ce memoran- dum issued by fi nance ministry yesterday, on July 4 the Supreme Internews for all of us”. Court of Pakistan had directed Islamabad He said that he had more that a fund be established for friends in India than any other collecting donations for the Pakistani leader. construction of the Diamar Bha- rime Minister-in-waiting Khan also called for resolution sha and Mohmand dams. Imran Khan has invited of core issues between the two Following that, the Finance PIndian cricketers Kapil countries, including the Kashmir Division created the fund for ap- Dev, Sunil Gawaskar, and Navjot dispute, for meaningful progress proval of the federal cabinet. Singh Sidhu, and Bollywood star in ties. At its meeting on July 18, Aamir Khan to his oath-taking He said that if the Indian lead- the cabinet decided that two Getting ready ceremony to be held later this ership was ready, Islamabad, too, days’ salary of the offi cers and month in Islamabad. was ready to improve ties. one day’s salary of the offi cials for Day of The piece of information Legendary Indian batsman working under the federal gov- was disclosed by the Pakistan Sunil Gawaskar used to describe ernment may be voluntarily de- Independence Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s spokes- Khan as his younger brother and ducted. person Fawad Chaudhry while enjoyed a very cordial relation- The cabinet also directed any- A youth shows off a flag to attract talking to reporters after his ship with him. one not willing to contribute potential buyers of patriotic meeting with Chief Justice of Gawaskar is a player to whom may inform the authorities be- memorabilia, ahead of Pakistan’s Pakistan Saqib Nisar and other Khan – one of the fastest bowl- fore deduction is made. Independence Day, at a stall in judges of the Supreme Court. ers of his time – dismissed on a The Cabinet has also decided Karachi. Asked whether Indian Prime number of occasions in various that the caretaker prime min- Minister Narendra Modi was also test matches. ister and all cabinet members Left: Patriotic memorabilia badges among the guests being invited Likewise, Kapil Dev is one of would contribute one month’s are seen in bottles for sale in to attend the ceremony, the PTI the world-class all-rounders basic salary towards the national Peshawar. spokesman explained that the among the group of four profes- cause. party had asked the Foreign Of- sional cricketers in the 1980s. fi ce to apprise its leadership re- The others were Imran Khan, garding extending invitation to Ian Botham, and Sir Richard Russia working the heads of states and foreign Hadley, rivals professionally, closely with leaders of diff erent countries, but good friends outside the sta- Lower Dir’s Sumera Shams especially in view of the paucity dium. Pakistan: envoy of time. Recently, the three famous “We are awaiting response of Khans of Bollywood – Aamir Russian ambassador Alexey the Foreign Offi ce,” said Chaud- Khan, Shahrukh Khan, and Sal- Dedov has said that Russia is set to be youngest legislator hry. man Khan – congratulated the closely working with Pakistan on Earlier on Monday, Modi had cricketer-turned politician on counter-terrorism and strategic called Khan to congratulate him his success and even expressed issues. Internews voted to power in Khyber Pa- ties to bar women from casting on his party’s victory in the gen- their desire to attend his oath- Speaking here at the Islamabad Karachi khtunkhwa (then known as their votes, Shams defi ed the eral election and expressed the taking ceremony. Policy Research Institute (IPRI), Northwest Frontier Province), PTI’s decision by becoming one hope that Pakistan and India When asked whether the the ambassador said that the Shams recalled how she had re- of the few women to vote in the would work to open a new chap- prime minister’s oath-taking military co-operation between ower Dir, a remote and ceived a cold shoulder from the Dir region. ter in bilateral ties. ceremony will be conducted at the two countries goes well conservative district of party and the community. “I waited until noon – (I Soon after realising that the Islamabad’s old Parade Ground, beyond the supply of helicopters. LKhyber Pakhtunkhwa, is In the years that followed, the was) indecisive. Later in the This image taken from Twitter PTI had achieved a comfort- the PTI spokesman said that He said that the set to send a woman lawmaker, family persevered. day, I gathered up the courage shows Sumera with PTI chief able position to form a govern- Khan had expressed the desire to Intergovernmental Commission the youngest ever at 26, to the Her mother managed to head to proceed to the polling sta- Imran Khan. ment at the Centre, Khyber Pa- do so. (IGC) on trade, economic, provincial legislature. up two construction compa- tion and cast my vote,” she re- khtunkhwa, and Punjab, Khan in Chaudhry recalled that the scientific and technical co- Shamsul Qamar Khan, an nies while her sister served as a called. “Where last time it took reserved seat for women. his victory speech on July 26 ex- late prime minister Zulfi kar Ali operation between Russia and Awami National Party (ANP) district councillor in Lower Dir minutes, this year I had to wait She said that Dir, an erstwhile pressed the hope of building bet- Bhutto was the only premier Pakistan is working hard to build candidate in the 2008 elections, until 2018. for three hours in line to vote as stronghold of Jamaat-e-Islami, ter relations with India, stating in Pakistan’s political history business ties. died of cardiac arrest on polling A student at the time of her women came out in large num- did not see any development that better relations between Pa- whose oath-taking ceremony “Russia believes that working day. father’s death, Shams joined bers to vote.” work under the rule of the polit- kistan and India would be “good was held in the open. together in the IGC and in other The local community thought Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek- The women voters’ turnout ico-religious party led by Sirjaul bilateral mechanisms will help his political legacy would die e-Insaf (PTI), assuming a role in in the district was largely infl u- Haq. Lahore High Court issues notice over fast implementation of bilateral with him since he had no sons to the party’s female student wing enced by Section 9 of the Elec- Asked why the right-wing projects,” he said. continue his legacy. in KP. tion Act 2017, which gives the party remained in coalition with VIP protocol accorded to PTI chairman He expressed satisfaction over Little did they know that one Later, as head of the Insaf Election Commission of Paki- the PTI until earlier this year, the growth level in Pak-Russia of his daughters would prove