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IRBIL: Security authorities in Iraq’s Kurdistan have taken measures to ensure safety and stability during the refer- 5-year-old girl endum on the region’s independence set for Sept 25, 2017. The remarks were made by Kurdish Minister of beaten to death Interior Karim Sinjari during his meeting with a Kuwaiti media delegation late Sunday. Security authorities have by mom, lover arrested about 1,700 members of the so-called Islamic State (IS) who were hiding among displaced Iraqis in By Hanan Al-Saadoun the region’s refugee camps, he noted. Although the city of Mosul was liberated from IS’ control, there are still KUWAIT: A 5-year-old girl was killed by her mother some terrorist cells in Mosul that belong to the group, and her boyfriend. Police received a call about a girl Sinjari said. who died after falling from a height in Qusour. The Kuwaiti delegation also met with the head of the Detectives and paramedics dispatched to the scene foreign affairs department at Kurdistan’s government noticed some bruises on the child’s body, so they Falah Mustafa, who stressed the importance of boosting called forensic experts. The body was then referred cooperation between his region and Kuwait on all lev- to the coroner. els, mainly investment. Mustafa also addressed the When her mother, a divorcee, was questioned, regional and international impact of the upcoming ref- she confessed that she was with her boyfriend. They erendum’s results. repeatedly beat the girl because she was disturbing The Kuwaiti delegation includes KUNA’s Editor-in- them, leading to her death. The source said the Chief Saad Al-Ali, Editor-in-Chief of Al-Anbaa daily boyfriend took the mother and the girl’s body to Yousef Al-Marzouq, Editor-in-Chief of Kuwait Times Abd their car, then the mother went home and called Al-Rahman Al-Alyan and Trustee of Kuwait Journalists police, claiming the girl had fallen, but bruises on Association Adnan Al-Rashed. her body indicated otherwise. The mother’s Meanwhile, a Kuwait-funded ward at a prosthetic boyfriend was arrested at dawn yesterday. medical center in Irbil in Iraq’s Kurdistan region was launched to treat those whose limbs were amputated in the fight against IS. Speaking on the occasion, head of the center Dr Ghassan Al-Alousy told KUNA that the hos- pital receives about eight patients of all ages daily, most News IRBIL: A Kuwaiti media delegation tours a Kuwait-funded ward at a prosthetic medical center in the capital of of them with severed feet or legs. After placing prosthet- in brief Iraq’s Kurdistan region. The delegation includes Editor-in-Chief of Kuwait Times Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan, ics, the patients receive physical therapy to allow them Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) Editor-in-Chief Saad Al-Ali, Editor-in-Chief of Al-Anbaa Yousef Al-Marzouq, Kuwait to adjust to their new artificial limbs, he noted. Journalists Association Trustee Adnan Al-Rashed and KUNA reporter in Kurdistan Mukhlis Khishnaw. — KUNA Kuwait rejects ‘untrue’ Continued on Page 2 Asharq Al-Awsat ban PAGE PAGE KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Information Ministry yesterday reject- Ali bowls England to Iran inks biggest-ever ed social media rumors that it prevented the distribution of influential UK-based newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat as S Africa series win car deal with Renault “untrue and contrary to truth”. In a statement, the min- istry underlined that it did not ban any of the Saudi pri- vate-owned daily’s editions in Kuwait. Ministry officials “usually carry out routine procedures for newspapers that arrive in Kuwait from abroad”, the statement explained. The ministry’s assistant undersecretary for Jordan king backs Palestinian leader press and publications Khaled Al-Rashidi emphasizes that the newspaper is “being sold across shops and has not been banned”. RAMALLAH: Jordan’s King Abdullah II Jews, who refer to it as the Temple offered support to Palestinian President Mount as it is believed to be on the site Mahmoud Abbas during a rare visit yes- of the first and second Jewish Temples, Turkish troops hold terday to the occupied West Bank follow- the latter of which was destroyed by the exercises in Qatar ing tensions with Israel over a flashpoint Romans in 70 AD. Abdullah also “called DOHA: Qatar held joint military exercises with Jerusalem holy site. Abdullah’s first trip to for the commitment of US President Turkish troops yesterday, Qatari media reported, the West Bank in five years was seen as a Donald Trump to work to realise peace showcasing their strategic alliance two months into message to Israel and the United States between Palestinians and Israelis”. The a boycott by Arab neighbors which accuse Doha of over the sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque com- king flew by helicopter to Ramallah and supporting terrorism. The maneuvers are aimed at pound and the stalled peace process. It a red carpet welcome from Abbas. He preparing Qatar’s armed forces to defend “vital eco- came less than two weeks after the end returned to Jordan after a meeting that nomic, strategic and infrastructure facilities,” state- of a standoff at the holy site over new lasted around an hour and a half. The owned newspaper Al-Sharq reported. security measures, including metal king did not meet any Israeli officials. detectors, imposed by Israel following an Jordan reacted angrily last month to attack that killed two policemen. the new security measures at the mosque Saudi billionaire to invest Abdullah stressed to Abbas “the full compound, which sparked several days of $800m in Egypt tourism Jordanian support for the legitimate protests and clashes in Jerusalem’s Old rights of its brothers the Palestinian peo- City, the occupied West Bank and the CAIRO: Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin ple and support for the establishment of Gaza Strip. Palestinian foreign minister Talal is to invest more than $800 million in hotels in an independent Palestinian state with its Riyad Al-Malki told reporters that Abbas Egypt, the investment ministry in Cairo said yesterday. RIYADH: Envoy of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, First capital in east Jerusalem”, a statement and Abdullah yesterday discussed “direct The announcement came after parliament in May adopt- Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- from Jordan’s royal palace said. He Israeli attacks on the Al-Aqsa mosque”. ed a new law aimed at attracting foreign investment as Sabah (left) delivers a letter from the Amir to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz backed the need to protect Jerusalem’s Tensions were exacerbated on July 23 the authorities seek to reinvigorate the North African Al-Saud. The letter is related to the latest regional and international develop- Al-Aqsa mosque compound, warning when an Israeli security guard shot dead country’s struggling economy. The ministry said in a ments and issues of mutual interest. It was handed to Saudi Deputy King Israeli attempts to change the status quo two Jordanians at the Israeli embassy statement that Bin Talal told Investment Minister Sahar Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud (right). The envoy later - under which Jordan is custodian of the compound in Amman. One of the two Nasr in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh that he headed to Egypt to deliver a written letter from HH the Amir to Egyptian site and Jewish prayer is forbidden - men attacked the Israeli with a screwdriv- would invest in hotels in several locations. President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi. — KUNA “would have negative consequences for er, and the other was apparently shot the whole region”. dead by accident, Israeli officials said. Saudis turn themselves The Al-Aqsa compound is also holy to Continued on Page 11 in over attacks: Ministry More Syrian child brides RIYADH: Three Saudi Arabians wanted in connection with protests, unrest and attacks on police in the Shiite-majority eastern district of Qatif turned them- in Jordan amid poverty selves in yesterday, the interior ministry said. The three men were on a “list of 23 fugitives wanted for MAFRAQ, Jordan: Married at 15 and country, UN and Jordanian officials say. crimes” in Qatif, the ministry said in a statement car- divorced at 16, a Syrian teen says she regrets More Syrian girls will lose out on educa- ried by the official SPA news agency. The statement having said yes to a handsome suitor - a tion, since most child brides drop out of also warned that people who “harbor or conceal” stranger who turned into an abusive hus- school. They typically marry fellow Syrians any suspects “could face consequences”. band. Yet the reasons that transformed her who are just a few years older, often without into a child bride have become more preva- a steady job - a constellation that helps per- lent among Syrians who live in Jordanian petuate poverty. And they will likely have Israel to strip Arab attacker exile because of a six-year-old civil war back more children than those who marry as of citizenship for first time home. More families marry off daughters to adults, driving up Jordan’s fertility rate. “This JERUSALEM: An Israeli court has decided to strip an ease the financial burden or say marriage is means we will have more people, more Arab Israeli attacker of his citizenship, legal sources said the way to protect the “honor” of girls seen than the government of Jordan can afford,” yesterday, in what a rights group said was the first ruling as vulnerable outside their homeland. said Maysoon Al-Zoabi, secretary general of of its kind. The Haifa district court decided to strip Alla Figures from Jordan’s population census Jordan’s Higher Population Council. Zayud of his citizenship Sunday by applying a 2008 law document the long suspected increase for The figures on early marriage were that allows the interior ministry to deprive of their the first time. In 2015, brides between the drawn from Jordan’s Nov 2015 census and nationality those involved in “terrorist activities”, the ages of 13 and 17 made up almost 44 per- compiled in a new study. The census count- sources said. Adalah, an Arab Israeli rights group, said it cent of all Syrian females in Jordan getting ed 9.5 million people living in Jordan, was the first court decision of its kind. The 22-year-old, married that year, compared to 33 percent including 2.9 million non-Jordanians. from Umm al-Fahm in northern Israel was sentenced to in 2010. With Syrians expected to remain in Among the foreigners were 1.265 million 25 years in jail in June 2016. His mother is an Israeli citi- exile for years, it’s a harmful trend for Syrians - or double the number of refugees RAMALLAH: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (right) meets Jordan’s King zen while his father is a Palestinian with permanent resi- refugees and their overburdened host Continued on Page 11 Abdullah II at his office in this West Bank city yesterday. — AP LOCAL TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah reads a letter from Algerian First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, delivered by Algerian Foreign Minister Abdulqader Musahel. —KUNA with Algerian Foreign Minister Abdulqader Musahel. Algeria reiterates support to Amir’s Gulf efforts

KUWAIT: Algeria has reaffirmed support to the ongoing mediation efforts led by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah to end the Gulf crisis. During a meeting with His Highness the Amir yesterday, the visit- ing Algerian Foreign Minister Abdulqader Musahel said he delivered a “strong message” on Algeria’s support to Kuwait’s efforts to “reunite the brothers in the GCC.” It is a message of backing to His Highness the Amir’s initiative, Musahel said, noting that the Algerians are optimistic about Sheikh Sabah’s success in the mission thanks to his experience and sagacity, as “a man of peace.” “(Arabs) are now in more dire need than ever to reunite and cooperate,” amid the crises in Syria, Libya, Iraq and Yemen, “to speak in one voice and defend our interests, as we own the will and the capabilities to solve our problems His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with Algerian Foreign Minister Abdulqader Musahel. on our own, no need for foreign interference,” he said in a press statement. He stressed that either on the distinguished bilateral ties or the Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah Premier and Foreign Minister’s Office Algeria and Kuwait share a policy of refraining developments on the Arab scene. Sabah received the Algerian Minister of Foreign and Assistant Foreign Minister for the Arab Ambassador Dr Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al- from interfering in others’ affairs, as “we accept He said that he also reiterated Algeria’s Affairs, in presence of First Deputy Prime World Affairs Ambassador Aziz Al-Daihani. Mohammad Al-Sabah, Assistant Foreign no interference in ours.” readiness to “deepen and broaden bilateral Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh On Sunday, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled and his Minister for Protocols Ambassador Dhari Al- Meanwhile, Musahel said he had handed His cooperation” and to carry on with consultations Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. The meet- Algerian counterpart discussed means of Ajran, Assistant Foreign Minister for Deputy Highness the Amir a letter from President on issues of common concern, both on the ing was attended by Director of His Highness enhancing bilateral relations, as well as the lat- Foreign Minister’s office Ambassador Ayham Abdelaziz Bouteflika, on bilateral ties the latest events in the Arab region or on the threats to the Prime Minister’s Diwan Sheikha Etemad Al- est developments on both regional and inter- Al-Omar, Assistant Foreign Minister for the regional and international developments. The the two countries’ peace and security, with vio- Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Assistant Foreign national arenas. The meeting was attended by Arab World Affairs Ambassador Aziz Al- Algerian chief diplomat noted that he benefit- lent extremism and terrorism on top. Minister and Office Director for the First Deputy Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah, Daihani and a number of senior officials at the ed a lot from His Highness the Amir’s analysis, Earlier yesterday, His Highness the Prime Premier and Foreign Minister Ambassador Dr Assistant Foreign Minister for the First Deputy ministry. —KUNA

IRBIL: Head of Foreign Affairs Department at Kurdistan’s government Falah Mustafa meets with the Kurdish Minister of Interior Karim Sinjari meets with the Kuwaiti media delegation. Kuwaiti media delegation. —KUNA Kurdistan takes measures... Continued from Page 1

Kuwait’s Al-Najat Charity provided donations to treat over 100 Iraqis in need of artificial limbs at the center. Sinjari noted that his region received over 35,000 injured people during the battle of Mosul. Due to the large numbers of those in need for medical care, hospitals suffered a shortage of necessary items and medicines, especially anesthesia to perform surgeries, he explained. The official added that Kuwait immediately sent medical aid to face the growing num- bers of patients. The inauguration was attended by members of the Kuwaiti media dele- gation. Kuwait is continuously providing medical aid to displaced Iraqis in Irbil, sending medicines, medical equipment and ambulances. The country also funded the establishment of five medical centers in camps inside Irbil Members of the Kuwaiti media delegation tour a Kuwait-funded ward at a KJA Trustee Adnan Al-Rashed is seen with a child at a and Dohuk. Moreover, Kuwait funded the treatment of over 500 Iraqis who prosthetic medical center in Irbil. Kuwait-funded ward at a prosthetic medical center in Irbil. needed different surgeries. — KUNA Cabinet prods media’s role in national unity protection Nod to GCC value added tax

KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Cabinet yester- Amir’s delegation and Minister of Finance Anas Al-Saleh, latest relevant developments, in addi- GCC Unified Selective Excise Tax, the yesterday have been referred to His day called on local mass media to live At the onset of the meeting, the in addition to senior officials of the tion to bilateral fraternal ties. GCC unified Value Added Tax (VAT) Highness the Amir, to find their way up to their due national responsibili- cabinet was notified of the delegation Amiri Diwan, and other relevant bod- Meanwhile, the ministers approved and the statute of the GCC Economic later to the National Assembly. ties by helping in protecting and safe- that will accompany His Highness the ies. Security and a media teams are a draft bill, one allowing the govern- Judiciary Commission. The ministers approved a draft guarding national unity. The call came Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber also included. ment to conduct public loans and The ministers consented draft bills decree on two protocols for amend- during the cabinet’s routine weekly Al-Sabah during his official visit to Then, First Deputy Prime Minister financing from the local and the inter- approving a legal and judicial agree- ing Articles 50 A and 56 of the meeting held at Bayan Palace under Washington on September 6. The del- and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh national markets, with the aim of issu- ment regarding the civil, commercial, Convention on International Civil chairmanship of His Highness the egation includes Deputy Chief of the Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah ing the tools of public after October personal status and penal articles with Aviation signed in October 2016. Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Kuwait National Guard Sheikh Meshal briefed the ministers on the outcome 2017, the time set by the present law. Egypt, and protocols for amending They also approved other draft Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, First of the recent visit to Kuwait by Another draft bill was also approved two accords to avoid tax evasion and decrees on a host of cooperation The cabinet asked mass media to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Minister in Charge of Foreign Affairs in on amending Article 29 of the of Law double taxation on income with India MoUs and agreements with some fend off reporting anything that could Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al- Oman Dr Yusuf Bin Alawi. During the 32 of 1967 regarding the army. and Brunei. world countries. trigger off tensions or divisions in the Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy visit, the Omani minister held talks The cabinet also approved a draft These include a MoU for coopera- society, Minister of State for Cabinet Prime Minister and Minister of the with His Highness the Amir on Value Added Tax bill on a memorandum of understand- tion in Islamic affairs with Turkey; an Affairs and Acting Minister of Interior Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al- Kuwait’s mediation efforts to contain Also today, the cabinet gave the ing (MoU) on security cooperation agreement for technical and cultural Information Sheikh Mohammad Sabah, and Deputy Prime Minister and solve the Gulf crisis, besides the thumbs up to draft bills approving the with Iraq. All the draft bills approved cooperation with Malta; two MoUs on Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah said in countering financing of terrorism, and a statement following the meeting. cooperation in higher education and However, the cabinet applauded scientific research with Brunei; an eco- the sincere efforts of the Interior nomic and technical cooperation Ministry and its personnel to safe- agreement with Slovakia; a MoU for guard national security, safety and cooperation in water management stability, along with their security with Hungary; an economic and tech- measures nationwide to collar those nical cooperation agreement with convicted in the Al-Abdali terror cell, Albania’s government; and finally an the minister said. agreement on air services with Belize. Kuwaiti citizens and residents were All the draft bills have been referred to also urged to work with the Interior His Highness the Amir, to be later sent Ministry in its efforts to thwart any bid to the National Assembly. Concluding to undermine the country’s security the weekly routine meeting, the cabi- and stability amid the critical regional net reviewed the political develop- circumstances, Sheikh Mohammad ments on the Arab and international Abdullah added. KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s meeting yesterday. —KUNA scenes. —KUNA LOCAL TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 Public sector remains most attractive for citizens: Minister

By A Saleh law to naturalize 4,000 bedoons at the interior and defense committee KUWAIT: Social Affairs Minister will not be of top priority at the Hind Al-Sabeeh said that economic start of the next parliamentary circumstances that accompanied term. Sources said the committee the drop in oil prices and the large told MPs that its stand has not gap in incentives between the pub- changed, which means the law will lic and private sectors have not pass without government increased demand to work in the approval. public sector. She said in an answer to a parliamentary question that Ministry’s support the Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital is on Assistant undersecretary for the the 2016/2017 annual plan as con- television sector at the information struction work extended beyond ministry Majeed Al-Jazzaf said the the 2015/2016 annual plan. Sabeeh ministry has approved a future plan said the development plan aims at to develop the human element creating 6,601 additional jobs, “administratively, technically and which was not totally fulfilled due Minister Hind Al-Sabeeh MP Khalid Al-Otaibi financially” and upgrade systems. to the economic circumstances. non-cooperative ministers,” the law- their rights. Furthermore, he He said that more than 2,250 Meanwhile, MP Khalid Al-Otaibi maker said, and asked for a wide- accused the minister of still want- employees at the sector enjoy the expressed regret over develop- ranging government change so ing to harm unions and deliberately ministry’s support and more than ments at the Social Affairs Ministry, that ministers’ performance is up to stopped approvals of unions and 90 percent of programs were adding that the minister is taking the ambitions of MPs and the peo- interfered in their work, forcing reduced from 90 to 30 minutes to the ministry from bad to worse. He ple. He said he rejected the minis- them to resort to the judiciary. avoid burdening them. He said that rejected the central policy and ter’s policy at the disabled authori- 1,200 contracted employees were reducing officials’ authorities. “We ty with regards to ‘humiliating citi- 4,000 bedoons terminated to rely on ministry warned against the presence of zens’ and malicious action towards Parliamentary sources said the employees. KFSD denies fire engine used in IS video

By Meshaal Al-Enezi contractors to account, adding that Minister Abdurrahman Al-Mutawa did not KUWAIT: Kuwait Fire Service Directorate take deterrent actions towards corrupt (KFSD) denied rumors speculating that one contractors, and warned him that he will of its vehicles appeared in a video clip ‘pay the price’ for appeasing them. He Man arrested with posted recently online by the Islamic State said the committee continues its investi- (IS) terrorist group. KFSD explained in a gations in the flooding of the Mangaf tun- drugs in Ahmadi home statement yesterday that all of its vehicles nel and other projects that witnessed sim- are closely monitored and their move- ilar incidents. ments are known and recorded. It said that By Hanan Al-Saadoun Traffic legal action has been taken to arrest the Anti-Corruption The traffic department carried out sev- person behind spreading the rumors. The Public Anti-Corruption Authority KUWAIT: Drugs Control General eral traffic campaigns in all governorates said it sent several supervisors and Department arrested a citizen with seven from July 23 till July 29, resulting in issu- Corrupt officials employees to the public prosecution fol- kilograms of marijuana. Tips were received ing 32,555 citations, impounding 1,052 SANAA: The ‘Kuwait By Your Side’ charity campaign Spokeswoman of the parliament’s pub- lowing two complaints submitted to the about the man trading in drugs, so investi- vehicles and two motorbikes and arrest- launched yesterday a street cleaning campaign at lic facilities committee MP Majid Al- authority. The charges include forgery in gations were conducted and he was arrest- ing 64 persons, while five expats were Mutairi said the Ministry of Public Works official documents and receiving illegal Yemen’s Taiz Governorate, with the aim of removing ed in his Ahmadi home. He confessed the sent for deportation for driving without a (MPW) has not held corrupt officials and money, among others. 6,480 square meters of waste. —KUNA drugs belonged to him and he traded in it. license.

KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality’s public relations department said Hawally municipality inspection and municipal services follow-up department car- ried out a campaign resulting in issuing 44 citations for various food-related violations, operating without a health certificate and commencing activities prior to municipality approval. Meanwhile, the Capital branch issued 129 warnings and removed 71 encroachments in Jaber Al-Ahmad and northwest Sulaibikhat. —By Hanan Al-Saadoun TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 LOCAL

In Brief Diwan thanks Amir congratulates Amir congratulates mourners Pakistani Premier Rwandan President

KUWAIT: On behalf of His Highness the Amir KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a congratulatory Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a Amiri Diwan Sunday thanked citizens and resi- cable yesterday to newly-appointed Pakistani cable of congratulations yesterday to dents for condolences over the death of late Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi after being Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame on his re- Sheikh Jaber Al-Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah’s widow, constitutionally sworn in. His Highness the Crown election. His Highness the Crown Prince Suad Hamad Al-Humaidhi. — KUNA Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah sent similar cables Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah sent to Abbasi. — KUNA similar cables. — KUNA Photo of the day

KUWAIT: Steppe Eagle in flight, spotted in Al-Abraq area in Kuwait’s desert. — KUNA Ministry of Health conducts orientation meeting for pilgrims

KUWAIT: Health Ministry’s Assistant Undersecretary mission provides pilgrims with the necessary medi- aims at protecting against infectious diseases and how for Legal Affairs Salman Al-Haifi said the ministry cine and first aid, in addition to coordinating with to deal with medical cases and care for the elderly, exerts all efforts to provide health care to pilgrims in officials of Saudi Arabia. chronic diseases and children, as well as the cases order to guarantee them the best health services. Meanwhile, head of the information office Dr requiring medical services in Saudi Arabia. She said that Haifi was speaking during an orientation meeting of Ghalia Al-Mutairi said the gathering aims at informing the ministry set up a hotline (90938818) that gives the Kuwaiti hajj medical mission at the Islamic medi- the mission’s members about the importance of vacci- advice related to the pilgrims’ health, adding that the Health Ministry’s Assistant Head of the information office at cine center, which was organized by the information nations before hajj. information is also available using the ministry’s smart- Undersecretary for Legal Affairs the Health Ministry office of the Ministry of Health (MOH). He said the Furthermore, she indicated that the meeting also phone app. — KUNA Salman Al-Haifi Dr Ghalia Al-Mutairi TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 LOCAL

Al-Anbaa Al-Qabas ‘Neturei How did they turn humiliation Karta’ into power?

By Dr Saleh Al-Shayji By Ahmad Ghaith n June 12th 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in saw a TV report about an extreme Jewish order to weaken the American Navy fleet, and to movement called ‘Neturei Karta’ (city Oensure its control over its neighboring countries. Iguardians), and the word Natoor is men- Then in August 1945, the American Air force dropped two tioned with the same pronunciation in Hebrew. nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively, The similarity between the Arab and Hebrew claiming that the Japanese prefer suicide over surrender. pronunciations in the word ‘natoor’ leads me to On August 14, 1945 Emperor Hirohito declared Japan’s sur- remembering a short period in which I studied render saying that it was for the sake of Japan and its peo- Hebrew and found a similarity in some vocabu- ple. The capitulation was signed in September 1945, which lary between it and Arabic. I still remember lit- was changed into an alliance and protection treaty in 1951. tle Hebrew, as much of what I learned nearly 40 General Douglas MacArthur placed his command head- years ago has been lost with time. I am not quarters opposite to the Imperial Palace, and made deci- sions to humiliate Japan, the emperor and the people. He here to speak about the similarities between supervised the writing of Japan’s constitution which came Arabic and Hebrew, but I wanted to focus on in effect in the year 1946. The authorities of the emperor that Jewish movement which I started my arti- were given to the Prime Minister. Article 9 banned Japan cle speaking about it: ‘Neturei Korta.’ from forming an army and Japan bowed to American This movement or organization is very demands, but on the other hand, it paid attention to halt- strange. It is a thorny plant in Israel as it acts ing its economic collapse through a plan known as the against Zionism, and does not recognize Yoshida Doctrine, after Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida who served from 1946 to 1954. American capitals were encouraged to invest in the This movement believes that the Japanese Industry. But after the revival of this economy, the Jewish religion should be kept Japanese were able to take over all shares of foreign com- panies. Following marathon negotiations, Japan agreed at away from the political mud Man stabbed to death in the end of the 1970s to allow foreigners to have 20 percent in Japanese firms, provided that the number of sharehold- ers must be at least five people in each company. The goal Israel. Rather, it opposes the establishment of Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh fight behind that is to keep them from influencing the decision the state of Israel because it sees Judaism as a making process (divide and conquer). religion, not a state, and that it is not right to There are many Americans bases in Japan, and the establish a political entity based on religious KUWAIT: An Indian’s body was recov- Japanese are convinced that it is necessary for them to be Jewish justifications. This movement believes ered by the coroner, after he died of there because it forms a security protection against any for- that the Jewish religion should be kept away wounds from a deep stab in the chest eign aggression. The American Ambassador said during a from the political mud, and that is why it has during a fight. The suspected killer lecture in the foreign Journalists club in 1982: “The Japanese more animosity towards Zionism and Israel escaped and detectives are working economy is at its peak, so we hope that Japan contributes to than the Palestinians themselves and the on identifying him. Police responded the budget of renovating the (military) bases.” Then on the entire Arabs and Muslims. Why? Because they to a call about a fight in Jleeb Al- next day, a Japanese statement said that Article 9 of the see that Israel stabbed them in the back and Shuyoukh, but when they arrived, constitution that was written by General MacArthur does harmed their religion. nobody was there except the injured not allow Japan to deal with military affairs. Yet, the Israeli government considers them kid, who died en route to hospital. When the Americans asked for the amendment of the as traitors, and that is why it suppresses them constitution, the Japanese answer was: the opposition in the Parliament will not agree. Japan took advantage of the worse than it does the Palestinians. Despite Suicide American free trade policy, and was exporting 1.8 million their continued clashes with the Israeli force, An Asian woman hanged herself vehicles a year to America in addition to other products, they do not let any occasion go without anti- to death from a tree in Farwaniya. An but there was not a single American product in its markets. Israel demonstrations; during which they car- Asian man called police and told This reflects Japan’s wisdom with which they turned the ry the Palestinian flag and desecrate the them a woman was hanging from a tables on General MacArthur, and turned humiliation into were raised about the policeman, so turned his Mahboula flat into a lab to Israeli flag. They are friends of Muslims and tree. Police who went to the scene an industrial and economic power. American forces could Christians and do not consider the Zionists as called forensics. The body was recov- his superiors asked that he be put prepare drugs for sale, and was pro- not influence change to Japan’s policy. Jews, but they consider them intruders on ered by the coroner. under surveillance. He was caught ducing four kilograms in each batch. It has been said that after signing the merger agreement Judaism. They look at themselves as when he did not enter the Indian’s The suspect did not pay attention to between Egypt and Syria, Syrian President Shukri Al- Palestinian Jews and are demanding a Policeman faces charges data in the computer. The policeman the odor, leading detectives to arrest Quwatly told Egyptian President Jamal Abdulnasser “the Palestinian ruling of Israel. Some of them A policeman at the airport pass- was sent to the prosecution for fur- him. Detectives raided the house population of Syria is seven million, which means I gave you spoke about what they face in the form of ports department was caught by his ther questioning. found the drugs. The Iraqi, 34, was seven million leaders.” Individuality and the leadership in an Israeli oppression, but despite that, they are colleagues trying to allow entry to an smuggling raw material through the Arab person makes it easy for conspiracies to multiply, and holding on their ideology and principles. Indian who is banned from the coun- Drug dealer caught Abdaly border outlet. that is why it is said that Arabs always agree to disagree. — Translated from the Arabic press — Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Qabas — Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Anbaa try in exchange of money. Doubts An Iraqi was arrested after he

NBK sponsors LOYAC’s trip to Tanzania

KUWAIT: National Bank of designed to build the leadership trying hunting with arrows and cooking. Kuwait (NBK) sponsors a trip skills in their personality. This Joanne Al-Abduljaleel, NBK Public for LOYAC’s students to one-week trip includes a visit to Relations Officer, said: “NBK always strives Tanzania. This sponsorship is one of the schools to teach chil- to empower Kuwaiti youth to realize their part of NBK’s commitment to dren there English language. potentials, build their personalities and its Corporate Social The volunteers will also have motivates their ambition. This trip with Responsibility as well as the the chance to participate in a LOYAC comes in line with our strategy to vital role it plays in supporting group of social initiatives as invest in youth and develop their capabili- students, youths and self- planting trees, interacting with ties.” “NBK continues to promote a range building initiatives in Kuwait. Joanne children at the orphanages, of philanthropic missions and social wel- This sponsorship goes with Al-Abduljaleel cleaning campaigns and dona- fare programs as part of its corporate NBK’s support to LOYAC’s annual tion for food or clothes. During social responsibility to assert its leadership activities and events including the trips. A this trip, Participants will be introduced to in supporting Kuwait’s social develop- group of volunteers from different back- the tribes’ cultures and learn their daily life ment, standing as a model in serving all grounds are participating in this trip which is routine including several activities such as aspects of the community,” she added.

KUWAIT: The Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK) recently co-sponsored a ceremony held in cooperation with Al- Jahra Governorate to honor Jahra police officers and Interior Ministry employees. Jahra Governor Fahad Al-Amir attended the ceremony, along with mayors and Interior Ministry officials. TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 N Korea defiant after new sanctions, rejecting talks Why Kenyans are nervous about presidential vote

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KOBANI: A Kurdish man mourns over his friend’s grave who was killed while fighting against Islamic State militants in Raqqa, at a cemetery. — AP The ‘lost generation’ of Middle East men War, violence and turmoil affecting men in particular

MIAMI: Suicide and murder take 10 times as tional 144,000 lives. “Intractable and endemic 2015, nearly 30,000 people in the region shortage. Countries such as Libya, Sudan and Bcheraoui. “This is a sign that HIV patients many lives as war does in the Middle East and violence is creating a lost generation of chil- committed suicide and another 35,000 died Yemen have just 0.5 psychiatrists per 100,000 are not receiving proper treatment in an era nearby regions, creating a “lost generation,” dren and young adults,” said lead author Ali from interpersonal violence, representing people, said the report. In comparison, where HIV can be well controlled with the particularly among men, researchers said yes- Mokdad, director for Middle Eastern increases of 100 percent and 152 percent, among European nations the ratio ranges appropriate treatment regimens.” The entire terday. These violent acts accounted for 1.4 Initiatives at the Institute for Health Metrics respectively, over the past 25 years,” said the from nine per 100,000 to more than 40. report includes 15 papers and three editori- million deaths in 2015 in the Eastern and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of report. “In other parts of the world during Researchers also found a 10-fold increase in als. The data comes from the most recent Mediterranean region, which includes 22 Washington. “The future of the Middle East is the same period, the number of deaths from deaths related to HIV/AIDS between 1990 estimates from the annual Global Burden of nations such as Afghanistan, Iran, Saudi grim unless we can find a way to bring stabili- suicide increased 19 percent and interper- and 2015. Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors study Arabia, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and ty to the region.” sonal violence by 12 percent.” Most of the cases of death from HIV/AIDS (GBD). The GBD is put together by more than the United Arab Emirates, said the report in Researchers also found a “sharp increase” occurred in Djibouti, Somalia, and Sudan. “In 2,300 collaborators in 132 countries, and the International Journal of Public Health. in mental health conditions such as depres- Shortage of experts this region, individuals infected with HIV are looks at health loss from all major diseases, Wars in the Eastern Mediterranean region- sion, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and schizo- Meanwhile, experts such as counselors, dying faster than the rest of the world,” said injuries, and risk factors by age, sex, and pop- home to 600 million people-took an addi- phrenia in the Eastern Mediterranean. “In psychiatrists and psychologists are in severe assistant professor at IHME, Charbel El ulation. — AFP Trump still hunting for Taleban, IS jointly massacred 50 civilians: Afghan officials communications chief KABUL: The Taleban and Islamic State victims were believed to be civilians, with group jointly massacred dozens of civilians the ALP militia also suffering casualties. in an Afghan village, officials said yester- “This is not the final toll. It might change NEW YORK: For the third time in six months, name and requested anonymity. Those talks are day, highlighting rare co-operation because the area is inaccessible and no tele- President Donald Trump is on the hunt for a new still seen as preliminary. Miller recently clashed between the insurgents that could increase phone networks are working to get an communications director. But in practice, the job with some reporters over immigration policy at a the strain on Afghanistan’s beleaguered update,” he told AFP. The Taleban and IS is filled. It’s Trump who’s the White House’s lead- contentious press briefing. security forces. The fighters killed more fighters have regularly clashed since the lat- ing expert and the final word on what and how This past week, as White House staffers read- than 50 men, women and children in the ter gained a foothold in eastern Afghanistan he communicates with the public. Despite decry- ied a statement accompanying Trump’s signature remote Sayad district of northern Sar-e Pul in 2015, as the two vie for supremacy in the ing most negative media coverage as “fake news” on legislation approving toughened sanctions on province on Saturday after overrunning the war-torn country. and personally insulting members of the media, Russia - a bill Trump criticized - word came down Afghan Local Police (ALP) — a govern- An Afghan security source told AFP there he has inserted himself into the White House’s that the president wanted to add some off-topic ment-backed militia-in a 48-hour battle, had been around three incidents in the past press operations in an unprecedented fashion for language into the statement. That’s according to according to local officials. where fighters from both groups had a president. two officials familiar with the matter who spoke “It was a joint operation by Daesh (IS) teamed up to strike Afghan forces in certain Trump has dictated news releases and pushed on condition of anonymity because they were and Taleban fighters. They had recruited areas. “This is not the first time that they those who speak for him to bend the facts to bol- not authorized to publicly talk about internal dis- forces from other provinces of the country have co-operated. There are no strict ideo- ster his claims. He has ignored the advice of his cussions. and attacked Mirzawalang village,” logical distinctions between them so they legal team and thrown out carefully planned leg- “I built a truly great company worth many bil- Zabihullah Amani, a spokesman for the build bridges when it helps them both. It’s islative strategies with a single 140-character lions of dollars,” the new section read. “That is a provincial governor, told AFP. The very opportunistic,” the source said. tweet. His direct, hands-on style helped him win big part of the reason I was elected. As president, spokesman alleged that dozens of Taleban IS has been adding a sectarian twist to the White House and still thrills his supporters. It I can make far better deals with foreign countries and IS group fighters under the command the Afghan conflict, with a number of dead- also, however, poses increasing political and than Congress.” That personal and boastful rheto- of Sher Mohammad Ghazanfar, a local ly attacks on Shiites in the past year. Last potentially legal risks. The clearest example is his ric is a far cry from the formal language normally WASHINGTON: In this July 31, 2017 file Taleban commander who Amani claims week two suicide bombers throwing involvement in crafting a statement for son Donald found in presidential statements. It also appeared photo, President Donald Trump speaks in pledged allegiance to IS, launched a coordi- grenades killed more than 33 worshippers Jr. about a meeting with a Kremlin-connected aimed at angering the same lawmakers he will the East Room of the White House. — AP nated attack on the area on Thursday. at a mosque in Afghanistan’s western city of lawyer. That declaration was quickly proven erro- need if he wants to pass any major legislation. “The fighters overran the area and it led Herat, in an attack claimed by IS. A resur- neous and raised questions about whether the of an expletive-filled interview. A fourth candi- “All presidents are their own best messengers,” to the massacre of innocent and defence- gent Taleban, whose ranks are mostly made president was trying to cover for his son. date for the post, campaign spokesman Jason said Ari Fleischer, a press secretary for President less civilians,” he said. The majority of those up of Sunni Muslim ethnic Pashtuns, is at Trump has struggled to find a communica- Miller, was named to the job during the transition George W. Bush. Fleischer said that Bush, too, killed were Shiites. Most were shot but the peak of its summer fighting season. tions adviser that meets his approval. His first, but turned it down days later, citing a need to would at times get involved with the White some were beheaded, Amani added. Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Mike Dubke, stayed behind the scenes and never spend time with his family. House press shop. Fleischer noted there was Verifying information from poor, moun- Taleban, confirmed to AFP that it had cap- clicked with Trump, leaving after three months. always a safety net of advisers at work. That does tainous areas of Afghanistan made inacces- tured Mirzawalang village but said it had Then Sean Spicer, Trump’s oft-beleaguered press Private talks not appear to exist around the current president - sible by fighting and with patchy commu- done so alone. It also denied allegations it secretary, took on the communications director More recently there have been some informal particular around his Twitter account. “The lesson nications is difficult, and AFP was not able had killed civilians. “It was an independent job as well. He resigned both posts last month internal conversations about an increased com- for this president is that it’s perfectly fine to be to access the village. operation by our mujahideen forces. There when Trump brought in hard-charging New York munications role for White House aide Stephen involved and to, at times, go around the main- Mohammad Noor Rahmani, head of Sar- is no cooperation with the Islamic State on financier Anthony Scaramucci. Scaramucci lasted Miller, according to an administration official who stream media with Twitter,” Fleischer said. “But he e Pul’s provincial council, said 44 of the 50 the operation,” said the spokesman. — AFP only 11 days before being fired in the aftermath was not authorized to discuss private talks by needs to tweet smarter.” — AP INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 Pence: Story on possible 2020 presidential run ‘disgraceful’

BRIDGEWATER: Vice President Mike vice president was an unusual move. In stronger than ever. In a flurry of early Washington fundraiser last month, re-election as vice president.” “Vice Pence has pushed back against a news it, Pence also said his team will “focus all morning tweets Monday, Trump says attended by dozens of lawmakers and President Pence is a very loyal, very duti- report suggesting he is laying ground- our efforts to advance the president’s “the Trump base far bigger & stronger featuring remarks from White House ful, but also incredibly effective vice work for a possible presidential bid in agenda and see him re-elected in 2020.” than ever before (despite some phony adviser Ivanka Trump. Trump has not president, and active vice president, with 2020 if President Donald Trump does not The report details efforts of several Fake News polling).” He specifically criti- suggested he won’t seek a second this president,” said Conway on ABC’s run. In a statement released by the White Republicans looking ahead to 2020, call- cized the “failing @nytimes.” term. But his first six months in office “This Week.” House, Pence said Sunday’s story in The ing it a “shadow campaign.” It notes The New York Times article noted have been turbulent, marked by staff “He is a peer to the president in the New York Times “is disgraceful and offen- Pence’s political schedule and active Pence has set up a fundraising commit- infighting, legislative struggles and a West Wing.” New York Times spokes- sive to me, my family, and our entire fundraising, though it also says tee. Called the Great America series of investigations. woman Danielle Rhoades Ha said in an team.” He added that “the allegations in unnamed advisers have signaled that Committee, it can accept checks of up White House counselor Kellyanne emailed statement: “We are confident in this article are categorically false.” The he’d only run if Trump doesn’t. Trump, to $5,000 from individual donors. Conway also dismissed the report and the accuracy of our reporting and will let formal rebuttal of a news report by the meanwhile, insisted his support is Pence raised about $1 million at a said Pence is readying to run in 2020 “for the story speak for itself.” —AP Minnesota mosque explosion ‘deeper, scarier’ than threats Governor: ‘This is an act of terrorism’

MINNEAPOLIS: The Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in suburban Minneapolis, like other US mosques, occasionally receives threatening calls and emails. Its leaders say they’re more fright- ened now after an explosive shattered windows and damaged a room as worshippers prepared for morning prayers. “We feel like it’s much deep- er and scarier than like something random,” Mohamed Omar, the center’s executive director, said Sunday. “It’s so scary.” No one was hurt in the blast, which happened around 5 am Saturday. Windows of the imam’s office were shattered, either by what the FBI called an “improvised explosive device” or by an VALENCIA: An anti-government activist shows bullet cases during a protest in object thrown through them. The FBI is seeking Venezuela’s third city, Valencia, on August 6, 2017, a day after a new assembly with suspects and trying to determine whether the supreme powers and loyal to President Nicolas Maduro started functioning in the incident was a hate crime. Gov Mark Dayton country. —AFP joined other public officials and community lead- ers for a meeting inside the building Sunday, Venezuela army repels describing the bombing as “so wretched” and “not Minnesota.” “This is an act of terrorism. This is against the law in America,” Dayton said at a news attack, hunts assailants conference afterward, the Star Tribune reported.

