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16 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.12892 Thursday AAUGUSTUGUST 33,, 22017017 Mordad 12, 1396 Dhi Al Qaeda 10, 1438 Iranian trade Iran’s 50th nature IPC lauds Iranian Rastak, Aylan to delegation to visit Spain school inaugurated Paralympians Siamand celebrate Iran’s National in late Sept. 4 12 Rahman, Zahra Nemati 15 Day at Astana Expo 16 Rouhani receives Leader’s Zarif, al-Jubeir authorization for second term POLITICS TEHRAN — In a cer- eign dignitaries taking part in Rouhani’s deskemony today, Hassan inauguration would be “unprecedented”. Rouhani is to be authorized as pres- Facing a strong challenge from ident for a second term by Ayatollah principlist Ebrahim Raisi at the May Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic 19 presidential election, Rouhani ulti- in rare handshake Revolution.The ceremony, which will be mately managed to secure more than held at the Imam Khomeini Hussainia in 23 million (57%) of the votes, winning Tehran, will be attended by the Parliament the election in a landslide. See page 2 speaker, Judiciary chief and other senior In the 2013 presidential election, military and governmental dignitaries. when he ran for office for the first time, Rouhani’s swearing-in ceremony Rouhani promised to revive the econo- will also be held on Saturday in Parlia- my and remove the nuclear sanctions. ment, where high-profile delegations According to the Rouhani admin- from around the world would attend istration, all nuclear-related sanctions the event. The oath of office will be ad- have been lifted after his foreign policy ministered by Judiciary Chief Ayatollah team, headed by Mohammad Javad Sadeq Amoli Larijani. Zarif, secured a historic nuclear agree- According to reports, the level of for- ment with six world powers. Qatar’s defense minister: Future of PGCC in doubt

Qatar’s defense minister has said that Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sa- the future of the Persian Gulf Cooper- bah] will not let it go this far”. ation Council (PGCC) could be in doubt Sheikh Sabah has been trying to me- if the House of Saud regime-led group diate a resolution in a major fallout in the continues its partial blockade on Qatar. region, since the House of Saud regime, Speaking to Al Jazeera, Khalid bin Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emir- Mohammed al-Attiyah said an ongo- ates (UAE) cut diplomatic, commercial and ing political stalemate is not helping transport links with Qatar on June 5. anyone involved in the crisis. The four Persian Gulf states accuse “The more we wait, the longer [the Doha of supporting “terrorism”, an al- crisis] is prolonged, I think it will aggravate legation Qatar has repeatedly rejected the relation more and more,” he said. as “baseless”. Al-Attiyah also said that if Persian Gulf Qatar calls for dialogue countries “stay in the stalemate situation, Al-Attiyah also said that he believes [the PGCC] will be jeopardized”, adding there are some signs of movement to File photo that he believes “the wisdom of [Kuwaiti resolve the crisis. 13

ARTICLE Tillerson admits ‘differences’ with Trump on nuclear deal ARTICLE By Chris Cook By Seyed Hossein Mousavian U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson acknowl- termination of financial and economic sanc- called the deal “the worst” ever, certified—for political analyst edged on Tuesday he and President Trump tions. the second time—last month that Iran was Princeton University “have differences” on the nuclear deal with The International Atomic energy Agency, in compliance. He later told The Wall Street Researcher Iran, but claimed the Islamic republic was as the UN watchdog body tasked to mon- Journal: “If it was up to me, I would have had violating the spirit of the agreement with its itor Iran’s compliance with the terms of the them noncompliant 180 days ago.” Trump Energy as a service? activities. JCPOA, has confirmed six times that Tehran added he “would be surprised if they [Iran] Trump’s options According to the Atlantic, Tillerson, at a has fully honored its commitments under the were in compliance” in September, the next .S. presidents have promoted news conference at the State Department, deal. time he is scheduled to decide on the issue. on the nuclear deal Uthe idea of American ‘energy described his relationship with Trump as The deal signed in July 2015 went into But Tillerson, speaking at the State De- independence’ for decades as “good” and said he felt “comfortable telling force in January 2016. partment, said the U.S. was working with “the with Iran a solution to the geopolitical issues that him my views.” At issue is the deal Iran signed in 2015 with other parties to that agreement, our Europe- led to volatile energy prices — meaning “He and I have differences of views on the United States, Britain, China, France, Ger- an allies in particular, to ensure we are fully hile President Donald the U.S. would produce enough energy things like JCPOA and how we should use it,” many, Russia, and the European Union, under enforcing all aspects of that agreement.” He WTrump’s State Department to supply itself without having to rely on he said, referring to the Joint Comprehensive which it agreed to freeze its nuclear program said the JCPOA “dealt with a very small slice” has twice now certified Ira- foreign exports. President Trump’s major Plan of Action. “But, I think, if we’re not hav- in return for the lifting of economic and fi- of Iran’s actions, and “ignored all of their oth- nian compliance with the July 2015 ‘Energy Week’ speech on 29 June 2017 ing those differences, I’m not sure I’m serving nancial sanctions. Under U.S. law, the admin- er (what he called) detrimental activities in nuclear deal, there are indications scrapped that line in favor of what he him.” istration must inform Congress every 90 days the region,” citing the Islamic republic’s bal- that Trump is intent on scuttling his called it “energy dominance.” This is an According to the JCPOA, Iran is obliged whether Iran is still complying with the agree- listic-missile program, and its actions in Iraq, predecessor’s signature foreign policy historic change in U.S. foreign policy to limit its nuclear activities in exchange for ment. Trump, who as presidential candidate Syria, Yemen, and elsewhere. achievement. doctrine and language. However, the conundrum for the Historically the U.S. policy aim has Ex-Swedish PM: Trump causes Europe meltdown if he blows up Iran deal White House and its allies is that with- been for Energy Independence where- drawing from the deal — known officially by the U.S. becomes independent of Writing in the Washington Post, Carl Bildt, the that Iran is indeed honoring its part of the deal. nuclear deal. His latest tactic seems to be as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Ac- foreign energy producers. However, former Swedish prime minister, has warned if But he has sent his advisers back to the draw- to claim that places all over Iran need sudden tion, or JCPOA — when Iran is fully com- we heard from President Trump for the U.S. President Donald Trump revokes the July ing board and asked them to produce a plan to and intrusive inspections. Of course, the inter- plying with its obligations according to all first time a new U.S. rhetoric of Energy 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran he “will blow up the deal within a couple of months. national community and Iran balk at this, being objective observers cannot be done with- Dominance. What exactly this consists also trigger a meltdown with Europe”. Unraveling the Iran deal would indeed be aware of the game being played. Trump, in re- out isolating the United States. “You want of was not made clear by the President Following is an excerpt of the article pub- dangerous. It would produce significantly more action, could then be inclined to say that the the breakup of this deal to be about Iran. but it appears that the U.S. now aims to lished on August 1: than just “a bit of a meltdown” in the Oval Office. deal is over and war is on the horizon. You don’t want it to be about the United dominate global energy market pricing According to reports, President Trump was No one doubts that Iran is honoring its At some point, we might even see Secre- States, because we want our allies with through the export of shale oil and gas. having “a bit of a meltdown” when his ad- part of the agreement. It has accepted the tary of State Rex Tillerson stumbling through us,” Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., the Senate’s I find it useful to view President visers could not present him with a plan for most intrusive set of inspections we have some dramatic presentation to the UN Secu- Foreign Relations Committee chairman Trump’s actions as though he is the scuttling the nuclear deal with Iran. seen in any international agreement. rity Council. It’s cut-and-paste from the road and a prominent JCPOA critic, said. Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Incor- Trump (with extreme reluctance) had to note However, now Trump wants out of the to the Iraq War. 13 Notably, Trump has already tasked porated, and through that lens Trump’s a team in the White House with pre- Chief Operating Officer (and one of senting him with an option to not re- the authors of Trump’s speech) is Gary Bodies of certify Iranian compliance at the next Cohn, Trump’s chief economic adviser, review in September, and he has said who is formerly President and COO of that he “personally” believes Iran will Goldman Sachs, with decades of trad- fallen soldiers be found “noncompliant.” ing experience at the highest level. An informed source in Washington The ICE Age returned who asked to remain anonymous told Towards the tail end of the Dot Com Al-Monitor that the White House is boom in 2000, Gary Cohn had dinner home after seeking ways to accuse Iran of technical with his counterpart at Morgan Stanley, noncompliance and material breaches John Shapiro, and they hatched an au- three decades of the deal, such as pressuring the In- dacious plan to take control of the glob- ternational Atomic Energy Agency into al oil market through the creation of a demanding access to sensitive military Bodies of 48 Iranian soldiers recent- new global electronic market platform. facilities in Iran and using an Iranian ly recovered some 30 years after the The two investment banks acquired rejection as a pretext for withdrawing end of the Iraq-Iran War (1980-1988) a moribund mid-American electronic from the deal; renegotiating the deal were returned home on Wednesday trading system and its dynamic founder to get zero uranium enrichment in Iran from the Shalamcheh border cross- (Intercontinental Exchange - ICE) – and or make the current limits on the Ira- ing in the southwestern province of then recruited key oil market players (in- nian nuclear program permanent; and try- Khouzestan. cluding BP, Shell & Total) who agreed to Mahdi Pedramkhoo ing to validate a 2016 German intelligence Three decades after the war, there provide trading liquidity in exchange for report claiming Iran continued “illegal pro- are still a number of Iranian soldiers a share of ICE equity ownership. More liferation-sensitive procurement activities,” unaccounted for with ongoing efforts ICE market participants were then rapid- despite the fact it was already dismissed by to find them. ly signed up, and after an abortive effort the Barack Obama administration and in-

Tehran Times/ Tehran Half a million from both sides is es- to acquire the New York Mercantile Ex- dependent experts. timated to have lost in the war. change (NYMEX), 4 (See full text at tehrantimes.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS AAUGUSTUGUST 22,, 22017017 MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Zarif, al-Jubeir in rare handshake Names of some of POLITICS TEHRAN — Iran and Saudi Arabia have also been Rouhani’s men in deskMohammad Javad Zarif, trading barbs over the situation in Yemen, next government the head of Iran’s diplomacy apparatus, under the Saudi-led airstrikes since March and his Saudi counterpart Adel al-Jubeir 2015. Unlike Saudi accusations, Tehran denies revealed shook hands on Tuesday, a one-of-a-kind the Houthis are a proxy Iranian force, calling moment in relations between the rival for an end to the invasion. TEHRAN — The names of some POLITICS nations in years. In May, a war of words erupted as deskof President Rouhani’s next cabinet The two greeted each other at an Saudi Defense Minister and now Crown have been disclosed. extraordinary meeting in Istanbul of the Prince Mohammed bin Salman accused In a meeting of the high-ranking officials of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iran of trying “to reach the focal point of current administration on Tuesday night, Bijan Namdar on recent tensions in the occupied city of Muslims (Mecca),” saying that he would Zanganeh will again be the nominee for oil minister, al-Quds. protect his kingdom against what he according to SHANA. Also, the two top diplomats seized the called Iranian efforts to dominate the Minister of Labor and Welfare Ali Rabiee was also be opportunity to hold brief talks after the rare Muslim world. named for the same position. handshake. In unusually blunt remarks, Salman also Justice Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi, who Zarif explained that the move was threatened that any struggle for influence had also attended the last cabinet session, said he will within “diplomatic conventions” and a sign ought to take place “inside Iran, not in Saudi be replaced. of his “mutual respect and long-standing Arabia,” ruling out dialogue with Tehran. friendship with Jubeir”. Reacting to the comments, Zarif “Although the Islamic Republic does accused the Saudi side of “dangerously” Astana expert talks not agree with many policies of the seeking tension. government of Saudi Arabia, it has always The Qatar row has presented itself to on Syria postponed been our policy to be on good terms be a new entanglement. Downgrading with our neighbors,” Zarif told reporters in Zarif says: Although the Islamic Republic does diplomatic ties with Iran featured in a list of Tehran on Wednesday. not agree with many policies of the government 13 demands put in by the Saudi-led group “Our neighbors have always been our of Saudi Arabia, it has always been our policy to which announced on June 5 they were priority, and that will be the case with the severing ties with Qatar. POLITICS TEHRAN — An expert-level meeting be on good terms with our neighbors. deskof the Astana talks on Syria arranged next administration, as well,” Zarif added, The group accuses Qatar of supporting in Tehran and Mashhad to ransack Saudi for August 1-2 was postponed a few days. a reference to President Rouhani’s next acted the otherwise, demanding him step “extremism” and of being too close to Saudi diplomatic posts. A plenary of the fifth Astana talks decided on government in which he will most likely down. Arabia’s regional rival Iran. Following the storming, Riyadh cut all Wednesday that the next meeting to be held in the coming retain his post as chief diplomat. Subsequent stumbling points have Still there is hope for a détente. While diplomatic ties with Tehran, giving Iranian days in Tehran, the Iran Students News Agency reported. The Saudi side has not reacted to the widened the rift. Riyadh’s anger over Iran’s regional and international intervention has diplomats in Saudi Arabia 48 hours to The sixth version of the talks is scheduled to be held in handshake. nuclear program and the 2015 deal with failed so far to bring Tehran and Riyadh to leave the country with the impasse still the last week of August in the Kazakh capital. Iran, Saudi Arabia have been locked world powers was barely concealed due the negotiation table, resumption of the in a list of disagreements, unseen in three to concerns that the accord could increase smoldering. Hajj pilgrimage this year is happy news. decades. The handshaking between the Tehran’s ability to spread its influence. The development kicked off a new Also, Tehran has shown openness to top diplomats could be the precursor event The fears played out in the execution round of sparring between the two regional a thaw. In a recent interview with France Iran denies arrival to something really dramatic, a thaw in of a prominent Shiite cleric, Sheikh Nimr rivals. 24, Kamal Kharrazi, the head of Iran’s strained relations. al-Nimr, by Riyadh just two weeks before The unprecedented mutual vitriol has Strategic Council on Foreign Relations of EU commissioner Since 2011 when popular protests the implementation of the nuclear accord negated efforts so far to resolve a Hajj and a foreign policy adviser to Leader in Tehran in Syria turned into civil war, Tehran and in January 2016. stampede in 2015, during which 464 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Iran was Saudi Arabia have been hurtling toward Sheikh Nimr was an outspoken critic of Iranian pilgrims were killed. Iran cancelled open to “dialogue” with Saudi Arabia brinkmanship, risking a direct confrontation the Saudi monarchy and was adopted as participation in Hajj 2016, blaming Saudi despite escalating tensions. in an already volatile region. a symbolic leader by Shiite protesters in mismanagement for the cancellation. “We know they (Riyadh) have made POLITICS TEHRAN — Rumors about arrival While Tehran is a vocal backer of Syria’s several Persian Gulf countries during the Media reports said Riyadh has recently many mistakes in Yemen, Bahrain, Iraq desk of Andrus Ansip, the European President Bashar al-Assad in a battleground Arab Spring uprisings. expressed readiness to discuss the and Syria, but we are still for dialogue,” commissioner for digital single market, in Iran are fought by numerous sides, Riyadh has The execution prompted protesters stampede subject with Iran. Kharrazi said. totally false and baseless, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Fars news agency claimed Ansip had U.S. seeking to exit nuclear deal at Iran’s expense: Shamkhani arrived at the Imam Khomeini Airport on July 27, without POLITICS TEHRAN — Iran’s Supreme National United States, Britain, France, China and Russia - finalized coordination and necessary protocols, which caused his desk wandering in the airport for several hours. The report Security Council Secretary Ali the text of the JCPOA in July 2015. The deal went into said that his trip to Tehran was totally without noise. Shamkhani has said that the U.S. seeks to pull out of the effect in January 2016. nuclear deal at the expense of Iran, but Iran will not give According to the nuclear deal, referred to as the Donald Trump this opportunity. JCPOA, financial and economic sanctions against Iran “But of course it does not mean keeping the JCPOA must be terminated in exchange for limits on Tehran’s Majlis to discuss [the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action] at any cost,” he nuclear activities. details of anti-U.S. told the Hamshahri newspaper in an interview published Trump is facing opposition within his own inner circle on Wednesday. about his stance toward the nuclear agreement. measure on Sunday He said that the JCPOA is valid only if all signatories At a press conference on Tuesday, Secretary of to it continue to fulfill their commitments. State Rex Tillerson acknowledged he and Trump “have Shamkhani said that the reason behind the United differences” on the nuclear deal. POLITICS TEHRAN — Iran’s Majlis is going to States’ “anger” towards Iran is its failure to change Iran’s “He and I have differences of views on things like deskstart discussing the details of a general principled policy toward the Middle East. JCPOA and how we should use it,” he said. plan to counter the United States sanctions against the He also said that the U.S. hegemonic policies can no effect in reducing the animosity between Iran and The International Atomic energy Agency, as the UN Islamic Republic. be countered through reliance on “national power the U.S. watchdog body tasked to monitor Iran’s compliance with The National Security and Foreign Policy Committee and capabilities”. Iran, the European Union, Germany and the five the terms of the JCPOA, has confirmed six times that of the Majlis is tasked with attending to the details, the Elsewhere, he said that the nuclear deal has had permanent members of the UN Security Council - the Tehran has fully honored its commitments to the deal. committee’s spokesman Kamal Dehqani told ISNA on Wednesday. A legislature to devise ways to counter the Arms cache discovered in Tehran condemns terrorist blast in United States’ sanctions was drafted by the Majlis Kermanshah province Afghanistan two weeks earlier.

