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Afghanistan are all poised to take on Ireland in the first T20 match, sponsored by the Islamic Bank of Afghanistan, at the Rajiv Gandhi SHIBERGHAN: At least two peo- International Cricket Stadium in ple were killed and another four Dehradun on Thursday. The new- wounded after Taliban gunmen at- est Test nations, the two sides are tacked a convoy of a private com- to play three T20 Internationals, pany’s vehicles carrying fuel in five ODIs and a solitary Test in northern Jawzjan province on the series hosted by Afghanistan, Wednesday, officials said. Feridon foreign media reports say. Afghan Aniq, the Jawzjan governor’s skipper Asghar Afghan, whose spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan boys have been training in India News that the incident took place for the last one month, views the on the Shiberghan-Mazar-i-Sharif series as an opportunity to pre- highway near Khanaqah Arabia pare for the upcoming World Cup. village in Khanaqah district. He Afghanistan will rely on their said two civilians including a driv- aces like Rashid Khan, Mujeebur er were killed and four others, all Rahman and Mohammad Nabi, Ire- AT News Report ing to Trend reports via Turkmen- province of Herat. residents of the district, were land are look to captain Paul of the day they’ve still got to per- 23 February 2nd T20 In- istan State News Agency. A memorandum of understand- wounded in the attack. The Tali- Stirling, fast bowler Boyd Rankin form as well, and I think if we play ternational The cooperation are included ing was also concluded for the con- ban fighters also took away a Hi- and Stuart Poynter. Stirling sees the ball and not the player in this 24 February 3rd T20 Inter- agreements on customs coopera- struction of the Akina-Andkhoy lux vehicle before Afghan forces Afghanistan as a strong squad, competition, we’ll go a lot better.” national KABUL: Presidents of Afghani- tion and air traffic, on the location railway and the rules for organiz- reached the scene, Aniq added. with an impressive T20 track He called spinner Rashid Khan the 28 February 1st ODI stan and Turkmenistan Ashraf of international railway crossing at ing the railway communication Two Taliban fighters were also record. Ahead of the match, the main difference between the two 2 March 2nd ODI Ghani, and Gurbanguly Berdimu- the common state border, memo- between the Serhetabat-Turgundi killed during a battle with the Af- Irish skipper said: “We’ve played sides in the recent outings. 5 March 3rd ODI hamedov have signed an agree- randums of understanding in the stations at the joint state border ghan forces. The Taliban probably them a lot over the last few years, Afghanistan v Ireland series (in 8 March 4th ODI ment on strategic cooperation oil and gas sector and on increas- were adopted. President Ashraf attacked the convoy because they so hopefully we can go out there India) 10 March 5th ODI between the two countries in ing the volume of Turkmen elec- Ghani has arrived Ashgabat on thought it belonged to Afghan forc- with a positive mindset. “ Stirling 21 February 1st T20 Inter- 15-19 March Test match Ashgabat on Thursday, accord- tricity supplied to the Afghan Wednesday evening. es, he suspected. (Pajhwok) was quoted as saying: “At the end national (pajhwok)

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who is a as the main factors behind the possible candidate for the upcom- ongoing war in the country. The BAMYAN CITY: Hajigak, tor of public works, told Pajhwok MAZAR-I-SHRIF: A number of However, the police chief re- Jan, the township, were out to grab ing presidential elections, said on leader of Hezb-e Islami Hekmat- Qonaq and Shato passes, con- Afghan News the heavy snowfall elders from the Turkmen tribe jected their allegation as baseless, it. Thursday during a ceremony in yar called those Mujahidin, who necting central Bamyan province had been continuing since Wednes- claimed on Thursday the security saying the land they had been try- He warned if their demand was capital Kabul that both the Sovi- formed an administration in Kab- with Kabul and southwestern day and a clearing team had personnel in the Hairatan Port ing to retake from grabbers be- not met, they would continue with ets and NATO imposed their pup- ul as “dependent factitious Mu- Daikundi, have been closed as a reached the area. township in northern Balkh prov- longed to the government. Orders their demonstrations. pet governments on the people of jahidin”. result of heavy snowfall, an offi- Nabi added some firms had Afghanistan. Marking the anniver- Peace process cial said on Thursday. promised reopening roads for traf- ince had been attempting to grab have been from the provincial po- Azizullah, another protestor, sary of the popular uprising against Gulbuddin Hekmatyar of- The Hajigak tunnel is a link fic by the end of the day. their properties. lice headquarters. said the government had to listen the occupation of the country on fered the Taliban to accept a between Bamyan and capital Residents have to travel to The elders staged a protest and But Haji Abdul Samad, a pro- to their voice to resolve the issue. 21 February from the Soviet side, ceasefire, consider elections as Kabul and Maidan Wardak, with Kabul via central Parwan province closed the Hairatan-Mazar high- testor, told Pajhwok Afghan News Other protestors held similar said: “both foreign forces imposed the only way for legitimization Qonaq connecting the province after the closure of the important way for hours. They accused the people were tired of ongoing op- views and urged the government their installed governments on the and to turn to Intra-Afghan dia- with Daikundi. Shato links Pun- tunnels in the wake of heavy snow- Hairatan port township’s owner eration. A portion of the land was to address their problem at the ear- Afghan people”. Mr Hekmatyar logues. “A qualified and compe- jab and Yakawlang districts. fall. and police chief of trying to seize their property but Mohammad liest possible. considers puppet governments tent address should be created Ghulam Nabi, acting direc- (Pajhwok) their lands. Shafi, police chief, and Qari Baee (Pajhwok) and the presence of foreign forces for peace,” he added. (didpress) FRIDAY .FEBRUARY 22, 2018 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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The constitution says Article 117 The President shall appoint one of its members as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Members of the Supreme Court, except under circumstances stated in Article One Hundred Twenty Seven of this Constitution, shall not be dismissed till the end of their term. By Maomjan Masomy country to put an end to the which held in Moscow last rent peace talks, but Zalmay forty years’ war. But, then, look- week, was good that they had Khalilzad motivates Taliban to Although, the U.S. and Taliban ing at the last three meetings exchange ideas and discus- bring them negotiations table representatives have been between U.S. and Taliban rep- sions about peace. These kind with Afghan government to Editorial faced three times with each oth- resentatives – there are exten- of meetings can reach all af- pave the way to upcoming prac- er in Doha and Abu Dubai meet- sive optimistic as well. Especial- ghan sides to make everyone tical steps. Besides, the Afghan ings during last four months to ly, the ultimate one which last- committed to a permanent government, Afghan political seek solution for the Afghani- ed for six days in Doha’s office peace and stability in Afghani- leaders, civil societies activists stan’s long term of Taliban where both sides had stan, but there was no any and international community conflict.However, the Afghan exchange discussions accord- higher official invited on behalf prefer Intra-Afghan talks. national unity government was ing to media reports; and final- of Afghanistan national unity Hence, the fourth time meet- Irresponsible views not part of these meetings, and ly agreed to hold another meet- government to participate in, ing between Taliban and U.S. it is still not determined to be ing on 25 February, 2019. which provoked doubts in Af- might be optimist. As special part of peace negotiations. But, Hence, it is much needed that ghanistan, it was reacted seri- Zalmay Khalilzad is on his 18 akistan’s ambassador at Kabul was summoned by Foreign during these three meetings, the Afghan national govern- ouslyby Afghan government, days’trip to Europe and Asia. the first perseverance was on ment has to work out stoically and showed that the partici- In meantime, Taliban has been Ministry and handed over him a strong-worded protest in re Afghan-Led owned negotia- and precisely,to build common pants of the meeting cannot invited by Pakistan prime min- sponse to his words, pertained to what he called posing of tions from Zalmay Khalilzad, understanding internally with represent of Afghan govern- ister Imran Khan where both special