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US-N. Korea North Korea yesterday threatened to scrap the P3 historic summit next month, saying it has held for first time no interest in a “one- sided” affair meant to pressure the North to abandon its nuclear weapons. More on p12-13 Hong Kong A group of Game developer creates Hong Kong journalists have demanded that mainland authorities release a television news journalist first multi-console project who was detained by police in Beijing, trying to cover a disciplinary hearing for a human rights lawyer. set entirely in Macau P2 MDT REPORT Vietnam A group of Chinese tourists wearing T-shirts depicting the country’s territorial claims in the disputed South China Sea has sparked anger in Vietnam. More on p11

Australia A state court employee has been fired for looking up in a restricted computer system details of charges facing a senior Vatican cleric.

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n infestation of ghosts and Ademons have overrun Ma- cau in Tony Lam’s nightmare world, the setting of a soon-to- launch indie horror-survival game that pits intimate, multi- player teams against each other in a seven-day test of endurance. Macau locals may know their way around this frightening pa- rallel world, but that won’t pre- pare them for the hordes of ter- rifying creatures patrolling the city’s historic streets after dark. Tony Lam is the vision behind the first multi-console project set entirely in Macau and the head of local video game deve- lopment company, 4DMacau Studio. He is a former Macau civil servant who has poured his savings into making a project that he describes as the game he always wanted but could never find. Because Lam is currently in Taiwan establishing an auxiliary office for 4DMacau Studio, the game developer and concept creator agreed to speak to the player-character’s entire body ping up, Lam admits that the The horror genre is vigilantly In light of the studio’s limited Times by video call. Donning a rendered from a height. The impending release date brings censored in the People’s Repu- financial resources, the Times black Five Nights at Freddy’s t- disadvantage of this feature is with it a great deal of pressure blic of China and, according to enquired as to whether Lam has shirt – a callback to a popular that it makes it more difficult for the game to be a commercial Lam, creations that feature ghos- applied for funding from enti- 2014 indie-cult horror game – to frighten the player. From a success. ts and demons are especially non ties such as the Macau Cultural Lam, a genuine fan of the genre, first-person vantage point, the Fight the Horror has seven grata. Industries Fund or the Macau is both optimistic and realistic player needs only pivot their core staff and about half ado- “I don’t know if my game will Government Tourism Office about his project. view to find a monster glaring zen part-timers that worked on sell any copies in the mainland,” (MGTO). ______down at them. This horror game the project until their dwindling he said. “They [mainland cen- MGTO, one of the principal or- aspect is known as jump-sca- finances forced them to find sors] don’t like people talking ganizers behind the International It started as a passion to create ring, but works less well in third- more stable employment. about history at all – that’s my Film Festival and Awards – Ma- the type of game that he would person when the monster can feeling. They also don’t allow cao, is keen to promote the city like to play. “I wanted a game usually be seen approaching. ghosts or monsters [in the horror through the arts. The idea, as ex- like this and one didn’t exist,” To offset this disadvantage, genre] in mainland games.” plained by MGTO chief Helena de he told the Times. “I have been Fight the Horror relies on its ______Senna Fernandes, was to get ar- waiting for this sort of game for story and atmosphere to deli- I think Macau tistic creators thinking about se- a long time.” ver the thrills. There are seven In Lam’s view, a horror game tting their next project in Macau. Though it carries a host of in- ghost stories in the game and all is the perfect set in Macau can only be made Lam argues that the same can teresting features, part of what of them are based on real tales setting for a in Macau, as Hong Kong “would be done in the video game deve- sets the game aside from other from Macau. not be interested” and developers lopment sector. titles in the genre is its third- In one game trailer, ghostly game. in mainland China are probably “I think Macau is the perfect se- apparitions are seen wandering person perspective. Most horror Tony Lam barred from doing so. But video tting for a game,” he said, adding titles put the player in a firs- around the Ruins of St. Paul’s. game development is almost non that the city’s size and density, t-person role, where only the In another, a young boy is -existent in Macau, with only a enclosed by natural geography, character’s hands and the tools seen starting up at a grotesque “It’s quite a pressure, but we handful of small teams even dab- could lend itself well to game de- they wield are visible. However, adaptation of the Kun Iam sta- love it. I am lucky that I met bling in the field. velopers. One of the most popular Lam finds this viewpoint diso- tue in NAPE and says, “I can’t people who share this goal with Though it falls squarely under video games of all time, Grand rientating. stop staring at that statue… I’m me,” said Lam. the creative and cultural indus- Theft Auto: San Andreas, is set in “Most games [in the horror afraid that when I turn my back There is one problem, howe- tries, video game development a metropolitan area of a similar genre] are first-person, but my on it, it will come to life!” ver, playing on his mind. The ci- has received almost no attention size. experience of those games is ______vil-servant-turned-game-deve- from the MSAR government or But Lam is wary of approaching very bad. I feel dizzy [disorienta- loper is aware that he might not the city’s higher education insti- the government, even though he ted] after a few minutes. That’s More than a year in the sell a single copy in mainland tutions. According to Lam, “one declined to explicitly say why. why I wanted to do one in third- making, the game is scheduled China, despite it being an ob- reason that the industry does “MGTO are not my customer,” he person.” to launch on PC in September, vious and potentially profitable not exist [in Macau] is that there said. “I am not making the game From the project’s inception he followed by PS4, Xbox and Nin- market for the game. is no university with any major for them. If they support us, that’s set out to include this graphical tendo Switch at a later date. But The reason: mainland censor- [course] directly related to game good, but they are not my custo- perspective, which shows the with development costs ram- ship laws. development.” mer.”

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Macau GP ghtly changed from last year’s edition as the new format of the WTCR event is composed of a total of three races per event, Chinese Racing Cup as opposed to the two races per event of the previous WTCC and TCR Series. Seat allocation and ticketing renamed Greater Bay Cup will also remain the same, with the stands able to receive a daily Renato Marques capacity of around 14,000 peo- ple and the ticket price ranging he 65th edition of the from MOP50 (on practice and Macau Grand Prix (GP) qualifying days) to MOP350-

will continue to host six marques renato 900 during the race days. racing events, inclu- Tding three international level races, organized and scrutini- The total zed by the Federation Interna- tionale de l’Automobile (FIA). budget of this Macau Grand Prix Organizing year’s edition is Committee (COGPM) represen- tatives introduced the 2018 edi- MOP200 million tion yesterday at a press confe- rence. As in the past, the GP will The event this year will take continue to host the Formula 3 place between November 15 and (F3) World Cup as well as the 18. As on previous occasions, GT World Cup, alongside the motorsports shows and promo- newly created World Touring tional events will continue to Car Cup (WTCR), the racing be held over the two weekends event dedicated to touring cars prior to the main event. that merged the World Touring During the presentation, Pun Car Championship (WTCC) and also noted that the COGPM is the Touring Car Race (TCR) Se- “committed to continue to im- ries. prove [both] pedestrian and With this fusion between the vehicles access around the tra- two major championships for ck, cooperating on temporary touring cars, Macau will be back cal level” among the racers and Touring Car Cap; two categories Motorcycle Grand Prix, which traffic measures and support hosting a grand finale of such a teams across the Bay area. at the qualifying stage (1,600cc this year enters its 52nd edition. around the circuit, having in- championship with the last of The other two racing events Turbo and over 1,950cc engi- Although there is not yet any creased the channels through the 10-event championship to will be held in the same format nes) that then will race together information concerning the which traffic information is dis- be held once again at the Guia as last year, as seen in the Macau in a single event, and the Macau program schedule, it will be sli- tributed to the public.” Circuit this November. The only novelty of this year’s event will be the announced transformation of the former Suncity Group retains GP title sponsorship Chinese Racing Cup, a one- make series that initially brou- he Suncity Group will continue to be The amount Suncity Group is donating ght together drivers from Ma- Tthe title sponsor of the Macau Grand Prix remains unchanged from the 2016 edition, cau, Hong Kong, the mainland (GP) event for 2018, Pun Weng Kun annou- when Suncity first contributed MOP20 and Taiwan in a racing event in nced during a press conference yesterday. million. The total budget of this year’s edi- which, theoretically, all compe- “Today, I am very pleased to announce that tion is MOP200 million. marques renato titors had an equal chance to Suncity Group will be the title sponsor of the Similarly to last year’s edition of the GP, win. Macau Grand Prix for the fifth consecutive BMW Concessionaires (Macau) Ltd will This format will this year be year,” Pun said, while acknowledging the continue to provide the safety and rescue presented with an expansion company for their support. services, as well as official cars for this year’s into a Greater Bay Cup. The pre- The press conference held at the Macau event. sident of the Sports Bureau (ID) Science Center was also where the presen- Pun also added that currently the China- and coordinator of the Grand tation of the cheque and the signage of the Macao Automobile Association is “actively Prix, Pun Weng Kun, said that agreement between the organizing commit- carrying out training courses for track and this is “an opportunity for more tee and the company represented by its se- race staff, and medical and rescue training, exchange and sharing at techni- nior vice president of Public and Social Rela- including competitor first aid training, to en- cal, mechanical and technologi- tions, Gina Lei, took place. sure the event proceeds smoothly.” Gina Lei and Pun Weng Kun