Iraq’s senior officials to attend Rouhani’s oath-taking ceremony

POLITICS TEHRAN — Iraq’s senior officials are deskgoing to attend President Hassan Rouhani’s swearing-in ceremony on August 5, Iran’s envoy in Baghdad said. According to Iraj Masjedi, Iraqi President Fuad Masum, POLITICS TEHRAN — Mahmoud Alavi reported that Iranian POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian beside the Afghan people. Iraq’s Chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council Ammar desk desk Hakim and Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jabouri are Mohammad Hossein security forces had “succeeded to deal Foreign Ministry Qassemi offered condolences expected to attend the event, IRNA reported. Sadeghi, the public prosecutor of a drastic blow to a terrorist outfit in spokesman Bahram Qassemi on to the Afghan people, government Over 100 foreign delegations, including heads of Kermanshah Province, has announced possession of a very large arms cache.” Wednesday condemned a terrorist and families of the victims over the state and other top officials, are scheduled to participate that border forces have discovered 60 Iran has increased its counterterrorism attack in the Afghan city of Herat which “brutal” act. in Rouhani’s oath-taking ceremony. holstered pistols in Sarpol-e Zahab, operations across the country after two have left at least 29 people killed and Some of the injured are said to be in saying the gun owners fled to Iraq. terrorist attacks in Tehran on June 7. 64 others injured. critical condition. “The suspects, after being chased, The gunmen mounted almost simul- The explosion happened at Jawadia According to Guardian, officials fled across the border into Iraq,” taneous assaults on Iran’s Parliament mosque in Herat on Tuesday. said there were two attackers - one To-be Tehran Sadeghi said. and the mausoleum Imam Khomeini, “After decades of suffering and pain a suicide bomber and another who mayor says Sarpol-e Zahab, a city in western killing 17 people and injuring over 50 by the innocent Afghan people, it is the threw grenades at worshippers. Kermanshah Province, is close to the others. Daesh claimed responsibility for time for the regional countries and the “Two attackers entered the mosque proposal on way Iraqi border. the assaults. international bodies to stand beside and started shooting and throwing Due to its border with war-torn Iraq, Weeks ago, the chief prosecutor the Afghan government and people grenades at people,” said Mohammad Kermanshah has been used by Daesh Kermanshah, Ne’mat Sadeqi, said and show determination to end the Adi, a worshipper at the mosque who POLITICS TEHRAN — Mohammad Ali Najafi, (ISIS) affiliates to smuggle arms and security forces had rounded up over 50 current violent situation,” he stated. was injured in the attack and taken to deskwho has the highest chance to be ammunition into Iran. elements linked to terrorist groups in the He added that the Iranian hospital. elected as the mayor of Tehran, has said he will deliver In June, Intelligence Minister Seyyed province after terrorist attacks in Tehran. government and people will stand There was no claim of responsibility. his proposal for the management of the capital to the 21-member city council. Trump signs sanctions bill against Russia, Iran Speaking on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Najafi said he will present his plan on U.S. President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill and his aides had lobbied against them. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov Saturday, ISNA reported. that imposes new sanctions against Russia, Iran and Congress passed the new sanctions package last week warned Sunday that more retaliatory moves would On July 30, media outlets said the new city council North Korea, according to a White House official. to create limits for Trump to lift sanctions on Moscow. come if the bill was signed into law. had elected Najafi as the new mayor of the metropolis Trump had signed the bill behind closed doors and The bill imposes tough additional sanctions against The bill includes new sanctions on Iran over its ballistic of Tehran. away from the cameras, two White House sources said Russia over alleged meddling in last year’s U.S. presi- missile program and “continued support for terrorism.” Najafi, a mathematician, has served as economic advisor Wednesday. dential election and its reunification with Crimea in 2014. The anti-Iran sanctions come following two sets of sanc- to President Rouhani, director of the Management and In signing it, Trump avoided the humiliating prospect of Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered over tions that were rolled out in February and May by the U.S. Planning Organization, education minister, and other posts. Congress overriding his veto, the White House sources said. 755 US diplomats to leave the country after Congress Treasury Department over Iran’s missile program. The president had privately opposed the measures passed the bill. (Source: Press TV) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AAUGUSTUGUST 33,, 22017017 INTERNATIONAL Funerals, protests for Herat Tillerson: U.S. not seeking mosque bombing victims regime change in North Korea The United States State Secretary Rex Tillerson has said Wash- ington is not trying to topple Kim Jong-un’s regime in North Korea, but Pyongyang must halt its nuclear missile program. Suicide attack hits NATO convoy in Kandahar “We do not seek a regime change. We do not seek the col- lapse of the regime. We do not seek an accelerated reunification Afghans have once again lost their faith in the police and of the peninsula,” he said during a press conference in Wash- security services after a pair of suicide attackers killed ington, DC. at least 29 Shia worshippers in the western province of “We do not seek an excuse to send our military north of Herat. the 38th parallel. And we’re trying to convey that to the North Tuesday’s blast, which no group has yet claimed, Koreans. We are not your enemy. We’re not your threat, but comes amid a spate of nationwide assaults over 48 you are presenting an unacceptable threat to us, and we have hours. to respond.” Most recently, a Taliban attack on Wednesday against Reviewing his six months in office, Tillerson said the U.S. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) troops in Kan- would be willing to talk to the North Korea if it accepts to disarm. dahar has caused casualties, though no death toll has “We don’t think having a dialogue where the North Koreans been announced. come to the table assuming they’re going to maintain their nu- Deadly violence was also reported on Tuesday in Hel- clear weapons is productive,” he said. mand province and Paktia. But he sought to reassure the isolated regime that it does not On Monday, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant need a nuclear arsenal to defend itself from a U.S. attack. (ISIL/Daesh) terrorists, claimed responsibility for a suicide China’s role blast at the Iraqi embassy in Kabul that killed at least two Meantime, U.S. President Donald Trump has demanded that Afghan guards. China, North Korea’s neighbor and biggest trade partner, rein in Protests were planned for Wednesday after funerals its nuclear ambitions - angrily tweeting over the weekend that for some of the victims of Tuesday’s attack at the popular Beijing is not doing enough. Jawadya mosque. But here too, Tillerson was more diplomatic. Jilani Farhad, a spokesman for Herat’s governor, said “We certainly don’t blame the Chinese for the situation in he feared the death toll could rise, given the gravity of North Korea,” he said. some of the injuries sustained by more than 60 people. “Only the North Koreans are to blame for this situation, but Before blowing themselves up, two attackers fired on we do believe China has a special and unique relationship, be- private guards outside the mosque in Herat city and then cause of this significant economic activity, to influence the North shot at crowds of worshippers. Jawad, the protest organiser, said both Shia and Sunni NATO confirmed in a statement that the convoy was Korean regime in ways that no one else can.” Police and the guard did not “shoot back”, eyewitness Muslims are preparing to attend the rally. attacked and did “cause casualties”. Tillerson’s views on North Korea and its close ally, China, is and activist Mohammed Jawad Amid told Al Jazeera. “Herat is united. When the injured were brought to Resolute Support did not identify the nationality of in sharp contrast to the U.S. envoy to the United Nations, Nikki “People started screaming and running out. All eyes the hospital, many Sunnis volunteered to donate blood,” the troops attacked, nor if they were killed or injured. Haley, who on Sunday asked Beijing to decide on tougher UN were on the police and the security guards who did not he said. Taliban spokesman, Qari Yosuf Ahmadi, claimed re- sanctions on North Korea over its two long-range missile tests shoot back when asked. They said they were not author- “Everyone is angry. It’s not about Shia or Sunni, no sponsibility for the attack, saying it took place near an last month. ised to do so,” Amid said, adding that there were four one cares about this at the moment. We are all a target Afghan intelligence quick reaction force base in the Shor “China must decide whether it is finally willing to take this vital attackers - two of whom managed to escape. for these terrorists.” Andam area of Daman district. step. The time for talk is over,” she said. “The police also escaped the scene,” he said. Suicide attack hits NATO convoy in Kandahar Eyewitnesses said two foreign vehicles in the area Last week, Kim boasted that North Korea could attack any Angry locals clashed with the police and set a check- Elsewhere, a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle were on fire. target in the U.S. after carrying out its latest intercontinental bal- point on fire after the attack, venting their frustrations filled with explosives into a convoy of foreign forces on The combined United States and NATO troop con- listic missile (ICBM) test. over what they said was a weak police response. Wednesday in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kan- tingent currently in Afghanistan is about 13,500 troops. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said Trump was ready Herat city on Wednesday morning was quiet with se- dahar, officials said. The Trump administration is deciding whether to send to launch a devastating military attack if diplomacy failed to stop curity forces and police officials patrolling the streets. “At around noon a car bomb targeted a convoy of about 4,000 or more U.S. soldiers to Afghanistan in an the nuclear missile threat. Funerals are expected to take place in the afternoon, foreign forces in Daman area of Kandahar,” said provin- attempt to stem Taliban gains. Trump has also spoken to its ally Japan over the latest North (Source: agencies) followed by demonstrations demanding better security. cial police spokesman Zia Durrani. Korean missile test. Israel could soon launch new round of ‘nasty’ actions in Quds: Palestine FM (Source: Al Jazeera) The Palestinian foreign minister has warned occupation for fifty years, millions of them their natural right to worship in the holy sites new round of so-called peace negotiations Qatar announces 5 bn euro that Israel could go for another round of who had to leave their home, not just with in al-Quds al-Sharif, through employing col- between Palestinians and the Israeli regime. “nasty” actions aimed at changing the sta- our dry words, but with our actions,” he told lective punishment measures, and the use of Since the inauguration of Trump in Jan- order for warships from Italy tus quo of the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the OIC meeting. lethal and excessive force against peaceful uary, the regime in Tel Aviv has stepped up which recently witnessed deadly tensions The top Turkish diplomat further ex- Palestinian worshipers,” it pointed out. its construction of settler units on occupied Qatar has concluded a 5 billion euro ($5.91 billion) deal with sparked by the regime’s restrictive measures pressed hope that the recent tensions at the Additionally, OIC Secretary General Palestinian land in a blatant violation of in- Italy for seven navy vessels, the Qatari foreign minister said there. al-Aqsa compound won’t be repeated, say- Yousef al-Othaimeen called on OIC mem- ternational law. on Wednesday, part of a military cooperation agreement be- Riyad al-Maliki made the remarks in an ing, “We should all be very careful against ber states to provide the necessary interna- Less than a month before Trump took tween the two countries. address to an emergency meeting of the provocations. No bans or limitations, includ- tional protection to the Palestinian people office, the United Nations Security Council Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani made the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) ing the age restrictions to the Temple Mount and assume their responsibility to end Israeli had adopted Resolution 2334, calling on Is- announcement at a news conference with his Italian counter- on al-Aqsa in the Turkish city of Istanbul on cannot be accepted.” aggressions and infractions in al-Quds (Je- rael to “immediately and completely cease part Angelino Alfano in Doha after talks about efforts to end Tuesday. Israel seized East al-Quds (Jerusalem) in rusalem). all settlement activities in the occupied Pal- a rift between Qatar and four Persian Gulf Arab states. Tensions erupted in East al-Quds (Jerusa- the 1967 Six-Day War. It later annexed the “The continuation of open Israeli ag- estinian territories, including East Jerusalem” “I am pleased to announce the conclusion of a deal be- lem) after a deadly shootout on July 14 out- Palestinian territory in a move that has never gression against the Palestinian people in al-Quds. tween the Qatari Emiri Naval Forces to buy seven naval units side the Noble Sanctuary (Haram al-Sharif), been recognized internationally. Al-Quds places singular and collective re- About 600,000 Israelis live in over 230 il- from Italy in the context of the joint military cooperation be- which Jews call Temple Mount. Al-Quds ‘an Arab, Islamic site’ sponsibility on the shoulder of OIC Member legal settlements built since the 1967 Israeli tween the two countries,” Sheikh Mohammed said. Using the gunfight as a pretext, Israel set Meantime, Jordanian Foreign Minister States so that they can take measures to occupation of the Palestinian territories of He said the deal was estimated at 5 billion euros but gave up metal detectors and surveillance camer- Ayman Safadi, whose country is the cus- confront these challenges,” he said. the West Bank and East al-Quds. no further details and did not name the companies involved. as at entrances to the al-Aqsa compound. todian of the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, ‘U.S. silence on settlements, two- Palestinians wants the West Bank as part In June last year Italy’s state-controlled shipbuilder Fincan- Palestinians held protests and com- described al-Quds as “an Arab, Islamic holy state solution encouraging Israel’s of a future independent Palestinian state, tieri said it had signed a 4-billion-euro agreement to build plained that the bans were meant to expand site,” warning Israel against putting regional apartheid policies’ with East al-Quds as its capital. ships for Qatar. the regime’s control over the highly-sensi- security at risk through its provocative ac- Elsewhere, Chief Palestinian negotiator The last round of Israeli-Palestinian talks At the time Fincantieri said it would supply the Persian Gulf tive site. tions. Saeb Erekat has denounced the United collapsed in 2014. Among the major stick- Arab state with four corvette warships, two support vessels On July 24, Tel Aviv backed down in the “Instead of gambling with the security of States President Donald Trump’s administra- ing points in those negotiations was Israel’s and an amphibious landing platform dock, along with sup- face of violent clashes and removed all the the region and with the right of the people tion over his silence on the expansion of set- continued settlement expansion on Pales- port services in Qatar for 15 years after delivery. restrictions at the al-Aqsa compound, but to live safely and in stability, Israel should tlements in the occupied territories as well tinian territories. All the ships will be built in Italian shipyards, with con- tensions still remain high there. work on achieving peace that leads to the as failure to prop up the so-called two-state Trump backtracked on Washington’s struction starting in 2018, it said. Italian defense company Maliki described Israel’s decision to re- establishment of the independent Palestin- solution, stressing that such a conduct has support for a “two-state solution” to the Is- Leonardo would supply electronics and weapons systems for move the devices at the al-Aqsa gates as ian state, with East Jerusalem as its capital,” encouraged the Israeli regime to continue raeli-Palestinian conflict earlier this year, say- the ships and receive around a third of the value of the deal, a “small victory in the long battle for free- he added its “apartheid” policies. ing he would support any solution favored a company official said at the time. dom.” OIC vows to defend al-Aqsa “The fact the U.S. administration did not by both sides. Qatar is embroiled in a dispute with the House of Saud “We know that Netanyahu is not going In its final communiqué issued on Tues- declare the final goal of the peace process “Looking at two-state or one-state, I regime, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, which to accept defeat and he will try again and day, the OIC expressed its determination is to achieve two states on the basis of the like the one that both parties like. I’m very accuse it of supporting terrorism a charge Doha denies. (Source: Daily Star) again with different methods and different to defend the al-Aqsa Mosque compound 1967 borders, and its silence regarding the happy with the one both parties like. I can means to impose his own status-quo over from all threats posed by Israel and de- intensification of Israeli colonial settlement live with either one,” the U.S. president said the Haram al-Sharif and al-Quds. We have nounced the premeditated Israeli attempts activities, are interpreted by the Israeli during a joint press conference with Israe- to be prepared for the next round which to alter the site’s status quo. government as an opportunity to destroy li Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Militants, families transported could come very soon and could be very It further stressed “the Palestinian right the two-state solution and replace it with Washington on February 15. nasty,” he added. to full sovereignty over the city of al-Quds one state with two systems,” Erekat, who is Trump has also vowed to fulfill his cam- from Lebanon to Syria under Turkey urges Palestine state rec- al-Sharif as the capital of the state of Pales- also the Secretary General of the Palestine paign pledge to move the U.S. embassy in truce deal: report ognition tine.” Liberation Organization, said on Tuesday. Israel from Tel Aviv to the occupied al-Quds “We should show our support to the Pal- “The Committee condemns the banning He added that the American administra- (Jerusalem). Buses carrying some 7,800 militants and their families have (Source: Press TV) estinians, who have been living under Israeli of Palestinian Muslims and Christians from tion perceived silence is an “obstacle” to a reportedly left Lebanon’s highlands of Arsal for Syria under a ceasefire deal reached between the Hezbollah resistance movement and terrorists operating in the region. China-Japan oil, gas field dispute flares up again Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported that China has rejected Japanese protests to its oil and gas jurisdiction,” it was quoted as saying. the buses headed to the Syrian town of Flita on Wednesday prospecting in the East China Sea, saying the operations The gas field reportedly lies in an area where both under the supervision of the Lebanese General Security and occur in areas “indisputably” under its jurisdiction. countries’ exclusive economic zones (EEZs) overlap but the army as well as the International Committee of the Red Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday Japan they bitterly disagree on how it should be demarcated. Cross. had lodged a protest with China over its apparent de- While Japan says the median line between the two The transfer was made possible under the truce agree- ployment of drilling rigs near the median line separating nations should mark the limits of their respective EEZs, ment struck last week between Lebanese resistance move- the two countries’ economic zones in the East China Sea. China insists the border should be drawn closer to Ja- ment of Hezbollah and the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham Takfiri Japan also urged China to swiftly resume stalled ne- pan, taking into account the continental shelf and other terrorist group, formerly known as al-Nusra Front (Jabhat gotiations to cooperate over oil and gas resources in the features of the ocean. al-Nusra), which included the release of resistance prisoners area. Those talks began in 2008 but broke down two On Wednesday, China’s Foreign Ministry said it reject- and the transfer of Syria militants back home. years later amid rising tensions. ed the idea of a median line, calling it “Japan’s unilateral Al-Nusra ringleader Abu Malek al-Talli was among those Both countries claim the East China Sea islands which proposition.” sent to Syria on Wednesday, the report added. are controlled by Japan. Tokyo says China has built oil ly continuing its development activity” near the median With tensions rising in the East China Sea, a sea- The buses had arrived in Arsal on Monday and Tuesday, and gas extracting structures on its side of the median line, Japan’s top government spokesperson Yoshihide food-packed body of water through which nearly $5 but the transfer was delayed as Beirut dismissed the militants’ line, which may siphon off resources from beneath the Suga told reporters. trillion in trade flows each year, the United States has demands. Japanese side. China’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday dismissed waded into the dispute. Major General Abbas Ibrahim, head of Lebanon’s General A Japanese government official said on Tuesday that the remarks, saying “the so-called issue of ‘unilateral ex- The U.S. President Donald Trump pledged earlier this Security, said the demands included the release of prisoners China’s mobile drilling ships had been spotted in the re- ploitation’ does not exist.” year that the U.S. would rally behind Japan in a possible held in a Lebanese jail and safe passage out of the country gion, and were believed to have been boring for gas. “China’s oil and gas activities in the East China Sea are serious showdown with China. for some people wanted by Beirut. It was “extremely regrettable that China is unilateral- all located in maritime areas indisputably under Chinese (Source: Press TV) (Source: Press TV) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY AAUGUSTUGUST 33,, 22017017 NEWS IN BRIEF Asian technology stocks Iranian trade delegation to visit Spain in late Sept. just hit 17-year peaks

ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran Chamber of Com- desk Asian technology stocks hit 17-year since early 2000, bringing its gains for the merce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture peaks and Wall Street’s Dow index year to a heady 40 percent. (ICCIMA) plans to dispatch a trade delegation to Spain 24- looked set to break 22,000 points later Those gains balanced losses in basic 28 September, ICCIMA portal reported. on Wednesday, as blockbuster earnings materials and energy to leave MSCI’s Headed by ICCIMA chairman Gholam-Hossein Shafeie, from Apple rippled out to component broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares out- the delegation will be comprised of entrepreneurs and makers globally. side Japan steady near its highest since businessmen active in a variety of areas including railways Shares in the world’s most valuable late 2007. and rail industries, food and agriculture, renewable energy, company surged 6% after-hours to a re- There was a note of caution over re- petrochemicals, pharmaceutical and medical industries, cord of more than $159 each, taking its ports that U.S. President Donald Trump banking and insurance, automotive and manufacturing as market capitalization above $830 billion. was close to a decision on how to re- well as industrial machinery. That should help carry the Dow spond to what he considers China’s unfair through the 22,000 mark when trading trade practices. Iran exports $142m resumes in New York. E-Mini futures for Tepid U.S. inflation along with politi- of machinery in 3 the Dow were up 0.2 percent despite a cal turmoil in Washington has lessened months lower Europe as disappointing results the possibility of another Federal Reserve from Societe Generale and Commerz- rate hike this year, lowering bond yields bank weighed on the bank stocks. across the globe. Apple reported better-than-expected Improving data in other major econo- ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran exported $142 million of iPhone sales, revenue, and earnings per mies has also served to push the green- deskindustrial machinery during the first three share and signaled its upcoming 10th- back down nearly 11 percent from Janu- months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21- June 21, anniversary phone is on schedule. ary peaks, benefiting commodities and “It is all about Apple,” said Naeem nix, the world’s second-biggest memory 2017), the official website of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization It helped dispel one of the few nag- emerging markets. Aslam chief market analyst at Think Mar- chip maker, rose 3.8 percent. (TPO) quoted the organization’s Head Mojtaba Khosrotaj as say- ging doubts of the corporate earnings A swathe of manufacturing surveys kets. “The firm comfortably topped its Murata Manufacturing firmed 4.9 per- ing on Wednesday. season so far—that Amazon’s lackluster (PMIs) out on Tuesday had underlined forecast and produced stellar numbers cent and Taiyo Yuden 4.4 percent, help- Making the remarks on the sidelines of his visit to the ATMAK- results last week might have revealed how the improvement in activity had for its revenue and profit.” ing Tokyo’s Nikkei up 0.47 percent. iFarm (2017) exhibition, Khosrotaj, who is also the deputy of Irani- some tiredness among the giant U.S. broadened out from the United States to Among Asia’s Apple suppliers, LG The MSCI tech index for Asia also an minister of industry, added that from the exported machinery, tech and internet stocks that have been Asia and Europe. Innnotek jumped 10 percent and SK Hy- climbed 0.9 percent to ground not trod (Source: The Fortune) $6 million belonged to exports of agricultural machinery. driving the stock market rally all year. International Exhibition of ATMAK-iFarm- Farming & Garden- ing, Machinery & Tools and Irrigation, Livestock & Poultry, Inputs Oman in talks with banks Upward pressure on British and Systems & Related Services & Industries- was being held about loan and bond shop prices eases, for now from July 30- August 2, 2017 at Shahr-e-Aftab Tehran Interna- tional Exhibition Center. Oman is talking to international banks bond attracting more than $20 billion in Prices in British shops fell slightly faster Still, the increase in food prices stands about raising more funds through a orders and the sukuk almost $7 billion. in July than a month before but are likely in contrast to a deflationary trend seen loan and bonds as the sultanate seeks “It’s evident that the bond market is to pick up again later this year, accord- over the past four years which reflected to replenish budget coffers hit hard by open for them,” said a banker in Dubai. ing to a British Retail Consortium survey a supermarket price war before the Global air freight demand low oil prices, sources familiar with the Initial discussions with banks in- published on Wednesday. Brexit vote. in first-half strongest in 7 matter said on Wednesday. volved lenders such as First Abu Dhabi Prices had fallen at their slowest an- Non-food prices continued to fall at The discussions are at an early stage Bank, Natixis and Standard Chartered, nual rate in four years in June, at 0.3 a steady rate, reflecting how retailers years – IATA and the government has not issued an said one of the sources, though nothing percent, but in July deflation reverted have tried to balance out their price in- official request for proposals, the sourc- has been finalised. back to the levels seen in May, with pric- creases for some products with cuts in Demand for global air freight rose 11 percent in June, lifting first- es said. Moody’s downgraded Oman’s sov- es falling by 0.4 percent. other areas, the BRC said. half growth to the highest since 2010, due to a surge in global Oman’s ministry of finance did not ereign rating last week to Baa2 from Helen Dickinson, chief executive of “There is a limit to how much retail- trade, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on immediately respond to a request for Baa1 - two notches above S&P which the British Retail Consortium, said the ers can absorb into their margins,” Dick- Wednesday. comment. rates the country at junk - and the same July figure brings “the march of overall inson said. “As we move into the autumn “Air cargo is flying high on the back of a stronger global econ- A potential solution would be for level as Fitch. All the three agencies shop prices towards inflationary terri- we can expect non-food prices to get omy. Demand is growing at a faster pace than at any time since Oman to take a five-year loan initially have a negative outlook for Oman. tory to a halt, for now at least”. closer to inflationary territory. the Global Financial Crisis,” said IATA Chief Executive, Alexandre followed by bonds with maturities of “Fiscal performance in 2016 and The drop in the value of the pound Data last month showed that con- de Juniac. five and 10 years, one of the sources during the first months of 2017 has after last year’s Brexit vote has pushed sumer price inflation unexpectedly said. been weaker than the government’s up prices, putting the Bank of England slowed in June for the first time since The sultanate has already raised $7 reform announcements and oil price on alert as it considers whether to raise October, dropping to 2.6 percent from billion from international bonds this developments would have suggested,” its record-low interest rates. 2.9 percent in May. year. It issued a triple-tranche $5 billion Moody’s said. Food prices - pushed up by a weaker This Bank of England had previously conventional bond in March and a $2 Oman’s budget deficit in the first five pound and its impact on the cost of im- warned inflation could exceed 3 percent billion sukuk, or Islamic bond, in May. months of the year was 2 billion rials ($5.2 ports - rose by 1.2 percent in July com- by the autumn, and this lifted some International demand for both trans- billion), already two-thirds of the forecast pared with a year earlier, slower than a pressure on it to raise interest rates. actions was high, with the conventional deficit for 2017. (Source: Reuters) 1.4 percent rise the month before. (Source: Reuters) Energy as a service?

New global export orders remained close to a six-year high, 1 ICE made the members of Lon- As a result of an oil price maintained The proposal to appoint Gary Cohn as the the U.S. to support the oil price at current IATA added. don’s International Petroleum Exchange an between $80 to $120/bbl the U.S. was able next chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank levels for long enough to facilitate the Saudi Air freight demand, measured in freight ton kilometers, offer they could not refuse: either sell your within 3 years not only to increase oil pro- is probably related to this. Aramco IPO will fail as China ceases to act climbed 10.4 percent for the first half. exchange to us, or we will cease to use your duction by 5m barrels per day but also to In a nutshell, I believe U.S. Incorporated as Buyer of Last Resort. exchange. reduce oil product use by 2m bpd. So by intends to monetise not only U.S. reserves Energy First Available capacity rose 5.2 percent in June. Earlier on Wednesday, German airline Lufthansa raised its Meanwhile in the North Sea, the new 2015 the U.S. found themselves – as was of oil, but also the reserves of what is essen- What should be the response of the forecast for its air freight unit. (Source: Reuters) flow of BP’s Forties grade of crude oil was Obama’s intention – free of reliance on tially a new subsidiary of U.S. Incorporated rest of the oil market to such an audacious added to the declining flow of crude oil Saudi Arabia for the first time in 44 years. – Saudi Arabia Inc, with a new and youth- ‘America First’ U.S. strategy of Energy Domi- from Shell’s Brent field which had become Meanwhile the U.S. pivoted towards the last ful Chief Executive Officer, Mohammad bin nance? the preferred benchmark for the global remaining undeveloped low cost reserves Salman (MbS). One approach could be for Iran and Asia’s third largest oil price, and the improved contract soon in Iraq and Iran, while developing and safe- The aim of the U.S. Energy Dominance Iraq to jointly create a Middle East oil price economy braces for rate left behind the U.S. West Texas Intermedi- guarding Qatari LNG production. strategy appears to be for the U.S. to rebase benchmark as my colleague and I recom- ate (WTI) price as a purely domestic U.S. I believe that a Clinton administra- the dollar firmly upon oil, and to create a mended to Iran’s late Central Bank Gover- cut to battle low inflation benchmark price. tion would have largely continued Oba- two tier oil market in which U.S. antagonists nor Nourbakhsh in 2001 and which led in Oil as an Asset ma’s strategy (of which a great deal more such as Iran and Russia participate on infe- 2004 to the abortive and almost mythical The Reserve Bank of India was widely expected to cut its main policy Over the 15 years that followed this ICE could be written), but the unexpected vic- rior terms if at all. Kish Oil Bourse. rate to the lowest in the more than six years on Wednesday to battle energy market coup, the oil market price tory of President Trump in November 2016 Why Energy Dominance Will Fail But the oil market has moved on to a low inflation — a common sticking point for policymakers globally. ceased to be set on the basis of oil priced changed everything. As the former Saudi oil minister Yamani point approaching ‘Peak Demand’ and my A Reuters poll found that 40 out of 56 economists expected the as a useful commodity. Instead oil became Energy Dominance said, the Stone Age did not end for lack of recommendation to Iran, her neighbours RBI to cut its repo rate by 25 basis points to 6 percent on Wednesday. financialised through being priced as an as- On 30th June the BWAVE formula which stones and the Oil Age is not ending for and other Eurasian countries is to deploy That is the lowest rate India has seen since November 2010, according set class, as risk averse investors invested Saudi Arabia had used for over a decade lack of oil but for the simple reason that the what Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh to Reuters. in oil through passive funds as a means of to price European oil (and against which all energy return on energy invested (EROEI) terms Energy Diplomacy. Inflation in Asia’s third largest economy has missed forecasts for protecting the value of their savings from other destinations were then priced) ceased to produce a barrel of oil is in a secular de- The rationale for energy diplomacy is the last six to seven months, noted DBS economist Radhika Rao. The inflation. operation. cline. simple: it does not matter what ideological latest data showed inflation slipped to 1.54 percent in June due to a The sheer scale of the oil market’s de- This formula was based on a daily Although the narrative used by the Sau- or religious differences exist between na- slump in food prices, below RBI’s 2 to 3.5 percent target for the April- parture from reality is demonstrated by the weighted average of trading in the ICE dis to rationalise their strategy has changed tions, it will always make sense to cooperate September period. astonishing fact that in the two years from BFOE (Brent, Forties, Ekofisk, Oseberg) fu- from market share to cutting oil inventory, to conserve finite resources such as water “Domestic factors are likely to be given a higher weightage in mid-2007 to mid-2009 while the oil price tures contract. The BWAVE methodology both of these explanations are merely out- and fossil fuels. swaying the decision, compared to global factors,” Rao wrote in a on the ICE casino gyrated from $80 to $147 allowed market price support through High comes of a Saudi strategy to maximise dol- I believe that the time is now ripe for Wednesday note ahead of RBI’s decision. to $35 and back to $80 per barrel, physical Frequency Trading on the ICE electronic lar profits by sophisticated cheating invisible new global energy institutions such as an “The policy committee is expected to shed its innate bias to be oil market demand in the real world varied market system. However, the underlying to the market. Energy Clearing Union to be founded as a cautious and lower rates … Odds for further easing will arise if the other by less than 3%. physical market was always subject to the However, it is said that sunshine is the framework for generic energy swaps and inflation catalysts — better growth, farm loan waivers and imported At this point President Obama – a Wall trading games played by oil companies best disinfectant and new tools are now energy credits. pressures — turn out to be more benign than assumed,” she added. Street President – came to office and began such as BP and Statoil in particular which bringing transparency to the oil market. So rather than destructive America First The RBI has held its repo rate at 6.25 percent since October 2016. the market strategy I term the Big Long. often led to excessive volatility. Tanker Trackers demonstrate the fact that policies or an avaricious EU First policy, or Lowering the benchmark again will also allow the central bank to steer The Big Long So on 1st July 2017 Saudi Arabia oil tankers can’t run, and they can’t hide. simply self-defeating Iran, Russia or China growth at a time when the country was coming to terms with the new Saudi capital was invested in the oil switched from BWAVE pricing to the daily Tanker Trackers data indicates that China First policies perhaps we will see Energy goods and services tax (GST), economists said. market via a fund using the same prepay ICE Brent/BFOE Futures settlement price has added over 800m barrels of oil to in- First – by which I mean a transition from a GST, India’s largest tax reform thus far, hit factory activity last instruments with which Enron successfully instead, which now enables the U.S. WTI ventory since 2013. global market paradigm of oil and gas as a month. The country’s manufacturing purchasing managers’ index defrauded creditors and investors for a market tail to wag the global Brent/BFOE Indeed, in four months to June 2017 commodity to a new market paradigm of (PMI) slipped into contraction territory in July in the largest month-on- decade. The effect was that the Saudis lent physical market dog. China has added to reserves at the rate energy as a service, and from dollar or euro month decline since November 2008. dollars to the U.S. in exchange for borrow- In my analysis, the intention of the U.S. of 1.5m barrels per day, which sheds a dif- economics to energy economics. Although many economists saw that slide in PMI as temporary, ing (purchase and resale) oil stored in the is to print dollars as necessary to fund new ferent light on the market and the Saudi Chris Cook was a market regulator at some warned that growth prospects for the year were still dampened U.S. In this way the Obama administration shale oil and gas production. The calcula- inventory narrative. According to Samir the Association of Futures Brokers & Deal- by soaring bad debt in the economy. was able to inflate and maintain the oil price tion is that even if shale oil investors go Madani of Tanker Trackers, China’s inven- ers, and then at the International Petroleum “A lot of people are asking: will a rate cut actually help growth? And above $80/barrel, subject to Saudi agree- bankrupt (as many did after the 2014 price tory has now reached a level between 80% Exchange (latterly as a Director). Mr. Cook s my answer is: yes and no. No, if that’s the only step we take, but yes if ment to supply oil if necessary to limit the crash) the banks will still have debt secured and 90% of capacity at which it becomes now works mainly in Scotland, with Nordic you have a rate cut along with other steps taken to restore the banking U.S. gasoline price. Meanwhile Saudi petro- against intrinsically valuable oil, which the difficult for operational reasons to accom- Enterprise Trust, to develop new partner- sector to health,” Pranjul Bhandari, HSBC’s chief India economist, said dollars continued to fund the U.S. deficit as Fed will then if necessary swap for dollars modate more oil ship-based enterprise models, and related (Source: cnbc) on CNBC’s “Capital Connection.” they had since 1974. via the Quantitative Easing programme. So it appears to me that any attempt by financial products and services. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AAUGUSTUGUST 33,, 22017017 ENERGY 5 Who needs $100 oil? Majors making Oil down 1 percent on more cash at $50, Goldman says surprise rise in U.S. inventories, high OPEC output Oil majors are raking in more cash now than they did in the heyday of $100 oil, according to Goldman Oil retreated from this week’s eight-week highs above $52 a Sachs Group Inc. barrel on Wednesday, following a bearish combination of ris- Integrated giants like BP Plc and Royal Dutch Shell ing U.S. inventories, an outage at a major European refinery Plc have adapted to lower prices by cutting costs and and increasing OPEC production. improving operations, analysts at the bank including Brent crude futures were down 11 cents at $51.67 a barrel Michele Della Vigna said in a research note Wednes- by 0856 GMT, having touched a session low of $51.18. The day. European majors made more cash during the first price hit $52.93 on Monday, its highest since late May. half of this year, when Brent averaged $52 a barrel, U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude also fell 11 cents, to than they did in the first half of 2014 when prices were $49.05 a barrel. $109. Both contracts dropped sharply the previous day after Back then, high oil prices had caused executives to Royal Dutch Shell said its 400,000-barrels-per-day (bpd) Per- overreach on projects, leading to delays, cost over- nis refinery in the Netherlands would remain offline for at runs and inefficiency, Goldman said. Those projects least the next couple of weeks following a fire. are coming online now, producing more revenue, Adding to the pressure from Europe’s largest refinery be- while companies have tightened their belts and di- ing out of action was an unexpected rise of 1.8 million barrels vested some assets to reduce debt burdens. in U.S. crude inventories, which dented bulls’ hopes that re- “Simplification, standardization and deflation are cent inventory draws signified a tightening U.S. market. repositioning the oil industry for better profitability “Along with a bout of profit-taking, the fresh slide in prices and cash generation in the current environment than was triggered by reports that Europe’s largest refinery will be in 2013-14 when the oil price was above $100 a bar- shut until at least the second half of August,” PVM Oil Associ- rel,” the analysts said. ates strategist Stephen Brennock said. In the second quarter, Europe’s big oil companies Production from the Organization of the Petroleum Ex- generated enough cash from operations to cover 91 porting Countries hit a 2017 high of 33 million bpd in July, percent of their capital expenses and dividends, show- despite the group’s pledge to restrict output along with other ing that they’re close to being able to fund share- non-OPEC producers, including Russia, by 1.8 million bpd holder payments with business-generated revenue, between January this year and March 2018. according to Goldman. That will give companies the “OPEC output numbers in July were at eight-month highs ability to stop paying dividends by issuing new stock, Gorgon liquefied natural gas behemoth in Australia timated 6 percent free cash flow yield, Goldman said. - not good,” said Matt Stanley, a fuel broker at Freight Inves- which has diluted major European energy shares by 3 and Eni SpA’s Kashagan field in Kazakhstan among That compares to an estimated 3.6 percent dividend tor Services in Dubai. to 13 percent since 2014. others. yield for the STOXX Europe 600 Index as a whole, ac- The Economist Intelligence Unit said “there is no guaran- Projects starting up to the advantage of their Next year, dividends from big European energy cording to the report. tee that further cuts will be sufficient to rebalance the over- now-frugal parents include Chevron Corp.’s $54 billion firms are expected yield 6 percent, backed by an es- (Source: Bloomberg) supplied global oil market”. Energy consultancy Douglas Westwood reckons this year’s oil market will be slightly undersupplied but that the glut will Russian oil output Libya crude floods market again return next year, and last to 2021. as OPEC fights to restrict flows “Oversupply will actually return in 2018. This is due to the down 307,600 bpd start-up of fields sanctioned prior to the downturn,” said Ste- ve Robertson, head of research for the firm’s Global Oilfield Services. Likely acting as a further lid on prices is that, according to U.S. bank Goldman Sachs, second-quarter company results had shown that oil majors “are adapting to $50 per barrel oil prices and can afford to pay dividends in cash” at that level. (Source: Reuters)