representative of U.S. people from every walks of life ment nor have executive pow- sides will meet on February 18, bad impacts on peace process due to Afghanistan and Indian rela- for Afghanistan reconciliation, for making national consensus er to decide about peace pro- 2018 in Islamabad – it is appar- tions. At the moment, tension is fuelling day by day between India and the Taliban representa- regarding devised peace. As cess. In addition, the regional ently meddling in Afghanistan tives focused on the withdraw- president Ghani told to youth challenges are considerable to affairs from Pakistan like recog- and Pakistan due to recently occurred deadly terrorist attack against al of U.S. troops from Afghani- advisory conference from all pay an exclusive attention, as nizing Taliban Emirates as a for- personnel of armed forces at Palwama Kashmir. Pakistan based stan instead of to start peace Afghanistan two weeks ago: Zalmay Khalilzad traveled to mal group.The talks in Islama- talks with Afghanistan nation- “peace key is in Kabul, we want different countries including bad and following in Doha, alleged militant group Jesh I Muhammad claimed it’s responsibly al unity government. On the a devised peace no to repeat Russia and china for creating Qatar could expose next results which causes lives to over 42 personnel including Muslim soldiers contrary, the Afghanistan Na- former experiences which the common understanding about between U.S. and Taliban rep- of Indian army. Almost victims were from Sikh community, which tional government under the country turned into home Afghan peace process. resentatives in which Taliban leadership of president Mo- wars”. President Ashraf Ghani Now, Zalmay Khalilzad spe- might show flexibility and in- also lead to provoking of Sikh community against India. Though hammad Ashraf Ghani has indirectly pointed out to Dr. cial representative of U.S. for terest to start Intra-Afghan Pakistan has contradicted its involvement in the attack and Prime been repeatedly preferred Af- Najibullah regime when he left Afghanistan reconciliation, has peace talks with Afghan gov- ghan-Led owned peace talks the power to Mujahedin and been started out his fourth trip ernment and reach a better Minister Imran Khan had offered joint probe into the incident but with Taliban without any con- they torched the country in for peace talks to the region. It agreement with U.S. represen- Indian leaders are firm on their stance. At the moment, both New ditions, as he expressed it in home wars. Meanwhile, Taliban seems that U.S. is committed to tative to close to the important Kabul process on February, should encompass Afghans end the war in Afghanistan, so, negotiating steps. It is a great Delhi and Islamabad are not only engaged in war of words but they 2018. So, the same way U.S. hopes and country priorities in Khalilzad has been accelerated opportunity ofpeace for Af- are also eyeing on strengthening of positions at defense and diplo- also supports the Afghan na- negotiations agenda based on to peace talks with Taliban. He ghanistan as well as for the tional unity government stance national interests and values, told in America peace institute entire region. The opportunity matic fronts throughout the world. Pakistan’s ambassador at Kabul that first peace talks should be so, only Afghans pay high a few days ago that he is hope- of peace should not be wast- in a statement suggested the neighbours to review its relations with held between Afghan govern- price of the ongoing war. On ful to sign an agreement with ed, if wasted the war will be in- ment and Taliban which can the other hand, regional coun- Taliban before Afghanistan creased as a speedy in Afghan- India as it could pose bad impacts on what he called peace pro- lead all involved sides to for- tries like Pakistan, Russia and presidential elections which istan to expand its waves out- cess. In fact, the ambassador with mentioning name of Afghanistan ward practical acts. As there Iran try to seek their ownaims will take place in July. Mean- side the country and put mas- has not been any remarkable in Afghan peace process while, Taliban in a declaration sive negative impacts on entire made the suggestion to Afghan government to re-visit its policies progress so far between U.S. which can face the ongoing to media, has appointed new 14 region. towards India. On the issue of its relations with India, Afghanistan and Taliban representatives to peace talks with fail in case of people high-ranking negotia- Maomjan Masomy a re- pave the ground to an accept- regional competitions. tions team to talk on behalf of searcher in Journalism Institute suffered a lot and still its hardships are multiplying with the passage able settlement and, to create The Moscow meeting be- Taliban Emirates with U.S. at Afghanistan Academy of of each passing day. Pakistan’s civil-military establishment for set- reliable atmosphere in which all tween Taliban and Afghan po- about peace process. Sciences and writer of social, involved sides come up with litical parties’ leaders including Afghan national unity gov- economic and political issues tling old scores and compelling India to bow before its policies is honest and dignified peace in ex-president Hamid Karzai, ernment is not still of the cur- of the region using Afghanistan turmoil as a tool. Whenever Pakistan wants to exploit its tense and hostile relations with India, its leadership is pressurizing Afghanistan and its people through one or the other ways. Instead of spreading and fuelling the tensions with involve- ment of other neighbouring and regional countries, Pakistan must revisit its own acts and actions. Chief of his faction Jamiat Ul Ule- ma Islam (F) Maulana Fazal Ur Rahman and several other leading politicians are showing disappointment over Pakistan’s foreign pol- icies, saying that at behest of someone else, government had made unhappy China, the biggest investor. Along with Maulana Fazal Ur Rahman, several other leading politicians, writers, public opinion makers are unhappy with growing tension between the two neigh- bouring countries. Even the US President Donald Trump has sug- gested both the countries to remain peaceful and cordial towards Taliban each others, stressing for easing the tension through dialogues. Both India and Pakistan are not only influential members of South Asian region but they are in possession of nuclear arsenals. Any irrespon- sible move on the part of any of it could cause catastrophe in all over Asia. Now instead of losing tempers, rulers of both India and Pakistan must realise its responsibilities at this stage. War or fight- ing couldn’t resolve issues. But issues are resolved and settled through dialogues. Instead of continuing meaningless hostilities against each others, New Delhi and Islamabad must go for dia- logues. In this respect, both the countries have been suggested to let the UN for mediation, which might be the best suggestion. Subscription Rates Fee Categories Afghanistan Times Annual Afg: 5400 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 2700 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $240per year organizations and the number of copies you want. FRIDAY .FEBRUARY 22, 2018 AFGHANISTANTIMES

The Sri Lankan government and that’s not going to happen. It’s a island nation’s economy to grow International Monetary Fund negotiation the government and 4.2 percent this year and 4.5 per- (IMF) may need to negotiate a IMF may be undertaking right cent next year, slightly higher than more realistic and acceptable bud- now. They could come out with a the forecasts of the IMF and World get deficit target that allows the number that is more acceptable and Bank. But they pointed out that economy to grow at a higher pace, realistic, related to growth,” Stan- Sri Lanka would always have to according to Standard Chartered dard Chartered South Asia Econo- be on guard about its debt sustain- Bank’s global research team. mist Sourav Anand told reporters ability. Sri Lanka is struggling to The government is currently in Colombo, yesterday. “Boost- repay its foreign loans with a holding discussions with a visiting ing growth at this point of time is record US $ 5.9 billion due this IMF team to restart the Extended also a very important parameter year, including US $ 2.6 billion in Fund Facility (EFF), which was because at the end of the day, you the first quarter. Sri Lanka on av- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on in the world is growing at over 7 Prime Minister said "we aspire to are well set to become a 5 trillion halted due to the political uncer- measure debt sustainability as debt erage has to settle US $ 4 billion Thursday said the Indian econo- per cent year after year," he said welcome many more." "And, (car dollar economy in the near future," tainty in the latter part of last year. to GDP. So, if the GDP is not every year for the next four years my is based on sound fundamen- at the India-ROK Business Sym- maker) Kia