VALENCIA: Venezuela’s military was hunt- “immediate reaction” in putting down the A place for families ing a group of “mercenaries” yesterday who attack, saying they earned his “admiration.” Besides serving as a place of worship and made off with weapons after an attack on Venezuela’s opposition has repeatedly community center, the mosque in Bloomington, BLOOMINGTON: Mohamed Omar, left, the executive director of the Dar Al Farooq Center an army base carried out against what they urged the military to abandon Maduro. But just south of Minneapolis, has a fitness center, Islamic Center leads afternoon prayers outside the police tape surrounding the center. —AP called the “murderous tyranny” of President Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino, the gymnasiums for boys and girls, a football field parking, noise and traffic, the Star Tribune ment on the Bloomington explosion says the Nicolas Maduro. Around 20 men led by an head of the armed forces, has said the mili- and adjoins a city park, Omar said. He estimates reported. Omar said the center gets along with department “fully supports the rights of all to army officer who had deserted battled tary’s loyalty was unshakable. In a video the mosque holds up to 300 worshippers for “92, 93 percent” of its neighbors. And while the freely and safely worship the faith of their choos- troops in the base in the third city of posted online just before the attack, a man Friday prayers. The community center also hosts mosque has received threatening calls and mes- ing and we vigorously condemn such attacks on Valencia for three hours early Sunday, offi- presenting himself as an army captain computer classes, a basketball league, religious sages, Deputy Bloomington Police Chief Mike any religious institution.” The reward for informa- cials said. named Juan Caguaripano declared a “legiti- classes, lectures and other events. Hartley said Sunday he was unaware of any hate tion leading to an arrest or conviction has grown The raid ended with two of the attackers mate rebellion... to reject the murderous “It’s a place that a family can come and get crimes reported at the center. to $24,000, said Asad Zaman, director of the being killed and eight captured, Maduro tyranny of Nicolas Maduro.” everything they need,” Omar said. The mosque Reports of anti-Muslim incidents in the US are Muslim American Society of Minnesota. The said on state television. The other 10 Speaking with 15 men in camouflage opened in 2011 at the site of a former elemen- increasing, including arson attacks and vandal- Minnesota chapter of the Council on American- escaped with weapons taken from the facil- standing by him, some of them armed, he tary school in the suburb of about 85,000, and ism at mosques, harassment of women wearing Islamic Relations, or CAIR, said its national office ity, according to officials who said an demanded a transitional government and serves people primarily from the area’s large Muslim head coverings and bullying of Muslim is urging Islamic centers and mosques to step up “intense search” was underway for them. “free elections.” It was not known if he was Somali community. Minnesota is home to the schoolchildren. Also in Minnesota, an Islamic security. “If a bias motive is proven, this attack Maduro claimed the “terrorist” group had the lieutenant referred to in the military largest Somali community in the US, roughly cemetery in Castle Rock Township recently would represent another in a long list of hate ties to Colombia and the United States. statement, demoted for deserting, or 57,000 people, according to the latest census. reported it had been vandalized with spray incidents targeting Islamic institutions nation- The incident heightened fears that whether he was another renegade officer. Some residents opposed the center’s open- painted profanities and swastikas. wide in recent months,” said Amir Malik, the local Venezuela’s deepening political and eco- That statement said the lieutenant involved ing, and complaints have been made about A US Department of Homeland Security state- chapter’s civil rights director. —AP nomic crisis could explode into greater vio- had deserted three years ago and taken lence, perhaps open armed conflict. refuge in Miami, in the US state of Florida. Officials insisted afterward that all was nor- mal across the country. Military helicopters Venezuela isolated flew overhead and tactical armored vehi- Venezuela has become increasingly iso- cles patrolled the streets in Valencia, a lated internationally as Maduro tightens his major northwestern city, in a climate of ten- hold on power through a contested loyalist sion on Sunday after the attack. assembly that started work this week. The Locals said a nighttime curfew was opposition, which controls the legislature, imposed. Police dispersed protesters who has been sidelined. Its leaders are under had set up flaming barricades across roads. threat of arrest after organizing protests- The armed forces said in a statement “a fiercely countered by security forces-that group of civilian criminals wearing military have left 125 people dead in the past four uniforms and a first lieutenant who had months. The new Constituent Assembly, deserted” carried out the attack. Maduro packed with Maduro allies including the said the lieutenant, among those captured, president’s wife and son, has quickly used its was “actively giving information and we supreme powers to clamp down on dissent. have testimony from seven of the civilians.” On Saturday, it ordered the dismissal of the attorney general, Luisa Ortega, who had Loyal military chiefs broken ranks with Maduro to become one Maduro congratulated the army for its of his most vociferous critics. — AFP After military shake-up, Turkey to tackle Kurds ISTANBUL: Days after a reshuffle of Turkish forces swept into north Syria Turkey’s top military commanders, last year to seize territory from Islamic President Tayyip Erdogan has revived State, while also cutting off Kurdish-con- warnings of military action against trolled northeast Syria from the Kurdish Kurdish fighters in Syria that could set pocket of Afrin further west. They thereby EL CERRITO: In this Wednesday, July 12, 2017 photo, Sam, 9, reads a book in the library at Bay Area Rainbow Day Camp. — AP back the US-led battle against Islamic prevented Kurdish control over almost State. Kurdish militias are spearheading the whole sweep of the border - Ankara’s an assault against the hardline militants worst-case scenario. Recent clashes have Transgender camp to include 4-year-olds in their Syrian stronghold Raqqa, from centered around the Arab towns of Tal where Islamic State has planned attacks Rifaat and Minnigh, near Afrin, which are EL CERRITO: In some ways, Rainbow Day Camp Maxwell said. “We would argue with her. She was No data on trans around the world for the past three years. held by the Kurdish YPG and allied fight- is very ordinary. Kids arrive with a packed lunch, confused. We were confused.” Living in the liber- There is little comprehensive data on young But US backing for the Kurdish YPG fight- ers. Erdogan said Turkey’s military incur- make friendship bracelets, play basketball, sing al-minded Bay Area made it easier. The Maxwells children who identify as transgender, but ers in Syria has infuriated Turkey, which sion last year dealt a blow to “terrorist songs and get silly. But it is also extraordinarily found a transgender play group, sought special- experts say as the number of young people views their growing battlefield strength projects” in the region and promised fur- unique, from the moment campers arrive each ists, and at 4 years old, let Gracie grow her hair, coming to their clinics increases, the prevailing as a security threat due to a decades-old ther action. “We will make new and morning. At check-in each day, campers make a dress as a girl and eventually change her name. medical guidance has shifted. The favored pro- insurgency by the Kurdish PKK within in important moves soon,” he said. nametag with their pronoun of choice. Some “I see her now, compared to before. I watch tocol today is known as the “gender affirmative” its borders. opt for “she” or “he.” Or a combination of her strut around and dance and sing and the approach, which focuses on identifying and There have been regular exchanges of ‘More active’ fight “she/he.” Or “they,” or no pronoun at all. Some way she talks about herself. If she was forced to helping transgender children to “socially transi- rocket and artillery fire in recent weeks His comments follow weeks of warn- change their name or pronouns daily, to see be someone else,” the mother trails off. “I don’t tion” - to live as the gender they identify with between Turkish forces and YPG fighters ings from Turkey of possible military what feels right. even want to think about that.” Gender special- rather than the one they were born with until who control part of Syria’s northwestern action against the YPG. Washington’s con- The camp in the San Francisco Bay Area city ists say the camp’s growth reflects what they are they’re old enough to decide on medical border. Turkey, which has the second cern to prevent any confrontation which of El Cerrito caters to transgender and “gender seeing in gender clinics nationwide: increasing options like puberty blockers and later, hor- largest army in NATO after the United deflects the Kurdish forces attacking fluid” children, ages 4 to 12, making it one of the numbers of children coming out as transgender mone treatments. States, reinforced that section of the bor- Raqqa may help stay Ankara’s hand, but a only camps of its kind in the world open to at young ages. They credit the rise to greater The Center for Transyouth Health and der at the weekend with artillery and Turkish government source said last preschoolers, experts say. Enrollment has tripled openness and awareness of LGBT issues and Development at Children’s Hospital in Los tanks and Erdogan said Turkey was ready week’s changes in military leadership to about 60 young campers since it opened parents tuning in earlier when a child shows Angeles, started a decade ago with about 40 to take action. “We will not leave the sepa- have prepared the ground. three summers ago, with kids coming from as far signs of gender dysphoria, or distress about patients, now has over 900 people, ages 3 to 25, ratist organization in peace in both Iraq “With this new structure, some steps as Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. - even Africa. their gender. enrolled in its program, with 150 on its waiting and Syria,” Erdogan said in a speech on will be taken to be more active in the Plans are underway to open a branch next sum- “A decade ago, this camp wouldn’t have exist- list, said Johanna Olson-Kennedy, the clinic’s Saturday in the eastern town of Malatya, struggle against terror,” the source said. “A mer in Colorado, and the camp has been con- ed. Eventually, I do believe, it won’t be so innova- medical director. “I just think there’s a lot more referring to the YPG in Syria and PKK bases structure that acts according to the reali- tacted by parents and organizations in Atlanta, tive,” camp founder Sandra Collins said. “I didn’t openness to the understanding that trans adults in Iraq. “We know that if we do not drain ties of the region will be formed”. The bat- Seattle, Louisiana and elsewhere interested in know you could be transgender at a very young start as trans kids,” Olson-Kennedy said. “When the swamp, we cannot get rid of flies.” tle for Raqqa has been underway since setting up similar programs. age. But my daughter knew for sure at 2.” Collins’ people say, ‘Isn’t this too young?’ my question The YPG denies Turkish allegations of June, and a senior US official said on Friday On a sunny July morning at camp, the theme experience as the mother of a transgender girl, back to them is, ‘Too young for what? How links with Kurdish militants inside that 2,000 Islamic State fighters are was “Crazy Hair Day,” and 6-year-old Gracie now 9, inspired her to start the camp, and anoth- young do people know their gender?’ The Turkey, saying it is only interested in self- believed to be still defending positions and Maxwell was dancing in the sunshine as a Miley er for 13- to 17-year-olds called Camp Kickin’ It. answer to that is some people know it at 3, and rule in Syria and warning that any “fighting for every last block” in the city. Cyrus song blasted from outdoor speakers. The “A lot of these kids have been bullied and some people know it at 30.” Turkish assault will draw its fighters Even after the recapture of Raqqa, US freckled, blue-eyed blonde wore her hair in a had trauma at school. This is a world where Diane Ehrensaft, director of mental health at away from the battle against Islamic Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has left braid on one side, a pigtail on the other and none of that exists, and they’re in the majori- the University of California, San Francisco’s Child State which they are waging in an open the possibility of longer-term snacked on cereal as she twirled and skipped. ty,” Collins said. “That’s a new experience for and Adolescent Gender Center, says enrollment alliance with local Arab forces. Erdogan’s American assistance to the YPG. The influ- kids who are used to hiding and feeling small.” there has tripled over the past few years with a comments follow the appointment of ence of Turkey’s once-dominant military Gender changes or mood swings? Fourth grader Scarlett Reinhold, Collins’ “sea change - maybe we can even call it a tsuna- three new leaders of Turkey’s army, air has decreased dramatically since Erdogan “Once she could talk, I don’t remember a time daughter who was born a boy, says at camp mi - in the number of little kids showing up with force and navy last week - moves which came to power nearly 15 years ago. A when she didn’t say, ‘I’m a girl,’” said her mother, she can be herself. “I feel comfortable for their families.” She fields a growing number of analysts and officials said were at least purge in senior ranks since last year’s Molly Maxwell, who still trips over pronouns but being who I am and who I want to be,” says calls from families overseas, including South partly aimed at preparing for any cam- failed military coup has stripped it of 40 tries to stick to “she.” “Then it grew in intensity: Scarlett, a confident 9year-old in a frilly skirt Africa, Ethiopia, Hong Kong, Belgium, England paign against the YPG militia. percent of top officers. —Reuters ‘I’m a sister. I’m a daughter. I’m a princess,’” who wears her dark hair long and wavy. and other countries that lack resources. —AP INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 Macedonia aims to solve name row with Greece

SKOPJE: After a quarter-century-long dis- al name, the former Yugoslav Republic of Yiannis Mouzalas last year faced calls to terpart Nikos Kotzias is going to Skopje pute that has blocked its entry to NATO Macedonia (FYROM), under which it was Horseback warrior resign after referring to the country as later this month. There is a “certain mobili- and the European Union, Macedonia also admitted to the United Nations. Back in 1992, a million Greeks-one “Macedonia” instead of “FYROM” during a sation,” a Greek diplomatic source told seems determined to end the row with Skopje has long insisted that this des- tenth of the population-took to the television interview about the migrant cri- AFP, noting “some signs” of good will in Greece over its name. The quarrel ignation was only provisional, but in June, streets in protest over the name issue in sis. Mouzalas quickly apologized “for this Skopje. But the source said it was now between Skopje and Athens dates back to new Social Democratic Prime Minister Thessaloniki, the main city in the error, which does not reflect my position necessary to “wait for action”. Macedonia’s declaration of independence Zoran Zaev seemed to relax the line of his Macedonia region. Tensions grew in 2006, and my convictions on the subject of A top official in Zaev’s SDSM party, from Yugoslavia in 1991 and has poisoned nationalist predecessors. “With a FYROM when Skopje airport was named FYROM”. On Tuesday, the Greek women’s who also asked not to be named, warned neighborly relations. From the outset reference we can become a member of “Alexander the Great”. The building in handball team was punished at the that Greece “could keep the same position Greece denied its neighbor the right to NATO,” Zaev said on a visit to the NATO 2011 of a huge monument of the warrior European Championship after refusing to for two centuries. We should find a solu- use the name Macedonia, which is also headquarters in Brussels. As a member of king on a horse added fuel to the fire. play in Skopje against Macedonia’s team tion to deblock the process of integration the name of a northern Greek region. both NATO and the European Union, Under international pressure, the statue in wearing national logo bearing that name. with NATO and the EU”. But, in the fragile Greeks have cited concerns about his- Athens has vetoed Macedonia’s attempts central Skopje was officially named country of about two million people, the torical appropriation-both sides, for exam- to join both blocs, but a calendar of bilat- “Warrior on a horse” but that did not ‘Mobilization’ official warned it would be necessary to ple, claim Alexander the Great as their eral meetings is now in place to try to deceive anyone-especially as, a year later, In Zaev’s bid to end the row, he has reach a political “consensus” and to back own-and that the name Macedonia resolve the dispute. In everyday conversa- authorities inaugurated a giant statue of spoken by telephone to his Greek coun- up any decision with a referendum. Many implies a broader territorial claim. Athens tion, Greeks usually refer to the neighbor- Philip II of Macedon, Alexander’s father. terpart Alexis Tsipras. The Macedonian Macedonians are against a name change and the European Union recognize the ing country as “Skopje”, the name of its The issue remains hugely sensitive on Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov was in but some say they want a way out of the small landlocked country by its provision- capital city. both sides. Greece’s migration minister Athens in mid-June and his Greek coun- tiring row.— AFP

At least 11 killed in ‘barbaric’ church shooting in Nigeria

WARRI: At least 11 worshippers were shot hospital, the source said. Witnesses said they dead at a church in southeast Nigeria on feared that up to 20 people may have died. Sunday, with authorities suggesting the bloodshed was due to a local feud. Nigerian ‘Feud’ President Muhammadu Buhari condemned Umar said the attacker was a gunman who the attack, describing the incident as “an “went on a shooting spree, killing and appalling crime against humanity and wounding” worshippers. He said the violence unspeakable sacrilege,” his office said. was the result of a failed murder attempt, tied Buhari said “there was no justification to a feud within the local community. “The whatsoever to target church worshippers and information at the disposal of the police is kill them in cold blood.” At around 6:00 am that the gunman had been hired to kill a par- (0500 GMT) at least one gunman opened fire ticular family person believed to be among at Saint Philip’s church in Ozubulu, near the the worshippers,” he said. city of Onitsha, unleashing terror on the con- He said the governor of the state visited the gregation. Chukwuma Emeka said he had just scene and promised to pay the medical bills of stepped out of the church to stretch his legs the injured. Local rights activist Emeka “when I heard gunshots and screaming and Umeagbalasi said his information about the people running inside.” “When the chaos sub- motive largely concurred with that of the police sided I went inside, I saw my fellow church version. The gunmen had gone to kill the son of members dead in a pool of their own blood a local chief but failed to find him at his home, and many others were screaming in pain.” Umeagbalasi said. The attackers then went to Attacks on churches are rare in southern the church to hunt for him, but could not find Nigeria, where there is a predominantly the intended target and became angry, he said. Christian population. The country’s mainly- They opened “fire on parishioners and shot Muslim north has been gripped by a violent indiscriminately,” he said, adding that the father campaign by Boko Haram jihadists, who spe- of the intended target was shot and wounded. NAIROBI: Kenyans walk past election posters in the Kibera slum. — AFP cialize in targeting religious centers. There Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives were varying accounts of what happened in Yakubu Dogara called the attack “barbaric... the Ozubulu. Witnesses said five gunmen in height of wickedness.” masks stormed the church, but police said He extended his condolences to families Why Kenyans are nervous the killing was the work of a lone shooter. “So of the victims, assuring them that the govern- far, 12 persons have been confirmed dead ment would do everything within its power and deposited in the mortuary here,” a worker to track down those responsible. Hundreds of at Nnamdi Azikwe University Teaching churches and mosques in Nigeria’s north about presidential vote Hospital told AFP. have been attacked since 2009 when Boko Garba Umar, Anambra State police Haram began a violent campaign to impose Commissioner, later said 11 people were strict Islamic law. The rebellion has killed at killed while 18 were injured as a result of the least 20,000 people and forced some 2.6 mil- A look at the issues around the election shooting. Several worshippers with gunshot lion others to flee their homes, sparking a dire wounds were also receiving treatment at the humanitarian crisis in the northeast.— AFP KAMPALA: Kenyans vote today in a close presiden- corruption also feeds tensions. seek to keep the elections free of violence. The tor- tial election between President Uhuru Kenyatta, ture and killing in late July of Christopher Msando, who seeks a second term, and Raila Odinga, who LIKELIHOOD OF VIOLENCE an official in charge of Kenya’s electronic voting sys- lost the last two elections. The East African high- The Al-Shabab extremist group, based in neigh- tem, has fueled concerns that the vote could be South Africa’s Zuma tech and commercial hub of 44 million people is boring Somalia, already has threatened Kenya’s rigged. The biometric system malfunctioned in the often described as one of the continent’s most elections with a series of deadly attacks in border 2013 election, leading to opposition claims of vote politically stable countries, but the torture and areas. That strains Kenya’s security forces as they tampering.—AP facing secret vote killing of a top election official has many recalling the disputed 2007 election between the same can- CAPE TOWN: A parliamentary vote of no Zuma and his cabinet.” A group of ANC vet- didates that left more than 1,000 people dead. confidence in South African President erans from the anti-apartheid struggle has Here’s a look at the issues around the vote: Pussy Riot members detained Jacob Zuma will be held by secret ballot, it also called for MPs to vote against Zuma, was announced yesterday, a move that who was himself imprisoned with Nelson THE CANDIDATES over protest in Siberian city could encourage some ANC lawmakers to Mandela on Robben Island under white- Kenyatta and Odinga are from storied political vote to oust him. The vote, scheduled for minority rule. South Africa is “witness to lar- families. Kenyatta is the son of Jomo Kenyatta, MOSCOW: Russian police yesterday detained two probe into suspected violations of safety rules. The today, has become a test of African ceny on a grand scale, leaving the country Kenya’s first president, and Odinga is the son of members of Pussy Riot after they staged a protest accident on Friday at the mine in the Sakha region National Congress (ANC) unity as senior not only impoverished, but also increasing- Jaramogi Odinga Odinga, the country’s first vice in support of a jailed Ukrainian filmmaker in a some 4,000 kilometers east of Moscow saw water party figures have been increasingly critical ly in the hands of criminalized and compro- president. One must win more than 50 percent of Siberian city. Maria Alyokhina, one of the punk flood in from a disused crater. of their leader, but it is unlikely to succeed mised governance,” the veterans said in a the vote to avoid a runoff election. After losing the rock group’s members previously jailed for a Russia’s Investigative Committee, which probes in toppling Zuma. “Voting on the motion of statement before Mbete’s announcement. past two elections, this may be the last chance for protest against President Vladimir Putin, wrote on serious crimes, said Monday it had opened a crimi- no confidence in the president... will be by “The motion of no-confidence in the 72-year-old Raila Odinga to claim the seat that Twitter that she and Olga Borisova were being nal case over suspected breaches of safety proce- secret ballot,” parliamentary Speaker Baleka President Jacob Zuma is an inevitable out- eluded his father. Odinga says he wants to restore a held in Yakutsk. dures at the mine, owned by the country’s largest Mbete announced, in a decision that took come of the myriad scandals in which he strong government, stamp out corruption and Alyokhina tweeted that they had been taken to diamond producer Alrosa, punishable by up to many analysts by surprise. has regrettably embroiled himself and his improve the lives of the poorest Kenyans. a police station after protesting in support of film- three years in jail. Rescuers helped an injured min- The president, who came to power in office,” they added. The ANC has fought The 55-year-old Kenyatta wants to avoid maker Oleg Sentsov, who is serving a 20-year term er escape on Saturday, bringing the total who have 2009, has been implicated in multiple cor- back, saying last week it expects its lawmak- becoming the first Kenyan president not to win re- for “terrorist” offences in Yakutsk, almost 5,000 kilo- been evacuated to 143. He was hospitalized in a ruption scandals, while the country’s econ- ers to back the president. Party chief whip election. He won in 2013 with 50.03 percent of the meters east of Moscow. “We’re in Yakutsk police serious condition with hypothermia. omy has fallen into recession and unem- Jackson Mthembu said ousting Zuma vote, triggering an unsuccessful legal challenge by station No. 2,” Alyokhina wrote. Borisova, in a video Specialized climbers were working on Monday ployment has risen to record levels. The 75- would “have disastrous consequences that Odinga. Kenyatta at the time was facing criminal from a police car posted on Twitter, added: “We’re to try to establish communications with the sec- year-old is due to step down as head of the can only have a negative impact on the charges at the International Criminal Court over going to the police station... on suspicion of com- tion where the remaining eight men are believed ANC in December, and as president before people of South Africa”. But he acknowl- his alleged role in the 2007 election violence. mitting an administrative offence, (holding) an to be trapped by sending a signal through a the 2019 general election-lessening pres- edged recent criticism of the ANC, and the Those charges were dropped due to lack of evi- unsanctioned rally.” drainage pipe, Alrosa said in a statement. The com- sure for his party to seek imminent change. impact of a cabinet reshuffle in March when dence, with the ICC prosecutor blaming unprece- Alyokhina on Sunday posted photos and a pany’s president Sergei Ivanov said Sunday that The vote has been subject to a long respected finance minister Pravin Gordhan dented witness interference and bribery. This time, video of their brief protest on a bridge, calling rescuers were trying to reach a location where the legal battle waged by opposition parties, was replaced with a Zuma loyalist. Kenyatta has appeared more confident while cam- Sentsov’s case “one of the key political cases in the miners may be trapped, but the company denied a with the Constitutional Court ruling that a Gordhan’s sacking led to a string of down- paigning, pointing to major infrastructure proj- history of our country.” For the protest, the women report that their exact whereabouts had been secret ballot was permissible. “It’s a surpris- grades to South Africa’s credit rating as well ects, many backed by China, and claiming strong donned the group’s signature colourful balaclavas identified. ing but strategic move,” independent ana- as causing the rand currency to tumble. economic growth. and held flares and a sign saying “Free Sentsov.” Specialist rescuers were also working inside the lyst Judith February told AFP. “Zuma is likely Public support for the ANC, which swept to Sentsov was convicted for masterminding arson mine to clear tunnels blocked by mud from the to remain even if a few MPs vote against power under Mandela in the first non-racial THE CALL OF TRIBE attacks on pro-Kremlin party offices in Crimea after flooding and rock fragments from the mining him. I would be very surprised if Zuma goes elections in 1994, slipped to 55 percent in Most political organizing in Kenya is tied to eth- Russia annexed the peninsula from Ukraine in process, Alrosa said. The emergency situations by this process. “The decision takes the last year’s local polls — its worst-ever result. nicity. Many voters see Kenyatta as the candidate of March 2014. ministry said rescuers had already explored along wind out of the sails of opposition as well the Kikuyu people, the country’s largest ethnic His case was denounced by the West and film- tunnels stretching almost seven kilometers and as civil society marches and activism Minister sorry over nightclub ‘assault’ group, and Odinga representing the Luo. That the makers around the world continue to speak out in had cleared 200 meters of blocked tunnels. around this issue.” Meanwhile, a South African deputy min- Luo have never produced a head of state adds dra- support for him. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo The company was also working to set up extra ister yesterday apologized after he was ma to the election. “Many middle-class Kenyans will, Klimkin praised the protest, writing on Twitter: pumps to remove water from the huge crater that ‘Larceny on a grand scale’ accused of kicking and punching a woman in an instant, go from speaking of globalization and “Respect to @pussyrrriot for building the bridge of is leaking into the underground mine shafts, to Protests by pro- and anti-Zuma groups at a nightclub in northern Johannesburg. borderless innovation while sipping on their cafe freedom in Yakutsk. #FreeSentsov” Alyokhina ensure the rescuers’ safety. Relatives of the men are planned in Cape Town, home of the Higher education deputy minister Mduduzi macchiatos to offering blind support to a well- served a prison term for a protest performance in a still inside in the mine flew into the town of Mirny South African parliament. The main opposi- Manana admitted he was involved in the known thug who happens to be from their tribes,” Moscow cathedral, being convicted of hooligan- where the mine is located, Alrosa said, and were tion Democratic Alliance party said the “shameful incident”, saying that “regardless journalist Daniel Kalinaki wrote in a recent column ism motivated by religious hatred. set to meet the company’s leadership and res- vote was “an opportunity for us all to stand of the extreme provocation, I should have for the Daily Monitor newspaper. Elsewhere, rescuers yesterday desperately tried cuers. Alrosa made a net profit of 22.7 billion up to corruption and get rid of President exercised restraint”. —AFP Kenyatta’s running mate under the Jubilee coali- to contact eight miners missing in a flooded rubles ($376.37 million) in the first quarter of tion, Deputy President William Ruto, is expected to Siberian diamond mine as investigators opened a 2017.— Agencies marshal the votes of his Kalenjin people. Odinga leads the National Super Alliance, which includes political leaders of the Kamba and Luhya ethnic groups. But Kenya’s political landscape is noted for shifting alliances. Kenyatta’s running mate Ruto was an ally of Odinga in 2007, for example. Ruto is now being challenged at home by an influential gover- nor who supports Odinga, which could split the Kalenjin vote that was crucial in Kenyatta’s 2013 win.

CORRUPTION, POVERTY AND LAND Severe drought conditions in half of Kenya’s 47 counties have worsened tensions over land as farmers face invasions from semi-nomadic herders seeking room to graze their cattle. In Laikipia county, more than 30 people have died. Some farmers say politi- cians have incited the herders with the aim of shifting demographics in their favor and winning elections. Despite Kenya’s expanding middle class and economic YAKUTSK: In this handout photo released by Zona.media, Maria Alyokhina and Olga growth of 5.6 percent in 2016, according to national Borisova, members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, hold flares and a banner on the JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa delivers a speech figures, poverty remains widespread. More than 40 bridge nearby outside the prison colony. —AP at a meeting of the South African Communist Party. — AP percent of people live on less than $2 a day. Official TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 INTERNATIONAL

Australia’s ruling party refuses vote to recognize gay marriage

CANBERRA: Australia’s ruling party Liberal Sen Dean Smith, a gay man plebiscite would be compulsory and Malcolm Turnbull’s authority over his Brown said she had legal advice that yesterday rejected a push to allow law- who opposed legalizing same-sex mar- failure to vote would be punishable fragile government, which holds a sin- the government could not conduct a makers to decide whether the country riage when he was appointed to the by a fine. gle-seat majority in the House of postal plebiscite without Senate should recognize gay marriage, contin- Senate in 2012, has drafted a bill to Representatives. Lawmaker Andrew approval. She said her advocacy group uing a bitter political stalemate over allow gay marriage now and wants his Cheaper option Broad had threatened to quit that gov- The Equality Campaign would seek a the divisive reform. The conservative fellow Liberal lawmakers to be allowed If the Senate again rejected it, the ernment and predicted 16 of his col- High Court injunction to prevent any Liberal Party-led coalition was narrowly to vote on it according to their con- party would propose a voluntary leagues in the Nationals party would postal plebiscite. re-elected in July 2016 with a promise sciences rather than according to party postal plebiscite in which voters mail in follow if the Liberal Party opted to “The government needs to think to let voters decide whether Australia policy. “It’s time for the party to put the their opinions instead of using ballot allow a parliamentary vote on gay mar- very carefully before it expends up to should recognize same-sex marriage matter to rest once and for all,” Smith boxes as a cheaper option that would riage without a plebiscite. AU$100 million of taxpayer dollars through a popular vote. But the Senate told reporters before the meeting. not need the Senate to approve the “It won’t be me only, the whole when it could resolve this issue in would not allow the so-called But a crisis meeting of Liberal law- expense. The seven lawmakers who show would blow up,” Broad told the Parliament as soon as this week,” Brown plebiscite, which would have cost 160 makers decided to try again to per- spoke against the plebiscite at the Sunraysia Daily newspaper. “So sud- said. Opinion polls show most million Australian dollars ($127 mil- suade the Senate to endorse the meeting were outnumbered more denly you’d lose 16 lower house mem- Australians support gay marriage. But lion), and the result could have been plebiscite before Parliament consid- than three-to-one by 27 colleagues bers in one bloc. Turnbull’s leadership most of that support is soft, and gay- ignored by lawmakers when deciding ers voting on legislation. The rejected who supported the 2-year-old policy. would become untenable and he’d no rights advocates are concerned that how to vote on gay marriage legisla- plebiscite bill will be reintroduced to Finding policy agreement on the longer be prime minister,” Broad referendums rarely change the status tion in Parliament. the Senate this week. Voting on the issue is a test of Prime Minister added. Gay marriage campaigner Anna quo in Australia. —AP N Korea defiant after new sanctions, rejecting talks ‘United States will pay the price for its crime’