Goldman, Tennenbaum buy Singapore-based solar power company Conergy

U.S. private equity funds Tennenbaum Capital Partners LLC (TCP) and Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD) have bought solar energy company Conergy Asia & ME Pte Ltd and its subsidi- aries, Conergy said on Wednesday. Russian oil output is down 307,600 the cartel’s production cuts. Nigeria re- Libya’s crude shipments jumped to a Fritsch, an analyst at Commerzbank AG. Kawa Solar Holdings sold Conergy to the funds for an un- barrels per day, compared to October cently announced its intention to limit new three-year high last month, dealing It comes at a time when other countries disclosed sum in a transaction that closed on Tuesday, Singa- levels, according to the country’s oil output at 1.8 million, once its national a fresh blow to OPEC and allied oil-pro- that agreed to curb production are start- pore-headquartered Conergy said in a statement. minister. production recovers to that level later ducing nations as they battle to restrict a ing to comply less strictly with the accord, “TCP’s and GSBD’s extensive experience and access to “At the end of July 2017, the re- this year. global supply surplus that’s depressing he said. capital will strengthen Conergy’s financial position, enhance duction of oil production stood at Oil prices are doing better now than prices for the commodity. The total output from OPEC members our capabilities, and allow us to pursue new business op- 307,600 barrels a day as compared they were in June, when they reached The North African nation shipped in July rose 210,000 barrels a day from portunities in the region and execute our plans for growth to October 2016,” Minister Alexander a seven-month low below $45. At the about 865,000 barrels a day of crude in June to reach 32.87 million barrels a day, in Australia, the emerging markets of Southeast Asia and Ja- Novak told reporters. “Therefore Rus- time of this article’s writing, Brent trad- July, tanker tracking data compiled by according to data compiled by Bloomb- pan,” Alexander Lenz, Chief Executive Officer of Conergy, said sia is meeting is obligations on lower- ed down 2.75 percent at $51.27. Bloomberg show. That was a gain of 11 erg. Libya led the gains. An expected in a statement. ing production.” Novak also previously emphasized percent from June, which was already the crude-price recovery has failed to ma- Conergy builds, operates and manages solar power plants Novak was referring to the promise that over the last six months, global highest since at least July 2014. terialize since January, the start point for in Japan, Australia, Thailand, the Philippines, Myanmar and Moscow made to OPEC and 10 other crude oil supply has shrunk by 350 mil- The pace at which Libya can revive when OPEC, along with non-member Germany. The company said it has installed almost 2 giga- NOPEC nations in November to cut lion barrels thanks to OPEC’s produc- crude sales is critical for the oil market nations including Russia, agreed to restrict watts of solar power capacity globally. production by 300,000 bpd in an effort tion reduction deal. The minister spoke because, along with Nigeria, the nation collective output by about 1.8 million bar- “This acquisition offers us and GSBD a unique opportunity to rebalance oil supply with demand. at a summit in St. Petersburg tasked to wasn’t bound by Organization of Petrole- rels a day. to work closely with one of the industry’s most experienced A week ago, Novak had said Russian track the progress of the agreement. um Exporting Countries supply restrictions It may be a challenge for Libya to solar firms and to participate in the Asia Pacific market – one cuts totaled 308,000 bpd in June. Compliance to the output cuts on the that helped limit supply this year. Domestic maintain its current rate of exports, ac- of the most attractive solar markets in the world today,” Ra- OPEC and non-member part- OPEC side has been above 100 percent conflicts mean the two nations can pump cording to Torbjorn Kjus, chief oil analyst at jneesh Vig, managing partner of Tennenbaum Capital Part- ners agreed to extend the agreement for the past few months, though export at will while other producer states are de- DNB Bank ASA. ners, said. through March 2018 in late May, but levels amongst Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and priving themselves of export revenues. Ni- “It would be a surprise if they could TCP, headquartered in Los Angeles, is an alternative in- the news has not translated to substan- Iran have fluctuated in the fight to keep geria is also boosting output as a militant keep production stable,” he said, adding vestment management firm while Goldman Sachs BDC is tially higher barrel prices. High output market share as American distributors campaign is quelled. that there are still too many groups and a business development company managed by Goldman from Libya, Nigeria, and the United carve out their own customer base. Libya’s revival “hurts OPEC’s efforts to people battling for a share of the country’s Sachs Asset Management. (Source: Reuters) States has offset the intended effect of (Source: oilprice.com) re-balance the oil market,” said Carsten oil sales. (Source: Bloomberg) Global gas market may be the one place where the little guy wins China-Japan oil, gas field The failure of a $27 billion project last week market is already crowded with projects, Georgia that will be made up of 10 indi- dispute flares up again may offer a lesson to natural gas exporters: demand is more fragmented, and there vidual units that combined will be capable Go small or go home. are smaller types of buyers” that need of liquefying 2.5 million tons a year -- less China has rejected Japanese protests to its oil and gas pros- With a global glut dragging down pric- smaller sellers. than a 10th of what Cheniere’s Louisiana pecting in the East China Sea, saying the operations occur in es, liquefied natural gas suppliers including Cheniere, which began liquefying and project will be able to produce in 2020. areas “indisputably” under its jurisdiction. Cheniere Energy Inc. and Tellurian Inc. are exporting U.S. natural gas from a massive Australia’s Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd., Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday said Japan looking to build smaller and cheaper. Such facility in Louisiana last year, is exploring Tellurian, Texas LNG and offshore develop- had lodged a protest with China over its apparent deploy- projects - a third of the size and a fraction building smaller-scale projects. The rush to er Delfin LNG are also vying to build these ment of drilling rigs near the median line separating the two of the cost of most existing terminals - offer send gas supplies to international buyers so-called modular projects. Erik Cording- countries’ economic zones in the East China Sea. a competitive edge for supplying emerg- has led to an overabundance of the fuel, ton, managing director of project finance Japan also urged China to swiftly resume stalled negoti- ing markets like the Middle East and Latin which is shipped via tankers that can be at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., ations to cooperate over oil and gas resources in the area. America, where customers are seeking in- measured in U.S. football fields. Global LNG cautioned that the small-scale business Those talks began in 2008 but broke down two years later termittent deliveries of small amounts of the supply is forecast to exceed demand by 48 tion World Gas Intelligence. U.S. benchmark model “hasn’t been proven yet,” so they’ll amid rising tensions. heating fuel. percent in 2020, said Anastacia Dialynas, a natural gas prices are down 26 percent still need to attract long-term contracts to Both countries claim the East China Sea islands which are Petroliam Nasional Bhd.’s decision last New York-based analyst with Bloomberg over the same period and U.K. front-month secure financing. controlled by Japan. Tokyo says China has built oil and gas week to scrap plans for the $27 billion fa- New Energy Finance who sees the glut per- gas fell 7 percent. But LNG demand from China has been extracting structures on its side of the median line, which may cility in Canada stemmed from low gas sisting until 2026. “You need to come to the market with robust this year and the nation’s “smaller siphon off resources from beneath the Japanese side. prices. Energy companies haven’t moved Meanwhile, Japan and Korea, the world’s a solution that can cost-wise compete in cities” are looking to lock in gas supplies A Japanese government official said Tuesday China’s mo- forward with a major new LNG production biggest LNG customers, are no longer the a market where the price is $5 to $6,” said directly, said Paul Wogan, chief executive bile drilling ships had been spotted in the region, and were plant since the end of 2014. Instead, they only game in town. Small buyers including Sveinung Stohle, chief executive officer of officer of tanker owner GasLog Ltd. Huadi- believed to have been boring for gas. are funding smaller ventures such as Coral Pakistan, Egypt and Jordan are making up Hoegh LNG Holdings Ltd., a developer of an Power International Corp. and Beijing It was “extremely regrettable that China is unilaterally LNG in Mozambique and Woodfibre LNG an increasing share of the global market. floating LNG terminals. Gas Group Co. are among the handful of continuing its development activity” near the median line, in Canada, neither costing more than $10 They’ll account for 30 percent of demand Some exporters are heading offshore in Chinese companies that have signed con- Japan›s top government spokesperson Yoshihide Suga told billion. Ophir Energy Plc plans to sanction by 2030, up from 19 percent last year, ac- a bid to cut costs. Petronas in April became tracts for small volumes. They each repre- reporters. Fortuna LNG, a small floating facility off cording to BNEF. the first to produce LNG from a small-scale, sent about a half a million tons a year, but China’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday dismissed the re- the coast of Equatorial Guinea, this year. Smaller market floating terminal. Royal Dutch Shell Plc that quickly adds up, according to Wogan. marks, saying “the so-called issue of ‘unilateral exploitation› The demise of the Canadian project In addition, spot LNG prices in North- plans to ship gas from a similarly small pro- “It’s become a buyer’s market,” Hoegh does not exist.” was “a reflection of the world that we are east Asia have plunged 46 percent to $5.85 ject off Australia’s coast next year. LNG’s Stohle said. “All the big sellers have to “China›s oil and gas activities in the East China Sea are all in,” said Ira Joseph, head of global gas and per million British thermal units in the past In the U.S., Kinder Morgan Inc. is de- also work on smaller markets that they pre- located in maritime areas indisputably under Chinese juris- power at PIRA Energy in New York. “The three years, according to industry publica- veloping a $2 billion gas export project in viously said no to.” (Source: Bloomberg) diction,” it was quoted as saying. (Source: Press TV) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 INTERNATIONAL AAUGUSTUGUST 33,, 22017017 Trump’s biggest nightmare? China Is Uganda really a ‘refugee paradise’? and Russia’s newfound friendship By Julie Schiltz By David A. Andelman In April the Dutch public broadcasting agency NOS published a story on Uganda the “refugee paradise”. The article was titled: There was a frightening new guest at the “Welcome refugee! Uganda welcomes you with open arms!” A party that marked Russia’s Navy Day cel- South Sudanese colleague frowned after reading the translated ebrations this past weekend -- perhaps article. “How can they see this as paradise?” he asked. “Don’t representing the greatest single global they know that people who are here are the ones who are not challenge for President Donald Trump. able to go somewhere else? Live in the city, or perhaps another Chinese warships joined the parade country? There is no such thing as a paradise here.” of Russian naval vessels in the sea off Uganda’s refugee policy has received much media coverage in the Port of Kronstadt in St. Petersburg recent months. The country is currently hosting around 1.2 mil- as President Vladimir Putin looked on lion refugees from neighboring South Sudan, which is involved in a proudly. brutal, and endless, civil war. While a number of critical articles were All were fresh from the first stage of also published on the difficulties that South Sudanese refugees Joint Sea 2017, a Russian-Chinese naval have been facing, most of the coverage has focused on Uganda’s exercise that Chinese media boasted in- hospitality. The range of superlatives used to describe the open- cluded live-firing of big guns in the Bal- ness of both the government and the population of Uganda was tic Sea, which borders five of America’s especially eye-catching. Articles were, for example, titled “Uganda’s NATO allies, and was designed at least in example to the world”, “Uganda may be best place in the world to part to showcase the cream of both na- be a refugee”, “Uganda’s lesson in how to treat refugees” and so on. tions’ seaborne military might. This euphoric coverage obscures a not-so-paradise-like At the same time, China was staging reality. It serves a range of political agendas but it does not its own military parade in Beijing as Presi- help the refugees’ situation. Uganda’s refugee policy is in- dent Xi Jinping watched while dressed deed progressive and open, and the country’s attitude may in the green camouflage uniform of the be remarkable in light of the high degree of resistance that People’s Liberation Army. Some 12,000 refugees experience in other parts of the world today. officers and men, accompanied by tanks, In Uganda, refugees are given small plots of land on which long-range missile launchers, jet fight- to build houses and cultivate crops, and they are allowed to ers and other new, modern weaponry, work and move freely within the country. Because of this ba- moved past. sic premise, Uganda’s refugee policy has been lauded as one All this display of military muscle was of the most progressive in the world. But what happens in just the latest and most visible -- though reality is not as exemplary as has been reported in the media. perhaps least appreciated -- headache The north of Uganda, where most settlements for South for Trump in world trouble spots, from Sudanese refugees are based, is characterized by structural Syria to North Korea. underdevelopment and poverty. As a result, the presence China pivoting to Russia at this mo- of refugees, and the humanitarian aid which comes with it, ment in time cannot be a good thing on leads in a number of areas to serious tensions. any number of levels. The sudden alliance Incidents have been reported in which refugees were at- of these nations in the face of pressure tacked by the local population, for example when collecting fire- from Trump suggests that those head- All this display of military muscle was just the latest wood. Locals have disguised themselves as refugees to access aches are not going get any easier to and most visible -- though perhaps least appreciated -- the relief aid, which is considered an “illegal and criminal” activity. solve anytime soon. headache for Trump in world trouble spots, from Syria Incidents have also been reported in which refugees were Joint efforts allowed to rent or use land for cultivation, but were forced to These joint efforts -- coinciding with to North Korea. give it back to the host community when the yield was ready. the United States, Japan and South Ko- This will have only given comfort to Chang Wanquan met his Russian coun- numbers of North Koreans pour across In urban areas, clashes have emerged in a university between rea staging their own maneuvers close to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whose terpart, Sergey Shoigu, during a summit the 880-mile border that the two nations refugee students and “local” students. Anecdotal, for sure - but so both China and North Korea -- suggest regime is being propped up by Russian in Kazakhstan of the Shanghai Coopera- share, or nuclear war breaks out, threat- are many of the success stories which appeared in the press in recent that both China and Russia had arrived at air and naval power, much of it based in tion Organization, a 20-year-old military ening to rain destruction on the millions months. In Lamwo, one of the districts currently receiving new arrivals, a newfound independence in the face of Tartus. and political grouping of China, Russia of Chinese clustered in major cities within the local population has tried to stop the relocation of refugees on its American challenges. Putin’s principal reasons and other former Soviet Asian republics. a 100-mile nuclear blast radius around land. This region has an exceptionally high unemployment rate and Moreover, their allies in Syria and One of Putin’s principal reasons for Shoigu proposed signing a compre- Pyongyang, the North Korean capital. the government’s decision to allow refugees to gain lawful employ- North Korea will now realize they have backing Assad’s alleged attacks on the hensive military cooperation agreement Both of these unlikely scenarios will ment has led to the fear that the refugees will take away the scarce jobs. two potent counterweights to their ef- rebellion that has challenged him is to between Russia and China. have at least slightly restrained China’s Asylum policy forts to chart their own potentially deadly maintain this single toehold in the Medi- And sure enough, three weeks later, Xi actions in the past. But now, with a mili- First, this narrative is politically useful for different groups courses. terranean -- central to the strategic posi- stopped by Moscow en route to the G20 tary ally in Russia, its independence may in Western countries. On the one hand, it allows Western North Korea has relied for decades on tion of NATO and America in Europe and summit in Germany, where he confirmed know even fewer bounds. governments to push forward with the externalization of the assistance of China, particularly on an the Middle East. that such an agreement had been signed, This must be taken into consideration their asylum policy. For example, the EU’s emergency trust economic level, to prop up its failing and China and Russia for years have along with $10 billion worth of other before Trump or Congress considers how fund for Africa is already aiming to externalize the bloc’s asy- utterly despotic regime while counting as propped up diplomatically and economi- agreements, as both leaders grinned and the United States tightens the screws on lum policy and to tackle migration “at the roots”. well on the neutrality of Russia, with which cally both North Korea and Syria -- often shook hands. China -- or Russia for that matter. Uganda’s success story allows it to show that African coun- it shares a sliver of its northern frontier. exercising their vetoes in the UN Security So, with Russia now firmly in its corner, After the latest expulsions and sanc- tries are also able to host refugees, which in turn supports Eu- Indeed, North Korean territory is bare- Council to beat back Western challenges and the 2,615-mile frontier the two na- tions engineered by Washington and ropean efforts to withhold migrants and refugees before they ly 100 miles from the main Siberian port to their allies’ more outrageous actions. tions share thoroughly secure, how much Moscow, it’s hardly likely that Trump will reach EU borders. On the other hand, this positive narrative of Vladivostok, where Russia happened to That the two powers are joining forces further will China go in defying Trump? be able to use any goodwill from Putin strengthens the hands of people pushing for a more liberal and stage the eastern tranche of its Naval Day can only give comfort to North Korea and How long might Beijing stay quiet on to influence Chinese rhetoric or activities open refugee policy in the West: “Look, if this poor country in exercises last weekend. Syria, knowing that it will now be even further pressures against Kim Jong Un’s over North Korea. Africa can host all these refugees, we should certainly do it!” At the same time, additional Naval harder for the United States to influence headlong dash toward a nuclear arsenal Now, Trump must reflect carefully how Such one-sided success stories, depicting Uganda’s ref- Day exercises were taking place at the their actions. and intercontinental ballistic missiles? truly potent a combined Sino-Russian al- ugee policy as an example to the world, hamper a critical huge Russian air and naval base at Tartus This new reality should not have come At present, North Korea poses no liance may be as a counter to any moves questioning and a debate about durable solutions for the in Syria on the eastern Mediterranean, as a surprise. real threat to China. And it won’t until its he might consider going forward. fundamental problems South Sudanese refugees are facing. which Russian media reported included On June 7, Chinese Defense Minister present government collapses and large (Source: CNN) Second, the story also comes in handy for Uganda. At best, six warships. the country can be described as a “hybrid” democratic regime. This success story allows it to deflect attention from its semi-au- thoritarian tendencies, as shown in the regime’s recent efforts to Time for Stephen Bannon to start worrying? abolish presidential term limits (effectively allowing a presidency for life), or neglect the international call for an independent inves- These are dangerous days for Stephen incomes of the wealthiest Americans re- tigation into the army’s behavior in a conflict in Western Uganda. Bannon, President Trump’s brain. A new main high as part of any comprehensive Third, the Ugandan success story is crucial for NGOs and book about the White House chief strate- tax reform. humanitarian aid agencies. They use stories like this one to raise gist portrays the president as the empty Bannon “understands the base more much-needed funds for the victims of the South Sudanese crisis. vessel into which Bannon poured his ide- than anybody else in the building, and All these hidden interests naturally make it difficult for ology and agenda, propelling the two of may be the only person in the build- journalists to tell a nuanced story about refugee experienc- them into the White House. The book, ing who’s thinking three or four moves es in Uganda. But, the way journalists obtain stories about “Devil’s Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald ahead,” says Barry Bennett, a former ad- Uganda’s refugee policy is also part of the problem. Trump, and the Storming of the Presiden- viser to the Trump campaign who makes Humanitarian organizations cy,” by Joshua Green, a reporter who has a nice living offering public relations Much of the reporting on this issue is done through press known Bannon for years, is a best seller counsel to Trump’s Twitter targets, like the trips organized by embassies or humanitarian organizations. that gives Trump second billing. That’s government of Qatar. “He is very keyed This kind of hit-and-run journalism consists of a number of made the empty vessel very angry. into middle-class America. In the White pre-arranged field visits and interviews, highlighting the pos- Trump’s White House is drifting so dan- House he may be their only advocate.” itive work of the organization and Uganda’s refugee policy. gerously that we find ourselves searching But as the Chinese idiom goes, the So, presenting Uganda’s refugee policy as a success story for ballast in unlikely places. There’s Jeff shot hits the bird that pokes its head out. benefits all actors concerned and makes journalists’ jobs a lot Sessions, who refused to resign his post Last week Trump channeled his ire at Ban- easier. But how is this narrative affecting the refugees? as attorney general amid daily humilia- non through the Mooch’s potty mouth, It is true that Uganda and the humanitarian organizations tions. The new chief of staff, John Kelly, whose barking-mad phone call to The working in the region are making an enormous effort to host the got off to a good start by arranging the New Yorker — I’m paraphrasing mightily refugees. But they are not offering long-term solutions and the sacking of Anthony Scaramucci, the inept here — impugned Bannon as a self-pro- refugees’ future in Uganda is still in question. The humanitarian and mercifully short-lived communica- moter exploiting the president to “build agencies will eventually scale down their efforts and leave, and tions director. Last week Trump channeled his ire at Bannon his own brand.” the refugees won’t be able to survive solely by cultivating the And then there’s — ready for this? through the Mooch’s potty mouth, whose Trump’s departed Mini-Me probably small plots of land given to them by the government. These lands — Bannon, the alt-right ideologue who’s barking-mad phone call to The New Yorker — didn’t come up with that characterization are too small to provide a decent living and the local population emerged as one of the steadier hands on on his own. Now that Reince Priebus, the still officially owns them. As a result, refugees are constantly feel- the ship. During the bile-filled, Breitbart- I’m paraphrasing mightily here — impugned fired chief of staff with whom he’d had an ing uncertain about their future in the country for good reason. fueled campaign, Bannon encouraged Bannon as a self-promoter exploiting the alliance of sorts, is gone, Bannon might Such one-sided success stories, depicting Uganda’s refugee Trump, who called him “my Steve,” to president to “build his own brand.” be worrying about his future, too. policy as an example to the world, hamper a critical questioning toss all convention overboard. Now, while Bannon is a wily operator who’s and a debate about durable solutions for the fundamental prob- Trump tweets and rages, and drifts aim- least seems to represent fealty to what Scaramucci’s appointment, saying Trump dodged many Trump tirades. A former lems that South Sudanese refugees are facing. Also, such rosy lessly from one policy to the next, Ban- Trump voters said they wanted. needed a professional, not another inex- naval officer, he gets along with Kelly, the presentations may be particularly offensive for the people whose non keeps a whiteboard in his office war He also seems, at times, a voice for perienced loyalist, to guide a press shop Marine Corps general who mowed down harsh reality is buried under superlatives. So maybe instead of room with a handwritten list of Trump’s sanity, although in the Trump White whose “messaging” consists mostly of the Mooch. But given Trump’s weakness, praising Uganda it is time to ask questions: Why is Uganda’s refu- campaign promises. Not many of these House that’s a relative term. He object- post-tweet babble. vanity and plain incompetence, there are gee policy so progressive? Who wins, and who loses? And what promises have been checked off. But ed to Trump’s untimely firing of James Policy matters limits to how much Bannon, who helped does this refugee policy mean in practice, in the experiences of what’s interesting is that Bannon is keep- Comey, the FBI director; warned Trump On policy matters, Bannon opposes birth this dysfunctional presidency, can the refugees and host communities who are subject to it? ing such a list, and while it’s easy to disa- against continuing his abusive cam- further troop commitments to Afghani- do to fix it. (Source: Aljazeera) gree with a lot of the items on it, he at paign against Sessions; and opposed stan, and he has urged that taxes on the (Source: The NYT) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AAUGUSTUGUST 33,, 22017017 ANALYSIS 7 Did Hillary scapegoat Russia Playing both sides against the middle: Saudi engages to save her campaign? with Iraqi Shias