Students Federation women’s stan (ECP) the power to declare Shams said that the JI had failed The Lahore High Court has issued notice to the federal government on trade, which he said increased by them wrong. wing, Shams focused on issues poll void if the commission to deliver in the district despite a petition questioning provision of VIP protocol to Pakistan Tehreek- 33% last year, hitting 82% in last “My political career began like institutional sexual harass- fi nds violations including “im- her party’s eff orts. e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan, prior to his assuming the off ice of five months from January 2018. shortly after my father died ment. plementation of an agreement “It has been years since the prime minister. On Afghanistan, Dedov said that on February 18, 2008. He was “It is not easy for a young restraining women from casting PTI allotted funds for a medi- Justice Shahid Karim was hearing a petition moved by Lawyer’s Pakistan’s role is vital, as along contesting for Provincial and girl to survive in a traditionally their votes”. cal college in Timergara, but due Foundation for Justice. with Russia and China, the three National Assembly seats (PF- male-dominated society,” she After the PTI gained major- to JI’s corruption, the project The petitioner pleaded that Khan was enjoying off icial protocol and countries are committed towards 95 and NA-34) on ANP tick- explained. ity seats in the federal, Punjab could not be completed,” she privileges before becoming prime minister illegally, with tax payer a peaceful, diplomatic, Afghan- ets,” Qamar’s daughter Sumera In the 2013 general polls, and KP assemblies, Shams was claimed. “As local representa- money being spent on him. owned and Afghan-led solution to Shams said. when local elders reached an picked to represent the district tives, it was JI’s responsibility to He requested that the court direct the federal government withdraw the issue. Though the ANP had been agreement with political par- in the Provincial Assembly on a bring development.” off icial protocol from Khan. Gulf Times Friday, August 3, 2018 13 THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH The meaning of Haj

aj is a journey massive in scope that millions upon millions of people undertake Hyear after year from each and every corner of the world. It is also a tremendous display of true devotion to Allah that is unmatched anywhere else in the world. There quite simply is no other journey like it because it leads to the most unique place in the world, Baitullahi Al-Haraam, The Holy House of Allah in Makkah. It is an answer to a most ancient call and invitation from Ar- Rahmaan, the Most Merciful Himself. You as a visitor will be His guest and the reward you may reap for your trek will be like that which none can provide except Him, Most High is He above all imperfection! Your journey to Makkah is to perform the rites as shown to us by the last of the Messengers of Allah, Muhammad Ibn Abdullah (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam). These rites began from the time of the father of all prophets and messengers to caome after him, Ibrahim (‘alaihi salaam). It was he who made the call to us in fulfi lment of the command of Allah to him, namely to establish the Haj to the Holy House for all human beings. It is however, only the true believers who answer the call and perform the rites correctly in letter and in spirit and truly benefi t from this journey. It is our hope to assist you in fulfi lling your noble intention of Hajj in the best manner possible according to the most authentic and reliable manner as proven in the life of the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) and his noble companions (radiallahu anhum ajma’een). It is your duty to fi nd out all that you can in order to perform this religious duty and it is our duty to do our best to help. Take advantage of those around you among the knowledgeable and righteous people to ask about whatever you may need assistance with and they will undoubtedly assist you.

Haj: Its Meaning and Merits Verily the fi rst House appointed for mankind was that at Bakka, full of blessing, and a guidance for Al- ’Aalameen. In it are manifest signs, the Maqaam of Ibrahim; whosoever enters it mankind owes to Allah, those who meaning of this major rite away as it does the love for Allah that a servant has. He prayers are far superior to that of those Haj is not always easy, but the he attains security. And Haj to the House can aff ord the expenses (for one’s the other rites of Islam. The Prophet will have a willingness to sacrifi ce and given anywhere else in the world. The rewards for outweigh the sacrifi ces is a duty that mankind owes to Allah, conveyance, provision and residence). Muhammad (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa face hardships and forego the comforts Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) and the eff ort. A pilgrim’s pure belief those who can aff ord the expenses. [Ale- Haj is not obligatory more than once in sallam) said, Hasten to perform the duty of home for the sake of Allah. Haj has stated that a single prayer in Al- and sincere seeking the reward of Allah Imran 96 -97] a lifetime according to the statement of Haj for verily none of you knows what combines the physical and the monetary Masjid Al-Haraam is worth 100,000 is the only way he can avoid negative And proclaim to mankind the Haj. of the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa will happen to him. aspects of worship so it develops both prayers performed elsewhere. The actions and reaction that may spoil They will come to you on foot and sallam) in an authentic report: Haj is spiritual and moral goals in a person such greatest merits of Haj however are the their Haj. One is thrown in the middle on every lean camel; they will come once and whoever performs it more it is The Merits of Haj as sincerity, piety, humility, obedience, purifi cation of sins and a guaranteed of the world’s largest melting pot with from every deep and distant mountain an additional good. Allah has also said: Haj is a journey not made for any sacrifi ce, and submission to the will of place in Al-Jannah. The Prophet little or no time to adjust. Hot weather, highway. That they may witness things And complete Haj and Umrah as a duty purely personal end or to fulfi l any base Allah. (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) has said: contrasting customs, foreign languages, that are of benefi t to them, and mention owed to Allah. (2:196) desire. It is intended solely for Allah and The self-control, humility, and The person who makes pilgrimage to intense crowds, meeting hose with the Name of Allah on appointed days. The practice of