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N. Korea The crew of a Cathay Pacific flight saw what it believes was North Korea’s latest missile test last week, the second airline to report sighting it. Cathay said yesterday that the flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong reported witnessing the apparent re-entry of the ICBM. More on p13

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Tourism Light Festival to turn into ‘one of Macau’s annual signature events’ he third edition Lake Nautical Centre; Tof the Macau Light “The Lighthouse of Life” Festival kicked off on at St. Anthony’s Church Sunday. This year, the and “Embrace Integra- program includes pro- tion” at Camões Garden; jection mapping shows, “Mercy and Love for All” light installations, in- at St. Lazarus Church teractive games and a and Calçada da Igreja series of new activities, de S. Lázaro, as well as such as the “Light Art “Happy Homestead” at Exhibition” and the “Li- the Taipa Houses. ght Dinner.” During the event’s This edition’s routes opening ceremony at cover areas more exten- the Ruins of St. Paul’s sive than the past two on Sunday, the Macau editions, encompassing Government Tourism eight designated loca- Office (MGTO) director tions in total. Radia- Senna Fernandes re- ting from “Boundless marked that the Macau Love” at the Ruins of St. Light Festival is part of a Paul’s as the heart of the string of events that will event, a total of three be held this month, such routes extend towards as the 2nd International seven other locations: Film Festival & Awards “Love Stems from the and the Macau Interna- Heart” at Senado Squa- tional Parade. She no- re, “Playground of Li- ted that MGTO aspires ghts” at Anim’Arte Nam to forge the festival into Van until “The Maze of “one of Macau’s annual Flowers” at Nam Van signature events.”

CRIME forwarded to the PJ. The usurer reported a HK-mainland loss of HKD300,000. PJ arrested the man Man arrested for for fraud and said that police bust Lin did not cooperate defrauding usurer during the investiga- gambling syndicate tion. Regarding the usu- ong Kong police Kong and the mainland Julie Zhu that Lin would provide rer and Lin then went rer’s case, the PJ ope- Hauthorities busted during the course of a HKD350,000 and the together to the Public ned another file to in- a cross-border gam- sting operation. he Judiciary Po- usurer would contri- Security Police Force vestigate. The police bling syndicate, RTHK Chief Inspector Lo Tlice (PJ) announ- bute HKD600,000 for Taipa headquarters to are still investigating reported yesterday. The Chung Wong from the ced yesterday that one Lin to gamble. Whene- report the case and re- Lin’s driver, who was authorities reportedly Organized Crime and man had been arres- ver Lin would win mo- quest assistance from believed to be his ac- arrested more than 70 Triad Bureau said that ted following an illegal ney, 20 percent of the the police. The case was complice. people on both sides of the police force believes usury operation. winnings would go to the border. it has already apprehen- The detainee is a the usurer. A total of 23 people ded the group’s master- 37-year-old mainland Around 1:30 a.m., were arrested in Hong minds. He added that resident, surnamed on November 29, Lin student lost rmb 8,000 to a Kong, while 48 were ar- it is believed that two Lin, who comes from stopped gambling and concert ticket sales scam rested in the mainland. Hong Kongers acted as the autonomous region left the casino with a Two people from the “senior brokers” and re- of Inner Mongolia. HKD500,000 casino A MAINLAND female tivate a QR code in order Hong Kong detainees are ceived bets from gam- On the night of No- chip. Upon his depar- resident who is studying to complete her purchase, suspected of mastermin- blers or brokers. vember 28, Lin, while ture, he entered a car at a university in Macau but that for the activation, ding the operation. Gambling is strictly at a VIP room in a casi- which was operated lost RMB8,194.28 after she would need to pay an The syndicate facili- illegal in , however no located at the Zona by his companion. The purchasing concert tickets additional amount. The tated illegal betting on exemptions are provided de Aterros do Porto Ex- usurer followed Lin online in October. The victim made payments to horseracing and football to certain jurisdictions terior (ZAPE), reached and entered the same victim paid RMB360 for the seller twice, totaling matches across the wor- like Hong Kong and Ma- an agreement with an car. two tickets to a concert RMB 8,194.28. The sus- ld for those living within cau. While horseracing is usurer to lend him mo- Inside the car, the that was being held in pect kept asking the victim the mainland. Around considered a legitimate ney to gamble in the usurer asked Lin to Macau. After she paid for for additional payments at HKD108 million was activity on the mainland, the tickets, the seller told which point, she realized VIP room. return the chip, but found by police autho- it is forbidden to bet on her that she needed to ac- that she might have been The agreement was Lin refused. The usu- rities from both Hong the races themselves.

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First nine months Transport saw 81 cases of Bus tracking domestic violence application to feature ang Yuk Wa, di- not every single family is Trector of Family and ready to have a third par- Community Services of ty involved in their do- the Social Welfare Bu- mestic issues, IAS care- additional functions reau (IAS) said that in fully handled each case. the first nine months of On October 31, IAS re- rom the end of December, this year, the IAS recor- leased statistics on do- bus users will be able to che- ded a total of 81 confir- mestic violence cases ck additional information med cases of domestic with respect to the first about the bus network on violence, according to a half of 2017. Ftheir mobile devices, the Transport report by Jornal Va Kio. The data showed that Bureau (DSAT) announced yester- During this period, IAS domestic violence is day at a press conference. received 1,731 reports dominated by corporal The new functions will include an (including the afore- offenses, which totaled indication of bus occupancy load, mentioned 81 cases) and 38 cases (66.7 percent). wheelchair-accessible buses, the assistance requests in Four cases (7 percent) opening hours of Macau’s three bri- relation to domestic is- were related to emotio- dges, traffic levels across all distric- sues. nal violence, three cases ts, and A-level roads. Excluding those confir- (5.3 percent) involved In the coming January, DSAT will med domestic violence sexual abuse, two cases launch a bus reporting application cases, most of the cases (3.5 percent) involved for WeChat, as well as an applica- related to domestic dis- improper child care, and tion for visually disabled passen- loaded the bus tracking application. Currently, a total of 20 buses have putes and conflicts. ten cases were linked to gers. An average of 42,000 active users already installed an estimation sys- Tang claimed that IAS various types of violence DSAT will also install electronic per day has been recorded. tem for the number of passengers. follows every single case, (17.5 percent) bus stop signboards at each bus DSAT said that launching new This system will allow passengers to and provides appropria- In the first half of the stop, several of which will be solar functions will enable application determine the load of each bus. The- te services to affected year, 45 cases of domes- powered. These signboards are ex- users to access more relevant infor- refore, passengers who are waiting families. These services tic violence concerned pected to be put into service in the mation and notifications. The new for buses can consider alternatives if can include judicial as- marital violence and 11 first quarter of next year. functions are also expected to res- the approaching buses are at capaci- sistance and counseling. were cases of violence According to DSAT, more than pond to the needs of different types ty. The rest of the bus fleet will soon She also clarified that as against minors. 278,000 users have already down- of user groups. be fitted with the estimation system.

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“I have to take this opportunity to say sorry to the citizens since tomorrow [today] and although I had prepared a lot of work regar- renato marques renato ding the Policy Address sectorial debate of the Land and Public Works, I will not be able to parti- cipate from the plenary session. I’m really sorry, my mandate was suspended, I cannot fulfill my duties of lawmaker in the inspec- tion of the government [activities and policies],” Sou said. “But my office will still be open to listen to the citizens and to their opi- nions. If you need any assistance, please come,” he added.

I’m really sorry, my mandate was suspended. I cannot fulfill my duties of lawmaker in the inspection of the gov’t. AL Plenary Sulu Sou