By James M. Dorsey By Mike Whitney ly believable? Former CIA analyst, Ray McGovern seems to think so, because he Saudi Arabia, with the Islamic State on the ropes in Iraq, is forging The “Russia hacking” flap has nothing to expounded a very similar scenario about ties to Iraqi Shia leaders and offering to help fund reconstruction do with Russia and nothing to do with a month ago in an interview on YouTube. of Mosul and other predominantly Sunni Muslim cities that were hacking. The story is basically a DNC Check it out: devastated in the military campaign against the jihadist group. invention that was concocted to miti- Ray McGovern– “What did Hillary do? The Saudi outreach to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Aba- gate the political fallout from the nearly …Hillary gathered her war council togeth- di and controversial Shia scholar, politician and militia leader 50,000 emails that WikiLeaks planned er and one fellow says, “I know what we Moqtada al-Sadr, who last week held rare talks in Jeddah with to publish on July 22, 2016, just 3 days can do. We’ll blame it on the Russians.” Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, aims to contain signifi- before the Democratic National Conven- And someone else says, “But it wasn’t cant Iranian influence in Iraq. Mr. Al-Sadr is widely seen as having tion. That’s what this is really all about. the Russians it was WikiLeaks.” balanced his strong sense of nationalism with his relations with Russia didn’t hack anything, it’s a big di- (Guy number 1 says)”Well, that’s a Iran. It was his first visit to the kingdom in more than a decade. version that was conjured up on-the-fly twofer. We hate them both equally , so Mr. Al-Sadr’s visit was a far cry from the days not so long ago to keep Hillary’s bandwagon from going we’ll say WikiLeaks is working with the when as a firebrand he railed against the kingdom, prompting down in flames. Russians.” an Iraqi poet to declare that “with Moqtada’s help we will destroy Put yourself in Hillary’s shoes for a (Ray McGovern) That was two days be- Saudi Arabia.” minute. She knew the deluge was com- fore the convention. Mr. Al-Sadr, who has criticized powerful Iranian-sponsored ing and she knew it was going to be And someone else says, “What would Shia militias fighting the Islamic State alongside the Iraqi army bad. (According to Veteran Intelligence the rationale be?” as well as Iran’s backing of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was Professionals for Sanity, DNC contractor (Guy number 2 says) “C’mon, the Rus- preceded by Mr. Al-Abadi who was received in the kingdom in Crowdstrike claimed to find evidence of sians clearly want Trump to win.” June despite having voiced days before his visit opposition to the Russian malware on DNC servers just (Number 1) “But what about the major In any event, they settled on Russia mainly two-month old Saudi-UAE led diplomatic and economic boycott three days after WikiLeaks announced media?” of Qatar. that it was about “about to publish (Number 2) “Well, the major media re- because Russia had rolled back Washington’s Rivalry with Iran is one of the core issues in the Persian Gulf “emails related to Hillary Clinton.” Clear- ally want Hillary to win, so if we get the imperial project in both Ukraine and Syria, so crisis. The Saudi-UAE alliance has demanded that Qatar curtail its ly, that was no coincidence. The plan to major media on board, well, we really got the media was already in full demonetization- relations with Iran, with which it shares the world’s largest gas field. blame Russia was already underway.) it wired.” mode and raring to go. The Saudi outreach also signals a rare Saudi recognition that Hillary knew that the emails were going (Ray McGovern again) “And if you Iranian influence is a fact in a vicious proxy war that so far has to expose the DNC’s efforts to rig the pri- watch the coverage since the WikiLeaks strike) rather than use all the tools at their Inside Job?” been largely fought by the kingdom as a zero-sum-game. The maries and torpedo Bernie Sanders cam- leak, two days before the convention, the disposal to thoroughly investigate wheth- “Independent cyber-investigators proxy war prompted Saudi Arabia’s ill-fated military intervention paign, and she knew that the media was media content was not ‘how did Hillary er or not the hacking actually took place have now …come up with verifiable evi- in Yemen that has brought Yemen to the brink of the abyss as it going to have a field-day dissecting the steal the election’ but ‘How did the Rus- or not? Isn’t that their job? dence from metadata found in the record battles famine and epidemics, aggravated Syria’s brutal civil war, private communications word by word sians do it?”’ Yes damn right it is. The reason the of the alleged Russian hack. They found and sparked sectarian tensions across the Muslim world. on cable news or splashing them across He’s right, isn’t he? Hillary and Co. FBI never insisted on examining the DNC that the purported “hack” of the DNC … Ibrahim al-Marie, a retired Saudi colonel and Riyadh-based the headlines for weeks on end. It was pulled off the whole ruse without a hitch. servers, is because they knew the story was not a hack…(but) originated with a security analyst, voiced Saudi expectations of its outreach when going to be excruciating. She knew that, The media focused on the “Russia med- was baloney from the get go. Otherwise copy …by an insider. The data was leaked he noted that “the significant improvement in Saudi-Iraqi rela- they all knew that. dling” angle, and the calculating Ms. Clin- they would have kicked down the doors at after being doctored with a cut-and- tions, official and non-official, doesn’t mean that Iran’s domination And how would her supporters react ton slipped away with nary a scratch. It’s the DNC, seized the computers through paste job to implicate Russia…. of Iraq has decreased or will decrease. Dealing with all political when they discovered that their party amazing! brute force, and arrested anyone who Key among the findings of the inde- currents in the Arab world is expected from a country of the king- leaders and presidential candidate were But there was one glitch to the ‘Blame tried to stop them. Those computers are pendent forensic investigations is the dom’s size and stature.” actively involved in sabotaging the dem- Russia’ scheme. There was no hard evi- Exhibit A in the Trial of the Century. They conclusion that the DNC data was cop- ocratic process and subverting the pri- dence of Russian involvement. And, now, should be under lock and key at FBI Head- ied onto a storage device at a speed that maries? That wasn’t going to go over well 10 months into multiple investigations of quarters not collecting cobwebs in the far exceeds an Internet capability for a with voters in Poughkeepsie, now was Russian hacking, there’s still no evidence. basement of the DNC-HQ. The fact that remote hack. Of equal importance, the it? Maybe she’d see her public approv- How can that be? forensics show that the copying and doc- al ratings slip even more. Maybe she’d toring were performed on the East coast nosedive in the polls or lose the election of the U.S.” (“Was the “Russian Hack” an outright, she didn’t know. No one knew. Inside Job?“, CounterPunch) All they knew was that she was in trouble. Capisce? There was no hack. Some- Big trouble. one working inside the DNC (a disgrun- So she reacted exactly the way you’d tled employee?) –who had access to the expect Hillary to react, she hit the panic computers, and who worked on the East The Saudi outreach, despite Saudi Arabia’s designation of Ira- button. In fact, they all freaked out, every- Coast– copied the data onto a storage nian-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah as a terrorist organiza- one of them including Podesta and the device and transferred it to WikiLeaks. tion, constitutes the second time in six months that the kingdom rest of the DNC honchoes. Once they fig- That’s what you call a “leak” not a “hack”. has opted for engagement rather than confrontation. ured that their presidential bid could go There was no hack. Russia was not in- Saudi Arabia in February reversed its cancellation of $3 billion up in smoke, they decided to act preemp- volved. The official narrative is bullshit. in military aid to Lebanon, where Hezbollah is one of the country’s tively, pull out all the stops and “Go Big”. End of story. foremost political forces and part of the government; appoint- That’s where Russia comes into the Naturally, the MSM has completely ig- ed a new ambassador; rescinded its advice to Saudis not to visit picture. The DNC brass (with help from nored the VIPS report just as they ignored Lebanon, a popular Saudi tourism destination; increased flights allies at the CIA) decided to conjure up Sy Hersh’s brilliant article that proved that to Beirut by its national carrier; and welcomed Lebanese Presi- a story so fantastic that, well, it had to Assad DID NOT launch a chemical weap- dent Michel Aoun, a Christian ally of Hezbollah, on a visit to the be true, after all, that’s what the 17 intel ons attack in Syria. That bit of information kingdom. agencies said, right? And so did the elite the servers have not been seized and ex- has been locked out of the MSM cover- Prince Mohmmed reached out to Mr. Al-Sadr as the kingdom’s media including the New York Times, the Well, for one thing, the FBI was never amined just proves what a joke this whole age altogether as it doesn’t jibe with security forces were cracking down on activists in the predomi- Washington Post and CNN. They can’t all given access to the DNC computers. Russia-deal really is. Washington’s “Assad must go” policy. So nantly Shia, oil-rich Eastern Province. The Saudi interior ministry be wrong, can they? Sure, they goofed- Let me repeat that: In the biggest and You see, when a law enforcement too, McGovern’s “verifiable forensic evi- reported earlier this week that a police officer was killed and six up on Saddam’s WMDs, and Iran’s imagi- most politically-explosive investigation agency like the FBI fails so conspicuous- dence” that the Russians did not hack the others injured when their patrol was attacked in the town of Al nary nukes program, and Assad’s fictional in more than a decade, an investigation ly in carrying out its duties, you have to DNC servers will likely be consigned to Awamiyah. Al Awamiyah was home to Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, the chemical weapons attack, but, hey, every- that has obvious national security impli- assume that other factors are involved, the memory hole like every other incon- Shia scholar whose execution in early 2016 sparked a rupture in one makes mistakes, right? And, besides, cations– alleged cyber-espionage by a mainly politics. It’s all politics, right? There venient factoid that doesn’t fit with Wash- Saudi-Iranian diplomatic relations. have I told you how evil Putin is lately and hostile foreign power, alleged collusion is no rational explanation for the FBI’s be- ington’s foreign policy objectives. Canada, which sold $15 billion worth of armoured vehicles how much he reminds me of Adolph Hit- by high-ranking officials in the current ad- havior other than it is following a political The fact that the FBI has not seized the to Saudi Arabia, last week launched an investigation into claims ler? (sarcasm) ministration, alleged treason or collusion script that coincides with the agenda and DNC computers is just one of many glar- that they had been employed in crackdowns on Shias. The in- In any event, they settled on Russia on part of the Chief Executive, and the ambitions of the DNC and other power ing omissions in this farcical investigation, vestigation was based on videos released by Saudi human rights mainly because Russia had rolled back possible impeachment of a sitting presi- players behind the scenes. Investigative but there are others too. Like this: Did you activists that purported to show the use of Canadian vehicles in Washington’s imperial project in both dent– the FBI has not yet secured or ex- journalist Gareth Porter summed it up know that there are two eyewitnesses in past crackdowns in the Eastern Province rather than the current Ukraine and Syria, so the media was al- amined the servers that may or may not perfectly in a brilliant article titled Foisting the case that have not yet been ques- operation in Al Awamiyah. ready in full demonetization-mode and provide compelling forensic evidence of Blame for Cyber-Hacking on Russia. He tioned? That’s right, there are two people Saudi engagement with Iraqi leaders comes in advance of raring to go. All the DNC needed to do cyber-intrusion by Russia. said: who claim to know the identity of the per- Iraqi provincial and parliamentary elections scheduled for next was utter the words “Russia meddling” Why? Why would the FBI accept the “…the history of the US government’s son who gave the stolen emails to WikiLe- year. Mr. Al-Sadr’s visit to Jeddah took on added significance and they’d be off to the races. analysis of some flunky organization that claim that Russian intelligence hacked into aks; Julian Assange and Craig Murray. because of his opposition to Mr. Al-Abadi’s rival, former Iraqi Does any of this sound even remote- no one has ever heard of before (Crowd- election databases reveals it to be a clear Murray, who is the former UK ambas- prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, who is widely seen as a major case of politically motivated analysis by the sador to Uzbekistan and a human rights Iranian asset. The visit raised questions of what role Mr. Al-Sadr DHS and the Intelligence Community. Not activist, claims he met the person who may want to play in countering Iranian influence in cooperation only was the claim based on nothing more took the emails from the DNC in a wood- with the kingdom. than inherently inconclusive technical indi- ed area in Washington DC last year. In Messrs. Al-Sadr and Al-Abadi hope that Saudi Arabia will not cators but no credible motive for Russian other words, Murray can settle this mat- only help in funding reconstruction of predominantly Sunni Mus- intelligence wanting personal information ter once and for all and put an end to this lim cities that have been left in ruins by the campaign against the on registered voters was ever suggested.” year-long witch-hunt that has consumed Islamic State, but also in building bridges to a community that (“Foisting Blame for Cyber-Hacking on the media and Capital Hill, prevented the feels that it has been marginalized since the 2003 overthrow of Russia“, antiwar.com) Congress from conducting the people’s Saddam Hussein’s minority Sunni regime. They believe that Saudi Right on, Porter. Facts don’t matter business, and increased the probability Arabia will be able to leverage not only its financial muscle but in the Russia hacking case. They never of a conflagration with nuclear-armed also the fact that many Iraqi Sunni tribes share a common lineage have. The whole approach from Day 1 Russia. with Saudi clans. has been to drown the public with innu- But here’s the problem: The FBI has Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city prior to its takeover by the endo and baseless accusations, while the never interviewed Murray or made any Islamic State in 2014, has been virtually destroyed. Its infra- MSM Carnie barkers pretend that “Rus- effort to interview him. It’s like he doesn’t structure will have to be rebuilt from scratch at an estimated sia meddling” is already settled science exist. In other words, we have a credible cost of tens of billions of dollars. Rebuilding other cities rav- and that only “Putin puppets” would ever witness who can positively identify the aged by the anti-Islamic State campaign has been slow to get doubt the veracity of the media’s loony person who leaked the emails, gave them off the ground. claims. Got that? to WikiLeaks and set off a political fire- Some optimists suggest that there may be more to Saudi But facts do matter and so does ev- storm that has engulfed the Capital and moves. They hold out the possibility that Prince Mohammed is idence. And on that score we’re in luck the country for the last year, and the FBI looking for a back channel to Iran, a role Mr. Al-Sadr could fulfil because McGovern’s group, the Veter- hasn’t interviewed him? as one of the few Iraqi Shia politicians who has reasonable rela- Hillary and Co. pulled off the whole ruse an Intelligence Professionals for Sanity Will someone explain that to me, tions with both the Islamic republic and the kingdom. More likely, (VIPS), released a blockbuster report please? however, Prince Mohammed sees an opportunity to exploit dif- without a hitch. The media focused on the last week that produced the first hard That’s why I remain convinced that the ferences within the Iraqi Shia community towards Iran and the “Russia meddling” angle, and the calculating evidence that Russia most certainly DID Russia hacking story is pure, unalloyed government’s need of help in forging bridges to its Sunni citizens. Ms. Clinton slipped away with nary a scratch. NOT hack the DNC servers. It was a DNC bunkum. There’s not a word of truth to “One thing is for sure. The Saudis did not invite a major Iraqi insider. Here’s an excerpt from the VIPS any of it. Shia cleric to Jeddah just to inquire after his health,” quipped Mid- It’s amazing! article titled “Was the “Russian Hack” an (Source: Counterpunch) dle East scholar Juan Cole. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 INTERNATIONAL AAUGUSTUGUST 33,, 22017017 Rwanda’s forever president

By Bert Ingelaere intimidated and stifled; Freedom House categorizes by an average of about 8 percent a year between 2001 seized half of our files on the pretext that our research’s de- Rwanda as “not free.” and 2014, and that the rate of poverty dropped from sign was tainted by “genocide ideology” — a vague notion There is an election in Rwanda on Friday, but its outcome Mr. Kagame wasn’t supposed to run this time because nearly 57 percent in 2006 to less than 40 percent in 2014. supposedly something like sectarianism that the govern- already is nearly certain: President Paul Kagame will win he would be coming up against the two-term limit set by Neither Mr. Nkurunziza nor Mr. Kabila could proffer such ment often invokes to criminalize what it sees as challenges a third seven-year term. Elections there are not a contest the Constitution. But in 2015 the government proposed an results. to its authority. After lengthy negotiations between World for power. They are the ritual confirmation of the power in amendment and had it sanctioned in a referendum (roundly Mr. Kagame’s supporters, in Rwanda and beyond, sing Bank and Rwandan officials, the project was abandoned. place. criticized by human rights groups), opening the way for Mr. to his tune. In a way, they have to. Western donors and We never determined what the poverty trends were: The Mr. Kagame generally wins by margins that would make Kagame to stand for re-election this year — and again until international organizations may well prefer democratic val- information we had collected was destroyed before it could a dictator proud: In 2010, he scored some 93 percent of 2034. ues to big-man politics. But having poured great sums of be analyzed. the vote. He is the only ruler most Rwandans born since Third mandate in presidency money into Rwanda since the 1994 genocide, they want to Matters have hardly improved. Major studies can only the 1994 genocide know. The Rwandans who remember Burundi was condemned internationally in 2015 after be impressed by the headway Mr. Kagame claims to have be carried out by the Rwandan authorities or under their leaders before him have reason to wonder if they will ever President Pierre Nkurunziza flouted term limits to run for made — on economic growth and poverty reduction, but close supervision. Independent researchers have come see another: The state’s mighty security apparatus is quietly a third mandate. Last year, President Joseph Kabila of the also maternal health care and the prosecution of suspected to question the government’s methodology for analyz- eloquent, with all those soldiers and police officers routinely Democratic Republic of Congo skirted term restrictions by mass killers. Asia has tigers; now Africa has found its lion. ing data. patrolling both city streets and the countryside. simply delaying the next election, triggering protests and Many want to believe that while Mr. Kagame may have been Poverty rate Mr. Kagame is up against two innocuous candidates then a crackdown that led to sanctions against his govern- cutting corners on democracy, he has delivered on devel- Officially, the poverty rate decreased by nearly 6 after the national election commission disqualified Di- ment. Yet nothing of the sort has happened to Mr. Kagame opment. percentage points between 2011 and 2014. But Filip ane Rwigara, his strongest opponent, and two other or his administration despite its ploys to keep him in power Consider poverty reduction. Back in 2005, I was sta- Reyntjens, a Rwanda expert at the University of Antwerp, independent contenders. The opposition leader Vic- basically unchallenged. tioned in Rwanda with a World Bank team, working on a has argued that it might actually have increased by about toire Ingabire, who was placed under house arrest in Why? Because Mr. Kagame has been masterful at de- large-scale study of poverty. Six months into it, after we 6 percentage points during that period. Several articles the lead-up to the 2010 election, is now in jail serving flecting criticism of his illiberalism by pointing to Rwan- had collected hundreds of survey questionnaires about the published by the Review of African Political Economy also a dubious 15-year sentence for threatening state se- da’s economic performance. The country is touted as a well-being of ordinary Rwandans and conducted hundreds challenge Rwanda’s official poverty figures, as well as its curity, among other things. Journalists have also been model: The government claims that the economy grew of discussions with villagers, the Rwandan security forces G.D.P. growth rates. 13

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Why is frozen lemon therapy Pear-shaped women benefit from better health, so good for your health? finds study By Olivia Petter