MANILA: North Korea vowed Pyongyang, but he refused to say all of my objectives, which is a Either of them could have yesterday that tough new United how long the North might have denuclearized Korean peninsula,” blocked the measures with their Nations sanctions would not stop to refrain from testing more he said. UN veto. it from developing its nuclear long-range missiles beforehand. Wang then followed up by Seoul sought to extend an arsenal, as it rejected talks and “I’m not going to give someone a warning North Korea that China, olive branch to the North in a angrily warned the United States specific number of days or weeks. which is Pyongyang’s biggest brief and rare encounter on of retaliation. The message of This is really about the spirit of trading partner, would be res- Sunday between South Korean defiance was the first major these talks,” he said. The sanc- olute in implementing the sanc- Foreign Minister Kang Kyung- response to the US-drafted sanc- tions were in response to the tions. “China will for sure imple- Wha and Ri at a dinner to wel- tions, which the UN Security Council unanimously approved over the weekend and which HONG KONG: A cleaner rakes palm oil residue from the sand on a beach in could cost North Korea $1 billion Hong Kong. —AFP a year. The North’s sole major ally China, accused by the United Hong Kong cleans beaches States of doing too little to rein in Pyongyang, piled on the diplo- after massive palm oil spill matic pressure by vowing to fully implement the new sanctions. HONG KONG: A clean-up operation was Environmental impact “We will under no circumstances under way in Hong Kong yesterday after a The Leisure and Cultural Services put the nukes and ballistics rock- massive palm oil spillage from a ship colli- Department said beach workers were using ets on (the) negotiating table,” sion in mainland Chinese waters clogged absorbent strips to prevent the spread of North Korean Foreign Minister Ri some of its most popular beaches. The the oil and government departments had Yong-Ho said in a statement coast was coated with rancid-smelling been notified to clean up the water. In a released in the Philippine capital sticky white clumps of the oil as it washed statement late Sunday it described the in Sunday, with 11 beaches still closed to palm oil as “harmless to the human body”. Manila where he was attending a swimmers Monday at the height of a sum- But environmentalists still fear the poten- regional security forum. mer heatwave. There are still lumps of the tial impact and say the government has not “Neither shall we flinch even solidified oil on the beaches and the sea done enough to contain the spillage. an inch from the road to bolster- water in some areas is greasy. “Whilst we may not see birds covered in ing up the nuclear forces chosen Hong Kong comprises more than 200 black oil, palm oil is hazardous to wildlife in by ourselves unless the hostile islands with glittering bays, but there are that it attracts bacteria,” said Gary Stokes of policy and nuclear threat of the increasing concerns about pollution and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. US against the DPRK (North rubbish blighting its shores. On Pui O Stokes added that the oil will dissolve Korea) are fundamentally elimi- beach, on the island of Lantau, cleaners and break down, which could also remove nated.” In an earlier statement raked through the famous black sand oxygen from the water and kill marine life. released via its official KCNA Monday morning retrieving lumps of palm The leakage was caused by a collision news agency, North Korea threat- oil mixed with other trash, from plastic between two vessels near the Pearl River ened to make the United States water bottles to children’s toys. estuary in southern China on Thursday, the “pay the price for its crime... MANILA: (From L-R) US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, South Korea’s Foreign Minister Kang Although there is still a red flag up and marine department confirmed. It said it thousands of times” for drafting Kyung-Wha and Japan’s Foreign Minister Taro Kono pose for a photo during their trilateral the beach is officially closed, some people had sent nine vessels to clean up the palm the sanctions. meeting on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) regional ventured into the water. One 61-year-old oil lumps in waters off southwestern and Ri was among two dozen min- security forum. —AFP surfer, who gave his name as Simon and is southern Hong Kong. isters attending the security a regular at the beach, said there was still In a statement to AFP it added that the forum, including Chinese Foreign North’s two intercontinental bal- ment that new resolution 100 come the diplomats to Manila. oil in the sea. “It got under my feet and on clean-up had started Saturday, but did not Minister Wang Yi, US Secretary of listic missile tests last month, percent, fully and strictly,” Wang Kang urged Ri to accept Seoul’s my board. It’s all slippery,” he told AFP. respond to the question of how much oil after which Kim boasted that he told reporters, according to a offers of military talks to ease “Yesterday there was big chunks along the had been leaked. Authorities in neighbor- State Rex Tillerson and top diplo- beach and in the water.” He added that ing Guangdong province must give notifi- mats from other Asia-Pacific could now strike any part of the translator. Pyongyang’s fiery tensions on the divided peninsu- there was often rubbish on the beach, cation of oil spills, the department said. nations. For his part, Tillerson United States. statement via KCNA yesterday hit la and for discussions on a new often left by visitors. When asked why Hong Kong authorities ruled out a quick return to dia- out at Beijing and Moscow, round of reunions for divided “I live here now, I have to put up with it. had not been told of the Thursday spill logue with North Korea, saying United stance which has also offered the North families, according to South I don’t like it,” said Simon, who is an airport until Saturday, the department said it was Washington would only consider Tillerson, who held separate diplomatic cover in the past. Korea’s Yonhap news agency. But worker originally from Hawaii. Beach “because those substances may flow into talks if Pyongyang halted its bal- talks in Manila with Yi and North Korea warned that Ri immediately rejected the offer announcements told determined swim- Hong Kong waters after two days”. listic missile program. “The best Russian Foreign Minister Sergei nations which “received appreci- and said it “lacked sincerity”, mers at the closed beaches to get out of Swathes of rubbish frequently clog the signal that North Korea could Lavrov, also sought to emphasize ation from the US” for supporting Yonhap reported. Trump and his the water Monday. But Agnes Mercado, coastline with authorities and environ- send that they’re prepared to talk a united stance against the the resolution would also be South Korean counterpart Moon 49, a regular at secluded South Bay on mentalists pointing the finger at southern would be to stop these missile North. “It’s quite clear in terms of “held accountable”. US President Jae-In spoke on the phone on Hong Kong Island, was determined to take mainland China as the source. However, launches,” Tillerson told reporters. there being no daylight between Donald Trump had on Sunday Sunday and agreed the North her morning dip, although she said she campaigners also say Hong Kong itself has Tillerson did hold out the the international community as said on Twitter that he “appreci- “poses a grave and growing would not submerge her upper body. “Of a terrible track record on dumping of prospect of US envoys at some to the expectation that North ates” Russia and China’s coopera- direct threat”, according to a course I’m worried about it, but it’s even waste-the city’s landfills are groaning at point sitting down with Korea will take steps to achieve tion in backing the sanctions. White House statement. —AFP worse than this on some days,” she said of capacity and there is no widespread recy- the pollution. cling culture. —AFP SE Asia urges Malaysia to halt migrant crackdown Duterte on human rights KUALA LUMPUR: Southeast Asian lawmakers Malaysia is a magnet for migrant workers from workers after an official program to register scandals: Don’t go there yesterday urged Malaysia to halt a crackdown across Asia in sectors ranging from construc- undocumented foreigners ended on June 30. on migrant workers that has seen more than tion to agriculture, but several million are The latest official figures show 6,038 undocu- MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte shouldn’t be questioned about alleged viola- 6,000 foreigners detained and sparked alarm believed to be undocumented. mented workers have been arrested in raids. met yesterday with America’s top diplomat, tions given the challenges he’s facing. among rights groups. Relatively developed Authorities started rounding up illegal The two largest groups represented were from where he voiced solidarity with the US amid “Policemen and soldiers have died on me. The Indonesia and Bangladesh, with substantial global concerns over North Korea’s nuclear pro- war now in Marawi, what caused it but drugs? numbers also from Myanmar, the Philippines gram and angrily dismissed media questions So human rights, don’t go there.” and Vietnam. about human rights abuses by his government. But ahead of the meeting, Duterte’s presi- MPs from a group that brings together Duterte and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson dential spokesman, Ernesto Bella, said the top- Southeast Asian lawmakers pushing for better met in Manila at a regional Asia gathering. It ic would indeed come up, along with other human rights visited Malaysia on a fact-finding was the highest-level interaction to date pressing matters such as global terrorism mission, and at the end of the trip made a plea between a member of President Donald threats, economic cooperation and security in for authorities to end the crackdown. “This Trump’s administration and Duterte, accused by Marawi, the city that has been under siege by inhumane action must be halted,” Philippine human rights groups of flagrant abuses in his pro-Islamic State group militants for more than Congresswoman Emmi De Jesus told reporters bloody war against illegal drugs. two months. in Kuala Lumpur at the end of the visit. “Many If the two leaders discussed those or other “We also welcome the opportunity to migrants are living in constant fear. Poor treat- US concerns about Duterte’s government, they address concerns such as human rights if and ment by law enforcement, including indefinite didn’t do so in public. Instead, the two focused when raised,” Bella said in a statement. “We have detention in abysmal conditions, are urgent on the alliance between the two countries and always included this issue in our discussions concerns.” on the North Korea issue as reporters were and engagements with foreign governments, The group, ASEAN Parliamentarians for allowed in briefly for the start of their meeting. particularly Western democracies.” The US, too, Human Rights, urged all Southeast Asian gov- Entering an ornate, wood-paneled hall in the said ahead of the meeting that human rights ernments to adopt a binding regional treaty Philippine leader’s palace, Tillerson was intro- would be among the topics on the agenda. duced to members of Duterte’s Cabinet, shak- Human rights groups have questioned the on migrant workers, aimed at protecting ing hands with each. Duterte welcomed the Trump administration’s willingness to engage workers and their rights. Leading Malaysian American and said he said he knew the US was with Duterte. But Tillerson argued there’s no migrant rights group Tenaganita said it was concerned about Pyongyang’s missile program. contradiction presented by the US decision to “upset to see such large numbers of undocu- “You come at a time when I think the world is help his country fight the militants, whose mented workers including refugees being not so good, especially in the Korean Peninsula,” insurgency in the Philippines has stoked global handcuffed, arrested, criminalized, sent to Duterte said. fears about the Islamic State group exporting prisons and detention centers”. The group violence into Southeast Asia and beyond. says that many of the migrants are in reality Global terrorism threats Nearly 700 people have died in the intense victims of unscrupulous employers and Earlier, as they shook hands, the two fighting, including 528 militants and 122 soldiers agents who demand huge sums of money to ignored a shouted question about whether and policemen, since hundreds of black flag bring them to the country, then leave them they’d discuss human rights. And at a news waving gunmen stormed into buildings and saddled with huge debts. Migrant workers conference after their meeting, Duterte bris- homes in the business district and outlying com- typically do manual jobs spurned by locals. A tled but didn’t answer directly when asked munities of mosque-studded Marawi, a center of PORT DICKSON: In this file picture taken late July 11, 2017, detained foreign work- total of 135 employers have also been whether human rights had come up. “Human Islamic faith in the southern third of the predomi- ers board a truck following a raid by Malaysian immigration authorities at a con- detained in the crackdown, according to offi- rights, son of a b***h,” Duterte said, arguing he nantly Roman Catholic nation. —AFP struction site. —AFP cial figures. —AFP TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 ANALYSIS

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Focus Ryan focuses on home but can’t escape questions

ith a dysfunctional Congress on recess, House Speaker Paul Ryan has turned his focus back home, touring flood-damaged areasW and visiting local businesses in Wisconsin. But he can’t escape the questions about why Republicans in charge of Washington aren’t delivering. And though he’s won re-election easily for years, Ryan faces the prospect of challenges from left and right and an energized Democratic base in next year’s midterm elections. “We have a majority in the House and Senate and it feels like nothing’s getting done,” 32-year-old James Hulsey said just before Ryan recently toured his workplace. Sensing the angst, Ryan has been much more visi- ble in his southeast Wisconsin district as Republicans failed to deliver on their yearslong promise to scrap the health care law and new polling numbers show the speaker is less popular among Republicans in Wisconsin than President Donald Trump. Trump won Wisconsin by less than a percentage point, but he car- ried Ryan’s district by 10 points. In the remaining months of the year, Ryan and the Republican-led Congress are determined to deliver major legislation, elusive so far due to GOP infighting, and the top priority is overhauling the nation’s tax code. Failure to produce could cost Republicans their House majority in the 2018 midterms and, for Ryan, his job as speaker and Republican leader. “This is the ‘Chickens vs Aliens’ and other modern myths third time in 100 years we’ve had this alignment of government that we’ve got to get it done or else I n the fairy tale of “The Travelling Princess”, the hero- war, but instead to create a space for them to through,” she said. The book has been popular in Italy really worried our country will continue down a bad ine is granted one wish: To travel through foreign express themselves. and Greece, countries with large refugee populations, path,” Ryan said after his tour of the wire manufactur- lands, meet new friends and share her riches with As they began recording stories, one theme reap- said Beatriz. Some 60,000 refugees and migrants, many er Banker Wire, in Mukwonago, Wisconsin. He later theI people she meets. At the end of her journey, peared in every tale, best demonstrated by Princess from Syria, have become stranded in makeshift and for- told the Wisconsin State Journal, “If we don’t do our Princess Amira gives up her crown, and makes her Amira, said Beatriz. “In all of the stories children speak mal camps across Greece since Balkan countries closed job, we will depress turnout. I am frustrated as well.” home in Greece among the families of refugees who about welcoming and belonging and being accepted, their borders last year to those trying to reach western Republican Keith Ketzler, 62, worries that the GOP have fled Syria’s war, helping children to find lost par- which reflects obviously the experience they have been and northern Europe. —Reuters will pay politically next year. Democrats need to flip ents and one day return to the lives they have left 24 seats to regain control. “Everybody that voted behind. The story is one of eight tales in a collection of Republican is getting very frustrated,” Ketzler said, modern myths and fables invented by Syrian and after prodding Ryan about why Congress hasn’t Kurdish children living in Thessaloniki, Greece. Yi struggle against poverty achieved more. “People crossed the line last time, but Brazilian journalist Debora de Pina Castiglione and they’re not going to stay crossed if they don’t get her sister, illustrator Beatriz, recorded the stories and or Jisi Lazuo, the torch festival in her village From road building to subsidies, the central gov- things done.” worked with designers and translators to create a book in southwest China should be a celebration ernment has spent large amounts of money on Ryan angered some conservatives during the cam- now sold in 11 languages throughout Europe. involving colorful ethnic clothes and eating poverty relief in places like Liangshan. In 2016, the paign with comments critical of then-candidate freshlyF slaughtered pig. Instead, it’s a time of Liangshan government distributed 940 million “Travelling Tales” aims to encourage communication Trump. But in the first six months of Trump’s term, between young refugees and others children, through stress. “In my heart I always get worried when the yuan ($139 million) in basic income assistance for Ryan has been far less critical of the president than the universal language of myth and wild imagination, torch festival comes along,” said Jisi, 37, who sup- the poorest in the region, according to the govern- other Republican lawmakers who have challenged a Beatriz said. “The stories created by the children are ports a family of two grandparents and four chil- ment website. Officials in charge of Liangshan’s number of Trump moves, including his criticism of super happy, and full of creativity and adventure, and dren. “Traditional clothes are quite expensive, but anti-poverty campaign declined to comment on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a former senator. really funny.” for my own kids I can only buy whatever I can the programs. The State Council poverty alleviation Ryan’s Republican primary challenger last year, Beatriz, one of five illustrators to contribute to the get,” she said. office in Beijing also declined to comment. Paul Nehlen, initially won the backing of then-candi- book, said the sisters wanted to give children and their Jisi belongs to the isolated Yi ethnic community. While many Yi welcome the state’s help, some date Trump, who later switched to Ryan. Ryan beat parents a chance to talk about the war and refugee They have a distinct language and culture, and are question whether cash handouts are sustainable. Nehlen by 70 percentage points in the primary. But crises. But the book is above all an expression of child- among the poorest in China. Most live in Liangshan, “Just giving out money is useless because one day Nehlen, who is running again, thinks 2018 will be hood fun that should allow readers in communities a mountainous district in the southwestern the money will eventually run out,” said Emu Zhiji, more difficult for Ryan, arguing that he hasn’t done hosting refugees to see the authors not as victims but province of Sichuan and one of 14 areas of “concen- one of the few people in his village to receive a uni- enough to appease Republican Trump supporters. as children, who share their excitement and fantastical trated poverty” identified by the central govern- versity education. Emu said he hopes to become a “President Trump has given Paul Ryan way more imagination, she added. ment. Average incomes in Liangshan are just 27 sports teacher, something that would be impossi- opportunities to stand up and back him and what he Among the stories, readers find a plucky duck who percent of the national average, official data shows. ble for many Yi. Thirty percent are illiterate, com- has done is really undermine him,” Nehlen said. lives in a chocolate house, a king who gets lessons in An ambitious poverty reduction campaign is seek- pared to 4 percent nationally, and many do not Beating Ryan will not be easy. No Democrat has kindness from his children, and a battle between aliens ing to change this, ensuring by 2020 that no one is speak Mandarin, the main language in China. As a represented the district since 1995. Ryan has cruised and chickens for earth’s last remaining eggs. “There’s a living in poverty - defined by the government as result, they have limited options for earning a living to re-election ever since he joined Congress in 1999 - lot of fantasy: there are extraterrestrials, fairies, magic - less than 2,300 yuan a year. beyond farming. winning by 35 percentage points last year. He has it’s really diverse,” Beatriz told the Thomson Reuters China has lifted hundreds of millions of its citi- The government has tried to improve access to $11.5 million in the bank and is a familiar face in Foundation. zens out of poverty over the past few decades, but education for the Yi, but it struggles to recruit Janesville where he was born and raised and still lives Journalist Debora has volunteered in the Greek doing the same for groups like the Yi poses a differ- teachers to work in such a remote area. Many stu- with his wife and three children. camps since Aug 2016 and said she and her sister ent set of challenges. “A lot of that poverty is not as dents battle to keep up with lessons taught in had long dreamed of working together on a book. easily accessible for the government,” said Ben Mandarin. Emu said more needs to be done to ‘Iron Stache’ Over four months, Debora hosted workshops with Westmore, a senior economist at the Organisation allow the Yi to develop within their own culture if Democrats are pinning their hopes on Randy Bryce, children aged between four and 14 in three camps - for Economic Co-operation and Development they are to alleviate the poverty and a dependency an Army veteran and union iron worker with the nick- Vasilika, Lagadikia and Oreokastro - and in the city (OECD). “It’s people who live in mountainous areas on government programs. “If we had better jobs name “Iron Stache”. He appears to have walked out of of Thessaloniki, to listen to stories and help children who are not very well connected, or they’re more we’d be able to feed and clothe ourselves on our Hollywood central casting - complete with a dark mus- develop ideas. She said they had not aimed to get dispersed at the provincial level across the prefec- own, but for that we need to be able to use our tache, thick biceps, faded blue jeans and a promise to the children to discuss their experiences fleeing tures,” he said. own language,” he said. — Reuters fight for the working man. Bryce is trying to capitalize on disenchantment over Ryan’s role in the health care bill as he mounts a long-shot campaign. Bryce generated excitement among Democrats both in Wisconsin and nationally for his announce- ment video in June that has now been viewed more Calif butcher displays anti-meat sign than 550,000 times. It begins with a clip of Trump praising Ryan’s attempts to undo Democrat Barack t was perhaps only a matter of time in kept protesting for 10 weeks. They made speakers. Recently it has been criticized Obama’s Affordable Care Act and then shows Bryce ultra-progressive California, but a lux- our neighbors mad, our neighborhood for chilling free speech after canceling an getting emotional as his mother details her struggle ury butcher’s shop is surprising businesses were losing customers.” appearances by firebrand pundit Ann with multiple sclerosis. “You can come work the iron,” Ipatrons with a sign warning about the Finally, DXE laid down its conditions for Coulter and right-wing provocateur and the hardhat-wearing Bryce challenges Ryan, “and I’ll cruelty of eating meat. “Attention: burying the hatchet. former Brietbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos. go to DC.” Bryce raised $430,000 in the first two weeks Animals’ lives are their right. Killing them Berkeley also happens to be the epi- after the spot ran. Ryan has tried to shift the conversa- is violent and unjust, no matter how it’s Ideal meat center of America’s organic food industry, tion from the collapse of the GOP healthcare effort done,” reads the notice greeting patrons “Either we had to become a vegan its reputation for being green sent up in and toward tax reform and the news that Taiwanese of The Local Butcher Shop in Berkeley. butchery or we had to stop giving these the TV series “Portlandia,” in which restau- iPhone manufacturer Foxconn plans to invest $10 bil- The business stuck the sign in its window classes, or put up a sign saying that ani- rateurs provide photographic evidence lion on a factory in his congressional district that as part of a “peace treaty” with animal mals have rights,” Monica told AFP. She that their meat is from ethically-raised could employ 13,000 people. — AP rights activists in the left-leaning univer- says the sign hasn’t impacted custom. animals. DXE organizer Matt Johnson sity town who have been picketing the “We go to great lengths to make sure our says one of the group’s activists felt his store for the last four months. meat is from local ranches, is raised as blood chill as he saw “an advertisement All articles appearing on these pages are Every Sunday as it opened for butch- humanely as possible, free of antibiotics. for these courses where people are ery lessons, it was besieged by demon- We want... this to be the ideal meat. Our taught how to properly dismember the the personal opinion of the writers. Kuwait strators from rights group Direct Action customers know this and support us.” She body of an animal.” Times takes no responsibility for views Everywhere (DXE) - sometimes naked, acknowledges, however that the sign will In line with the better-known Peta ani- dripping with fake blood and wrapped in not placate DXE, for whom the issue is mal welfare association, DXE directs its expressed therein. Kuwait Times invites cellophane. Monica Rocchino, co-owner black-and-white. “For them, you kill ani- protests “everywhere where violence readers to voice their opinions. Please send of The Local Butcher Shop with her hus- mals or you don’t. I understand that against animals is normalized - rodeo, cir- submissions via email to: opinion@kuwait- band Aaron, was at her wits’ end and belief but it’s another thing to force your cuses, restaurants, the butchers”. “We decided to meet with the activists. “They ideas on other people,” says Monica. dont have any ill will against any individ- times.net or via snail mail to PO Box 1301 said they wanted Berkeley to become a Berkeley, the cradle of the US universi- ual, no hate for butchers - only love for Safat, Kuwait. The editor reserves the right meat-free city and they were ready to ties’ free speech movement, has been the animals,” says Johnson. “But we cannot shut down our business,” said Monica. scene of regular demonstrations from the accept small businesses misleading peo- to edit any submission as necessary. “We asked for actions we could do. And days of the anti-Vietnam War campaign to ple, saying this is just fine, to be promot- they said they’d think about it, but they recent protests against visiting right-wing ing a better brand of violence.” — AFP NEWS TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017

People play beach volleyball at Umm Suqeim Beach in Dubai yesterday. — AP

Iran papers slam MP selfies More Syrian child brides in Jordan...

TEHRAN: Iran’s newspapers were dominated yesterday by you for disgracing 80 million people,” wrote one Twitter user. Continued from Page 1 traditions. In any case, there was nothing to do in the accusations lawmakers had embarrassed themselves by Others drew comparisons with iconic images such as Walt small desert town. clamoring to take selfies with EU foreign policy chief Disney’s seven dwarves lining up to fawn over Snow White. registered in the kingdom since the outbreak of the Two years ago, a young Syrian man asked for the Federica Mogherini during her visit to parliament. Mogherini At least one lawmaker apologized for his lack of decorum, Syria conflict in 2011. The other Syrians include migrant teen’s hand, after introductions had been made by a go- was among dozens of foreign guests in Iran for the inaugu- but the issue still dominated yesterday’s front pages. laborers who came before the war, and those who nev- between. The intermediary talked up the stranger, say- ration of President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday, but she The reformist Ghanoon daily had a cartoon of Mogherini er registered as refugees. ing he had job prospects and could afford his own appeared to capture the most attention as members of par- in the style of Edvard Munch’s famous painting “The Scream”, The figures on early marriage include all Syrians in apartment. The teen, 15 at the time, accepted. “I was liament crowded round to grab a snap with her. with Iranian parliamentarians peeping from the corners with Jordan, not just registered refugees. Many came from bored and sad,” she said. “I wanted to get married.” The Images of the lawmakers perched on desks and lining up their mobile phones snapping away. The episode “shows the with their smartphones in front of the Italian diplomat trig- lack of proper education in the country”, it wrote in its edito- southern Syria’s culturally conservative countryside, where parents said the young man seemed immature, but that gered a storm of anger and ridicule on Iranian social media rial. But the ultra-conservative Kayhan newspaper did not even before the conflict girls typically married in their their daughter insisted. The wedding took place a under the hashtag “selfies of humiliation”. “Dear MPs, thank see the funny side. — AFP teens. Still, the study shows a higher rate of early marriage month later, and the bride wore a white dress. among Syrians in exile than in their homeland. The teen The marriage contract was sealed by a Syrian lawyer, divorcee fled Syria’s Daraa province in 2012, along with her not a Jordanian religious court judge, meaning it was parents and four siblings. The family eventually settled in a not officially recognized in Jordan. Local law sets the Jordan king backs Palestinian leader small town in the northern Mafraq province. minimum age of marriage for girls at 18, though The parents and the teen, now 17, spoke on condi- Jordanian judges often allow exceptions for brides Continued from Page 1 steadfastness of the Jerusalemites, the holy sites would tion of anonymity because of the stigma of divorce. between the ages of 15 and 17. In 2015, 11.6 percent of have been lost many years ago”. They said they wanted to speak out, nonetheless, in Jordanian females who married that year were minors, During the crisis over the metal detectors, 82-year- hopes of helping others avoid the same mistake. Child compared to 9.6 percent in 2010, indicating a slight rise The crisis eased on July 27 when Israeli Prime old Abbas suspended security coordination with Israel, brides are traditionally shielded from outsiders, and the that Zoubi believes is caused in part to Jordanians Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the removal of and this has remained suspended despite their removal. family provided a rare glimpse at what drives early mar- being influenced by Syrian customs. the metal detectors. He has also promised to investigate The decision sparked Israeli anger, with accusations he riage. “When we came here, our lives were disrupted,” After marriage, the Syrian teen moved to a different the embassy incident. Abdullah’s visit was seen by ana- was encouraging violence. “This visit sends a message said the teen’s mother, sitting on a floor cushion in the town with her husband, and his promises quickly evap- lysts as a show of support for Abbas, who has been iso- from his majesty that he is willing to contribute to living room of their small rented home. “If we had orated. The couple moved in with his extended clan, lated by Israel over his response to the Al-Aqsa row. removing president Abbas’s isolation following his deci- remained in Syria, I would not have allowed her to get and the teen turned into a maid, according to her par- The mosque compound is in east Jerusalem, occu- sion to stop the security coordination with Israel,” Samir married this young.” ents. The teen said her unemployed husband beat her. pied by Israel in 1967 in a move never recognised by the Awad, politics professor at Birzeit University near The family scrapes by on small cash stipends and Despite the abuse, she said she wanted to stay in the international community. The 1994 peace treaty Ramallah in the West Bank, told AFP. food vouchers from UN aid agencies, along with the marriage, fearful of the shame of divorce. Her father between Israel and Jordan recognizes Amman’s special In January, US President Donald Trump came to pow- father’s below-minimum-wage income as a laborer. eventually insisted on divorce to extract her from what status as official custodian of Jerusalem’s holy Muslim er promising to push Israelis and Palestinians towards a Worse, the family feels adrift. The parents, fearful their he felt was a harmful situation. sites. About half of Jordan’s 9.5 million citizens are of peace deal, raising brief hopes among Palestinians that children would be harassed, especially the girls, did not After returning home, the teen briefly attended an Palestinian origin. Netanyahu’s removal of the metal his unconventional approach could achieve results. But enroll them in local schools, typically overcrowded to informal education and children’s support program called detectors was seen by Palestinians as a victory. Palestinians have become increasingly frustrated by accommodate large numbers of Syrians. In such a set- Makani that is run by the UN child welfare agency and oth- At Abbas’ headquarters a large banner displayed a pic- what they see as his negotiating team’s one-sided ting - girls sitting at home without a seeming purpose - er aid groups at centers across Jordan. She started making ture of the Al-Aqsa compound with the slogan “Jerusalem approach. Trump’s team has yet to publicly commit to the push to have them get married becomes stronger. friends, but stayed away again when a new group of stu- is victorious”. “It appears that King Abdullah wants to the two-state solution, the idea of an independent An older sister of the teen also married as a minor. dents signed up. Robert Jenkins, the head of UNICEF in show through his visit that he stands with the Palestinian Palestinian state next to Israel that has been the basis of The mother said she often feels regret about her daugh- Jordan, said that by the time girls are married, it’s often too people in the battle for Jerusalem,” Palestinian political decades of international consensus. Malki said Abbas ter having been robbed of her childhood. The younger late to get them back to education. “Our absolute first line analyst Abdel Majid Sweilem told AFP. In a statement on and Abdullah had agreed that for any political process girl spent most of her time at home, brooding. She had of defense is prevention (of early marriage),” he said, the official state news agency Petra, the king was quoted to move forward “there must be recognition of the prin- no girlfriends since she didn’t go to school and was only adding that the agency tries to support families and teens as saying that without Jordanian “custodianship and the ciple of a two-state solution”. — AFP allowed to leave the house with her mother, in line with so they won’t opt for early marriage. — AP TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 SPORTS

Former All-Star catcher Chelsea owner Abramovich Tuilagi, Solomona sent Darren Daulton dies at 55 splits from wife: Spokesman home from England camp

PHILADELPHIA: Darren Daulton, the All-Star catcher who was the MOSCOW: Russian billionaire and Chelsea football club owner LONDON: Manu Tuilagi and Denny Solomona have been sent home leader of the Philadelphia Phillies’ NL championship team in 1993, has Roman Abramovich and his partner, gallerist Dasha Zhukova, have from an England training camp due to “team culture issues”, the Rugby died. He was 55. Daulton had battled brain cancer since 2013. He had separated, a spokesman for Abramovich confirmed to AFP. “After 10 Football Union announced yesterday. “Denny Solomona and Manu two tumors removed during brain surgery on July 1, 2013, years together, the two of us have made the difficult decision to Tuilagi have been sent home today from England’s training camp follow- but nine days later was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an separate, but we remain close friends, parents, and partners in the ing team culture issues,” the RFU said in a short press release. “We will aggressive form of brain cancer that also took the lives of projects we developed together,” the two said in a statement sent to not be commenting further.” Britain’s Press Association said the his former teammate Tug McGraw and former coach John AFP Monday by Abramovich’s spokesman John Mann. Abramovich, pair were disciplined for drinking alcohol during a three-day Vukovich. “Darren was a true leader of men,” Phillies 50, is Russia’s 12th richest businessman, according to Forbes maga- get-together in Teddington, southwest London. Leicester cen- chairman emeritus Bill Giles said. “In addition to being an zine, with a fortune of $9.1 billion. He has owned Chelsea football tre Tuilagi, 26, was only recalled to the England fold last outstanding clubhouse leader, he was also a fighter. He club since 2003. The statement on Monday did not make clear Thursday, a succession of injuries having prevented him from battled through five knee operations to become an All- whether Abramovich and Zhukova, 36, are married, although this playing for his country since March 2016. New Zealand-born Star. I really enjoyed watching him for 14 years in has been previously reported. Abramovich and Zhukova have two Sale wing Solomona, 23, made his England bow during uniform. Darren was a super human being. His children together, a son and daughter. In the couple’s joint state- a two-Test tour of Argentina in June, crowning his teammates loved him, I loved him like he was ment, they said that “We are committed to jointly raising our two debut with a late match-winning try in a 38-34 one of my own.” — AP children.” —AFP win in San Juan. —AFP Captains go for youth in Solheim Cup selections

ST ANDREWS: US captain Juli Inkster but Kang have played in the matches. added a pair of rookies to her Solheim Cup European captain Annika Sorenstam team for matches that will see plenty of also preferred youth rather than familiarity new faces. Inkster, the captain for the sec- with the Solheim’s uniquely partisan ond straight time, added 18-year-old Angel atmosphere. Former Women’s British Open Yin and Austin Ernst to her 10 automatic champion Catriona Matthew - an eight- qualifiers. She passed over the experience time Solheim Cup player - was one of those in Paula Creamer and six-time Solheim Cup left disappointed, although the 48-year old veteran Angela Stanford. Creamer, a cap- Scot will still make the trip to Iowa as one tain’s pick in 2015, will miss her first of Sorenstam’s assistant captains. Solheim Cup since she turned pro. “It is always hard to say ‘no’ to someone “This has been a really tough day,” said who lives for the Solheim Cup,” Sorenstam Inkster, herself a nine-time Solheim Cup said. “She was involved in the plans and participant. “I don’t know if there’s ever knew the players we were talking about been so many people in the running for and that made it awkward at times. But she two captain’s picks. I could have gone a lot has been strong and mature and I am hap- of different ways. But in the end I went with py to have her on the team either way.” my gut, and who I thought deserved a Four of Europe’s players - Emily chance to play. I hope it turns out OK. That’s Pedersen of Denmark, Madelene Sagstrom all I can say.” of Sweden and English pair Georgia Hall The Solheim Cup is Aug. 18-20 at Des and Florentine Parker - will be making their Moines Golf and Country Club. The Solheim Cup debuts, with Pedersen and Americans rallied to beat Europe two years Sagstrom two of Sorenstam’s four picks. ago in Germany and have a 9-5 record in The other wild cards - Anna Nordqvist the series that dates to 1990. The 10 quali- and Caroline Masson - will be making their fiers for the United States were Women’s fifth and third appearances in Europe’s col- PGA champion Danielle Kang, Cristie Kerr, ors, respectively. Rounding out the Jessica Korda, Brittany Lang, Stacy Lewis, European team were Carlotta Ciganda, AKRON: Hideki Matsuyama, from Japan, holds up The Gary Player Cup trophy after the final round of the Bridgestone Invitational olfg tourna- Brittany Lincicome, Gerina Piller, Lizette Charley Hull, Karine Icher, Suzann Pettersen, ment at Firestone Country Club, Sunday, in Akron, Ohio. Matsuyama finished the tournament at 16-under par.—AP Salas, Lexi Thompson and Michelle Wie. All Melissa Reid and Jodi Ewart Shadoff. — AP GOLF KIB’s showjumping team Hideki Matsuyama wins at prepares for next season in The Netherlands Firestone with big finish

KUWAIT: Kuwait International Bank (KIB) tinuing to succeed and excel on multiple AKRON: Hideki Matsuyama was along for the who also was one shot behind on the back nine. World Series of Golf in 1993. McIlroy got within announced that the team of showjump- levels, the showjumping team has man- ride four years ago when he watched Tiger Hoffman was three shots behind on the par-5 one shot of the lead on the front nine with three ing champions it sponsors, and who aged to pave the road for many aspiring Woods tear apart Firestone Country Club on his 16th hole when his caddie suggested laying up birdies in six holes until his momentum stalled compete under the Bank’s name, recent- jockeys, and these young champions way to a 61 in the second round, which tied the because there was no place to get it close by with a few missed putts. He stumbled on the ly departed for a training camp in The continue to inspire an entire generation South course record and sent Woods to a seven- going for the green 282 yards away. back nine and shot 69, leaving him in a tie for Netherlands in preparation for the of upcoming equestrian talents. We wish shot victory in the Bridgestone Invitational. “I’m trying to win a tournament,” Hoffman fifth with Russell Knox, Paul Casey and Adam upcoming equestrian season. The KIB these young equestrians the very best of “I just couldn’t believe that anyone could said. “I’m tired of finishing second.” He ripped a 3- Hadwin. showjumping team, which features jock- luck and we hope to see even greater shoot 61 on this golf course,” Matsuyama said. wood onto the green and over the back into Spieth closed with a 68 and tied for 13th in eys Ghazi Al-Juraei, Ahmad Al- successes in the upcoming season, both He sure didn’t expect that from himself Sunday, light rough, chipped weakly to 15 feet and made his last tournament before he goes for the career Mudaheka, Abdullah Hamadah and regionally and internationally.” especially after warming up so badly that par anyway. He wound up with a 66 to finish Grand Slam in the PGA Championship. After the Ahmad Al-Ansari, is set to take part in On his part, Ghazi Al-Juraei, one of the Matsuyama wasn’t sure which the way ball was third, though it was a big step in trying to make Bridgestone Invitational, add one more player - several international competitions across team’s jockeys and a member of the going. Some four hours later, the 25-year-old his first Presidents Cup team. Matsuyama - to the list of major obstacles in his Europe in the upcoming few months. Board of Directors of the Hunting and Japanese star had a place alongside Woods in Matsuyama’s final birdie broke by one shot way. “I haven’t won a major yet. I have a lot of “Our sponsorship of these talented Equestrian Club, expressed his delight for the record book. the lowest final round by a winner at Firestone. work left to do,” Matsuyama said. “But that’s not athletes comes as part of our mission to participating with his teammates in this Matsuyama finished with three straight Fulton Allem shot 62 when he won the old to say that I don’t have confidence.” — AP birdies to cap off a runaway victory with a 9- offer support and encouragement to the intensive training camp. He also lauded under 61, giving him his second World Golf youth of Kuwait, especially in the field of the financial and moral support offered Championship in nine month. It was the lowest sports,” said Nawaf Najia, Manager of the by KIB, represented by the Bank’s final round in four decades at venerable Autistic golfer Lee Corporate Communications Unit at KIB. Chairman, Sheikh Mohammad Jarrah Al Firestone, and it gave Matsuyama a five-shot vic- “In supporting these young talents, we Sabah, as the Bank seeks to nurture this tory over Zach Johnson. He finished at 16-under hope to boost the local sports culture noble sport, with it long, rich history dat- 264 and moved back to the top of the FedEx Cup dreams of Green Jacket and help this generation of rising sports ing back several generations. Al-Juraei standings. stars make a name for themselves on the further noted that in preparation for next Matsuyama found more than just his swing ANSEONG: Golf is among the most solitary of the disorder. A metronomically reliable hitter of regional, and even international, sports season’s tournaments, the showjumping after he left the range. He might have found the sports, its players engaged in a constant struggle the ball, he has been described as “a supernatu- scene. The KIB showjumping team’s slew team has purchased new horses from the game that first elevated him to the elite in golf with themselves as they compete against the rally gifted yet cruelly misunderstood athlete”. of accolades in various local and interna- Netherlands for more enhanced training. last fall when he had four victories and two run- implacable opponent of par. Lee is cognitively impaired, but has a remarkable rote memory and his motor skills tional competitions is the best testament Meanwhile, Abdullah Hamadah noted ner-up finishes over six straight tournaments. But for autistic newly qualified professional Simon Seungmin Lee, it is a way to escape appear to be highly developed, according to his to what our young athletes can achieve, that today, showjumping has reached And the timing couldn’t be better with the PGA from his enclosed self and engage with the golf coach Kim Jong-Pil. “I think he was born as and at KIB we are proud to be a part of impressive levels in Kuwait, managing to Championship four days away, with a Japanese nation clamoring for its first major champion. world. The 20-year-old South Korean, who a golfer,” he said. their journey.” overcome many challenges and barriers grew up in the US, has been medically When they started working together, teach- Najia continued by praising the strong along the way. As a result of this notable “I hope their expectations aren’t too high,” Matsuyama said. “But my expectations really at assessed as having the communication skills of ing him was harder than instructing 20 normal performance delivered by the different progress, the sport is expected to wit- a child half his age-and the socialisation abili- athletes at the same time, Kim said. “As he has members of the showjumping team. He ness significant developments during the beginning of this week weren’t that high, either, and here we are.” He won for the third ties of a 10-month-old baby. trouble communicating, I had to teach him with stressed that their unwavering commit- the next season, as many equestrians But six years after taking up the clubs, and actions and poses, not by words, showing him ment to continuous training has been a from across sports clubs in Kuwait con- time this season, joining Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth for most on the PGA Tour. following five failed attempts, he secured pro- every right pose and proper muscle movement clear factor which has led to the team’s tinue to prepare and train for the chal- “Once he gets going, he just keeps the ham- fessional status at a Korea PGA trial in May-one and fixing his own by touching him,” he said. remarkable progress. He added: “By con- lenges that lie ahead. mer down and keeps it going,” Rory McIlroy said. of the few autistic people to do so anywhere in Etiquette was another challenge, with Lee not “It’s very impressive. He’s played very impressive- the world. His next goal is a tour card at the understanding why he should stay quiet when ly over the past 18 months with a lot of wins and Korea PGA qualifying school in November. “I other players were teeing off. But once he a lot of good finishes. That’s the caliber of player love golf,” said Lee, who has difficulty speaking learned the ropes, he never looked back. “All I he is. I expect him to be right up there next and whose mother helped him communicate worry now is he is practising too hard,” said the week, as well.” throughout the interview. “I want to win the coach. But Lee’s autism may act as an advantage Matsuyama, who started the final round two Masters,” he added. in competition, he said, when pressure can shots behind Thomas Pieters and Zach Johnson, adversely affect performance. “Unlike ordinary quickly got into the hunt by chipping in from 60 ‘GOOD NIGHT, MOTHER’ athletes, he is not so tense in matches and his feet for eagle. He took the lead for the first time Lee started showing symptoms in his early concentration remains high throughout a round,” on No. 6 with a 15-foot birdie, and then he was childhood in the United States where his father, Kim said. Lee’s caddy Kim Bong-Sub, also a pro- gone. Woods shot 61 twice at Firestone. Jose a South Korean diplomat, was stationed. “He fessional golfer, said Lee is especially strong in Maria Olazabal in 1990 and Sergio Garcia in 2014 started avoiding eye contact and replying with approach shots and putting, but has trouble were the other players to do it. Matsuyama knew what the other person had just said. My heart making decisions-often the case with autistics- from his experience playing with Woods in 2013 sank one day when I said, ‘Good night Seungmin’, such as whether to lob the ball or roll it towards what it would take. And just like everything else and he replied ‘Good night Seungmin’, instead of the hole. on this day, he made it look easy. ‘Good night mother’,” she said of the phenome- non known as echolalia. MAKING THE CUT BIG STEP He tends to show attachments to certain Golf is hugely popular in South Korea, whose He spun a wedge back to 4 feet on the par-5 objects - another common symptom - most women players dominate the global game, tak- 16th for birdie. He holed an 8-foot putt on the notably a Patrick the Starfish character doll he ing five of the top seven places on the current 17th hole and then closed with another was given when the family went to the LPGA money list. Lee made his debut on the approach and settled 6 feet away. Matsuyama, Universal Studios theme park in Orlando, country’s professional golf tour at the KPGA who began the final round two shots behind Florida 10 years ago. Caido Golden V1 Open in June by invitation. He Johnson and Thomas Pieters, finished at 15- Asked by his mother who he would rescue failed to make the cut, but has secured sponsor- under 265. first from a sinking ship, her or the doll, Lee gri- ship from South Korea’s Hana Financial Group - a He now has won two World Golf maced and groaned, unable to make up his rarity for someone at his level. “As a patient suf- Championships by a combined 12 shots, having mind. At age eight, he was placed in a special fering from developmental disorder, what he has captured the HSBC Champions by seven shots in education system in the US, where he started achieved is remarkable indeed,” said company Shanghai last fall. Johnson, winless since his playing ice hockey as a sports therapy. Six years spokesman Paul Park. Lee’s mother Bahk Jiae British Open victory two years ago at St. later, he turned to golf, which he had been prac- said she hoped to see her son set an example as Andrews, pulled within one shot with a long tising during summer vacations. a successful athlete with a disability. birdie putt at the 11th, but he could do no better “We all hugged with each other and cried” than pars the rest of the way and shot 68. MUSCLE MOVEMENT when he qualified for the professional ranks, she Pieters was never in the game after missing 4- Autistic golfers are not completely unprece- said. “I was so moved when he said: ‘Mom, thank foot par putts on successive holes to close out dented. Moe Norman, who won 55 Canadian you. I am sorry for having caused you so much the front nine. He closed with a 71. The only oth- Tour and other Canadian events from the 1950s trouble’, she said. “I never thought he was able to er player with a chance was Charley Hoffman, to the 1970s, is believed to have suffered from put his feelings into such phrases.” —AFP TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 SPORTS