is soon to join this he said. Modi said hard policy de- The US $ 1.5 billion EFF ar- growing, that is a problem,” he and further significant debt repay- tals and will in the near future dou- posium here during his visit to the club," he added. To ease business cisions such as the introduction of rangement Sri Lanka struck with added. Anand stressed that Sri Lan- ments are scheduled to occur be- ble in size to $5 trillion, as he hard- Republic of Korea. Over 600 Ko- visits, India since October last year the Goods and Services Tax (GST) the IMF in 2016 included a condi- ka doesn’t have fiscal space to tween 2024 and 2027. Anand ac- sold the country as a "land of op- rean companies such as Hyundai, is giving Korean nationals visa on and opening up of more sectors tion for the country to cut its bud- widen the budget deficit without knowledged the Central Bank’s portunities" to investors in South Samsung and LG Electronics are arrival, he said. "The fundamen- has helped India jump 65 places get deficit to 3.5 percent of gross putting debt sustainability in jeop- prudent measures to raise funds Korea. "No other large economy already invested in India and the tals of our economy are sound. We on the World Bank's. domestic product (GDP) by 2020. ardy. He said 2019 is going to be a swiftly before the election cycle Sri Lanka is targeting a budget “slightly difficult” year for Sri begins. The Central Bank has an- deficit of 4.8 percent of GDP in Lanka, even though he remains nounced plans to raise up to US $ Indonesia: 2018, after overshooting an ambi- positive about the country’s over- 5 billion within the first three to tious 4.6 percent target in 2017. all economic growth this year and four months of the year, which China, Laos to promote “The IMF forecast is 3.5 percent the year next. Standard Chartered’s includes sovereign bonds to the Central bank of GDP by 2020. In our base case, global research team expects the tune of US $ 2 billion. keeps rates cooperation on economic unchanged Libya gave Iran envoy: Iran, at 6pc corridor, other projects French The central bank opted to keep A Chinese high-ranking delegation ex-president Japan diplomatic, policy rates unchanged, a move visited Laos from Monday to expected by the market given the Thursday to promote bilateral co- Sarkozy $8m, relative strength of the Indonesian operation on the China-Laos Eco- economic ties rupiah in 2019. A dovish Federal nomic Corridor. Ning Jizhe, depu- says Gaddafi’s Reserve has helped push funds ty head of China's National De- back into emerging markets this velopment and Reform Commis- year, lending strength to the IDR sion, led the delegation The visit spy chief growing and helping it to post the second was aimed at implementing bilat- best performance year-to-date eral consensus on building the Chi- A senior intelligence advisor to among its peers. In 2018, Bank na-Laos Economic Corridor, Libya’s late ruler Muammar al- Indonesia (BI) unleashed a flurry steadily pushing forward China- Gaddafi has reportedly told French of rate hikes to help steady the Laos productivity capacity coop- investigators that the Libyan gov- currency but with the currency eration as well as the construction ernment gave $8 million to the elec- enjoying renewed strength, the of the China-Laos railway. tion campaign of France’s ex-Pres- central bank was not called into During his visit, Ning called on ident Nicolas Sarkozy. Sarkozy’s play. With concerns about Indo- Lao Prime Minister Thongloun 30-year political legacy has been nesia's current account struggles Sisoulith and Deputy Prime Min- marred by a series of financial scan- still fresh on investors' minds, BI ister Somdy Douangdy, and held dals, for which he is currently un- Governor Perry Warjiyo will like- meetings with Minister of Plan- der investigation. In March of last ly refrain from reversing course in ning and Investment Souphanh year, the former French president the near term as he preaches sta- Keomixay and other officials of the issued strong denials of accusations bility while the government works China-Laos Economic Corridor that he accepted an illicit multi- to jumpstart reforms in the trade working group members including million monetary donation from and tourism sectors to alleviate the Lao Ministry of Energy and Gaddafi during his 2007 campaign pressure on the current account. Mines, Ministry of Agriculture and for the presidency. During a 20- With the Fed seen to be on hold Forestry and National Economic minute television interview, at least for the time being, we can Research Institute. Sarkozy described the investiga- expect the IDR to enjoy some short Ning Jizhe also met Minister tion into the allegations that he Iran's Ambassador to Japan Morte- attend the cultural ceremonies. He term appreciation with BI likely of Industry and Commerce and acted as an agent of influence for to retain its current stance until we Chairperson of Laos-China Eco- za Rahmani Movahed says Iran- also informed the Japanese offi- nomic and Trade Cooperation Libya as “a waste of time”, argu- Japan diplomatic and economic cial on Iranian sports teams' will- see some improvements on the Simmalavong. The Chinese dele- struction sites and Vientiane-Vang- ing that it was over an alleged do- current account balance. Warjiyo Committee Khemmani Pholsena relations are growing. 'Fortunate- ingness for effective participation and Deputy Minister of Public gation, during the visit, went to the vieng expressway project head- nation of less than $45,000, which ly, we are witnessing expansion of in the Olympic and Paralympic has also indicated that BI will like- China-Laos railway project con- quarters to conduct a field research. represented a tiny fraction of his ly rely on soon-to-be announced. Works and Transport Santisouk diplomatic and economic relations Games Tokyo 2020 and said Iran campaign budget. But according to between Iran and Japan and up- Embassy to Japan is ready for any the French investigative news web- ward growth in their cooperation; cooperation in that area. Movahed site Mediapart, a team of French the relations are getting expanded,' also invited the Japanese official judges was told by Gaddafi’s said Movahed while talking to to visit Tehran on behalf of Tehran Ecuador inks former spy chief that Sarkozy was Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on Mayor Pirouz Hanachi. Tokyo given millions of dollars in secret the millennial old relations be- Governor for her part appreciated by the Libyan state. Abdullah al- tween Tehran and Tokyo. Further- Iran for ceremonies marking the $4.2 billion Senussi, who oversaw the Libyan more, the Iranian envoy provided 90th anniversary of Iran-Japan re- intelligence agencies under Gadd- his host with highlights of Iran's lations. afi, reportedly told the French in- programs in the fields of culture, She said Japanese primary financing vestigators that the funding was arts, science and sports to expand school students are highly inter- part of a secret deal between the ties with Japan on the 90th anni- ested in research on Iran and hoped two parties. In 1979, Senussi mar- versary of the two-way diplomat- for suitable ground for expansion deal with ried the sister of Gaddafi’s wife ic relations, while inviting her to of mutual cultural relations. and remained a trusted confidante of the Libyan leader until his vio- lent death in 2011. According to IMF: President Mediapart, he told the French judg- Germany not interested es that he personally supervised the transfer of funds to Sarkozy’s Lenin Moreno election campaign. He said that the in anti-Russia sanctions: Moreno said the maturities on the payments entered the campaign’s loans extended "up to 30 years" and coffers via a French government Economy minister that the interest rates "on average" did minister who received the funds not exceed 5 percent. from Libyan agents in two sepa- rate installments in 2006. In return, Sarkozy promised to help reinstate Gaddafi’s international image if he was elected president. He also Ecuador has reached a $4.2 billion tional television and radio. Ecua- but has implemented more market- subsidies, also plans to find a pri- promised to impede attempts by staff-level financing deal with the dor's sovereign bonds surged last friendly economic policies since vate operator for state-run tele- Western countries to arrest Gadd- International Monetary Fund week after the IMF confirmed it taking office. Moreno said the coms company CNT and other afi and some of his senior govern- (IMF), President Lenin Moreno was engaged in formal talks with maturities on the loans extended state-owned firms. In his address, ment aides —including Senussi— said on February 20, as the An- Moreno over a possible financial "up to 30 years" and that the in- Moreno said most of the money for terrorist crimes. Senussi alleg- dean country grapples with a large arrangement. Staff-level agreements terest rates "on average" did not would be dedicated to "social in- edly