We have often mentioned the wonderful What do I need? Women who have more fat in their hips and thighs are at a benefits of drinking lukewarm water 2 lemons lower risk of heart attacks, strokes and diabetes, a new study with lemon in the mornings, but did A grater had found. you know there are also medicinal How do I prepare it? Published by the journal Cell Metabolism, the research qualities in frozen lemon? It is a very It is as simple as placing 2 lemons shows that having a bit of extra fat in a woman’s lower half acts popular technique where we can take in your freezer for one entire day. as a sponge and stops fat from travelling to the internal organs full advantage of all the properties this There is nothing secret about that. thus, acting as a protectant for the heart and lungs. healthy fruit can provide. Some prepare to cut them in two or The pear-shaped body type is far superior in health terms The frozen lemon therapy’s main three parts beforehand, to make it than the apple-shaped figure, whereby fat is predominantly secret is being able to use, in a simple easier to grate them afterward, but it stored around the middle and can subsequently release and delicious way, the part of the lemon is recommended to freeze them whole. potentially harmful chemicals into the bloodstream more easily. that can do so much for our health: How do I consume my frozen The evidence applied to both men and women, however, the rind or peel. Do you want to know lemons? scientists found that the protective properties of hip and thigh how? We will explain below. Yoghurt with fruit fat is more prominent in pre-menopausal women, who naturally Why is the frozen lemon As we have indicated before, it is ideal store more fat in the lower halves of their bodies than men. therapy so beneficial? to consume 75 grams (2.65 ounces) of However, the research showed that this protectant was less In the first place we must explain frozen lemon each day. To do this, what effective in women who were already overweight, as the fat why it is called the frozen lemon you will do is grate the lemons once levels in their hearts and lungs were already too high. therapy. Many people suffering from they are completely frozen, in order to Lead author Dr Norbert Stefan, who specialised in diabetes cancer usually use this remedy as a consume all of them. Immediately you at the University of Tübingen in Germany, explained that it’s “complement” to their chemotherapy will notice its natural fragrance and you better for people who are at a normal weight to be pear sessions. The reason is based on can include them in your dishes to give shaped than apple-shaped because the hips and thighs “offer lemons’ antioxidant power to fight an original touch with is really delicious. safe storage” for fat cells. the malignant cells and in its ability to We will provide you with a few simple The results were acquired through MRI scans and regular protect the natural defenses. These examples of how you can consume them: health checks which monitored fat distribution. cancer patients undergo, as you know, Include 25 grams (0.8 ounces) of Known as subcutaneous fat, the extra weight on our hips some very aggressive treatments that frozen grated lemon in natural yoghurt and thighs differs vastly from that which settles in our abdomen, seriously attack the immunological The lemon peel has at least 10 times without sugar. known as visceral fat. The latter releases harmful chemicals that system. more vitamins than its juice! It is really Add 25 grams (0.8 ounces) of severely inhibit our cardiovascular health. Thus, it is a very useful treatment frozen grated lemon to your salad for This releases fatty acids into the blood which can lead to in these cases. However, we cannot interesting to know that it is in its own lunch, where you can include spinach, high cholesterol, insulin resistance and diabetes. say this is a 100% effective anticancer outer layer of this medicinal fruit where nuts, fresh cheese, a few pieces of Recent data reported in the journal Menopause found that remedy; it is, as we’ve said, a its best virtues are hidden. salmon and a few cherry tomatoes. black women have 20 per cent less subcutaneous fat than complementary therapy that can You can add frozen grated white women, who were more susceptible to visceral fat. help in these cases, both to prevent Flavonoids like tangerine and also to fight the presence of lemon to any of your fresh infusions, “For black women, higher visceral fat is a determining factor tumors and to counteract the effects of More than 22 different compounds lipids in the blood that cause bad such as a chilled green tea or another for heart fat, whereas with white women, overall adiposity is the chemotherapy. capable of slowing cell oxidation. cholesterol, and which are stored as chilled natural drink, ideal for the mid- factor,” lead author Samar El Khoudary, PhD told MedPage Today. However, the anticancer power of 2. Protect and strengthen the fat in our body. According to what afternoon. “It kind of highlights the importance of considering race and frozen lemon is not its only virtue. We immunological system nutritionists tell us, it would be good .. Frozen lemon also combines well location for heart fat,” he noted. will explain a few more. Why don’t you This is wonderful. The frozen to consume about 75 grams (2.65 in any fruit salad that you make. Such (Source: The Independent) try them? lemon therapy is going to fight many ounces) of lemon each day to help as, for example, a delicious option is to 1. A natural treasure of vitamins of the daily illnesses to which we are lose weight in a healthy way, always prepare a bowl of chopped pineapple, The lemon peel has at least 10 times constantly exposed, such as the classic accompanying this with a healthy three strawberries, half a kiwi, chopped more vitamins than its juice! It is really cold, infections, flus… There are many diet. Why not try it? nuts and about 25 grams (0.8 ounces) Signs it’s time to ditch interesting to know that it is in its own people that prepare themselves, for How do you prepare frozen of frozen grated lemon on top. your doctor outer layer of this medicinal fruit where example, with rich infusions from the lemon? The frozen lemon technique helps its best virtues are hidden, those that lemon peel, but it is important to know Lemon, knife and grater us, as you can see, to make use of the By Maya Brown-Zimmerman usually escape us because we do not that by cooking the lemon it loses up Preparing your frozen lemon therapy benefits of the rind or peel, which we consume it, we always throw out the to 40% of its properties. On the other is so simple that you will not be able to usually throw out. Remember that, from As patients with chronic illness, we’re well-accustomed to peel and only retain the juice. hand, if it is frozen, we conserve all of go without this natural remedy in your now on, you no longer have an excuse: going to the doctor. Many of us have had great medical Do you want to know what types of its benefits and it is easy to consume. daily routine, and not only because is you and your family can now enjoy teams, but I know we’ve all had the experience of seeing vitamins the frozen lemon therapy is And it’s also delicious! it easy to prepare but because of its an “iron” health thanks to this simple a medical professional and leaving upset. Obviously, going to help you get? 3. Frozen lemon to lose weight flavor and the original dishes you can remedy. Why not put two lemons in communication is a two-way street and we need to Pectin As you know, the lemon is a very prepare with it. Take note of what you your freezer today? do our part as patients, as well as have reasonable Vitamin C useful fruit to help detox the body need to do: (Source: steptohealth.com) expectations for our providers. Sometimes though, it becomes necessary to fire a doctor and move on. Here are some hints it might be time to Bananas and cinnamon can help you sleep change doctors: 1) Food is an important factor in getting deep sleep. Your doctor is unapologetic about a mistake. Check out the incredible benefits of bananas and Doctors are humans and therefore mistakes are going cinnamon for sleep, and learn how to make a to happen. If your doctor seems distressed about delicious, natural banana cinnamon tea. the error and changes how they operate to guard Life moves faster with each passing day. Never against another mistake, great! But if your doctor can’t ending work days mean that may people end up understand why you’re upset, downplays the error or taking work home. your feelings, and doesn’t make any relevant changes, Fortunately, many have realized the importance it may be time to give them the pink slip. of taking care of themselves. They’ve learned to 2) Your doctor routinely keeps you waiting past your set aside some time each day for their own health. appointment time and you don’t get your fair share of The problem is that when it comes time to time. I have a couple of doctors who I know will run sleep, we still have high levels of stress. As you late, because they give their undivided attention to probably already know, stress definitely doesn’t every patient. I’m ok waiting an hour, because I know I help you sleep. won’t be rushed when it’s my turn. But if your doctor is That’s why it’s important to remember that food keeping you waiting without reason, that shows a lack not only affects our shape, it also affects all of our of respect for your time. 3) body’s internal functions. Your doctor can’t seem to remember basic facts This means that there are products that relax about your treatment. Doctors have a lot of patients, so of us and others that energize us. Because of this, course they aren’t going to remember every detail about we recommend including the former in your diet, your life. But if it’s been a few months and your doctor is especially in the evening. still asking why you take beta blockers, or suggests cutting Today, we want to talk to you about bananas Cinnamon can help us get rid of fat and is a good substitute for out dairy every appointment, when they’re the ones who and cinnamon. sugar. Meanwhile, bananas help us to activate our muscles to help discovered your child had a dairy intolerance in the first Bananas and cinnamon have gotten a lot of place, well, Houston, we have a problem. 4) negative attention. In part, this is due to their sweet them when we work out. Your doctor is inaccessible after hours. I get that doctors don’t typically get paid for talking on the flavor. This appetizing flavor makes us think of both it, anxiety. All of this makes bananas a great ally in Ingredients phone, but if it’s urgent, there should be a mechanism the fruit and the spice as foods that make us gain getting deep sleep. 1 banana for getting help. I had an instance where we were weight. If you’re looking for a delicious and healthy ½ to 1 tablespoon of cinnamon (depending about to go out of town and I had a question about As a result, many take them out of our diet. addition, we suggest combining a banana with on your taste) my son’s medication. I was told my doctor’s policy was However, that’s making a big mistake. cinnamon. 1 quart of water that questions about medication were only answered Believe it or not, cinnamon can help us get rid How cinnamon aids sleep Preparation in-office: period. Now how to get help after hours is of fat. Meanwhile, bananas help us to activate our Believe it or not, cinnamon is ideal to get rid Put water on to boil in a saucepan while a question I ask when interviewing potential doctors. muscles to help them when we work out. of sugar present in foods. This makes it a perfect preparing the rest of the ingredients. 5) Your doctor is not knowledgeable about your How bananas can help us sleep companion for bananas. Leave the peel on the banana. Wash it as well condition and unwilling to learn. I have Marfan syndrome, a You’ve probably seen tennis players eating Also, it eases digestion, which is very helpful in as possible to remove any of the products it has rare connective tissue disorder. I don’t expect every doctor bananas between matches. The reason is because getting sleep. After all, if you have a heavy stomach been treated with. I come in contact with to be an expert, or even to know of their magnesium and potassium. These minerals or suffer from heartburn, it’s almost impossible to Cut off both tips of the banana. what it is. But, if we’re going to be partners in keeping prevent cramping and provide the body with sleep. Put it in the boiling water with the peel on. me healthy they have got to be willing to learn: from me, energy. To add to this, cinnamon helps circulation and Let it steep for 15 to 20 minutes. experts in the field, and from our national foundation. The magnesium and potassium found in bananas regulates blood pressure. This helps us to relax After 20 minutes, turn off the heat and strain 6) Your doctor is dismissive of your concerns. If prevent spasms while practicing a difficult sport. easier. the mixture. you have a question, you deserve to have it answered This is because they eliminate muscle tension. As you can see, this spice increases the effects Add the amount of cinnamon you have honestly. You know your body the best, and medical However, their benefits go much farther than of bananas. It also counters the negative effects of chosen. professionals should respect that. For example, a friend that. They also regulate blood pressure and bananas at the same time. So, you can eat bananas Thanks to this simple process, this tea made of mine ran into trouble when a doctor insisted on eliminate harmful substances that accumulate in with cinnamon without fear of gaining weight or from bananas and cinnamon will come in handy ordering a drug she’d reported caused her to stop your body. diabetes. for getting deep sleep. It’s best if you drink it one breathing because the doctor didn’t believe that was If that wasn’t enough, it also encourages the Remember, doctors recommend eating hour before going to bed. a possible side effect. Whether it’s over a major issue production of serotonin and melatonin. These cinnamon to treat diabetes, coronary, and vascular Pair it with a relaxing activity. In a little bit of time like that, or something less serious, mutual respect is an are fundamental substances for sleep. They also problems. you’ll notice it’s effects. You will be able to start important aspect of the patient-caregiver relationship. produce pleasure and sleepiness. Let’s look at some delicious recipes with these your day with the energy you need. Are there things I’ve missed? Have you ever fired a Serotonin and melatonin are great substances two healthy ingredients. Want to give it a shot? Tell us how it worked for to have in our bodies. When they are present, they doctor? Bananas and cinnamon tea you! (Source: webmd.com) start to diminish the presence of cortisol and with This is a very easy recipe. (Source: steptohealth.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 HERITAGE & TOURISM AAUGUSTUGUST 33,, 22017017 Ganjali Khan complex evokes Mostowfi al-Mamalek garden made national heritage site everyday life in Safavid-era Iran

HERITAGE TEHRAN — The historical Mostow- deskfi al-Mamalek garden in northern TOURISM TEHRAN — With ‘Interesting waxworks, fascinat- Mazandaran province has recently been inscribed on the deskits lavishly decorated ing tiles’ national heritage list. structures and abundant wax dummies The waxworks clearly illustrate the ac- Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organiza- clad in indigenous outfits, the historical tivities which took place in the old ham- tion Director Zahra Ahmadipour made the announcement Ganjali Khan complex evokes traditions, mam: including a rather chubby chap through a letter to Mazandaran Governor General Rabi Fal- culture and everyday life in Iran during being cleaned! However, the tiles are lah-Jelodar, ISNA reported on Tuesday. Safavid dynasty. beautiful and surprisingly includes figures Located in Kerman, southern Iran, the of both men and women. (Jane_9758 complex is composed of a madrasa, a form the UK; visited April 2017) mosque, a caravanserai, a bathhouse, or ‘17th century complex, well pre- hammam, a water reservoir and a laby- served’ rinth bazaar, all centered on a large public Within the bazaar, it contains a car- square. avanserai and a hammam. Beautifully Covering an area of 11,000 square preserved, the hamam shows through meters, the compound was built upon the life-size mannequins the life in a bath in order of Ganjali Khan who governed Ker- Safavid times. Recommended. (Stefano man and some neighboring areas during M. from Malaysia; visited April 2016) the late 16th to early 17th centuries under ‘Nice hamam-museum in great Safavid Shah Abbas I (r. 1571-1629). surroundings’ With an entrance at the northeastern The hamam-museum is very well re- corner of the square, the mosque though stored, a must-see in Kerman. is small in size enjoys elaborate tilework Even better is the atmosphere of the A view of Mostowfi al-Mamalek garden with its historical and arabesque designs. It boasts a great bazaar that is around and follows mansion in the foreground gilt-pattern inner dome and honeycomb to the Masjid Jameh, one of the best windows. experiences in the whole Iran. (Marek L. Situated near the city of Babol, the garden is named after The hammam has been repurposed from Czech Republic; visited November Mirza Hasan Ashtiani, an Iranian politician commonly known into an anthropology-like museum in 2016) by the bestowed title Mostowfi al-Mamalek. which wax dummies illustrate the work- ‘Interesting cultural place’ The property embraces a late Qajar-era (1789–1925) man- ings of a traditional bathhouse. There is It is a really interesting place to vis- sion - a temporary residence for Mostowfi al-Mamalek who also a display case of antique washing it if you go to Kerman. You get to see served as prime minister on six occasions from 1910 to 1927. utensils. the Iranian culture which is very different. The genuine concept of the Persian Garden interweaves The bazaar is ornamented with exqui- There are statues of men to show how natural elements with manmade components to embody an site plasterwork and wall paintings that this place used to be. (Ehsan-Reznov idea of creating a paradise on Earth by the means of artistic, are well-preserved although they are from Afghanistan; visited February 2016) philosophical, figurative, and religious notions. roughly 400 years old. ‘Absolutely gorgeous’ The caravanserai is based on the four- The complex consists of traditional iwan typology, with guest rooms con- hammam, masjid, bazar, caravanserai, ... Indonesia’s June foreign tourist structed around a courtyard. Shah Abbas This is the old town center of Kerman, arrival growth accelerates I (1571-1629) is credited with building a so a visit to Kerman will not be complete network of caravanserais across Iran dur- without visiting this beautiful buildings JAKARTA (Reuters) — Indonesia’s foreign tourist arrivals ing the much later Safavid dynasty. and getting a sense of old time down- Under tourists’ eyes: town. Photo depicts a traditional bathhouse, part of the Ganjali Khan complex in Kerman, rose 16.17 percent to 910,931 in June from a year earlier, the southern Iran statistics bureau said on Tuesday. Here is a select of comments that vis- From all the sights on offer in this The increase was up from May’s 11.5 percent annual rise. itors to the complex have posted to Tri- complex, I recommend to visit the male mannequins explaining and showing all the copper hammam accessories on The total number of foreign visitors, including those pass- pAdvisor, one of the most popular travel traditional hammam. The hammam is how bathing was done years ago. The display… (Hoda J. from the UK; visited ing through Indonesia’s borders from neighboring countries websites in the world: restored very nicely. There are signs and blue tiling of the inside is gorgeous. Also March 2016) and foreign workers with permits for less than one year, in June was 1.1 million, up nearly 32 percent on year. ICCIMA to stage startup demo on tourism Saudi crown prince announces TOURISM TEHRAN — Iran Chamber of Com- option in this regard.” deskmerce, Industries, Mines and Agricul- Recognizing the necessities for promoting tourism plan for Red Sea tourism project ture (ICCIMA) will host its 4th startup demo on tour- as well as introducing talented designers and inno- ism in Tehran on August 6, in a bid to commercialize vators to investors in this field are amongst the main RIYADH (Reuters) — Saudi Arabia plans to develop resorts technological ideas that may buttress travel sector of goals the event pursues, Mehdizadeh added. on about 50 islands off the kingdom’s Red Sea coast backed the country. The startup demo is organized under the auspices by its Public Investment Fund (PIF), according to a statement A selection of eight Iranian startup businesses will of the Pardis Technology Park, the private sector and carried by state news agency SPA on Tuesday. attend the event, which will revolve around virtual in close collaboration with the Cultural Heritage, Tour- The Red Sea Project, to be built between the cities of tourism, handicrafts, hospitality and recreational facil- ism and Handicrafts Organization. Amlaj and al-Jawh, will offer a nature reserve, diving in ities as dominant themes. Iran has launched extensive plans to bolster its coral reefs and heritage sites. It will break ground in the Back in June, Iman Mehdizadeh, the secretary of tourism sector. Under its 2025 Tourism Vision Plan, third quarter of 2019 and complete its first phase in the the event, said “We have decided to fulfill technol- the country is expecting to increase the number of An undated photo shows a circle of foreign and domestic fourth quarter of 2022. ogy needs [in tourism sector] through indigenous tourism arrivals from 4.8 million in 2014 to 20 million visitors to the ruins of Persepolis, a UNESCO World approaches and methods and startups are the best in 2025. Heritage site in southern Iran. ROUND THE GLOBE Venice and its lagoon Barcelona anti-tourism activists vandalize bikes and bus The youth wing of a Catalan political party video of the bicycle attacks emerged on bike racks in the city and cyclists are fined that “protesting against tourism should nev- Founded in the 5th century and spread over 118 small is- has posted a video of its members vandal- Tuesday. Then Mireia Boya, a CUP member if they lock their bikes to railings or lamp- er mean intimidating people”. lands, Venice became a major maritime power in the 10th izing bicycles, days after it slashed the tires of the Catalan parliament, dismissed Vi- posts. Colau has made herself unpopular with century. The whole city is an extraordinary architectural of a tour bus near FC Barcelona’s stadium la’s “neo-liberalism”, saying it amounted to It followed the attack last week on the the industry after she introduced a mora- masterpiece in which even the smallest building contains and sprayed the windscreen with the slogan “pure economic violence”. tour bus at Barcelona’s Camp Nou stadi- torium on new hotels and cracked down works by some of the world’s greatest artists such as Gior- “Tourism kills neighborhoods”. “We are constantly asked to repudiate um in which passengers, many of then with on illegal holiday apartments in response gione, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese and others. Arran, the youth wing of the radical CUP violence when the violence is provoked by young children, believed they were being to growing disquiet over tourism in the city, The UNESCO World Heritage property comprises the (Popular Unity Candidacy) party, has claimed the Catalan government,” Boya said. attacked by terrorists. which has grown exponentially in recent city of Venice and its lagoon situated in the Veneto Region responsibility for the anti-tourism campaign. Laura Flores, a spokesperson for Ar- One said he was expecting someone to years. of Northeast Italy. In this lagoon covering 50,000 km², na- CUP, which is propping up the centre-right ran, said the vandalism was “a response to come armed with a gun or a knife and was In the past year there have been a se- ture and history have been closely linked since the 5th nationalist Catalan government, has been the violence we face every day. The street relieved when it turned out they were just ries of protests as residents complain that century when Venetian populations, to escape barbarian criticized over its refusal to condemn the must be allowed to speak, it’s the only place painting graffiti. massive tourism and rising rents are driving raids, found refuge on the sandy islands of Torcello, Jesolo attacks. where we can fight.” Although the bus attack took place last them out of their city. Several hotels have and Malamocco. Santi Vila, the Barcelona city councilor The most recent attacks were against Thursday it did not come to light until Fri- been paint-bombed this year and anti-tour- in charge of business, said the CUP was tourist bicycles that are locked to public bike day. The delay prompted former Barcelona ist graffiti has appeared in many parts of the “making a big mistake”, adding that Arran’s racks and that users can release via an app. mayor Xavier Trias to accuse the incumbent, city. campaign harmed the image of Barcelona The scheme is a sore point among the Ada Colau, of a cover-up. The tour bus company, which carries and Catalonia and “won’t help the cause of city’s cyclists and many have complained “Covering up acts of vandalism is the 5.3 million passengers a year, estimated the independence”. that public facilities paid for by taxpayers are same as justifying them,” he said. damage to the bus at €1,842 (£1,600). The CUP had remained silent until the being used for profit. There are insufficient Colau tweeted soon after the bus attack (Source: The Guardian) Where sand dunes and camels in Japan evoke the Sahara One reason for Tottori’s absence of tourists is its By Motoko Rich relative isolation. While Japan’s system of shinkansen, Shortly after I posted a picture on Instagram from the or bullet trains, makes travel around the country ex- sand dunes of Tottori on the west coast of Japan, a tremely convenient, no lines stop in Tottori. But it is These temporary settlements gradually became per- friend from Brooklyn commented, “Where is this?” just over an hour by plane from Tokyo Haneda Air- manent and the initial refuge of the land-dwelling peas- The subtext: This could not possibly be Japan, right? port, and there is a convenient bus that connects the ants and fishermen became a maritime power. Over the With its steep hills of creamy golden sand and vast airport in Tottori to the center of the modest city… centuries, during the entire period of the expansion of expanses ruffled into scalloped patterns by the wind, The dunes are protected as a national park, and Venice, when it was obliged to defend its trading markets Tottori evokes a scene out of the Sahara. There are there is no charge to climb them. It’s a great work- against the commercial undertakings of the Arabs, the even camels to ride. out for the thighs — in some places the sand reaches Genoese and the Ottoman Turks, Venice never ceased to Although these dunes are not the largest in Japan 165 feet. As in many places we go in Japan, I was consolidate its position in the lagoon. (those are in Aomori, in the north, and used for mili- impressed by the number of fit elderly people who Human interventions show high technical and creative tary exercises), the sand dunes of Tottori are the larg- could keep up with the rest of us… skills in the realization of the hydraulic and architectur- est that are accessible to visitors. For sand boarding, you get a board, a helmet al works in the lagoon area. The unique cultural heritage But even in Japan, the dunes are more famous for and about two minutes of instruction in how to bend their literary connotations than as a travel destination. The sand dunes of Tottori, on the west coast of Japan, are your knees, grab your thighs and slide down a steep accumulated in the lagoon over the centuries is attested the largest that are accessible to visitors. by the discovery of important archaeological settlements They were the setting for Kobo Abe’s classic novel “The slope that bottoms out at the ocean. My son and in the Altino area and other sites on the mainland, which Woman in the Dunes,” but among Japanese tourists, We live in Tokyo, a city of immense crowds and tower- husband caught on quickly, though they both had were important communication and trade hubs. Tottori, the least-populated region in Japan, ranks just ing buildings. But when I took a walk with my daugh- some spectacular wipeouts that left their faces cov- (Source: UNESCO) 43rd among 47 prefectures in attracting visitors. ter along the dunes, it was easy to leave behind any ered in sand… That makes it a very relaxing place for a getaway. sign of other people. (Source: The New York Times) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AAUGUSTUGUST 33,, 22017017 SCIENCE 11 Scientists just revealed a hidden Strong and elastic spider secret about the sun’s inner core silk can help retrain nerves to grow after damage The innermost region of the Sun is hid- explains, “with up-and-down, as well as den from our eyes, and it looks like this horizontal motions like waves in the sea.” Spiders may have an invaluable role to play in repairing ex- stealth has enabled the core to conceal a Analyzing g-mode tensive nerve injuries, according to Christine Radtke, a pro- massive secret. Using some 16 years’ worth of fessor of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Austria’s Me- For the first time, scientists have been SOHO observational data, the re- dUni Vienna/Vienna General Hospital. In trials, Radtke has able to accurately measure the rotation searchers were able to isolate a kind of been using the impressively strong spider silk of the gold- of the solar core, revealing that it doesn’t g-wave called a g-mode, by analyzing en orb-weaver spider from Tanzania to help heal extensive turn at the same speed as the surface – how long it takes a sound wave to trav- nerve injuries of more than five centimeters in length. but rotates nearly four times faster. el through the Sun and back to the sur- “Spider silk is very strong, but also very elastic, which While researchers had considered face again: a trip known to be 4 hours, aren’t common properties to find together,” Radtke told Dig- the possibility that the Sun’s core rota- 7 minutes. ital Trends. tion might not keep pace with its outer By combing through the readings, The microsurgical technique Radtke has helped develop face, up until now there was no way of they uncovered a series of modulations involves filling veins with spider silk as a sort of longitudinal knowing for sure – and many assumed – like a sloshing motion of underwater guide structure. “If you’re missing a piece of nerve so that the whole Sun turned as one, like an inte- waves – that showed them how g-waves there is a gap, the remaining nerve will have to cross it by grated merry-go-round. were shaking the Sun’s core. growing,” she continued. “However, in order for the nerve to But the latest data, sourced by the The results suggest that the Sun’s core find the right way to grow it needs a guidance structure. ESA and NASA’s Solar and Heliospher- rotates in full about once per week, which Unfortunately, most materials have the effect of inhibiting ic Observatory (SOHO), provides the is almost four times as fast as the solar nerve growth. Spider silk, on the other hand, is a material that first evidence of a kind of low-frequency surface and intermediate layers, which nerves love. They will attach to it, and then follows the fibers High-frequency waves By contrast, g-waves oscillate deep in gravity wave (g-wave, not the same thing vary: rotating in 25 days at the equator, directly. It’s like a rose trellis.” Up until now, scientists have been the solar interior, and while they can tell as gravitational waves) reverberating and 35 days at the poles. In an animal trial, this technique was shown to be capable able to measure higher-frequency us about the behavior of the core, they through the Sun, which turned out to be “This is certainly the biggest result of of repairing nerve damage of distances up to six centimeters, waves, called pressure or primary waves have no clear signature at the surface. the key to capturing the core’s rotation. SOHO in the last decade, and one of SO- in such a way that the nerve grew back correctly over nine (p-waves), which pass through the upper The “solar oscillations studied so far “We’ve been searching for these elu- HO’s all-time top discoveries,” says Bern- months. During this time, the spider silk guidance structure layers of the Sun and are easily detected are all sound waves, but there should sive g-waves in our Sun for over 40 years, hard Fleck, SOHO project scientist from broke down naturally, without causing any kind of negative on the solar surface. also be gravity waves in the Sun,” Fossat and although earlier attempts have hint- NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. reaction. ed at detections, none were definitive,” As for how this rotational discrepancy (Source: Digital Trends) says astronomer Eric Fossat from the The “solar oscillations studied so far are all came about, the researchers’ best guess Côte d’Azur Observatory in France. sound waves, but there should also be gravity is that it’s a throwback to the Sun’s very “Finally, we have discovered how to beginnings. unambiguously extract their signature.” waves in the Sun,” Fossat explains. (Source: sciencealert.com) Scientists turn to big data in Scientists identify first flowering plant from 40m years ago hunt for minerals, oil and gas A 140 million-year-old bloom bearing a striking resem- For the new study, scientists led by Dr. Herve Sau- Scientists searching for everything from oil and gas to copper blance to a water lily was the mother (and father) of quet, from the University of Paris-Sud in France, com- and gold are adopting techniques used by companies such every flowering plant living today, scientists believe. bined models of flower evolution with information from as Netflix or Amazon to sift through vast amounts of data, a No fossils of the flower have been found, but scien- a huge database of present-day floral traits. study showed on Tuesday. tists inferred what it must have looked like after analyz- A picture of their reconstructed primeval flower appears The method has already helped to discover 10 car- ing a mass of botanical data. in the latest issue of the journal Nature Communications. bon-bearing minerals and could be widely applied to explo- The first angiosperm, or flowering plant, had a simple In outward appearance, the ancient flower looks sim- ration, they wrote in the journal American Mineralogist. “Big arrangement of layered petals and contained both male ilar to a water lily. Its key feature is multiple whorls of data points to new minerals, new deposits,” they wrote of the and female reproductive organs, according to the study. petal-like structures arranged in sets of three. findings. Flowering plants evolved relatively recently during Within the flower head were (male) stamens that The technique goes beyond traditional geology by amass- the age of the dinosaurs, brightening up a drab planet shed pollen towards the center and a spiral of raised ing data about how and where minerals have formed, for previously dominated by ferns, horsetails and mosses. (female) carpels. The male and female organs were sep- instance by the cooling of lava after volcanic eruptions. The Effect on ecosystems arated from one another. data can then be used to help find other deposits. “Minerals occur on Earth in clusters,” said Robert Hazen, Their appearance had a dramatic effect on ecosystems Living species gave rise to whorled structures. It suggested that the re- executive director of the Deep Carbon Observatory at the and the climate and drove the rapid evolution of pollinating The researchers wrote: “In spite of similarities with verse was true, and whorls came first. Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington and an author insects. Today, angiosperms represent 90% of all land plants some extant (present day) flowers, there is no living spe- The team concluded: The “origin of the angiosperm of the study. and are vital to the survival of terrestrial life. cies that shares this exact combination of characters.” flower remains among the most difficult and most im- “When you see minerals together it’s very like the way that However, few fossils of the earliest flowers exist and The whorled petal pattern challenged the belief of portant unresolved topics in evolutionary biology. their origins are still poorly understood. many experts that spiraled petals evolved first and later (Source: The Telegraph) humans interact in social networks such as Facebook,” he said. Hazen said the technique was also like Amazon, which recommends books based on a client’s previous orders, or by Tehran Advanced Research Development Center Launches Summer School in Khatam Varsity media streaming company Netflix, which proposes movies based on a customer’s past viewing habits. The Institute “For Development of Advanced Research an calendar year in 1396 (started March 21, 2017, he “They are using vast amounts of data and make correla- in Tehran” is tantamount to a qualitative island and at said: “International Trade has experienced an increas- tions that you could never make,” he told Reuters. the international level. ing growth trend in half a century ago while volume (Source: Reuters) The “Summer School” was held at Khatam Univer- of economic productions has doubled in the last three sity on Monday and Tuesday July 31 and August 1 at decades. In addition, volume of international exchang- the initiative taken by Tehran Advanced Research De- es has been quadrupled.” velopment Center.” In the same direction, world production chain has Genome sequencing shows The “Summer School” was held with the subject of intertwined increasingly, he said, adding: “Treaties, spiders, scorpions share “International Trade”, the Public Relations Dept. of the agreements and international trade organizations have bank reported. a strong role in world’s trade relations.” ancestor It should be noted that three summer schools will be In the end, Dr. Majid Qassemi Chief Executive of Bank held in the current and next months in Khatam Univer- Pasargad and Chancellor of Khatam University said: “It is In collaboration with scientists from the UK, Europe, Japan sity with the subjects of “International Trade” in Econo- according to the international level set up in Khatam hoped that pertinent shortfalls and weaknesses will be and the United States, researchers at the Human Genome my, checking concurrent system (in Computer Science) University.” settled by focusing on the International Trade sector.” Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine have dis- and Energy Economy. Like previous year, these summer Relying upon its Iranian talents and elites across the Dr. Fatemeh Dadashian the Director General of the covered a whole genome duplication during the evolution schools are presented by the leading and distinguished world, this prestigious academic center is of the top and Nongovernmental Higher Education Office of the Min- of spiders and scorpions. The study appears in BMC Biology. university lecturers from worldly renowned and reputa- leading universities in the region, he said, adding: “With istry of Science, Research and Technology was the next ble universities such as Stanford, Cambridge, MIT, and the coordination made in this regard, this academic speaker who pointed to the education as a bedrock for Geneva. Indiana, Libre de Bruxells universities, etc. center will join world’s most prestigious academic centers.” the sustainable development and said: “We are very Dr. Majid Qassemi Chief Executive of Bank Pasar- The meeting was held with the aim of organizing glad that the private sector has been empowered in gad and Chancellor of Khatam University was the first the future of the country and giant steps have thus far line with realizing objectives of resistance economy speaker who expressed his satisfaction on the ve- been taken at this academic center in order to be a along with the government.” hement interest of youth and young adults to study regional hub using distinguished domestic and foreign Khatam University has paved suitable way for the sciences and said: “The Summer School is the initiator thinkers and scientists, he maintained. transfer of experienced and technical knowhow, so that of activities of Tehran Advanced Research Develop- Turning to the subject of “International Trade” as youth and young adults can be considered as good- ment Center and is tantamount to a qualitative island the first course of Summer School in the current Irani- will ambassadors for this subject, she ended. BIM Plays a Leading Role in Realizing Objectives of Resistance Economy Bank of Industry and Mine (BIM) plays has thus far played an important role in maintained. ministrative bureaucracy process, pay- Researchers have long been studying spiders and scorpi- an important role in materializing objec- the improvement of economic and pro- Turning to the current problems facing ing more attention to the industrial and ons for both applied reasons, such as studying venom com- tives of resistance economy. duction situation coupled with the gen- production sector in the country, he said: production plans in less developed and ponents for pharmaceuticals and silks for materials science, Representative of people of Sanandaj, eration of employment opportunities.” “Currently, there are many problems and disadvantaged provinces coupled with and for basic questions such as the reasons for the evolution Divandarreh and Kamyaran constituen- Due to its high potential in booming bottlenecks on the way of booming pro- facilitating pertinent activities are of the and to understand the development and ecological success cies in the Islamic Consultative Assem- small and medium-sized enterprises duction in the country, so that many eco- salient activities of the bank.” of this diverse group of carnivorous organisms. bly (Iranian Parliament also called Majlis) (SMEs) in the country, Bank of Industry nomic enterprises have been shut down In the end, he expressed his special As part of a pilot project for the i5K, a project to study the pointed to the activities and perfor- and Mine has shown excellent perfor- due to lack of revolving capital.” thanks to the chief executive of Bank genomes of 5,000 arthropod species, the Human Genome mances of Bank of Industry and Mine in mance than other banks in the current He, who is member of Plan and of Industry and Mine Eng. Afkhami Sequencing Center analyzed the genome of the house spider recent years and said: “Bank of Industry year named after the “Resistance Econ- Budget Commission in the Islamic Con- who managed to create a considerable Parasteatoda tepidariorum - a model species studied in labo- and Mine is a development bank which omy, Production and Job Creation”, he sultative Assembly, said: “Reducing ad- change at this bank. ratories - and the Arizona bark scorpion Centruroides sculp- turatus, - the most venomous scorpion in North America. Analysis of these genomes revealed that spiders and scor- GOLGOHAR Co. Named Exemplary Industrial Unit in Kerman Prov. pions evolved from a shared ancestor more than 400 million GOLGOHAR Mining & Industrial Company was introduced dustrial and mining company for his unflinching efforts years ago, which made new copies of all of the genes in its an exemplary industrial and production unit in Kerman Prov- taken in this regard. genome, a process called whole genome duplication. Such ince, Public Relations Dept. of the company reported. The company constructed large development projects an event is one of the largest evolutionary changes that can For this purpose, a grand ceremony was held on Thurs- in the current Iranian calendar year in 1396 (started March happen to a genome and is relatively rare during animal evo- day July 27 on the occasion of Day of Industry and Mine, 20, 2017), he said, adding: “Construction operation of lution. held at the amphitheater of Kerman Province Chamber some development projects of the company is underway.” Dr. Stephen Richards, associate professor in the Human of Commerce, and salient activities and performance of Of the most important development projects of the Genome Sequencing Center, who led the genome sequenc- GOLGOHAR Mining & Industrial Company, regarded as company, it can be referred to: designing 1st mega ing at Baylor, said, “It is tremendously exciting to see rapid one of the largest mining and industrial companies in the module of Sponge Iron (DRI) Production Plant, GOLG- progress in our molecular understanding of a species that country, was appreciated deservedly. OHAR Steel and Iron Development Company and also we coexist with on planet earth. Spider genome analysis is It is worth mentioning that a Plaque of Honor was GOHARAN Combined Cycle Power Plant with the pro- particularly tricky, and we believe this is one of the highest awarded to Eng. Iman Atiqi Chief Executive of this in- duction capacity of 332MW electricity, etc. quality spider genomes to date.” (Source: EurekAlert) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 LIFE&SOCIETY AAUGUSTUGUST 33,, 22017017 Iran’s 50th nature school Iranian students win medals at Intl. Biology Olympiad inaugurated