Questioned on the results of the vote, Sou expressed the fee- Sulu Sou’s suspension goes ling that the government has “influenced the voting of the lawmakers.” He noted that it, “seems like the government and ahead with 28 votes in favor the AL are taking steps together, jeopardizing the independence of Renato Marques through a vote conducted by se- sure, Sou joined a group of su- Sou said, “I am going to conti- the AL.” cret ballot, which resulted in an pporters of ANM, including the nue to have a smooth attitude The crime of which Sou is accu- he Legislative Assem- overwhelming 28 votes in favor president Kam Sut Leng. The in order to face the criminal sed has a penal framework up to Tbly (AL) has voted for the and only four against during assembled group raised their case. I hope that the courts can two years of imprisonment and suspension of the mandate of yesterday’s afternoon session of arms in the air in a cross-shape deliver justice to me.” He no- any conviction with a jail term lawmaker Sulu Sou, allowing the AL. The session was scruti- and shouted, “We will continue ted that there is not yet a new of over 30 days would disquali- the continuation of the pending nized heavily by the media. working, we will not give up.” date for the start of the trial, fy him as a lawmaker and bring prosecution against him over After the results were known To the media while exiting which was postponed from No- into doubt his future eligibility an alleged misconduct after a and the session came to a clo- from the AL plenary session, vember 28. for such positions. demonstration on May 15 of last year. Sou was charged last month for aggravated disobedience to police authorities. Allegedly, Sou presents defense omitted from advisory paper after the demonstration ended at the Nam Van Lake area, a esterday’s unusual session of the ned that in his opinion “there was no diso- “We cannot make any judgment on the group of members of the New YLegislative Assembly (AL) saw the de- bedience to the authorities” in the case of case [and take a side],” added Vong Hin Macau Association (ANM) tried bate before the vote over Sulu’s suspension which he stands accused. “I always [main- Fai. “If we did we would put at risk the work to deliver a letter to the official mostly centered on questions and expla- tained] good communication with the of the courts and of the judiciary powers on residence of the Chief Executive nations between lawmakers Pereira Couti- frontline police officers during all demons- the trial of the case.” Vong went on to ri- (CE) at Penha Hill. nho, Vong Hin Fai and Sulu Sou. trations,” he said. dicule Coutinho’s opinion, which he descri- The protest had been cal- Pereira Coutinho was one of the most ac- Advancing on the topic, Sou said, “It was bed as “ridiculous” and “disrespectful” to led by the ANM and they were tive in questioning several procedures and always our wish and ambition from the the AL and to the lawmakers involved. joined by other organizations the conclusions reached by the Commi- start to deliver our petition to the CE. After Ng Kuok Cheong expressed his support and associations to attempt to ttee of Regiment and Mandates of the AL the demonstration that ended at the Nam for Sou, noting the case “didn’t involve any pressure the CE to withdraw an regarding the case of Sou. The lawmaker Van Lake, a small group headed to the offi- violence or anything related to Macau inde- intended donation of RMB100 questioned why the opinions expressed by cial residence leaving megaphones behind pendence. […] If [the lawmaker] expresses million by the Macao Founda- him and Sou during the two meetings of the and aiming to deliver a letter.” the will to fulfill his mandate with honesty, tion (FM) to Jinan University Committee had not been included in the fi- Sou clarified that while it is necessary to we should allow it.” in Guangdong Province, as the nal document, adding that it looked like “a obtain pre-authorization to hold a demons- Both Coutinho and Sou tried to hi- university was in fact linked to case of censorship.” tration, such permission is not required ghlight the fact that voting down the the CE. “The committee has the obligation to is- for delivering a petition or letter to the CE. suspension would not allow Sou to This suspension puts to an sue an opinion, either in favor or against. “The police confused both events and con- evade justice. He would still need to immediate stand-by the man- It didn’t,” said Coutinho, noting that the sidered that this second part was an illegal respond at a later date, they argued. date of the youngest ever Ma- process involved several illegal actions, gathering,” he explained. “We disagree.” According to the legal advisory from the cau lawmaker, after he held the including the lack of a hearing session to Lawmaker Kou Hoi In had read the opi- AL, “there is no legal basis for the AL to position for only seven weeks. allow lawmaker Sou to present his version nion from the committee surmising that set an exact timeframe for the suspension In the most recent election, Sou of events. “parliamentary immunity is not an ab- period,” adding that according to the regu- was voted in as the 12th legis- Consequently, Coutinho urged Sou to re- solute value.” He said that Sou had been lations, “it expires after the trial and sen- lator of Macau, backed by 9,212 peat to the plenary the “defense” that he present in both meetings of the Commit- tence has been attributed,” but remarking, votes. had provided to the committee. tee and had been given the opportunity to “the AL is sovereign in the decisions that it The suspension was approved Sou accepted the challenge and explai- present his “defense.” takes.” tue 05.12.2017 th Anniversary

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Gaming Vietnamese beach town on brink of resort boom The Ho Tram Strip area small beach town in the stages or on hold. that the hospitality industry in the South of Vietnam, arou- The interest from developers town is on the verge of a boom. proximity to the population and only five minutes from Ho Tram nd 125 kilometers sou- derives from the site’s future casi- “Ho Tram Strip will take off, the- wealth of Ho Chi Minh City, it will has also been approved by the lo- theast of Ho Chi Minh no, The Grand Ho Tram Casino, re is absolutely no doubt about it,” not be long before you’re driving cal government, which will make City,A is facing a rapid expansion in which will become a catalyst for said CEO John Manning. “With its down the strip and it will all be ho- the town more accessible to both local development as it gears up to the town’s economy if it receives a tels and resorts.” foreign visitors and Vietnamese become a major hotel and resort gaming license allowing local resi- The number Nguyen Nam Son, chairman of holidaymakers living in other par- destination, aided by the presence dents to gamble. another local resort developer, ts of the country. of a potential casino. According to a Savills Vietnam of hotel rooms Tanzanite, said, “We think that if Vietnam’s government is only Known as the Ho Tram Strip, study, the number of hotel rooms local gaming is allowed, then Ho beginning to experiment with the the area has already seen the could grow by nearly 40 percent could grow Tram will grow even faster. In Ma- idea of permitting locals to gamble sale of three development sites year-on-year in 2018, due to the cau, after the large casinos were in domestic casinos – an initiati- with further three developmen- new developments, and by an ad- by nearly 40 allowed in 2004, apartment prices ve that could reclaim as much as ts currently under construction. ditional 17 percent in 2019. percent year- went up five to 10 times in the de- USD800 million per year in tax re- Besides the announced projects, The CEO of developer Sanctuary cade after.” venues that currently go to casinos others are still in initial planning Residential Resort is confident on-year in 2018 A small international airport in neighboring Cambodia.

Labor bureau holds Businessmen happy with outcome recruitment session of tour to Portugal and Brazil delegation of around tour, noting that it achieved seven agreements were sig- A 30 local businessmen good results and contribu- ned. These agreements in- for lorry drivers representing many indus- ted to an added confidence volved companies from the tries including infrastruc- in the Portuguese-speaking fields of food processing, he Labor Affairs the founders of small ther 17 were also pla- ture construction, food countries market. commerce, electronic tech- TBureau (DSAL) and medium-sized ced to work in com- processing, trading and During the visit to Portu- nology, medical supplies, held sessions, on De- enterprises (SMEs). panies after a driving electronics toured Portugal gal and Brazil, the business construction materials and cember 1 and 2, that The session included examination. and Brazil from November delegation visited several mining industry. aimed to assist in the several procedures Participation from 18 to 26. The aim of the government entities, as well At the same time, a dele- process of hiring dri- such as on-site inter- the recruitment ses- tour was to seek out new as local Chinese diplomatic gate from the Portuguese vers for the transport of views and signage of sion came to a total of business opportunities that representations, Chinese Chamber of Commerce goods, DSAL informed. pre-recruitment con- 115 companies offering could take advantage of food companies established held an event aiming to The event was held in tracts. Several consul- 267 job positions for the “Three Centers” under in those countries and in- share the experience re- response to the “cur- tancy services on the drivers in sectors such the platform between Chi- frastructure and producti- sulting from the group of rent human resources Labor and Vocational as wholesale, retail, na and the Portuguese-s- vity projects. Portuguese enterprises that situation of profes- Training laws were food, retail gas, logis- peaking countries, the Ma- The organizers also held, had participated from the sional drivers” and also made available. tics, frozen food, food cau Trade and Investment in cooperation with gover- Food and Beverages Fair in hoped “to establish a According to the fi- and beverage estab- Promotion Institute (IPIM) nment agencies, trade as- Shanghai (Sial China 2017) platform for employers gures mentioned by lishments and jewelry. informed in a statement. sociations and local cham- earlier this year. The dele- and workers, in order DSAL, around 200 DSAL also said that The tour was led by IPIM bers of commerce, econo- gate noted the opportuni- to increase the effecti- people from the re- the average salary for in cooperation with the Per- mic and trade meetings in ties existing in markets as veness of the employ- cruitment event, the job vacancies was manent Secretariat of the Lisbon (Portugal) and São large as Asia, and China in ment agreements.” which resulted in 86 MOP13,243, of whi- Forum for Economic Coo- Paulo (Brazil), as well as particular. The recruitment pro- interviews, invol- ch the highest offer peration and Trade between an exchange cocktail in Rio During the event, the cess targeted local re- ving 52 candidates reached MOP20,000 China and the Portugue- de Janeiro (Brazil), which Chamber of Commerce sidents interested in and 44 companies. and the lowest was of se-speaking countries (Fo- over 400 people attended. reached an agreement with pursuing a profession Seven job seekers se- MOP7,500. Most job rum Macau). Both parties Approximately 50 contact Chinese and Macau coun- as a driver of light cured a direct hiring vacancies were posted expressed satisfaction con- sessions were established terparts to establish a strate- transport vehicles and agreement and ano- for immediate hiring. cerning the outcomes of the during these events and gic cooperation partnership.

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to the families of migrant workers. “There is a lack of program and Philippines officially vows to coordination of how to help their families integrate into businesses or investment,” the official explai- ned. improve welfare of migrant workers “If we’re only just dependent on our OFWs, our economy won’t Lynzy Valles grow that much; their families will not go up the economic lad- he Department of Foreign der.” TAffairs (DFA) of the Philippi- Manila and Beijing are set to nes pledged to continually assist hold South China Sea talks early Filipino migrant workers in the next year, and Cayetano vowed MSAR, along with the bureau’s that the country would fight for substantial increase in its budget the national interests of the Phi- for 2018, which amounts to PHP1 lipines. billion from PHP400 million last He noted that Duterte’s direc- year. tives aim to produce warmer ties The pledge was in line with the which will lead to more coopera- country’s president Rodrigo Du- tion, more stability and more de- terte’s directives, which prioritize DFA secretary Alan Peter Cayetano (standing) and consul Lilybeth Deapera Aspect of the Christmas party organized by the consulate velopment. the concerns of migrant workers “We are isolating the problems by improving their welfare and dent, if a [legal] case is set to start, tary said that technology would along with its budget. or issues we have with China their access to the country’s agen- we can immediately use the [legal play a significant role in these ini- “We have identified areas whe- and bolstering the relationship cies and services. assistance] fund [but] it doesn’t tiatives, revealing that the bureau re there are many Filipinos [who in other aspects, and having said The DFA has also been working mean to say that we’re going to is developing a specific app that need consular] services,” he said. that, we assure the people that we with the Philippines Depart- be able to cover everywhere,” said migrant workers will be able to The official also said that it is will fight for the national interest ment of Labor and Employment Cayetano, who was speaking on use to renew their passports. working on a proposal for the in both cases,” the secretary said. (DOLE) in a bid to develop its the sidelines of Sunday’s Christ- He admitted that the renewal of creation of an Overseas Filipino The annual Christmas party of coordination in responding to Fi- mas party organized by the Phi- passports has been a challenge as Worker (OFW) Cluster, which the consulate, which was held at lipino’s request for assistance. lippine Consulate General of the the backlog is large and the data, would include the DFA, DOLE St. Joseph the Worker Church, DFA secretary Alan Peter Caye- SAR (PCG). including fingerprints and biome- and other government agencies to featured performances, games tano reiterated that the increase in “There are things we’re working trics, has not been converted to ensure better coordination in ma- and raffle draws. its budget would allow the bureau out on a diplomatic level,” the offi- electronic files. tters involving migrant workers Commenting on the event, La- to assist these migrant workers’ cial continued. In Macau’s PCG, only 22 per- and their families. bor attaché Vivian Tornea said, legal cases. Cayetano also noted Cayetano recently vowed to lau- sonnel are available to serve some According to him, the OFW “this is a chance where the Fili- that the work also lies in creating nch new initiatives in the Philippi- 32,000 Filipinos in the region. Cluster that he proposes will not pino community gets together. dialogues with the governments nes and abroad so as to improve When questioned about whe- only improve coordination but They have made their prepara- of regions with significant num- the delivery of consular and other ther there are plans to increase will serve as a command center to tions to share talents and resour- bers of Filipino workers. services. the numbers, the secretary im- integrate services among different ces so they can give joy to their “Upon the directives of the presi- Speaking to the press, the secre- plied that it is being considered, departments to deliver assistance compatriots in Macau.” ad tue 05.12.2017