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Taiwan berates brands for siding with China aiwan’s Foreign Ministry yes- Tterday criticized Air Canada and Gap on Twitter, accusing the airli- bloomberg The delegation visited the Suning Group headquarters ne of buckling under pressure and the clothing retailer of sending the Cooperation wrong message to the world. “The decision by @AirCanada to buckle under pressure from #Beijing Jiangsu and & designate #Taiwan as part of #Chi- na on its website is unacceptable to Lusophone the government & people of Taiwan,” the Taiwan Foreign Ministry tweeted countries to connect yesterday. “We urge the carrier to re- verse this change & respect Taiwan’s through MSAR sovereignty and dignity.” The foreign ministry has asked Air meeting was held in the city of Nanjing last Canada for a “speedy correction” Aweek to promote investment and further following the airline’s decision to commercial cooperation between Jiangsu Pro- list Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, as vince, Macau and Portuguese-speaking coun- a part of China on its booking websi- tries. te, according to a statement from the The meeting was organized by the Depart- ministry ment of Commerce of Jiangsu Province with The Canadian carrier site now lists the support of the Permanent Secretariat of the destinations in Taiwan under the de- Macau Forum (Forum Macau), Jiangsu’s Office signation “CN,” which is shorthand for Hong Kong and Macau Affairs, and the Ma- for China. According to media repor- cau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute ts, the change appeared to have been (IPIM). made in the past few days, based on Among the attendees was the Secretary-Ge- archived versions of the carrier’s we- neral of Forum Macau, Xu Yingzhen, who no- bsite. ted that this cooperation with Jiangsu has been The Chinese government recently se slammed China’s demands as “This is Orwellian nonsense and in effect since 2011 and that six working groups wrote to more than 30 international “Orwellian nonsense.” part of a growing trend by the Chi- currently are working in the fields of trade and airlines, including some US carriers, President Donald Trump will “stand nese Communist Party to impose its investment, agriculture, education, tourism, demanding that they change their up for Americans resisting efforts by political views on American citizens fishing and infrastructure, which Xu noted websites to remove any informa- the Chinese Communist Party to im- and private companies,” Sanders had resulted in several fruitful experiences. tion that could suggest that Taiwan, pose Chinese political correctness on added. She said the Trump adminis- During the meeting, the deputy director-gene- Hong Kong or Macau are not part of American companies and citizens,” tration is calling on China “to stop ral of the Department of Commerce of Jiangsu China. press secretary Sarah Huckabee San- threatening and coercing American Province, Sun Jin, discussed the current eco- Earlier this month, the White Hou- ders said in a statement. carriers and citizens.” nomic and trade cooperation between Jiangsu, Macau and Portuguese-speaking countries, as well as a work plan for 2018-2020. Sun noted that as of 2017, Macau and Luso- journey’s departing point. phone countries had invested in a total of 688 [It] will be applied to chil- projects in Jiangsu. Additionally, Jiangsu has Air Macau to increase fuel dren and infants, [and] to established trade relations with Macau, An- flights operated by NX and gola, Brazil, Mozambique and Portugal in the surcharge next month codeshare flights operated fields of transportation, tourism, construction, by other carriers,” the Air culture, recreational arts, insurance, finance, ir Macau has annou- le for all flights departing The adjustment of the fuel Macau statement reads. and food processing. Anced its latest fuel sur- from Macau. surcharge is in accordance Furthermore, starting According to a statement issued by Forum charge updates this week, The adjusted fuel sur- with fuel prices on a mon- from the same date, the Macau, participants had the opportunity to ex- suggesting a USD4 increase charge will be applied from thly basis, according to Air fuel surcharge for flights change their views on ways of expanding bila- in the fuel surcharge in a June 1 when it will increase Macau’s statement. departing from Thailand teral trade, creating a bilateral investment base statement released by the to USD24. Until then, the “The fuel charge will be and Vietnam with Macau and organizing activities such as mutual visits, airline. surcharge will remain fixed applied per flight sector as destination will increase among other aspects. The increase is applicab- at USD20. and collected based on the from USD24 to USD28. ad thu 17.05.2018

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Gaming Standards for new concessions likely to increase

Lynzy Valles ses,” said the official. According to the official, industry Regarding the newest hotel in members expressed their hopes 16 Nam Van he Macau gaming con- the city – Morpheus – that is sla- that the new amendments would cessions will be re-auc- ted to open on June 15, the official not apply to existing junket pro- tioned and requirements said that he is currently studying moters. land plots for the new licenses are submitted information before he “We wish to raise the quality of Tlikely to be announced soon by the approves the number of gaming junket operators and [are] trying returned to government, said Paulo Martins tables. to receive opinions from the pu- Chan, director of the Gaming Ins- He added that the DICJ wou- blic. About the license renewal, government pection and Coordination Bureau ld follow the inherent principles, the government has standards,” (DICJ). strictly control the number of ga- he said, reiterating that the policy he concessions asso- The Chief Executive, Chui Sai ming tables, and announce speci- is that licenses given out are deter- Tciated with 16 land plots On, mentioned last year that there fic conditions later. mined by what will best assist the near Nam Van Lake were will be new information this year On Tuesday, Melco Resorts and development of the SAR. returned to the government Paulo Martins Chan regarding the future of the gaming Entertainment CEO and chair- Meanwhile, the revised draft law yesterday, according to a licenses. However, Chan opted not man Lawrence Ho declined to re- on prohibiting gaming employees dispatch published in the to divulge a date for this informa- changes were all in line with the veal the number of gaming tables from entering casinos during their government’s Official Gaze- tion to be released. law. Meclo requested, and only noted rest days is in its final stage and is tte. All 16 concessions expi- “The whole process will try to Questioned whether the changes that it depended on the ratio of its expected to be submitted by June red on July 30, 2016. As the meet the development of Macau,” in the shareholders would have investment in the project, which 30. developer did not complete Chan told the press yesterday after negative effects on Wynn’s license was USD1.1 billion. Chan also confirmed that the its development of the lands, he gave a keynote address at G2E renewal, Chan explained that they Chan also shared that the DICJ troubled 13 Hotel, which has pos- under the region’s new land Asia. are in “close contact” with the ga- has not received any application tponed its opening several times, law, the concessions are no “For every operator, they have di- ming operator, and that the gover- from Morpheus in relation to the has not submitted any applica- longer valid. Three plots of fferent backgrounds so they [also] nment has inspected the matter. use of junket operators. tions for gaming tables. land are located on Zone A of have to follow the jurisdiction in “Wynn Macau had some chan- Meanwhile, regarding the re- The official also stressed that no Nam Van Lake, 11 on Zone those places,” Chan said, citing ges in their shareholders matters gulations and amendments to cryptocurrencies are accepted in C, and 2 on Zone D. The area Wynn Macau’s changes to its sha- so we are having close contact with regulations over the slot machine casinos, as the bureau, along with covered by the plots of land reholders following Steve Wynn’s the company. Wynn Macau has regulations and junket promoters, the Monetary Authority of Macao, vary totals 58,086 square sexual abuse scandal. also submitted certain materials… the director said that industry con- has not authorized any cryptocur- meters. All plots of land are However, he clarified that the and [we are] following up the ca- sultation had been completed. rency related products. for commercial purposes.

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The Macau Government Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Tourism Office (MGTO) is negotiating a sea tourism project with local operators and hope to announce development plan soon a plan during this year, MGTO director Maria hina will soon unveil nment work report, China will Helena de Senna Fernandes