SOCIETY TEHRAN — Iranian students succeeded in ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — The 50th 2025) with the goal of creating about deskwinning several medals at the 28th Interna- desknature school across 1.5 million job opportunities in the tional Biology Olympiad (IBO) which was held in the United Iran was inaugurated at Tehran’s Pardisan country, he added. Kingdom on July 23-30. Park on Tuesday. The schools aim at improving the Mohammadjavad Meghrazi and Alireza Darziramandi “The increase of urbanization and youngsters’ environmental literacy, both won gold medals, Moein Qasemi earned a silver medal industrialization leads to several mental knowledge and understanding of the and Shaqayeq Khanmohammadi received a bronze medal. and physical injuries and diseases environment and the circumstances and IBO is an association that including depression and unhappiness conditions affecting it. organizes a yearly biology in people especially children,” the chief Taking 17 mobile nature schools competition for secondary of the Department of Environment nationwide into account, there are school students, who are Masoumeh Ebtekar said during the currently 50 nature schools up and winners of their respective inauguration ceremony. running in the provinces of Tehran, National Biology Olympiad. She referred to the creation of nature Hamedan, Isfahan, Khorasan Razavi, Their skills in tackling bi- schools as a way to promote the feeling South Khorasan, Mazandaran, Gilan, ological problems, and deal- of happiness among people living in Golestan, Fars, Yazd, East Azarbaijan, ing with biological experi- urban areas. Kermanshah, and Kordestan. ments are tested. Interest in Mahmoud Darvish, an official at the Nature school is not interfering with biology, inventiveness, crea- Department of Environment, said for his the normal school operating under tivity and perseverance are part that children aging 3 to 12 can enroll Education Ministry’s supervision, rather it necessary. in the schools. is a place for the children to spend their In bringing together gift- The creation and expansion of free time, enjoy environmental activities ed students, the IBO compe- nature schools is in line with the 20-year there with their parents, and get in touch tition tries to challenge and national development plan (ending in with nature. stimulate these students to expand their talents and to pro- mote their career as scientists. A very important point is gathering young people from Scientists concerned over ‘potentially deadly’ fungus identification app over the world in an open, friendly and peaceful mind. A photo recognition app designed to help foragers several species of mushroom. This means it could end Sheriff stressed the app should not be considered Every participating country sends four students. They are identify wild mushrooms has been condemned by up mistaking poisonous mushrooms for edible ones. the definitive tool for deciding what’s safe to eat, accompanied by two team leaders who represent the country. scientists as “potentially deadly”. If such is the case, mushroom-picking could be made however. It should be noted that Iran will host the IBO 2018. Mushroom – the new mobile app – uses photographic dangerous for several foraging enthusiasts. Speaking to VICE, he said: “No one is going to and artificial intelligence in an attempt to distinguish Amanita phalloides – known also as “the death cap” memorize every species of mushroom in the world, between different mushroom varieties in the wild, but – are becoming increasingly common across Europe even if you’re a genius,” suggesting Mushroom is some scientists are concerned over the app’s accuracy. and North America, which makes the app’s potential to intended more as a reference guide, than an all- Panda in French zoo According to mycologists (those who study fungi) cause harm more alarming to sceptics. inclusive tool for mushroom-hunting. expecting twins, Chinese and seasoned foragers, it isn’t always easy to tell Death caps are easily mistaken for edible species Sheriff has stated his intentions to expand the app’s poisonous and edible varieties apart without close due to their pleasant taste and rose-like aroma, but precision to match that of books on wild fungi, and the experts on hand to help inspection. are estimated to pack enough toxins to kill a human app has since been renamed. “I can photograph and Agaicus campestris” said in just 30g. But research scientist, Samuel Banister highlighted A giant panda in France’s Beauval zoo is expected to give expert forager, Cab Davidson via Twitter, “they’re Fourteen people were reported to have fallen ill that even specialists can have issues identifying birth to twins in the next few days under the watchful eye indistinguishable. Only one can hospitalize you.” last year due to mushroom poisoning in Northern mushrooms purely on appearance. of two Chinese birthing specialists, the zoo said on Tuesday. Environmental scientist, Grant Williamson added California, with three requiring liver transplants. Even if it is expanded, the app could still be open to “We’re expecting twins,” said Delphine Debord, the zoo’s to the Twitter debate by calling Mushroom, “the most In 2013, a gardener in Bridgewater suffered organ inaccuracies. Following the controversy, inexperienced communications director. “An ultrasound today confirmed it.” potentially deadly app I’ve ever seen.” failure after cooking them into soup. Some scientists foragers have been advised to leave any wild plant Huan Huan and her partner Yuan Zi came to France on As noted by app creator - Nicholas Sheriff - Mushroom have warned against using the app exclusively when alone unless they are absolutely certain it’s safe. loan from China in 2012, their arrival hailed as a sign of is still in its beta stage, and struggles to correctly identify out exploring, for fear it may result in similar poisonings. (Source: The Independent) warming diplomatic ties between Paris and Beijing. While an adult female panda can weigh up to 125 kilo- grams (275 pounds), a baby panda weighs barely 120 grams How to throw stuff away without any regret (4 ounces) at birth. A team of 15 people, including two Chinese carers, vets By Leon Ho trying to determine usefulness of an item: Frequency: “Even back then, I didn’t The hidden perk of decluttering and an animal behavior specialist will be on hand to assist Exaggerating or over-emphasizing its wear it a lot.” The real value of the declutter formula In the average American home, there are the delicate birth at the zoo near the city of Tours. The new- need in the future. Acquisition Cost: “I could order some- is more than saving money and space. It is over 300,000 items. That’s true even though borns will be placed in an incubator. Underestimating the cost and space it thing similar online in the next five minutes.” also saving you mental energy. 1 in 10 Americans (and rising) rent offsite “In the wild, a panda mom doesn’t raise two babies,” De- takes up. Storage Cost: “This and similar items There’s a massive amount of mental en- storage and even though the size of the bord said. “They will be handed to Huan Huan one after the Ignoring the storage cost. are taking up 3/4 of my closet.” ergy involved in organizing and cleaning American house has tripled in the past 50 other for feeding.” But here’s a way out. Retrieve Cost: “It’s so two years ago, too…” old clothes and items, or even preparing years. Do some math too: the average Huan Huan and Yuan Zi, whose names translate as “Joy” The declutter formula In such a situation, you get rid of the yourself to do it. There’s also a large amount American home ownership tenure is about and “Podgy” respectively, are due to stay in France until 2022 The best acronym to move past this is clothing. It’s not going to add value or use- of mental energy involved in ignoring what 9-10 years, meaning people are accru- before being returned to China. Their offspring will stay in using the framework RFASR: fulness in the future. you need to do, which is a common tac- ing 30,000+ items each year to reach the France until the age of two or three. Recency — “When was the last time I If there’s an emotional attachment (e.g. tic of those with clutter. Think about this: if 300,000 total above. (Source: Reuters) used this?” a gift from someone you care about) try to I hand you a white piece of paper with a What is all this stuff, though? It can take Frequency — “How often do I use this?” remember this: when it was presented as a large black dot and say “Don’t think about many forms: loose change we’ve been Acquisition Cost — “How difficult/ex- gift, it already achieved its primary goal. Two the dot,” you will have to try hard not to LEARN ENGLISH hoarding, kids’ old toys, outfits that don’t fit pensive is it to get this?” or more years later, it’s just clothing taking up think of that black dot. That’s plenty of en- or went out of style, screws and nails, sta- Storage Cost — “How much space space. That doesn’t change the connection to ergy spent on trying not to think of the dot. Household Chores tionery, or items that we have an emotional and maintenance cost is it tied to?” the gift or the person who gifted it. It’s the same with getting your house in attachment to, like an old a concert pro- Retrieve Cost — “What costs are as- While the declutter formula can help you get shape. You know all that clutter is there. You A: Kevin, what is this mess? It looks like a pigsty in here! Clean gram or record player. sociated with retrieving it or it becoming rid of the stuff you have already collected and know you need to declutter. But you keep this up! People tend to keep more things be- outdated?” help you decide whether you should collect or finding ways to ignore or procrastinate on B: Ok dad, I will do it in a minute, let me just finish this level cause they believe that someday in the fu- As you ask yourself these questions, buy things, there’s always a dilemma when you it, and that’s actually reducing your attention of this game. ture, these things will be useful or gain value. plug in this equation: want something more than you need it. and priority away from where it should be. A: No,I said now! Plus, you are grounded, you’re not allowed to This is right to an extent. These items, es- R (Low) + F (Low) + AC (Low) +SC To combat it, consider waiting a week The best way to re-focus on what mat- play video games. I want you to make your bed, do the laundry pecially ones with emotional memories, are (High) + RC (High) = Not Worth It to make the purchase. In the week, think ters to you and reduce distractions is by re- and then come downstairs and sweep the floors. not trash, but whether or not these things For example, a typical declutter scenar- about that equation and think about the peatedly applying the formula, you’ll have are useful for their owners is a question. B: That’s so unfair! io for many families is clothes, which often relative degree of want and need. If you a house full of (a) things you like and (b) It’s not easy to kickstart decluttering and A: You have to pull your weight around here young man. flows like this: decide to purchase the new item, get rid things that are valuable to you. That’s a deal with all the 300,000+ items, most people Recency: “I last wore this over two of one item at your house. One in and one My house, my rules. huge win in the decluttering game. run into these three problems when they are years ago.” out is a relatively simple rule here. B: But I already mopped the floors, dusted the furniture and (Source: Lifehack) vacuumed the rugs! A: That’s great, but you still have work to do, so get to it. Key Vocabulary ENGLISH IN USE mess: disorder LLEARNEARN NEWSNEWS TRANSLATIONTRANSLATION grounded: to be punished and not allowed to go outside sweep: to clean the floor with a broom or brush pull your weight: to help or collaborate in the household ﻃﺮﺡ ﺍﺻﻼﺡ ﮔﺬﺭﻧﺎﻣﻪ ﺑﺮﺍﻯ ﺧﺮﻭﺝ ﺯﻧﺎﻥ ﺍﺯ ﻛﺸﻮﺭ ﺩﺭ ﻣﺠﻠﺲ dust: to remove dust and dirt Majlis mulling to ease passport ﺑﺮﺭﺳﻰ ﻣﻰﺷﻮﺩ mop: to clean the floor with water and a mop rules for women vacuum: to use an electric device to suction dust and dirt ﺑــﻪ ﮔــﺰﺍﺭﺵ ﺭﻭﺯ ﺟﻤﻌــﻪ ﺧﺒﺮﮔــﺰﺍﺭﻯ ﺍﻳﺮﻧــﺎ ﻃــﺮﺡ ﺍﺻــﻼﺡ ﮔﺬﺭﻧﺎﻣــﻪ ﺑــﺮﺍﻯ ﺗﺴــﻬﻴﻞ ﺩﺭ ﺧــﺮﻭﺝ ﺯﻧــﺎﻥ ﻓﻌﺎﻝ Supplementary Vocabulary The Iranian parliament (Majlis) is considering a bill that would facilitate ﺩﺭ ﺣـ ـﻮﺯﻩ ﻫــﺎﻯ ﻣﺨﺘﻠــﻒ ﻭﺭﺯﺷــﻰ، ﺍﻗﺘﺼــﺎﺩﻯ ﻭ ﻋﻠﻤــﻰ ﺍﺯ ﻛﺸــﻮﺭ ﺍﻛﻨــﻮﻥ ﺩﺭ ﻣﺠﻠــﺲ ﺷــﻮﺭﺍﻯ ﺍﺳــﻼﻣﻰ wax: to put a greasy substance on a surface to make it shiny the procedure of passport issuance for female athletes, scientists, and polish: to make smooth and shiny by rubbing or chemical traders, IRNA reported on Friday. ﺑﺮﺭﺳــﻰ ﻣــﻰ ﺷــﻮﺩ. .action “Following some problems created for female athletes for taking ﭘﺮﻭﺍﻧــﻪ ﺳﻠﺤﺸــﻮﺭﻯ ﺭﺋﻴــﺲ ﻓﺮﺍﻛﺴــﻴﻮﻥ ﺯﻧــﺎﻥ ﻣﺠﻠــﺲ ﺷــﻮﺭﺍﻯ ﺍﺳــﻼﻣﻰ ﻧﻴﺰ ﭘﻴﺸــﺘﺮ ﮔﻔﺘــﻪ ﺑــﻮﺩ ﺩﺭ ﭘﻰ take out the trash: action of taking the trash outside to be ﺑــﺮﻭﺯ ﻣﺸــﻜﻼﺗﻰ ﺑــﺮﺍﻯ ﺑﺮﺧــﻰ ﺑﺎﻧــﻮﺍﻥ ﻭﺭﺯﺷــﻜﺎﺭ ﺑــﺮﺍﻯ ﺷــﺮﻛﺖ ﺩﺭﻣﺴــﺎﺑﻘﺎﺕ ﺑﻴـ ـﻦ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻠــﻰ ﻃــﺮﺡ ﺍﺻﻼﺡ collected part in international competitions, an amendment to the Article 18 ﻣــﺎﺩﻩ 18 ﻗﺎﻧــﻮﻥ ﮔﺬﺭﻧﺎﻣــﻪ ﺗﺪﻭﻳــﻦ ﻭ ﺗﻘﺪﻳــﻢ ﻣﺠﻠﺲ ﺷــﺪ ﻛﻪ ﺑﺮﺍﺳــﺎﺱ ﺧــﺮﻭﺝ ﺯﻧﺎﻥ ﺍﺯ ﻛﺸــﻮﺭ ﺭﺍ ﺗﺴــﻬﻴﻞ do the dishes: to wash the dishes proposed to the Majlis, which would facilitate the exit of women ﺧﻮﺍﻫــﺪ ﻛﺮﺩ. iron: action of using a hot flat surface to remove wrinkles from the country,” Iranian female lawmaker Parvaneh Salahshouri from clothes previously said. ﻭﻯ ﮔﻔــﺖ: ﺍﻟﺒﺘــﻪ ﺩﺭ ﺍﻳــﻦ ﻃــﺮﺡ ﻣــﻮﺍﺭﺩ ﺍﺿﻄــﺮﺍﺭ ﺗﻌﺮﻳــﻒ ﺷــﺪﻩ ﻭ ﺧــﺮﻭﺝ ﺍﺯ ﻛﺸــﻮﺭ ﺑــﺮﺍﻯ ﻣﻌﺎﻟﺠــﻪ ﻧﻴــﺰ ﺩﺭ (Source: irlanguage.ir) She said that leaving the country for medical treatment is also ﺍﻳــﻦ ﺯﻣــﺮﻩ ﭘﻴــﺶ ﺑﻴﻨﻰ ﺷــﺪﻩ ﺍﺳــﺖ. .included in the bill, however it is proposed just in urgent situation