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“One of the problems with the health-care system is it’s so frag- mented and there’s so little coordi- CVS to buy Aetna for USD67.5b, nation,” said Steve Kraus, who in- vests in health firms at Bessemer Venture Partners. “A better verti- cally integrated, less-siloed system remaking health sector is a good thing in my mind.” Merlo, the chief executive of Zachary Tracer, Robert Langreth reshaping how their customers get CVS, disputed the idea that the care, by creating what the executi- deal was a defensive move against VS Health Corp. will ves are calling “10,000 new front Amazon’s possible entry into the buy Aetna Inc. for about doors for the health-care system’’ pharmacy business. USD67.5 billion, creating at CVS’s stores and clinics. “This transaction is really about a health-care giant that “Think of these stores as a hub of growth, it is about expansion, it Cwill have a hand in everything a new way of accessing health-care is not about contraction,” Merlo from insurance to the corner dru- services across America,’’ Merlo said. gstore. said in the joint interview. “We’re The deal could also set off a new CVS will pay $207 a share for bringing health care to where peo- round of takeovers as CVS and Aetna, with $145 a share in cash a prescription. The deal will give audiology, making basic care more ple live and work.’’ Aetna’s competitors look at the and the rest in stock, the com- Aetna’s insurance plans a closer convenient and less costly for con- The deal will be financed with a reshaped landscape. On Nov. 30, panies said in a statement Sunday. on-the-ground tie to where custo- sumers. Aetna will be operated mix of cash and debt. Barclays Plc, Express Scripts Holding Co.’s top That’s a 29 percent premium to mers get care. as a separate business unit, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and executive said the company would Aetna’s share price on Oct. 25, the Including CVS’s assumption any new services will be designed Bank of America Corp. have com- be open to a deal at the right price, day before the companies were re- of Aetna’s debt, the deal will be to appeal broadly to customers mitted to provide $49 billion of fi- though wasn’t actively looking for ported to be in talks. valued at $77 billion, the com- of other insurance companies as nancing, the companies said. one. The deal is among the biggest panies said in the statement. It’s well, the executives said. CVS and Aetna are joining hands “We don’t need to sell to be very health-care mergers of the past expected to close in the second half The immediate financial benefits as the health sector is looking over successful in the future, but we are decade, combining the largest U.S. of 2018, the companies said. of the deal are projected to be rela- the horizon at Amazon.com Inc., always open to others who may drugstore chain with the third- In a joint interview, CVS Chief tively modest. The companies said and how the Internet retailer cou- all of sudden conclude they want biggest health insurer. CVS also Executive Officer Larry Merlo they expect $750 million in syner- ld shake up the business of buying, what we have,” Express Scrip- manages drug-benefits plans for and Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini gies, and profit improvements in distributing and selling drugs and ts CEO Tim Wentworth said in employers and insurers, a busi- said combining the companies the low-to-mid single digits the medical products if it gets into an interview. He also mentioned ness that could help steer some would help CVS expand a varie- second full year after the merger health care. The retail industry has the possibility of partnering with of Aetna’s 22 million customers ty of retail medical services, from is completed. The companies are been battered by the online giant. Amazon on an online-pharmacy into CVS drugstores when they fill vision care to nutrition advice to betting on longer-term profit from Amazon hasn’t revealed its plans. arrangement. Bloomberg Lamborghini joins the boom in supercar SUVs

upercar makers The Urus enters a luxury almost a sell-out move. I cedes G-Class and Bentley the car market, tripling in we can have a piece of that,’” Shave long known that field crowded with the Mer- don’t think that is the case Bentayga, according to sales in a decade from just Fletcher said. parked next to that snarling cedes G-Class, the Bentley anymore,” Jeff Schuster, se- IHS Automotive. The en- under 8 million units in Porsche proved the market Lamborghini, racing-red Bentayga and the trailbla- nior vice president at LMC try of the Urus along with 2006 to nearly 26.5 million with the Cayenne, and was Ferrari, or stately Bentley at zing Porsche Cayenne — and Automotive in Detroit. “The- the planned Aston Martin units last year. SUV sales are followed by the Mercedes some of the globe’s toniest soon to be joined by Aston re is some risk to the purist, DBX and Rolls Royce “High forecast by IHS Automotive G-Class, “which went from addresses is a practical SUV. Martin, Rolls Royce and, in who can only see one view Side Vehicle” is expected to to grow by another 28 per- being utilitarian to being so- With the sport utility vehi- all probability, Ferrari. of the brand. But as long as push those numbers up to cent to over 34 million units mething synonymous with cle market growing by leaps Analysts say that the move they don’t move too far out 29,300 by 2020. Even Fer- by 2020. the Kardashians,” he said. and bounds, they increasin- into SUVs has become a of who they are, a lineup rari is considering entering Before having a true lu- The decision to enter the gly want in on those profits. natural fit for most brands, can include an SUV in these the category, with a decision xury option, IHS automo- SUV market was a no-brai- Lamborghini unveiled the even supercar makers like brands. I wouldn’t have said expected early next year, tive analyst Ian Fletcher ner for Lamborghini, which once-improbable Urus SUV Lamborghini, despite the that five years ago.” which could leave McLaren said, many SUV owners as part of the VW group sha- yesterday at its headquarters risk of alienating aficiona- From being nonexistent in as the only hold-out among went to private modifiers res luxury SUV platforms in Sant’Agata, Italy, where dos. 2006, high-end SUVs have supercars. and tuners to increase per- with the Bentley Bentayga the supercar maker owned “I think if you look at those more than quadrupled in Luxury SUVS are merely formance and add luxury and the Audi Q7, bringing by the Volkswagen group brands’ image, I think you sales since 2010, from 4,700 following the mass-market swag to their off-the-line down development costs is expanding the factory to would look at an SUV — es- units to almost 21,000 units trend. SUVs are the fastest- mass-market vehicle. “A lot and increasing profit mar- meet utility vehicle demand. pecially a Lamborghini — as in 2016, driven by the Mer- growing overall segment of of manufacturers said, ‘Oh, gins. Bloomberg corporate bits studio city presents alan tam Canto-pop singer Alan Tam will be per- tiffany profits sparkle as china s demand The high-end jewelry com- ‘ forming at the Studio City Event Center ’ pany’s strength in its third 40th anniversary concert tour’ (SCEC) on January 20, 2018 for his anni- for luxury rises quarter mostly came from versary concert,“Alan Tam 40th Anniver- the Asia-Pacific region, whe- sary Concert Tour 2018 in Macau.” Ticke- re sales surged 15 percent ts go on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m. to USD283 million. This was Celebrating his 40 years in Hong mainly due to strong demand Kong’s music industry, the concert will in China. Sales were up 5 use the four seasons to represent the di- percent in Europe to $110 fferent phases of Tam’s illustrious career. million. According to a statement issued yester- But other places didn’t day by Melco, “with SCEC’s impressive fare as well. In Japan, sales stage and effects, the concert will trans- dropped 8 percent to $139 form into a huge extravaganza, where million. While Tiffany mana- fans can celebrate and party along with ged to squeeze out a 1 per- Alan.” cent sales increase in the The Hong Kong singer and actor will Americas, that was conside- also collaborate with an orchestra to pre- red a disappointment. The sent his timeless hits like “Friends”, “Love company said that a down- Trap” and “Illusion,” among many more. turn in spending by foreign His popular ballads such as “Flower in tourists was part of the rea- Water” and “Don’t Say Goodbye” will be Tiffany & Co., which has a quarterly profit that beat son for the soft sales. re-arranged especially for the concert. struggled with online compe- Wall Street’s expectations as Sales at stores open at least The world tour kicked off in Hong Kong tition and lost its luster with shoppers in China snapped a year, a key gauge of a retai- with 13 sold-out shows. younger shoppers, reported up the brand’s luxury goods. ler’s health, dipped 1 percent. 05.12.2017 tue