and implement the de- promote mutually beneficial coo- xinhua announced yesterday. velopment plan for the peration between the mainland, The negotiation primarily Guangdong-Hong Kon- Hong Kong, and Macau in all concerns ferry terminals Cg-Macau Greater Bay Area to areas. in the Macau Peninsula, promote mutual beneficial coo- At the press briefing, Meng said where passengers enter peration in the region, China’s the construction of Hong Kong- Macau. Helena de Senna top economic planner said yes- Zhuhai-Macau Bridge is pro- Fernandes said that the terday. gressing smoothly. The major Barra district would be an “Related policies are currently tunnel project was completed in ideal location for these sea being formulated and will be February and preparation is cur- tourism projects. Related government departments released soon when the work is rently underway for the official have been conducting complete,” Meng Wei, spokes- opening. discussions about the person for the National Develo- The 55-kilometer-long bridge, coastal landscape design pment and Reform Commission, situated in the Lingdingyang wa- to fit these sea tourism told a press briefing. ters of the Pearl River Estuary, projects. Currently, there The Guangdong-Hong Kong- will be the world’s longest sea is no schedule for the Macau Greater Bay Area is one bridge. announcement of the final of China’s regions of coordinated It will slash the travel time be- design. development, along with the Bei- tween Hong Kong and Zhuhai jing-Tianjin-Hebei area and the from three hours to just 30 mi- Yangtze Economic Belt. nutes, further integrating the ci- Infectious According to this year’s gover- ties in the Pearl River Delta. The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge disease building on tender Arrested taxi driver had The foundation work project for the city’s 85 violations on record Infectious Disease Building has been put out to public taxi driver who was At the destination, the However, the employee tender. The project is to Aarrested after locking taxi meter indicated was unable to help becau- be located on the east a tourist inside his vehicle that the fare should be se they could not commu- south side of the Conde has been found to have 85 MOP19. nicate through the closed S. Januário Hospital violations on record for However, the driver told window. (CHCSJ), and belongs to various taxi infractions. the victim that because he The driver then drove the first expansion project The driver is a local had been waiting at the the car approximately 50 of CHCSJ. The maximum man, surnamed Ng, aged border crossing for a long meters away from the ho- construction period is set at 760 work days. 26 years old who has time, the passenger wou- tel, still keeping the pas- The Infectious Disease been driving a taxi for two ld have to pay MOP100. senger trapped inside the Building’s superstructure years. The passenger refused. vehicle. and foundation works will The victim is a 28 years Ng then refused to open Eventually, the victim The driver admitted that not open the door. be developed in different old female tourist from the door in order to let decided to pay the driver he locked the passenger According to a police re- phases. Earlier, the Health Taiwan. The incident oc- her out. 50 patacas, after which he because he was not paid cord, the detained driver Bureau said that the design curred on Monday when The victim, while re- allowed her to leave. the fare he had asked. has incurred in 85 taxi of the superstructure the victim took the sus- maining inside the taxi, The victim only reported While he denied having violations between 2016 work is under revision pect’s taxi from the Cotai shouted in Mandarin to the case to the Public Se- imprisoned the passen- and the current day, in- in order to incorporate border crossing towards a a nearby local hotel em- curity Police Force (PSP) ger, he admitted that he cluding overcharging and several opinions from hotel located in Cotai. ployee for help. on Tuesday morning. knew the passenger could refusal to take passengers. governmental departments. corporate bits bnu donates mop1.6m to tung sin tong Established in 1892, Tung vienna flute mozartet performs at mgm cotai and principal flutist of the Sin Tong has been a leading ‘ ’ Vienna Philharmonic; Ali- charity organization in Ma- na Pinchas, violinist; Tobias cau, providing free medical Lea, principal viola; and Ta- services and education for más Vargaz, the principal citizens in need. cellist of the philharmonic. In order to collect more Held at MGM Cotai, the con- funds for charity, BNU and cert was attended by an au- Tung Sin Tong launched the dience of over 300 people, Tung Sin Tong Visa credit according to a statement from card in 1999 and the Tung the gaming operator. Sin Tong Visa platinum credit The quartet performed card in 2012. Not only is the works by Mozart, Schubert, annual fee free for the Tung Roussel, and Reger, inclu- Sin Tong Visa card, but car- ding Quartet in C-Major, Trio dholders will be helping out for Flute, Viola and Cello, those in need as BNU will do- Op.40, Serenade No.1 in nate 1 percent of consumers’ D-Major, Op.77a for Flute, retail spending of this card to Violin and Viola, and others. the charity. MGM supported and spon- tion (MYSO), presenting MGM pledged to bring inter- Banco Nacional Ultramari- chaired by Chui Sai Cheong, Since the inception of this sored the concert “Vienna a quartet from the Vienna national artistic experiences no (BNU) donated MOP1.6 president of Tung Sin Tong, donation scheme, BNU has Flute Mozartet” organized Philharmonic to Macau. to Macau while supporting million to Tung Sin Tong cha- and Pedro Cardoso, chief contributed some MOP13.7 by the Macao Youth Sym- The quartet included Die- and reinforcing the city as a rity yesterday in a ceremony executive officer of BNU. million to Tung Sin Tong. phony Orchestra Associa- ter Flury, former president cultural destination. 17.05.2018 thu

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Felicia Fonseca, Flagstaff Gaming merican Indian tribes are welcoming an opportunity to offer sports betting in poten- Tribes welcome opportunity to tiallyA hundreds of casinos across the country after the U.S. Supre- me Court cleared the way for sta- tes to legalize it. add sports book to casinos Tribal casinos generate more than USD31 billion a year in gross used to bet regularly on college revenue. While adding sports football and being able to do it at books isn’t expected to boost that ap photo a tribal casino less than an hour number significantly, tribes say from his home beats traveling to it’s another source to deliver servi- Nevada. ces to tribal members. “It’s a big pot,” he said. “Everyo- “The conversation is always, ne should be able to dip their foot ‘Why don’t you do like Vegas?’” in the pool.” said Sheila Morago, executive di- Tribes in Oklahoma have been rector of the Oklahoma Indian trying to get sports betting appro- Gaming Association. “Everybody ved through the state legislature always wants to give their custo- in the last two sessions but have mers things they have asked for.” been unsuccessful, Morago said. Many tribes give a share of ca- In Connecticut, the Mohegan sino profits to states in exchange Tribe said it’s looking forward to for exclusive rights to conduct working with the state to legalize gambling operations. In Arizona, and regulate sports betting. the state’s share was about $100 “We have long felt that Mohe- million last year. The lobby of the Navajo Nation’s Twin Arrows Casino, east of Flagstaff gan Gaming & Entertainment Some tribes believe agreements was in a great position to offer this with states already give them the The majority of the roughly 475 to approve a change to the state encompass before the state moves type of gaming at our properties,” right to control sports betting, tribal casinos have those games constitution. As is, California tri- to legalize it. For example, he said, spokeswoman Jennifer Harris while others will work out the de- and others like slot machines, bes have exclusivity in casino-style would it occur at a physical spor- Ballester wrote in a statement. tails through negotiations in com- blackjack and other table games, gambling, and some believe that ts book or could wagers be placed Ernie Stevens Jr., chairman of pacts that vary in wording state by according to the National Indian includes sports betting. online? the National Indian Gaming As- state. Gaming Commission. Sports wa- “Expansion of gaming is a sli- sociation, said the group has been “It’s going to be important for the gering would fall in the latter cate- ppery slope,” he said. “Tribes feel preparing tribal governments tribes that their position as sove- gory, the commission said. Nearly 240 like they have somewhat an exclu- for sports betting with listening reigns and their existing compacts The U.S. Supreme Court on tribes operate sivity to it. When the state or other sessions outlining internal regu- within their states are recognized,” Monday struck down the Profes- interests violate that, then tribes lations and negotiations of state said Valerie Spicer, a co-foun- sional and Amateur Sports Protec- casinos in more are concerned.” gambling compacts. Location der of the consulting firm Trilogy tion Act on a challenge from New In Arizona, Gov. Doug Ducey and competition would be major Group. “There’s still a lot of work Jersey. The law limited sports be- than half of U.S. saw the U.S. Supreme Court’s de- factors in tribes’ decisions to add left to do.” tting to four states that met a 1991 cision as a way to modernize tribal sports betting, he said. Nearly 240 tribes operate casi- deadline to legalize it: Nevada, De- states gambling compacts and poten- “I don’t believe this is going to nos in more than half of U.S. states laware, Montana and Oregon. tially boost revenue to the state. take the place of our slot machi- under the federal Indian Gaming States now can adopt laws regu- Steve Stallings, the chairman Most of the tribal compacts are up nes, but it’s another amenity we Regulatory Act or as commercial lating sports betting, though some of the California Indian Gaming for renewal in 2022. can enjoy and people can have fun ventures. Some only have games already have the legal framework Commission, said the group that Greg Jones was visiting a casi- with,” he said. “And we want to like bingo or pull tabs that don’t in place. represents 34 tribes wants speci- no run by the Navajo Nation east be able to move forward with the need authorization from states. In California, voters would have fics on what sports betting would of Flagstaff this week. He said he overall industry.” AP Trump Indonesia project gets Chinese gov’t partner