ENGLISH PROVERB PHRASAL VERB ENGLISH IDIOM Waste not, want not Work through Walk on air

Have an idea? Explanation: if you never waste anything, you will Meaning: deal with, resolve a problem, often Explanation: when you are happy or excited be- have is when you need it emotional cause of a pleasant event that makes you feel as if Be in touch! For example: Sam never let his leftovers spoil in For example: It took him a long time to work you were floating, you are walking on air the refrigerator but made sure to eat them. “Waste through his anger after he lost his job. For example: Sophie has been walking on air [email protected] not, want not,” he said. since her painting won first prize. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AAUGUSTUGUST 33,, 22017017 WORLD IN FOCUS 13 Pakistan must detach self from Qatar’s defense minister: U.S.: Imran Khan Future of PGCC in doubt

Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan “I firmly believe that the army should 1 “Qatar, since day one, was calling for dialogue and says Islamabad needs to detach itself not have a role in running the govern- I think today this language is prevailing in the PGCC,” he said. from the United States and pull out of ment,” Khan said. “The constitution gives “We all support his highness Sheikh Sabah of Kuwait and we the “war on terror” in order to achieve me that power.” trust his wisdom. I think is the direction we are seeing this go now.” prosperity and peace. “I will stand up for what I believe is in Al-Attiyah’s statements came two days after the foreign The former cricket star told The the interest of Pakistan. It doesn’t mean I ministers of the Saudi regime-led group met in the Bahraini Guardian on Tuesday that he was con- am anti-anyone,” he added. capital of Manama. fident that his party would win parlia- He said sending troops into the tribal At the meeting on Sunday, the four countries said they will mentary elections next year and that he areas to fight fellow Pakistanis on behalf only enter dialogue if Doha agrees to certain demands and would become prime minister. Pakistan’s of the U.S. “is madness.” “fights terror”. Supreme Court dismissed former Prime Relations between Pakistan and the “The four countries are ready for dialogue with Qatar with Minister Nawaz Sharif from office in a U.S. have been frayed over the past dec- the condition that it announces its sincere willingness to stop verdict on Friday over corruption allega- ade, with U.S. officials constantly accusing funding terrorism and extremism and its commitment to not in- tions. The Pakistani parliament has picked Pakistan of what they term as its unwill- terfere in other countries’ foreign affairs and respond to the 13 Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, an ally of Sharif, ingness to act against the Pakistan-based demands,” Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed to hold the prime ministerial position un- Haqqani network. al-Khalifa said after the meeting with his counterparts. til the elections. The administration of U.S. President On June 22, the Saudi regime-led group issued a 13-point “Sadly, our ruling elite took dollars Donald Trump announced last month list of demands, which included the shutdown of Al Jazeera, from the Americans and went into this that it was withholding $50 million in limiting ties with Iran and expelling Turkish troops stationed in war [on terror],” Khan said. “It has created military aid to Pakistan over its failure to the country, as a prerequisite to lift the sanctions. such hatred in our society. It has created crack down on the militants. Qatar has vehemently rejected the demands, and said turmoil.” slaved” the country and that, if it were up He also said he would boost civilian Khan’s political party, Pakistan Tehreek- the sanctions imposed by the four countries were violating Khan said he was ready to change Pa- to him, Islamabad would reject U.S. aid rule in the country as prime minister. e-Insaf (PTI), holds a fraction of the seats international laws. kistan’s international relations. entirely. Pakistan has witnessed a dec- held by the ruling party, Pakistan Muslim (Source: Al Jazeera) ‘Completely against receiving aid “Aid cripples the country,” Khan said. ades-long tug-of-war between its mili- League (PML-N). Nevertheless, Khan be- from U.S.’ “It enslaves the country. You are dictated tary and civilian government, a fractious lieves his party runs a chance of winning He said he believed that Washington’s decisions from abroad. I’m completely relationship that Khan said he would be the elections next year. against this.” able to amend. (Source: Press TV) Ex-Swedish PM: Trump support for Pakistan’s military had “en- causes Europe meltdown Saudis blocking fuel to UN Saudis building beach resorts if he blows up Iran deal 1 Europe would certainly not go along with this, for aid planes in Yemen on Red Sea one because it would risk undercutting the elaborate inspec- tions systems that the agreement depends on. But primarily because Europe has seen that the deal actually works — if anything, it’s the United States that is behaving questionably — and Europe has absolutely zero appetite for a new cas- cade of conflicts in a region on its doorstep. There could be some applauding a collapse of the deal, no- tably the hard-liners in Iran who were as opposed to the deal as Trump evidently is. Confrontation with the United States would make it easier for them to harden the system against a society in which most the younger generation is clearly moving in a more liberal direction on policy in general. As any visitor to Teh- ran can testify, Iran is among the most Western-like societies in the region. It’s certainly not an easy place to contend with; it’s a The United Nations has said that the been accused of blocking aid to Yemen. The House of Saudi regime has started economically by the year 2030. self-conscious society and a system with deep traditions of how House of Saud regime is blocking jet Lootsma also announced an out- a huge development program aimed at He says it is aimed at ending Saudi to deal with the outside world. Its economy is at the moment the fuel delivery to planes trying to deliver break of meningitis in Yemen, which is turning 50 islands and other locations regime’s “addiction” to oil, and it en- most dynamic in the region, and it boasts an impressive base of humanitarian aid to Yemen’s capital city already suffering from a cholera epi- on the Red Sea into luxury resorts, as visaged raising non-oil revenues from talent and technology. Sana’a. demic and is at the risk of famine. part of attempts to diversify the king- 43.6 billion dollars in 2015 to 267 billion But there is more to the picture than that. With the Unit- According to the UN’s country direc- He noted that the situation in the dom’s economy, as oil prices drop. dollars by 2030. ed States walking out of the Paris climate accord, cutting UN tor of the UN Development Program, country is “very bleak” and several new A promotional photo released by Riyadh is currently dealing with funding and sowing doubts about NATO and other trade Auke Lootsma, on Tuesday, the global cases of meningitis have been detected Riyadh showing some 200 kilometers economic struggles brought on by a commitments, the Iran agreement isn’t about Iran alone. It’s body operates two aid flights into Sa- in Yemen. of Saudi’s western coastline that is due budget deficit of nearly $100 billion in about upholding confidence in the international order. na’a from Amman and Djibouti, which The House of Saud regime has been to be turned into tourist attractions. 2015 caused by a sharp slump in oil So, if Trump pursues a meltdown with Iran, he will also due to lack of fuel get stranded in Yem- leading the campaign against Yemen to Construction of the project is set prices as well as Riyadh’s rising military trigger a meltdown with Europe. Another one, to be precise. eni capital. reinstate the former government and to begin in 2019. The first phase will expenditure, a large amount of which “We have difficulties obtaining per- crush the Ansarullah (Houthi) move- include construction a new airport is being funneled into its military cam- mission from the coalition and from ment. The campaign has seriously plus several luxury hotels and resi- paign against Yemen. Court acquits two ex-PMs the government of Yemen to transport damaged the country’s infrastructure. dences. The campaign, which lacks any in- over protester deaths in 2008 this jet fuel to Sana’a to facilitate these Local Yemeni sources have put the The project is part of the so-called ternational mandate and has faced in- flights,” he said. death toll from the Saudi regime war Vision 2030 plan which is spearhead- creasing criticism, has claimed the lives Two former Thai prime ministers have been cleared of abuse The fuel must arrive in Sana’a via at over 12,000, including many women ed by Saudi regime Crown Prince Mo- of more than 12,000 people, most of of power in a case involving an anti-government protest in the port city of Aden which is in control and children. hammed bin Salman who claims it will them civilians. (Source: Press TV) (Source: Press TV) 2008 that turned deadly. of Riyadh. The Saudis have repeatedly be capable of transforming the country Thailand’s highest court in Bangkok on Wednesday ac- quitted Somchai Wongsawat, his then-deputy Chavalit Yong- Saudi Arabia seeks to end U.S. lawsuits over 9/11 attacks chaiyudh and two former police officials. They had been accused of authorizing the police to use The House of Saud regime has asked a United States nationals with ties to their government, such as Omar force against protesters who had blockaded the National judge to dismiss 25 lawsuits filed against it in relation to al-Bayoumi, a Saudi national who has connections to Assembly building. A pitched battle erupted, injuring several its alleged support of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Saudi diplomats. hundred people and causing two deaths. court documents filed late on Monday afternoon show. A trove of declassified documents suggested evi- A judge said the court could not conclude the injuries In a filing in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, dence of collusion between the hijackers and Saudi Ara- protesters sustained were from police weapons and gre- lawyers representing the Saudi regime claim the plain- bia described as “chilling” by investigators. nades, according to the AP news agency. tiffs - who represent thousands of victims who died Congress initiated an inquiry on November 27, Thaksin’s brother-in-law and were injured in the attacks, as well as businesses 2002 into the attacks. A report totaling over 1,000 pag- Somchai is the brother-in-law of another former prime minis- and insurers - cannot prove the Persian Gulf state sup- es was published in 2004. There were 28 pages left out ter, Thaksin Shinawatra, whose removal in a 2006 coup triggered ported the al-Qaeda-affiliated men who hijacked and of the report on the orders of former President George sometimes-violent battles for political power in Thailand. crashed planes into New York’s World Trade Center, the W. Bush, which became a source of controversy. Thaksin’s supporters see the various criminal cases against Pentagon outside Washington, and a Pennsylvania field. These pages were finally made public in July 2016, him and his allies as attempts to erase his influence from Thai Nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks. though no definitive answers arose, and further possible political life. The House of Saud regime also claimed it deserved ties between al-Qaeda and the Saudi embassy in the Somchai thanked the court after its verdict and said he sovereign immunity. U.S. were uncovered, as phone numbers saved in the was grateful there was still justice in the country. Chavalit - James Kreindler, a lawyer representing those killed in phone of an al-Qaeda operative captured in Pakistan possible legal action against states that support terror- who served as premier in the nineties - did not comment. the September 11 attacks, told Reuters news agency the were linked to Saudi consulates in the U.S. ists who commit violent acts on U.S. soil. They could have faced up to 10 years in prison if they had filing was “expected … We have tons of allegations of Former Senator Bob Graham, the co-chair of Con- Then-President Barack Obama attempted to veto been convicted. what many Saudis and the country’s alter ego charities gress’s 9/11 Joint Inquiry and one of the voices alleging the bill after months of Saudi regime threats and lob- The ruling, however, angered a small group of protesters did. Saudi Arabia cannot hide from the facts.” the Saudis and the hijackers were connected, told Po- bying, but the U.S. Congress overrode Obama’s veto in outside the court, some of them participants in the October Saudi regime’s lawyers introduced several exhibits litico he no longer called the U.S. government’s actions 2016. The override was widely praised as a step towards 2008 protest. One woman shouted “Let them all get terrible which they say support their claims. One such exhibit a “cover-up”. That would be “a passive activity. What justice for the victims of the deadliest attack on U.S. soil diseases that can’t be cured and die painful deaths!” as Som- was an executive summary from the CIA (Central Intel- they’re doing now I call aggressive deception.” in history by much of the U.S. public. chai walked away. ligence Agency) dated to 2005, which says there was The 25 cases were previously in danger of being Lawyers for the plaintiffs have until October 2 to file (Source: agencies) no evidence that Saudi Arabia supported the attackers. thrown out, due to a legal inability for U.S. citizens to documents in opposition to the motion. But doubt has long circled over claims that the Saudi sue foreign governments for support of extremist. Lawyers on both sides declined Al Jazeera’s request regime wasn’t involved. It is known that 15 of the 19 Then, in 2015, lawmakers introduced the Justice for comment. Rwanda’s forever president hijackers were Saudi citizens, and several met with Saudi Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), which made (Source: Al Jazeera) 8 I’m of the view that expanding individual freedoms Australia asks why MP Khalil Eideh was denied U.S. entry is essential, not incidental, to a country’s long-term devel- opment. As Angus Deaton, a Nobel laureate in economics, Australia’s government has called on the gent inquiries of the U.S. authorities as to Eideh said he had a U.S. visa and was The U.S. President Donald Trump’s said to a Rwandan minister in 2015, “improvements in public United States to explain why a politician what happened, and why Mr. Eideh was given no explanation for why he was de- Muslim ban went into partial effect in health can never be truly secure in nondemocratic states.” with dual Australian-Syrian citizenship refused entry to the United States last nied entry. June. But I concede that Rwanda has made remarkable economic was refused entry last week. week,” Foreign Minister Julie Bishop’s of- “To me it is unacceptable, because I’m Under the ban, visitors from Iran, progress since facing near-total destruction in 1994, and that Victoria state Member of Parliament fice said in a statement on Tuesday. representing the Australian people, the Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen some think it is still worth debating the merits of trade-offs (MP) Khalil Eideh, a 62-year-old who was “The U.S. authorities are following up Victorian people,” he said. must prove they have a “bona fide rela- between democracy and development. born in Lebanon to Syrian parents, was on our request for information.” The U.S. Customs and Border Protec- tionship” to a U.S. person or entity to be Whatever one thinks of these issues, however, everyone travelling with other politicians on gov- Having returned to his hometown of tion agency did not immediately respond allowed entry to the U.S. should be concerned that the Kagame government has been ernment business when he was prevent- Melbourne on Saturday, Eideh told re- to a request for comment on Tuesday. The ban has faced a number of court fudging, hiding or selectively presenting the raw facts of its ed from flying from Vancouver, Canada, porters that he had been “discriminated Eideh had a U.S. visa and was part of challenges since a revised version was economic record. Rwanda may be forgoing democracy for to Denver, Colorado. against”. a group of Victoria politicians examining announced by the Trump administration development only to wind up with no democracy and far less “At the foreign minister’s request, Aus- “I’m very, very disappointed and frus- the effectiveness of drug laws and regu- in March. development than many think. tralia’s embassy in Washington made ur- trated,” he added. lations in Europe and North America. (Source: AP) (Source: The New York Times) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORT AAUGUSTUGUST 33,, 22017017 Neymar tells Barcelona Ronaldo hits out after court appearance in tax case he is leaving: club Cristiano Ronaldo has hit out at the ‘insects’ that attack him after his court appearance over tax allegations. The 32-year-old forward made a 90-minute appearance to answer questions from Judge Monica Gomez Ferrer on Monday in Madrid to determine whether he committed tax fraud worth almost €15m. He later shunned the waiting media – who were not allowed inside the court room – when leaving but took to social media that evening. The Real Madrid forward posted on Instagram: “What bothers people is my glow. Insects only attack lights that shine.” Media outlets in Spain also reported that Ronaldo implied during his appearance in court that it was only because of his status that he was being investigated. “I am only here because my name is Cristiano Ronaldo,” he told the judge, newspaper El Mundo reported. His representatives said Ronaldo told the judge he had always filed his tax returns and “never had the intention of evading taxes”. Lionel Messi was found guilty of defrauding €4.1m in taxes last year, fined €3.6m and sentenced to 21 months in prison. However, the jail term was later suspended. (Source: Eurosport) Neymar’s record-breaking 222 million euros transfer to clause. It would potentially be in breach of UEFA Financial percent of its revenue. French side Paris Saint-Germain moved a step closer on Fair Play rules, he told Spanish sports newspaper AS. PSG’s 2015/16 revenue came to 521 million euros, Wednesday when Barcelona said he had informed them of However, UEFA told Reuters on Wednesday that no according to Deloitte’s Football Money League report Forever a Roma his intention to leave. complaint had been received, adding that European issued in January. star - Totti´s final shirt His move to PSG has been heavily flagged in European football’s governing body would not block any potential 550,000 Euros a Week? media but has yet to be completed. deal in advance. Media sources across Europe reported that Neymar will sent into space “The player Neymar Jr, accompanied by his father and “UEFA will look into the details of this transfer in due now head to Paris to continue negotiations on a potential agent, has informed FC Barcelona this morning of his course to ensure PSG are compliant with FFP requirements,” six-year deal worth more than 550,000 euros a week. The Francesco Totti may have retired, but he will always be a star decision to leave the club in a meeting held at the club’s the UEFA statement said. striker only arrived back in Spain on Tuesday after trips to for Roma after a replica of his final iconic number 10 jersey offices,” Barcelona said in a statement. “The transfer of Neymar to PSG will have an effect on China and the Middle East. was launched into space. “The club refer to the buy-out clause of his existing the club finances over several years but the impact of such Neymar has been active on social media, sharing an After 28 years, 786 competitive matches, 307 goals contract which as of 1 July totals 222 million euros.” an operation cannot be judged in advance, notably as PSG excerpt from the New Testament (Philippians 4:11) on and one Serie A title, Totti Earlier the 25-year-old arrived at the club’s training could well sell several players for a significant amount. Instagram which said “I am not saying this because I am brought his one-club career ground to tell team mates he was moving to Paris, Catalan “We shall therefore only make calculations at the end in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the to a close at the end of last radio RAC1 reported. The Brazilian striker left the training and make sure that they respect the rules.” circumstances. season. area minutes later, it said, with the club confirming on PSG are one of the world’s richest clubs following their “I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is His final appearance for Twitter that he had been given permission not to train. 2012 takeover by Qatar Sports Investments, an arm of to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content the Giallorossi was a 3-2 In October, the player signed a new Barcelona contract Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, which has transformed ...whether living in plenty or in want.” victory over Genoa on May until 2021 in which his buy-out clause was raised to more their fortunes. A PSG spokesman declined to comment. 28. than double the biggest transfer fee in soccer history. Under the fair play rules - which Andrea Traverso, Neymar signed for Barcelona from Brazilian side Santos The 40-year-old will In an interview published on Wednesday, the president UEFA’s FFP project leader, was last week quoted by Italian for 57.1 million euros in 2013, although it was later revealed remain at the Stadio of the national football league, Javier Tebas, said the league newspaper Gazetta dello Sport as saying PSG were the cost was closer to 100 million euros. Olimpico in a directorial would not accept payment by PSG to trigger the release currently following - a club’s wage bill must not exceed 70 (Source: Reuters) capacity, but in recognition of his stellar efforts on the pitch Roma launched a Nigeria: Iheanacho faces two-year Bale threatens Man Utd transfer if replica of his final shirt out of jail term in U.S. overlooked by Zidane the atmosphere. Totti gave his ascent for the stunt, which came to fruition on Manchester City striker Kelechi REAL MADRID star Gareth Bale is report- Tuesday with his jersey loaded onto the rocket ‘Vega’ that was Iheanacho, 20, who completed medi- edly threatening to join Manchester Unit- launched in French Guiana by space travel organisation Avio. cal at Leicester City yesterday is facing ed if Zinedine Zidane fails to give him the (Source: Sky Sports) problems in the U.S. after allegations chance to overcome his injury woes. were made against him that he may Express Sport understands Manchester have misled a court in Pennsylvania. United are willing to wait until next season With the medical concluded, it now ap- to sign Bale, whose position at Real Madrid Barcelona focus on €180 pears that Iheanacho’s switch to Leicester has grown in uncertainty in recent months. star to replace Neymar City is almost a done deal with just some The Wales international was limited to just paperwork left to complete the transfer be- 26 appearances last term, with hamstring lieved to be worth around £25 million. and calf injuries derailing his campaign. Barcelona are focussing on signing Kylian M’Bappe Iheanacho was linked with a move But, even though he regained his fit- to replace Neymar, according to the latest news to West Ham and other Premier League ness in time for the Champions League from France. clubs before Leicester, the 2016 English final win over Juventus, Zinedine Zidane Barcelona have, according to Le10Sport,already champions who parade Nigerians Ahmed opted to play Isco instead. contacted Kylian M’Bappe’s family. The 18-year-old’s Musa and Wilfred Ndidi, stepped in. With talk rife that Real will land Mona- father is known to play a key role in his son’s decisions. But the transfer to Leicester could documents that will require an explana- co superstar Kylian Mbappe, some reports Barcelona have also spoken to Monaco, especially Bale dates back to Sir Aex Ferguson’s be marred following the legal battles tion from the Nigerian international. have speculated Manchester United could vice-president Vadim Vasilyev. The French outlet claim time in charge. with his previous representatives, Amer- The crucial legal question for Iheanacho yet sign Bale this transfer window. that M’Bappe is now the Catalans’ first priority - one The Scot himself admitted in 2011 that ican-based First Eleven Management, will be whether he did more than merely meet The 28-year-old is likely to be the fall made more urgent by Neymar’s imminent departure he tried to sign him when he was in the after pulling out of a contract with them Galeano or happened to be with him on occa- guy should Mbappe arrive. for Paris. Southampton academy, but was never two years ago to sign with Stellar, who sions. It certainly seems clear they at least met. And Spanish outlet Diario Gol claim M’Bappe scored 26 goals in all comps last season and given permission by the Saints to speak look after Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale. Some of the pictures Galeano has filed he is threatening to join United THIS has attracted the interest of Real Madrid, PSG and half with him. Iheanacho filed pleadings that denied before the court showed Iheanacho by month if Zidane overlooks him at the the Premier League. “We tried to sign him from [Southamp- he knew or spent time with Henry Galeano, his side as he signed a new Manchester start of the campaign. He himself is unsure as to what to do. Initially, it looked ton] as a 17-year-old,” he said. who separately claims he is his former agent. City contract shortly after his 18th birth- He is supposedly calling for the chance like Real Madrid had taken a decisive lead. Monaco “But it never got to the stage of talking to He was alleged to have claimed he be- day in October 2014. to prove himself, knowing that regular game themselves don’t want to sell to PSG - which explains the player. They didn’t accept our offer and lieved Galeano was an alias used by First Elev- The legal position is further complicat- time can see him hit top form once again. why they’ve rejected some monstrous bids, and raised I think they must have alerted Tottenham. en Management co-owner Robert Zanicky. ed because Galeano — in a signed and Bale is aware of United’s interest and M’Bappe’s price to €180 million. “I don’t know the full circumstances New Yorker Galeano was the compa- sworn affidavit submitted to the court — knows that, if he makes the move to Old PSG’s objective is, according to the source, to build but, listen, you try to get the best deal ny’s registered FIFA-licensed agent. claims he spent “hundreds of hours” with Trafford, then he would have the title of its own MSN around Cavani. The alternative to M’Bappe you can. We made a good offer but they UK’s SunSport and the American court the player. club talisman. would be Alexis Sanchez. turned it down.” have been handed a series of photos and (Source: all Africa) The Red Devils’ determination to sign (Source: Calciomercato) (Source: Express) Usain Bolt ‘confident and ready’ ahead of London farewell Montella: ‘No deadline for Just in the unlikely case that the world of athletics did his sprint double in the 2012 Olympics, will rise to acclaim new striker’ not know what they will be missing once Usain Bolt walks him when he settles into his blocks for the last time on away in less than two weeks, the Jamaican superstar’s Saturday night. Milan Coach Vincenzo Montella assures they don’t have final eve-of-race news conference rammed home the Then, other than the relay a week later, he will be gone, to hurry to sign a new striker. message on Tuesday. leaving the sport without the man who has been its focal The Rossoneri were interested in both Alvaro Morata These events have become part and parcel of every global point for a decade. and Andrea Belotti, but the Spaniard moved to Chelsea championship and though Tuesday’s version in east London Tuesday’s event included big screen “farewell and thanks” and Belotti will remain at Toro. lacked the dancing girl razzmatazz of his Rio welcome last messages from the likes of actors Samuel L. Jackson and Other targets include Nikola Kalinic and Pierre-Emerick year, it scored heavily on nostalgia as every aspect of his Idris Elba, former France footballer Thierry Henry, model Aubameyang, but so far no deal has been agreed. stellar career was raked over anew. As always, journalists Cara Delevingne and India cricket captain Virat Kohli, “We’ve stopped for a moment after working so hard and TV crews, around 400 of them, from every corner of the underlining his status as probably the world’s most famous [on the transfer market],” Montella explained in his Press world packed every available space and strained their arms in and arguably most admired sportsman. Bolt, who turns 31 conference ahead of the CSU Craiova game. desperation to get their question answered by the great man, later this month, looked moved by the images, saying: “It’s “We don’t have all this hurry, we’re attentive. There’s who playfully castigated one half of the auditorium for not just brilliant that people in other disciplines respect what no deadline.” giving him an enthusiastic enough welcome. from one of his opponents. you do as they know the work you have to do.” Two of the summer’s signings, André Silva and Hakan Bolt is an old hand of course and rolled out all the His target in London is clear – to sign off with a fourth British TV had screened his “I am Bolt” film on Monday Calhanoglu have been introduced slowly, but Montella familiar answers, but always with grace. His proudest 100m title and a fifth 4x100m relay gold – taking his world night, which opened a window on the rarely seen battles assured there are no issues. moment was winning the world junior title on home soil as haul to 13 to add to his eight Olympic golds - and then he has had to go through to overcome so many injuries “André Silva? The lad is doing well, we know he a 15-year-old while his most satisfying performance was his head off to play football with his friends and have fun. and was a testament to his willingness to work himself needs to grow because he’s just arrived. Yesterday 200 metres world record run in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, “I’m ready. If I show up at a championships you know back into shape year after year. he had a small problem with his finger, I’ll evaluate where he poured all his concentration into getting the mark I’m fully confident and ready to go. I ran 9.95 in Monaco That is one thing he will not miss, and although he whether to play him. he had always wanted, having earlier danced over the line so it shows I’m going in the right direction. Going thrives on the pressure of the big race, he says he is looking “It’s normal for there to be competition at a big club, a when winning the 100m. He explained how his motivation through the rounds always helps me and it’s then about forward to watching the next one from the sidelines. “Oh great player has to deal with these situations. There’s no to keep putting his body through such a punishing regime who can keep their nerve.” yeah, sitting down, talking about it, no pressure,” he said. rush, and he has to adapt. was renewed each year by resetting his goals - with one “It’s go time, so let’s go.” “The next championship should be fun. (Source: Football Italia) often created for him by a casually “disrespectful” remark The London Stadium, where he successfully defended (Source: Eurosport) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AAUGUSTUGUST 33,, 22017017 SPORT 15 IPC lauds Iranian Paralympians Jamaican sprinter says dopers must stop or Siamand Rahman, Zahra Nemati athletics ‘will die’