said that Sarkozy himself fiscal deficit and heavy external between the IMF and member exceed 5 percent. "This money will vestment," citing a rising number promised him that his internation- debt. The country will also receive countries are subject to approval create work opportunities for of police officers and promising al arrest warrants would be quelled $6 billion in loans from multilater- by the Washington-based lender's those who have not yet found retirees they would not lose out with the help of the French presi- al institutions including the World executive board. The OPEC na- something stable," he said. on an annual bonus. Skepticism of dent’s personal lawyers. Sarkozy Bank, the Inter-American Devel- tion's debt grew under former left- Moreno has begun to implement the IMF runs strong in Ecuador later hosted Gaddafi in Paris in a opment Bank, and the CAF An- ist President Rafael Correa. an austerity plan that includes lay- and throughout Latin America, lavish setting in 2007. Mediapart dean development bank, Moreno Moreno earned Correa's support offs of workers at state-owned where many blame Fund-imposed said that it accessed Senussi’s tes- said in a message broadcast on na- during the 2017 election campaign, companies and cuts to gasoline austerity policies. timony before the French judges. Europe is not interested in cutting edly extended them. "the EU was off relations with Russia, German united, but we have to work on Chancellor Angela Merkel stated changing political relations and ar- Zimbabwe: For economy to take off, we must take air out of inflation on 16 February on the sidelines of rive at other solutions". The min- the Munich Security Conference. ister went on to say that Nord What is inflation and why must we get it under control? What High levels of inflation have ing. ment. Inflation is the rate at German Economy Minister Stream 2 will contribute to the sta- has been going wrong, and how are we putting things right? As been eroding the incomes of In the same vein, fiscal fore- which prices rise over a given Peter Altmaier said in a statement bilisation of gas supplies to Eu- an Economics Professor, its important I first explain the basics. Zimbabwean workers for too casts become distorted in an in- period of time. that the country is not interested rope amid reduced supplies from In Zimbabwe, like any other economy, goods and services are long, directly harming their flationary environment. This is Economists tend to mea- in the anti-Russian sanctions, as Norway and the UK. "Nord Stream they were adopted for political 2 will contribute to stabilising gas exchanged or sold at given monetary values; what we call prices. standards of living. why as Minister of Finance, I sure it either by year, or by reasons, stressing that it is neces- supplies in Europe at a high lev- The levels of prices are on the whole determined on account of It has been eating away at have vowed to get inflation month. sary to work to change them. "I el", the minister stressed. He not- production and trading costs, as well as the basic rules of sup- our savings and our pensions, under control immediately. And The price measurement it- personally think that we have no ed that in order for the project to ply and demand. When there is a period of time, an occurrence or risking greater poverty. With we are already seeing results. self is calculated from surveys interest in sanctions", Altmaier function, "it is necessary to bring a trend whereby prices of goods and services continue to rise in inflation, long-term planning In order to understand the done on a given basket of said, adding that "we accepted reliability, predictability and geo- the economy, it is referred to as inflation. for companies becomes impos- progress, we must first look at goods and services. these sanctions, because there were political responsibility to a com- We have all heard about it, but it's important we all understand it. sible as prices keep on chang- the means of inflation measure- (AP) political grounds for this, repeat- mon denominator." FRIDAY .FEBRUARY 22, 2018 AFGHANISTANTIMES H ea r t a tt a ck s a r e on t h e r ise a m on g you n g wom en , st u d y sh ows

The risk of having a heart attack ring among younger patients, even Heart attack risk factors appears to be rising among young though our population is aging, and The new study involved data women, according to a new study, the biggest increase seems to be on 28,732 hospitalizations for and researchers are trying to figure among young women," said Mel- heart attack in patients 35 to 74 out why. When analyzed across issa Caughey, senior author of the between 1995 and 2014. The data five-year intervals, the overall pro- study and a research instructor in came from the Atherosclerosis portion of heart attack-related hos- the Division of Cardiology at the Risk in Communities Study, or pital admissions in the United University of North Carolina's ARIC, and the hospitalizations States attributable to young pa- School of Medicine at Chapel Hill. were in four communities: Forsyth tients, ages 35 to 54, steadily A heart attack, or acute myo- County, North Carolina; Washing- climbed from 27 percent in 1995- cardial infarction, occurs when a ton County, Maryland; Jackson, 99 to 32 percent in 2010-14, with part of the heart doesn't receive Mississippi; and eight northwest the largest increase observed in enough blood. Each year, about suburbs of Minneapolis. The re- young women, according to the 790,000 Americans have a heart searchers took a close look at study, published recently in the attack, according to the US Cen- young patients, ages 35 to 54, who journal Circulation. During those ters for Disease Control and Pre- made up 30 percent of the hospi- periods, there was a rise in these vention. Heart attacks most often talizations. Within that group, the admissions from 21 percent to 31 occur as a result of heart disease?, annual incidence of heart attack percent among young women, the leading cause of death in the hospitalizations decreased from compared with 30 percent to 33 United States. Globally, 85 per- 1995 to 2014 among young men, percent among young men, the cent of all cardiovascular disease- but an increase was observed study showed. "The takeaway related deaths are due to heart at- among young women, the re- message is that an increasing per- tacks and strokes, according to the searchers found. "When we looked centage of heart attacks is occur- World Health Organization. at the incidence — meaning. Another measlescase FDAchief saysfedsmight interveneif One of the goals President Trump hours' drive northwest of Oklaho- statescontinueallowingvaccineexemptions announced in his State of the ma City. See how medical research, confirmedin Union address was to stop the insurance coverage and other news The head of the U.S. Food and spread of HIV in the U.S. within affect your health, sent weekly. Drug Administration is warning 10 years. In addition to sending But Salvaggio says that hav- Harris County that states might “force the hand extra money to 48 mainly urban ing a case manager there ended up of the federal health agencies” if counties, Washington, D.C., and being a waste of money. "We had A fourth measles case in Harris they continue to allow vaccine ex- San Juan, Puerto Rico, Trump's to let that position go, because County has been confirmed, ac- emptions amid an ongoing measles plan targets seven states where nobody would go see her," Salvag- cording to the Harris County outbreak. FDA Commissioner rural transmission of HIV is espe- gio says. "Because they didn't Health Department. The depart- Scott Gottlieb told CNN on Tues- cially high. Health officials and want to be seen walking into the ment said the patient, age 15 to 24 day that the federal government doctors treating patients with HIV HIV case manager's office in that years old, was not vaccinated for might intervene if “certain states in those states say any extra fund- tiny town — that can only mean measles and is from southeast Har- continue down the path that ing would be welcome. But they one thing." In Oklahoma, as in ris County. The latest case brings they're on.” "Some states are en- say that strategies that work in much of the U.S., black gay and the total number of persons with gaging in such wide exemptions progressive cities like Seattle won't bisexual men have the highest risk measles in the Houston area to six. that they're creating the opportu- necessarily work in rural areas of of HIV infection. Other groups That total includes four in Harris nity for outbreaks on a scale that Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, with elevated risk in Oklahoma County, one in Montgomery is going to have national implica- Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma include Latinos, heterosexual County and one in Galveston tions," Gottlieb warned. An out- and South Carolina. Stigma around women and Native Americans. County. The latest Harris County break of