Chinese government- Even though Trump’s tended Trump’s inaugu- The Trump Organization Aowned company has involvement in the pro- ration last year. In a sta- declined to comment. signed on to build a the- ject predated his election, tement, MNC Land said The deal also raised me park in a vast develo- ethics experts say it’s still the Trump Organization questions about possible pment in Indonesia that trouble for the president, has “no relationship” with links between the invest- also features a Trump ho- possibly putting him in the theme park that the ment and the president’s tel and condos, a deal that violation of the emolu- Chinese company is buil- seemingly out-of-the-blue stands to benefit President ments clause of the Cons- ding. It also said that news tweet Sunday in which Donald Trump’s company titution, which bans gifts reports that a Chinese go- he called for Chinese te- just as top Chinese envoys from foreign governmen- vernment-backed $500 lecommunications com- head to Washington for ts. million loan for the pro- pany ZTE to “get back into trade talks. “This clearly benefits ject had been signed were business, fast” because Artist rendering of the Lido City development In a move that has alar- the Trump Organization, false. “too many jobs in China” med Trump critics, an and therefore its owner White House officials had been lost, a call to by selling to Iran and Nor- — and placed it in the con- Indonesian company con- Donald Trump,” said Har- steered clear of talk of help that seemed a stark th Korea. ZTE phones had text of ongoing negotia- firmed this week that it vard Law professor Lau- Chinese backing for the departure from Trump’s also been banned from tions about trade between hired the subsidiary of the rence Tribe, who is advi- project, dismissing the “America First” foreign U.S. military bases ear- the two countries certain state-owned Metallurgical sing on several lawsuits belief that it could violate policy. lier this year over fears to accelerate when senior Corp. of China to build against the president. He the emoluments clause or Just last month, the they could pose a security Chinese officials arrive a theme park in its Lido added that it is irrelevant the Trump Organization’s Trump administration threat. in Washington later this City development outsi- if the benefit came “indi- pledge to refrain from new ordered a seven-year halt White House officials week. de Jakarta. The property rectly” from China throu- foreign business while the in American shipments denied any connection The overture could also owner three years ear- gh the Indonesian com- president was in office. of computer microchips between the company reduce tension with Bei- lier struck a deal for the pany. Staffers pointed to an and software that are at and the Indonesia project. jing as Trump leans on development to include MNC Land, the Indo- answer Monday from the heart of most of ZTE’s Instead, they framed the China for help in the a Trump-branded hotel, nesian company that is White House deputy press telecommunications gear. tweet as a call to protect weeks before his summit 400 luxury villas and con- developing the park, is secretary Raj Shah, who The Commerce Depart- American jobs — many of with North Korea leader dos, and an 18-hole cham- owned by billionaire Hary referred all questions to ment accused ZTE of vio- the ZTE components are Kim Jong Un in Singapo- pionship golf course. Tanoesoedibjo, who at- the president’s business. lating American sanctions made in the United States re. AP 17.05.2018 thu

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“I am devastated by the fact that I was not more sober so that ap photo I could say with absolute cer- tainty whether what happened that night was rape,” she said. Kaiman said he remembers the night differently. “My perception and Ms. Son- mez’s perception of that night’s events differ greatly,” he said in his statement. “It’s unfortunate that, in hindsight, she feels the way she does about that night. I am a proponent of women’s ri- ghts and believe that every wo- man has a right to be heard and to tell her truth.” Kaiman said on his website that he is working on a book about a U.S. World War II flight crew that went missing in sou- thwestern China. Sonmez, who now lives in Washington, D.C., told the AP that she was “heartened to hear that the LA Times is taking this matter seriously.” “Whether it takes place in the US or while on assignment abroad, sexual misconduct should never be tolerated by any news organization,” she said. “I urge the newspaper to con- duct a full investigation of all of the allegations against Jon LA Times suspends Beijing chief Kaiman.” Laura Tucker, a former roommate of Kaiman’s, said in amid sexual misconduct probe an online post this January that he pressured her to have sex Yanan Wang, Beijing LA Times in China in 2015, of September. “Even though par- ter. On the way, Sonmez said, with him in 2013. At the time sexual misconduct. ts of the evening were consen- Kaiman lifted up her dress and the post was published, Kaiman he Los Angeles Times sus- Felicia Sonmez, who has re- sual,” Sonmez wrote, “Jon esca- sexually touched her without was the president of the FCCC. Tpended the head of its Bei- ported for the WSJ and Agence lated things in a way that cros- her consent. He apologized to Tucker on Twi- jing bureau yesterday after he France-Presse in China, detai- sed the line.” “It took me repeatedly telling tter and resigned from his FCCC was accused of sexual miscon- led what she called Kaiman’s Kaiman said in a statement him no and pushing him away position. duct for a second time. “problematic behavior” in an read over the phone to The As- for him to finally stop,” she wro- Tucker praised Sonmez’s letter The newspaper said it has email shared Tuesday with the sociated Press that “all of the te, recounting that on two occa- in an email to the AP. launched an investigation into Foreign Correspondents’ Club acts we engaged in were mu- sions Kaiman started taking off “I am furious but unsurprised allegations against Jonathan of China. tually consensual.” his shorts in public despite her that my experience was not an Kaiman made by a former Wall In her email, Sonmez re- According to Sonmez, she protests. isolated event,” Tucker said. “I Street Journal editor. In Ja- counted her experiences with and Kaiman were both “quite Sonmez said she and Kaiman applaud Ms. Sonmez for coming nuary, another woman accused Kaiman following a summer drunk” when she drove Kaiman then engaged in intercourse in forward and echo her desire for Kaiman, who was hired by the party hosted by the FCCC last home on her electric scoo- his apartment. a full investigation.” AP

Analysis Tencent opens the WeChat spigot, just a little Tim Culpan mes … yadda, yadda. In fact, Tencent has wiel- momentous thing ded that power with bloomberg Ahappened at Ten- great discipline by not cent Holdings Ltd. last spamming feeds in order quarter. The details were to avoid annoying consu- buried in its 44-page ear- mers. Such a savvy stra- nings statement late yes- tegy helped it keep attrac- terday. ting users while avoiding To cater to the strong the negative feedback we demand for social adver- often hear from users of tising on our platforms, Facebook or Twitter. Weixin Moments increa- Even at just one ad per sed its maximum ad load day in the Moments feed, to two advertisements per Tencent’s social media user day in late March. platform has climbed to When two is an increase account for almost 70 per- you know that the earlier cent of ad revenue. number wasn’t very high. With the two-per-day Weixin Moments is is like limit coming late Mar- a user’s Facebook or Twit- ch, we won’t have seen ter feed, and the ubiquity it reflected much in that of Weixin – aka WeChat quarter’s results. Expect a Given our ad loads for peers, we believe there is Advertisers and inves- ment knows that a slow - makes it a powerful tool stronger figure in the June social and feeds produc- a long runway for conti- tors are clamoring for drip will be far more for reaching consumers. period. But that’s just the ts are only small frac- nued growth of our social Tencent to open up that valuable than a flash But with great power co- start: tions of those of industry and others advertising. spigot. But its manage- flood.Bloomberg thu 17.05.2018

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hinese authorities and Airbus are inves- China, Airbus investigating tigating why a plane’s windshield blew out Cmidflight, forcing an emergency landing, in an unusual mishap blown-out windshield on plane for a country with a booming aviation market and exemplary jetliner blew out at about 5,300 air safety record. meters after it took off from Bir- ap photo Sichuan Airlines flight 8633 mingham’s airport. The captain was en route from Chongqing, was sucked halfway out the BAC China, to Lhasa, Tibet, on Mon- 1-11’s window but survived be- day morning when the A319 jet’s cause cabin crew held on to his cockpit window jet flew off, the legs while the co-pilot made an country’s aviation regulator said. emergency landing. An accident The pilot made a white-knuckle report said the windshield was descent to Chengdu, China as replaced before the flight with the co-pilot was nearly sucked the wrong size bolts. out of the plane, saved only by Earlier this year, a Southwest his seatbelt. Airlines jet’s passenger window Chinese internet users praised shattered when it was hit by de- the pilot’s levelheaded response bris from an exploding engine, during the harrowing incident killing one passenger. but also wanted to know what China’s air safety record impro- caused it. ved dramatically after a string of Losing a windshield midflight fatal accidents in the 1980s and “is an incredibly rare event,” early 1990s as authorities focu- said Geoffrey Thomas, the Aus- sed on making improvements. tralia-based editor in chief of sa- In this photo released by a passenger who wishes to remain anonymous, ground crew are seen near the Sichuan Airline flight Now, China’s airlines have a fety website Airlineratings.com. that made an emergency landing in Chengdu “superb record” and the coun- “You get cracks in windshields try is “considered an extremely from time to time, but certainly and passenger oxygen masks to Some cockpit equipment was signed a team to investigate and safe place” for air travel, Thomas they’re designed to be failsafe drop,” the Civil Aviation Admi- damaged, the CAAC said. Photos will cooperate with Chinese au- said. and this is not supposed to ha- nistration of China said in a sta- posted on Chinese social media thorities. China’s most recent fatal plane ppen.” tement on its website. showed an control panel partially CAAC said that the Airbus jet disaster was a military aircraft The incident does not detract “There was no sign before the torn away from the dashboard. began service on July 26, 2011 crash that killed 12 in January. from China’s overall safety re- windshield burst. Just a huge The co-pilot suffered scratches, and its windshield had no record But the country hasn’t had a fatal cord, which rivals that of more noise,” Captain Liu Chuanjian a flight attendant’s waist was of defects and had not undergo- accident involving a scheduled advanced countries, he said. told the newspaper Chengdu hurt, and 27 of the 119 passen- ne any maintenance or been re- commercial jetliner flight since The plane took off at 6:27 a.m. Economic Daily. Looking across gers were injured, according to placed before the accident. Air- 2010, when 44 people were kil- and climbed to 9,800 meters the cockpit, Liu saw the co-pi- a post from Sichuan Airlines on bus said the aircraft had logged led in an Embraer jet crash in when its right-hand windshield lot “partially hanging out of the Sina Weibo, China’s version of 19,942 flight hours. northeast Heilongjiang province, “suddenly burst and fell off, cau- window. Fortunately, he had his Twitter. In 1990, an improperly installed according to the Aviation Safety sing the cabin to lose pressure seatbelt on.” Airbus said Tuesday it has as- windshield on a British Airways Network database. AP