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Analysis Maybe China can’t take over the world Christopher Balding The question

lmost daily, newspa- bloomberg is how Apers in the U.S., Europe and China release eye-catching successful headlines about China’s techno- logical advances and economic [Chinese] prowess. The accomplishments are real. But they’re not necessa- companies rily evidence of Western failure will be once or Chinese invincibility. In touting such achievements, transplanted commentators too often over- look the structural factors that into different have shaped them. Economists now recognize just how much of contexts economic interaction is driven Even the bike-sharing craze by such forces. For instance, the that’s drawn so much atten- gravity model in international tion in the West has exploded trade posits that the distance largely because of China’s uni- between countries impacts how que environment. Lower-in- much they trade. No matter how come Chinese have gravitated warm the ties between China toward the super-cheap servi- and Bolivia, sheer distance will ces in order to solve the so-cal- always limit their bilateral tra- led last-mile problem, getting de volumes. By contrast, despite A merchant quick response (QR) code and payment instructions for Ant Financial Services Group’s Alipay to and from public transport frosty relations, large amounts nodes. The technology didn’t of trade and investment flow be- emerge first in the West partly tween China and Taiwan owing boosted adoption of mobile Alibaba cornered 60 percent of because brick-and-mortar re- because consumers - even in to proximity and shared langua- payments. The first is China’s the e-commerce market in 2016 tailing is so challenging on the bike-crazy Holland - haven’t ge. archaic banking system, which and well above 50 percent in mainland. Roughly a quarter really needed such a cost-ef- Many of the most innovative has long served the interests of 2017. No two companies captu- of the world’s cities with more fective solution. Chinese companies have be- big companies, not consumers. re consumer time the same way than 500,000 people are loca- None of this is to diminish nefited not only from govern- That retarded the development anywhere else in the world. ted in China - twice as many as the fact that Chinese com- ment support and protection, of a credit-card culture among By contrast, Western consu- India, the next country on the panies have produced some but from structural conditions both merchants and buyers. mers are spoiled for choice, es- list. Real estate prices in those remarkable technologies and, that have made their businesses For many years after arriving in pecially when it comes paying urban areas are astronomical, given the vast amounts of re- more viable than they would’ve China in 2009, I was struck by for things. They can use cash, which limits how big stores can search going into artificial been otherwise. They’ve thrived the fact that even Chinese bank credit cards, debit cards with be and thus the range of consu- intelligence, are likely to pro- in a unique cauldron of challen- cards weren’t accepted in many major payment networks, che- mer choices. duce even more. The question ges and inputs that don’t exist in places, with storeowners prefer- cks, PayPal and, more recently, That makes platforms such as is how successful such com- most other places in the world. ring cash. mobile payment systems such Alibaba and JD.com much more panies and technologies will Take mobile payments, where Second, the two key players as Apple Pay. While mobile attractive both to consumers - be once transplanted into dif- China is the clear world leader. in the field of mobile payments payments are gaining, the other who then provide the kind of ferent contexts. One of the ma- In 2016, Chinese spent more - Tencent Holdings Ltd., whi- payment providers are inno- data the online giants can use jor puzzles of corporate China than USD5 trillion using their ch dominates messaging with vating as well. For the average to sell them debt they can use to is why firms have struggled to phones - more than 50 times its WeChat app, and online re- consumer, there’s little differen- buy more on the platforms - and expand internationally. The as much as in the U.S., accor- tailer Alibaba Group Holding ce between scanning a QR code to manufacturers. Instead of fi- answer may be that they’re of- ding to one estimate. That figu- Ltd. - enjoy virtual monopolies and waving an RFID-enabled ghting for shelf space, the latter fering solutions to problems re is expected to grow strongly in China. Chinese spend rou- credit card at a specially enab- can simply open online shops, that don’t exist in quite the again in 2017, as simple and ghly 30 percent of their smar- led reader. And at least the card take orders on Alibaba and ship same way overseas. Unless ubiquitous platforms connect tphone time using WeChat, not doesn’t require downloading directly from their warehou- they can cater to the needs of ever more buyers and sellers. just messaging one another but and learning a new technology. se. That’s led to a flourishing customers operating under In many cities, cash has beco- ordering taxis, exchanging busi- Similar examples can be found of niche online retailers selling very different conditions, their me virtually obsolete. ness information, storing loyalty in other sectors as well. Aliba- everything up to and including remarkable progress may end Two structural factors have points for retailers. Meanwhile, ba has succeeded in large part replica NASA space suits. at China’s shores. Bloomberg

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New Chinese military transport archive photo aircraft declared set for deployment hinese state me- plane “is now able to un- making air drops without infrastructure. Cdia said the country’s dertake combat missions” assistance from ground The Yun-9 is a longer new Shaanxi Yun-9 mili- after conducting its first controllers and preparing version of China’s mains- tary transport aircraft has long-range training mis- for emergency contingen- tay Yun-8 military trans- completed trial runs over sions over the South Chi- cies in all weather condi- port aircraft, boasting ad- the South China Sea and is na Sea. tions, the Global Times vanced features, the abi- ready to be deployed, ex- Word of the completion said. That guarantees its lity to take off and land in panding China’s abilities of trials was also annou- ability to deliver supplies a variety of environments, 20 tons of cargo, vehicles missions, it flew from a in “safeguarding maritime nced by the Chinese Peo- to China’s island outposts including small islands and about 100 troops, as military airport in the rights” in the strategically ple’s Liberation Army Air in the sea, many of which such as those created by well as serve in a medivac southwestern province crucial waterway. Force on Saturday on its have been equipped with China from coral reefs, function with a maximum of Sichuan, landed on an The Global Times news- official WeChat micro- radar stations, missile ba- and relatively inexpensive range of 4,200 kilometers. island in the South China paper said Sunday that blog. tteries, hardened aircraft production costs. The Global Times said Sea and returned to base the quadruple turbo prop Training included shelters and other military It can transport up to that among its training the same day. AP tue 05.12.2017

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tended the conference. They covet China’s huge market but if they do make it in, as in Apple, Google at internet Apple’s case, local law “requi- res things that Western obser- vers generally are uncomforta- ble with,” he said. fest shows lure of market Cook’s speech drew a big crowd. He said the company Kelvin Chan, Hong Kong world will never close, but will supports more than 5 million only open wider.” jobs in China, including 1.8 he high-profile at- As in previous years, organi- ap photo million software develo- tendance of the lea- zers allowed attendees unres- pers who have earned more ders of Apple and tricted access to the internet, than 112 billion yuan (USD17 Google at a Chinese contrary to official policy un- billion). Tconference promoting Bei- der which internet users face It’s Apple’s responsibility to jing’s vision of a censored in- extensive monitoring and cen- ensure that “technology is in- ternet highlights the dilemma sorship and are blocked from fused with humanity,” he said, for Western tech companies accessing many overseas sites avoiding mention of any sensi- trying to expand in an increa- by the so-called Great Firewall tive topics. singly lucrative but restricted of China. Google shut the Chinese ver- market. sion of its search engine in The event in Wuzhen, a his- 2010 over censorship concer- toric canal town outside Shan- ns. Pichai has talked about ghai, marked the first time wanting to re-enter China, and chiefs of two of the world’s These he told a panel discussion in biggest tech companies have Wuzhen that small and mid- attended the annual state-run companies sized Chinese businesses use World Internet Conference. are between a Google services to get their Apple CEO Tim Cook told the products to other countries, gathering as the conference rock and a hard Apple’s CEO Tim Cook delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the Fourth according to a report in the opened this weekend that his World Internet Conference in Wuzhen South China Morning Post. A company was proud to work place. Google spokesman declined to with Chinese partners to build Rogier Creemers comment. a “common future in cybers- Leiden University domestic smartphone makers Apple said that China be- The tech giants may have pace.” are catching up. gan requiring this year that chosen to appear at the con- His and Google CEO Sundar Since Xi came to power in It has been criticized by some developers of virtual-private ference because the current Pichai’s presence along with 2013, he has tightened con- app developers for complying networks have a government political climate in the United other business leaders, diplo- trols and further stifled free with Chinese censorship de- license. The California-based States encourages a pragmatic mats and other experts, some expression, activists say. mands. In July, companies tech giant said it had remo- approach in pursuing business analysts say, helped bestow Beijing’s restraints also ex- that let people get around the ved apps “in China that do not regardless of other concerns, credibility on Beijing’s pre- tend to Western companies government’s internet filters meet the new regulations.” said Jonathan Sullivan, direc- ferred version of an internet like Google, Twitter and Face- — known as virtual priva- Two Apple spokeswomen cou- tor of the University of Nottin- sharply at odds with Silicon book, which have largely been te network providers — said ldn’t be reached by phone for gham’s China Policy Institute. Valley’s dedication to unfette- shut out from the market, lea- their programs had been re- comment. “There has never been a time red access. ving it to homegrown internet moved from Apple’s app store “The problem is that these when an American company is Chinese President Xi Jinping giants like Tencent. in China. One such company, companies are between a rock less likely to be called out by vowed, in remarks to the con- Apple has a large production ExpressVPN, said Apple was and a hard place,” said Rogier the White House for pursuing ference conveyed by an offi- base in China, which is one of “aiding China’s censorship ef- Creemers, a China researcher a business-first approach,” cial, that “China’s door to the its biggest markets, though fort.” at Leiden University who at- said Sullivan. AP