the measles has torn HIV and AIDS and around being Salvaggio applauds the goal of end- case could be part of a pattern to through Washington state leading gay runs deep in parts of Oklaho- ing HIV transmissions within 10 come as measles has a two-week to a declaration of a public health ma, says Dr. Michelle Salvaggio, years, but says she doesn't think incubation period. “So that says emergency. The outbreak has hit medical director of the Infectious it's feasible in Oklahoma. The plan to me that maybe we are seeing Clark County, which has been Diseases Institute at the Universi- fails to recognize the particular the second wave of this measles dubbed an anti-vaccination “hot ty of Oklahoma Health Sciences ways different populations expe- outbreak,” explained Dr. Peter spot,” especially hard. There have Hotez, professor of pediatrics and been 62 confirmed cases in the Center in Oklahoma City. The in- rience the epidemic, she says. Na- noted. An estimated 7 percent of what is and isn't permissible when ner told CNN. Others, such as stitute is one of two federally fund- tive Americans in Oklahoma, for a dean of the National School of county as of Tuesday, predomi- Tropical Medicine at Baylor Col- nately among those were are not students in Clark County were ex- it comes to allowing people to have pediatrician and California state ed HIV clinics in Oklahoma; the example, can't count on the ano- empt from compulsory vaccines exemptions," he told CNN. Axios Sen. Richard Pan (D), said federal other is in Tulsa, the second-larg- nymity of a large health clinic. lege of Medicine. “People tend to immunized against the infection. blow it off as kind of a rash or a Washington is one of 17 states upon entering kindergarten by first reported on Gottlieb's criti- intervention in state laws could est city in the state. "When they go into an Indian claiming personal or religious rea- cism of "lax" vaccine laws. cause legal trouble. "Traditionally, A long drive for anonymity Health Service clinic, it is possible benign illness...but I have a very that allow “philosophical-belief” different take as a vaccine scien- vaccine exemptions because of sons in the 2017-2018 school year, Dr. Adam Ratner, director of school entry requirements have Salvaggio's clinic has six exam that they will see their cousin be- according to state data. Gottlieb the Division of Pediatric Infectious been the role of the states, so there rooms where she sees patients, hind the desk, and their cousin's tist and pediatrician. In 1980s, personal, moral or other beliefs, 1990s, measles was the single-lead- according to the National Confer- said he is “deeply skeptical” of Diseases at Hassenfeld Children's might be a constitutional challenge many of whom drive hours for brother-in-law working in medical exemptions that are not for medi- Hospital at NYU Langone, de- if the federal government tried to treatment. The clinic used to em- records, and their niece's boyfriend ing killer of children globally.” The ence of State Legislatures. The vast measles virus spreads quickly and majority of states — 47 — allow cal reasons. He did not specify scribed Gottlieb’s push against mandate by law those school re- ploy a case manager in rural Wood- working in the pharmacy," Salvag- what kind of action the federal gov- vaccine exemptions as “fantastic quirements," he said. Some states ward County, a little more than two gio says. is especially dangerous for those parents to opt out of vaccines for who are unvaccinated. Infants car- religious reasons. Nearly all states ernment could take against man- news.” themselves have been moving to- ry some of their mother’s immuni- allow children to attend school even datory vaccine exemptions. "You "I think some of the states ward banning personal or philo- ty up until 6 months old. if they are not vaccinated, CNN could mandate certain rules about may need that kind of push,” Rat- sophical vaccine exemptions. Diabetics who Men who can eat nuts are less do at least 40 likely to develop push-ups are (WVLT) -- Chronic Wasting Dis- fect humans. Now, however, the less at risk of ease (CWD) is a disease that has Centers for Disease Control and heart disease impacted: white-tailed deer, mule Prevention say infection in humans heart disease, deer, elk and moose. It is progres- is possible. "The best that we can sive and fatal, according to the Ten- tell and research shows that a hu- nessee Wildlife Resources Agen- man cannot get it from eating an study says cy. "We had 185 out of 3000 deer infected animal, so that's a good that we tested, 185 positives," said thing; however, the CDC recom- Matthew Cameron with TWRA. mends that no one eat a deer if its "We will pick back up on our test- a known infected deer," said Cam- ing next fall and hopefully we won't eron. According to CBS affiliate see it spreading." The disease caus- WJHL, CDC reported that a 2017 es damage to portions of the brain, study showed monkeys who ate creating holes in the brain cells and infected deer meat contracted causing a sponge-like appearance. CWD. As of now, there are no Animals with the disease are typ- known cases of humans with ically emaciated, display abnormal CWD. The CDC has warned the behavior, lose bodily functions, public to test venison or elk meat become weak and then eventually for CWD before eating it from af- According to a new study, men die. "t's not a living organism, so it fected areas. Signs in animals in- who can complete 40 push-ups are spreads easily and can't be killed clude: loss of appetite, excess sal- significantly less at risk of heart very easily, so it spreads rapidly ivation, weight loss, excessive disease than those who can do few- and easily because of that," said thirst and urination, listlessness, er than 10. Even more so, men People with diabetes who regular- with diabetes against heart disease. Cameron.Previously, TWRA said teeth grinding and lowering the who can do more than 40 consecu- ly eat nuts may be less likely to But it’s possible that nut con- the disease did not appear to af- head and drooping of the ears. tive push-ups were found to have develop heart disease than their sumption may help improve things a 96 percent reduction in the case counterparts who rarely if ever, like blood sugar control and inflam- of cardiovascular disease events consume nuts, a US study sug- mation due at least in part to nu- compared with those who can't. gests. Diabetics who ate at least trients in nuts like unsaturated fat- Researchers from Harvard five 28-gram (1-ounce) servings of ty acids, fiber, vitamin E and folate Asia n wom en wh o im m igr a t e t o U.S . m a y h ave T.H. Chan School of Public Health nuts a week were 17 percent less and minerals like calcium, potassi- analyzed more than a thousand likely to develop heart disease than um and magnesium, Liu said. Too h igh er b r ea st ca n cer r isk , r esea r ch fin d s active, male firefighters over the people with diabetes who had no many nuts may not necessarily be course of 10 years, with the aver- more than one serving of nuts a good thing, however. “A handful Asian women who immigrate to the United States may have a higher age age of the men at 39.6 and the weekly, the study found. of nuts is beneficial for heart, but risk of breast cancer than those born here, new preliminary research has average body mass index (BMI) at Even just one serving of nuts it remains unclear what’s the ideal found, an apparent shift from historical norms of U.S. women having 28.7 might still be good for the heart, serving size,” Liu said by email. higher breast cancer rates compared to the rest of the world.The new The push-up capacity of each however. For people with diabe- More than half of the people in study, published online last week in the medical journal Preventing participant in addition to treadmill tes, adding just one extra serving the study didn’t eat nuts at all, Liu Chronic Disease, found that Asian women who had immigrated to the exercise tolerance was measured at of nuts a week was associated with noted. “Whether the more nuts, the United States and spent more than half their lives in the U.S.were on the beginning of the study. a 3 percent lower risk of develop- better, needs more studies in pop- average three times as likely to have breast cancer compared to Asian- The participants then went ing cardiac conditions and 6 per- ulations with large range of nut American women who were born in the U.S. Those who immigrated and through a physical exam and health cent lower risk of dying from heart consumption,” Liu said. “Despite spent less than 50 percent of their lives in the U.S. were on average 2.46 and medical questionnaire each problems. The study was pub- the high energy density of nuts, times more likely to have breast cancer. According to study co-author year. The push-ups had to be per- lished in Circulation Research. there is no evidence for an associ- Brittany Morey, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Califor- formed "in