Beijing says military Chinese tourists spark anger in exercises intended to Vietnam over map on shirts group of Chinese tou- A rists wearing T-shirts threaten Taiwan depicting the country’s ter- ritorial claims in the dis- Chinese govern- reignty and territorial tact with her govern- puted South China Sea has Ament spokesman integrity,” An said. ment, step up military sparked anger in Vietnam. said yesterday that China has the “firm exercises and work to The tourists arrived at the country’s mili- will, full confidence increase Taiwan’s di- the Cam Ranh internatio- tary exercises around and sufficient capabi- plomatic isolation. nal airport on Sunday ni- Taiwan are intended lities” to block moves Chinese state me- ght and after going throu- as a direct threat to the toward Taiwan’s for- dia have given heavy gh the immigration, took self-governing island’s mal independence, An publicity to frequent off their coats to reveal government over mo- said. missions by air for- T-shirts featuring the so- ves Beijing sees as ce- China claims Taiwan ce fighters, bombers called “nine-dash line” de- menting its indepen- as its own territory and surveillance pla- marcating Beijing claims entering in the future,” Sea. dence from the main- to be brought under nes to circle Taiwan. to nearly the entire South reader Huynh Tan Dat China issued new pass- land. control by force if ne- China last month held China Sea. Vietnam is one wrote. ports starting 2012 with The message con- cessary. A Japanese drills on its side of the of the rival claimants. More than 4 million Chi- revised maps to include veyed by the recent colony for 50 years, Taiwan Strait and has State-run Tuoi Tre news- nese arrived in Vietnam the “nine-dash line.” Some drills is “very clear,” Taiwan was handed repeatedly sailed its paper reported that Viet- last year, accounting for Vietnamese border agen- spokesman for the Ca- to China at the end of sole operating aircra- namese authorities confis- about 30 percent of total ts have begun to issue se- binet’s Taiwan Affairs World War II but sepa- ft carrier through the cated the T-shirts. foreign arrivals in the Sou- parate visas rather than Office An Fengshan rated from the main- 160-kilometer (100- Immigration officials at theast Asian country. stamp Chinese passports said at a biweekly news land in 1949 amid civil mile) -wide waterway. the airport declined to It was not the first time to demonstrate that they conference. war. Despite Beijing’s comment yesterday. the Vietnamese were en- do not recognize the new “It is a strong war- Since her election in threats and strong eco- Some readers commen- raged over the controver- map. ning to Taiwan inde- 2016, Taiwanese Pre- nomic ties between the ting on the newspaper’s sial maps. In 2016, a bor- China and Vietnam have pendence separatist sident Tsai Ing-wen sides, surveys show website have called for the der agent at the Ho Chi had long-running territo- forces and their acti- has refused China’s de- few Taiwanese favor deportation of the Chinese Minh City airport defaced rial disputes in the South vities. It demonstrates mand that she recogni- political unification tourists. a Chinese passport with China Sea. Other claiman- our determination and ze Taiwan as a part of with authoritarian, “Deport them immedia- the words “f--- you” scri- ts include the Philippi- capabilities to safe- China. That prompted Communist Party-ru- tely, put them on the bla- bbled twice over maps of nes, Malaysia, Brunei and guard national sove- Beijing to cut off con- led China. AP cklist and ban them from the contested South China Taiwan. 17.05.2018 thu

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orth Korea yesterday Nthreatened to scrap a historic summit next month between its leader, Kim Jong Un, and U.S. President Do- nald Trump, saying it has no interest in a “one-sided” affair meant to pressure Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear wea- pons. The warning by North Ko- rea’s first vice foreign minister came hours after the country abruptly canceled a high-le- vel meeting with South Korea to protest U.S.-South Korean military exercises that Pyon- gyang has long claimed are in- vasion rehearsals. The surprise moves appear to cool what had been an unusual flurry of outreach from a coun- try that last year conducted a provocative series of weapons tests that had many fearing the region was on the edge of war. Analysts said it’s unlikely that North Korea intends to scutt- le all diplomacy. More likely, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (left) and South Korean President Moon Jae-in shake hands after signinga joint statement last month they said, is that Pyongyang wants to gain leverage ahead the “Libyan model” of nuclear used Gadhafi’s death to justify sions to bolster its positions from the two Koreas were to sit of the talks between Kim and disarmament and provide a its own nuclear development ahead of negotiations with down at a border village to dis- Trump, scheduled for June 12 “complete, verifiable and irre- in the face of perceived U.S. Washington and Seoul. But cuss how to implement their in Singapore. versible dismantlement.” He threats. the country also has a long his- leaders’ recent agreements to “We are no longer interes- also took issue with U.S. views The warning fits a past North tory of scrapping deals with its reduce military tensions along ted in a negotiation that will that the North should fully re- Korean pattern of raising ten- rivals at the last minute. their heavily fortified border be all about driving us into a linquish its biological and che- In 2013, North Korea and improve overall ties. But corner and making a one-si- mical weapons. abruptly canceled reunions hours before the meeting was ded demand for us to give up Some analysts say bringing The warning for families separated by the to start, the North informed our nukes and this would force up Libya, which dismantled its 1950-53 Korean War just days the South that it would “inde- us to reconsider whether we rudimentary nuclear program fits a past before they were scheduled to finitely suspend” the talks, ac- would accept the North Ko- in the 2000s in exchange for North Korean begin to protest what it called cording to Seoul’s Unification rea-U.S. summit meeting,” the sanctions relief, jeopardizes rising animosities ahead of Ministry. first vice foreign minister, Kim progress in negotiations with pattern of joint drills between Seoul and In a pre-dawn dispatch, the Kye Gwan, said in a statement the North. Kim Jong Un took Washington. In 2012, the Nor- North’s official Korean Central carried by state media. power weeks after former Li- raising tensions th conducted a prohibited long- News Agency, or KCNA, called He criticized recent com- byan leader Moammar Ga- range rocket launch weeks af- the two-week Max Thunder ments by Trump’s top securi- dhafi’s gruesome death at the to bolster its ter it agreed to suspend wea- drills, which began Monday ty adviser, John Bolton, and hands of rebel forces amid a positions ahead pons tests in return for food and reportedly include about other U.S. officials who have popular uprising in October assistance. 100 aircraft, an “intended said the North should follow 2011. The North has frequently of negotiations Yesterday, senior officials military provocation” and an

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hina urged its ally stability in the region,” tary exercises. Korea’s threat to scuttle North Korea yester- Lu said at a regularly China has called for the the summit is likely an

ap photo C day to proceed with a scheduled news briefing. building of mutual trust attempt to gain leverage historic summit between Kim and Trump are through the suspension over Washington, which its leader, Kim Jong Un, due to meet in Singapo- of large-scale U.S. and has demanded the North and U.S. President Do- re on June 12, but Nor- South Korean war games immediately and irre- nald Trump, amid threa- th Korea on Wednesday in return for a halt of the versibly cease its nuclear ts from the North that it threatened to withdraw, North’s nuclear weapons weapons program. would scrap the meeting. saying it has no interest and ballistic missile tests. In his meeting with Xi Foreign ministry in a “one-sided” meeting Chinese President Xi last week, Kim registe- spokesman Lu Kang said meant to pressure it into Jinping has met twice red his desire for Chine- the two countries should abandoning its nuclear with Kim over the past se support in the talks, ensure the meeting runs weapons. two months in what was particularly his call for as planned and yields North Korea’s war- seen as an attempt to a “phased and synchro- “substantial outcomes.” ning came hours after ensure China’s interes- nous” approach to denu- “Only in this way can it abruptly canceled a ts are upheld in any ne- clearization, as opposed we consolidate the alle- high-level meeting with gotiations between the to Trump’s demand for viation of the situation South Korea to protest U.S. and North Korea. an immediate end to its and maintain peace and U.S.-South Korean mili- Analysts said North nuclear program. AP thu 17.05.2018