delaying the Haj to a fulfi lment of a duty prescribed by Him. obedience produced by prayer and Allah’s House without committing dishonourable intentions are all bound [Haj 27-28] the latter part of one’s life is unfortunate No one can prepare himself for it unless fasting are all present in the Haj as well any acts of indecency or disobedience to lead to misunderstandings, bruised Haj is the fi fth pillar of Islam. Allah and an error. It is a clear lack of he has a true love of Allah in his heart as as is the cleansing of greed from the to Allah will return home as he was on feelings and the like. It is precisely has made it compulsory on those who understanding for a person to live their well as a fear of Him and he feels strongly heart as is done by giving Zakaat. The the day his mother bore him and the through this process that one may be are able from among His worshippers. youth in an irreligious manner or as that Haj is a religious rite ordained pilgrim spends in the way of Allah and reward for a Haj Mabroor (accepted elevated and attain the spiritual heights He said: And Haj (pilgrimage to Makkah) they believe “enjoying life” only to leave by Allah and an obligation. Leaving enjoys the privilege of off ering many Haj) is nothing less than Paradise (Al- of an accepted Haj and one that will have to the House (Ka’aba) is a duty that religion for their old age. This strips the everything behind is a demonstration of prayers in the great Masjid wherein Jannah). a lasting eff ect on one’s life. The seven under the Shade of Allah he Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa Unfortunately, even if we admit this in their youth thinking that they will pray, wear one of the great doors leading to the good of the order to earn the praise and recognition of sallam) said: “There are seven whom theory, we quickly forget it in practice. hijab and go on Haj, etc when they are old, as if Hereafter and a cause of tasting the sweetness people. This sin destroys all the benefits that Allah will shade in His Shade on the So we fi nd that when we speak about our they have a guarantee of longevity from Allah! of eemaan in this world. Loving one another lie in righteous deeds and brings on a serious TDay when there is no shade except friends and loved ones, we praise them beyond How well we would do to heed the Prophet’s for Allah’s sake means that the Muslim does punishment for the one who commits it. His Shade: a just ruler; a youth who grew up in reason and when we speak about those whom advice when he said: “Take benefi t of fi ve not love another except for the correctness of It is particularly dangerous because it is in the worship of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic; we hold diff erence with, we can fi nd no good in before fi ve: your youth before old age, your his Deen. So it does not matter what the person man’s nature to desire and enjoy the praise a man whose heart is attached to the masjids; them and we just capitalise on their bad points. health before sickness, your wealth before looks like, what he wears, how rich or poor he of others. Thus, great care has been taken two men who love each other for Allah’s sake This is far removed from the justice which your poverty, your free time before you are is, where he comes from, or what the colour to ensure that one’s intentions begin and meeting for that and parting upon that; a Allah loves and gives great reward for, as preoccupied and your life before your death.” of his skin is – perhaps you dislike everything remain pure whenever good actions (such as man who is called by a woman of beauty and mentioned in the hadith: “The doers of justice [Sahih – Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbass and collected about him, but you love him for his eemaan: charity) are being done. Not like what we see position [for illegal intercourse], but he says: will be on thrones of light at Allah’s Right Hand in al-Haakim and others.] this is loving for Allah’s sake. today where we have masjid noticeboards ‘I fear Allah’; a man who gives in charity and – and both of Allah’s Hands are Right Hands “Allah, the Mighty and Magnifi cent says: announcing who gave what to whom, why hides it, such that his left hand does not know – those who were just in their Ruling, with 3. “A MAN WHOSE HEART IS Those who have mutual love for the sake of and when! what his right hand gives in charity; and a man their families and in all that over which they ATTACHED TO THE MASJIDS...” My Glory will have pillars of light and will be Allah warns us: “O you who believe! Do not who remembered Allah in private and so his were given authority.” [Narrated by ‘Abdullah There is great encouragement in the Sunnah envied by the Prophets and martyrs.” [Sahih – render vain your charity by reminders of your eyes shed tears.” (Narrated by Abu Hurairah and ibn ‘Umar and reported in Sahih Muslim. for men to pray in the masjids and the reward collected in Sunan at-Tirmidhee and Musnad generosity or by injury, like him who spends collected in Sahih al-Bukhari) This hadith is one among several authentic associated with it is tremendous. [This applies Ahmad] his wealth to be seen of men and he does not In this beautiful hadith, the Prophet ahadith which prove that Allah subhanahu wa only to men, because for women it is more Subhaan Allah! Imagine being envied by believe in Allah nor in the Last Day.” (Al- (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) spoke about small ta’ala has the Attribute of possessing Hands. meritorious for them to pray in their homes. Allah’s chosen Messengers and those who were Baqarah 2: 264). May Allah preserve us from acts of worship which result in such a huge Ahlus-Sunnah therefore affi rm that belief that This is based on the authentically related hadith slain in His Path! Such is the reward for those this. reward: shade on the Day when there will be no Allah has Hands. They do not delve into what in Sunan Abu Daawood where it is reported that who love one another for Allah’s sake. shade except His Shade [this shade refers to the His Hands are like, nor liken His Hands to the the Prophet said, “Do not prevent your women 7. “...A MAN WHO REMEMBERED Shade of Allah’s ‘Arsh (Throne) as is mentioned hands of creation, nor do they say that His from going to the masjids, but their homes are 5. “A MAN WHO IS CALLED BY A ALLAH IN PRIVATE AND SO HIS EYES in other authentic ahadith.] Hands symbolise Power or anything else, since better for them.”] WOMAN OF BEAUTY AND POSITION, SHED TEARS.” This may not seem like much at fi rst but then these claims have no basis except conjecture Not only does it make the person eligible BUT HE SAYS: ‘I FEAR ALLAH...” Our noble Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa refl ect upon the following hadith: “On the Day and opinion. And it is impermissible to say to Allah’s Shade on the Day of Judgment, This world is full of temptations which lead sallam) informed us: “If you knew what I of Resurrection, the sun would draw so close to anything about Allah, except that which He but, “he does not take a step (towards the to burning in the Fire, and amongst them is knew, you would laugh little and weep much.” the people that there would be left a distance affi rms or denies about Himself, not going masjid), except that because of it, he is raised that which comes from women. Many a man [Narrated by Abu Hurairah and Anas and of only a mile. The people will be submerged further than that.] by one rank and one sin is removed from him. has led his soul into destruction on account collected in Sahih Muslim] in perspiration according to their deeds, some The concept of justice is most important for Then, when he prays, the Angels do not cease of the lure of a woman, which is why the Crying is not a ‘sissy’ thing to do. The up to their ankles, some up to their knees, the Ruler, since he is in charge of the people and supplicating for him (for) as long as he remains Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) warned Prophet, who was the best of all creation, some up to the waist and some would have the the prime disposer of justice in the land. For at his place of prayer (saying): O Allah send his ummah specifi cally about this. He said, would weep as would all of his Companions. bridle of perspiration and, while saying this, this reason, the Ruler is given special mention blessings upon him, O Allah have mercy upon “The world is sweet and green and verily Allah Tears are a genuine expression of fear of Allah’s the Messenger of Allah put his hand towards his as one of the seven who will be honoured with him...” [Narrated by Abu Hurairah and collected is going to install you as successors upon Punishment and of our sincere love and awe mouth.” (Narrated by al-Miqdaad in Aswad and Allah’s Shade. in Sahih al-Bukhari.] it in order to see how you act. So avoid the of Him. But how often do we remember Allah collected in Sahih Muslim) It must be emphasised here however that all allurement of women: verily the fi rst trial for in seclusion and are then moved to tears? How And in another hadith, some will be 2. “A YOUTH WHO GREW UP IN THE the ahadith encouraging the men to be attached the Children of Israa’eel was caused by women.” much do we laugh and how little do we weep? submerged in sweat “seventy arm-lengths WORSHIP OF ALLAH...” to the masjids are not intended to lead one to [Narrated by Abu Sa’eed al-Khudree and The Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said, in the earth.” (Narrated by Abu Hurairah and The great scholar Ayyoob as-Sakhtiyaanee the conclusion that Islam is a Religion which collected in Sahih Muslim.] “There is nothing more beloved to Allah than collected in Sahih al-Bukhari) (d. 131H) said, “From the success of a youth should be confi ned to the masjids, as many The most important provision which we two drops and two marks: A tear shed due to Let us examine the characteristics and or non-Arab is that Allah guides him to be a people imagine (and as many governments need to protect ourselves from this and all other fear of Allah, and a drop of blood spilled in the virtues of these seven categories of people who scholar of the Sunnah.” [Hasan – reported in would want in their countries!). Nonetheless, temptations in life is the fear (khawf) of Allah. Path of Allah. And as for the two marks, they will be worthy of such an exalted position on Sharh Usoolis-Sunnah of al-Laalikaa’ee] the masjid should be at the heart of the Muslim This fact is alluded to in the following Qur’anic are a mark caused in the Path of Allah, and a the Day of Gathering. Indeed, it is a great blessing from Allah for community, and the role of those in authority aayah: “And as for him who feared standing mark caused by fulfi lling one of the duties made a youth to be guided towards worship and of the masjids is vital here. They are the ones before his Lord and restrained himself from obligatory by Allah.” [Hasan – collected by at- 1. “A JUST RULER...” befriended by the righteous, since it is in mainly responsible for making the masjid a impure evil desires, verily Paradise will be his Tirmidhee and al-Mishkaat] The concept of Justice in Islam is very youth that a person is most vulnerable to the welcome refuge for the Muslims, rather than an abode.” (an-Naazi’aat 79:40-41) Alhamdulillaah, through these seven types important and it is something which the temptations of life and liable to drift away from arena for politics and power struggles as many of people mentioned in the hadith, we have Muslim – Ruler and the ruled – must apply in the Islamic Path. This becomes apparent when seem to have become these days. And we seek 6. “A MAN WHO GIVES IN CHARITY been given clear signposts of the way to attain all matters without exception. Justice means to we look at the society around us and we see that Allah’s refuge from this! AND HIDES IT, SUCH THAT HIS LEFT Allah’s pleasure and satisfaction. So dear give each the right he deserves: Muslim or non- most of the worldly distractions, such as music, HAND DOES NOT KNOW WHAT HIS brothers and sisters in eemaan, devote yourself Muslim, relative or stranger, friend or enemy. games, clubs, fashion, etc, are all specifi cally 4. “TWO MEN WHO LOVE EACH RIGHT HAND GIVES IN CHARITY...” to being one amongst those seven, for indeed Allah says: “...And do not let hatred cause targeted at the young. OTHER FOR ALLAH’S SAKE, MEETING This describes the type of person who fortunate will be those who are granted Allah’s you to act unjustly, that is nearer to piety.” [Al- “You’re only young once,” they are told, FOR THAT AND PARTING UPON THAT...” goes to great lengths to protect himself from Shade on the Day when there will be no shade Maa’idah 5: 8] which is why many Muslims nowadays waste Having mutual love for the sake of Allah is ar-Riyaa. Ar-Riyaa means to do deeds in but His. Gulf Times 14 Friday, August 3, 2018 COMMENT

CHAIRMAN Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Attiyah EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Faisal Abdulhameed al-Mudahka 03-08-2018 Deputy Managing Editor K T Chacko P.O.Box 2888, Doha, Qatar [email protected] 44350478 (News), 44466404 (Sport), 44466636 (Home delivery) 44350474 facebook.com/gulftimes twitter.com/gulftimes_Qatar GULF TIMES Trump’s overture to Asia drowned out by trade war