time with a metronome “These data provide novel ev- ation between frequent nut con- nia, Riverside School of Public Policy, that information was surprising set at 80 beats per minute," essen- idence that supports the recom- sumption and weight gain, possi- because it was the opposite finding of past studies. Earlier research, tially 40 push-ups in around a mendation of incorporating nuts bly explained by the satiating ef- which examined data from the ‘70s to the early 2000s,has found that minute. Over the 10-year study, into healthy dietary patterns for fect of nut consumption.” In the women in the U.S. generally had higher rates of breast cancer than 37 heart disease-related events the prevention of cardiovascular study, researchers used self-re- demographically comparable women abroad. The shift could be caused were reported, and all but one of disease complications and prema- ported diet questionnaires from by the “effects of globalization and economic development,” research- these incidents occurred in men ture deaths among individuals with 16,217 men and women before and ers hypothesized, including increased access to breast cancer screen- who could not complete 40 push- diabetes,” said lead study author after they were diagnosed with di- ings, later childbirth, decreased breastfeeding and sedentary lifestyles, ups in the initial physical assess- Gang Liu, a nutrition researcher at abetes and asked them about their which are all associated with a higher risk of breast cancer. The study, ment. the Harvard T.H. Chan School of consumption of both peanuts and which takes into account age and country of origin, examined a data set Researchers found that push- Public Health in Boston. The tree nuts over a period of several of women in the San Francisco Bay Area recruited between March 2013 up ability was a better indicator of study wasn’t a controlled experi- years. All of the participants had and October 2014 that yielded a sample of 570. Further research is likelihood of suffering from cardio- ment designed to prove whether type 2 diabetes, the most common needed to corroborate the study’s findings especially outside of the Bay vascular disease-related problems or how nuts might protect people form of the disease. Area, Morey told NBC News. than the treadmill test. FRIDAY .FEBRUARY 22, 2018 AFGHANISTANTIMES NASA providing daily weather reports for Mars NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laborato- ry will provide daily weather re- ports for Mars, thanks the Red Planet’s newest robotic resident, InSight, mission scientists an- nounced Thursday. “The InSight lander is close to the Martian equa- tor — just north of the equator — so it is experiencing Martian win- ter,” said Don Banfield, the mis- sion’s lead for the lander’sAuxilia- ry Payload Subsystem (APSS). APSS is a suite of meteorological sensors on the lander’s deck that also helps with quake detection. “For our mission, APSS will help us filter out noise in our data and know when we’re seeing a Mars quake and when we aren’t,” said Banfield, a principal research sci- entist at Cornell University in the US. “But by operating continuous- Artwork: Hayabusa-2 arrived at asteroid Ryugu ly, we’ll also see a more detailed in June last year view of the weather than most sur- face missions, which usually col- A Japanese spacecraft is set to "bite scent down to 5km, so that the lect data for just a few hours at a an asteroid" as it descends to col- original touchdown time was not time,” Banfield said in a statement. lect a sample of rock from the sur- affected. Ryugu belongs to a par- Currently, Mars’ northern hemi- face. The Hayabusa-2 probe will ticularly primitive type of space sphere sits in winter — the stormy try to grab the sample from a pre- rock known as a C-type. The near- season, researchers said. “Since the chosen site on the asteroid Ryugu Earth asteroid (NEA) is a relic left lander is close to the equator, I did at 23:00 GMT on 21 February. over from the early days of our not think we would see any evi- The spacecraft reached asteroid Solar System. Prof Alan Fitzsim- dence of the storms that are 60- Ryugu in June 2018 after a three- mons, from Queen's University degrees north latitude, but we are and-a-half-year journey from Belfast, told BBC News: "We The Samsung Unpacked 2019 cameras. With 12 GB RAM, the Samsung's Galaxy S series of every country. Four models of the already seeing evidence of the high Earth. It is is expected to return to think we understand how carbon- event in San Francisco kicked off Galaxy Fold will be released in phones. While familiar, Samsung Samsung Galaxy S10 were an- and low pressure-signal waves Earth with the rocky material it rich asteroids migrate from the as- Wednesday featuring the newest both LTE and 5G versions. Tech has made several advancements nounced: the flagship Galaxy S10, that create weather on Mars,” Ban- has cached in 2020. During sam- teroid belt to become near-Earth model of its flagship Galaxy S line aficionados who want the latest including hiding the front-facing the smaller S10e and the larger- field said. “We can see those waves ple collection, the spacecraft will asteroids, but the samples from and the long-awaited Samsung technology can get choose from camera and a fingerprint reader sized S10 Plus. The fourth device all the way down near the equator, approach the 1km-wide asteroid Ryugu will allow its history to be Galaxy Fold, a foldable smart- four colors with customizable under the screen on the front of — the Galaxy S10 5G — is being as the waves are big enough that with an instrument called the sam- explored. phone that can turn into a tablet. hinge colors when it drops April the camera. Other new features in- rolled out with specific network they have a signature. That was a pler horn. On touchdown, a 5g pro- "After the Rosetta mission, it's The Galaxy Fold has a 4.6-inch 26. Its starting price will be $1,980. clude wireless power sharing, three partners who will be providing 5G surprise,” he said in a statement. jectile made of the metal tantalum now clear that most of Earth's display in phone mode and opens Features of the new Samsung rear cameras and shooting modes, wireless service. These partners The pressure signals oscillate ev- will be fired into the rocky surface water did not come from comets into a 7.3-inch display. The device Galaxy Fold smartphone are dis- wireless charging and a headphone included Sprint, Vodafone, Deut- ery 2.5 sols (the name for days on at 300m/s. The particles kicked up in the early days of the Solar Sys- has three rear cameras — like its played during an event Wed., Feb. jack — a departure from the trend sche Telekom AG and Verizon. Mars), and the waves are easier to by the impact should be caught by tem. We believe carbon-rich (C- S10 counterpart. It also has dual 20, 2019, in San Francisco. The started by Apple and continued by Prices start at $750 for the predict as opposed to how pres- the sampler horn. The spacecraft type) asteroids may have signifi- front cameras and a single camera Samsung event on Wednesday saw Google's Pixel line. The new Gal- S10e, $900 for the Galaxy S10 and sure waves behave on Earth. One began descending from its "home cant amounts of water locked up for the cover. The unique device the Korean electronics giant release axy S10 models all have a variety $1,000 for the Galaxy S10 Plus. sol is about 24 hours, 39 minutes position" of 20km above the as- in their rocks. It's possible such also touts multiple batteries — one multiple products, and it centered of colors to choose from, though The 5G model pricing has yet to long. “High and low pressure is teroid's surface in the early hours asteroids may have brought to for each side of the fold — and six around the 10-year anniversary of the colors won't all be available in be announced. indicative of the weather systems,” of 21 February (GMT) - several Earth both the water and the or- Banfield said. “Compared to Mars, hours later than planned. Howev- ganic material necessary for life to Earth is pretty chaotic. er, controllers said they would start. Nestle, major brands (AP) slightly increase the speed of de- (BBC) FacebookinterestedinBlockchain-based toboycott YouTube ads after paedophiles UK Research and Innovation authentication:MarkZuckerberg swarmcomments on invests£200 million to create SAN FRANCISCO: You may videos of children soon login to Facebook with Block- chain-based authentication, CEO Nestlé, Epic Games and other ma- new generation of AI leaders Mark Zuckerberg has indicated. In jor brands said Wednesday that a public interview with Harvard they had stopped buying adver- One thousand new research and tions and industry we will be able Law professor Jonathan Zittrain tisements on YouTube after their business leaders will be created to to train the next generation of top- late on Wednesday, Zuckerberg ads appeared on children’s videos ensure the UK leads the global rev- tier AI talent and maintain the UK's said he