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Set back Jong Un,” Nauert said. that he had pushed so hard to U.S. Army Col. Rob Manning build. The North previously said the current exercise is vowed to continue nuclear de- part of the U.S. and South Ko- velopment unless the United N. Korea threatens to cancel Trump-Kim summit over drills rea’s “routine, annual training States pulls its 28,500 troops program to maintain a foun- out of South Korea and with- dation of military readiness.” draws its so-called “nuclear “apparent challenge” to last and urged a quick return to drills took place last month Manning, a Pentagon spokes- umbrella” security guarantee month’s summit between Kim talks. The Defense Ministry without the North’s typically man, said the purpose of Max to South Korea and Japan as a Jong Un and South Korean said the drills with the United fiery condemnation or accom- Thunder and exercise Foal Ea- condition for its nuclear disar- President Moon Jae-in, when States would go on as planned. panying weapons tests, though gle — another training event — mament. the leaders met at the border Annual military drills be- Washington and Seoul toned is to enhance the two nations’ Yesterday’s threat could in their countries’ third sum- tween Washington and Seoul down those exercises. abilities to operate together to also be targeted at showing mit talks since their formal di- have long been a major sour- The KCNA dispatch said the defend South Korea. a domestic audience that vision in 1948. ce of contention between the U.S. aircraft mobilized for the “The defensive nature of Kim is willing to stand up to “The United States must ca- Koreas, and analysts have drills include nuclear-capable these combined exercises Washington. Kim has repea- refully contemplate the fate of wondered whether their con- B-52 bombers and stealth F-22 has been clear for many de- tedly told his people that his the planned North Korea-U.S. tinuation would hurt the de- fighter jets, two of the U.S. mi- cades and has not changed,” nukes are a “powerful trea- summit amid the provocative tente that, since an outreach litary assets it has previously Manning said. sured sword” that can smash military ruckus that it’s cau- by Kim in January, has repla- said are aimed at launching Washington and Seoul de- U.S. hostility. sing with South Korean autho- ced the insults and threats of nuclear strikes on the North. layed the earlier round of On Tuesday, South Korea’s rities,” the North said. “We’ll war. Much larger springtime Seoul has said F-22s are invol- springtime drills because of military said North Korea was keenly monitor how the Uni- ved in the drills, but has not the North-South diploma- moving ahead with plans to ted States and South Korean confirmed whether B-52s are cy surrounding February’s close its nuclear test site next authorities will react.” taking part. Pyeongchang Winter Olympi- week, an assessment backed Kim Dong-yub, a North Ko- In Washington, the U.S. State cs in the South, which saw Kim by U.S. researchers who say rea expert at Seoul’s Institute We are Department emphasized that send his sister to the opening satellite images show the Nor- for Far Eastern Studies, said Kim had previously indicated ceremonies. th has begun dismantling faci- the North isn’t trying to un- no longer he understood the need and Kim told visiting South Ko- lities at the site. dermine the Trump-Kim talks. interested in a purpose of the U.S. continuing rean officials in March that he The site’s closure was set to The North’s reaction is more its long-planned exercises “understands” the drills would come before the Kim-Trump like a “complaint over Trump’s negotiation that with South Korea. State De- take place and expressed hope summit, which had been sha- way of playing the good cop partment spokeswoman Hea- that they’ll be modified once ping up as a crucial moment in and bad cop game with [Se- will be all about ther Nauert said the U.S. had the situation on the peninsu- the decades-long push to re- cretary of State Mike] Pompeo not heard anything directly la stabilizes, according to the solve the nuclear standoff with and Bolton,” he said. driving us into a from Pyongyang or Seoul that South Korean government. the North, which is closing in Seoul’s Unification Ministry, corner. would change that. Despite Kim’s outreach, some on the ability to viably target which is responsible for inter “We will continue to go ahead experts were skeptical about the mainland United States -Korean affairs, called North Kim Kye Gwan and plan the meeting between whether he would complete- with its long-range nuclear-ar- Korea’s move “regrettable” NK Vice foreign minister President Trump and Kim ly give up a nuclear program med missiles. AP

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the last one who can preach to Jerusalem crisis us about military ethics.” Ireland and Belgium sum- moned the Israeli ambassa- dors to their foreign minis- Gaza hospitals struggle to tries for questioning about the Gaza violence, and the two nations, along with Germany, cope with high casualty toll called for an investigation. China called on Israel to show Fares Akram, Gaza Strip fueled by the growing despair In the orthopedics depart- area.” restraint. among Gaza’s 2 million people ment, nerves were frayed as “There is no justification for In Brussels, Prime Minister atients with gunshot who face worsening poverty, relatives worried about wou- the killing, there is no excuse,” Charles Michel called the Is- Pwounds filled wards and unemployment, 22-hour-a- nded family members amid Mladenov said, adding that Is- raeli actions “unacceptable hallways in Gaza’s under-e- day power cuts and sweeping fears their conditions might rael had a responsibility to ca- violence” and said there was a quipped and overwhelmed bans on travel and trade. deteriorate. librate its use of force. At the “clear lack of proportionality.” main hospital yesterday [Ma- The protests were also driven In one room, Ibrahim Ruhmi same time, he said, “messages Michel said the violence and cau time], with dozens still by anger over the relocation rested on a bed with bandages by Hamas indicate the inten- killings would be moved onto waiting in line for surgery a Monday of the U.S. Embassy on both legs. He had been shot tion to use mass protests to the calendar of the two-day day after Israeli soldiers shot in Israel from Tel Aviv to con- in the right leg, while shrapnel infiltrate into Israel and atta- European Union summit in and killed 59 Palestinians and tested Jerusalem. Palestinians hit his left leg. Outside the ck Israelis.” Sofia starting today. wounded hundreds in mass seek Israeli-annexed east Je- room his mother was crying On Monday, Israeli forces German spokesman Steffen protests on the Gaza border. rusalem as a future capital. on a chair in the hallway, con- shot and killed 59 Palesti- Seibert said the violence “con- The high casualty toll trig- Even before the latest round soled by his 28-year-old sis- nians and wounded more than cerns us greatly,” but also ac- gered a diplomatic backlash of bloodshed, Gaza’s health ter, Faten. 1,300, making it the deadliest cused Hamas of cynically es- against Israel and new char- system of 13 public hospitals Suddenly, the young woman single day in Gaza since a 2014 calating the unrest. ges of excessive use of force and 14 clinics run by NGOs started shouting at nurses in a cross-border war between Is- South African Nobel Peace against unarmed protesters. had buckled under persistent burst of frustration. rael and Hamas. Two more Prize winner Archbishop Des- The U.N. Security Council be- blockade-linked shortages of “His leg will rot,” she yelled. Palestinians were shot dead in mond Tutu said he was “dee- gan its session with a moment medicines and surgical su- “What are you waiting for? Do scattered border protests yes- ply distressed and broken- of silence for the dead, and the pplies. At Shifa Hospital in you wait for it to rot so you can terday, bring the total since hearted by the massacre per- U.N.’s special Mideast envoy Gaza City, the main health fa- amputate it?” late March to more than 100, petrated” by Israel. said there was “no justifica- cility in the strip, these woes A Hamas policeman, who the Health Ministry said. Earlier, Palestinian Presi- tion for the killing.” were magnified this week. was stationed as a security Israel’s military said 14 of dent Mahmoud Abbas orde- Turkey expelled Israel’s am- Anticipating a major influx guard on the ward, tried to those killed Monday were in- red his envoy to Washington bassador, and several Euro- of casualties ahead of Mon- calm her down, to no avail. volved in planting explosives to return to the West Bank in pean countries called for an day’s mass march, Shifa had “If you are unable to treat or firing on Israeli soldiers. a show of protest against the international investigation. set up an outdoor triage sta- them, why are you letting them The diplomatic backlash U.S. Embassy move to contes- Israel said it has the right to tion under a green and blue go to the protests,” she said against Israel was swift ted Jerusalem. protect its border and nearby tarp in the hospital courtyard, of her brother and the others following the dramatic sce- Meanwhile, there were no communities, accusing Gaza’s setting up 30 beds and stret- who were wounded by Israeli nes from the Gaza border of signs yesterday that Hamas ruling militant group Hamas chers there. snipers in the dangerous area frantic protesters carrying the had made a breakthrough in of carrying out several attacks Throughout the day Mon- near the border fence. wounded to ambulances in shaking off the blockade. under the guise of the protes- day, Shifa received about 500 Nickolay Mladenov, the spe- clouds of putrid black smoke Hamas has said protests ts. The U.S. ambassador to injured people, more than 90 cial U.N. envoy to the region, from burning tires and flag- would continue weekly, but the U.N., Nikki Haley, came percent with gunshot wounds, told the Security Council on waving women in robes and it was not clear if it would be to Israel’s defense, saying no said hospital director Ayman that hospitals in Gaza were headscarves defiantly facing able to maintain momentum member “would act with more Sahbani. Of those, 192 needed “reporting an unfolding crisis Israeli soldiers in the distance. during the Muslim fasting restraint than Israel has.” surgery, including 120 who of essential medical supplies, Turkey expelled Israel’s am- month of Ramadan, which be- Monday’s border confronta- needed orthopedic surgery, he drugs and equipment needed bassador, and Israel retaliated gins this week. tion was the culmination of a said. to treat the injured.” in kind. Israeli Prime Minis- One leading organizer said weeks-long protest campaign Overwhelmed surgeons He said a U.N. official who ter Benjamin Netanyahu ac- the next mass march would be to break a border blockade working in 12 operating thea- visited Gaza, “witnessed first- cused Turkey’s president of held June 5, to mark the anni- that Israel and Egypt imposed ters had only performed 40 hand patients being brought hypocrisy, saying that a “man versary of the 1967 Mideast after a Hamas took over Gaza orthopedic operations, with in on stretchers and left in whose hands are drenched in war in which Israel captured by force in 2007. The pro- 80 others still waiting their the hospital’s courtyard, whi- the blood of countless Kurdish Gaza, the West Bank and east tests were led by Hamas, but turn. ch was being used as a triage civilians in Turkey and Syria is Jerusalem. AP thu 17.05.2018