India’s ‘Faith Runner’ falters on the final straight

—MUMBAI: Tormented by blisters, illness through the monsoon rains without skip- metres per day is very challenging but I lentils, after every run. The five-time ultra- and injuries, Indian ultra-marathoner ping a day. He needed to clock 150km (93 wanted to show the endurance limit of marathon winner lost 16 kilos (35 pounds) Samir Singh got to within 36 kilometres of miles) on the final day on Sunday, after human spirit,” Singh told AFP ahead of during the challenge as his exertions took his goal of running 10,000km in 100 days falling behind schedule through illness. the final run. their toll. when pain and exhaustion beat him. But the 44-year-old could only complete “I have focused on my goals with deter- Singh, dubbed “The Faith Runner” and 114km, falling agonisingly short of his tar- RUNNING SORE mination and nurtured my dreams despite inevitably compared to Forrest Gump, get-which was the equivalent of about a Friends mocked the man from Madhya cracked heels, fractured joints and legs,” spent nearly three months running quarter of the Earth’s circumference. “He Pradesh state for taking on the challenge, Singh said. Singh was spotted one day by between Mumbai’s slums and business was plagued by gastro-intestinal infections but it became an attempt that caught the Mumbai documentary-makers Vandana district using donated clothes and equip- and contracted viral fever but has run public imagination. “I survived without a and Vikram Bhatti, who christened him ‘The ment, and living on just $3 a day. At the 9,964.19 kms in 100 days,” Vikram Bhatti, job for the last nine months and people Faith Runner’. end of his attempt on Sunday, the 5ft 7ins who handled Singh’s campaign, told AFP. have come forward and supported me with “We met him on the 47th day of his (170cm) running coach, who also suffered Dressed in a blue sports vest, Singh donations, shoes, clothes and equipment,” challenge and were taken aback by his stomach problems and viral fever, started each day in the early hours from Singh said. He had a GPS watch, a basic story. So, we have been running a weighed just 40 kilogrammes (88 pounds). the northern Mumbai slums and headed mobile phone for emergencies and 200 Facebook campaign to create awareness Singh started on April 29 in Mumbai’s to the business district in the city’s rupees ($3.14) a day. Singh said he particu- and generate funds for Samir,” Vandana scorching heat, and has been running south. “My journey of running 100 kilo- larly enjoyed his meal of rice and spicy Bhatti said. — AFP Samir Singh

ATHLETICS Tori Bowie - from foster child to fame

LONDON: Tori Bowie’s dream of one day seeing a sign in her home community saying ‘welcome to Sand Hill home to Tori Bowie’ looks almost certain to be realised after her 100m win at the world athletics championships. For the sport of athletics the 26-year-old American’s victory-courtesy of her habitual hurl- ing herself at the line which denied diminutive Ivorian Marie Josee Ta Lou the gold-will be a wel- come antidote to the largely hostile reception of her compatriot and two-time dope cheat Justin Gatlin’s win in the men’s race the night before. For Bowie-who finally tasted gold in an indi- vidual event after lesser medals in the Olympic 100 and 200m as well as the 2015 100 world SYDNEY: In this file photo dated Friday, Sept 15, 2000, the 1956 sprint champion final-it will also be a moment of glory shared Betty Cuthbert who is confined to a wheelchair with Multiple Sclerosis, waves as she with her paternal grandmother and her role is pushed by three-time silver medal winner Raelene Boyle as they carry the Olympic model, Bobbie Smith. torch during the opening ceremony of the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Betty Cuthbert, But for Smith, Bowie says she and her sister the only runner to win Olympic gold medals in the 100, 200 and 400-meter sprints, Tamara-younger by just under a year-would has died in Western Australia, aged 79. — AP have been taken on by foster parents. “My moth- er dropped us off at a foster care centre when I was just two,” Bowie told NBC last year. Aussie Olympic legend “But my grandmother ended up fighting for us and winning custody of us. “We didn’t have much but she gave us character,” added Bowie, Betty Cuthbert dead who has shortened her name from the unusual Fentorish. SYDNEY: Australian Olympic icon Betty courage, but more importantly she always Cuthbert, the only athlete to ever win gold managed to smile.” ‘DON’T THINK OF BOYS’ LONDON: United States’ Tori Bowie celebrates after winning the gold medal in the Women’s in the 100m, 200m, and 400m, has died Athletics Australia president Mark Arbib Smith for her part had no hesitation in 100 meters final during the World Athletics Championships in London Sunday. — AP aged 79 after a long battle with multiple called her “inspiring”. “She is the only ath- assuming her responsibilities to her discarded sclerosis, officials said yesterday. Cuthbert lete, male or female, to win Olympic gold in grand daughters even though she had five chil- self because she has given her entire life to us,” Smith for her part is especially proud of how shot to fame as a little-known 18-year-old the 100m, 200m and 400m, with her trophy dren of her own to bring up in the tiny enclave Bowie told MSNnews.com last year. Smith, who the two girls have turned out. “It makes me at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, winning cabinet also including three medals from in Mississippi which is so small Bowie says there is still referred to as ‘Mama’ by both the sisters, think about no matter how bad things can get or the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay, earn- the Commonwealth Games,” he said. are no ‘stop lights’. She said her own grandmoth- instilled in the two girls from an early age what start in your life or be in your life, it’s still good ing her the nickname “Golden Girl” by “She will be forever remembered as a er had taken in six grandchildren, including her- their priorities should be so they could experi- things that can come out of it,” she told WBTV. local media. legend of the sport and a trailblazer for self, despite the hardship. “So I knew if she could ence a different life to the impoverished one Bowie, who is also determined to emulate her She suffered a hamstring injury at the our female athletes.” Born in Sydney, she take in six, I could take in two. That helped moti- their parents and she had done. grandmother’s example in taking disadvantaged Rome Games four years later and briefly moved to West Australia in later life after vate me and let me know I could do it,” the 70- “I encouraged them to go to school and don’t children under her wing and encouraging them retired, before being coaxed back to the being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in year-old told the Clarion-Ledger. think of boys at young age and they took my that they can succeed, is mindful of another track to win the 400m at the 1964 1969, which confined to a wheelchair. Bowie, who has done some modelling and is advice,” she said. Bowie, who says she was a piece of advice Smith gave them. Olympics in Tokyo. During her career, she She returned to the spotlight in 2000 keen to get into acting with her goal to attract tomboy in her youth going out and playing bas- “My grandmother told me a long time ago, set nine world records, four of them in when she took part in the ceremony to the attention of gospel film legend Tyler Perry, ketball with her male relations as well as going ‘I don’t care if you’re sweeping a porch for a 1958, and remains the only athlete, male light the cauldron at the Sydney Olympic says she and Tamara are eternally cognisant of shooting with them, has shown that on the track living. She said, you need to do your best.’ “So or female, to win Olympic gold in the Games. Cuthbert was an inaugural mem- their grandmother’s sacrifices. and Tamarra, whilst a talented athlete in her own I’ve lived by that every single day,” Bowie told 100m, 200m and 400m. ber of the Athletics Australia Hall of Fame “To me, it’s like she really hasn’t had a life her- right, is studying law. WBTV.— AFP Swimmer Ian Thorpe is the only and she was inducted into the IAAF Hall Australian to claim more Olympic gold of Fame in 2012. medals, with five. “Betty was the Golden “Rest in peace Betty Cuthbert-an inspi- Girl of the track and a national heroine,” ration and a champion on and off the said Australian Olympic Committee presi- track,” tweeted Prime Minister Malcolm dent John Coates. “It’s very sad to lose such Turnbull, while fellow track legend Cathy a great champion. Betty battled her illness Freeman said: “Thank you for the inspira- for many years and showed tremendous tional memories, Betty Cuthbert.” —AFP

RUGBY Savea dropped from NZ’s Rugby Championship squad

WELLINGTON: Blockbusting wing Julian leadership group.” Savea has been dropped from the All Blacks with a fit-again Nehe Milner-Skudder back in TRAVEL WORRIES the frame in a 33-man squad named yester- Hansen said he also had to be mindful of day for the Rugby Championship. the impact that the Rugby Championship With the exception of Milner-Skudder and travel, which involves playing in Australia, a recall for prop Nepo Laulala, the line-up South Africa and Argentina, would have on reflects the frontline players used in the the All Blacks’ end-of-year northern hemi- recent drawn series against the British and sphere tour. “There is a massive travelling Irish Lions. component to the Championship, which Savea, known as “The Bus” and with 46 comes at a cost at the end of the year, so we’ll tries from 55 Tests, had been a regular in the be looking to implement some new strate- 11 jersey for the All Blacks since 2012, but he gies to try and overcome that,” he said. now finds himself dumped on his 27th birth- Super Rugby champions Canterbury day. He looked in a precarious position when Crusaders provide the bulk of the squad with only required for the third Test in the Lions 10 players, while there are eight from the series, and was then relegated to the bench Hurricanes, six from the Waikato Chiefs, five LONDON: New Zealand’s Tomas Walsh competes in men’s shot put final during the World Athletics Championships in London Sunday. — AP by the Wellington Hurricanes for their Super Otago Highlanders and four Auckland Blues. Rugby semi-final against South Africa’s Golden Lions. New Zealand squad: Milner-Skudder has been making a rapid Forwards: Dane Coles (Wellington N Zealand’s Walsh deposes return to form after being out of rugby for Hurricanes), Nathan Harris (Waikato Chiefs) most of the past two years with injury prob- Codie Taylor (Canterbury Crusaders), Wyatt lems. He last played for the All Blacks in the Crockett (Crusaders), Owen Franks 2015 World Cup final. (Crusaders), Nepo Laulala (Chiefs), Joe Moody champion Kovacs in shot Of the two All Blacks to take off-shore con- (Crusaders), Ofa Tu’ungafasi (Auckland Blues), tracts following the Lions Tests, Charlie Scott Barrett (Crusaders), Brodie Retallick Faumuina’s departure has opened the door (Chiefs), Luke Romano (Crusaders), Sam LONDON: Tomas Walsh of New Zealand won and then lose it in the final.” There was a heat- Croatia’s Stipe Zunic took the bronze with for Laulala. But the selectors opted not to Whitelock (Crusaders), Sam Cane (Chiefs), the men’s shot put world title on Sunday with a ed finale, though, when Kovacs’s final throw, 21.46m whilst there was crushing disappoint- replace Aaron Cruden, instead reducing their Vaea Fifita (Hurricanes), Jerome Kaino (Blues), stunning series of throws climaxing with a best that appeared to be over 22m, was ruled out ment for Crouser, who could finish only sixth fly-half ranks to Beauden Barrett and Lima Kieran Read (capt, Crusaders), Ardie Savea of 22.03 metres. The 25-year-old-a former by a red flag. with 21.20m. Walsh pumped the air with his Sopoaga. Damian McKenzie has been named (Hurricanes), Liam Squire (Otago Highlanders) builder which he credits for his body strength He demanded an explanation but there was fist after his second throw and he had good as a replacement for fullback Ben Smith, who Backs: Tawera Kerr-Barlow (Chiefs), TJ edged out America’s defending champion Joe to be no going back on the decision as his trail- reason to as he took the lead from Kovacs, who will take an extended break from the game Perenara (Hurricanes), Aaron Smith Kovacs, who posted a best of 21.66. ing foot clipped the board as he launched the had hurled his shot out to 21.46. following the first two matches. (Highlanders), Beauden Barrett (Hurricanes), “To pull it out on the last one is awesome,” shot. However, with the heat of battle having Walsh consolidated his lead with his third “For us, it’s case of re-establishing our- Lima Sopoaga (Highlanders), Ryan Crotty said Walsh, who revealed he had been under- cooled Kovacs was satisfied with his silver effort recording a mark of 21.75m but things selves and building on our good work from (Crusaders), Ngani Laumape (Hurricanes), going treatment on his groin prior to the final. although he took added satisfaction that he weren’t going well for Crouser, who slipped to last year and during the recent Lions series,” Anton Lienert-Brown (Chiefs) Sonny Bill “I knew that (Olympic champion) Ryan Crouser would have won if the throw had been fifth by the third round. The American’s third coach Steve Hansen said. Williams (Blues), Jordie Barrett (Hurricanes), was going to attack on the last attempt and it allowed. “I am happy to get on the podium, of effort was a massive throw but it was ruled a “There were some clear things learnt in Israel Dagg (Crusaders), Rieko Ioane (Blues), is so special for me to know that I was able to course, but I was ready to come back for the foul. The pressure increased on Crouser as his the Lions series and this is a great chance for Nehe Milner-Skudder (Hurricanes), Waisake attack, too. gold,” he said. “My last throw, which I did fourth throw also resulted in a foul and he us to implement those; to continue to grow Naholo (Highlanders), Ben Smith “Whether it was a fierce throw or not, I tried protest, was long enough to win. Despite the went into the sixth and final round in sixth our skill execution and the mental side of our (Highlanders). Utility replacement: Damian my hardest in the last throw and it worked. I result of the protest, I am just glad it was spot. However, there was to be no grandstand game, and develop our leadership and the McKenzie (Chiefs). — AFP did not want to do 22m in the qualification enough to win.” finale for the 24-year-old. — AFP TUESDAY, AUGUST 8 , 2017 SPORTS

NEW YORK: Yasiel Puig #66 of the Los Angeles Dodgers slides safely home for a run in the ninth inning as Travis d’Arnaud #18 of the New York Mets can’t come up with the ball at Citi Field on Sunday in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. — AFP

BASEBALL Wieters hits grand slam as Nationals beat Cubs

CHICAGO: Matt Wieters hit a tiebreaking grounded into a forceout that scored a run, hits while striking out nine in eight innings. an RBI double and had a solo homer to help who were shut out after a five-run first grand slam off Carl Edwards Jr. in and Alex Bregman hit a tying, two-run triple. the AL East-leading Red Sox complete a four- inning. Nick Martinez gave up five runs on Washington’s five-run eighth inning, helping Centeno followed with a liner over the head MARLINS 4, BRAVES 1 game sweep of the White Sox. Chicago lost five hits with five strikeouts and two walks in the Nationals beat the Chicago Cubs 9-4 on of leaping first baseman Justin Smoak and Jose Urena pitched six strong innings, its sixth consecutive game, and 23rd in its last a game that was delayed 32 minutes by rain Sunday. Bryce Harper started the winning ral- into shallow right field to win it for the AL Marcell Ozuna hit a three-run homer and the 27. The White Sox were swept in a four-game in the second inning. ly with a one-out infield single against Mike West leaders. Nori Aoki had a two-run homer, Marlins avoided a three-game sweep with a series in Fenway Park for the first time since Montgomery. Ryan Zimmerman doubled his first hit since being traded from Houston victory over the Braves. Urena (10-5) won for July of 1988. Doug Fister (2-5) allowed three ATHLETICS 11, ANGELS 10 against Edwards and Daniel Murphy was to Toronto last Monday, during a four-run the third time in four starts, allowing one run runs and eight hits over 6 1/3 innings, strik- Bruce Maxwell’s two-run single completed walked intentionally to load the bases. seventh that gave the Blue Jays a 6-3 lead. and three hits, walking one and striking out ing out a season-high seven for his second a dramatic five-run, two-out comeback in the Washington then grabbed control in a span Francis Martes (4-1) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless three. Lucas Sims (0-2), making his second straight win. Craig Kimbrel, the third reliever, eighth inning, and the Athletics stunned the of two pitches. Edwards (3-3) hit Anthony innings for the win. Osuna allowed five hits career start, gave allowed four runs in six pitched the ninth for his 27th save. Mike Angels. The Angels led 10-5 after the sixth Rendon, tying it at 4, and Wieters followed and four runs while getting only two outs for innings. The Braves’ 2012 first-round draft Pelfrey (3-10) gave up six runs and eight hits but couldn’t hold on against an A’s team that with a drive over the wall in center for his his seventh blown save this season. pick trailed 4-0 in the first after hitting in 5 2/3 innings. He’s 0-5 with a 7.78 ERA in hammered them with 18 hits, including three third career grand slam. Wieters drove in five Giancarlo Stanton with a pitch, walking his last eight starts. home runs and seven doubles. Down 10-6 in runs and Brian Goodwin homered for the NL CARDINALS 13, REDS 4 Christian Yelich and giving up consecutive the eighth, Khris Davis hit a three-run homer East-leading Nationals, who had dropped Jose Martinez hit his first grand slam dur- homers to Ozuna, his 26th, and J.T. Realmuto, ORIOLES 12, TIGERS 3 off reliever Blake Parker to ignite the Oakland three of four. Willson Contreras homered ing the Cardinals’ nine-run fourth inning, and his 13th. Jonathan Schoop, Chris Davis and Trey comeback. Parker had not allowed a run in 27 twice for NL Central-leading Chicago. St. Louis overcame Adam Wainwright’s rough Mancini homered in succession during a consecutive appearances at home. After Ryon Brandon Kintzler (3-2) pitched a scoreless return from the disabled list, beating the PIRATES 5, PADRES 4, 12 innings four-run first inning that sent the Orioles Healy doubled, the Angels went to Bud Norris inning for his first win since he was acquired Reds. The Cardinals took two of three in the Sean Rodriquez homered in the 12th past the Tigers. Joey Rickard and Manny (1-5), but the closer gave up a run-scoring in a trade with Minnesota. series. They’re 5-8 against Cincinnati this sea- inning to give the Pirates a win over the Machado also connected for the Orioles, single to Chad Pinder, a double to Matt son. St. Louis sent 13 batters to the plate for Padres. Rodriguez, acquired from Atlanta a who led 8-0 after four innings and cruised to Chapman and then the two-run single to YANKEES 8, INDIANS 1 nine runs in the fourth, matching its biggest day earlier, lifted a 1-1 pitch off Padres reliev- their seventh win in nine games. All five Maxwell. Josh Smith (2-0) picked up the win Luis Severino overpowered Cleveland’s inning of the season. Martinez connected off er Buddy Baumann (0-1) over the left-field home runs were hit off Anibal Sanchez (3-2), in relief. Blake Treinen, Oakland’s seventh lineup into the seventh inning, Jacoby Homer Bailey (3-6), who gave up a career- wall. Rookie reliever Dovydas Neverauskas (1- who yielded a career-high tying eight runs reliever, earned his fifth overall save and sec- Ellsbury hit a three-run triple and rookie high 10 runs in only 3 1/3 innings. Bailey has 0) pitched two scoreless innings to get his and 10 hits in three-plus innings. Machado ond with the A’s. Aaron Judge hammered a three-run homer, been hit hard in his return from surgery to first career win. The Pirates took two of three went 4 for 5 with five RBIs, and Rickard had a sending the Yankees to a win over the remove bone spurs from his pitching elbow from the Padres after losing their past four career-best four hits and scored three runs. MARINERS 8, ROYALS 7, 1st Game Indians. Severino (9-4) gave up Michael last February. The Cardinals overcame a series. Entering this series, Pittsburgh had lost Backed by all that firepower, Ubaldo Jimenez ROYALS 9, MARINERS 1, 2nd Game Brantley’s homer in the first and then toyed rugged first inning by Wainwright, who had eight of 11 since a six-game winning streak (5-7) earned his first win in five starts since Rookie Jakob Junis pitched eight sharp with the Indians, striking out nine and allow- spent the last 12 days on the DL with a stiff from July 16-21. Pirates closer Felipe Rivero July 9. The right-hander pitched 5 2/3 innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the ing just three runners to reach. He didn’t give back. Joey Votto hit a three-run homer, and gave up two walks and a single to load the innings, giving up one run and nine hits. Seattle Mariners 9-1 to split their double- up his second hit until there were two outs in Wainwright threw 39 pitches before retiring a bases loaded with two outs in the ninth Nicholas Castellanos homered for the Tigers, header Sunday. Nelson Cruz homered twice the seventh and was pulled by manager Joe batter. Wainwright left after three innings and inning before Manuel Margot’s two-run sin- who had to settle for a split of the four-game and drove in four runs as the Mariners held Girardi before getting a roaring ovation from 88 pitches. Brett Cecil (2-4) allowed three hits gle tied the score 4-4. series after winning the first two. off the Royals 8-7 in the first game. Whit several thousand New York fans. The All-Star in three innings for the win. Merrifield homered in both games for the right-hander is 4-0 with a 0.71 ERA in his last PHILLIES 3, ROCKIES 2 TWINS 6, RANGERS 5 Royals. Junis (4-2), who was added to Kansas four starts. Ellsbury’s triple came in New RAYS 2, BREWERS 1 Cameron Rupp hit a two-run double in the Max Kepler, Brian Dozier and Eddie City’s roster as the extra 26th man for the York’s five-run sixth off Carlos Carrasco (10-5), Steven Souza Jr. homered off Milwaukee ninth inning, and the Phillies rallied to beat Rosario homered to help the Minnesota twinbill, allowed one run. He retired his final and Judge connected in the seventh for his reliever Jacob Barnes leading off the ninth the Rockies. Rupp, who had been thrown out Twins dig out of a five-run hole and beat the 19 batters after giving up an RBI double to 35th homer - only No. 5 since the All-Star inning Sunday to lift the Rays to a win over at home an inning earlier, drove the first pitch Rangers. Jose Berrios (10-5) gave up five runs Danny Espinosa in the second inning. Junis break - to give New York an 8-1 lead. the Brewers. Souza’s 24th home run helped he saw from closer Greg Holland (2-2) into on six hits and struck out six in five innings, walked none and struck out a career-high the Rays salvage a win in a three-game series the gap in left-center field, scoring Maikel Trevor Hildenberger threw two innings of seven. Melky Cabrera hit a three-run homer ASTROS 7, BLUE JAYS 6 in which they scored only two runs. It was Franco and Hyun Soo Kim. It was the second scoreless relief and Robbie Grossman drove off Erasmo Ramirez (4-4) during a four-run Juan Centeno hit an RBI single with two Souza’s first walkoff homer with the Rays. blown save in 36 chances for Holland. Rupp in the go-ahead run for the Twins, who were third inning. It was Cabrera’s first home run outs that capped a four-run rally in the ninth Most of the game was a pitchers’ duel finished with three hits and Franco homered missing slugger Miguel Sano for the second since the Royals acquired him in a July 30 inning, lifting the Astros over the Blue Jays. between the Rays’ Chris Archer and the for Philadelphia, which snapped a five-game straight game because of a sore left hand. trade with the Chicago White Sox. Cabrera Jose Altuve singled off All-Star closer Roberto Brewers’ Jimmy Nelson. Tommy Hunter (1-2) losing streak. Edubray Ramos (1-7) pitched Adrian Beltre hit his 455th career homer and also had an RBI double. Eric Hosmer homered Osuna (3-3) to begin the Houston ninth and got the win after tossing 1 1/3 innings of the eighth inning and Hector Neris got the Joey Gallo also went deep for the Rangers, and drove in three runs for the Royals. —AP one-out singles by Yuli Gurriel and Marwin relief. Barnes (3-3) threw only two pitches in last three outs for his 11th save. The Rockies Gonzalez loaded the bases. Carlos Beltran relief of Nelson, who gave up one run on six took a 2-1 lead in the seventh off starter Aaron Nola. The game was tied with two outs in the seventh when pinch-hitter Raimel MLB Results/Standings Tapia worked a walk off Nola. He stole second and scored on Charlie Blackmon’s third dou- ble of the game. LA Dodgers 8, NY Mets 0; Kansas City 9, Seattle 1; San Francisco 6, Arizona 3; Oakland 11, LA Angels 10; Philadelphia 3, Colorado 2; Washington 9, Chicago Cubs 4; Seattle 8, Kansas City 7; Minnesota 6, Texas 5; Houston 7, Toronto 6; Boston 6, Chicago White Sox 3; Baltimore 12, Detroit 3; Miami 4, Atlanta 1; Pittsburgh 5, GIANTS 6, DIAMONDBACKS 3 San Diego 4 (12 innings); Tampa Bay 2, Milwaukee 1; NY Yankees 8, Cleveland 1; St. Louis 13, Cincinnati 4. Jeff Samardzija pitched into the seventh inning to win his third consecutive start and American League National League the Giants beat the Diamondbacks. The Eastern Division Eastern Division Giants entered the day with the second-worst W L PCT GB Washington 65 44 .596 - Boston 63 49 .563 - record in the NL, but jumped on Miami 52 57 .477 13 Diamondbacks starter Patrick Corbin early NY Yankees 59 51 .536 3 Atlanta 51 59 .464 14.5 and held on to win the series. Arizona still has Tampa Bay 58 55 .513 5.5 NY Mets 49 60 .450 16 Baltimore 55 56 .495 7.5 Philadelphia 40 69 .367 25 a hold on the second NL wild-card spot Toronto 52 59 .468 10.5 Central Division despite dropping four of its last seven. Central Division Chicago Cubs 58 52 .527 - Samardzija (7-11) allowed three runs on five Cleveland 59 50 .541 - Milwaukee 59 54 .522 0.5 hits before leaving after giving up a one-out Kansas City 57 53 .518 2.5 St. Louis 55 56 .495 3.5 single to Katel Marte then walking Chris Minnesota 53 56 .486 6 Hermann in the seventh. Albert Suarez Detroit 51 59 .464 8.5 Pittsburgh 54 57 .486 4.5 Chicago White Sox 41 68 .376 18 Cincinnati 45 66 .405 13.5 retired seven batters for his first career save. Western Division Western Division Houston 71 40 .640 - LA Dodgers 79 32 .712 - RED SOX 6, WHITE SOX 3 Seattle 57 56 .504 15 Colorado 64 48 .571 15.5 Chris Young hit two homers, including a LA Angels 55 57 .491 16.5 Arizona 63 48 .568 16 tiebreaking three-run shot after the batter in Texas 53 58 .477 18 San Diego 49 61 .445 29.5 front was walked intentionally, to lift the Red CHICAGO: Washington Nationals shortstop Wilmer Difo, left, watches as Chicago Cubs’ Ian Oakland 50 62 .446 21.5 San Francisco 44 69 .389 36 Sox to a win over the White Sox. Young added Happ steals second base during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, in Chicago. —AP TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 SPORTS

Oscar ban harming China title hopes: Villas-Boas

SHANGHAI: Andre Villas-Boas fears that the Asian-record, 60-million-euro man do?” a clearly frustrated Villas-Boas brawl against Guangzhou R&F when he ing in Sunday’s stalemate. Shanghai’s the prolonged absence of banned who is reaching the end of an eight- asked after the game. appeared to deliberately fire the ball at bruising forward Hulk and Tianjin’s Brazilian star Oscar could torpedo game ban for triggering a brawl in a CSL “Of course we miss Oscar. It’s been a an opposing player. Alexandre Pato-two Brazilian interna- Shanghai SIPG’s Chinese Super League game in June. long spell without him... it’s just too In seven league games since, tionals-were at the centre of a series of title hopes. The Portuguese coach saw Oscar returns this month but former much. “We brought him for a reason. We Shanghai have won only three times. run-ins between the two sides. his side finish the weekend three points Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur manag- ended up loaning one of the most cre- Reigning champions Guangzhou Villas-Boas, already banned this sea- behind leaders Guangzhou Evergrande er Villas-Boas believes it is no coinci- ative players last season, (the Argentine Evergrande have also stumbled, but son for two games for criticising the following a dry 0-0 home draw with dence that his team has hit a rough Dario) Conca, to Brazil and creativity is they beat Tianjin Teda 3-0 on Saturday Oscar suspension, and Italy’s Cannavaro third-placed Tianjin Quanjian on patch of form during the player’s one of the things of my teams and of after a sticky run to stay in the driving both declined to elaborate on their Sunday. lengthy suspension. course we miss players of his calibre. seat with just over half the CSL season grievances, fearing CFA punishment. Both sides failed to create many “It was the decision by the CFA “Our bad spell responds to the fact gone. “I prefer not to answer because it can chances during an ill-tempered game (Chinese Football Association) to sus- that we had Oscar suspended for eight Villas-Boas and Fabio Cannavaro, his be controversial,” the Portuguese said, and Villas-Boas was left to rue the pend one of the best players in the games.” The CFA banned Oscar after opposite number at Tianjin Quanjian, when asked by AFP if he felt that the absence of attacking midfielder Oscar, world for eight games, so what can we accusing him of sparking an all-out were unhappy with some of the officiat- away side had targeted Hulk. — AFP Neymar not bigger than Barca: President

BARCELONA: Barcelona president Josep million from July 1 and would have jumped Maria Bartomeu insisted no player is bigger to 250 million had he entered the third year than the Catalan giants yesterday in the of the five-year deal. wake of Neymar’s world record 222 million “We foresaw that he could leave in the euro ($264 million) move to Paris Saint- future, that is why we raised his buyout Germain. Bartomeu and his board are clause in the new contact,” added under pressure to wisely reinvest the huge Bartomeu. “Receiving this money allows us sum, which more than doubled the previ- to face the future with guarantees to ous record for a transfer fee, before the strengthen the team. transfer window closes on August 31. “No “When the doubts over his future began player is above Barca,” Bartomeu told the we were calm because his decision would world congress of Barca supporters groups. be a good one “If he stayed we would main- “You know that Neymar formed part of tain a great player and if he went, obviously the success of our club, but Neymar is now paying his clause, we had the guarantee of history. He wanted to go. It was his decision being able to bring new players.” Barca have although we did everything in our hands been linked with a series of potential for him to stay.” Barca were powerless to replacements for Neymar with Liverpool’s stop Neymar leaving after PSG met the Philippe Coutinho heading their wish list. buyout clause in the Brazilian’s contract, Yet, Bartomeu promised to be act with “pru- which he had signed just last year. dence” despite having to deal in a transfer However, Bartomeu defended himself market characterised by hyperinflation due from criticism that the club should have to booming television rights deals. “The 222 insisted on inserting a much higher buyout million euros that we received for Neymar Jr clause in that deal to fend off PSG’s mil- will be administered with prudence, rigour lions. Neymar’s clause rose from 200 to 222 and serenity,” he said. —AFP

Big-spending Guardiola leads chase of Chelsea LIVERPOOL: This file photo taken on July 10, 2017 shows Everton’s new signing, English striker Wayne Rooney (R) poses for a photograph with his new club shirt, held by Everton’s Dutch manager Ronald Koeman (L) during a press conference at Goodison Park in Liverpool. Everton have splashed out on young English talents, as well as bringing Wayne Rooney back to the club after his record-breaking 13-year spell at LONDON: Empowered by a close-season better than the first, but again, this is mod- Manchester United. — AFP transfer splurge of some £200 million ern football. The reality is totally different,” ($264.8 million, 233.5 million euros), he told ESPN. Manchester City are the early favourites to “It’s getting much harder for everyone, SOCCER topple Premier League champions Chelsea. so we don’t know.” Chelsea, the champions, Pep Guardiola endured a bruising first sea- have thus far failed to significantly enhance son in English football as City failed to chal- a squad that now faces the twin rigours of a lenge for the title, eventually finishing 15 league title defence and Champions Real ready to go without points adrift of Chelsea in third place. League campaign. Alvaro Morata has The club reacted with a glut of new replaced the exiled Diego Costa up front, signings-three new full-backs in Kyle Tiemoue Bakayoko has taken Matic’s place Walker, Benjamin Mendy and Danilo, plus in midfield and Antonio Rudiger brings Ronaldo against Man Utd goalkeeper Ederson and playmaker extra defensive cover, but Chelsea still look Bernardo Silva-and now look a force to be a few players short. reckoned with. In the meantime, manager Antonio SKOPJE: Cristiano Ronaldo has finally returned “Real Madrid is a team, a club, an institution the new campaign on a high before their open- “I think Manchester City are the team to Conte says his main priority is to avoid to training with Real Madrid but the defending that has hunger. We all know where we are and ing Premier League game against West Ham beat,” said Manchester United great Ryan what he has saltily called “the Mourinho European champions are set to be without the when you finish a season like last year winning, United next Sunday. Giggs in a recent Sky Sports column. “I season” in reference to the 10th-place finish Portuguese superstar in today’s UEFA Super Cup it helps you try to do the same thing coming In a glittering career Mourinho has not yet looked at them towards the end of last sea- that followed Chelsea’s 2015 title win. clash with Manchester United in Skopje. into the new season,” Zidane-whose team have won the Super Cup-his Chelsea team lost on son and the forward players they’ve got is Ronaldo’s summer has been overshadowed Barcelona to come at the weekend in the penalties to Bayern Munich in the 2013 edition. scary.” While City shimmered in attack, they AMBITIOUS EVERTON by accusations of tax evasion in Spain, which led Spanish Super Cup-said in a UEFA interview. The Portuguese is coming up against the club frequently looked vulnerable in defence Chelsea were sensationally upstaged by to him being charged in a court near Madrid last However, his side failed to record a victory he coached for three years until 2013 — he did and resculpting the back four has been Arsenal in last season’s FA Cup final and lost week, while he was handed an extended sum- during a pre-season tour of the United States not leave the Spanish capital on the best of Guardiola’s main priority. Brazilian Ederson to them again in Sunday’s Community mer break by his club after playing for Portugal that included a high-profile friendly encounter terms but he insisted that experience is not on replaces the error-prone Claudio Bravo in Shield, but Arsenal manager Arsene at the Confederations Cup. with Jose Mourinho’s United in Santa Clara, his mind this week. “It’s something I’ve been goal, while dynamic pair Walker and Mendy Wenger retains little margin for error. He only returned to training at the weekend, California. through many times. I left Porto and two months will add thrust on the flanks after becom- While Wenger has pulled off the big- meaning it would be a major surprise if coach That International Champions Cup encounter later I was facing them in the Champions ing the world’s two most expensive name signing of Alexandre Lacazette from Zinedine Zidane were to include the 32-year-old ended in a 1-1 draw before United won on League,” he told UEFA.com . defenders. Lyon, Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil are against his former club in the match at the Philip penalties. While the Spaniards have made two “I left Chelsea and a few months later I was City also have John Stones and Eliaquim now in the last years of their contracts and II Arena in the Macedonian capital. relatively low-key summer signings in Dani facing them with Manchester United. I never Mangala on their books, giving them four fan dissent will quickly return if results go “He needed to rest. He has had his holidays Ceballos from Betis and Theo Hernandez from look at it in terms of taking on my former club, of the most expensive defenders ever, but awry. Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham and that was important,” said Zidane of the man Atletico Madrid, United have spent big ahead of not at all. So I just look at Real Madrid as what with total spending in the league having Hotspur are trusting in the same formula whose two goals helped propel Madrid to a 4-1 their return to the Champions League. they are: a big club, the European champions, exceeded £900 million, Guardiola is unre- that swept them to second place last sea- victory over Juventus in the Champions League The Europa League winners have added the and it’s a great motivation for us to play against pentant. “I would like to pay less for the son and must adapt to a new temporary final in Cardiff two months ago. defender Victor Lindelof from Benfica, the mid- them.” This annual meeting of the European club, for everybody, but the market is the home at Wembley while White Hart Lane is That victory saw Real become the first club to fielder Nemanja Matic from Chelsea and Everton champions and Europa League winners comes market,” said the City manager. “All the rebuilt. Fourth last season, Liverpool have retain the trophy in the Champions League era striker Romelu Lukaku and they wrapped up to the Balkan state after going to Prague, Cardiff, clubs spend a lot of money-not just us.” signed relatively modestly, adding and completed a glorious campaign in which their preparations with a 2-1 win over Tbilisi and Trondheim in recent years. Mohamed Salah, Dominic Solanke and they also won La Liga. Sampdoria in Dublin. But in contrast to the cool conditions in MOURINHO’S SECOND SEASON Andrew Robertson to their ranks. The season started with a 3-2 extra-time tri- Norway 12 months ago, temperatures in Skopje Across town at Manchester United, Both Jurgen Klopp’s team and their title umph against Sevilla in the Super Cup in the MOURINHO PLAYS DOWN REUNION are expected to reach 40 degrees for much of Guardiola’s old sparring partner Jose rivals will be mindful of the menace posed Norwegian city of Trondheim. This match offers a chance for United to start the week.— AFP Mourinho is also looking to kick on after by Everton, whose ambitious transfer deal- ending a difficult debut season with a silver ings articulate their determination to crash flourish. the top six. United finished outside the top four for Everton have splashed out on young the third time in four seasons, but secured English talents like Jordan Pickford and VIVA, Real Madrid soccer a Champions League berth by winning the Michael Keane, as well as bringing Wayne Europa League and also tasted glory in the Rooney back to the club after his record- League Cup. breaking 13-year spell at Manchester training camp concludes Mourinho’s teams traditionally peak in United. his second season and he has strengthened Having secured promotion from the in each department with the acquisitions Championship alongside Newcastle KUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-growing and different technical areas, such as dribbling, short Kuwaiti players who engaged in this training of Victor Lindelof, Nemanja Matic and United, Brighton and Hove Albion and most developed telecom operator, announced passing, turning and finishing. Players at their last camp and demonstrated high and significant Romelu Lukaku. Mourinho won the league Huddersfield Town return to the top flight the conclusion of VIVA Real Madrid Soccer day, take a tour inside the Santiago Bernabeu soccer skills. We shared those players this unri- in his second seasons at Porto, Real Madrid for the first time in 34 and 45 years respec- Academy’s training camp 2017, in Madrid. Stadium in Madrid, and had the chance to know valled experience during their trip and we hope and Inter Milan, as well as in both of his tively. In a novelty for the 2017-18 season, The training program included several work- closely the golden history of Real Madrid Team. they carry on in this journey to reach more suc- stints at Chelsea, but he expects this sea- players suspected of diving will face retro- shops and activities educating the players on the Commenting on this occasion, Abdulrazaq cess.” He added: “VIVA will keep supporting the son’s title race to be an almighty scrap. spective disciplinary action that could best maneuvers, attacks, different scenarios and Bader Al-Essa, Corporate Communications Kuwaiti youth athletes to fulfill their dreams and “Normally the second season should be result in two-game suspensions. — AFP conditioned games. The program also focused on Director at VIVA said: “We are proud of the accomplish their goals.”