is "potentially interested" where pedophiles had infiltrated olution in Artificial Intelligence reputation as a trailblazer in emerg- in putting the Facebook login on the comment sections. The com- (AI). This new generation of PhD ing technologies." AI has the po- the Blockchain technology. "I'm panies acted after a YouTube user students will use AI technology to tential to further transform the way posted a video this week to point improve healthcare, tackle climate we work and live, allowing com- thinking about going back to de- out this behavior. For the most centralised or Blockchain authen- change and create new commercial plex tasks to be completed quick- part, the videos targeted by pedo- opportunities, thanks to a £100m ly and useful insights to be gleaned tication. Although I haven't figured philes did not violate YouTube’s out a way to make this work out rules and were innocent enough — investment from UK Research and from large quantities of informa- but this is around authentication young girls doing gymnastics, play- Innovation announced today, tion. One example is in healthcare, and basically granting access to ing Twister or stretching — but Thursday 21 February 2019. They where AI is being developed to your information and to different the videos became overrun with will be trained at 16 new Centres analyse information and images, services," Zuckerberg told Zittrain. suggestive remarks directed at the for Doctoral Training (CDTs) such as X-ray scans, to pick up According to him, Blockchain children. The commenters left time based at 14 UK universities with abnormalities at an earlier stage and could give users more powers stamps for parts of the video that 300 partners, including AstraZen- ensure that patients can receive life- when granting data access to third- can appear compromising when eca, Google and Rolls-Royce, and saving treatment. The investment party apps. Facebook last year paused — like a girl’s backside or NHS trusts. Project partners are will sustain a pipeline of talent and promoted one of its senior engi- op its own cryptocurrency. Face- ing scandals is one of the main rea- bare legs. They also posted remarks investing £78 million in cash or in- ensure that the UK remains at the neers Evan Cheng as the Director book has over 2.3 billion users glo- sons why Facebook is wary of im- that praised the girls, asked wheth- kind contributions and partner forefront of emerging technologies, of Engineering at its recently bally and launching cryptocurren- plementing the change. "You basi- er they were wearing underwear, universities are committing a fur- supporting the commitment in the launched Blockchain division. or simply carried a string of sexu- ther £23 million, resulting in an government's AI Sector Deal. Also cy will allow them make payments cally take your information, you ally suggestive emojis. About two Earlier in May, Facebook set using a virtual currency like Bit- store it on some decentralised sys- overall investment of more than announced today are 200 new AI years ago, hundreds of companies £200 million. Business Secretary Masters places at UK universities up a group within the company to coin. In a statement, Facebook tem and you have the choice of pulled money from YouTube over explore Blockchain technology and said: "Like many other companies, whether to log in different places Greg Clark said: "The UK has long and up to five new research fel- concerns about ads showing up been a nation of innovators and lows, created in collaboration with its potential use for the platform, Facebook is exploring ways to le- and you're not going through an next to problematic content from headed by Messenger chief David verage the power of Blockchain intermediary. There's a lot of things terror or hate groups and videos today's package of AI skills and the Alan Turing Institute to retain Marcus. Media reports also said technology". According to The that I think would be quite attrac- that seemed to endanger or exploit talent investment will help nurture and attract top AI talent in UK Facebook was exploring to devel- Verge, the risk of further data-shar- tive about that," said Zuckerberg. children. leading UK and international tal- academic institutions. UK Re- ent to ensure we retain our world- search and Innovation Chief Exec- beating reputation in research and utive, Professor Sir Mark Walport, development. "Artificial intelli- said: "Artificial intelligence is a dis- gence has great potential to drive ruptive technology in a range of Study: Number of calls to U.S. Poison Control up productivity and enhance ev- sectors, enabling new products and ery industry throughout our econ- Wright said: "The UK is not only services and transforming data sci- omy, from more effective disease the birthplace to the father of arti- ence. It allows us to develop new regarding kratom exposure increased diagnosis to building smart homes. ficial intelligence, Alan Turing, but approaches to challenges as diverse Today's announcement is our we are leading the way on work to as early disease diagnosis and cli- In recent years, kratom has be- through December 2017. The an- modern Industrial Strategy in ac- ensure AI innovation has ethics at mate change. "To maintain its lead- come popular as a treatment for nual number of calls increased dra- tion, investing in skills and talent its core. "We want to keep up this ership in AI, the UK will need a chronic or acute pain as well as matically, going from 13 calls in to drive high skilled jobs, growth momentum and cement our repu- new generation of researchers, busi- mood conditions such as depres- 2011 to 682 calls in 2017. That is and productivity across the UK." tation as pioneers in AI. Working ness leaders and entrepreneurs sion and anxiety. It is also often the equivalent of going from about Digital Secretary Jeremy with world class academic institu- equipped with new skills. used to help with opioid withdraw- one call a month to two calls a day. al. While there is a perception that Almost two-thirds (65%) of these kratom is safe because it is classi- exposures occurred from 2016 fied as an herbal supplement, a through 2017- the two most re- Massfish kill due to 'exceptional variety of serious medical out- cent years of the study. The study, comes as well as 11 deaths have published online today in the jour- occurred following kratom use. A nal Clinical Toxicology, found that climate conditions', Government's new study conducted by the Cen- most exposures occurred among ter for Injury Research and Policy males (71%), age 20 years and old- interim report finds and the Central Ohio Poison Cen- er (89%), at a residence (86%), and ter at Nationwide Children's Hos- were intentional abuse or misuse The lower Darling River remains pital found that there were more (60%), suspected suicide (9%), or in a critical condition and without than 1,800 calls to U.S. Poison adverse reaction (8%). Exposure significant inflows and more fish Control Centers regarding expo- rates were highest in Idaho and deaths are expected, says a pre- sures to kratom from January 2011 Oregon and lowest in Delaware. liminary report and early advice and recommendations commis- sioned by the Federal Govern- ment, released today. Chaired by Melbourne University Professor Android users can now disable Facebook Rob Vertessy, the report found that "exceptional climatic conditions, unparalleled in the observed cli- from secretly collecting their location data mate record" contributed to the fish deaths. The report was ordered by Early last year, Facebook's lo- Google's mobile operating sys- 2014, allowed users to broad- gle the new Background Loca- the Government following mass cation data practice was found tem can now choose to disable cast their exact current location tion option to make the desired fish kills near Menindee, NSW, in to be violating privacy laws in the app from collecting their to friends within a certain vi- changes. The option is already December and January. It follows Germany, among other tres- location data when it's not in cinity, though the preciseness available to Facebook users on a separate report by the Austra- passes. Now, in an apparent use as part of a new update. of its location tracking was iOS. It's also important to note lian Academy of Science, request- move to address that specific The social media company ad- dropped in late 2016. The up- that the latest update does not ed by Labor, which found irriga- privacy concern for the rest of mits that prior to this change, it date's availability seems to vary change the options you previ- tors pumping too much water up- its users elsewhere, the social was tracking and storing users' by region for now. In countries ously made to your Facebook stream, drought, and low flows into taries that feed the Barwon-Dar- ductions in the air temperature and and from Menindee Lakes had ling River and greater transparen- low oxygen levels in the water were networking giant is making precise