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Environment Greenpeace says paper giant cut forests during conservation pact reenpeace has decision. It said the companies deaths. ended a five-year truce responsible for deforestation AP’s investigation found ex- with one of the world’s ap photo were not under its direct control. tensive links between Sinarmas, largest paper com- “The fight against deforestation its pulp and paper and forestry Gpanies, accusing it of cutting in Indonesia is a complex issue arms and nearly all the 27 plan- down tropical forests in Indo- and not one any organization tation wood suppliers it had told nesia during the entire time the can resolve by themselves,” the the outside world were indepen- two were cooperating on conser- statement said. dent in an apparent attempt to vation. Indonesia is chopping down its greenwash its image. Most of The announcement yesterday, rainforests faster than any other the wood suppliers were based triggered by an Associated Press country, profiting paper and in Sinarmas offices and owned investigation, abruptly ends a palm oil conglomerates while by employees of the Sinarmas landmark 2013 agreement in causing chronic social and en- group and in some cases former which the environmental group vironmental problems. Rapid employees. suspended a global campaign forest loss and greenhouse gas Using drone photos and sate- against Indonesia’s Sinarmas emissions have made Indonesia llite images, AP reported that and its Asia Pulp & Paper arm the fourth biggest contributor to plantation company Muara Sun- in exchange for commitments global warming after China, the gai Landak, one of the two com- to end deforestation, land grabs ded analysis of satellite imagery, “The group must immediately U.S. and India. panies now accused of defores- and conflicts with local commu- showed that two companies come clean,” he said. “Stop the The country’s emissions soared tation by Greenpeace, had been nities. connected to Sinarmas cleared bulldozers and restore what was in 2015 when record dry sea- cutting down tropical forest for The campaign had linked the almost 8,000 hectares of forest destroyed.” son fires, worsened by draining several years on lands it has a company’s destruction of fores- and peatland on Borneo during “It’s only this action that can of swampy peatland forests for government permit to exploit. ts in Indonesia to boxes used to the five years it was advising the save APP and Sinarmas from plantations and El Nino weather The tropical wood was being package Barbie dolls, causing family-owned conglomerate on further campaigns and contract conditions, burned 25,900 squa- turned into pellets marketed Sinarmas to hemorrhage impor- forest conservation. cancellations by customers,” he re kilometers of plantations and as a sustainable energy source. tant customers including Barbie The evidence shows that Sinar- said. forests. The smoke blanketed Government records that tra- maker Mattel, Xerox, Danone mas is “not genuinely serious” A statement released by Asia much of Indonesia, Singapore, ck levies companies pay when and KFC. about stopping deforestation Pulp & Paper said it had worked Malaysia and southern Thailand cutting tropical timber on such Following AP’s stories in De- in Indonesia, said Kiki Taufik, over the past three months to in health-damaging haze that so-called concession lands also cember, Greenpeace said its head of Greenpeace’s Indonesia address concerns and was “di- a Harvard and Columbia study showed the deforestation taking own investigation, which inclu- forests campaign. sappointed” with Greenpeace’s estimated hastened 100,000 place. AP

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Courtesy BBC News The southern Estonian municipality of Kanepi has a canna- bis leaf on its new flag — because that’s what its name means Destiny: the tale ok kamakura in Estonian. room 3 2:15, 4:45 7:15pm In context Andrus Seeme, mayor for Kanepi’s 2,500 souls, says a re- Director: Takashi Yamazaki Roman Wardas, a 24-year-old Pole, and Gantscho Ganev, a 38-year-old ferendum was held in late 2017 and 80 percent picked the Starring: Masato Sakai, Mitsuki Takahata winning design — a silver cannabis leaf on a green shield — Bulgarian, were convicted in December 1978 of stealing the coffin and Language: English (Chinese) trying to extort £400,000 from the Chaplin family. out of seven designs. Wardas was sentenced to four-and-a-half-years’ hard labour for master- Seeme said yesterday the city council adopted it a day ear- The Through minding the bizarre plot to hold Charlie Chaplin’s body to ransom. He said lier. room 3 he was inspired by an article about a similar case in an Italian newspaper Kanepi chose a new flag after three municipalities merged 02:30, 04:30, 7:30, 9:30pm and believed it was the answer to his financial difficulties. into one following last year’s administrative reform. Director: Nick Cheung His Bulgarian accomplice, described as a “muscle man” with a limited Seeme said the leaf has been used as a heraldic symbol Starring: Nick Cheung, Xu Jing Lei, He Jiong, Miu Kiu Wai sense of responsibility, was given a suspended 18-month sentence. by local groups for decades and the new flag has met little Language: Cantonese (Chinese & English) Sir Charles’ coffin was reburied in a theft-proof concrete grave. opposition in Estonia, where cannabis is illegal. Duration: 111min thu 17.05.2018

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Motorsport Haas succeeding but not expecting to win in F1 anytime soon Tales Azzoni, Barcelona diate goal,” Haas said. “We are especially the introduction of with the overall results so far. Azerbaijan, then on Sunday cau- not running for a championship, budget caps to reduce the huge “We are reassessing every race, sed a three-car collision at the ene Haas had a lot to learn we are running for the points. financial gap to the top teams, every year,” Haas said. “As long start of the Spanish GP, promp- Gwhen he decided to venture You can’t believe how the teams is the only hope Haas and other as we are moving forward, we ting FIA to hand him a costly into Europe with a new Formula respond if they get one or two smaller teams have to one day are OK. Going backwards is not three-place grid penalty for the One team. points. To them that’s a podium, realistically challenge for vic- what we want to do.” Monaco GP in two weeks. One adjustment as a team ow- getting a few points.” tories. There have been discus- He admitted the team’s stru- Haas is currently sixth in the ner was adapting his standard Haas driver Kevin Magnussen sions to implement spending ggles to finish races this season constructors’ championship, al- for success. said his seventh-place grid start limits beginning in 2021, which have hurt the long term plan. ready 134 points behind leader In F1, winning has a different in Spain felt like “pole position.” could theoretically reduce the Mercedes. meaning if you are not Ferrari, His sixth-place finish in the race advantage of the front-runners “We’ve had a hard year so far, Mercedes or Red Bull. Being the was the team’s second-best this who sometimes have budgets we’ve probably left 40 points on fourth-best team — the best of season. two or three times bigger than the table that would have made a the rest — is the most Haas can “This is where we should be fi- the smaller teams. We really big difference in our plan,” Haas do in the top racing series. ghting,” Magnussen said. “This “You have to keep in mind that said. “But it’s part of racing, “We really don’t consider ou- weekend we have been very when we go to the races we mi- don’t consider just winning and losing every rselves to be a competitor with strong, we’ve been the fourth- ght bring two wings, and Ferrari, ourselves to be weekend.” the top three teams,” Haas told best car and I think we should be Red bull and Mercedes will bring Haas got into F1 with an admit- The Associated Press at the Spa- somewhere around there every 10,” Haas said. “So, you know, it’s a competitor ted goal of boosting his commer- nish Grand Prix. “I mean, they weekend.” just that they are so much more cial enterprises as a high-tech are so far ahead of us, they are In only its third year in F1, the advanced in how they approach with the top tool manufacturer and he says kind of in another universe. So U.S-based team has done “really racing than we are. But that’s three teams. that’s paying off away from the we are just really trying to figure well” trying to succeed behind part of that budget cap too.” track. It was a risky move consi- out how to compete in the bot- the top three teams, Haas said. Steiner said he was “very opti- Gene Haas dering that many other smaller tom seven teams. There’s a lot of The team has shown from the mistic” that regulation changes teams tried to enter the series competition there.” start it has a car fast enough to would eventually come into pla- Haas started the year with a but got bust within a few years. Haas said “a win for us” is to be compete for fourth place in the ce to give Haas a chance to aspire huge disappointment in Austra- “I think we did more than running about a second behind constructors’ championship. more in F1. lia, when consecutive pit-stop anybody expected us to do when the Ferraris and staying in front “With the regulations like they “The biggest criticism is that mistakes forced both cars to re- we started off,” Steiner said. of McLaren, Renault and Force are now, this is the maximum we never anybody can get up there tire with loose wheels when they “There were a lot of naysayers India. He said the only way for can do,” team principal Guen- except Ferrari, Mercedes and were running fourth and fifth in because some teams which tried Haas to win a race is if the “stars ther Steiner told the AP. “If I Red Bull,” he said. “So for sure the race. Magnussen followed to start up in the last years all align” and all the big teams make would say we are going to beat something will change.” with a good fifth-place finish in failed. So people expected us to some mistakes. Red Bull or Ferrari, people wou- Haas said the team’s future in Bahrain and was 10th in China, be more of the same. We are not. “If you can run, say, mid-pack, ld think I’m dreaming. Anybody F1 doesn’t depend solely on the but teammate Romain Grosjean We are actually in the third year which would be fourth, fifth or in the moment could celebrate approval of the budget caps. He is yet to finish in the points. and we are fighting for best of sixth, it’s a good business model, fourth place, because that is the came into the series with a five- The veteran French driver the rest position. you can actually almost break best of the rest.” year plan to see if he could stay crashed by himself under the “I think [Haas] is proud of what even. That’s kind of our imme- Changes in F1 regulations, longer, and he has been satisfied safety car while running fifth in he created,” Steiner said. AP THE US firms seek tariff relief as Station Air quality BUZZWashington and China try to mend rift Roadside 25-45 Good Corporate America is seeking relief from its 431 workers if 25 percent tariffs take effect President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs on the components it uses to make car air- High on at least USD50 billion in Chinese goods as conditioning compressors. SABIC, a petro- Density 10-30 U.S. and Chinese negotiators seek to prevent chemical manufacturer, wants some building Residental Good a trade war between the world’s two biggest materials struck from the tariff list. Area economies. As the U.S. government began three days of opinion Best Buy wants televisions to be spared from hearings on the tariffs Tuesday, Chinese Vice the tariffs. Sanden International (USA) of Premier Liu He traveled to Washington to Ambient 25-45 Good Made in Macao Wylie, Texas, warns it will have to lay off 39 of seek a resolution to the trade dispute. dsmg source: Jenny Lao-Phillips Melania WORLD BRIEFS Triple celebration on Buddha’s birthday Trump pays return Israel-Palestine A senior Hamas official Next Tuesday, 22 May 2018, is the annual ho- says the vast majority liday celebrating the Buddha’s birthday. What visit to recovering of protesters killed by not many people are aware of is that the eighth Israeli fire during protests day of the fourth month of the lunar year cele- on the Gaza border this brates the feast day of Tam Kung, a Taoist deity week were members first lady at hospital of the Islamic militant widely worshipped in Macau and Hong Kong. group. More on p14 Tam Kung may be familiar to us due to the resident Donald famous Tam Kung Temple in Coloane village Trump visited his wife,