LONDON: This is a Sunday, April 2, 2017 file photo of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola as he gestures during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Manchester City at the Emirates stadium in London. It’s been another off season of comings and goings as Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola attempts to deepen his imprint at the Etihad Stadium by spending around $300 million. —AP India’s ‘Faith Tori Bowie, Runner’ falters on from foster the final straight child to fame

TUESDAY, AUGUST13 8, 2017 13 Real ready to go without Ronaldo against Man Utd Page 15

MANCHESTER: England’s Keaton Jennings, right, dives in but misses a catch from South Africa’s captain Faf du Plessis, left, during day four of the Fourth Test at Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester, England, yesterday.— AP Ali bowls England to South Africa series win

MANCHESTER: Moeen Ali finished a brilliant put on 123 for the fourth wicket. But Ali then the newly-named James Anderson End, to Cook. Anderson, England’s all-time leading Test wicket- appropriately, finished the match with Morkel campaign with a five-wicket haul as England took three wickets for five runs in 11 balls- Temba Bavuma again battled hard until, from taker. Anderson, who finished with three for 16, holing out for a duck before Olivier, also out for beat South Africa by 177 runs in the fourth Test including the prize scalp of Amla-as the Proteas the last ball before lunch, he was given out then had Kagiso Rabada caught in the covers. Ali, nought, was taken by Stokes at slip. —AFP at Old Trafford yesterday to seal a 3-1 series win. collapsed from 163 for three to 173 for six. caught behind on review off Toby Roland-Jones. Victory, achieved with more than a day to Earlier, Ali, both the man-of-the-match and Amla completed a 100-ball fifty with his ninth spare, also saw Joe Root triumphant in his first the man of the series, made 75 not out off just four, a pull off Ben Stokes. He then twice forced SCOREBOARD Test series as England captain. South Africa, set a 66 balls in England’s second innings 243, having Stokes off the back foot for two stylish offside MANCHESTER: Scoreboard yesterday after England beat South Africa by 177 runs in the fourth and final test at Old huge 380 for victory, were bowled out for 202 been dropped on 15. That left South Africa fac- fours before driving Ali for six. Trafford to take the series 3-1. shortly after tea on the fourth day when Ali took ing a mammoth chase, with no side having But with South Africa 163 for three, Amla two wickets in two balls to remove Morne made more to win in the fourth innings of a Test missed an intended whip shot off Ali and was England 1st Innings: 362 all out. Kagiso Rabada c Westley b Anderson 1 Morkel and Duanne Olivier. at Old Trafford than England’s 294 for four lbw, although England, for the second time yes- South Africa 1st Innings: 226 all out. Morne Morkel c Root b Ali 0 That gave the off-spinner a return of five for against New Zealand in 2008. terday, had to first review umpire Kumar England 2nd Innings: 243 all out. Duanne Olivier c Stokes b Ali 0 69 in 19.5 overs and 25 wickets in total in a South Africa’s already difficult task was not Dharmasena’s original not out decision. Extras: (4b, 3lb) 7 series where he also scored 252 runs. This result helped when they lost both openers, leaving No replays were required when Quinton de South Africa 2nd Innings (Target: 380) Total: (all out) 202 meant England had won their first home Test them at 18 for two. Dean Elgar, who made a Kock (one) edged a drive off Ali to Alastair Cook Heino Kuhn c Cook b Anderson 11 Overs: 62.5 Dean Elgar c Bairstow b Broad 5 series against South Africa since 1998. It was gritty second-innings hundred in England’s in the slips. And 173 for five became 173 for six Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-18, 3-40, 4-163, 5-173, 6-173, 7-183, Hashim Amla lbw b Ali 83 8-195, 9-202, 10-202. also just South Africa’s second defeat in 20 away 239-run victory in the third Test at The Oval, fell when Theunis de Bruyn fell for a duck, nicking Temba Bavuma c Bairstow b Roland-Jones 12 Test series, their other overseas campaign for five on Monday when caught behind off Ali to slip fielder Stokes. Faf du Plessis c Bairstow b Anderson 61 Bowling: James Anderson 14-7-16-3, Stuart Broad 12-5-24- reverse in that sequence coming against India in Stuart Broad. The end came quickly for South Africa, 182 Quinton de Kock c Cook b Ali 1 1, Toby Roland-Jones 9-1-52-1, Moeen Ali 19.5-1-69-5, Ben 2015/16. Heino Kuhn, struggling to cement his Test for six at tea. Du Plessis, who played at Old Theunis de Bruyn c Stokes b Ali 0 Stokes 6-1-26-0, Joe Root 2-0-8-0. South Africa, 43 for three at lunch, saw place, repeatedly played and missed before, on Trafford for Lancashire, had added just one to his Keshav Maharaj not out 21 Result: England won by 177 runs. Hashim Amla (83) and captain Faf du Plessis (61) 11, edging James Anderson, again bowling from tea score when he was caught behind off Sizzling Zverev takes fourth title of the year

WASHINGTON: Alexander Zverev issued few Grand Slams. He definitely seems to “What a way to start together and a warning to top ATP rivals Sunday after be on a path in that direction.” Zverev, hopefully we have many more years to winning the Citi Open for his fourth title of who will remain a career-best eighth in come and many more titles together,” the year-he’s not the next generation, he’s Monday’s rankings, made a Slam-best Zverev said. “It’s amazing what we’ve the now generation. The 20-year-old fourth-round Wimbledon run, losing in already accomplished.” German defeated South Africa’s Kevin five sets to Milos Raonic. Russia’s 58th-ranked Ekaterina Anderson 6-4, 6-4 to capture the $355,460 Makarova prevented a German title (302,000 euros) top prize at the US Open MAKAROVA WINS WOMEN’S TITLE sweep by rallying past 40th-ranked Julia tuneup event on the Washington hard- “Winning those types of matches is the Goerges 3-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-0 for her third courts. World number eight Zverev next level I need to reach,” Zverev said. “To career WTA crown. “I was dreaming to win dropped only nine points on his serve and get far in those events is my next goal.” this tournament and I’m so happy,” never faced a break point in becoming Zverev thanked new co-coach Juan Carlos Makarova said. the youngest player to win four ATP titles Ferrero, the former world number one Makarova hadn’t won a title since 2014 in a year, or take the Washington crown, from Spain who worked with him at an in Pattaya City. Her first WTA trophy came since Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro event for the first time this week. at Eastbourne in 2010. —AFP did it at 19 in 2008. “I improved a lot in the last few months to get where I can win tourna- STANFORD: Madison Keys, right, of the United States, holds the winner’s plate next to Coco Vandeweghe, left, of the United ments,” Zverev said. “The longer the tour- States, with the runner-up plate, after the final in the Bank of the West Classic tennis tournament in Stanford, Calif. — AP nament goes for me the better I’m able to play. Hopefully this can continue to be like that.” Zverev won his first title last Madison Keys outslugs September in St. Petersburg and added trophies this year at Montpellier, Munich and Rome, where he downed Novak CoCo to win at Stanford Djokovic in the final. He also ousted num- ber four Stan Wawrinka at Miami and pushed Rafael Nadal to five sets in the STANFORD: Madison Keys and CoCo Vandeweghe had never match point, Keys raised her hands in the air in triumph then third round of the Australian Open. played on opposite sides of the net, just together on Fed Cup for gave Vandeweghe a hug at the net before waving to the crowd. “I’m ‘Next Gen’ but the rankings say it the US, bonding and becoming friends during that extended stay Keys stayed after the trophy ceremony to sign autographs. Keys, for themselves,” Zverev said. “I think I in Australia in April last year. who missed the first two months of the season following surgery showed I can play with the big guys this They sure put on an entertaining show of tennis when they on her left wrist, eliminated Wimbledon champion and top-seed- year. “I think I showed I’m not an ‘in the finally faced off for the first time Sunday. Third-seeded Keys out- ed Garbine Muguruza 6-3, 6-2 in just 57 minutes Saturday night future’ kind of guy. I’m right now.” slugged No. 6 Vandeweghe 7-6 (4), 6-4 to win the Bank of the West to snap Muguruza’s nine-match winning streak and advance to Only Wimbledon and Australian Classic in a thrilling display of power and serving by the two her first final this year. Open champion Roger Federer with five young American stars in their first career matchup. Afterward, A day later, Keys needed nearly that amount of time to win titles has won more ATP crowns this year they hugged and Keys playfully sat on her opponent’s lap. Keys the first-set tiebreaker: The opening set lasted 53 minutes then than Zverev, and that’s only because the couldn’t quite believe it took them this long to meet up in a match the second just 35. Keys brilliantly returned serve and routinely Swiss star handed the German his lone that mattered. She won her third career singles title and first on pumped in her own serves from 114-118 mph to keep finals loss of 2017 at Halle in June. “A lot hardcourt playing under cloudless skies at Stanford. The champ Vandeweghe on the defensive. of people are looking at him as the face finally got her chance by rallying back to deuce in the ninth game There were times during her wrist rehab she wondered if her of tennis and the next Grand Slam of the second set, when Vandeweghe surrendered her first service tennis would ever return to top form. These two generate so champion,” Anderson said of Zverev. “He game after she saved two break points moments earlier. much power from their tall frames. Vandeweghe is 6 foot 1 and seems to deal with it all pretty well. It Vandeweghe hadn’t dropped a set all tournament until the final. Keys stands 5 foot 10. “It was a high quality match from both will be interesting to see how the next “It feels amazing to have a title at home and on hardcourt,” players,” Vandeweghe said. “It was definitely a really tight two-set WASHINGTON: Alexander Zverev, of Germany, kisses the trophy after he defeated little while progresses. Keys said. “It means a lot. It’s my first title in the States against a match. It was fun to play. It was fun to kind of play a friend and Kevin Anderson, of South Africa, to win the Citi Open tennis tournament, Sunday, “I wouldn’t be surprised if he wins a friend.” After smacking a clean crosscourt forehand winner on have an all-American final. —AP in Washington. — AP Real estate prices stabilize, but volatility remains Page 18 Barclays releases Business Q3 2017 ‘Compass’ research report TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 Page 19 KFH-Takaful signs insurance agreement Dow hits record high again; Nasdaq higher with Porsche Club Page 20 21

NEW YORK: Select Energy Services Chairman & CEO John Schmitz, foreground right, and company executives and guests celebrate their IPO as they ring the New York Stock Exchange opening bell yesterday. —AP Renault signs 660m euro deal with Iran Long-awaited JV plans to build up to 300,000 cars per year

TEHRAN: French automaker Renault sign one of Renault’s most historical transfer... of the development of signed yesterday a long-awaited joint contracts here,” said Thierry Bollore, Iranian talent, and in the creation of a venture deal with Iran worth 660 mil- number two of the French carmaker, modern engineering and production lion euros ($779 million) to build up to at the signing. centre,” he added. Negotiations were 300,000 cars per year. The new deal “Within Renault, Iran is known for painstaking, with Renault reportedly puts Renault in partnership with Iran’s its great industrial potential, its auto- reluctant to meet Iranian require- state Industrial Development and motive industry infrastructure, strong ments to source 40 percent of their Renovation Organization (IDRO) and human resources and unique geopo- parts from local manufacturers, which private firm Parto Negin Naseh. litical position,” he added. have struggled to keep up with inter- Renault will hold a 60-percent stake Unlike its chief competitor PSA, national standards. with IDRO and Parto Negin Naseh 20 which makes Peugeots and Citroens, PSA, which quit the country when percent each. Renault never fully quit Iran during international sanctions hit in 2012, “The first phase of this accord the sanctions period and already has been quick to rebuild its presence worth 660 million euros provides for makes some 200,000 cars a year in the in Iran, which was the company’s the annual manufacturing of 150,000 country. main engine of growth last year. cars,” IDRO head Mansour Moazami But it had to put a brake on its It signed a 400-million-euro deal in said at a signing ceremony in Tehran. growth plans until Iran concluded a June 2016 to build 200,000 Peugeots He said the first cars will roll off the nuclear deal with world powers that a year with Iran Khodro, and another assembly line in around 18 months. came into force in January 2016, eas- with Iran’s SAIPA to build a similar The new venture will produce ing international sanctions. number of Citroens. Overall produc- Renault’s Duster and Symbol models “Renault has proved its commit- tion in Iran is expected to reach two at a refurbished factory in Saveh, ment with a nonstop presence in Iran million cars a year by 2020, up from around 120 kilometres (74 miles) since the beginning of its operation in 1.2 million in 2016. southwest of Tehran. A second, three- 2004, and this signing confirms our French firms have been at the fore- year phase will start in 2019 with pro- strong intent and commitment for front of rebuilding trade ties with Iran duction ramping up to 300,000 cars long-term operations as a strategic since the nuclear deal, with energy per year. partner of Iran’s automotive industry,” giant Total signing a billion-dollar gas TEHRAN: (L to R) Thierry Bollore, deputy director of Competitiveness at Renault, Mansour Moazami, Under the deal, 30 percent of the said Bollore. deal last month despite mounting Chairman of the Board of Directors of IDRO Group, and Kourosh Morshed Solouk, deputy director of the cars and parts made by the venture “This is a unique agreement in pressure from Washington to isolate Iranian Automobile Importers Association, attend a signing of a deal ceremony in Tehran yesterday, in the will be exported. “We are happy to terms of investment, of technology the country. —AFP presence of Iranian Minister of Industry Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh (second left, background). —AFP Cash crisis pushes Libyans to virtual payments systems UAE oil firm in talks over BENGHAZI: When a cash crisis struck the pay restaurant bills and access pharmacies Bank rush banks anymore,” one bank employee told war-torn North African country of Libya, and hospitals. Many Libyans have not had free access to AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity. offshore many people were forced to queue for days But not everyone is happy. At the exit of their bank accounts since 2014. Braving cold “They want to be sure they can get to withdraw their savings. But electronic the same Benghazi supermarket, his arms in winter and blistering heat in the summer, enough cash in case anything happens and oil stakes payments systems set up to tackle the full of produce, Ayman Al-Obeidi, 46, said they rushed to the banks on hearing rumors the banks close, or if they can’t leave their dearth of cash have struggled to gain credi- the new payment systems were not working. of cash deliveries and queued for hours with- houses.” Employees of Libya’s vast public DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates’ bility amid accusations of abuse. “We were told... that prices would remain out any guarantee they would be able to service still have their salaries paid directly main state oil company says it plans Said Fayez Fadlallah, 35, uses a mobile unchanged” compared with cash prices, he access their own money. into their accounts. Many have turned to to divvy up its offshore oil opera- phone app to pay for a trolley-full of gro- said. “But we saw a 40 percent increase on The crisis has destroyed public confidence electronic payment systems to access their tions and is in “advanced discus- ceries at a large supermarket in second city payments with Edfali.” in the financial sector. “People don’t trust the money. Such services allow buyers to credit sions” with multiple companies inter- Benghazi. “Now I don’t have to spend hours the seller’s account. They then receive an SMS ested in stakes. or even days queuing at the bank to with- message confirming that the transaction has The Abu Dhabi National Oil draw cash,” he said. “They really solved a been completed. Wahda Bank’s spokesman Company said yesterday that more problem for us.” Al-Motassem Al-Fitouri said transactions via than a dozen companies are Years of violence and political chaos since MobiCash are “very secure”. involved in the talks, and that they a 2011 NATO-backed uprising that toppled “It is not even necessary to have a smart- include both existing partners and and killed longtime dictator Muammar phone to make payments, nor does the mer- new firms. It did not name them. Gaddafi have left Libya’s state institutions in chant have to have a point-of-sale device,” he International shareholders with crisis-including the central bank. In 2014 it said. The banks are aware that the services existing stakes in offshore fields split into two, with the different branches are open to abuse, however. On its website, include BP, Total and Exxon Mobil. overseen by rival governments in the west the BCD encourages customers to report ADNOC plans to split its offshore price hikes on payments via “Edfali”. And and east. The resulting cash crisis, fuelled by oil concessions into two or more spiraling inflation, caused huge queues to many businesses that were enthusiastic at separate operations and will retain a form at the banks and left many people first have since dropped the service. Salah Al- 60 percent stake in the fields. unable to access their salaries. Agouri, a businessman whose clients pay him ADNOC last month announced plans In response, the banks have launched using Edfali, is critical. “The bank did not to create joint ventures with interna- electronic payment systems. In Benghazi, respect its commitments,” he said. “It assured tional investors and may float some the Bank of Commerce & Development’s us that we would be able to withdraw cash to “Edfali” (Arabic for “pay me”) and Wahda the value of 25 percent of sales via this serv- shares in an effort to raise billions of Bank’s “MobiCash” allow users to buy goods, ice, but that wasn’t the case.” —AFP dollars. —AP TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 BUSINESS

Real estate prices stabilize, but volatility remains NBK ECONOMIC REPORT

KUWAIT: Increased volatility in real the investment and commercial sectors; Ftaira and Al-Salam areas. During 1H17, Investment sector year. Housing inflation and investment estate activity dominated the first half of however, residential sector activity miti- 757 residential plots were sold compared The investment sector continues to prices align after the recent inflation revi- 2017 amid steadying prices. Despite gated further weakness with healthy to 629 plots for the same period last year. underperform despite the short-lived sion to the CPI. The rise in vacant apart- some volatility, market activity improved activity despite the seasonal factors. Real Residential home prices remain surge in activity in May. Sector sales ments and the slowdown in market activ- significantly during the first half of the estate price indices continue to hover steady as residential land prices ease totaled KD 50.8 million, down 30.8 per- ity have exercised downward pressure on year compared to 2H16, though it around their six month averages, except slightly. The NBK residential home price cent y/y. The number of transactions was rents that was not visible in the inflation remained down 10 percent compared to for the residential land price index that index stood at 151.8 in June, flat for the also down by 25 percent y/y to 74. data until recently. The revision of the a year before. Improved activity was par- has retreated somewhat. month once again; the contraction from Apartment sales continue to carry the consumer price index, which showed ticularly visible in the residential sector. The residential sector maintained a a year ago was the slowest in thirteen investment sector during the current housing rents down 2.3 percent y/y for This also helped keep real estate prices solid performance that supported overall months at 7.7 percent y/y. The NBK resi- environment. Single apartments bought June were more in line with real estate mostly steady during 1H17. activity in June, with revived interest in dential land index eased to 162.9 in June for investment represented 61 percent of prices and activity. Activity in June experienced the usual residential plots. Growing at 15.7 percent from 168.0 in May, dragged down by a total transactions. The commercial sector posted the slowdown from the start of summer and y/y, residential sales amounted to KD 102 bulk sale of 49 plots at a relatively lower The NBK investment building price lowest activity since October 2016 with the holy month of Ramadan. June sales million in total on 308 transactions. 161 market price; the pace of decline from a index remained steady in June. The index total sales amounting to just KD 10.9 mil- eased to KD 163.6 million, down 14.6 per- plot sales were recorded during the year ago remained steady at 10-12 per- came in at 190.1 down only 5.6 percent lion. Four transactions were recorded in cent year-on-year (y/y). The annual month, an 85 percent increase from the cent y/y, a pace that was sustained dur- y/y, an improvement from the double- June, the largest being a commercial plot decline was mostly due to weakness in previous year; most activity was in Abu ing the last three months. digit decline rates recorded the previous in Qibla for KD 4.95 million.

Another milestone for stocks: Strong euro worries Europe’s Most boring market in decades exporters, but little risk seen PARIS: Some European exporters are recent years can take some pressure. beginning to worry about the strength- “They could suffer a little but there ening euro which has rebounded from shouldn’t be extremely heavy impacts,” WALL STREET OVERVIEW near parity with the dollar after Donald she told AFP. Trump’s election, though analysts see lit- For France, the rise of the euro is going NEW YORK: This year’s run to a record for the tle immediate risk to growth. to be “felt strongly in some sectors such stock market has been one of the least eventful Europe’s single currency surged on as aeronautics,” said Subran, adding that in decades. Just don’t get too comfortable. Only Wednesday to $1.1910, its highest level big enterprises involved in major exports twice this year have investors had to deal with a 1 since early January 2015, before retreat- have shown in the past they know how to percent drop for the Standard & Poor’s 500 index ing to $1.1770 late Friday. For European adapt to a rising euro. For the moment, in a day. That’s far fewer than typical. The last businesses heavily reliant on exports, the strong euro is not bothering Spain as time stocks sailed through such an uneventful especially in Italy and France, the strong two thirds of its exports are to EU coun- first seven months was when a group of burglars euro could hurt the bottom line. tries. However, growth in exports outside was arrested for breaking into the Watergate “There’s a general nervousness that the bloc-which has increased by five per- complex in 1972. Broaden the scope to include this strong euro is beginning to impact cent during the first five months of this when the S&P 500 fell or rose by 1 percent in a European corporate profits-we are start- year compared with the same period in day, and this could be the least volatile year for ing to see it in this quarter’s results,” 2016 — could ultimately be affected. stocks since 1964, if the current pace holds. William Hamlyn, investment analyst at But as central banks start to wean markets off Manulife Asset Management, told AFP. Growth risk? the stimulus they’ve injected into the global Still many analysts say economic funda- The euro’s rebound comes with the economy, many money managers say they’re mentals are in favor of the euro, compared economic recovery of the eurozone on preparing for a bumpier ride ahead. For now, to the weak dollar and the feeble pound track. “The eurozone is today seen by markets have been so calm that the biggest loss which has been hammered ever since many as a zone of stability,” Philippe for the S&P 500 last week was just 0.2 percent. Britain voted last year to exit the European Waechter, an economist at Natixis, told Compare that to the whiplash investors felt dur- Union. And the impact of a strong euro is AFP. The economy in the 19-country sin- ing the summer of 2011, when the S&P 500 different depending on the country. gle currency area grew by 0.6 percent in swung by more than 4 percent each day during NEW YORK: Trader Ronald Franco works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange yester- Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, has the second quarter, compared with 0.5 one four-day stretch. Investors fortunate enough day. US stocks were little changed in early trading as technology companies rose and energy nothing to fear for the moment, said percent in the first three months of the to be in the market have enjoyed all the upside companies slipped with the price of oil. —AP Berenberg Bank economist Holger year, the Eurostat statistics agency said of owning stocks with almost none of the tradi- buyers whenever stocks seem vulnerable to a about 100 firms by Northern Trust Asset Schmieding, noting the euro is still far from this week. Compared with the same quar- tional downside. Stocks are supposed to be slide, which keeps markets smooth. But the Fed Management, 63 percent called the market’s its long term equilibrium rate of $1.25. ter in 2016, economic output in the euro- volatile, and investors have long accepted that is now slowly moving in the opposite direction: It lack of volatility a warning sign that may lead to Only about a quarter of German zone rose by 2.1 percent, it added. having to stomach big swings in price is one of has raised short-term rates modestly three times a sell-off for stocks. That’s even though half the exports are pegged to the dollar, said Ilja “All in all, the eurozone economy has the costs of owning them. But the largest stock in the last year. The central bank also expects to respondents expect corporate profit growth to Nothnagel, International expert at the rounded out the first half of the year in a fund by assets, Vanguard’s Total Stock Market begin paring its vast portfolio of bond invest- increase, and most forecast stable economic German chambers of commerce DIHK. very healthy state and seems to be set up Index fund, has already returned 11 percent in ments “relatively soon.” Investors on both sides of growth, conditions that are typically favorable Italy would be the country “most nicely for continued firm growth for the 2017 with only a few big down days. the Atlantic, meanwhile, are handicapping how for the stock market. affected by the increase in value of the rest of 2017,” said analyst Bert Colijn of long it will be before the European Central Bank “Volatility is so low, and so much hope is euro,” said Ludovic Subran, chief econo- ING. Eurozone growth as a whole rose Surprising pulls back on its bond-buying program. baked into current prices, that it has the poten- mist at trade credit-insurer Euler Hermes. twice as fast as in Britain, where gross “At the surface, it is surprising” how calm That could force a return to more typical levels tial to disappoint,” said Rob McIver, portfolio “If the dollar/euro rate should remain sta- domestic product was up 0.3 percent in stocks have been, said Greg Davis, Vanguard’s of volatility. Over the last half century, the S&P manager at Jensen Investment Management. Of ble at this level, we will be at a disadvan- the last quarter. chief investment officer. “But it’s not surprising if 500 has had a median 26 days where it fell by at course, stocks have remained calm this year tage,” admitted Licia Mattioli, vice-presi- Then on Thursday the Bank of England you think about a world where central banks least 1 percent during a year. The worry is that the even in the face of some typically unnerving dent for international affairs at the Italian cut its UK growth forecasts with gover- have been unbelievably accommodative. I think stock market may not only get back to that level events. Washington has been unable so far to employers’ organization Confindustria. nor Mark Carney warning that high infla- investors still think central banks will step in if but overshoot it. Stocks are pricier, which raises meet the big expectations investors had at the “The effect would be crosswise on our tion triggered by a Brexit-fuelled slump there’s any stress in the financial markets.” the risk: One popular measure that compares start of the year for pro-business reforms. North exports, which have grown the past few in the pound had hurt consumer spend- The Federal Reserve and other central banks stock prices to corporate earnings over the prior Korea had its first successful test of an interconti- years towards America. We are exporters ing. So for now the strong euro is expect- around the world have slashed interest rates and 10 years says the S&P 500 is at its most expensive nental ballistic missile. to the United States in a number of sec- ed to have little impact on overall euro- thrown trillions of dollars of stimulus at the glob- level since the dot-com bubble in 2001. The price of oil is still bouncing up and tors: fashion, accessories, jewels, food , zone growth, said Subran, who estimat- al economy since the 2008 financial crisis. Not If central banks aren’t the trigger to reawaken down. Strategists at BlackRock, the world’s automobiles, machinery...,” she said. ed a loss of 0.1 percentage point this only that, profits for S&P 500 companies started market volatility, analysts say it could be any- largest asset manager, say they think the calm However, Lucia Tajoli, professor of eco- year. However if the single currency con- growing again late last year, inflation remains thing that comes as a big surprise to investors, market is partly a result of how unusually stable nomic policy at Polytechnic in Milan, tinues to strengthen the impact on low and economies around the world finally such as a natural disaster, international conflict growth has been for the economy and that the notes the euro is not “super strong” and growth could reach between 0.3-0.4 per- seem to be in a synchronized move higher. All or unexpected drop in corporate profits. market can remain unruffled as long as the thinks Italian exports due their growth in cent next year. —AFP that has helped convince investors to step in as In a recent survey of investment managers at economy holds up. —AP

EXCHANGE RATES

Chinese Yuan Renminbi 45.440 Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Swiss Franc 313.410 Indian Rupee 0.004236 0.004924 Australian Dollar 241.900 Thai Bhat 10.080 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 US Dollar Buying 301.550 Turkish Lira 86.055 ASIAN COUNTRIES Japanese Yen 0.002648 0.002828 Japanese Yen 2.735 GOLD Kenyan Shilling 0.002906 0.002906 Indian Rupees 4.761 20 Gram 249.070 BAHRAIN EXCHANGE COMPANY WLL Korean Won 0.000258 0.000273 Pakistani Rupees 2.870 10 Gram 127.450 Malaysian Ringgit 0.067407 0.073407 Srilankan Rupees 1.971 5 Gram 64.570 CURRENCY BUY SELL Nepalese Rupee 0.002976 0.003146 Nepali Rupees 2.981 Pakistan Rupee 0.002655 0.002945 Singapore Dollar 223.600 Europe Hongkong Dollar 38.730 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd British Pound 0.388326 0.398326 Philippine Peso 0.005917 0.006217 Bangladesh Taka 3.737 Czech Korune 0.005637 0.017637 Sierra Leone 0.000037 0.000043 Philippine Peso 6.030 Danish Krone 0.043890 0.048890 Singapore Dollar 0.216924 0.226924 Rate for Transfr Selling Rate Thai Baht 9.127 Euro 0. 351298 0.360298 South African Rand 0.016541 0.025041 US Dollar 302.400 Norwegian Krone 0.034074 0.039274 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001598 0.002178 GCC COUNTRIES Canadian Dollar 239.905 Romanian Leu 0.078010 0.078010 Taiwan 0.009902 0.010082 Saudi Riyal 80.787 Sterling Pound 396.345 Slovakia 0.009023 0.019023 Thai Baht 0.008760 0.009310 Qatari Riyal 83.207 Euro 358.225 Swedish Krona 0.033136 0.038136 Omani Riyal 786.772 Swiss Frank 295.545 Bahraini Dinar 804.440 Swiss Franc 0.304751 0.315751 Arab Bahrain Dinar 802.065 UAE Dirham 82.482 Turkish Lira 0.080871 0.091171 Bahraini Dinar 0.795657 0.804557 UAE Dirhams 82.725 Egyptian Pound 0.015566 0.021474 ARAB COUNTRIES Qatari Riyals 83.945 Australasia Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Egyptian Pound - Cash 21.200 Saudi Riyals 81.535 Australian Dollar 0.231767 0.243767 Iraqi Dinar 0.000190 0.000250 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 16.962 Jordanian Dinar 426.430 New Zealand Dollar 0.217457 0.226957 Jordanian Dinar 0.422401 0.431401 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.216 Egyptian Pound 17.020 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Tunisian Dinar 127.100 Sri Lankan Rupees 1.972 Lebanese Pound 0.000151 0.000251 Jordanian Dinar 427.490 America Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.018 Indian Rupees 4.752 Canadian Dollar 0.233954 0.242954 Moroccan Dirhams 0.020236 0.044236 Syrian Lira 2.159 Pakistani Rupees 2.869 Georgina Lari 0.134959 0.124959 Nigerian Naira 0.000227 0.000862 Morocco Dirham 32.484 Bangladesh Taka 3.745 US Dollars 0.298850 0.303070 Omani Riyal 0.779944 0.785624 Philippines Pesso 6.018 US Dollars Mint 0.299150 0.303070 Qatar Riyal 0.078868 0.083808 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Cyprus pound 166.890 Saudi Riyal 0.079647 0.080947 US Dollar Transfer 302.750 Japanese Yen 3.730 Asia Syrian Pound 0.001283 0.001503 Euro 359.360 Syrian Pound 1.590 Bangladesh Taka 0.003336 0.003920 Tunisian Dinar 0.122717 0.130717 Sterling Pound 396.910 Turkish Lira 0.080871 0.091171 Canadian dollar 240.660 Nepalese Rupees 2.988 Chinese Yuan 0.043515 0.047015 UAE Dirhams 0.081002 0.082702 Turkish lira 86.250 Malaysian Ringgit 71.565 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036613 0.039363 Yemeni Riyal 0.000984 0.001064 TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 BUSINESS Greek GDP stats gaps prompt suspension of flash data

ATHENS: Greece’s statistics service subject to revisions over time. The quali- was issued on the basis of incomplete sion of 0.4 percent quarter-on-quarter on ance,” the official said. “We want to ELSTAT has suspended until further notice ty of Greek statistical data is under con- information, which subsequently needed a provisional basis; flash data released 15 explore the availability of the necessary the release of flash quarterly estimates on stant scrutiny by Brussels since the coun- revisions when more data came in. days earlier had estimated the economy data sources and improve the consisten- the country’s gross domestic product try plunged into crisis in 2010, requiring “We will probably not publish flash had contracted by 0.1 percent. cy of the flash estimates.” because of divergences with provisional to date three international bailouts to estimates for the next coming quarters Similarly in March, ELSTAT said Greece’s Many statistics services in the eurozone estimates, an official at the statistics serv- stave off bankruptcy. after recent divergences,” the ELSTAT offi- economy shrank 1.2 percent in the last announce their flash estimates on GDP 45 ice said yesterday. Discrepancies in the way the budget cial said. There have been considerable quarter of 2016, a considerable revision days after the end of the previous quarter The move means that flash data will deficit was calculated before 2010 - which differences in the past two quarters from a 0.4 percent crimp it gave a fort- and provisional estimates 60 days later. not be issued on Aug. 14. Nationwide angry eurozone partners say concealed between flash data, issued 45 days after night earlier. Ireland, Luxembourg and Sweden do quarterly GDP data will be released on the extent of the deficit - helped trigger the lapse of the reference period, and pro- “We don’t have all the necessary data not issue flash data. The release of flash Sept. 1, taking into account more infor- the financial crisis that engulfed Greece visional data that follows and is released for the flash estimates on time. We just estimates is not mandatory under mation than the early indicator of the and the eurozone. A senior ELSTAT official within a 60 day period. have data only for two months of the European legislation. The official said flash estimate. That quarterly figure, told Reuters the suspension of the flash On June 2, ELSTAT upwardly revised its quarter on employment and not the that Eurostat has been informed on the known as provisional data, can also be data was necessary because flash data first-quarter GDP estimate to an expan- final data for the current account bal- matter.—Reuters Equities in developed, emerging markets offer growth potential Barclays releases its Q3 2017 ‘Compass’ research report