When the US Secretary of State fl ies into Southeast Asia this week with a new investment pitch for the region, the response could be: thanks a million, but please stop threatening a trade war with China that will make us lose billions of dollars. Analysts say the $113mn of technology, energy and infrastructure initiatives trumpeted by Mike Pompeo earlier this week — the fi rst concrete details of US President Donald Trump’s vague ‘Indo- Pacifi c’ policy — may be hard to sell to countries that form an integral part of Chinese exporters’ supply chains. It may even further infl ame tensions with Beijing, which has US is at risk of losing been spreading money and infl uence across the region via its Belt and Road Initiative development scheme. “The Southeast Asian capitals are more worried about any blowback eff ects for them of US-China trade tension than they are about how much they can benefi t from this $113mn initiative,” said Malcolm Cook, senior fellow at the Institute of a trade war with China Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore. “Pompeo has a hard selling job. There is still no real positive trade story for Asia coming out of the United States.” By Joseph E. Stiglitz that has avoided the irascible Trump’s If China intervenes more actively and of US exports and make them less Hot on the heels of Washington’s new economic plan for New York wrath. retaliates more aggressively, the change competitive; and the prices of the goods But, because the US interfered with in the US-China trade balance could be they buy will rise. emerging Asia came reports the United States could more than the market, it will be paying more for its even smaller. This may force the dollar’s exchange double planned tariff s on $200bn of imported Chinese goods hat was at fi rst a trade imports and getting less for its exports The relative pain each will infl ict on rate to fall, increasing infl ation in the from dog food to building materials. skirmish – with US than otherwise would have been the the other is diffi cult to ascertain. US even more – giving rise to still more China called it “blackmail” and vowed retaliation. President Donald Trump case. China has more control of its opposition. After a brief meeting with new Malaysian Prime Minister Wimposing tariff s on steel In short, the best outcome means economy, and has wanted to shift The Fed is likely then to raise interest Mahathir Mohamed in Kuala Lumpur, Pompeo will fl y to and aluminium – appears to be quickly that the US will be worse off than it is toward a growth model based on rates, leading to weaker investment and Singapore — a global trading hub that could be one of the morphing into a full-scale trade war today. domestic demand rather than growth and more unemployment. with China. The US has a problem, but it’s not investment and exports. Trump has shown how he responds hardest-hit in the region by a trade war — for a sit-down with If the truce agreed by Europe and the with China. The US is simply helping China do when his lies are exposed or his policies the 10-member Association US holds, the US will be doing battle It’s at home: America has been saving what it has already been trying to do. are failing: he doubles down. of Southeast Asian Nations mainly with China, rather than the world too little. On the other hand, US actions China has repeatedly off ered face- “We are all (Asean) today. (of course, the trade confl ict with Canada Trump, like so many of his come at a time when China is trying saving ways for Trump to leave the Singapore’s biggest bank, and Mexico will continue to simmer, compatriots, is immensely to manage excess leverage and excess battlefi eld and declare victory. acutely aware of DBS, estimates that a full- given US demands that neither country shortsighted. capacity; at least in some sectors, the But he refuses to take them up. scale trade war — defi ned can or should accept). Beyond the true, If he had a whit of understanding US will make these tasks all the more Perhaps hope can be found in three of the storm clouds but by now platitudinous, assertion of economics and a long-term vision, diffi cult. his other traits: his focus on appearance as 15-25% tariff s on all that everyone will lose, what can we say he would have done what he could to This much is clear: if Trump’s over substance, his unpredictability, of trade war” products traded between about the possible outcomes of Trump’s increase national savings. objective is to stop China from and his love of “big man” politics. the US and China — could trade war? First, macroeconomics always That would have reduced the pursuing its “Made in China 2025” Perhaps in a grand meeting with more than halve Singapore’s growth rate next year from a prevails: if the United States’ domestic multilateral trade defi cit. policy – adopted in 2015 to further its President Xi Jinping, he can declare forecast 2.7% to 1.2%. investment continues to exceed its There are obvious quick fi xes: China 40-year goal of narrowing the income the problem solved, with some minor Malaysia’s growth rate in 2019 could fall from an estimated savings, it will have to import capital and could buy more American oil and then gap between China and the advanced adjustments of tariff s here and there, 5% to 3.7%. have a large trade defi cit. sell it on to others. countries – he will almost surely fail. and some new gesture toward market Worse, because of the tax cuts This would not make an iota of On the contrary, Trump’s actions opening that China had already planned “We are all acutely aware of the storm clouds of trade war,” enacted at the end of last year, the US diff erence, beyond perhaps a slight will only strengthen Chinese leaders’ to announce, and everyone can go home Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said at the fi scal defi cit is reaching new records increase in transaction costs. resolve to boost innovation and achieve happy In this scenario, Trump will have opening of an Asean foreign ministers meeting yesterday that – recently projected to exceed $1tn by But Trump could trumpet that he had technological supremacy, as they realise “solved,” imperfectly, a problem that he precedes meetings with the United States and other nations. 2020 – which means that the trade eliminated the bilateral trade defi cit. that they can’t rely on others, and that created. Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said earlier this defi cit almost surely will increase, In fact, signifi cantly reducing the the US is actively hostile. But the world following his foolish year that a trade war would have a “big, negative impact” on the whatever the outcome of the trade war. bilateral trade defi cit in a meaningful If a country enters a war, trade trade war will still be diff erent: more country. The only way that won’t happen is way will prove diffi cult. or otherwise, it should be sure that uncertain, less confi dent in the if Trump leads the US into a recession, As demand for Chinese goods good generals – with clearly defi ned international rule of law, and with Ratings agency Moody’s said this week that an escalation of with incomes declining so much that decreases, the renminbi’s exchange objectives, a viable strategy, and harder borders. trade tensions in 2018 had become its “baseline expectation”, investment and imports plummet. rate will weaken – even without any popular support – are in charge. Trump has changed the world, and that Asia was “especially vulnerable” given the integration The “best” outcome of Trump’s government intervention. It is here that the diff erences between permanently, for the worse. of regional supply chains. narrow focus on the trade defi cit This will partly off set the eff ect of China and the US appear so great. Even with the best possible As well as trade, today’s meeting will also cover security with China would be improvement US tariff s; at the same time, it will No country could have a more outcomes, the only winner is Trump – issues such as South China Sea disputes and North Korea’s in the bilateral balance, matched by increase China’s competitiveness with unqualifi ed economic team than with his outsize ego pumped up just a nuclear disarmament. an increase of an equal amount in the other countries — and this will be Trump’s, and a majority of Americans little more. – Project Syndicate defi cit with some other country (or true even if China doesn’t use other are not behind the trade war. The United States will press Southeast Asian leaders to countries). The US might sell more instruments in its possession, like wage Public support will wane even zJoseph E Stiglitz is the winner of the maintain sanctions on Pyongyang following reports of renewed natural gas to China and buy fewer and price controls, or push strongly for further as Americans realise that 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic activity at the North Korean factory that produced the country’s washing machines; but it will sell less productivity increases. they lose doubly from this war: jobs Sciences. His most recent book is fi rst intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the natural gas to other countries and buy China’s overall trade balance, like will disappear, not only because of Globalization and its Discontents United States. washing machines or something else that of the US, is determined by its China’s retaliatory measures, but also Revisited: Anti-Globalization in the Era Pompeo will also travel to Indonesia during his trip — from Thailand or another country macroeconomics. because US tariff s increase the price of Trump. Southeast Asia’s biggest economy which under Trump faces losing some of the trade preferences given by Washington for poor and developing countries. Former US president Barack Obama’s “pivot” to Asia went on the backburner after Trump won the 2016 election promising to put “America First”. One of his early acts in offi ce was to pull out of the Trans-Pacifi c Partnership (TPP) trade agreement, which involved four Southeast Asian states. The result was that across Asia, more and more countries were pulled into China’s orbit: softening their stance on territorial disputes in the South China Sea and borrowing billions of dollars from Beijing to develop infrastructure.

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By Shahid Javed Burki had several reincarnations; the latest Pakistan has one of the world’s Karachi is PML-N, until recently led by former youngest populations, with a median Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and now age of just 25 years, and migration by his brother Shehbaz. of young men to large cities has he cricketer-turned- The other major political force, the swelled the share of young people in politician Imran Khan will Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), was places such as Karachi and Lahore become the next prime founded by Zulfi kar Ali Bhutto in 1967, to 70-75%. For many of these young Tminister of Pakistan. The after he quit the cabinet headed by people, neither the PML-N nor the vote count was completed three days his mentor, General Ayub Khan, the PPP met their aspirations, whereas after the election on July 25, and Khan country’s fi rst military leader, over Khan promised well-paying jobs, led his party, the Pakistan Tehreek- diff erences regarding Khan’s policies education, healthcare, and urban e-Insaf (PTI), to victory. A party – or on relations with China, India, and the transport. The PTI made major a coalition of parties – requires the United States. inroads in the megacity Karachi, support of at least 137 members of the The recent general election was where its candidates defeated long- National Assembly to be called upon Pakistan’s eleventh. Until now, only established parties. to form a government. Khan is close the elections in 2008 and 2013 have Khan’s unrelenting focus on to achieving that goal. Having won 115 been open and democratic. Both led corruption also attracted support seats, the PTI should be able to get the to the peaceful, orderly transfer of from young voters. Both Zardari and support of scores of independents and power. The 2008 election was won Sharif were charged with corruption members of the half-dozen smaller by the PPP under the co-leadership by the National Accountability parties. He will likely be sworn in of Asif Ali Zardari, the widower Bureau, an organisation with judicial before August 14, Pakistan’s 71st of former Prime Minister Benazir powers established by General Pervez birthday. Bhutto, who was killed in December Musharraf, the country’s fourth Submitting to the counsel of his 2007 while addressing an election military president, to investigate close advisers and addressing the rally. The PML-N won the 2013 high-level wrongdoing. In his election public as prime minister-elect, Khan election, with Sharif becoming prime campaign, Khan drew a link between said that, having played cricket, he minister. offi cial corruption and the state’s knows the game is not over until the He was ousted in 2017, however, failure to deliver the goods and services last ball has been bowled. But he when revelations in the so-called young people want. subsequently appeared on national Panama Papers led to criminal charges The election has brought two other television promising a naya (new) against him for various fi nancial issues to the fore. First, how involved Pakistan. crimes. Earlier this year, the Supreme was the military in producing a result The country has completed Court barred him for life from holding that many in the country believe the one of world’s largest democratic public offi ce, and