Canada’s Trudeau in Beijing on visit focused on trade

Christopher Bodeen, Beijing service, Trudeau took of free trade, particularly Canada has remained part in a panel discussion since President Donald part of the Trans-Paci- anadian Prime ap photo that touched on Cana- Trump pulled the U.S. fic Partnership. During CMinister Justin Tru- dian tourism draws, as out of the Trans-Pacific recent talks in Danang, deau began a visit to well as the nation’s beer Partnership, a pan-Paci- Vietnam, Trudeau lo- China focused on trade and wine, according to fic trade deal. Yet foreign bbied for strong provi- yesterday with a stop at Chinese and Canadian businesses often com- sions for environmental a Chinese social media reports. plain that China closes protection, labor rights, giant where he talked up Next year marks the many key areas to fo- and gender issues, and the advantages of travel China-Canada year of reign investment, and Xi the name of the initiati- to his homeland. tourism and Canada is is known to favor a cen- ve was altered to be the Accompanied by four hoping to double the tralized economic model Comprehensive and Pro- Cabinet ministers, Tru- number of Chinese tou- with special support for gressive Agreement for deau also met with Chi- rist arrivals. state-owned industries. Trans-Pacific Partner- nese Premier Li Keqiang Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,(left) poses for photos with China and Canada are ship. at the Great Hall of the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang also in exploratory talks China largely imports People. on a framework for a tra- wood and agricultural “It’s rare to have such deepening ties between The two leaders over- de agreement, although Next year products, ore, fuels and a close, intimate rela- the countries’ economies saw the signing of three reports say Ottawa has seafood from Canada, tionship where we have and people are “tremen- documents related to been pushing for pro- […] Canada while Canada impor- mutual exchanges of vi- dous.” trade in food products, visions on the environ- ts machinery, furniture sits along with such dia- “Canada is deeply inte- energy cooperation and ment, governance, labor is hoping and sporting goods and logues,” Li told Trudeau rested in further enga- education, though no de- and gender issues. to double textiles from China. The in remarks at the start gement and trade across tails were provided. Beijing generally seeks trade imbalance has nar- of their meeting. “Chi- the Pacific and I know Trudeau is to meet with to avoid references that the number rowed, but China still na-Canada relations are we’re going to continue President Xi Jinping to- might highlight the one ran a surplus of about indeed headed toward a to have wonderful and day. -party authoritarian sta- of Chinese USD17 billion with Cana- golden stage.” fruitful discussions now At Sina, owner of the te’s human rights record. tourist da during the first half of Trudeau responded and in the future as well,” popular Twitter-like China has positioned it- this year, according to the that the opportunities for Trudeau said. Weibo microblogging self as a leading advocate arrivals Canadian government. AP 05.12.2017 tue

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word cloud The message in Pyongyang’s propaganda

Eric Talmadge & Penny Yi Wang, Other words jettisoned inclu- Tokyo ded basic numbers (“three,” ap photo “seven”) and procedural terms im. Nuclear. War. Nothing whose appearance would have Ksums up the message em- offered little overall insight bedded in North Korea’s pro- (“government,” “newspaper”). paganda better than those three For this word cloud, countries words. That’s exactly what the and cities were also excluded world hears — and what’s revea- (though it’s worth noting the led in this word cloud, a visual U.S. was the second-most men- display of terms used by the Ko- tioned after North Korea itself). rean Central News Agency’s En- glish-language service. FRESH FROM THE NEWS The Associated Press boiled And then there are the more down 1,542 stories filed between recent, newsy additions. July 1 and Oct. 11 by the official ICBM — short for interconti- North Korean news agency to a nental ballistic missile — made list of the 183 words that appear 475 appearances in the more most frequently. The resulting than 1,500 KCNA English-lan- word cloud reveals some of the guage stories between July and key patterns Pyongyang em- October that were analyzed, a ploys in its rhetorical wars with period that saw the North laun- Washington. ching missiles at a record pace. Just as important, it reflects This image made yesterday shows a word cloud of terms used by the North Korean government’s Korean Central News Hwasong, the name North Ko- the way the government wants Agency’s English-language service rea attaches to most of its lon- to be seen by the outside world. g-range missiles, appeared 271 in North Korea isn’t 2017; it’s It’s either cited in defense of tty much where expected. times. ‘KIM’ AND ‘NUCLEAR’ “Juche 106.” the North’s development of nu- “Party” and “military,” for President Donald Trump, des- The first takeaway (no surpri- In contrast, the frequency of clear weapons as a just act of example, are among the top-tier pite being the single-biggest se) is that North Korean propa- “nuclear” is telling because of self-defense, or in threats that nouns — they’re rendered larger villain in the North’s eyes, figu- gandists spend nearly all of their the relatively narrow range of Pyongyang is willing and ready than other words as a result — res in the mix a bit less than one time hailing be-all-end-all lea- contexts in which it is used. to use them to counter the “nu- along with honorifics frequently might expect. der Kim Jong Un. The primary mission of the clear” blackmail of the United used in connection to Kim and At 388 mentions, he falls far The appearance of his surna- North Korean media is to chro- States. That it shows up so much his forefathers. “Sanctions” — a short of “imperialists” (454), me in KCNA reports 2,793 ti- nicle Kim Jong Un’s frequent attests to just how obsessive the major target of Pyongyang’s ire the more generic KCNA term mes, way more than “nuclear” at “on-the-spot-guidance” trips, North’s rhetorical defenses of its — hovers in the top 10 as well. for Americans. “Lunatic” and 1,671, is the predictable result of the heaps of laurels he recei- nuclear program really are. Stories about bouquets offered “dotard,” which are emerging as the North’s inescapable cult of ves from foreign dignitaries, at monuments to the leaders are KCNA’s favored adjectives for personality. the vows of devotion from his LIKE A SNAPSHOT a staple on KCNA, explaining the Trump, are still being broken in The reverence goes deeper. countrymen. “War,” the thir- A caveat is probably in order at fairly strong showing of “floral,” and haven’t established them- While it doesn’t show in the d-most common word in the this point. and allies of the U.S. are custo- selves enough to make the top word cloud, when the North AP cloud, is also used not just When it comes to North Ko- marily written off as “puppets,” 100 list. Trump’s locking of Korean media mentions the lea- when talking of a looming con- rean propaganda, word clouds another robust performer. horns with Kim Jong Un didn’t der’s name, or the names of his flict with the United States but produce a more impressionistic Of course, this word cloud does really get going until late Au- father and grandfather, it uses a in connection with the historical than scientific picture. The best not show every single word that gust, which also might account special font reserved especially one — the 1950-53 Korean War, way to look at this one is like a KCNA used. Using a common for the fewer appearances. for that purpose. Even the da- which North Korean propagan- Polaroid snapshot. It’s a little practice called a “stoplist,” we And what of “justice,” ‘’friend- tes on the pages of the ruling da uses as the prime example of blurry around the edges and a excluded words such as “the,” ship,” ‘’dignity?” When it comes party newspaper come from a American imperialism and bar- higher resolution would certain- ‘’an” and “whatever” for a basic to word deployment, unfortuna- calendar that counts the years in barism. ly be helpful. But to anyone who reason: They were generic words tely — but perhaps not unexpec- terms of the birth of Kim’s gran- “Nuclear,” however, is almost pays close attention to politics in that added no real meaning to tedly — they remain relegated to dfather, Kim Il Sung. This year always used in just two ways. the North, the words do fall pre- the graphical representation. the blurry fringe. AP

undreds of air- South Korea-US Hcraft including two dozen stealth jets began training yesterday as the Stealth jets, other aircraft fly in joint drills United States and South Korea launched a massive combined air force exer- An official at the South North Korea’s state me- threatening, for instance, cise. The war games come Korean Defense Ministry, dia said the drill pushes to unleash “fire and fury” a week after North Korea ap photo who spoke on condition the Korean Peninsula “to against the country. test-fired its most power- of anonymity because of the brink of nuclear war.” Pyongyang will “serious- ful missile ever, an ICBM office rules, corrected his Such language is typical ly consider” countermea- that may be able to target earlier statement that the in North Korean propa- sures against the drill, and the eastern seaboard of the exercise was the biggest ganda because the country the U.S. and South Korea United States. ever. claims U.S.-South Korean will “pay dearly for their The five-day drill, whi- Some local media report drills are preparation for provocations,” the Korean ch is called Vigilant Ace, that B-1B bombers will invasion. Central News Agency said is meant to improve the also join aerial drills, but Still, always bad tensions on Sunday before the start allies’ wartime capabilities officials did not confirm are at a particularly dange- of the exercises. and preparedness, South their participation. rous point as North Korea While many South Ko- Korea’s defense ministry of the latest generations of 12,000 U.S. military per- The training, held each edges toward its goal of a reans typically ignore Nor- said. stealth fighter jets, for the sonnel are participating. year in late fall, is not in viable arsenal of nuclear- th Korea’s rhetoric, some The U.S. Seventh Air annual training in the Ko- In total, 230 aircraft will response to any incident tipped long-range missi- senior American officials Force sent major strategic rean Peninsula. They in- be flying at eight U.S. and or provocation, the Seven- les, and as President Do- have expressed worry military assets, including clude six F-22 and 18 F-35 South Korean military ins- th Air Force said in a sta- nald Trump ramps up his following the ICBM test, an unusually large number stealth fighter jets. About tallations in the South. tement. rhetoric toward the North, North Korea’s third. AP tue 05.12.2017