KUWAIT: Barclays’ Private Bank released its Q3 tions as markets of lios across both asset classes and geographies.” 2017 “Compass” Report, which examines major choice. As a result, He added: “Emerging Markets Equities in asset classes globally. The latest research report Barclays’ Investment general continue to show robust growth revealed that equities in Developed and Committee lowered potential; however, it’s worth highlighting Emerging Markets continue to offer best its allocation to Cash the notable change in EM equity indices growth potential for investors seeking to take and Short-Maturity which are witnessing a shift from the energy advantage of tactical investment opportunities Bonds from neutral and materials sectors to the information across the globe. to underweight. technology sector.” The Q3 tactical allocation highlighted in Similarly, High ‘Compass’ also assigned an underweight Barclays’ latest edition of the Compass Research Yield & Emerging allocation to both Developed Government Report maintained an overweight position in Markets Bonds allo- Bonds and Investment Grade Bonds, given Developed Markets Equities especially with cation also remained that nominal yields offered by large chunks leading indicators, related to this asset class, Francesco Grosoli overweight. of the government bond universe as well as currently painting a positive picture for the Although relatively investment grade corporate bonds are still future. Barclays’ strategists believe that both US expensive, Barclays’ strategists continue to view negligible. and European stock markets (excluding the UK) High Yield Bonds as attractive in the context of a Additionally, the report maintained its neu- are currently seen to offer superior growth fixed income complex within a moderate risk tral view on Commodities, indicating that potential for investors. portfolio. Commenting on the report, Francesco investors are more likely to benefit from tilting The report also maintained its overweight Grosoli, Barclays’ Head of Private Bank for their investments towards oil and shying away allocation to Emerging Markets Equities as the Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), said: from gold, as it continues to be susceptible to business cycle continues to firm up; a view “While the outlook for the global economy con- further US interest rate hikes. The latest instal- which is supported by the stabilization of busi- tinues to improve, as indicated by corporate ment of the report has also maintained its neu- ness confidence surveys and trade data. Korea, earnings and trade statistics, investors are best tral allocation to both Real Estate and DHAKA: A Bangladeshi woman walks through a vegetable market at Karwan Bazar in Taiwan and China (offshore) maintain their posi- served by continuing to diversify their portfo- Alternative Trading Strategies. Dhaka on Sunday. Karwan Bazar is one of the largest wholesale marketplaces in the Bangladeshi capital. —AFP China July FX reserves hit 9-mth high on weak dollar BEIJING: China’s foreign exchange mercial banks sold a net $93.8 billion of reserves rose twice as much as expected foreign exchange, down 46 percent from in July to a nine-month high as tighter the same period last year. regulations and a weaker dollar keep “The balance in the foreign exchange capital outflows in check. market in the first half of the year was the A dramatic reduction in capital out- best in three years,” the State flows - which are seen as one of China’s Administration of Foreign Exchange biggest risks - has helped boost confi- (SAFE) said last month, adding that it dence in its economy this year as policy- expected cross-border flows to remain makers preach stability ahead of a key stable due to the country’s strong eco- political leadership reshuffle in coming nomic performance and more benign months. China’s forex reserves, the conditions globally. world’s largest, rose $24 billion in July to $3.081 trillion, compared with an Fresh measures increase of $3.2 billion in June, central In addition to clamping down on out- bank data showed yesterday. It was the flows since late last year via administra- first time that China’s reserves had tive measures, Beijing has more recently climbed for six months in a row since taken aim at some overseas investments June 2014, and lifted them to the highest by Chinese firms as it looks to keep the level since last October. yuan on a more even keel. China’s non- The country’s foreign exchange regu- financial outbound direct investment lator said weakness in the dollar helped (ODI) fell by nearly half in the first half of push up the value of non-dollar curren- 2017 as the tighter capital restrictions cies in its holdings. The euro, in particular, began to bite. gained more than 3 percent against the Reuters reported in July that China’s greenback last month. regulators have told banks to stop provid- Excluding those valuation effects, ing funding for several of Dalian Wanda China’s reserves would have fallen by Group’s overseas acquisitions as Beijing $5.2 billion in July, China Merchants looks to curb the conglomerate’s offshore Securities economists estimated in a buying spree. Authorities will “severely research note following the data. crack down on underground banks and China burned through nearly $320 bil- other foreign exchange violations to pre- lion of reserves last year, but the yuan still vent and resolve risks from cross-border fell about 6.5 percent against the surging capital flows”, the forex regulator said in dollar, its biggest annual drop since 1994. an internal meeting last month. ING economist Iris Pang estimated out- The SAFE reiterated that it will back flows eased to about $10 billion in July. legitimate overseas investments by Such a modest level should reduce any domestic firms and will continue to mon- MANILA: A general view shows the slum area (foreground) and Makati city (background) in Manila yesterday. —AFP pressures on the yuan for the rest of the itor overseas investments in property, year, she said, while adding she does not hotel, entertainment, sports and movie expect authorities to relax restrictions on industries. Combined, the more stringent Dip in consumption, Minister: Germany should capital outflows anytime soon. regulatory measures, a weaker dollar and commodity prices hit China’s forex pile fell below the closely pressure on acquisition hungry domestic consider electric cars quotas watched $3 trillion level in January for firms have helped pull the yuan away Indonesia Q2 growth Germany should consider to accelerate the retreat from com- the first time in nearly six years, raising from the 7 to the dollar mark which is BERLIN: introducing binding quotas for elec- bustion engines by setting a quota market fears that Beijing may devalue its believed to be closely watched by China’s JAKARTA: Indonesia’s economy grew a slower-than-expected tric cars for an automobile sector for low emission cars such as electric currency to relieve the pressure. top policymakers. 5.01 percent in the second quarter as a dip in household con- seeking to recover from a diesel cars from 2025. But the yuan has rebounded more Still, in 12 months’ time the yuan is sumption and a slowdown in key commodity prices hit the emissions scandal and keep its place But the European Union said yes- than 3 percent so far this year, thanks expected to have erased most of the gains resource-rich country, data released yesterday showed. The year- terday it had no plans to introduce largely to a reversal in the dollar, tougher made this year, providing the US Federal on-year expansion was unchanged from the first quarter but as a leading producer, deputy econ- policing of outflows and fresh steps by Reserve sticks to a gradual policy tighten- below the government target of 5.2 percent growth for 2017. omy minister Matthias Machnig said quotas for electric cars for an auto- the central bank to flush out speculators ing path, boosting the dollar, a Reuters “We have to admit that the 5.01 percent growth is below our yesterday. mobile sector seeking to recover who were betting the currency would poll showed last week. From current levels expectation, but I’d say it’s still quite good considering the global The comments set up a possible from the Volkswagen diesel scandal. continue to fall. The yuan strengthened around 6.72, the yuan is forecast to weak- economic conditions and the decreasing commodity prices,” policy clash with German carmakers, “Generally speaking, the around 0.8 percent against the dollar in en to 6.85 in six months and 6.90 in a year, Suhariyanto, the head of Indonesia’s Central Statistics Bureau, whose lobby group says it opposes Commision is looking into ways to July, its third straight month of gains. according to the poll of over 60 foreign said. President Joko Widodo came to power in 2014 on a pledge such quotas. Britain said last month promote use of low carbon energy The strong rebound “has changed exchange analysts taken July 27-Aug 2. to boost economic expansion to seven percent but his govern- it would ban the sale of new petrol and transport but none of them market expectations to yuan apprecia- The value of China’s gold reserves rose to ment has struggled to lift growth rates in Southeast Asia’s largest and diesel cars from 2040 in an includes quotas for electric cars,” a tion (from depreciation),” said ING’s Pang. $75.084 billion at end-July, from $73.585 economy, which is rich in resources but has suffered from a attempt to reduce air pollution. The spokeswoman for the EU executive In the first half of the year, Chinese com- billion at end-June. — Reuters slump in commodity prices. global auto industry debate could said. “We do not discriminate Household consumption, which accounts for more than half one day herald the end of more than between different technologies,” of Indonesian GDP, was the main driver of growth, expanding a century of reliance on the combus- she added. 4.95 percent year-on-year but down from the 5.07 percent tion engine. The Handelsblatt report said the German industrial output growth seen in the second quarter last year. Growth in trade “We want Germany to remain sources believed a minimum sales dipped, due to a slowdown in domestic goods production and the top car country in the future,” level alongside stricter limits for C02 drops unexpectedly in June the supply of imported goods, Suhariyanto said. Machnig told Reuters, adding that emissions were already part of Capital Economics described the result as another disap- issues like digitalization and new measures to promote climate- FRANKFURT AM MAIN: German industrial sectors, capital goods makers’ output fell pointing quarter for Indonesia. “Looking ahead, we see little technologies in motors would friendly mobility that the production declined in June, disappointing 1.9 percent, while producer goods produc- prospects of a sustained recovery,” Gareth Leather, senior Asia decide who stays at the top of the Commission wants to present by the analysts’ expectations, official data showed tion was down 1.2 percent and consumer economist at the consultancy, said. Authorities have been game. “That’s why we should talk end of the year. yesterday. goods production declined by 0.7 percent. scrambling to boost growth, with the central bank slashing about a binding target to really get VDA auto industry lobby was Production fell by 1.1 percent month- Construction output fell 1.0 percent, while interest rates six times last year and Widodo announcing a electromobility going in Europe quoted as saying: “We think such on-month in June, after a 1.2-percent rise in the energy sector was the only ones to series of economic stimulus packages. Although Widodo’s and also in Germany,” said sales quotas are, in principle, the May, according to figures adjusted for report increased production, 1.4 percent pledge of raising growth rates to seven percent a year looks Machnig, a member of the Social wrong choice.” A spokesman for the price, seasonal and calendar effects from higher than in May. unlikely, Indonesia’s economic fundamentals have improved Democrats, junior coalition part- German transport ministry said on federal statistics authority Destatis. Despite the fall in June, “the business sit- in recent years. ners of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Monday he was not aware of any The June figure fell short of the 0.25 per- uation in industry continued to revive in Standard and Poor’s (S&P) upgraded Indonesia’s sovereign conservatives. suggestions about introducing a cent growth predicted by analysts sur- the second quarter,” the economy ministry bond rating to investment grade in May, bringing it in line with He added that the whole auto- quota for electric cars or other low veyed by Factset. in Berlin said in a statement, noting that the two other major agencies, Moody’s Investors Service and mobile industry faced a major emission cars in the medium term. Industrial production is closely watched production only sank in June after five con- Fitch Ratings. The World Bank said in June Indonesia needed to upheaval that it would cope with Speaking at a government news as an indicator of the health of an econo- secutive months of increases. press ahead with structural reforms to lessen its commodity using innovation. Machnig was conference, he said the transport my, and has been on the rise in Germany in “Industrial orders and indicators for the dependence. Improving the tax-GDP ratio and reforming sectors reacting to a report in German ministry wanted Germany to remain recent months along with indicators of business climate suggest that the upward protected from foreign investment should be priorities, the glob- newspaper Handelsblatt that cited a top car producer but wanted to be business, investor and consumer confi- trend in industrial production will contin- al lender said. — AFP European Union sources as saying open regarding the technology to dence. Looking at the different industrial ue,” the ministry added. —AFP the European Commission wanted enable that. — Reuters TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 BUSINESS Dow hits record high again; Nasdaq higher

NEW YORK: The Dow hit another record high pitfall that has plagued the US recovery for Meanwhile, investors will continue to closely Tyson Foods rose 3.74 percent after casts-with the unemployment rate and the Nasdaq opened slightly higher yester- years, inadequate wage growth,” said Craig track the second-quarter earnings season to the No1 US meat processor reported falling back to a 16-year low. day, while the S&P was little changed. The Erlam, senior market analyst at online forex see if pricey valuations are justified. better-than-expected quarterly profit Analysts said the robust job creation Dow closed at a record high for the eighth broker Oanda. The S&P is trading at 18 times expected and sales. figures coupled with rising wages could straight session on Friday, powered by a At 9:36 am ET (1336 GMT), the Dow Jones earnings, compared to its 10-year average Europe mixed spur the US Federal Reserve to raise the robust July employment report that showed Industrial Average was down 8.3 points, or of 14, according to Thomson Reuters European stock markets traded mixed cost of borrowing a third time this year to US employers added more jobs than expected 0.04 percent, at 22,084.51, the S&P 500 was Datastream. yesterday despite investor enthusiasm keep a tight rein on inflation. in the month. down 0.42 points, or 0.01 percent, at 2,476.41. Shares of United Technologies were down over bright jobs data in the United “The combination of stronger jobs and The report is likely to clear the way for the The Nasdaq Composite was up 9.36 points, or 1.56 percent following a report that the com- States. Asian equities also advanced yes- wage growth, a fall in the unemployment Federal Reserve to announce a plan to start 0.15 percent, at 6,360.92. Six of the 11 major pany has submitted an offer to buy aircraft terday, spurred by the strong US figures rate and an increase in the participation shrinking its $4.2 trillion bond portfolio in S&P sectors were lower, with the energy component manufacturer Rockwell Collins. on Friday which raised optimism over the rate all scream a strong labour market,” September, and could strengthen its case to index’s 0.49 percent fall leading the decliners. Rockwell was up 5.97 percent. Warren Buffett’s health of the world’s biggest economy. added Greg McKenna, analyst at raise rates for the third time this year in Oil prices edged lower, sliding away from Berkshire Hathaway was down 1.19 percent US stocks started the week where the AxiTrader.“That, in turn, reinforces the December. “The jobs report was quite well- nine-week highs, as worries lingered over high after the company reported a drop in second- Dow left off Friday after the rosy Fed’s path back toward policy normaliza- received on Friday despite suffering the same production from OPEC and the United States. quarter profit. employment figures had sent the US tion and suggests the tapering of the bal- blue-chip index to an eighth straight ance sheet will begin soon and more rate record finish. In opening trading the hikes are coming.” Dow moved a few points higher, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite ‘Broad-based growth’ also rising. The prospect of higher rates has pro- London pushed ahead yesterday but vided modest support for the greenback. Frankfurt was hobbled by lacklustre sec- Continuing political turmoil in ond-quarter earnings from German Washington had cast doubt on President healthcare giant Fresenius. Paris was near Donald Trump’s stalled economic growth flat. “European stock markets are quiet agenda and dragged the dollar down, this morning,” said analyst David Madden and market-watchers warned the outlook at CMC Markets UK. “The FTSE 100 is for the dollar remains uncertain. outperforming the eurozone bench- “Given typical August liquidity condi- marks ... as mining companies are tions, we could be in for a bumpy week helping the London market. “Glencore, as the market irons out if we’re in a short- Anglo American, Rio Tinto and BHP term USD correction or a trend reversal,” Billiton are some of the biggest gainers said Oanda analyst Stephen Innes. In on the FTSE 100 as the price of iron ore commodities trading, US crude was trad- moved higher in Asia overnight.” The ing at around $49 as a meeting of lead- US Labor Department reported that ing oil-exporting countries gets under- the economy added more than way to examine why some producers 200,000 net new positions for the sec- were failing to fully implement cuts to ond straight month-well above fore- rein in global supply. — Agencies TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 BUSINESS Zain announces first week winners of ‘Win Cash Daily’ campaign 9 winners of KD 350 daily prize and one winner of KD 1000 weekly prize

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommuni- company also announced the winner of Zain’s main postpaid plans starting at cations company in Kuwait, announced the KD 1,000 weekly cash prize: Osama KD 23 and choose either a Samsung S8 the winners of the first week draw of its Mohammed Fahad Al-Rujaib. Zain or S8+ device will get a chance to win latest “Win Cash Daily” campaign, which launched this new campaign in partner- one of the daily prizes, weekly prizes, or offers postpaid customers a chance to win ship with Samsung Al-Babtain as part of the grand prize at the end of the cam- daily and weekly cash prizes as well as a its strategy to reinforce its relationship paign. In addition, customers who sub- grand cash prize of KD 5,000 at the end of with its postpaid customers. The company scribe to the KD 40 postpaid plan and the campaign. is keen on offering the biggest campaigns choose two Samsung S8 or S8+ devices Zain announced the winners of the KD and promotions along with the latest will get TWO chances to win one of the 350 daily cash prize: Mohammed Subhi technologies to its customer base, consid- valuable cash prizes. Yousef Budair, Mohammed Ali Aziz ered the largest in the country. Today’s announcement is a testament of Mahmoud Al-Omar, Shamma Mohammed The campaign runs for four weeks, Zain’s tireless efforts in rewarding its cus- Abdullah Al-Otaibi, Hessa Ayed Raji Al- where draws will be held on a daily basis. tomer base, further reinforcing its leader- Mutairi, Faleh Duraimeh Mutar Al-Mutairi, The prizes include a daily cash prize of KD ship position. The campaign further Yousef Marzouq Khalid Al-Omairah, Eaman 350, a weekly cash prize of KD 1000, and a demonstrates Zain’s pivotal role in Kuwait’s Khalaf Mohammed Al-Daas, Hussein grand cash prize of KD 5000 at the end of telecom sector, sparing no effort in intro- AbdulNabi Dawood Qambar, and Mahdi the campaign. ducing exceptional offerings for technolo- AbdulKarim AbdulRedha AbdulKarim. The Customers who subscribe to any of gy and smartphone enthusiasts. KFH-Takaful signs insurance agreement with Porsche Club Stress on improving ties with youth segment

KUWAIT: Ahmed Al-Nowaif - Marketing and Development Department Manager at KFH- Takaful stressed the importance of improving ties with the youth segment and offering them unique insurance services along with special offers and promotions. His statement was made on the sidelines of inking an agreement with Porsche Club to offer customers insurance services. He indicated that KFH-Takaful endeavors to provide unprecedent- ed discounts to customers including Sanad for vehicles insurance. Meanwhile, Vice Chairman Porsche Club, Eissa Khodhair said that the club is striving to offer the Burgan Bank announces second best to its members, while seeking to collabo- rate with the best companies that address the winners of its cash back draw needs of Porsche buyers. He added that the agreement with KFH- KUWAIT: Burgan Bank is pleased to and ends 31st August 2017 and will Takaful contributes in achieving the aspirations announce the second group of its summer announce five winners every month who of the club as the company is eyed as a pioneer campaign Cash Back draw winners for the will be refunded at a maximum amount of in the insurance sector. month of June. KD 1,000. Customers who spend more will KFH was established in Kuwait in 1977 and is The lucky winners of the Cash Back draw are: have higher chances of winning as with enlisted in the Kuwait Stock Exchange. KFH 1. Rakan Khalaf Al-Anzi every international transaction, they will Group is a global pioneer in the field of Islamic Officials shake hands after signing the agreement 2. Mohammad Abdullah Boualiyan receive two chances to enter the draw banking services, where it offers a wide array of KFH’s mission is to achieve highest levels of bank in the world. KFH’s values include cement- 3. Mohammad Sadeq Al-Bather while every local transaction provides them Islamic products and services, not to mention a excellence and innovation in the field of client ing leadership through all its businesses, includ- 4. Ill Teak Kwon- with one such opportunity. high standard of innovation and client service. service, while developing common interest for ing leadership in the Islamic banking services 5. Hamid Mahmoud Assad All credit card holders who make local KFH manages its operations in the GCC, Asia, all those concerned with the financial institu- worldwide, through innovation and in client Supporting its customers’ seasonal or international transactions will enter the and Europe through over 480 branches, includ- tion. KFH’s vision is to spearhead the global service and the development of its employees. financial needs and demands, Burgan draw, As for the ATM card holders they will ing KFH-Turkey, in order to offer services for the development in Islamic financial services, and In addition, KFH is committed to all its proce- Bank’s recent summer campaign entitles participate in the draw with international bank’s clients in Turkey, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, to upgrade the bank into the level of becom- dures, and to setting up long-life partnerships its credit and ATM cardholders a chance transactions only. Bahrain, Germany, Jordan, and Dubai. ing the most sustainable profitable Islamic with the concerned authorities. to win back their spending when using Burgan Bank debit and credit cards their cards. accommodate customers’ different needs The seasonal offer is designed as a three with flexibility and convenience for all Gulf Bank announces winners Eurozone economic month campaign that started on June 1st financial transactions. of Al-Danah daily draws growth accelerating By Hayder Tawfik KUWAIT: Gulf Bank held its Al-Danah daily 3) Two winners of KD1,000 every working day draws on 6 August 2017 announcing the 4) The most chances to win names of its winners for the week of 30 July 5) Only Bank that transfers your chances to win n a quarterly basis the euro- - 3 August 2017. The Al-Danah daily draws from the previous year to the current year zone economy is growing include draws every working day for two Only Al-Danah makes millionaires. Oalbeit on a small scale. This is prizes of KD 1,000 per winner. Al-Danah also offers a number of unique quite encouraging at a time of con- The winners are: services including: the Al-Danah Deposit cern about UK leaving the European (Sunday 30/7): Muhsen Abaes Esmaeel, Suad Only ATM card which helps account holders union, Donald Trump’s discouraging Abdullah Amanallah Al-Mousawi deposit their money at their convenience; as talks about unfair trades by the US (Monday 31/7): Ahmad Nasser Othman Al- well as the Al-Danah calculator to help cus- partners and threat of sanctions on Othman, Fatima Mohammed Redha tomers calculate their chances of becoming Russia, China and Venezuela. On top (Tuesday 1/8): Zamel Abdullah Ibrahim Al- an Al-Danah winner. of these the Euro has risen sharply Motawaa, Soghra Yaqoub Rustm against the US dollar and other major currencies. (Wednesday 2/8): Haya Khalaf Abdulhadi Al- The quarterly economic growth has expanded by a Enzi, Kabra Yousef Jaber Hassan small amount of only 0.6 percent but this is higher than the (Thursday 3/8): Fahed Mutlaq Ali Al- previous quarterly growth of 0.5 percent. The economic Mutairi, Talal Soud Mohammad Al-Hwaishil growth is spreading throughout the 19 nations that repre- Gulf Bank’s Al-Danah 2017 draw lineup sent the block. This is a sign of the block’s upswing that is includes daily draws (2 winners per working becoming increasingly robust and self-sustaining. All the day and each receive KD1,000). Al-Danah’s economic numbers, business statistics, unemployment and 3rd quarterly draw for the prize of Gulf Bank’s Al-Danah account is open to Safe deposit lockers from AUB KD500,000 will be held on 28 September. Kuwaiti and non-Kuwaiti residents of manufacturing output are signaling that the block’s econo- The final Al-Danah draw for KD 1 million will Kuwait. Customers require a minimum of my is gaining stream and growing. This is encouraging for be held on 11 January, 2018 whereby the Al- KD200 to open an account and the same the European Central bank that has been supporting eco- are best choice for customers Danah millionaire will be announced. amount must be maintained as for cus- nomic growth with its accommodative monetary policy Gulf Bank encourages you to increase tomers to be eligible for the upcoming Al- and its refusal to reverse its quantitative policy. KUWAIT: To meet the requirements of cus- missions, which is available at our branches your chances by depositing more into your Danah draws. The European Central banks is forecasting and expect- tomers during the summer and the current or through our website in an effort to facili- Al Danah account, immediately from any If the customer’s account balance falls ing solid and broad based economic recovery in the travel season, Ahli United Bank (AUB) tate the overall process for customers wish- local bank, using the new ePay (Self-Pay) below KD200 at any given time, a KD2 months ahead. Based on the latest economic numbers, an announces its ability to entertain requests ing to safely deposit their valuable items service, which is available on Gulf Bank’s charge will be made on a monthly basis to acceleration in economic growth is something likely to for Safe Deposit Lockers, which are ideal for and important documents in trusted safety Online and Mobile Banking. the account until the minimum balance is happen. As long as inflation is underpinned by low wages safe-keeping valuables like documents and lockers. The service is provided in the Five reasons why the Al-Danah account is met. Customers who open an account and/ and lower energy prices, the European Central bank is jewelry. They are considered the best Bank’s Main Branch and throughout its the best: or deposit more will enter the daily draw quite happy to continue with its easy monetary policy. choice to ensure peace of mind for cus- branches in Ahmadi, Salmiya, Jabriya, 1) Kuwait’s single biggest yearly cash prize of within two days. To take part in the Al- For the first time in a while, the French economy enjoyed tomers, through storage of their precious Yarmouk, Salwa, Sabah Al-Salem, South KD 1 million and the largest international Danah 2017 upcoming quarterly and yearly its strongest continuous expansion in the second quarter, and valuable belongings especially when Surra, Shamiya, Mishref, Reqqa, Andalus, bank prize according to Guinness World draws, customers must meet the required driven by exports and investment, while Spain experienced they are away from home and travelling. Sabahiya, Jaber Al-Ali, Ferdous, Ardia, Records hold period for each draw; customers can the fastest growth since 2015. Some other economies also AUB explained, “Our Safe Deposit Lockers Qadseya, Dahar, Sulaibikhat, Rabya, 2) Kuwait’s biggest quarterly cash prizes, up visit one of Gulf Bank’s 56 branches for assis- gathered momentum. Although unemployment in offer a diversified array of benefits that are Khaitan, Oyoon and Jahra. to KD500,000 tance and guidance. Germany continued to decline the economy has surprising- ideal for customers in a secure and safe envi- As part of Ahli United Bank’s willingness ly slowed down as its export led economy has been impact- ronment. The Bank provides multiple stor- to provide the best banking services for its ed by the strength of the euro mostly against the US$. age options, available in three sizes to meet customers with special needs, the Bank has As for the eurozone corporate results that reflect the customer requirements, which are small, allocated special Safe Deposit Lockers at a weakness or the strength of the economy, it has been sur- medium and large. Customers can also lower height that can be accessed by spe- prisingly strong and quite encouraging. The strength of the obtain more than one Safe Deposit Locker. cial needs customers using wheelchairs. The corporate result has spread to most sectors. Led by luxury AUB’s Safe Deposit Lockers service pro- lockers are also equipped with Braille tech- good items , food, staffing recruitment and chemicals, all vides easy access to the lockers during offi- nology to facilitate visually impaired cus- have reported good results during the second quarter. The cial working hours, in accordance with the tomers. The safety deposit lockers for spe- only sector that has been discouraging is the auto industry. procedures followed by the Bank. cial needs customers are available at lower That is something might worry the official in Germany. The The Bank provides the service at a charges being in line with the Bank’s desire German car industry employs about 20 percent of the charge as stated in the Bank’s list of com- to provide improved facilities for them. entire German workforce. The European Central bank presi- dent Mr. Mario Draghi has expressed confidence that the solid, broad-based recovery will extend into the second Ghana considers law to half, with a healing labor market and a closing output gap fueling a sustained inflation pickup. limit fiscal deficit to 5% ABK presents customers Positive sentiment among industries and investors hit a decade-high in July, with most industries saying they’re ACCRA: Ghana is considering passing a law years. “We are proposing a Fiscal working at a higher capacity and selling-price expectations that will restrict government’s fiscal deficit Responsibility Law that will restrict govern- with instant card issuance increasing in all sectors. Inflation has been the sticking to not more than 5 percent of GDP, the ment spending within a band of 3-5 per- point in this economic recovery. Any price pressure or country’s Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo cent fiscal deficit-anything above five per- KUWAIT: In line with its Simpler Banking instantly from select branches, and input prices have not been passed to consumers yet. This said yesterday. cent should be considered as an infringe- strategy, Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) recent- request a replacement card due to lost or for the time being is good news for consumers. The infla- The proposed Fiscal Responsibility law ment,” Osafo-Maafo said. The government ly launched the Instant Card Issuance service, damaged cards from any branch as long tion rate stayed at 1.3 percent in July, below the ECB’s goal will have provisions to punish government of President Nana Akufo-Addo, which providing clients with the opportunity of as the card is collected at the selected of below, but close to, 2 percent. officials who exceed spending limits, Osafo- assumed office in January, plans to lower receiving their Debit cards immediately while branches above. The hint of economic convergence among all industries Maafo told a meeting of business leaders in fiscal deficit to 6.3 percent in 2017, from 9.3 also instantly selecting their PIN. Whilst this service is currently for debit should be encouraging to equity investors. The higher cor- the capital Accra. Ghana, which exports percent in 2016. The Instant Card Issuance service is cards only, ABK will be launching the same porate earnings should make forward equity valuation cocoa, gold and oil, is following a three- “The essence of the law is to get the econ- available at selected ABK branches namely for our credit and prepaid cards shortly. quite attractive relative to some other region in particular year program with the IMF to restore fiscal omy back on track and make it impossible for ABK Head Office, Hawally, Shuwaikh, Zahra ABK’s simpler banking strategy seeks to the US stock market. Added to this the muted reaction by balance to an economy dogged by a high any government to reverse the motion ... so and Saad Al-Abdullah, with plans to intro- continuously present its customers with a the European Central bank to any changes to its monetary fiscal deficit and large public debt, after a people who break the limit would be made duce further branches later this year. simpler banking model through the launch policy makes European equites quite appealing to interna- period exuberance during the oil boom to suffer for it,” he added. — Reuters ABK customers can now open an of new and innovative services that offer tional investors. @Rasameel. account, receive their new debit cards more convenience and speed. technology TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 No More Ransom celebrates 1st incredible year

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NEW YORK: For Michael Rizzo, answering the nology that makes a phone’s caller ID display a through all home phone providers and won’t phone is too often a waste of time. His Sports local or important-looking caller, like the IRS. work with older, copper-based landlines. You City Pizza Pub in Buffalo, New York, depends on Cracking down on “spoofed” numbers would can also buy gadgets , some pretty clunky, that customers calling to order wings, pizza and make running a scam more difficult and save US block calls on home phones. Verizon is also test- potato skins. But much of the time, it’s an auto- consumers millions of dollars, a group of state ing warnings about suspicious calls on a home mated message pushing a scam. “It’s getting to attorneys general said in an FCC filing. phone’s caller ID display. the point where it’s blocking other callers from coming in,” the 24-year-old bar owner said. Help What phone companies are doing? Help from the government is coming, if slowly. Over the past year, prodded Phone companies and independent apps can Phone companies can already block some by the government, cellphones have added new screen or block unwanted calls by checking calls that are being faked. The FCC has proposed tools to counteract unwanted “robocalls.” The them against databases of known problem num- rules to formalize that practice and permit them Federal Communications Commission has pro- bers and analyzing suspicious behavior, like a to block other calls they suspect are scams. That TOKYO: In this photo, SoftBank Group Corp. Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son posed letting phone companies block more number that’s calling lots of people on Do Not means Verizon can block a toll-free number that speaks during a SoftBank World presentation in Tokyo.—AP spam and is hoping to deter scammers with big Call lists. Wireless carriers also have tools that accepts calls for a bank but never initiates a call. fines. Experts say these steps are not a cure-all, flag incoming calls with warnings like “scam like- Carriers would also be able to block calls they SoftBank adding technology but they’re a good start. ly,” but they aren’t available on all phones, or to know aren’t legitimate, like a number with a 911 area code. The rules still need to be finalized. ambitions, with ARM, robotics Maureen Mahoney, a public policy fellow at the nonprofit Consumers Union, said the devel- TOKYO: Photo ops of SoftBank Chief instead collaborating on a shared vision of opment is “promising,” but won’t protect con- Executive Masayoshi Son sometimes show what he called the “information revolution.” sumers from all unwanted calls. For one thing, him chatting happily with his company’s “We don’t try to stamp our color on our “Do Not Call” lists don’t apply to certain types of humanoid robot, the childlike Pepper, or group companies,” he said. “We feel a callers, such as debt collectors and political cam- grinning as President Donald Trump heaps brand should be free.” Son’s spectacular paigns. In addition, Mahoney said, the FCC rules praise on him for creating American jobs. rags-to-riches story, making one big acqui- would cover only faked numbers. Not all robo- It’s clear Son, Japan’s richest person, stands sition after another including an approxi- calls are spoofed. Consumers Union wants out in Japan Inc. He is no “salaryman” presi- mately 40 percent stake in Yahoo in the phone companies to make call-blocking tools dent, those typical executives who rise 1990s, has left many skeptical over what available to all consumers for free. In the longer gradually and quietly through the ranks, appears to be a risky way to run a business, term, the FCC supports industry efforts to verify Japan-style, in a corporate culture that said Satoru Kikuchi, a senior analyst at that callers are really who they say they are. frowns upon mavericks and tends to SMBC Nikko Securities Co. But as he added Perhaps one day, you’ll see a green check- squelch self-made ventures. stakes in one technology powerhouse mark on your smartphone when the caller is Since founding SoftBank in 1981, Son, a after the other, names like Microsoft Corp., legitimate. US Telecom, the phone-company Japanese of Korean ancestry who graduat- Novell, Cisco Systems, Ziff-Davis and lobby, says rolling this out could take a few ed from the University of California, Comdex, Son has shifted gears when nec- years, but would prove powerful against robo- Berkeley, has won both criticism and acco- essary, adjusting his portfolio and often callers. The FCC is also seeking ways to stop lades as a daring investor who has gath- emerging a winner and winning trust from annoying calls from dogging consumers when ered partners in diverse technology sectors key investors, Kikuchi said. they change numbers. Today, if you sign up for from around the world. Sometimes those “His goal is to become the No. 1 compa- Do Not Call but then get a new number, a mar- adventures cost him. But often, they have ny in the world through expanding in the keter may not know and could pester you on paid off. SoftBank Group Corp. reported technology area,” he said. “He has the abili- your new line. Monday a 98 percent drop in its April-June ty to gather money and information. He What can you do? profit at 5.5 billion yen ($50 million) on can act, and he can make decisions.” In a Robocallers aren’t going away, said Aaron losses stemming from investments in the recent, nearly three-hour presentation in Foss of Nomorobo, a call-blocking service for Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba. Tokyo, Son presented some of the ventures cellphones and home phones. “These guys are Quarterly sales rose 3 percent to 2.19 he is partnering with, including OneWeb, FLORIDA: In this photo, Jen Vargas looks at a call log displayed via an AT&T app on her cell- criminals and they’re going to find their way trillion yen ($20 billion), while the Tokyo- whose founder and chairman Greg Wyler phone at her home in Orlando, Florida.—AP around any system. But it’s our job to make sure based company’s operating profit, which wants to use satellites instead of under- we make it as difficult for them as possible.” highlights core operations, logged a 50 ground cables to provide affordable inter- Why is this happening? many prepaid customers. The versions from There are common-sense measures for con- percent increase year-on-year as its US net access for everyone. He showed off The federal and state “Do Not Call” lists are Verizon and Sprint cost extra. A few Android sumers to follow. Don’t answer the phone if you mobile carrier Sprint, previously a drain on Spot, a four-legged robot that can climb supposed to protect people from unwanted calls phones, including Google’s Pixel, screen spam don’t recognize the number. (Yes, this is imprac- the bottom line, boosted profitability. The steps and dance. from telemarketers. But scammers don’t care calls for free. Jen Vargas, 39, a multimedia pro- tical on business phone lines, like Sports City’s.) first telecoms carrier to offer the iPhone in ARM’s chips are found in nearly all about breaking the law. Scammers reach people ducer from Orlando, Florida, said her AT&T app Hang up on unwanted callers. Don’t talk to Japan, SoftBank has bought British semi- smartphones and wearables, he noted. cheaply and easily using “autodialers,” which flags and blocks some fraudulent calls to her them or press any buttons. If you engage with conductor company ARM. Its acquisition of Data gathered from such omnipresent sen- spew out a large number of calls automatically. cellphone, but she’s given up with the landline. them, they might flag you as someone who’s US robotics pioneer Boston Dynamics is sors provide far more comprehensive data It’s estimated that Americans receive tens of mil- “Very rarely do I pick up a call from a number responsive and inundate you with more calls. awaiting regulatory approval. than what can be gathered through mobile lions of robocalls every day. Not all of them are I don’t know,” Vargas said. Apps including Block the number after the call, if possible. Use Recently, it has announced it will invest phones or computers, Son said. “Those who fraudsters, of course. Pharmacies send automat- YouMail and Nomorobo offer relief on home call-blocking apps. If you have privacy concerns, in Encored, a US company specializing in rule chips will rule the entire world. Those ed messages about prescriptions being filled. phones for free, with limitations. With YouMail, check the app’s policy to see if it’s sharing your IoT technology in the energy sector. Son who rule data will rule the entire world.” But too often, it’s this: you owe the IRS mon- your carrier must allow “conditional call for- call or contacts data with marketers. Don’t give believes artificial intelligence combined Son said. “That’s what people of the future ey; it’s Microsoft calling to fix your computer; warding,” which forwards calls if a line is unan- callers personal information, like bank account with data gathered by billions of sensors will say.” SoftBank also runs a solar power free cruises! And spam callers have tricky tech- swered or busy. Nomorobo isn’t available or Social Security numbers.—AP will benefit people more than the 19th business, which Son plunged into with fer- Century Industrial Revolution, helping to vor after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disas- treat cancer, deliver accident-free driving ter in northeastern Japan. His business and grow safer food. Son also has money to empire also includes financial-technology, Never too old to invest: a private fund he set up last year for ride-booking services and a baseball team, global investments in the technology sec- the Softbank Hawks. code: Meet Japan’s tor, called the Vision Fund, with the poten- Takenobu Miki, who worked closely with tial to grow to as much as $100 billion. Son in the late 1990s and early 2000s, says 82-year-old app-maker Son excels in bringing together partners Information revolution whom he thinks will be instrumental in the FUJISAWA, Japan: When 82-year- games for the over-60s-she is now in Trump has praised him for promising to future. Big Japanese companies often old Masako Wakamiya first began such demand that this year Apple invest $50 billion in US startups to create hoard resources like money, facilities and working she still used an abacus for invited her to participate at their 50,000 jobs. Son stressed at a news confer- employees. Son doesn’t, says Miki, who maths-today she is one of the prestigious Worldwide Developers ence Monday that his company was neither now has his own business, Japan Flagship world’s oldest iPhone app develop- Conference, where she was the old- an old-style Japanese “zaibatsu,” a business Project Co., which provides consulting and ers, a trailblazer in making smart- est app creator to take part. conglomerate with roots dating to the 19th project management, among other servic- phones accessible for the elderly. century Meiji Era, nor a venture capital out- es. He says those who criticize Son for chas- Frustrated by the lack of interest Source of inspiration fit pursuing a quick payback. SoftBank tries ing quick bucks misjudge him. “What you from the tech industry in engaging ‘Hinadan’-’the doll staircase’-was to influence strategy in the businesses it don’t want is an unprofitable company,” older people, she taught herself to inspired by the Hina Matsuri, a doll invests in, without exerting outright control said Miki. “And he has a passion, a code and set about doing it herself. festival which takes place every or overhauling their management, he said, dream.”—AP The over 60s, she insists, need to March, where ornamental dolls rep- actively search out new skills to resenting the emperor, his family stay nimble. and their guests are displayed in a FUJISAWA: This picture shows 82-year-old programmer Masako China’s web users fear losing “As you age, you lose many specific arrangement. In Wakamiya’s Wakamiya speaking during an interview with AFP in Fujisawa, things: your husband, your job, app, users have to put them in the tools to bypass ‘Great Firewall’ your hair, your eyesight. The minus- correct positions-a task which is Kanagawa prefecture.—AFP es are quite numerous. But when harder than it sounds, requiring start-ups are slowly waking up to quarter of Japan’s population is BEIJING: Enterprising internet users in ience to their customers. On Thursday, a you learn something new, whether memorization of the complex the economic potential of providing aged 65 and above, and this is pro- China fear the tools they use to tunnel cloud service provider in the capital noti- it be programming or the piano, it arrangements. The app, which is for silver surfers, and Wakamiya has jected to rise to 40 percent by 2055. through the country’s “Great Firewall” may fied users that it would practice shutting is a plus, it’s motivating,” she says. currently only available in Japanese, already met with Apple’s chief exec- The government is struggling to soon disappear, as Beijing tightens its grip down and reporting VPN providers on the “Once you’ve achieved your profes- has been downloaded 42,000 times utive Tim Cook. Wakamiya recalls: ensure its population remains on the web. Tens of millions of people are orders of Beijing’s Public Security bureau. sional life, you should return to with hundreds of positive com- “He asked me what I had done to active and healthy-and so also see estimated to use Virtual Private Networks Tech giants Apple and Amazon, too, have school. In the era of the internet, if ments from users. make sure that older people could the dynamic octogenarian as an (VPNs) to bypass Chinese internet restric- moved to limit their customers’ access to you stop learning, it has conse- And while these figures are rela- use the app. I explained that I’d inspiration. tions-getting access to blocked websites the tools in China in what has been seen as quences for your daily life,” tively small compared to Japan’s thought about this in my program- “I would like to see all Japanese such as Facebook and Twitter. Beijing has for a voluntary move to get ahead of the Wakamiya explains during an AFP big-hitting apps which are down- ming-recognizing that older people elderly people have the same moti- years turned a blind eye to these holes in its impending crackdown. interview at her home near Tokyo. loaded in their millions, ‘Hinadan’ lose their hearing and eyesight, and vation,” one official said. Wakamiya Great Firewall, but recent events suggest the On Sunday, Apple said it was removing a She became interested in com- has proved popular enough that their fingers might not work so well.” says her ultimate goal is to come up virtual tunnels may soon be bricked up. number of the programs from its app store, puters in the 1990s when she retired Wakamiya plans to release English, “Mr Cook complimented me,” she with “other apps that can entertain In January China’s Ministry of Industry while Amazon’s Chinese partner said that from her job as a bank clerk. It took Chinese and possibly French ver- says proudly, adding that he had older people and help transmit to and Information Technology (MIIT) customers would no longer be allowed to her months to set up her first sys- sions of the app before next year’s hailed her as a “source of inspiration”. young people the culture and tradi- announced it would be banning the use of use “illegal” VPNs on its cloud service. “There tem, beginning with BBS messaging, festival. Its success has propelled tions we old people possess”. “Most unlicensed providers of the services. In the have been many rounds of government a precursor to the internet, before her on to the tech world stage, No time for sickness old people have abandoned the months since the rule’s announcement, murmurings about VPN crackdowns, and for- building her skills on a Microsoft PC, despite the industry’s reputation Wakamiya concedes that she idea of learning, but the fact that rumors have swirled that a crackdown was eign and Chinese businesses had grown and then Apple’s Mac and iPhones. for being notoriously ageist In finds “writing lines of code is diffi- some are starting (again) is not only coming, but there was little clarity on what used to only minor or temporary restrictions,” She asked software developers to Silicon Valley, workers in their 40s cult” but has a voracious appetite good for them but for the country’s exactly the rule meant and how, or even if, said Graham Webster, a senior researcher come up with more for the elderly, are considered old by some firms to learn more. “I want to really economy,” said Wakamiya, who it would be implemented. In the past few scholar at Yale Law School. But “this time but a repeated lack of response led and according to media reports cit- understand the fundamentals of took up the piano at 75. Hinting weeks, however, omens of significant tight- appears different.” For now, however, it still her to take matters into her own ing research firm Payscale, the programming, because at the that her good health is down to an ening seem to be everywhere. remains unclear who will be able to access hands. Wakamiya learned the basics median age for an employee at moment I only learned the ele- active mind and busy life, she adds: of coding and developed ‘Hinadan’ Facebook is 29 and at Apple is 31. ments necessary for creating “I am so busy everyday that I have Several luxury hotels in Beijing have said VPNs and under what circumstances, a situa- one of Japan’s first dedicated app But international tech firms and Hinadan,” she explains. More than a no time to look for diseases.”—AFP they will stop using the tools, which once tion that has left both companies and regu- provided unfiltered Internet as a conven- lar users on tenterhooks. —AFP TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Night swim leaves Australian teen bloody and bewildered