this month he was generals wanted? Second, what are exercises. Altogether, 106mn voters sentenced to a ten-year prison term. the long-term implications of the were registered to elect the next This year’s election took place in judiciary’s aggressive role in state National Assembly and four provincial relative peace, partly owing to the aff airs? It will take time to answer assemblies. Of these, 56mn people presence of 370,000 troops at polling these questions. But a consensus has (almost 53% of the total) cast their sites. Though their deployment was developed that Khan was the military’s votes. The electorate chose 270 PM-TO-BE: PTI chairman Imran Khan making a victory speech on July 26 following his party’s election victory. also intended to prevent allegations of favourite. And, with the foreign media members of the National Assembly. vote rigging, which Imran Khan and his largely accepting that assessment, that Because two candidates were killed Over 3,600 candidates competed The Pakistani political fi eld is population of British India formed supporters used to cast a shadow over consensus will shape international in pre-election violence, voting for the 272 directly elected National crowded in terms of the number an organisation to represent their the legitimacy of Sharif’s government, perceptions of his government. – for two of the directly elected seats Assembly seats, an average of 13 per of parties, too – another sign of an community’s political and economic the defeated parties nonetheless Project Syndicate was postponed. Sixty women and seat. This is a good proxy for gauging underdeveloped system. In addition interests. Under the leadership of claimed that the election had been ten members of various religious the state of politics. In less-developed to the PTI, which Khan founded in Pakistan’s founder, Mohamed Ali tainted. zShahid Javed Burki, a former fi nance minorities were indirectly elected political systems, party discipline 1996, two other parties have mass Jinnah, the PML campaigned for the The PTI’s success resulted from a minister of Pakistan and vice-president by the four provincial assemblies, typically is too weak to limit the followings. The oldest is the Pakistan creation of a separate state for India’s combination of factors. For starters, of the World Bank, is currently bringing the total membership of the number of people who can contest Muslim League (Nawaz), which traces Muslim population. Since Pakistani the party increased its standing Chairman of the Shahid Javed Burki national legislature to 342. elections. its history to 1906, when the Muslim independence in 1947, the party has among Pakistan’s urban youth. Institute of Public Policy in Lahore.

Europe’s trade victory in Washington Three-day forecast TODAY that the Obama administration was restrictions on energy exports. If there The soybean pledge has some Maximum Temperature : 430c By Simon Johnson Minimum Temperature : 350c Washington, DC negotiating with the Europeans from is any concession promised by the superfi cial political appeal, as growers 2013 through the end of 2016. Work joint statement, it is from the Trump have found themselves caught in the SATURDAY on that earlier version, known as the administration on this issue. This was crossfi re of Trump’s trade war with Maximum Temperature : 430c n July 25, when US President Transatlantic Trade and Investment made explicit in the fact sheet that the China. The cost is real, and the Trump Minimum Temperature : 330c Donald Trump appeared in Partnership (TTIP), was suspended White House subsequently issued: “the administration recently promised SUNDAY front of the White House with following Trump’s inauguration. 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The two sides also make it much harder for Trump to Commission has no such budget, and disruptive policies and represents a agreed “to work together toward zero impose tariff s on European car imports any such imports would ultimately be scandalous waste of taxpayer money WARNING tariff s, zero non-tariff barriers, and zero – and German car companies’ stock a private-sector decision. – an amount equal to about one-third Inshore : Nil subsidies on non-auto industrial goods.” prices rose sharply on the news. It is The price of soybeans has fallen of the entire annual budget of the US Offshore : Nil It seemed like a remarkable U-turn also remarkable that Juncker managed sharply in recent months, owing to National Institutes of Health. 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Top Hollywood producer to speak at NU-Q convocation

amed Hollywood fi lm of Communication in the US producer Jordan Horow- in 2002. Following his gradua- Fitz, a Northwestern Uni- tion, he co-founded a fi lm and versity graduate, will speak at television production com- Northwestern University in pany, Original Headquarters, Qatar (NU-Q)’s 2018 convoca- with his wife, writer/director tion ceremony for its incoming Julia Hart. class of students on Septem- His fi lmography portfolio ber 2. includes 12 movies, includ- Horowitz is best known for ing two recently released pro- producing the Academy-win- ductions: Fast Color and The ning musical comedy-drama Master Cleanse, as well as a TV La La Land, which was nomi- show, Counterpart, which has nated for a record 14 Academy received favourable reviews. Awards in 2017. It won six, Previous fi lms, in addition including Best Director for to La La Land, include Lit- Damien Chazelle and Best Ac- tle Boxes, Miss Stevens, The tress for Emma Stone. Keeping Room, You are Here, The much-honoured La La Garden of Eden, Save the Date, Land was also awarded Best Meet Monica Velour and The Picture at the Golden Globes, Kids Are All Right – the latter BAFTAs, PGA and Critics of which received four Acad- Choice Awards. emy Award nominations and NU-Q’s convocation marks won the Golden Globe for Best the beginning of the aca- Picture. demic year and will welcome During Horowitz’s visit, the Class of 2022 after a week NU-Q will screen La La Land of orientation activities. The for the community followed event is the fi rst formal occa- by a discussion of that fi lm and sion of the year, and this year it other work he has produced. will mark the fi rst event of the As undergraduates, NU-Q university’s 10th year anniver- students major in communi- sary celebration. cation (media industries and Ooredoo’s flood relief eff orts in Myanmar. Attended by Northwestern’s technology) or journalism and administration and faculty in strategic communication. The full academic regalia, students Class of 2022’s fi rst year will will hear from dean Everette E coincide with NU-Q’s 10-year Dennis and NU-Q’s Student anniversary, which will be Union president