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Japan ap photo More N. Korean ‘ghost boats,’ bodies wash up on shores Cathay Pacific Mari Yamaguchi, Tokyo In order to reach their quo- tas, the North Korean fisher- crew saw hree bodies and a ap photo men may be taking more dilapidated wooden risks and venturing farther North Korea boat believed to have from their usual waters. come from North Japanese authorities are missile test TKorea washed ashore in nor- also holding 18 people from thern Japan yesterday, coast two other boats. They claim second airline has reported guard officials said. to be North Korean. Aseeing North Korea’s latest mis- The coast guard said a Japa- The first batch of 10 landed sile test during a flight last week. nese fishing boat picked up a on a small uninhabited is- Cathay Pacific says the crew on a male body floating off the land off southern Hokkaido San Francisco-to-Hong Kong flight coast of Sakata in Yamagata on a damaged fishing boat reported witnessing the apparent re- prefecture and two more bo- and allegedly stole electroni- entry of the ICBM that North Korea dies washed up on a nearby cs appliances and other items launched before dawn Wednesday. beach an hour and half later. from an unmanned shelter The Hong Kong-based airline said The bodies were decompo- while temporarily taking in a statement yesterday that the sed, but one of them had a ment to return home. brought ashore by the Japa- refuge from rough seas. Ja- missile was far from the airplane, and lapel pin thought to be North But the alarming pace nese. pan’s coast guard rescued operation was unaffected. Korean. over the past few weeks has The increase may be rela- them last week. North Korea said the Hwasong-15 Officials are investigating if prompted Japanese authori- ted to a campaign led by Kim Eight other survivors who missile is capable of reaching the bodies were from a boat ties to step up patrols. Jong Un to boost fish harves- lost their boat but managed anywhere in the U.S. mainland. that washed ashore Saturday. Twenty-eight of the vessels ts as a means of increasing to swim ashore in Akita have Cathay said it would remain alert, Winds and water currents — dubbed “ghost boats” — sources of protein for the na- been transferred to immigra- but that flight routes have not been push dozens of boats onto were detected in November, tion, which continues to fall tion. changed. Japan’s northern coasts an- up from just four in Novem- short of food self-sufficiency Japanese officials said the Korean Air pilots on two different nually. Rickety North Korean ber last year. Usually, only and remains vulnerable to 10 are being investigated planes also reported seeing flashes of fishing boats are particularly the boats or fragments wash health problems caused by for possible theft, while the light believed to have been the North vulnerable because they lack ashore. It is very rare for the lack of a varied, balanced other eight are expected to be Korean missile. the sturdiness and equip- survivors to be rescued and diet. sent home via China. AP

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ritish Prime Minister BTheresa May will make a di- plomatic blitz to Brussels early Theresa May makes diplomatic today [Macau time] to meet top European Union officials and try to reach a much-needed break- through in the negotiations on blitz to unlock Brexit talks Britain’s exit. May is to meet with EU Com- mission President Jean-Claude ap photo Juncker and EU Council Presi- dent Donald Tusk, and hopes to make what the EU calls “suffi- cient progress” on the questions of Britain’s leaving bill, Irish bor- der conditions and the rights of citizens in each other’s territories. That progress is needed, the EU says, before the sides can move the negotiations on to the next important stage about future trade relations, including trade, next week. The Irish border issue in parti- cular has stood out as a sticking point, with Irish Foreign Minis- ter Simon Coveney telling Irish broadcaster RTE that “we don’t yet have agreement” on a full text. A British official, who spoke only on condition of anonymity in line with government policy, said overnight there were “plen- ty of discussions still to go” and instead of an initial Monday deadline for a breakthrough, the official called the talks now “an important staging post.” The EU’s top Brexit officials will also be huddling among them- selves looking how to get more concessions from Britain, speci- fically on citizens’ rights and the Irish border. Britain is set to leave the EU on March 29, 2019 yet the progress issues during their Dec. 14-15 with Brexit experts from the Eu- his group still saw plenty of hur- are stalled on the protection of on its exit and the terms of new summit before the talks can start ropean Parliament, which will dles. EU citizens’ rights & on the Irish relations have been painfully including future relations, so- eventually have to endorse any Weber said in a tweet that even case.” slow. mething which is paramount for departure deal. if the issue of the outstanding Coveney held out hope, though. The 27 other member states hard-pressed Britain. And Manfred Weber, the chief bill had made major progress, “We are not quite yet where we need to declare there is enough Yet May is still fraught with of the EPP Christian Democrats’ “we are much more concerned need to be, but it is possible to do progress on the three divorce difficulties. Juncker first meets group in the EU parliament, said about the fact that negotiations that today,” he said. AP

present on the bus at the that Trump had privately USA time, and every single one suggested that the “Ac- of us assumed we were cess Hollywood” tape was listening to a crass stan- not authentic. Billy Bush says Trump dup act. He was perfor- “I can only imagine how ming. Surely, we thought, it has reopened the wou- ‘Access Hollywood’ tape is real none of this was real. We nds of the women who now know better,” Bush came forward with their said in the op-ed. stories about him, and illy Bush said it The recording of the did not receive enough

Bwas indeed Donald ap photo lewd conversation be- attention,” Bush said. Trump’s voice captu- tween Bush and Trump “This country is currently red on a 2005 “Access emerged during the 2016 trying to reconcile itself to Hollywood” tape talking presidential campaign. years of power abuse and about fame enabling him Trump later said he ne- sexual misconduct. Its to grope and try to have ver did any of the actions leader is wantonly poking sex with women. described on the tape, the bear.” “Of course he said and dismissed his words Bush, who had recently it,” the former “Access as locker room talk. been hired as co-host of Hollywood” and “Today” In the waning days of the “Today” show, lost his show personality said in the presidential election, job following the release an op-ed published Sun- more than a dozen wo- of the tape. He said he day in The New York Ti- men came forward to say has since gone through a mes. that Trump had sexually lot of soul searching. The video shows Trump, assaulted or harassed “None of us were guil- who was the star of “The Billy Bush arrives at the Operation Smile’s 2014 Smile Gala in Beverly Hills, California them over the years. He ty of knowingly enabling Apprentice,” riding on an denied it. our future president,” he “Access Hollywood” bus with a married woman. famous. thing.” But Bush said he belie- said. “But all of us were with then-host Bush. At He also brags about wo- “When you’re a star, “Along with Donald ves the women, and he guilty of sacrificing a bit one point, Trump des- men letting him kiss and they let you do it,” Trump Trump and me, there felt the need to write the of ourselves in the name cribes trying to have sex grab them because he is says. “You can do any- were seven other guys piece following reports of success.” AP tue 05.12.2017 th Anniversary

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Director: Kenneth Branagh Reports from the headquarters of X Corp say marines and Starring: Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny soldiers are now under fire from six Chinese divisions and en- Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley and Josh Gad during some hardship in sub-zero temperatures. Offbeat Language: English (Chinese) Allied aircraft are supplying the trapped troops with ammu- Duration: 114 min nition and food and have evacuated 1,700 wounded men to hospitals on the coast. ormer resident arack bama The British Commonwealth 29th Brigade, the rearguard of the F P B O : Eighth Army, has retreated to positions further south of Pyon- ‘Think before you tweet’ gyang. And two companies of the US 187th Airborne Regiment are fighting Communist troops near Sibyon, 70 miles (112 km) sou- th-east of Pyongyang. UN reinforcements have been sent to the American para- troops. In Washington, British Prime Minister Clement Attlee had a meeting with President Harry S Truman to discuss events in Korea. And General Omar Nelson Bradley, general of the army, has been explaining the seriousness of the situation to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Yesterday President Truman condemned the Chinese for Wonder joining NKPA forces and escalating the war. room 2 2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 9:30pm Courtesy BBC News Director: Stephen Chbosky Starring: Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Jacob Tremblay Language: Chinese (English) When former President Barack Obama spoke to a lea- Duration: 113min dership forum in India’s capital last week, he never once n context used the words “Donald Trump” and was careful to avoid I any direct reference to his successor in the White House. The dramatic events at the Chosin Reservoir were reported as one Yet Obama made plenty of veiled references, from climate of the greatest and bloodiest retreats in US Marine Corps history. change to the perils of using Twitter. The responses often For two weeks, during one of the coldest winters on record, the drew laughter from the audience at the Hindustan Times First Marine Division, 200 British Marine Commandoes and ele- Leadership Summit, which was part of a three-country tour ments of the US Seventh Division fought their way to the sea port Obama is undertaking in one of his first global outings as a of Hungnam along a narrow route through the mountains of North Korea - the Funchilin Pass. private citizen after leaving office. They had support from ships in Hungnam that provided naval Here’s what Obama had to say: gunfire and navy and marine aircraft. At Hungnam, the Navy re-de- Obama said he uses spellcheck and punctuation. ployed more than 100,000 marines and soldiers of the X Corps, and “Which my daughters think is odd. They were explaining evacuated over 100,000 North Korean refugees. to us how if you put a period at the end of a sentence it All UN troops retreated south and in January, 1951, the Commu- sounds harsh. I said, ‘No, that’s English. That’s how you nists recaptured Seoul, the South Korean capital. know the thought is finished.’” UN troops prepared a second counterattack for March 1951 and by He said he sees people getting in trouble for their twee- June had recaptured Seoul. ts, and says they should follow the old advice of thinking The Korean War cost about two million lives. Happy Death Day It ended with an armistice on 27 July 1953 which established a fixed before you speak: “Think before you tweet,” Obama said. room 3 demarcation line with a four kilometre (2.4 mile) demilitarization “Same principle.” 2:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:30pm zone. He said social media is a powerful tool, for both good and Director: Christopher Landon The armistice was only ever intended as a temporary measure but ill. “And look, I’ve got 100 million Twitter followers. I actually Starring: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, remains the only safeguard for peace on the Korean peninsula. have more than other people who use it more often.” Charles Aitken American troops remain stationed in the demilitarized zone on and (For the record, Obama has 97 million Twitter followers Language: English (Chinese) around the 38th parallel separating North and South Korea. and Trump has 44 million). Duration: 96min tue 05.12.2017 th Anniversary