SYDNEY: An Australian teenager emerged sea lice. “It sort of looked like hundreds of amphipods, a tiny crustacean that latches from a night-time dip in the ocean with little pin holes or pin-sized bites distributed onto decaying plant or animal matter to help blood streaming from his feet and ankles in all over my ankle and the top of my foot,” he break it down. “They are not there to eat us, a gruesome mystery that doctors have said. Kanizay, who was rushed to hospital, but sometimes they might take a little bit, struggled to explain. Sam Kanizay waded said doctors could not explain what had like mosquitoes and leeches and other waist-deep into the water at Brighton caused the injury. MELBOURNE: In things out there in the environment,” he said. Beach in suburban Melbourne on Saturday “We had a few people guessing that it this picture at “He (Kanizay) must have been very, evening, standing still for about 30 min- was sea lice, but no one really had any Sandringham very cold and he wouldn’t have felt it,” utes. When he came out of the sea he was ideas.” His father went as far as scooping Hospital in added Weir, who experienced a similar bleeding profusely from the calves down. some of the tiny critters from the ocean and Melbourne, injury on his forehead after a night dive “The cold water numbed my legs. I felt posting a film online of them devouring teenager Sam 40 years ago. The veteran marine what I thought was pins and needles but small chunks of meat. Kanizay’s feet are researcher said Kanizay’s injury was much maybe it wasn’t just pins and needles,” the Some reports cited experts pointing seen covered in like a graze and he should not fear return- 16-year-old told 3AW radio yesterday. instead to stingrays or jellyfish as the sus- what looked like ing to the water. “I don’t think there has Washing the blood off his legs in the pected culprits. But Jeff Weir, from the hundreds of been anything that has changed, there shower did little to stem the flow from Dolphin Research Institute, said the injury bleeding little just aren’t that many people that stand what his family believed was an attack by was likely caused by opportunistic pin holes.— AP really still for that long.”— AFP As eels grow in value, US clamps down on poaching

BREWER, Maine: Changes in the worldwide sushi industry have turned live baby American eels into a commodity that can fetch more than $2,000 a pound at the dock, but the big demand and big prices have spawned a black market that wildlife officials say is jeopardizing the species. Law enforcement authorities have launched a crackdown on unlicensed eel fishermen and illic- it sales along the East Coast. Although not a well-known seafood item like the Maine lobster, wriggling baby eels, or elvers, are a fishery worth many millions of dollars. NETHERLANDS: Farmers dispose of eggs at a poultry farm in Onstwedde, Netherlands. —AFP Elvers often are sold to Asian aquaculture companies to be raised to maturity and have Dutch farmers ‘powerless’ in become a linchpin of the sushi supply chain. But licensed US fishermen complain poaching has the face of contaminated eggs become widespread, as prices have climbed in recent years. In response, the US Department of EDE, Netherlands: In the dark and silent shed of would cost 400,000 euros ($471,000), or induce a Justice, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and oth- a small Dutch poultry farm, 1.8 million eggs moult and evacuate the birds’ droppings. er agencies are investigating clandestine har- closely packed together wait to be destroyed. In According to members of the Dutch poultry vesting and sales. Operation Broken Glass, a ref- the barn, the machine that sorts and packages union, fipronil is lodged in the chickens’ abdom- erence to the eels’ glassy skin, has resulted in 15 guilty pleas for illegal trafficking of about $4 mil- the eggs has been shut off and its rolling belt is inal fat and moulting can reduce it, as the agri- MAINE: In this photo, baby eels swim plastic bag after being caught near Brewer, Maine. starting to gather dust. In the empty courtyard, culture site Boerderij reported. During the lion worth of elvers. the woman of the house and a worker perform moulting, which generally begins in autumn Two people are under indictment, and more Eel harvesting fishing and selling along the supply chain. The small jobs. But the fields are empty and the chick- due to the decrease in light, the bird sheds indictments are expected. In Maine, more than The federal agencies involved in the poach- legwork is necessary because illegal trade in ens are invisible. feathers and loses fat. Ten Ham has since 400 licensed fishermen make their living fishing ing investigations say there’s no end date for elvers jeopardizes the species’ long-term sus- Wim ten Ham’s farm in the central Dutch town plunged his nearly 70,000 chickens into dark- for elvers in rivers such as the Penobscot in their probe. The Department of Justice tainability, said Jeffrey H. Wood, acting assistant of Ede-where dozens of poultry farms are reput- ness and put them on a modified diet to make it Brewer and the Passagassawakeag in Belfast declined to speculate on how many poachers attorney general with the Department of ed for their eggs-is one of hundreds of farms easier for them to lose fat. Chickens can remain every spring. They say law enforcement is vital to there are and how many arrests are expected. A Justice’s environmental division. whose eggs are suspected of having been con- contaminated for between six to eight weeks. “I protecting the eels and the volatile industry. conviction for violating the Lacey Act, which Maine’s fishery for elvers is the biggest on the taminated by the insecticide fipronil. feel powerless,” ten Ham said, adding that he Randy Bushey, of Steuben, has been fishing for prohibits illegal wildlife trade, can carry a East Coast, making it the sole reliable source of Contamination with the toxic chemical has understood rules needed to be upheld but elvers since 1993. He said he saw his income bal- penalty of up to five years in prison and a fine the eels in the US to prevent overfishing, fisher- prompted supermarkets in Belgium, the lamented the strict regulations. loon from as little as $5,000 per year in the 1990s of as much as $250,000. Investigators go under- men are limited to catching them for only a few Netherlands and Germany to remove millions of “It’s trade protectionism,” he said. “It’s only to to more than $350,000 in 2012. He said tighter weeks every spring. The eels hatch in the ocean eggs from their shelves, including the discount keep the economy going”. Belgian officials admit- quotas mean he’s earning less these days, and in waters of the Sargasso Sea, a weedy patch of the supermarket giant Aldi which announced Friday it ted Saturday they knew in early June there was a Atlantic Ocean between the West Indies and the was pulling all Dutch eggs from stores in Germany. potential problem over eggs contaminated with the most recent season he made about $57,000. “I’ve seen the best, and I’ve seen the worst,” Azores. They then follow currents back to rivers Authorities in Switzerland and Sweden also said fipronil but kept it secret because of an ongoing and streams from Greenland to Brazil. Mature they were tracking shipments and removing eggs, fraud investigation. German Agriculture Minister Steuben said. “I want to see it preserved. I want eels that avoid hazards including fishermen’s as the impact of the affair widened. Christian Schmidt has pressed the authorities, to see it straightened out.” The elvers are legally The Dutch food authority (NVWA) also shut- particularly in Belgium and The Netherlands, to harvested in the US only in Maine and South nets, predatory fish and the turbines of hydro- tered 138 poultry farms-about a fifth of those in the clear up the situation, which he said was done Carolina. The American eel fishery was typically electric plants will one day return to spawn in country-and warned that eggs from another 59 with “criminal intent”. It is believed the toxic sub- worth $1 million to $3 million per year until the Sargasso. The baby eels are tiny at the time farms contained high enough levels of fipronil that stance was introduced to poultry farms by a 2011, when the economics of the industry of harvest, weighing only a few grams when it warned they should not be eaten by children. Dutch business named Chickfriend brought in changed. Asian and European eel stocks dried they are scooped with dip-nets or trapped with Fipronil is commonly used in veterinary products to to treat red lice, a nasty parasite in chickens. up, and the value of American eels grew to more larger nets that resemble small soccer goals. A get rid of fleas, lice and ticks. But it is banned from Dutch and Belgian media reports that the sub- than $40 million in 2012 because of demand in well-managed eel fishery is critical to the health being used to treat animals destined for human stance containing the insecticide was supplied China, South Korea and other Asian countries. of the rivers and streams they swim in, said US consumption, such as chickens. In large quantities, to Chickfriend by a Belgian firm have not been Investigators also turned their eyes to Fish and Wildlife Service Deputy Chief of Law the insecticide is considered to be “moderately haz- confirmed. Belgium’s food safety agency (AFS- poaching in 2011, the Department of Justice Enforcement Ed Grace. ardous” according to the World Health CA) has said a criminal probe, in cooperation told The Associated Press. The investigation of Eels are important to the marine ecosystem Organization, and can have dangerous effects on with prosecutors, had been launched. people who catch, sell or export elvers illegally because they serve as both predator and prey, people’s kidneys, liver and thyroid glands. has ranged from Maine to South Carolina; a feeding on fish and mollusks and serving as food Talk about compensation for larger fish, seabirds and turtles. New York seafood distributor was among those MAINE: In this photo, a dish of eel nigiri is ‘I feel powerless’ With losses expected to run into millions of “While the big charismatic animals like netted. In one case, federal prosecutors said, served at Miyake, a Japanese restaurant, in “We are closed and will remain closed until we euros, it is another blow for Dutch poultry farm- bears, big cats and eagles tend to grab all the are able to prove that fipronil has been eliminat- ers after 190,000 ducks were culled in November three men pleaded guilty in November 2016 to Portland, Maine. — AP photos trafficking more than $740,000 worth of elvers public attention, it’s often the smaller, more ed from our chickens and is no longer present in amid a highly infectious strain of bird flu. Ten cover to track poachers, posing as people ille- obscure animals that are crucial to regional our eggs,” ten Ham said. When his farm’s eggs Ham has no choice but to wait until fipronil dis- harvested illegally from the Cooper River in the gally fishing for elvers. ecosystems and economies,” Grace said. Some were tested, authorities found that they con- appears and his eggs are back to containing Charleston, South Carolina, area. In another, tained 0.30 mg/kg of the toxic insecticide when acceptable levels of the insecticide before he can Richard Austin pleaded guilty in federal court They also follow eel migrations, hoping to eels harvested in Maine eventually return to only a level of 0.005 mg/kg is allowed. To eradi- count up his losses. “Those who decide pay: they in Norfolk, Virginia, to trafficking more than catch illegal fishermen on the spot. the US as sushi dishes such as unagi. They’re cate fipronil from his farm, ten Ham has two determine the rules, they decide that these eggs $189,000 in illegally harvested elvers from Investigators also track catch records, which are also used for other food products, such as choices: destroy all 68,000 of his chickens, which are not good enough,” the farmer said. — AFP 2013 to 2015. required by states, to look for possible illegal grilled eel dishes popular in Asia. — AP WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017

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PAAET to host 8th sports tournament By Islam Sharaa Meanwhile, Students Affairs Dean at PAAET Dr Hussain Al-Mukaimi said he was irector General of Public Authority happy for the authority’s hosting of this for Applied Education and Training important event adding that there will be D(PAAET) Dr Ahmad Al-Athari around 800 participants in it from 15 uni- chaired the first meeting of the higher versities and institutions, and may organizing committee of the 8th sports increase as registration is still open tournament for GCC universities and high- through the official website. He said the er education institutions, which PAAET will tournament have eight games including host from November 5 to 11, 2017 on its football, volleyball, athletics, swimming, Shuwaikh and Ardhiya playgrounds. Dr Al- tennis, table tennis and marathon. Dr Al- Athari welcomed reps from the authority Athari also launched the official website of and Ministry of Information and lauded the tournament: the spirit of cooperation they have. http://paaetwp.paaet.edu.kw/st The Convention Center & Royal Suites Hotel hosts blood donation campaign

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Innocent? The Missing 14:30 The Lion Guard 09:30 Siba's Table 14:00 Wineroads 02:35 Paw Patrol 23:50 Pushing Tin 02:10 Silent Witness Evidence 14:55 Unbungalievable 10:00 The Pioneer Woman 14:30 Fish Of The Day 02:58 Little Charmers 03:10 Silent Witness 03:00 Murder Comes To Town 15:00 Sheriff Callie's Wild West 10:30 The Pioneer Woman 14:55 Lee Chan's World Food Tour 03:10 Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom 04:15 Father Brown 03:48 California Investigator 15:30 Mickey And The Roadster Racers 11:00 The Kitchen 15:25 David Rocco's Dolce India 03:22 Dora The Explorer 05:05 Death In Paradise 04:13 California Investigator 16:00 Sofia The First 12:00 The Pioneer Woman 15:50 Places We Go 03:45 Max & Ruby 06:00 Casualty 04:36 California Investigator 16:25 Goldie & Bear 12:30 The Pioneer Woman 16:20 Places We Go 04:06 Nella The Princess Knight 06:55 The Coroner 04:30 Shimmer And Shine 05:01 California Investigator 16:50 Doc McStuffins 13:00 Siba's Table 16:45 Eat Street 00:30 How Do They Do It? 07:45 Death In Paradise 04:53 Dora And Friends 05:24 California Investigator 17:15 The Lion Guard 13:30 Siba's Table 17:15 Eat Street 00:55 Food Factory 08:40 Doctor Who 05:15 Zack & Quack 05:49 California Investigator 17:40 Jake And The Never Land Pirates 14:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 17:40 Great Escapes 01:20 Future Firepower 09:35 Father Brown 05:28 The Day Henry Met 06:12 California Investigator 18:05 PJ Masks 14:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 18:10 Andy And Ben Eat Australia 02:10 Sci-Trek 10:25 The Coroner 05:33 The Day Henry Met 06:37 California Investigator 18:35 Mickey And The Roadster Racers 15:00 Chopped 18:35 Andy And Ben Eat Australia 03:00 Prototype This 11:15 Death In Paradise 05:38 Blaze And The Monster Machines 07:00 Blood Relatives 19:05 Sofia The First 16:00 The Kitchen 19:05 David Rocco's Dolce India 03:48 Mythbusters 12:05 Doctor Who 06:00 Rusty Rivets 07:50 Blood Relatives 19:35 Sheriff Callie's Wild West 17:00 The Pioneer Woman 19:30 Places We Go 04:36 How Do They Do It? 13:00 Father Brown 06:13 Paw Patrol 08:40 Blood Relatives 20:05 The Lion Guard 17:30 The Pioneer Woman 20:00 Places We Go 05:00 Food Factory 13:55 The Coroner 06:37 Dora The Explorer 09:30 Blood Relatives 20:35 Lion King 2: Simba's Pride 18:00 Chopped 20:30 Eat Street 05:24 Future Firepower 14:40 Death In Paradise 07:00 Zack & Quack 10:20 The Locator 22:00 Little Mermaid 19:00 Chopped Junior 21:00 Eat Street 06:12 Sci-Trek 15:35 Doctor Who 07:21 Bubble Guppies 10:45 The Locator 22:30 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 20:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 21:30 Great Escapes 07:00 How Do They Do It? 16:30 Father Brown 07:45 Blaze And The Monster Machines 11:10 Blood Relatives 22:55 PJ Masks 20:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 22:00 Andy And Ben Eat Australia 07:26 Prototype This 17:25 The Coroner 08:07 Paw Patrol 12:00 California Investigator 23:20 Henry Hugglemonster 21:00 Man Fire Food 22:25 Andy And Ben Eat Australia 08:14 Mythbusters 18:10 Holby City 08:30 Shimmer And Shine 12:25 California Investigator 23:35 The Hive 21:30 Man Fire Food 22:55 Island Hunter 09:02 Sci-Trek 19:05 Death In Paradise 08:53 Nella The Princess Knight 12:50 California Investigator 23:45 Loopdidoo 22:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 23:50 Wineroads 09:50 How Do They Do It? 20:00 Line Of Duty 09:15 The Day Henry Met 13:15 California Investigator 22:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 10:14 Food Factory 21:00 In The Dark 09:20 Paw Patrol 13:40 California Investigator 23:00 Chopped 10:38 Future Firepower 22:00 DCI Banks 09:43 Rusty Rivets 14:05 California Investigator 11:26 Prototype This 22:50 DCI Banks 09:56 Bubble Guppies 14:30 California Investigator 12:14 Mythbusters 23:40 Holby City 10:19 Fresh Beat Band Of Spies 14:55 California Investigator 13:02 How Do They Do It? 10:41 Zack & Quack 15:20 The Locator 00:20 Wheeler Dealers 13:26 Food Factory 10:53 Team Umizoomi 15:45 The Locator 01:05 Cooper's Treasure: The Hunt For A 00:10 Airport Security: Colombia 13:50 Sci-Trek 11:16 Shimmer And Shine 16:10 Behind Closed Doors: Shocking Secret Fortune 00:10 The Chase: Celebrity Specials 01:00 Highway Thru Hell 14:38 Prototype This 11:38 Shimmer And Shine Secrets 01:50 Deadliest Catch 01:00 Emmerdale 02:00 Big Fix Alaska 15:26 Future Firepower 12:01 Max & Ruby 17:00 Beauty Queen Murders 02:35 The Dark Side Of The Sun 01:30 Coronation Street 03:00 Prison Women Texas Hold Em' 16:14 Mythbusters 00:00 Crimes That Shook Australia 12:24 Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom 17:50 Beauty Queen Murders 03:20 Fast N' Loud 02:00 Coronation Street 04:00 Airport Security: Colombia 17:02 Sci-Trek 01:00 It Takes A Killer 12:35 Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom 18:40 Beauty Queen Murders 04:05 Running Wild With Bear Grylls 02:30 Masterpiece With Alan Titchmarsh 05:00 4 Babies A Second 17:50 Prototype This 01:30 It Takes A Killer 12:45 The Day Henry Met 19:30 Beauty Queen Murders 04:50 Gold Rush 03:25 Broadchurch 06:00 Brain Games 18:40 Mythbusters 02:00 Homicide Hunter 12:50 The Day Henry Met 20:20 On The Case With Paula Zahn 05:35 How Do They Do It? 04:20 Victoria 06:30 Brain Games 19:30 Secrets Of The Underground 03:00 Britain's Darkest Taboos 12:56 Blaze And The Monster Machines 21:10 Women In Prison 06:00 Gold Divers 05:15 Seven Days With... 07:00 Explorer 20:20 How Do They Do It? 04:00 Crimes That Shook Australia 13:19 Blaze And The Monster Machines 22:00 Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing 06:45 Wheeler Dealers 06:10 The Chase: Celebrity Specials 08:00 Surgery Ship 20:45 Food Factory 05:00 It Takes A Killer 13:41 Zack & Quack Evidence 07:30 Fast N' Loud 07:05 Masterpiece With Alan Titchmarsh 09:00 4 Babies A Second 21:10 Sci-Trek 05:30 It Takes A Killer 14:03 Team Umizoomi 22:50 Grave Secrets 08:15 Running Wild With Bear Grylls 08:00 Broadchurch 10:00 Continent 7: Antarctica 22:00 Secrets Of The Underground 06:00 It Takes A Killer 14:25 Olive The Ostrich 23:40 Evil Lives Here 09:00 Storage Hunters 09:00 Victoria 11:00 Wicked Tuna 22:50 Prototype This 06:30 It Takes A Killer 14:30 Olive The Ostrich 09:25 How Do They Do It? 10:00 Seven Days With... 12:00 Air Crash Investigation 23:40 Mythbusters 07:00 It Takes A Killer 09:47 How Do They Do It? 10:55 The Chase: Celebrity Specials 13:00 Surgery Ship 14:35 Paw Patrol 07:30 It Takes A Killer 10:10 Cooper's Treasure: The Hunt For A 11:50 Masterpiece With Alan Titchmarsh 14:00 Brain Games 14:58 Little Charmers 08:00 The First 48 Secret Fortune 12:45 Emmerdale 14:30 Brain Games 15:10 Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom 09:00 Homicide Hunter 10:55 Deadliest Catch 13:15 Coronation Street 15:00 Explorer 15:22 Dora The Explorer 10:00 Diabolical Women 00:00 Hank Zipzer 11:40 The Dark Side Of The Sun 13:45 Coronation Street 16:00 Continent 7: Antarctica 15:45 Max & Ruby 11:00 Diabolical Women 16:07 Nella The Princess Knight 00:25 Alex & Co. 12:25 How Do They Do It? 14:10 Don't Tell The Bride 17:00 Wicked Tuna 00:15 Cassandra's Dream 12:00 Diabolical Women 16:30 Shimmer And Shine 00:45 The Hive 12:47 Storage Hunters 15:10 Masterpiece With Alan Titchmarsh 18:00 Air Crash Investigation 02:00 Reclaim 13:00 Holloway: Women Behind Bars 16:53 Dora And Friends 00:50 Evermoor Chronicles 13:10 Gold Rush 16:00 Together 19:00 Explorer 03:45 The Upside Of Anger 14:00 The First 48 17:16 Zack & Quack 01:15 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 13:55 Running Wild With Bear Grylls 16:30 Together 20:00 Continent 7: Antarctica 05:45 Gosford Park 15:00 Cold Case Files 17:28 The Day Henry Met Witch 14:40 Gold Divers 17:00 Doc Martin 20:50 Wicked Tuna 08:00 That's What I Am 16:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 17:33 The Day Henry Met 01:40 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 15:25 Fast N' Loud 17:50 Seven Days With... 21:40 Air Crash Investigation 09:45 The Last Kiss 17:00 Crimes That Shook Australia 17:38 Blaze And The Monster Machines Witch 16:10 Wheeler Dealers 18:45 Emmerdale 22:30 Explorer 11:20 The One I Love 18:00 It Takes A Killer 18:00 Rusty Rivets 02:05 Binny And The Ghost 17:00 How Do They Do It? 19:15 Coronation Street 23:20 Brain Games 12:55 The Painted Veil 18:30 It Takes A Killer 18:12 Paw Patrol 02:30 Binny And The Ghost 17:25 How Do They Do It? 19:45 Coronation Street 23:45 Brain Games 15:00 Cassandra's Dream 19:00 The First 48 18:37 Dora The Explorer 02:55 Hank Zipzer 17:50 Storage Hunters 20:10 Masterpiece With Alan Titchmarsh 16:45 The First Time 20:00 Homicide Hunter 19:00 Zack & Quack 03:15 The Hive 18:20 Storage Hunters 21:00 Together 18:15 Reclaim 21:00 Cold Case Files 19:22 Bubble Guppies 03:20 Hank Zipzer 18:50 Running Wild With Bear Grylls 21:30 Together 20:00 Laws Of Attraction 22:00 When Life Means Life 19:45 Blaze And The Monster Machines 03:45 Alex & Co. 19:40 How Do They Do It? 22:00 Doc Martin 21:30 The Moment 23:00 Evil Up Close 20:07 Paw Patrol 04:10 Alex & Co. 20:10 How Do They Do It? 22:50 Emmerdale 23:00 The Woman In Black 04:35 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 20:35 How Do They Do It? 23:15 Coronation Street 20:30 Shimmer And Shine Witch 21:00 Kings Of The Wild 23:35 Coronation Street 00:20 Crocodile King 20:53 Nella The Princess Knight 05:00 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 21:50 Treasure Quest: Snake Island 01:10 Snakes In The City 21:15 The Day Henry Met Witch 22:40 Legend Of Croc Gold 02:00 The Jungle King Compilation 21:21 Paw Patrol 05:25 Binny And The Ghost 23:30 Fast N' Loud 02:50 Monster Fish 21:44 Rusty Rivets 00:05 Live At The Apollo 21:56 Bubble Guppies 05:45 The Hive 03:45 World's Deadliest 00:00 Project Runway 00:55 Dara O Briain: This Is The Show 22:19 Fresh Beat Band Of Spies 05:50 The 7D 04:40 Strangest Bird Alive 02:00 The Listener 01:46 Lip Sync Battle 'Shorties' 22:42 Zack & Quack 06:00 Jessie 00:00 Ancient Discoveries 05:35 The Jungle King Compilation 05:00 Making Mr. Right 02:35 Important Things With Demitri 22:53 Team Umizoomi 06:25 Jessie 01:00 Engineering An Empire 06:30 Monster Fish 06:00 Grey's Anatomy Martin 23:17 Shimmer And Shine 06:50 Tsum Tsum Shorts 02:00 Brad Meltzer's Decoded 07:25 World's Deadliest 08:00 Project Runway 03:00 The Daily Show With Trevor Noah 23:39 Shimmer And Shine 06:55 Lolirock 06:00 Milo Murphy's Law 02:50 Ancient Aliens 08:20 Strangest Bird Alive 10:00 The Listener 03:25 Disorderly Conduct: Video On 07:20 Elena Of Avalor 06:25 Supa Strikas 03:40 Cities Of The Underworld 09:15 Bug Attack Patrol 13:00 Making Mr. Right 07:45 Bunk'd 06:50 Mech-X4 04:30 Million Dollar Genius 10:10 A Wild Dog's Tale 14:00 Grey's Anatomy 04:15 Lip Sync Battle 08:10 Stuck In The Middle 07:15 Right Now Kapow 05:20 Ancient Discoveries 11:05 Spine Chillers: Scorpions 04:40 Ridiculousness 16:00 Project Runway 08:35 Bizaardvark 07:40 Gravity Falls 06:10 The Universe 12:00 Shark Men 18:00 Gallery Girls 05:05 Disaster Date 09:00 Austin & Ally 08:05 Marvel's Ant-Man 07:00 Engineering An Empire 12:55 Bite, Sting, Kill 05:30 Catch A Contractor 21:00 Making Mr. Right 09:25 Austin & Ally 08:10 K.C. 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Undercover 19:00 Engineering An Empire 23:30 Shark Men 02:57 Say Yes To The Dress: Canada 11:50 Disaster Date 18:15 Sky High 13:10 Good Luck Charlie 13:20 K.C. Undercover 20:00 Brad Meltzer's Decoded 03:20 Little People, Big World 12:15 Catch A Contractor 20:05 Inspector Gadget 13:35 Austin & Ally 13:45 Gamer's Guide To Pretty Much 21:00 Ancient Aliens 04:05 Toddlers & Tiaras 13:05 Disorderly Conduct: Video On 21:35 The Rescuers 14:00 Jessie Everything 22:00 Hangar 1: The UFO Files 04:50 Your Style In His Hands Patrol 14:25 Lolirock 14:10 Disney Mickey Mouse 23:00 Million Dollar Genius 23:00 Oliver & Company 13:55 Life Or Debt 05:35 Say Yes To The Dress 14:50 The Zhuzhus 14:15 Future-Worm! 06:00 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 14:45 Lip Sync Battle 15:15 Whisker Haven Tales With The 14:40 Kirby Buckets 00:12 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 15:10 Key And Peele 06:45 Say Yes To The Dress: Canada Palace Pets 15:05 Lab Rats 00:36 Rabbids Invasion 07:07 Say Yes To The Dress: Canada 15:35 Ridiculousness 15:20 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug And 15:30 Walk The Prank 01:00 Rabbids Invasion 16:00 Impractical Jokers 07:30 Say Yes To The Dress UK Cat Noir 15:55 Right Now Kapow 01:24 Sanjay And Craig 07:52 Say Yes To The Dress UK 16:30 Disaster Date 15:45 Elena Of Avalor 16:25 K.C. 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Undercover 04:30 Pawn Stars 05:00 Breadwinners 20:13 I Live With Models 14:35 Hard Promises 13:10 7 Little Johnstons 18:50 Best Friends Whenever 19:50 Marvel's Ant-Man 05:00 Mountain Men 05:24 Get Blake 13:55 Toddlers & Tiaras 20:37 Lip Sync Battle 19:15 Sunny Bunnies 19:55 Milo Murphy's Law 06:00 Leepu And Pitbull 05:48 SpongeBob SquarePants 16:25 Miss You Already 21:00 The Daily Show With Trevor Noah 18:15 Made In America 14:40 Little People, Big World 19:20 Liv And Maddie 20:20 Mech-X4 06:50 Duck Dynasty 06:12 SpongeBob SquarePants 15:25 Outdaughtered: Busby Quints 21:30 Inside Amy Schumer 19:45 Mako Mermaids 20:45 Kirby Buckets 07:15 Duck Dynasty 06:36 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 20:15 K-9 22:00 Inside Amy Schumer 16:10 Love, Lust Or Run 20:10 Jessie 21:10 Walk The Prank 07:40 Counting Cars: Best Of 07:00 The Loud House 22:00 The Ladies Man 16:35 Cake Boss 22:25 Broad City 20:35 Cracke 21:35 Marvel's Ant-Man 08:05 Counting Cars: Best Of 07:24 Rabbids Invasion 23:25 Joshy stars26 TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017

CROSSWORD 1680 STAR TRACK

Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22)

Administrative ability comes easily this morning and you are able to help There is a tendency to be too strict with your performance in the workplace coordinate people and events. This may mean you are now head caterer or as well as on the home front. You often may feel that whatever does not contribute to you have decided to be on an entertainment committee, etc. You are able to influence security and other long-term goals is trivial. Your ambition is intensified. There is excite- and guide others in matters of importance; this could mean a dance contest. You may ment today because of an opportunity to meet interesting people through unusual seek guidance with regard to your own work from higher-ups. Do not be afraid to ask means. You accept change well and will be able to take some time to teach others. You questions today. Others value you for your ability to make practical decisions, but there is have that special ability to change with the expectancy of positive end results. Your rela- no disgrace in learning more by asking questions. You may glean new techniques from tionships with others, especially women, will be most harmonious at this time, particu- your co-workers as well as those you might consider under you. A great person shows larly with a person that had some recent difficulties. This is a good time to effect subtle greatness by the way that person treats others. This afternoon you enjoy young people. changes in your social life. Group travel is in the future.

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

A conversation around the water cooler has you interested in a subject you You are very communicative today-not just a little curious. You enjoy talk- had not given much thought to before today. Library visits are usually enjoyable for you ing, speaking or writing and can teach as well. Study, research and investigations of all and you may make plans to stop by and pick up a book or two on your subject of inter- kinds appeal to you. You are always searching for some kind of answer. Your mind is est. Work goes well but you look forward to the busy times coming up with your friends. active and you could be testing and searching for limits. There is something essential that Consideration could be given now to joining a theatrical group. This would help you starts or causes something else to happen today. You are lightning fast when it comes to experience several things at once and afford you the ability to take on new experiences a business deal or business transaction. You seem to have direct insight into what is and to enjoy many more people. You attract attention and seek intuitive and intelligent worthwhile in a situation. You have ways of cutting to the important parts of a situation. situations where you can use your education to make a positive difference. You might You seem to know what each customer; client or co-worker may want or need. You can want to send off for a birth chart this year. make a career out of your keen organizational skills at this time.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) This is a very important day with lots of action. You are very focused and You are productive and work well with others. Your management abilities attentive in all the appropriate places. Not to worry, you will see the posi- are in order. Your intuitive mind comes to your attention and you listen to your instincts. tive results of your actions soon enough. You have lots of physical energy this afternoon You are guided and motivated to enlarge your scope of understanding when it comes to and it would be a good time to involve yourself with some fun activity with young peo- enlarging your work experiences. There are plenty of co-worker friends that want to help ACROSS 82. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows gener- ple. Being outdoors can be most stimulating at this time of year. This evening you may you get ahead since they may appreciate your way of taking care of difficult work issues. find your thoughts turn to self-improvement. You may search long and hard to find 1. The federal agency that insures residential ally northward to the Atlantic Ocean. You enjoy your job as well as the responsibility it entails. This is what will move you to the clever ways in which to improve on something you do or something you feel needs mortgages. 83. An agency of the United Nations affiliated front of the line when it comes to promotions. Sometimes you can become sidetracked changing. Faith and your abilities will take you far. There is some entertainment coming by meaningless matters, but today you seem to be tuned in to most of the situations to your town that you think your friends might enjoy and you hurry to spread the news. 4. (India) Flat pancake-like bread cooked on a with the World Bank. around you. You spend time with close friends tonight. griddle. 12. Inquire about. DOWN 15. The basic unit of money in Albania. 1. Loose or flaccid body fat. 16. 5-story-tall dinosaur. 2. Goddess of the dead and queen of the under- Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the world. You may find yourself acting impulsively and spontaneously. You could act This is a day in which you will enjoy positive energy all around you. pilot is talked down by ground control using 3. Jordan's port. first and think about what you have done later. Rushing in where others fear to tread Conference meetings are upbeat and many things are accomplished. With all this going precision approach radar. 4. Counting the number of white and red blood seems to be the mode of this day. This is attention-getting behavior. You could provoke a for you and the people around you, you may feel comfortable and right with the world. 18. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic response from your surroundings and from others. There is something essential that The next project worth considering just now is better advertising. This may mean you an organism. millimeter of blood. causes something else to happen-a reaction or response. It's about time someone took carry through with a business product promotion. Your ideas are traditional and can be the initiative to set out a plan or make a suggestion-others have not dared to speak. You 19. Engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, 5. Leafless East Indian vine. quite successful. There is a passion for details, with the desire to do just the right thing this make great headway in the workplace for yourself and your co-workers. You want some- afternoon. You have a burning desire to have a place for everything and everything in its swear together. 6. English poet and literary critic (1822-1888). thing more imaginative and less mundane. You could receive unexpected help or sup- place. This can be hard on the digestive system if taken to extreme! Close relationships 20. The most common computer memory which 7. (prefix) Coming after. port from those around you, especially someone younger. take on more emotional depth, now. can be used by programs to perform neces- 8. Made of wood of the aspen tree n. sary tasks while the computer is on. 9. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of 21. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has its people. Aquarius (January 20- February 18) not yet begun to walk or talk. 10. Wearing a turban. Leo (July 23-August 22) 23. (nontechnical usage) A tiny piece of anything. 11. A strong emotion. You cherish personal freedom and may have the urge to go exploring dur- A frustrating morning smoothes out quite nicely as you take co ntrol and 25. Strike with disgust or revulsion. 12. 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SHARQIA-1 FANAR-2 THE DARK TOWER-2D-4DX 12:05 AM DUNKIRK 1:00 PM DUNKIRK 11:45 AM DUNKIRK 3:15 PM WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES 2:00 PM AVENUES-3 BABY DRIVER 5:30 PM BABY DRIVER 4:45 PM DUNKIRK 11:55 AM FIRST KILL 7:50 PM WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES 7:00 PM WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES 2:15 PM DUNKIRK 9:55 PM DUNKIRK 9:45 PM WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES 5:00 PM FIRST KILL 12:15 AM BABY DRIVER 12:05 AM DUNKIRK 8:15 PM DUNKIRK 10:30 PM SHARQIA-2 FANAR-3 DUNKIRK 12:45 AM ANTAR IBN IBN IBN IBN SHADAD -Arabic 12:15 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 12:30 PM ANTAR IBN IBN IBN IBN SHADAD -Arabic 2:45 PM MUBARAKAN -Hindi 2:30 PM AVENUES-4 DUNKIRK 5:15 PM MUBARAKAN -Hindi 5:30 PM DUNKIRK 2:00 PM ANTAR IBN IBN IBN IBN SHADAD -Arabic 7:30 PM JAB HARRY MET SEJAL -Hindi 11:30 AM THU+FRI ANTAR IBN IBN IBN IBN SHADAD -Arabic 10:00 PM JAB HARRY MET SEJAL -Hindi 2:30 PM JAB HARRY MET SEJAL -Hindi 1:15 PM ANTAR IBN IBN IBN IBN SHADAD -Arabic 12:30 AM JAB HARRY MET SEJAL -Hindi 5:30 PM NO THU+FRI JAB HARRY MET SEJAL -Hindi 8:30 PM DUNKIRK 4:15 PM SHARQIA-3 JAB HARRY MET SEJAL -Hindi 11:30 PM JAB HARRY MET SEJAL -Hindi 6:35 PM THE DARK TOWER 12:00 PM DUNKIRK 9:30 PM WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES 2:00 PM MARINA-1 JAB HARRY MET SEJAL -Hindi 11:45 PM JAB HARRY MET SEJAL -Hindi 2:00 PM WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES 11:35 AM WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES 5:00 PM WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES 2:25 PM 360º- 1 JAB HARRY MET SEJAL -Hindi 7:45 PM SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING 5:10 PM DUNKIRK 12:45 PM THE DARK TOWER 10:45 PM WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES 7:45 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 1:35 PM THE DARK TOWER 12:45 AM ATOMIC BLONDE 10:30 PM DUNKIRK 3:30 PM BABY DRIVER 12:45 AM DUNKIRK 8:00 PM MUHALAB-1 DUNKIRK 10:15 PM THE DARK TOWER 11:30 AM MARINA-2 DUNKIRK 1:30 PM ANTAR IBN IBN IBN IBN SHADAD -Arabic 11:30 AM Special Show “DUNKIRK” 6:00 PM Habib Ali Rajabali S/O DUNKIRK 3:45 PM ANTAR IBN IBN IBN IBN SHADAD -Arabic 2:00 PM DUNKIRK 8:15 PM CHANGE OF NAME Rajabali Kadarali, holder of JAB HARRY MET SEJAL -Hindi 6:00 PM ANTAR IBN IBN IBN IBN SHADAD -Arabic 4:30 PM DUNK IRK 10:30 PM Indian Passport No. DUNKIRK 12:40 AM THE DARK TOWER 9:00 PM ANTAR IBN IBN IBN IBN SHADAD -Arabic 7:00 PM I, Vempadapu Sarada (old H8468522 & Civil ID No. THE DARK TOWER 11:00 PM ANTAR IBN IBN IBN IBN SHADAD -Arabic 9:30 PM 259080500277, has change 112 THE DARK TOWER 1:00 AM ANTAR IBN IBN IBN IBN SHADAD -Arabic 12:05 AM 360º- 2 name) D/o Suryanarayana, CARS 3 12:00 PM holder of Indian Passport my name from Habib Ali MUHALAB-2 MARINA-3 DESPICABLE ME 2:15 PM G7938292 & Civil ID No. Rajabali to Habib Ali WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES 12:15 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 11:40 AM CARS 3 4:15 PM 274031602387, do hereby Pathan, hereinafter in all my WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES 3:00 PM DUNKIRK 1:30 PM DESPICABLE ME 6:40 PM inform to the public about dealings and documents I DUNKIRK 5:45 PM DESPICABLE ME 3 3:45 PM ATOMIC BLONDE 8:35 PM the change of my name as will be known by name of FIRST KILL 8:00 PM DUNKIRK 5:45 PM ATOMIC BLONDE 10:45 PM Sayera Banu Syed (new Habib Ali Pathan. (C 5334) BABY DRIVER 10:15 PM DUNKIRK 8:00 PM ATOMIC BLONDE 1:00 AM 3-8-2017 FIRST KILL 12:30 AM THE DARK TOWER 10:15 PM name). This is for the public THE DARK TOWER 12:30 AM 360º- 3 information and all purpos- MUHALAB-3 WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES 1:10 PM es concerned. (C 5337) DESPICABLE ME 3 11:35 AM AVENUES-1 TISBAH ALA KHAIR 1:40 PM SITUATION WANTED ANTAR IBN IBN IBN IBN SHADAD -Arabic 1:30 PM FIRST KILL 11:30 AM WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES 4:05 PM I, Khadar Ali Syed, S/o Sher JAB HARRY MET SEJAL -Hindi 1:30 PM THE BIG SICK 1:35 PM WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES 7:00 PM Ali, holder of Indian A B.E. graduate in electron- PRAYER TIMINGS ANTAR IBN IBN IBN IBN SHADAD -Arabic 4:30 PM THE BIG SICK 4:00 PM WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES 9:50 PM Passport No. L1635464 & ics & communications & fur- ANTAR IBN IBN IBN IBN SHADAD -Arabic 7:00 PM THE BIG SICK 6:30 PM WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES 12:50 AM Civil ID No. 277062402568, ANTAR IBN IBN IBN IBN SHADAD -Arabic 9:30 PM FIRST KILL 9:00 PM ther master’s in embedded Fajr: 03:45 ANTAR IBN IBN IBN IBN SHADAD -Arabic 12:05 AM FIRST KILL 11:05 PM 360º- 4 do hereby inform to the system & instrumentation. FIRST KILL 1:10 AM TISBAH ALA KHAIR 11:55 AM Public about the corrected A year of experience in lay- Shorook: 05:12 FANAR-1 BABY DRIVER 1:55 PM my name is Khadar Ali Syed out & design engineering at DESPICABLE ME 3 1:35 PM AVENUES-2 TISBAH ALA KHAIR 4:20 PM (by mistake it was noted as Linde AG, Germany. For any Duhr: 11:54 FIRST KILL 1:00 PM DUNKIRK 12:30 PM BABY DRIVER 6:25 PM Syed Khada Vali). The actual FIRST KILL 5:45 PM possible vacancy & detailed WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES -3D-4DX 2:45 PM TISBAH ALA KHAIR 8:40 PM name is Khadar Ali Syed. resume please contact: Asr: 15:29 ATOMIC BLONDE 8:00 PM DUNKIRK -2D-4DX 5:30 PM BOYKA: UNDISPUTED 10:35 PM FIRST KILL 10:45 PM This is for the public infor- 94081644, THE DARK TOWER-2D-4DX 7:45 PM BABY DRIVER 12:55 AM mation and all purposes Maghrib: 18:35 FIRST KILL 1:00 AM DUNKIRK -2D-4DX 9:45 PM [email protected] concerned. (C 5338) (C 5336) 3-8-2017 6-8-2017 Isha: 19:59