Alessandra El marked with a series of cel- Chanti, in addition to the key- ebratory events throughout note speaker. the year. “As a successful fi lm pro- In previous years, NU-Q’s Ooredoo Myanmar comes ducer and entrepreneur, convocation speakers have Horowitz’s professional and included author and journal- life experience as a master sto- ist Ellis Cose, internation- ry teller will inspire our new ally syndicated columnist and students as they begin their commentator Rami Khouri, academic journey,” said Den- author and independent nis. “He is an excellent repre- scholar Jonathan Lyons as well to the aid of fl ood victims sentative of Northwestern’s as political scientist Mehran alumni community, which is a Kamrava. oredoo Myanmar has instant noodles and canned fi sh, network of graduates around At the ceremony, the newly provided fl ood victims collectively worth about Bur- the world working in the fi eld matriculated students are for- Oin Bago Region and Mon mese kyat (MMK) 15mn and cov- of media and communication.” mally inducted into the uni- and Kayin States with relief ma- ering nearly 1,900 households. Horowitz earned his degree versity as the dean administers terials after heavy rain lashed the The food in the bag donated by from Northwestern’s School the University Creed. southern, eastern and central Ooredoo will address the food parts of Myanmar recently. requirements of the fl ood vic- Many people were forced tims for three days, the company to fl ee their homes because as has stressed. fl ooding aff ected vast swathes of Vikram Sinha, CEO of Ooredoo land. In view of this, the Ooredoo Myanmar, said: “We would like to Myanmar family has reached out express our great concern about to fl ood-aff ected areas to send the fl ooding and devastation of food and aid provisions for the the country caused by heavy rain victims, the company has said in and we want to help. We stand a statement. fi rmly with our three core values Accordingly, Ooredoo Myan- – caring, connecting and chal- mar has gone to Shwegyin town- lenging. Therefore, we took up the ship in Bago Region, Bilin town- challenge to provide relief for the ship in Mon State and Hpa-An in fl ood victims. We connected with Kayin State to express concern them to show our concern and about the fl ood situation and care for them through our imme- show its care for the people, the diate support.” statement notes. Last month, Ooredoo Myan- Ooredoo has provided the mar connected with 451 house- fl ood victims with emergency holds in Mawlamyaing and Ye in supply bags that include rice and Mon State to send food and aid Ooredoo Myanmar has reached out to flood-aff ected areas to send food and provisions. other rations such as cooking oil, provisions for fl ood victims. Jordan Horowitz

Aspire Academy research on athletes’ training load draws attention

n article published in the International Jour- Anal of Sports Physiology and Performance in 2017, titled ‘Monitoring Athlete Training Loads: Consensus Statement’ and compiled by Aspire Academy’s sports science experts, reached more than 11,000 downloads worldwide and over 100 cita- tions, making it the most down- loaded research paper during the journal’s 18 years in business. This has been announced by Aspire Academy in a press state- ment. “With this achievement, As- pire Academy adds another tes- tament to its leading role as a sports institution. Utilising its expertise and bringing together the world’s best minds to make Tim Cable Aspire Academy’s second Training Load 2016 Conference. positive contributions to the world of sports science, Aspire much, they risk injury. If they tance travelled, speed, time and tive insights that later generated tance of the paper, Tim Cable, example, we are dealing with athletes are developed through a Academy constantly pushes to- don’t train enough, they won’t power volume, among others. 23 research papers, all of which one of the paper’s authors and players that are worth hundreds comprehensive athlete portfolio wards Aspire Zone Foundation’s have the physiological develop- Because literature on the topic have been downloaded and cited director of Sports Science at of millions of pounds. If they’re management process, whereby (its parent organisation) vision ment to support their perform- is so vast and diff erent experts in signifi cant numbers by sports Aspire Academy, said: “Because out for months, that’s a signifi - coaches, educators, support staff , of becoming a reference in sports ance when they compete. have developed diff erent meas- scientists everywhere. The measuring training load can be a cant loss of money. So (coaches) service providers and manage- excellence by 2020,” the state- Coaches and scientists around urement tools and methods, ‘Monitoring Athlete Training complex task, this paper is a very have to reduce the risk of injury ment personnel actively co- ment noted. the world have attempted to the Aspire Academy sought to bring Loads: Consensus Statement’ useful tool for our profession. It by developing training schedules operate to create an integrated Athletes performing at a pro- draw this line. One approach fo- together the world’s leading was among them. Since its pub- enables optimum training adap- that do not overwork their ath- Long-Term Athlete Development fessional level need to train reg- cuses on monitoring players’ in- minds in one place in the Acade- lication, the research paper has tation whilst ensuring the health letes. There might be variation in programme based on specifi c and ularly and consistently without ternal and external training load. my’s second Training Load 2016 become an important guide used and well-being of athletes. It’s terms of how to measure work- measurable performance out- overexerting themselves, which Internal load can be measured Conference. by some of the best sports sci- an approach we already imple- load from one sport to another, comes. Progressive development, increases the risk of injury. But by observing the physiologi- The conference, which entists working with the world’s ment at Aspire Academy when but, generally, this consensus rigorous adherence to duty-of- there’s a very fi ne line between cal symptoms of work overload, brought together more than 20 top elite athletes across various we plan the training schedules statement provides a good rule care and a fun and interactive adequate training and work such as heart rate. External international speakers and 250 sports. for our student-athletes. of thumb for any professional.” learning environment are all core overload. If a player trains too workload factors include dis- delegates, yielded many posi- Speaking about the impor- “In the world of football, for Aspire Academy student- to these eff orts.