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La Liga mas to extend its winless streak to six games in all competitions. The defeat came only a few days after Betis’ demoralizing Valencia loses to 10-man Getafe, elimination to second-division Cadiz in the Copa del Rey. Forward Jonathan Calleri sco- red a 19th-minute winner for trails Barcelona by 5 points Las Palmas, which snapped a five-game winless run. Tales Azzoni, Madrid said. “We knew it was going to It hadn’t won in the league sin- be extremely difficult, and to win ce the fourth round. It remained arcelona stumbled for ap photo after going down a man so early, in the relegation zone despite Bthe second consecutive week it makes us very happy.” the win. Betis was in 11th place. but it still gained ground at the Valencia struggled to create top of the Spanish league. significant scoring opportunities LEGANES RALLY A day after being held to a 2-2 despite the extra player, whi- Leganes scored three goals in home draw against Celta Vigo le Getafe kept threatening on the final 20 minutes to defeat — giving its nearest challengers counterattacks. Villarreal 3-1 and halt a four- a chance to move closer — the Bergara netted the winner with game losing streak. Catalan club saw its advantage a shot from outside the area in The southern Madrid club at the top strengthen after se- the 66th. The ball changed direc- moved from 11th to seventh in cond-place Valencia lost 1-0 to tion after hitting a defender, foo- the standings, only one point 10-man Getafe on Sunday. ling Valencia goalkeeper Neto. behind sixth-place Villarreal. Valencia had a chance to cut Valencia nearly equalized less The last league win for Lega- Barcelona’s lead to two points, than 10 minutes later when nes had been against Athletic but it left the match against mi- Parejo struck the post with a Bilbao in October, although it dtable Getafe five points behind Rakitic (left) duels for the ball against Celta Vigo’s Andreu Fontas free-kick shot that was barely recently had two Copa del Rey after conceding a second-half redirected by Getafe goalkeeper victories against second-divi- goal by Markel Bergara. and hadn’t been held scoreless man from the 25th minute at the Vicente Guaita. sion club Valladolid in the Rou- Atletico Madrid gained ground since a 0-0 draw against Atleti- Coliseum Alfonso Perez as Mau- Guaita also made a great save nd of 32. on Saturday by defeating Real co Madrid in the third round. It ro Arambarri was sent off for a on a long-range shot by Carlos Daniel “Raba” Rabaseda put Sociedad 2-1, but fourth-place had won nine straight before a foul that prompted his second Soler in injury time. Villarreal ahead in the 60th at Real Madrid missed its chan- league draw against Barcelona yellow card in a four-minute It was the third straight home Butarque Stadium, but the hos- ce after drawing 0-0 at Athletic last weekend. span. The Uruguay midfielder win for Getafe, which moved to ts recovered with goals by Diego Bilbao. Fifth-place Sevilla won “We have to move on and try to had been shown his first card in eighth in the standings with 19 Rico in the 72nd, Nabil El Zhar to get within eight points of the starting winning again as soon the 21st after another foul. points. in the 81st and Gabriel Pires in lead. as possible,” Valencia midfielder “We are thrilled to be able to injury time. Leganes had scored Valencia hadn’t lost in 16 games Dani Parejo said. win against a team which had STRUGGLING BETIS only once in its last four league in all competitions this season, Valencia played with an extra been playing so well,” Bergara Real Betis lost 1-0 at Las Pal- games. AP ad tue 05.12.2017

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Golf Fowler was seven shots out of the lead — three shots ahead of Woods — and he was leading be- fore he even made the turn. He holed birdie putts of about 12 Fowler beats Tiger at home feet on the first two holes, hit a gap wedge to 3 feet on the par-5 third, made his toughest putt into the green from 15 feet on No. 4, and and at the World Challenge then holed a bunker shot on No. 5. ickie Fowler isn’t Fowler had taken off five weeks Fowler followed that with another winning as much as he after the Presidents Cup when he wedge that spun back to a foot on would like. He’s still un- ap photo played two rounds with Woods the par-5 sixth, and he hit out of a defeated against Tiger to get ready for the OHL Classic bunker to about 7 feet on the next RWoods over the last month. Accor- in Mayakoba, Mexico, the only hole. ding to Fowler, anyway. official PGA Tour event he played “You just try and ride her till she They played in Florida as Woods in the fall portion of the schedu- bucks you, you know?” Fowler began working toward a return to le. Fowler shot four rounds in the said. “Ride until the horse kicks competition from his fourth back 60s and finished one shot behind you off.” surgery. Woods said it was young Patton Kizzire. He made par on No. 8, ending players like Fowler, Justin Thomas They played two or three times his streak. And by then, Hoffman and Daniel Berger who motivated before Thanksgiving, and when couldn’t do much about it. Hof- him, encouraged him and at times Fowler returned to golf in the fman closed with a 72 to finish alo- Rickie Fowler (right) poses with Tiger Woods and the trophy helped him understand where his Bahamas, he turned in the best ne in second. Tommy Fleetwood game was at. closing performance of his ca- (67) and Jordan Spieth (69) tied Fowler and Woods both left the holiday event in 2013 when it was There were other times when reer. for third. Hero World Challenge with plenty held at Sherwood Country Club in they played for fun. More than “I think he sharpened me up a The scores will show that Woods of optimism for the new year. California. who lost the bets and for how little bit,” Fowler said with a grin. finished 10 shots behind in a tie Fowler rallied from a seven-shot “I’m excited the way this week much was that Woods was playing “I’ve gotten a little scared of how for ninth, and even though he dro- deficit by opening with seven strai- has gone on,” Woods said. “It was again, and playing a lot. good he was playing at home, ve the green on the par-4 seventh ght birdies and closing with an a very good week.” “It’s been cool to see Tiger able thought I needed to start playing and made eagle, and shot 31 on the 11-under 61, the course record at As for those matches in Florida? to be back playing at home, or a little bit better or something.” front nine for the second straight Albany Golf Club, for a four-shot “I didn’t lose,” Fowler said. Ever? even here, just out having fun and Fowler is not always known for day, he was never in contention. victory over Charley Hoffman that “I was 1 down after nine and he healthy,” Fowler said. “One of the a fast start. In three majors this But this was about more than a moved him to No. 7 in the world. went to go play nine holes with times we played 18 holes, I was year, he stumbled at the start of score. Woods had three rounds in the Sam,” Fowler said, referring to going to go back to work out. And the round and then made a big He was strong from start to fi- 60s, and even with back-to-ba- Woods’ 10-year-old daughter. “I he went and played another nine.” charge late — especially at the PGA nish. Woods said there were no is- ck bogeys, he closed with 68 on think we both shot 65 on a day that As much as Woods gives credit Championship — until he ran out sues with his back, and that 2-iron Sunday and tied for ninth in the it wasn’t playing easy, typical kind to Fowler and the kids for bringing of holes. he quickly and violently recoiled 18-man field. It still was his best of south Florida wind. It was never him along, maybe it was Woods That wasn’t the case in the Baha- with a shot in the par-5 third hole result since a playoff loss in this like a match was given to anyone.” who helped Fowler. mas. showed that.