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GOSSIP Kylie Minogue's club album ylie Minogue's new album looks set to be filled with club fiance Joshua Sasse - whom she parted ways with in February - the bangers. The Australian pop star has teamed up with a 24-year-old hunk insists the song is upbeat and more about wanting K whole host of dancefloor filler makers including 'Hot to know how the other person is feeling. Asked if he thinks she Right Now' hitmaker DJ Fresh, Dutch dance duo TV Noise picked the track because it relates to how she was feeling after their and songwriter Karen Poole, for her first studio album since 2014's break-up, Sigala - whose real name is Bruce Fielder - exclusively told 'Kiss Me Once'. Sharing a picture in the studio with Kylie's team, DJ BANG Showbiz: "Yeah maybe. Maybe without thinking about it. The Fresh - whose real name Daniel Stein - captioned the photo posted song isn't a break-up song really. It is just a tell me what you are feel- on Twitter: "Fallen Angels week with Kylie Minogue & Karen Poole! ing kind of song. "So it has a happy vibe to the lyrics as well. I guess @FaithGuitars @kylieminogue @tvnoisemusic @thecorentinlfr (sic)" it can be related to a few different situations and she related it to The 49-year-old beauty is known for her huge dance anthems, such her's." Kylie recently signed a record deal with BMG and is said to be as 'Can't Get You Out of My Head', 'Spinning Around' and 'Sexercise', "better than ever" since inking the deal, according to label boss Alex and looks set to return to that same sound she's synonymous for. It Cory-Smith. The blonde beauty - who parted ways with Jay Z's Roc comes after DJ Sigala revealed he has worked on a track with Kylie. Nation management company in 2015 following a series of profes- The 'Easy Love' producer was overwhelmed when he found out the sional disappointments - joined her former Parlophone boss Jamie pop superstar fell in love with his song and is considering releasing Nelson at the label, following a frantic bidding war. it as her comeback single. However, despite reports saying Kylie is going to go into depth about the end of her relationship with ex-

Professor Green's first Hayek threatened gig in three years Reitman with rofessor Green is set to perform his first gig in three years in aid of charity. The 'Lullaby' hit- P maker will perform a one-off show for Barts Charity's Transform Trauma appeal - which rais- legal action es funds for those who have suffered a traumatic injury or alma Hayek threatened filmmaker Ivan Reitman experience and helps get their lives back on track - at East with legal action after a script was changed London's intimate Village Underground on September 9, S before she auditioned. The 50-year-old Mexican with support from rising rapper Not3s and one other act, beauty went to audition for a role in a film for which is yet to be confirmed. The rapper and presenter has the 'Twins' filmmaker, but despite claiming she was origi- experienced trauma personally, and has also made docu- nally told the lead part would be altered to suit her native mentaries about mental health following his father Peter language, her representatives were later told they'd be dying from suicide back in 2008. Pro Green - whose real "crazy" if they thought they would accommodate her for name is Stephen Manderson - said: "I'm excited to be sup- anything other than a "bimbo" part. Speaking to the porting the Transform Trauma appeal. It's been three years Observer Magazine, the actress said: "I've never said this to since my last headline gig and I can't wait to get back in Johnson uses anyone, the name of the director, but it was Ivan Reitman. front of the fans. "Trauma is something that I've had per- "I was screen-testing for the lead in a film and they said sonal experience of but I didn't realize how big the issue is nebulizer to keep that it was not written Latin, but they wouldn't mind - people don't recognize being hit by a bus, stabbed, or changing it. "I learned the script but when they sent me caught up in a terrorist as the same thing but they all result the pages for the audition there was none of the things I in traumatic injury. "Every penny raised from the gig will voice in shape had learned, it was another role. "So my agent called them be spent on trauma research and care, helping save the and they said, 'Are you crazy? She's Mexican. We can lives of the 17,000 people who die from trauma every sin- ouisa Johnson has to use a nebulizer change the race of the bimbo, but not the lead'. "And they gle year." The 33-year-old London-born musician previous- on tour to keep her voice in shape. The said 'Absolutely under no circumstances'. So I said, 'OK, you ly revealed he will continue to be vocal about mental L 'X Factor' winner had to explain the tell them that they either see, or I'm going to sue them'. health issues because it is something he cares passionately device she has, which consists of hot "And they said 'There's no point in her coming, even if she about. He said: "It is something is so personal to me, which salt water, as it looked like she was using a vaping had been the best audition she would have never gotten is why I'm so vocal about it." Fans are invited to enter and device instead of a cigarette backstage at the part... but now we hate her. Does she want to come donate £5 to be in with a chance of winning one of 320 Brighton's Pride festival - the biggest celebration knowing that we detest her?' " Hayek hinted the film could pairs of tickets, including 5 special pairs of backstage meet for the LGBT community - over the weekend. have been 'Six Days, Seven Nights' - which featured Anne Eminem album to and greets with the rapper himself, by entering a draw by However, it turned it out she was just keeping her Heche as a style magazine journalist opposite David visiting transformtrauma.org.uk. voice intact. The 19-year-old beauty told the Daily Schwimmer and Harrison Ford as her love interests - Star newspaper: "I have a nebulizer that looks like because she explained the argument escalated after the arrive in autumn a vape cigarette. "But it's actually hot water and filmmaker was unable to believe a Mexican could be a salt water and when you breathe in it turns into "fashion editor". She said: "I thought that the director that minem's new album will reportedly be released steam for my voice." The 'So Good' hitmaker knows could see Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito as in autumn. The 44-year-old rapper - whose last how important it is to keep her voice in check after twin and Arnold Schwarzenegger giving birth to a child [in E record was 2013's 'The Marshall Mathers LP 2' - she was put on "vocal rest" days before UK TV tal- 'Junior'] maybe could see a Mexican as a fashion editor. "I is among names including Taylor Swift and Sam ent show's final, which she went on to win in 2015. thought I owed it to the new generation of Mexicans. That Smith who are expected to put out new records later this And Louisa will certainly need her voice to be in if I got this right, maybe something will shift." Despite get- year on Universal, website HITS Daily Double reports. It tip-top condition with the amount of collabora- ting off to a bad start, the actress bumped into the film- comes after the hip-hop icon's manager Paul Rosenberg tions she'd like to do. She wants to follow in the maker years after and he apologized. Hayek said: "We had took over as the CEO of Universal Music Group's Def Jam footsteps of her pal Olly Murs and collaborate with such a lovely conversation. He was so elegant. He said 'I Recordings label. Earlier this year, it was revealed that Dr. Paul Weller. The 58-year-old rocker penned the was wrong'." Dre, a longtime collaborator of the '8 Mile' star, is working track 'Let Me In' for the 33-year-old hunk's 2014 LP on a track for the 'Lose Yourself' hitmaker's "latest album". 'Never Been Better' and Louisa - who did 2 Chainz has also recorded a song for the album, but he 'Unpredictable' with Olly this year - recently didn't really believe the rap legend wanted to work with revealed she is keen to setup a duet with the him when he first found out. He said: "I've heard it all, you 'Modfather' and former Jam frontman. Speaking know what I'm saying? I've heard it all. You know, this like exclusively to BANG Showbiz, she said: "I really rap talk. It's like, you see a rapper in the club and you're love Paul Weller, I didn't know that Paul Weller like, 'Let's do one.' "It's cap, you know what I mean? So you wrote a song for Olly Murs, I might have to give know, he's like, 'The boy wanna do something with you.' him a ring." The 'Best Behavior' hitmaker has a sur- And I'm like, 'Whatever.' " The pair met up at producer Rick prisingly eclectic taste in music and would also like Rubin's house to team up on a song which was initially to dabble in rap with dreams of teaming up with going to be a remix before 2 Chainz intervened. He said: "I hip-hop icon Eminem. She said: "I really love tell him straight up ... 'Eminem, what would you need a Eminem, he's like my favorite artist. My love of remix for? Remixes are used to carry records to number Eminem comes from my dad, he always would be one spots. When have you ever did a remix for someone or listening to his songs and albums when we'd be for yourself?' That's cap at it's finest." 2 Chainz feels he has driving around, you just pick these things up. I finally made it in the genre now that Eminem - whose real have a really random love of different music from name is Marshall Mathers - has asked to record a track with like garage to Eminem, people don't know how I him. He added: "That's how I know I can rap. He didn't like these songs." want to talk about nothing but rapping. That was a great phone call to get." Eminem released his debut solo album 'Infinite' in 1996, but he really hit the headlines in 1999 when he dropped 'The Slim Shady LP', which spawned Grammy Award-winning hit 'My Name Is'. Williams to rejoin Take That for Christmas song? Chan spent 45 minutes obbie Williams could be set to rejoin Take ting the original five members of the group back for That for a Christmas song. Frontman Gary some shows or even an album for what seems like R Barlow - who is currently joined by Mark years. And, though they won't be marking their 25th hanging from a helicopter Owen and Howard Donald in the group - anniversary, Mark has hinted there is a glimmer of recently shared a picture in the studio on Instagram hope that part-timer Robbie, 43, and Jason Orange, 47 ackie Chan hung from a helicopter for 45 min- teasing new music is on the way, and it's reportedly - who quit in 2014 - may come "on board" for some- utes in 'Police Story 3'. The 63-year-old martial due to be released later this year around the festive thing. He told the Daily Star newspaper: "I think we J arts stuntman-turned-actor shot to fame with a season. The 'Giants' hitmakers have been eyeing get- would still love to do something special with all of us. number of American/Chinese movies, including "But because it feels to us like 25 years has gone we 'Rush Hour' and 'Shanghai Knights', and admitted he doesn't might do something at the end of this year." Gary like to repeat his stunts. Speaking to the Metro, the actor added: "We are looking to do something, hopefully said: "I don't like to repeat myself so I try something new maybe get Robbie on board, and Jason." The band are every time. "In 'Police Story' I jumped from the shopping working on a boxset due out in December, where the mall Christmas decoration; in 'Project A' I fell down from the new music would likely be featured among all of their clock; in 'Police Story 3' I was hanging outside the helicopter hits, and have teamed up with their usual producer for 45 minutes." For his latest movie, 'Kung Fu Yoga' the actor Stuart Price for the release. Gary said: "Making a record had a number of scenes with a real lion, who was the pet of with Stuart is never predictable but it's very comfort- a member of the Dubai royal family. He said: "It was lent by able. "He understands the band. "So many of the peo- the Princess of Dubai - it is her pet. "In most scenes, the lion ple that work with us have been with us for a long was filmed separately but we had some moments together time. "We really hold on to people. They try getting in the car. "The lion was well trained but it was still scary." away but we don't let them." The 46-year-old hunk said Not only was a lion loaned from the princess, but the actor earlier this year that he thinks Robbie and Jason could said "luxury cars" were also lent by the royal family in United return in 2022 for a 'greatest hits' tour and possibly a Arab Emirates (UAE) and streets were cordoned off. He said: record. The 'Back For Good' stars have decided not to "The film was shot in many countries, including China, mark their 25th anniversary with a big reunion. At the Iceland, India and UAE. "The royal family in UAE lent us their time, Gary said: "I don't think anything we do with Rob luxury cars and the government cordoned off streets for us is going to relate to like a big 25-year project. "In fact, for car chases." Although known for his martial arts skills, for I'll tell you this for the first time, we're looking at 30 'Kung Fu Yoga' - which has been described as a "fast-paced years. "We're planning something to do for the 30-year action comedy" by the actor - Chan attempted to do some all together. "We're looking that far ahead, something Bollywood dancing and found it "difficult". He said: "I big, maybe a new record, maybe a greatest hits with a attempted Bollywood dancing this time! But doing stunts is big tour." what I am best at. "At first learning dancing was difficult but then the instructor related the movements to daily activities such as changing light bulbs or hitting the ground. "It became easier to remember moves." TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 lifestyle

MUSIC & MOVIES

Honoree Issa Rae attends the Black Girls Rock Awards. Honoree Roberta Flack attends the Black Girls Rock Honoree Suzanne Shank attends the Black Girls Rock Awards. Awards.

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, right, and husband Sid Williams attend the Black Girls Rock Awards.

India Arie and Tyrese Gibson perform on stage. Ledisi performs on stage. Maxine Waters, the rock star, shines at black women's event

iery Democratic US Rep Maxine Waters was welcomed you are, if you come for me, I'm coming for you," Waters Song" and "Feel Like Makin' Love," was wheelchair bound but like a contemporary rock star when she entered the added, earning more loud applause. recited a speech from paper that won over the audience. F2017 Black Girls Rock Awards, as the audience Videos of the California congresswoman, who has been "Love is a song. Each of you has a song in your heart," 78- screamed loudly and gave her the night's rowdiest and critical of Republican President Donald Trump, have become year-old Flack said. "You keep singing that song." R&B singers wildest applause. Waters was one of the honorees Saturday a viral success on social media, including one where she India. Arie and Tyrese smoothly sang Flack and Donny at the annual event honoring black women in fields such as insisted that she was "reclaiming my time" at a recent con- Hathaway's popular 1970s duet, "Where Is the Love." Other entertainment, politics, science and social justice. The 78- gressional hearing. She's struck a chord with millennials and performers at the show, to air on BET on Aug 22, included year-old matched the energy of the audience at the New has even earned the nickname, "Auntie Maxine." SZA, Ledisi, Anthony Hamilton and Tasha Cobb. Jersey Performing Art Center in Newark with a punchy and Waters was joined by a top notch group of honorees at Each of the celebrants were inducted by men, including moving speech, which featured her catch phrase "reclaiming the BET event, including iconic singer Roberta Flack; "black-ish" actor Anthony Anderson, soul singer Maxwell, my time." "Insecure" creator and Golden Globe nominee Issa Rae; "Insecure" star Jay Ellis and actor-singer Jussie Smollett. "I want you to know, if it was not for the love and respect Grammy-winning soul singer Solange Knowles; Wall Street Knowles - who won her first Grammy Award this year for her shown to me by black women, those right-wing ultra conser- powerhouse Suzanne Shank; "black-ish" actress and Harvard critically acclaimed album celebrating black pride, "A Seat at vatives ... they would have me believe I'm too black, I'm too student Yara Shahidi; and community organizers Derrica the Table" - called the award "the ultimate honor." "Black confrontational, I'm too tough, and I'm too disrespectful of Wilson and Natalie Wilson of the Black & Missing Foundation. women make me feel invincible," she said. — AP them," she said. "But now I know I'm simply a strong, black Oscar-nominee Taraji P Henson hosted the multi-hour event. woman." "I don't care how big you are, I don't care how high Flack, known for hit songs like "Killing Me Softly with His India Arie attends the Black Girls Rock Awards.

Swift expected to testify in groping case in Denver

few moments at a backstage photo session four years $1, while holding Mueller responsible and "serving as an escorted out of the arena and a member of Swift's team called ago are about to be relived, as lawyers for pop star example to other women who may resist publicly reliving sim- his boss. ATaylor Swift and a former disc jockey she accuses of ilar outrageous and humiliating acts," her lawsuit says. Swift never went to the police. She tried to keep the situa- groping her begin picking jurors in their dueling lawsuits. Swift is expected to testify. Mueller is also expected to tes- tion "discreet and quiet and confidential" and was upset by Radio host David Mueller sued the singer-songwriter, saying tify, along with Mueller's former boss and members of Swift's Mueller's claim that "for some reason she might have some he was falsely accused and that she should have called police entourage. Mueller, then 51, was a morning host at a country incentive to actually fabricate this story," her attorney, Douglas instead of his bosses, who fired him soon after the June 2013 music station when he was assigned to attend Swift's concert Baldridge, has argued in court. Mueller's attorney, Gabriel encounter. He's seeking up to $3 million in damages. at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Mueller was backstage with his McFarland, argues that Mueller may have been misidentified Swift countersued, claiming sexual assault, setting up the girlfriend when they met with Swift, then 23, in a curtained after someone else touched Swift. In addition to Swift, who civil trial where she is expected to testify amid tightened enclosure. They posed for a photo and left. lives in Nashville, Tennessee, Mueller named her mother and a courthouse security. Jury selection started yesterday. Opening Later, Swift's bodyguard confronted Mueller with the alle- member of her team as defendants in the lawsuit. — AP statements were expected to begin Tuesday in the case that gation that he had reached under the singer's dress and File photo shows Taylor Swift presents the award for could last two weeks. Court documents say it is unlikely that grabbed her buttocks. Mueller denied the allegation and entertainer of the year at the 50th annual CMA Awards in either side will settle. Swift is seeking a verdict that awards her asked that they call the police. He and his girlfriend were Nashville, Tenn. — AP US hip-hop legends wrap up Newport Jazz Festival he Newport Jazz Festival wrapped up Sunday with Coltrane under the stewardship of its founder-promoter winning bassist, said he was proud to feature "The Roots," a excellent at it." The festival is regarded as one of the high- a closing performance from the legendary hip-hop George Wein. band regarded as godfathers of hip-hop and best known in lights of the summer cultural calendar in the northeastern Tband "The Roots" as a new artistic director put his Since Wein stepped down last year, new artistic director the United States as the house band of late-night comedi- United States and is held at the same venue as the stamp on one of the world's most venerable jazz carni- Christian McBride has introduced a more eclectic line-up, an Jimmy Fallon. Newport folk festival. — AFP vals. The three-day festival in Rhode Island, which began featuring soul, Afro-Cuban and DJs as well as more tradi- "The one thing I think all these musicians have in com- in 1954, has been headlined over the years by jazz tional jazz stars such as Branford Marsalis who appeared on mon is that they all strive and achieve excellence," McBride greats such as Miles Davis, Duke Ellington and John Saturday night. McBride, who is himself a Grammy Award- told AFP. "Whatever style there is that they are in, they are

Members of the group Naturally 7 perform at Fort Adams during the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Saxophone great Branford Marsalis (center) performs with (from left) pianist Joey Calderazzo, bassist Eric Revis and Island. — AFP photos Kobie Watkins during the Newport Jazz Festival August in Newport, Rhode Island. lifestyle TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017

FEATURES

Deaf customers play a game at the "Sin Palabras" (Without Deaf customers discuss the menu through sign language Deaf customers and the waiter communicate through sign Words) coffee bar in Bogota. — AFP photos at the "Sin Palabras" (Without Words) coffee bar. language at the "Sin Palabras" (Without Words) coffee bar. First bar for the deaf opens in Colombia t is not yet dark, but the two girls sitting at a table in a more than 455,000 deaf or hard of hearing people, according waiter Juan Carlos Villamil, 26. "But we get by somehow or Deaf customers communicate through sign language at Bogota bar flick on the lamp on their wooden table. It is the to the last census carried out in 2005. People with normal other." Some new clients are surprised at first, but they end up the "Sin Palabras" (Without Words) coffee bar. Isignal to the bartender that they want a drink, in hearing also frequent the bar, which is as noisy as any other in getting the hang of sign language, he said. The idea for the Colombia's first-ever bar for the deaf. The Sin Palabras Cafe the capital. But the difference is that here, most of the talking cafe came to the owners when they saw a group of deaf peo- Sordo-No Words Deaf Cafe-is the first of its kind in the country, is done with hands. "It's the first time I can feel the music," said ple having a coffee, and asked them about their social lives. Maria Fernanda Vanegas, one of three owners, told AFP. It is Erin Priscila Pinto, a first-time client enjoying a drink with her Now they want to open more bars like this across Colombia located in the trendy Chapinero neighborhood of the old friend Carol Aguilera. and elsewhere. Colombian capital, surrounded by heavy metal and reggae "That makes me really happy because it's the first time I It is not all plain sailing however. Some "odious" guests joints. can dance," said the 23-year-old photography student. All six occasionally take advantage of the waiters' deafness to slip "Its aim is for us, people who can hear, to adapt to the deaf, waiters at the bar are deaf too, and even though many of the out without paying or to smash glasses, said Vanegas. The bar and not the other way round, which is always the case," said clients do not know sign language, they manage to convey opened on June 16, and with its exhibitions, story-telling and Vanegas. The No Words cafe has large screens playing music their orders with gestures or by writing them down. The bar other cultural performances by hearing-impaired artists, it is videos with the lyrics in sign language, and a dance floor that also features small cards showing the basics of sign language already well on its way to becoming one of Bogota's more hip pulses with music to dancers who cannot hear it. The menus for drinkers interesting in expanding their repertoire. "I feel watering holes at weekends. "We want to show the world that are also translated into sign language and there are games much more at ease with waiters who are deaf. Everything is deaf people have talent," said Vanegas, as Pinto used her such as Jenga or dominos for customers to play. much easier," said Pinto. smartphone to record a video to show her mother the bar where people listen with their eyes and speak with their Finally able to dance Occasional 'odious' guests hands. — AFP Vanegas and her partners Cristian Melo and Jessica Mojica There is no need to actually speak in the bar. all have good hearing, but dreamed of opening a cafe for the "Communicating with people with normal hearing can be a Deaf customers and the bartenders communicate through more than 50,000 people in Bogota who do not. Colombia has bit tricky at first because we don't understand them," said sign language. Simple tips tolook San Diego Opera to produce 'Frida & Diego' about famed Mexican painters Spanish-language opera based on the tumultuous love fall, is the first). The Berkeley-born Frank, who has been com- stylish this summer story of famed Mexican painters Frida Kahlo and Diego poser-in-residence for Houston Symphony for the past three ARivera will premiere in 2020 in San Diego. "The Last years, specializes in creating works inspired by Latin American By The Real Fouz make up when I'm tanned, paired with a bold lipstick Dream of Frida & Diego" is being co-produced by San Diego folklore. The composer-librettist team of Frank and Cruz have like a classic red or a bright pink or purple. It can Opera and Fort Worth Opera, which will be the first to present written nine works together over the past decade, including a ummer to me is all about laying back and really instantly make you look like you've spent hours on the new supernaturally themed work in 2020. The commission song cycle about Kahlo for singer Dawn Upshaw and the St enjoying the moment instead of spending too your look when in reality it takes only a few minutes to is also being underwritten by the College of Fine Arts at the Paul Orchestra. Smuch time getting ready or worrying about how achieve this look. University of Texas at Austin and DePauw University. I look. It isn't very difficult to look pulled together. Here You can also wear a casual t-shirt with a pair of plain After its Forth Worth debut, the opera will be presented at 'Anna in the Tropics' are a few tips that will save you a lot of time and have or ripped jeans pairing it with a matching pop color for the Balboa Theatre as part of San Diego Opera's Detour Series Frank credits Kahlo for introducing her to Cruz in you looking and feeling at your best this summer. the shoes and lips. For example, my recent look in of smaller-scale, nontraditional works. Production dates have Manhattan in 2007. A small opera company approached her Monaco, a plain t-shirt with ripped jeans worn with a not been announced. Because Kahlo and Rivera are the most that year about writing an opera about Kahlo, but because 1. Pair a bold lip color with a classic black/white pair of red/orange pumps with a similar lip color was a important and famous Mexican artists of the 20th century, the she didn't know how to write a libretto, a friend introduced outfit: cool look that I really loved. co-producers and creative team plan to make an official her to Cruz. That original opera was never commissioned, but Pairing a bold lip with a classic black or white outfit announcement about the opera on Aug. 24 at the Palacio de she and Cruz hit it off so well they've been collaborating ever is one of my favorite looks. If you take a scroll through 2. Follow a summer trend: Bellas Artes cultural center in Mexico City. since. Cruz is best known for his stage play "Anna in the my Instagram, you'll notice I do this a lot, especially The Print trend "The Last Dream of Frida & Diego" will feature a libretto Tropics," which won the 2003 Pulitzer. With Peruvian composer during the summer. I love the combination of minimal Print trends are one of the most popular trends (the operatic word for script and lyrics) by Pulitzer Prize-win- Jimmy L?pez, he adapted the 2001 novel "Bel Canto" for Lyric seen during the spring/summer season and one of the ning Cuban-American playwright Nilo Cruz and score and Opera of Chicago. He also wrote the book for Frank Wildhorn's easiest to follow. From stripes to floral to bright colors, lyrics by Latin Grammy Award winner and pianist Gabriela musical "Havana." its always fun to incorporate a printed piece to spice Lena Frank. The opera will be set in 1957, a month before San Diego Opera General Director David Bennett said he's up any outfit. Even if you're spending your day at the Rivera's death in Mexico City. On the Day of the Dead - when thrilled to be involved in the co-production because of the beach, go for a colorful printed or patterned beach Mexicans honor family members who've passed away - the company's commitment to new work and telling stories that dress which will make it look like you've put more famed muralist walks through a cemetery and dreams of connect with local audiences. "Creating and producing new, effort into your look than going for something plain. reuniting with his former lover, the colorful painter Kahlo, who innovative works of opera helps us deepen connections with Bright colors also compliment a tan very well. died in 1954. For 24 hours, the underworld's keeper of souls, the diverse community of San Diego," Bennett said. "In look- Catrina, releases Kahlo's spirit to wander the city with Rivera. ing for the right subject matter, the lives of Frida Kahlo and The Cut out trend Their tempestuous love story is told through song and their Diego Rivera made perfect sense to us. Their extensive bodies Shoulder cut outs are one of my recent favorite often-autobiographical paintings. of work influence creative artists here in our community, on trends. I love the added detail it gives to any outfit and Frank will be only the second woman composer to have both sides of the border." — www.sandiegouniontribune.com how it can transform a plain outfit into something her work produced by San Diego Opera since its founding in much more. There are so many different variations to 1965 (Laura Kaminsky, whose "As One" will be presented this this trend like elbow cut outs, waist cut outs, and so much more that people can follow depending on the look you're going for. It's also a great way to look trendy when your in a rush and don't have much time to put an outfit together.

3. Let your hair do the talking: Never underestimate your hair ladies, because it can really make or break an outfit. Many times a fun hair-do with a simple or plain outfit can totally trans- form the look. Anything from a half bun to braids to a messy topknot can really change your overall look. My personal favorite is a half bun because it is very easy, takes no time and stylish at the same time. Always remember that looking good doesn't always have to take a lot of time, it's all about the little details that can make or break a look.

In this March 31, 1932 file photo, from left to right: Frances Flynn Payne, who is selecting dancers; artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo; and William C Hammer, artistic director of the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company, seen in Philadelphia, where they are preparing the ballet "Horsepower" at the Metropolitan. — AP Centrepoint launches it awaited Back-to-School collection 2017

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FEATURE

Ali Khalifeh, a lute-maker, tries a oud at a shop in the Syrian capital Damascus. — AFP photos Ali Khalifeh, a lute-maker, tries a oud at a shop. Syria's traditional oud-making on the decline 'It's a profession under threat'

ntoun Tawil, one of Syria's last traditional lute "It's the way the Damascene wood is chosen, the way it is makers, waits in vain in his Damascus workshop dried and cured," he explained. "That is why you can still play a for orders of the oud, an instrument his country Damascene oud dating from 1990 today without a single false was once renowned for producing. While the con- note." But in today's conflict-ridden Syria, it is precisely this flict that has ravaged Syria over the past six years treasured wood that poses a problem. "We rely on walnut hasA devastated many of its historic crafts, the production of wood, which is very high quality and is specifically available in the oud, the oriental lute, has been particularly hard hit. Lute- Eastern Ghouta," said Ali Khalifeh, a prominent lute-maker in makers have emigrated in large numbers, and the Damascene Damascus. Eastern Ghouta is a rebel bastion east of the capi- wood used to build the instruments has also become rare. tal, under government siege and beyond craftsmen's reach." "There were around 20 workshops before the crisis, Today, this wood is being used by people in Ghouta for heat... between Damascus, Aleppo and Hama... Now there are no It is becoming rare," he said. more than six," four of them in Damascus, said Tawil. The slender 57-year-old is one of them. In his tiny nine-square- 'Profession under threat' meter shop in Tekkiyeh Sulamaniyeh, an Ottoman complex The first Damascene oud was produced in 1897 by Abdo made up of a mosque and a crafts market, Tawil contem- Al-Nahhat, who became one of the country's most renowned plates the ouds hung around him. lute-makers. In the early 20th century, the oud was the Some are richly decorated, delicately inlaid with mother- favored instrument among Syrians, played at marriages or of-pearl and ivory. Named after the Arabic word meaning a during gatherings of female socialites. Khalifeh's atelier in piece of wood, the oud is a key instrument in Middle the Adawi neighborhood is now half-artisanal, half-mecha- A Syrian worker sands a oud.

A Syrian worker cuts out wood at a oud workshop. A Syrian worker sands a oud at a workshop . Ali Khalifeh, a lute-maker, adjusts the strings on a oud. A Syrian worker strings a oud at a workshop.

Eastern music. It is related to the guitar, the Russian balalika nized. Ironically, he has found demand has increased for his and the Greek bouzouki, and the instrument is character- products because of the relatively few competitors. While ized by its short neck and large, full body that gives the Tawil uses steam to individually shape the oud's ribs by instrument a pear shape. hand, Khalifeh's workshop uses machines to bend 20 at a time and smooth the wood. 'Beautiful as a Persian rug' The neck's pegs are screwed in by hand. "Polishing the All six craftsmen that used to work in Tawil's two work- oud by hand takes between five and six hours. With the shops have fled Syria. "Before the crisis, we opened at 5:00 in machine, it's done in 15 minutes," said Khalifeh, who exports the morning and worked all day long because there was so across the Middle East, as well as to France and the United much demand," he said wistfully. In a single month, Tawil used States. "We used to make 10-15 ouds a month, now we make to sell a dozen ouds, many of them destined for abroad, 20," added Khalifeh, who learned the profession from his including Europe and Canada. "Nowadays, a month goes by father at the age of 14. without selling anything." With the Syrian pound's devalua- Even with his own orders up, Khalifeh feel the industry is in tion, prices have also plummeted. "I used to sell an oud for terminal decline. "When I look at the state of my profession, I 5,000 Syrian pounds ($100). Today, I sell them for 35,000 ($70)." can say it is in the process of disappearing," he said. Tawil Still, he talks passionately about the Syrian-specifically agreed. "It's a profession under threat," he said, lamenting Damascene-oud, which he describes as both the most that in addition to the effects of the war, "young people don't exquisite but also the most durable of Arab lutes. "Our ouds have the time to learn". Like many in the field, he learned the can last 70 years without needing maintenance," he said trade from his father and is now passing it on to his daughter. with a proud smile. "I've made pieces as beautiful as a But he sees a glimmer of hope in the artisans who have emi- Persian rug." The secret to its durability lies in the first steps grated, taking their expertise with them. "In Quebec, there are of the craft, according to Issa Michel Awad, an expert in the now Syrians who are opening their own production work- oud and other stringed instruments at the Higher Institute shops," Tawil said. — AFP A Syrian worker sands a oud. for Music in Damascus.

A Syrian worker sands a oud. Syria’s traditional oud-making on the decline

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Spider-Man fans dressed as his costume pose with the movie’s posters prior to the Japan premiere for the “Spider-Man: Homecoming” in Tokyo, yesterday. — AP Architects, refugees team up on tiny houses in Berlin ‘It will be a house that mirrors society’

A man inside one of the tiny houses in Berlin. (Left) The tiny houses in Berlin. Noam Goldstein inside one of the houses The Tiny Houses Project’s construction site, with cafe (left) currently being built as (right). — AFP photos well as a small house (right), an experiment in providing housing to people in need. roubled to see a long queue of asylum they can be parked on public streets as a form ty prices in Berlin have shot up as the city shed “three or four investors” about making his Party for 13 in 6 sqm seekers shivering for hours on a winter’s of trailer. “In Berlin we have 1.5 million cars its Cold War divided past to become a tourism dream come true. “But we are at the beginning At a warehouse area in southern Berlin, Tday outside Berlin’s notoriously chaotic registered and they are all standing in the and party hotspot, as well as an investment of the process.” Ali Fadi, a Kurdish refugee from another member of the team, Noam registration center, Van Bo Le-Mentzel decided streets overnight, not in use. Each car is about magnet. Although new builds are mushroom- Syria, has not thought that far to having his Goldstein, is fitting insulation into one of the to take action. “I fetched my drill and collected 10 square meters,” noted Le-Mentzel. “So I’m ing across the capital, refugees and low- own tiny apartment. 20 tiny houses. some wood that I found randomly in the asking what would happen if we just replace income locals are finding themselves priced The 33-year-old is simply reveling at being His version of the small home would fea- streets and brought it to the line where people these 1.5 million cars with tiny houses or with out. Le-Mentzel views his Tiny100 as a proto- able to practice his trade. Fadi is an experi- ture not just the usual trappings of an apart- were standing there bored to death and we mobile playgrounds for kids or with open type for small apartments which can be let out enced carpenter, but had found himself shut ment, but also include solar panels, a compost just started building,” the architect told AFP. spaces where neighbors can cook together, for 100 euros ($117) a month to low earners. out of the German job market because he toilet and a hydroponics garden. The carpen- The end products were pint-sized playhouses eat together, find company together, where His ultimate goal is to fit out a building not lacked the paper qualifications. Measuring a ter expects material cost for the house to run that children could crawl into for shelter as well refugees can create a start-up in the streets- only with regular-sized apartments, but also piece of wood before sawing it off for the tiny between 12,000 and 15,000 euros. While some as break up the monotony of the endless wait. opening a restaurant, (giving) a haircut.” such compact homes, allowing the “rich and house that would house a cafe, Fadi said he components like windows have to be pur- It also marked the birth of the so-called poor, students and entrepreneurs” to live hopes that his work in the project would help chased, Goldstein said much of the wood used Tiny House University, a project bringing Microcosm of society together. “It will be a house that mirrors socie- overcome the bureaucratic barrier. “I hope I is recycled pallet wood. together architects, designers and refugees to Like metropolitan cities worldwide, proper- ty,” he said, adding that talks are ongoing with can get a job doing this,” said Fadi. “When you look at the financial aspect, it experiment with innovative ways to house a provides a very cheap way for people to build population in need. “We are trying to create their own house,” said Goldstein. Researcher new kinds of housing forms in society in which Amelie Salameh, who was among the initial it’s possible to live and survive without having ones to try out the first of the 20 tiny houses land or money,” said Le-Mentzel. The tiny overnight, is a convert. house trend emerged several years ago, large- Measuring just six square meters, the first ly in the United States as people chose to tiny house built by Le-Mentzel himself for the downsize their living space out of environ- project is a self-contained unit with a living mental or financial concerns. room, kitchen, sleeping area, toilet and show- In Berlin, it has been given a twist for con- er. “The way it was designed, there were mir- temporary needs. For a start, Le-Mentzel’s rors, a lot of light, I never felt trapped inside,” team which includes six refugees, is collabo- said Salameh, who lived in the house called rating with the Bauhaus Archiv to build 20 tiny Tiny100 for three weeks. houses occupying 10 square meters (100 She even had two friends sleep over for a square feet) each. Together, the houses will night, and once also hosted a visit of 13 form a temporary village on exhibition until people. “We had a few beers, it was fun,” she March 2018. Some will serve as lodging, while said, adding that “you just have to think others are destined to be a library, cafe, work- Van Bo-Mentzel, head of the Tiny House University Project, sits inside a about where you’re putting your stuff, and shop or community center. Each building is fit- Ali Fadi, a Kurdish Syrian refugee and construction worker, is hoping small house built on the construction site for the project at the to tidy up constantly, because the place gets ted on wheels-which Le-Mentzel said means his work on the Tiny Houses Project will help him get a job in his field. Bauhaus Archive Museum of Design in Berlin. full quickly.” — AFP