P ap photo by the waterfront near Saint Francis Xavier’s Melania, in the hospital yes- church. The temple and the church create a terday [Macau time] as she ap photo strong East meets West sense by the strip of continues to recover from a seaside which overlooks the Mainland. But kidney procedure. who is this Tam Kung? Trump said earlier that Legend has it that Tam Kung was a bright the first lady is “doing really and kind child from the Yuan Dynasty who fou- 得道 well” and that he expected nd De Tao at the age of twelve. De Tao her back at the White House literally means receiving “the Way”; a human before the end of the week. becoming a deity through the hard work of He arrived by helicopter at meditation and learning. It was believed that Walter Reed National Mili- ’s two populist after Tam Kung finding De Tao, he was able to Italy tary Medical Center outside leaders are brushing off control the weather, and was often seen near Donald Trump arrives on Marine One at Walter Reed National Military Washington on Tuesday af- Medical Center in Bethesda fears in Brussels and seashores in the Guangdong area where he ternoon and stayed for about the markets over the cured sickness and blessed the weather for 90 minutes before returning familiar with the discussion Trump’s condition said the outlines of their possible fishermen living in the village. He was thus na- to the White House. He also but not authorized to dis- most likely explanation for government, and are med the god of sea. The statues of Tam Kung visited Monday after doctors cuss a private conversation. the embolization procedu- insisting they are close seen in the Temples are that of children be- to a deal designed to performed the “emboliza- Trump also joked that his re is a type of noncancerous cause according to legend, after becoming a help ordinary Italians. tion” procedure. 48-year-old wife should be kidney tumor called an an- deity, Tam Kung gained immortality and never “Melania is doing really the one visiting him in the giomyolipoma. grew old. Therefore, he still looks like a twel- Portugal Officials well. She’s watching us right hospital and not the other They’re not common but ve-year-old boy. in Portugal say a bus now,” Trump said as he spoke way around, a senator said. tend to occur in middle-aged carrying British tourists How is the festival of Tam Kung celebrated? near the Capitol at an annual The president turns 72 next women and can cause pro- in the southern Algarve Because the Tam Kung Temple is in Coloane, tribute to law enforcement of- month. blematic bleeding if they be- region has rammed into the Tam Kung Festival is a big celebration all ficers killed in the line of duty. Trump tweeted Tuesday come large enough, said Dr. the back of a cement over Coloane village. Celebratory events in- “And I want to thank the that his wife “will be leaving Keith Kowalczyk of MedStar truck on a highway, clude the Chinese Lion Dance and Portuguese incredible doctors,” Trump hospital in 2 or 3 days.” Her Georgetown University Hos- injuring 15 passengers, Folk Dance, showing the unique Portugue- added. “They did a fantastic spokeswoman had said in a pital. Mrs. Trump is 48. four of them seriously. se-Chinese culture of Macau. There is also a job.” statement Monday that the The “treatment of choice” Chinese Opera about the Chinese Poseidon. At the Capitol later, where first lady was likely to remain is to cut off the blood supply The event culminates in a large outdoor dinner he joined Republican sena- hospitalized for “the duration to shrink the growth, said ap photo in Coloane Village known as the 1000-person tors at their weekly lunch, of the week.” Dr. Lambros Stamatakis of banquet. Trump reiterated that his The White House said the MedStar Washington Hos- One thing that cannot be missed during the wife is “really doing well.” procedure was “successful” pital Center. Doctors do Tam Kung Festival celebration is the drunken Trump joked at lunch that but withheld details of the that with an embolization — dragon dance, a part of Macau’s cultural he- support for the first lady first lady’s condition, citing snaking a catheter into the ritage. The eighth day of the fourth month is was so high that he had her her privacy. blood vessels of the kidney to also the Drunken Dragon Dance Festival. So promise she wouldn’t run Two urologists who have no find the right one and block while the dance is performed to celebrate Tam against him, said a person personal knowledge of Mrs. it. AP Kung Festival, the events around the temple, in turn, also celebrate the Drunken Dragon Dance Venezuela Kellogg Festival. Co. has closed Though both the Tam Kung Festival and the operations in Venezuela Stormy and laid off 300 workers, Drunken Dragon Dance Festival are very co- prompting socialist lorful celebrations, the main character of the President Nicolas day is still the Buddha, given it is the Buddha’s Porn star crowdfunding raises Maduro to accuse the birthday and the day is considered a public ho- company of trying to liday. One interesting thing I found about the transparency questions sabotage his chances Buddha’s birthday is that it is not as much a bir- of getting re-elected in thday celebration as it is a bathing celebration. tormy Daniels has raised nearly a half- Sunday’s presidential The Buddha’s birthday is sometimes referred to million dollars to fund her lawsuit against vote.

S ap photo as the Buddha Bathing Festival because on the President Donald Trump, relying on contribu- day, the statue of the Buddha is showered with tions from a crowdfunding site. Her lawyer has Brazil A Florida man has pleaded guilty perfumed water. At first I thought that the act, repeatedly pointed to the public site as eviden- to illegally shipping by which Buddha’s believers gather to clean ce that he and his client aren’t bankrolled by firearms to Brazil, many the Buddha statues was similar to the Tomb Trump’s political foes. of them concealed in Sweeping Day, on which families gather to But the truth is, no one knows precisely who water heaters and other clean the tombs of ancestors. But I was wrong. is funding the effort. large appliances. The showering of the Buddha’s statue is done The more than 14,000 donations have been in tribute to the legend that Prince Siddharta made mostly anonymously in amounts ran- Stormy Daniels, whose given name is Stephanie Canada’s federal Clifford, and her attorney Michael Avenatti Gautama was showered with perfumed water ging from USD10 to $5,000. Through Monday, government will by nine dragons that had descended from hea- Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, cover financial losses ven. The bathing of the Buddha signifies an and her attorney, Michael Avenatti, raised sident’s beliefs on various issues. a pipeline builder might suffer if British internal cleansing for those who participate. more than $490,000 on CrowdJustice.com, The target for donations is $850,000, which Colombia’s provincial So, get ready for a triple festival by watching a crowdfunding site dedicated to helping peo- Avenatti called a “realistic and reasonable tar- government continues the drunken dragon dance, visiting the Tam ple raise money for legal fees. About $100,000 get based on what we know right now.” to obstruct the Trans Kung Temple in Coloane village, and seeing arrived in the last week after Avenatti released Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Mountain pipeline if we can watch the showering of the Buddha documents about payments Trump’s personal Law School, said it’s unusual but “not totally expansion, the country’s somewhere along the way. lawyer, Michael Cohen, received from private unheard of” for a lawyer to seek online dona- finance minister said companies seeking information about the pre- tions to cover legal costs. AP yesterday.