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t a U.S. corruption trial sistant U.S. Attorney Keith The World Cup is the most- officials and businessmen Aof three former South Edelman said in opening watched sporting event in have been charged, is being American football barons, statements in federal court the world, but it’s still has held in the same courtroom lawyers want to make sure in Brooklyn, New York. a way to go in the U.S. The where former mob boss that the case doesn’t get lost “It’s in charge of managing 2014 Super Bowl was wat- John Gotti was convicted in translation. the game all across the wor- ched 112 million people in in 1992. It’s confusing enough that ld. It’s kind of like the NFL the U.S. - and an estimated For prosecutors, ex- the trial involves a byzanti- or Major League Baseball, 167 million globally - whi- plaining profiteering in Mauritius for meetings, recounted how he hasn’t ne, 24-year conspiracy in- but it’s for soccer and for le the 2014 World Cup fi- football isn’t that different banked in Switzerland and returned to Buenos Aires volving more than a dozen the whole world.” nal had a U.S. audience of from detailing how the vacationed in Uruguay’s since May 2015. football officials around the The three former South about 27 million (and more Mafia works. sun-drenched Punta del Orders had been given in globe accused of taking six- American football officials than 1 billion worldwide). “It’s a concept that a Este. Argentina to ensure he di- figure bribes for broadcast on trial organized tourna- “Most Argentinians live New York jury will com- And they listened to dra- dn’t testify at the U.S. trial, and media rights. Then the- ments which involved the football as one of the most prehend,” said Anthony matic accounts about the “including killing me,” he re’s what in the United Sta- sport’s best professional important things in their li- Sabino, who teaches law at cost of cooperating with said. tes is called soccer - a sport teams - “kind of like the ves,” a government witness, the business school of St. American prosecutors. Even with multiple in- that claims a growing U.S. Yankees or the Mets,” said former Argentine sports- John’s University in New Jose Luis Chiriboga, a terpreters providing si- fan base but is something Edelman, who then com- marketing executive Ale- York. “They’re going to un- football agent who said he multaneous translation of an also-ran to American pared each continent’s jandro Burzaco, testified. derstand this sport is a bu- laundered at least USD2.8 of testimony into English, football, basketball and ba- football federation to base- “If their team wins, they go siness where there’s money million in bribes for his fa- Spanish and Portuguese, seball. ball’s American and Natio- to work on Mondays happy to be made and bribery is a ther, Luis, the former pre- there’s still been a need for So lawyers at the trial in nal leagues. and willing to make jokes. crime by any other name. sident of Ecuadorean foo- some cultural clarification. Manhattan are taking pains Defense lawyers have If their team loses, maybe Jurors will learn these are tball, said he may have to U.S. District Judge Pamela to explain the basics of wheeled out their own they skip going to work. It’s huge sporting events with seek refuge in the U.S. Chen interrupted an Ar- what in Brazil is called “The comparisons. Charles Still- like a national goal.” people willing to bribe offi- “It’s not so easy,” he said, gentine witness last week to Beautiful Game,” assuming man, a lawyer for former Napout, Marin and for- cials to gain access and reap growing emotional as he ask if there was a difference the jurors can identify Le- Brazilian football boss Jose mer Peruvian football boss exclusive contracts.” testified that he may never between two Buenos Aires Bron James but not Lionel Marin, described the Wor- Manuel Burga are accused With the case entering its again see his aging father football clubs whose bitter Messi. The U.S. may have ld Cup as “soccer’s World of taking tens of millions fourth week, jurors have who’s serving a 10-year rivalry often erupts into joined FIFA just nine years Series,” while Silvia Pinera, of dollars in bribes from learned how a bribe paid sentence in Quito. “This is violence. after football’s ruling fede- who represents ex-South businesses eager to lock up in Buenos Aires using a the hardest moment of my That elicited titters from ration founding in 1904, American soccer federa- years-long marketing and Cayman Islands shell entity life and this day will be with Latin American reporters but it’s a fair guess few in tion president Juan Angel broadcasting rights for the was processed in Manhat- me forever.” in the courtroom, promp- the courtroom knew that. Napout, said the game was most coveted matches. The tan. They heard how Latin Burzaco, who has ad- ting one to later say it was “At the top, there’s an “more than a passion in trial, the first in sprawling American football officials mitted bribing at least 30 like asking if the Yankees organization called FIFA South America, it’s a reli- U.S. corruption probe in jetted on private planes football officials with more and Red Sox are the same based in Switzerland,” As- gion.” which dozens of football from Miami to London to than $160 million, tearfully team. MDT/Bloomberg THE United Nations voices alarm about Station Air quality BUZZ spread of HIV in Egypt Roadside 50-70 Good The U.N. is voicing alarm over the spread ranks behind only Iran, Sudan and Somalia of HIV in Egypt, where the number of new in the Middle East for the rate at which the High cases is growing by up to 40 percent a year, epidemic is spreading, according to U.N. fi- Density 50-70 and where efforts to combat the epidemic are gures. In Egypt, patients are often jailed on Residental hampered by social stigma and a lack of fun- trumped up charges and ostracized by socie- Good ding to address the crisis. ty. The disease is associated with homose- Area opinion The virus that causes AIDS, U.N. officials xuality, which is not explicitly illegal but is say, is infecting more young and adolescent widely seen as a transgression against reli- Ambient 60-80 people than any other age group. gion and nature in the conservative, Muslim- Moderate source: dsmg source: World Views Egypt, home to some 95 million people, majority country. Conor Sen, Bloomberg WORLD BRIEFS Four ways that next year could be a turning point Kushner: Trump US-Pakistan Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is meeting with Pakistan As 2017 draws to a close, the least surprising thing leaders to seek on Wall Street is seeing strategists forecast that next still undecided on common ground on year will look more or less like this year. I respectfully the counterterrorism disagree. fight and encourage In the economy, in monetary policy, in the techno- Israel’s capital Islamabad to more logy sector and in politics, 2018 could be the most aggressively go after consequential year of the decade, just as 2008 was the insurgents moving Matthew Lee, Washington to the 2000s. across the border with Afghanistan. First, the economy. Since 1970, the only years that ap photo resident Donald finished with an unemployment rate lower than Oc- Trump has not yet de- tober’s 4.1 percent were 1999 and 2000. Those two P cided whether to recognize years were following by the bursting of the techno- ap photo Jerusalem as Israel’s capital logy bubble in 2000 and the recession of 2001, with or whether to proceed im- major corporate scandals like Enron’s. This isn’t to mediately in moving the U.S. say that a replay of either 2000 or 2001 is in the Embassy from Tel Aviv to the cards, but what we know is that the modern era has holy city. That’s according to very little experience with unemployment this low. his son-in-law and senior ad- Next year is setting up to be one of the best environ- Yemen Ali Abdullah viser Jared Kushner. ments for workers in the past 50 years. Saleh, Yemen’s former Kushner said yesterday president and longtime And how’s the Federal Reserve going to respond [Macau time] that the presi- strongman, was killed to this labor market? Especially as the Fed itself is dent continues to weigh his White House senior adviser Jared Kushner yesterday, according to struggling with vacancies and inexperience? Assu- options ahead of an announ- multiple Yemeni officials, ming he’s confirmed by the Senate, Jerome Powell cement on the matter that is “Any American step related been warned to expect pro- as his loyalists and Shiite will take over leadership of the Fed in a few months. expected this week. to the recognition of Jerusa- tests. But it would also offset rebels battled for control One of the board members on the Fed, Randal Quar- “The president is going to lem as capital of Israel, or mo- disappointment from Trump of the capital. les, just started. There remain four other vacancies make his decision,” Kushner ving the U.S. Embassy to Je- supporters from deferring on the Fed’s Board of Governors. In a normal year, ’s internal said in a rare public appea- rusalem, represents a threat once again his campaign pro- Israel perhaps all these vacancies and this inexperience security service says rance at an event hosted by to the future of the peace pro- mise to move the U.S. Em- might not be a concern, but with the yield curve fla- it has arrested two the Brookings Institution, a cess and is unacceptable for bassy to Jerusalem. ttening as much as it has in recent weeks, perhaps residents of southern Washington think tank. “He the Palestinians, Arabs and Trump’s announcement Israel suspected of inverting at some point in 2018, the bond market is is still looking at a lot of diffe- internationally,” Abbas told will follow months of inter- stabbing to death signaling changes in the economy that have histori- rent facts.” a group of Arab lawmakers nal deliberations that grew an Israeli soldier for cally led to more challenges for policymakers. Kushner’s comments were from Israel, according to the particularly intense last week, nationalistic reasons. The coming 12 months may turn out to be a year of his first public remarks on his official Wafa news agency. according officials familiar reckoning for the technology sector as well. Perhaps efforts to restart peace talks U.S. officials said last week with the discussions. They Malta Ten Maltese no company has epitomized the halo effect for tech suspects were arrested between Israel and the Pa- that Trump is poised to re- described the president as in society this decade better than Tesla with its iconic yesterday over the Oct. lestinians. And, they came as cognize Jerusalem as Israel’s intent on fulfilling his pledge leader, Elon Musk. Yet it’s no secret that Tesla is bur- 16 car bomb murder of he faces increasing scrutiny capital in a move that would to move the embassy but also ning a tremendous amount of cash. And while Tesla investigative journalist over actions taking during the upend decades of U.S. policy mindful that doing so could and Musk remain focused on the distant future, it’s Daphne Caruana Galizia, transition period following but also to put off once again set back his aim of forging a Malta’s prime minister arguably “put up or shut up” time for the company as former national security advi- moving the embassy from Tel long-elusive peace agreement and other authorities it struggles to produce its mass-market vehicle, the ser Michael Flynn’s guilty plea Aviv. The officials said Trump between Israel and the Pa- announced. Model 3. Should production delays continue to pla- on charges of lying to the FBI. is expected to make his deci- lestinians, who claim part of gue the Model 3, and as competing electric vehicles Shortly before Kushner sion known in a speech on Jerusalem as the capital of an hit the market, Tesla may find markets less willing to

spoke, Palestinian President Wednesday. eventual state. ap photo fund the company. Mahmoud Abbas warned that The highly charged declara- Moving the embassy cou- Another tech company that has epitomized the era American recognition of Jeru- tion risks inflaming tensions ld spark widespread protest is Uber, which has promised an initial public offering salem as Israel’s capital would across the Middle East, and across the Middle East and by 2019. The closer we get to that date, the more jeopardize the White House’s U.S. embassies and consu- undermine an Arab-Israeli scrutiny there will be on its financials, business mo- Mideast peace efforts. lates around the region have peace push led by Kushner. AP del, corporate governance, and battles with regula- The tors. Should any of that disappoint, or if its valuation Spain spokeswoman for ends up being far less than what it has achieved in The a leading Catalan previous rounds of private market financing, it cou- separatist party says a ld create spillover effects in the startup and venture decisive moment AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo judge’s decision to keep capital world. the region’s former vice And then in politics we’re looking at the first mid- president jailed was term wave election since 2010. All the information politically motivated and we have is pointing to a Democratic wave. Whether an attempt to prevent it’s special election results, the results in Virginia’s him from running in a elections, presidential approval ratings, or generic regional election this month. ballot polling, it’s all saying that Democrats are going to do very well in 2018. Should Democrats win one Venezuela President or both chambers of Congress, Capitol Hill is likely Nicolas Maduro says his to become far more interested in investigating Presi- government will launch dent Donald Trump. And what sort of legislation will a cryptocurrency to fight emerge from a Democratic Congress? The nation what he calls a financial has watched Republicans achieve little to nothing “blockade” by the Trump this year, but their counterparts may prove more administration against united and effective. the socialist-run country. Next year may bring the hottest labor market in 50 years, an inexperienced Fed navigating an overhea- Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez ting economy and an inverted yield curve, a crisis held on to a lead of more of confidence in the unprofitable futuristic technolo- than 52,000 votes in the gy sector, and Democrats retaking control of Con- country’s hotly-disputed gress. That won’t feel like “more of the same.” presidential race, with [Abridged] Supermoon. The moon rises behind the Uppatasanti Pagoda seen in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Sunday’s full less than 0.04 percent of moon was the first of three consecutive supermoons. ballots left to be counted.