Rio 2016 was Latin America’s first Paralympic Games, the Usain Bolt says athletes who dope must “stop or the sport best ever in terms of athletic performance, the second will die” as he prepares to race for the final time in his illus- biggest in terms of paying ticket holders and an obvi- trious career. ous choice for the top spot in the Americas Paralympic Bolt, an eight-time Olympic champion and icon of world Committee’s (APC) top 20 moments in history. sport, will retire after this month’s World Championships. “Marvellous Cariocas, you warmly embraced these The Jamaican, 30, will run in the 100m and 4x100m at the Games and took the athletes to your hearts. You made Worlds, which begin in London on Friday. the Paralympics your Games, the People’s Games, and “Hopefully athletes will see what’s going on and what they we will forever cherish our time spent with you,” said need to do to help the sport move forward,” he said. International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Referring to the McLaren report, which uncovered evi- Philip Craven at the Closing Ceremony at the iconic dence of a Russian state-sponsored doping programme, he Maracana Stadium. added: “Personally I think we were at rock bottom. After the The 2016 Paralympics attracted 2.15 million spec- scandal on Russia I don’t think it gets any worse than that. tators, reached close to one billion through the IPC’s “Over the years we’re doing a better job, it’s getting clean digital media, were the most broadcasted in history and we’re catching up to a lot of athletes. There’s an under- and were covered across different media outlets in a standing that if you cheat you will get caught. Over time the record 154 countries. sport will get better. Iran’s Paralympic champion archer Zahra Nema- “I said a couple of years ago it had to get really bad, when ti, who competed at the Olympics as well, said: “The there’s nowhere else to go but up. Doping is always a bad people of Brazil have been very kind to me during the thing and it’s never pleasant because you put in the hard Olympics and the Paralympics. work and the sport starts going forward and then you have “They have been really nice and special the way other guys bringing it back, it’s hard. they treated me. All I have been trying to do is use “It’s going in the right direction so hopefully it will continue this energy I have been getting from them to put it in in that direction.” my sport.” (Source: BBC) Rio 2016 featured 22 sports, two more than at London 2012, with canoe and triathlon making their Paralympic debut. A total of 4,328 athletes from 159 countries, plus an Independent Paralympic Athletes Olympic silver medalist Team, competed. A record 1,670 female athletes par- Gail Emms struggling to ticipated. of 83 countries won at least one medal, the most in On the track, USA’s Tatyana McFadden sealed four “Rio 2016 was an unforgettable experience for me. I Paralympic history. golds and two silvers. In powerlifting, Iran’s Siamand make ends meet could even hear the people cheering for me when I was Cape Verde, Mozambique, Qatar and Uganda won Rahman made history by becoming the first Paralym- underwater. It was incredible,” said Brazil’s most decorated their maiden Paralympic medals. At the same time, pian to lift over 300kg. Olympic badminton silver medalist Gail Emms has admitted Paralympian and swimming legend Daniel Dias. Georgia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Uzbekistan and Viet- Also, Great Britain’s Sarah Storey and New Zealand’s she is “feeling lost” and increasingly struggling to cope since China topped the medals table for a fourth consec- nam took top honours for the first time. Sophie Pascoe became the most decorated Paralympic retiring from her sport in 2008. utive Paralympics, followed by Great Britain, Ukraine, Belarus’ swimmer Ihar Boki left Rio as the Games’ athletes from their countries, in Rio. In a candid post on the women’s sports website The Mixed USA and Australia, who complete the top-five. A total most decorated athlete with six golds and one bronze. (Source: Paralympic) Zone, Emms revealed that she has been rejected for a series of jobs and forced to sell personal items on eBay in order to make ends meet. Iran know rivals at FIVB Volleyball Women’s Iran three-athlete team to travel to The Olympic medallist wrote: “I am feeling lost and with World Championship qualification London on Thursday no direction, no purpose, no career, no identity and who the hell do I go to?” Emms won Olympic silver at Athens in 2004 with mixed doubles partner Nathan Robertson, and the pair also claimed the world title in Madrid in 2006. But having turned 40 last month, she decided to publish personal details of her plight and called for more to be done to assist former athletes fac- ing mental health issues in retirement. “I have a big pile of them now. Letters from my bank to say I have missed yet another payment... and every time I open them, it is another reminder that I feel like I’m failing,” Emms continued. “That I, Gail Emms, Olympic silver medallist, am a failure. “As anyone else in my financial situation will testify, it hurts. I cry a lot and do what I can to make the payment, sell stuff on eBay and hope there is enough work next month.” Emms said she has been rejected for a series of positions, including many in the sports industry, and questioned whether there is enough after-care in place for athletes in retirement. (Source: PA) SPORTS Iran have been drawn sium in Nakhon Pathom from Septem- Iran’s three-athlete contingent will trav- the world’s 3000 Meters Steeplechase deskin Pool B of the 2018 ber 20 to 24. el to London, England on Thursday to for the first time. FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Cham- Pool A consists of China, Kazakh- take part at the IAAF World Champion- Discus thrower Ehsan Hadadi and pionship qualification. stan, Chinese Taipei, Australia and Fiji. ships 2017. sprinter Hassan Taftian are also repre- Kimiko Date set to play The Iranian team have been pitted The Asian section of the 2018 FIVB The prestigious competition will be senting Iran in the event. in Japan Women’s Open against Thailand, South Korean North Volleyball Women’s World Champi- held from August 4 to 13 at the Queen Taftian, Iran’s national record hold- Korea, Vietnam and Thailand. onship qualification acts as qualifiers Elizabeth Olympic Park. er at 10.04, held off Asian record tennis at 46 Team Melli will kick off the competi- for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women’s The IAAF World Championships holder Femi Ogunode by a scant 0.01 tion with a match against powerhouse World Championship, to be held in London 2017 will bring a record 2038 in 10.25 to capture his country’s first TOKYO (Reuters) — Former world number four Kimiko Thailand on September 20. Japan, for national teams which are athletes from 205 teams to the British title in the Asian Athletics Champion- Date has been invited to play in next month’s Japan Women’s The competition will be held at the members of the Asian Volleyball Con- capital. ships in early July. Open barely a fortnight before she turns 47, the Japan Tennis Nakhon Pathom Sports Center Gymna- federation (AVC). Hassan Keyhani will participate at (Source: Tasnim) Association said on Wednesday. The Kyoto native had been awarded a sponsors’ invite for the Sept. 11-17 event at Tokyo’s Ariake Tennis Forest Park, Indonesian club sacks ‘bad’ Messi posts farewell message Kyodo news reported. Date, who initially retired in 1996 but returned to competition Carlton Cole to Neymar in 2008, spent 16 months on the sidelines following a couple of Former England striker Carlton Cole Lionel Messi bid farewell to Neymar af- knee surgeries before launching another comeback in May. was sacked by his Indonesian club Pers- ter Barcelona confirmed that the Brazil A four-time winner of the tournament when it was known ib Bandung on Wednesday after failing star has told the club of his desire to as the Japan Open, Date will be joined by compatriots Naomi to score during the 2017 season. move to Paris Saint-Germain. Osaka, Nao Hibino, Risa Ozaki and Misaki Doi in this year’s The ex-West Ham United front Neymar turned up at Barca’s training edition of the tournament. man was given limited opportunities, ground on Wednesday but did not train Date won her first Japan Open title in 1992, the same year playing in only five matches, often as with Ernesto Valverde’s squad, instead defending champion Christina McHale of the United States a substitute. signalling his intention to leave before was born. With his former Premier League saying goodbye to his teammates. rival Peter Odemwingie shining -- he’s Barca have since released a state- the equal top scorer with 13 goals ment referring PSG to the 25-year-old’s for top-of-the-table Madura United €222 million buyout clause and saying Federer to launch hardcourt -- patience has run out with the it must be paid in full. campaign in Montreal 33-year-old who joined at the start Following the news, Messi wrote on of the season along with ex-Chelsea Instagram: “It was an enormous pleas- Grand slam king Roger Federer will kick off his North American midfielder Michael Essien. ure to have shared these years with you hardcourt campaign and buildup to the U.S. Open by competing “We have decided to let [Cole] go Before his dismissal, Cole had Neymar, friend. I wish you a lot of luck ground on Wednesday, he headed to at the Rogers Cup in Montreal, the Swiss confirmed on Tuesday. because he has failed to perform as lashed out on social media at Muchtar, in the next stage of your life. See you.” the offices at Camp Nou with his father “I’m happy to be coming back to Montreal, as I have not expected,” manager Umuh Muchtar and complained that he had not been He ended the message with “TKM,” short and his friends, where he held a meet- had the chance to play there for many years,” said Federer in told DPA. treated fairly. for “te quiero mucho” or “love you a lot.” ing with high-ranking club directors. a statement released by Tennis Canada. “Maybe he was injured before join- “I have only started two games out Neymar joined Barca in 2013, saying COPE journalist Helena Condis re- “This 2017 season has been very exciting and I am really ing but he wasn’t honest about it.” of, I think, 16 games, because he has one of the reasons was the chance to ported on Wednesday afternoon that looking forward to being back on the court on the ATP Tour.” Earlier in the week, Muchtar had not wanted to play me,” Cole said. play alongside and learn from Messi, Neymar was heading for London, with Federer will be seeking his third Rogers Cup title but first elaborated on his issues with Cole. “So I have come on three times and who has been voted the world’s best Wagner Ribeiro -- who is no longer offi- in Montreal, where he has not competed since 2011 in the “It’s the management’s decision I have only started two games. Me and player five times. cially Neymar’s agent but still does work tournament that alternates between Montreal and Toronto, to dismiss him, we will have a new Michael Essien, we didn’t have a pre- Along with Luis Suarez, who signed for his father’s company, N&N Consulting where he registered his previous wins in 2004 and 2006. player in the second round of the season, so we have had to try and play from Liverpool in 2014, they formed the -- telling her the buyout clause could be It has been a magical season for the 35-year-old Swiss season,” the Persib boss said, ac- catch up. formidable “MSN” attack, leading Barca deposited as early as this afternoon. highlighted by the 18th and 19th grand slam titles of his ca- cording to Sky Sports. “We are in a bad position anyway, so to a Treble in 2015 and scoring 364 goals La Liga president Javier Tebas, reer at the Australian Open and Wimbledon, extending his “He plays very badly compared to he is just trying to point fingers, [rather between them across three seasons. though, had earlier said the Spanish all-time men’s record haul. the other [foreign players] who have than blame] his bad management.” However, Neymar’s desire to step league will not accept the money for “We are celebrating today and the celebrations will con- joined Persib. He had the worst per- According to reports, Cole’s import out of Messi’s shadow and stake his the buyout clause and vowed to com- tinue over the next few days especially since Federer will cel- formance.” spot could be taken by an unnamed own claim for being the world’s best plain about PSG to UEFA and the Euro- ebrate his birthday with us on August 8,” said tournament Persib, 2014 Indonesian champions, Brazilian striker, playing in the second player is reported to be one of the mo- pean Union for what he feels are clear director Eugene Lapierre. are 14th on the Liga 1 table, with 21 tier in Portugal. tives behind his desire to move to Paris. breaches of financial fair play. The Rogers Cup runs from Aug 6-13. points from 17 matches. 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ARTTEHRAN — The Iranian bands Rastak deskand the Aylan Children Dance Group will celebrate Iran’s National Day at Astana Expo 2017 on August 4. Rastak, a folk music ensemble led by tar virtuoso Si- amak Sepehri, is scheduled to perform a repertoire of re- gional Iranian music, while Aylan will give a performance of Azarbaijani dance and music at the expo, some Per- Amir Naderi’s “Monte” hits sian news agencies announced on Wednesday. Iranian folk music ensemble Rastak gives a concert during the 32nd Fajr International Music Festival at Tehran’s Over 100 countries are currently presenting exhibi- Vahdat Hall on Jan. 14, 2017. (Honaronline/Bahareh Asadi) silver screens in Tehran tions under the theme of Future Energy at the Astana The expo opened on June 10 in Astana, the capital place on a site covering 25 hectares, will be open to the Expo 2017. of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The expo, which is taking public until September 10. ARTTEHRAN — The U.S.-based Iranian film- deskmaker Amir Naderi’s 2016 movie “Monte” is Armenia’s Hafez Association holds Friends celebrate 77th birthday of currently on screen at Tehran’s Art and Experience Cinemas ded- icated to screening art films. meeting for Persian language learners novelist Mahmud Dowlatabadi Starring Andrea Sartoretti and Claudia Potenza the 105-min- CULTURE TEHRAN — Friends ute drama was filmed in Italy in the mountainous regions of Alto desk Adige and Friuli. and fans gathered in The film tells the story of Hanuz Bookstore on Tuesday to cele- a man who makes every at- brate the 77th birthday of short-story tempt to bring the sunlight writer and novelist Mahmud Dow- into his village, where his latabadi, the most prominent Iranian family is barely able to sur- novelist of the 1980s. vive because of the prevailing Self-educated and forced to work darkness. from childhood, Dowlatabadi had to Naderi, whose 1985 movie spend part of his younger adult years as a stage actor in Tehran. Writer Mahmud Dowlatabadi blows “The Runner” attracted world- candles during his 77th birthday at Ha- wide attention, received the “Kalidar”, “Desert Strata”, “The Trip”, “The Legend of Baba Sobhan”, “The nuz Bookstore in Tehran on August 1, Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the 2017. (ISNA/Arash Khamushi) Filmmaker Award, an honor Cowherd”, “Aqil”, “Man” and “Missing Soluch” are among Dowlatabadi’s cred- “Thank you for your birth and I am that is given to original and Iranian MPs, diplomats and some Armenian students of the Persian language pose its. happy you had a hard life. Art is not the innovative contributors to at the Embassy of Iran in Yerevan, Armenia on August 1, 2017. contemporary cinema, at the “What made you gather here in this child of pain but is its nephew and it ARTTEHRAN — The lack of funds, the embassy could not place was not me. However, I was the was pain which made you Dowlatabadi. 73rd Venice Film Festival in desk A poster for Iranian filmmaker September 2016. Hafez Association meet all the requests,” he added. reason behind your gathering here,” I am highly interested in you because Amir Naderi’s movies “Monte” He was also honored with in the Armenian capital of Yerevan George Ebrahimi, the director of Dowlatabadi said at the ceremony. you taught us life and helped us toler- the Camillo Marino lifetime achievement award at the 41st edi- organized a meeting of its learners the Hafez Association, thanked Sajja- “It was difficult to gather this num- ate difficulties easier.” tion of the Laceno d’Oro Film Festival in December 2016. of the Persian language on Tuesday. di for organizing a tour of Iranian cit- ber of people in this place, of course Art critic Javad Mojabi expressed A group of Iranian MPs and dip- ies for the students of the center. we could ask for a larger space, literati his congratulations to his friend Dow- lomats, and some Armenian cultural The association is a non-govern- have the opportunity to hold gather- latabadi. WHAT’S IN ART GALLERIES officials also attended the meeting, mental organization that was estab- ings,” he said. ”Dowlatabadi is popular with all the the Iranian reported on Wednesday. lished in 2015 to promote the Per- “I can assure you that I did what I individuals, ordinary and special. He Calligraphy “One of Iran’s main concern is to sian language in Armenian schools could do about writing, reading and had this chance that special people like An exhibition titled “The Preface of Love” will showcase stimulate the development of the and academic centers. learning. I hope to live in a society his works, the ordinary people also do. calligraphy works by Ali-Ashraf Persian language in Armenia,” Iranian The director of the Education and where people won’t be against each So we can say this decade was the dec- Sandoqabadi at Taraneh Baran Ambassador Seyyed Kazem Sajjadi Research Committee of the Iranian other and would have a chance to love ade of Dowlatabadi”, Mojabi remarked. Gallery from August 4 to 14. said at the meeting. Parliament, Mohammad-Mehdi Za- one another,” he added. Several other friends also talked in The gallery is located at 27 He said that the Iranian Embas- hedi, said that development of the “One of the opportunities God has the birthday ceremony followed by a Ladan Alley, Pol-e Rumi St. off sy has received numerous requests Persian language in Armenia can bestowed upon me is that I can like all performance by kamancheh virtuoso Shariati St. from Armenian officials to organize help the cultural relations between the people in their own place. One of Ali-Akbar Shekarchi who played happy Calligraphic painter Ebrahim Persian language courses in Arme- the two countries expand. the secrets of creation is that people birthday song. Vafai will put on display his latest nia. He also added that the students can love each other and respect one Tar virtuoso Hossein Alizadeh, com- collection in an exhibition named “The embassy has helped estab- can play a key role in the expansion another,” he noted. poser Loris Tjeknavorian, actor Reza Ki- “Experience” at Kaveh Gallery from lish some educational centers for of ties in cultural areas as well as in Poet Mohammad Shams Langerudi anian, and writer Hossein Sanapur were August 4 to 9. the Persian language, but due to the political and economic fields. also delivered a short speech. among the participating guests. The gallery can be found at 26 Taibad Alley, Parvin St. off Zafar St. Photo Discovery gains female advertising audience with Scripps deal An exhibition of photos titled “Hymns to the Silence” will hang works by Hadi Azari, Puria NEW YORK (Reuters) — Discovery Communications Inc, pay attention to how many ad dollars go to Scripps because Honarmand, Mahsa Imani, Soheila whose nature and science TV channels attract mostly male they value the viewers of the network’s lifestyle channels such Shams, Sahar Mokhtari and sever- viewers, will reach more women and diversify its advertising as the Food Network and the Travel Channel. al other photographers at Hepta revenue through its acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive “That is the only brand they ask about specifically,” Kanef- Gallery from August 4 to 16. Inc, advertisers said on Tuesday. sky said, noting that its channels are clear buys for certain ad- The gallery is located at 3 Ni- Scripps’ channels, such as Home and Garden TV, have vertisers. kushahr Dead End, Iranshahr St., about twice as many female viewers as male in the 18 to “The Scripps programming is more valuable than Discov- Karim Khan Ave. 34 age range, a coveted group for advertisers, according to ery in my opinion,” he said. “If you’re a food brand, you want Photos by Zohreh Zarfam Nielsen data. The majority of the Discovery Channel’s viewers to advertise with Food Network.” will be on display in an exhibition in that age group are male. Shenan Reed, president of digital at MEC North Ameri- at Shalman Gallery from August 4 Discovery’s $11.9 billion deal to acquire Scripps, an- ca, an advertising media agency that counts L’Oreal among to 6. nounced on Monday, is expected to boost the media compa- its clients, said she had always wanted to see a larger female The gallery is located at 27 Ka- ny’s negotiating leverage as it seeks new audiences. The Discovery Communications logo is seen at their office audience at the network before buying ads on its channels. vusi Alley, West Rudbar St. off Mir- Discovery’s ad revenue, which did not grow in the second in Manhattan, New York, U.S., August 1, 2016. Not much may change for brands already advertising with damad Blvd. quarter from a year ago, may benefit from Scripps’ clout with (Reuters/Andrew Kelly) Scripps or Discovery to reach those audiences, said Barry Painting advertisers, Discovery Chief Executive David Zaslav told ana- around the world.” Lowenthal, president of The Media Kitchen, a media buyer A collection of paintings by lysts on an earnings call on Monday. Scripps posted a 2.5 percent increase in ad revenue in its with clients that include retail and financial services companies. Motahhareh Vakili will be show- Scripps’ programming is well-received internationally, and preliminary second-quarter results. Advertisers would only be affected if Discovery decides to cased in an exhibition entitled Discovery had already been buying its content in Latin Amer- Jason Kanefsky, director of strategic investments at Havas change ad prices or its commission structure, he said. “Passing of a Dream” at Kabiri Gal- ica, Zaslav said on the call. “And if we see market share gain, Media Group, a marketing agency that works with clients in “I can’t imagine Discovery will lower the ad rates,” Lowen- lery from August 4 to 9. that’ll translate very quickly to real advertising value for us industries like luxury goods, spirits and banking, said his clients thal said. The gallery can be found at 60 South Dibaji St. Farda Gallery will be host- “Harry Potter” author Rowling apologizes over Trump tweets ing an exhibition of paintings by LONDON (Reuters) — “Harry Potter” Footage of Trump’s entrance to the at the boy and his family, and made no Fareshteh Veisi from August 4 to author J.K. Rowling has apologized to event, however, showed the president mention of Trump. 10. the family of a wheelchair-bound boy for stop to greet the boy and have a brief Rowling, who has over 11 million The gallery is located at 2 tweets in which she accused U.S. Presi- exchange before he began speaking. Twitter followers, is frequently critical of Araabi Alley, Hosseini St., off Karim dent Donald Trump of ignoring his prof- Saying she had discovered that what Trump and his administration on her so- Khan Ave. fered hand at a media event. she had seen was not an accurate rep- cial media feed. Rowling branded Trump a “monster resentation of the encounter, Rowling In the three days that elapsed between of narcissism” after footage of a July 24 tweeted: “I very clearly projected my own her original tweets on July 28 and her British writer JK Rowling, author of the Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” news conference on healthcare showed sensitivities around the issue of disabled apology, Rowling had been the subject Harry Potter series of books, poses during the president seemingly ignoring the people being overlooked or ignored onto of online criticism, much of it from Trump the launch of new online website Pot- film premieres in New York three-year-old’ s hand, but shaking other the images I saw”. supporters, for her comments on the in- termore in London, England on June 23, people’s as he left the event. The author’s apology was directed cident. 2011. (Reuters/Suzanne Plunkett) NEW YORK (Reuters) — U.S. author Stephen King played a key role in translating his book series “The Dark Tower” into a Hollywood film, director Nikolaj Arcel said at the “Fun Mom Dinner” cast says film mirrors real bonds between mothers film’s premiere on Monday. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — A raunchy on Friday, stars Toni Collette, Bridget Ev- “I think it is wanting to find a group of out to people that you wouldn’t maybe The fantasy movie follows the eight-book series in craft- comedy about four women on a night out erett, Molly Shannon and Katie Aselton as people who you can commiserate with and normally reach out to ... that can sometimes ing the classic story of good versus evil. that takes an unexpected turn resembles moms with kids in the same preschool class. also support each other and wanting to create these incredible bonds,” she added. Gunslinger Roland Deschain, played by actor Idris Elba, real life connections that mothers form with The foursome’s night out begins with find someone with a similar situation,” Asel- Directed by Alethea Jones and written battles his nemesis, the Man in Black, who is determined each other after having children, the lead some gossip and tapas, and quickly spirals ton said in an interview. by Julie Rudd, the film boasts a female-led to destroy the Dark Tower, which holds their universe to- actresses of “Fun Mom Dinner” said. into an alcohol-fueled, weed-filled outing “If your friends aren’t naturally moms team that the actresses said led to a unique gether. “Fun Mom Dinner,” out in U.S. theaters that makes them appreciate motherhood. already at that point, you end up reaching on-set experience.