location in the back- where this option may have app settings with regard to lo- cy around floodplain harvesting in the primary cause of the fish changes to how Android users ground. Facebook's Nearby gone live, users can tap the cation data sharing. So you contributed to the deaths of mil- lions of fish. The Vertessy report NSW and Queensland. It also deaths. "Recent extreme weather control Facebook's location Friends feature, in particular, hamburger menu and head may want to review your set- called for real time monitoring of events in the northern Basin have data collection in the back- has been operating this way. over to Settings & Privacy -> tings now if you don't wish to has made 20 provisional recom- mendations including calls to im- diversions across the Barwon-Dar- been amplified by climate change," ground. Facebook users on That feature, introduced in Settings -> Location. Then tog- share your location. prove water monitoring in tribu- ling. The report found sudden re- the report found. (AP) FRIDAY .FEBRUARY 22, 2018 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Netflix officially severed their relationship with Marvel Tele- vision earlier in the week by After nearly a decade in develop- produce via his New Republic Pic- acting, so it’s easy to see why Craig car winners Leonardo DiCaprio officially revealing they've ment, Todd Field‘s adaptation of tures banner along with Johnny Lin would sign on to this project. It’s and Christian Bale had previously Boston Teran‘s novel The Creed of Filmula. Production is slated to an opportunity to work with an- circled the role of Rawbone in The It's no secret that no one really likes like X-Men and Fantastic Four will canceled The Punisher and 2015's Fantastic Four reboot, not remain with Fox once the ac- Jessica Jones. Even though of Violence is finally coming to- start in the spring of 2020 once other great director and re-estab- Creed of Violence, which could be gether, as Daniel Craig is set to star Craig wraps Bond 25 and hangs lish himself as a gifted dramatic something special in Field’s hands. which is (not so) affectionately quisition is finalized. "I think it fans anticipated the move, it referred to by fans as "Fant4stic," only makes sense," Iger told THR. was still a stinger and now, a in the indie film once he wraps up his 007 tuxedo for good. The actor. Remember, Craig worked With Craig set to star, let’s all hope Cary Fukunaga‘s Bond 25, multi- script is currently making the with Steven Spielberg, Sam this one finally gets off the ground thanks to its clumsy marketing "I want to be careful here because pretty popular musician is campaign. Even director Josh of what's been communicated to upset at the cancellation. Ear- ple sources have told Collider. rounds at talent agencies, as Field Mendes and Matthew Vaughn be- next year. It would be a crime to A representative for Craig did is eager to line up the supporting fore being cast as 007, and since keep Field on the sidelines any long- Trank isn't a big fan, apparently, the Fox folks, but I think they lier tonight, Eminem took to not respond to a request for com- cast surrounding Craig. The Creed then he has worked with top di- er. Interestingly enough, Field and as he recently endorsed a fan's sug- know. It only makes sense for Twitter to tell the streaming ment. Set in 1910 during the Mex- of Violence, which may undergo a rectors like David Fincher, Steven Craig almost worked together once gestion to start a GoFundMe cam- Marvel to be supervised by one giant that they were "blow- ican Revolution, The Creed of Vi- title change, will mark Field’s first Soderbergh and Jon Favreau. This before on the Showtime series Pu- paign to "erase" the film in a Tweet entity. There shouldn't be two ing it" over canceling the Jon olence follows an assassin named feature since 2006’s Little Chil- is not the kind of actor who will rity, though that project ultimate- that's since been deleted. The Marvels." Feige himself addressed Bernthal-led show. "Dear Net- Rawbone (Craig) and a young gov- dren. He made his directorial de- allow himself to be defined by a ly never came to fruition. whole exchange occurred after a the possibility during a discussion flix," Eminem — real name ernment agent named John Lour- but with the acclaimed 2001 dra- single role. The role of Rawbone Craig, who recently wrapped crowdfunding campaign popped with MTV News earlier this year. Marshall Mathers — says in des as they travel from Texas to ma In the Bedroom. Those are two will allow Craig to push himself as Rian Johnson‘s murder mystery up to digitally remove the rat from “The truth is, I’m excited for the all caps tweeted. "Regard- Mexico to stop a smuggling ring. great movies that between them a performer while staying some- Knives Out, is represented by the ending of The Departed. Trank all of them. I’m excited, and it’s ing your cancellation of The Brian Oliver (Hacksaw Ridge) will earned five Oscar nominations for what close to his wheelhouse. Os- CAA. responded saying, "The rat was the not just the marquee names you Punisher, you are blowing it!" filmmaker's choice. It lives forev- know — there are hundreds of The Grammy-winning rapper er. Make your own movie. Sincere- names on those documents, on isn't a stranger to genre films ly, All Filmmakers Ever." Trank's those agreements,” said Feige. Film producer troubles on the shoot are well doc- “And the fact that Marvel is as — he released a single for umented, though it's unclear how close as we may ever get now to Sony's Venom last year and Rajkumar much of it was studio interference having access to all of the charac- he's previously revealed he and the filmmaker's own erratic ters, is something I’ve been dream- would have wanted to be a Barjatya, behavior. There were reports of the ing about for my almost 20 years comic book artist if his rap directer being volatile on set, in- at Marvel. And it’s very exciting.” career didn't pan out. In fact, father of cluding trashing a home he was The deal is expected to be fi- the recording artist even ap- renting in Louisiana where the film nalized later this year. Trank's net peared in a couple of The Sooraj was being shot, according to a film, the Al Capone biopic Fonzo Punisher comics in 2009. As lengthy report from The Holly- featuring Tom Hardy, is currently with the cancellation of other Barjatya, wood Reporter. in post production and does not Marvel shows, Marvel Tele- But all of that is moot now as yet have a release date. In this lat- vision boss Jeph Loeb teased dies in Mumbai the film effectively killed the fran- est episode, we talk about the first the characters will live on in chise at 20th Century Fox and reactions to Captain Marvel, some shape, way, or form in those rights are about to revert to mourning the loss of Marvel shows the future. “I would not be Disney and the juggernaut that is on Netflix, the return of Wolverine surprised if any of those Marvel Studios. Disney Chairman & so much more! things reemerged," Loeb pre- Bob Iger confirmed the properties (Hindustan times) viously mentioned. "It de- pends on showrunner, it de- pends on availability of cast, Notebook poster opens all of those things. It’s not like we’re a doctor show where a new page featuring Zaheer the show got canceled be- Kalyani Priyadarshan to make Tamil cause of bad ratings." “These are shows that have very dif- Iqbal and Pranutan! ferent reasons [for ending]," debut opposite Sivakarthikeyan the producer continued. "Most of which I’m not at lib- Veteran film producer Raj Kumar alyani Priyadarshan is the daughter of veteran Malayalam director Priyadarshan Barjatya of Rajshri Films has died erty to talk about, nor should and made her film debut in 2017 in a Telugu film called Hello. anyone really care at the end in Mumbai, ANI reported on of day.” Both seasons of The Thursday morning. Father of film- Kalyani Priyadarshan, daughter of Vaan, Kalyani’s manager refuted been planning to collaborate on a maker Sooraj Barjatya and son of Punisher are now streaming founder Rajshri Pictures’ Tarac- on Netflix. Do you agree with veteran filmmaker Priyadarshan, such rumours. Since her debut, she feature film. Apparently, they were made her acting debut with Telugu has signed two Telugu projects and supposed to work on a project hand Barjatya, Rajkumar worked Eminem about the cancella- primarily as a producer and had tion of The Punisher? What's film Hello (2017). Now she is set out of which she has already com- even before Irumbu Thirai. “I’d for her Tamil debut. On Tuesday, pleted shooting for one film with written a story for him long ago, credits on films such as Hum Aap- your favorite track from it was officially announced that Sharwanand. She has also complet- and we were supposed to do a film ke Hain Koun, Vivaah and Prem Shady? Let us know your Kalyani has been signed for Si- ed shooting her portion for her fa- even before Irumbu Thirai released, Ratan Dhan Paayo. It is with pro- thoughts in the comments vakarthikeyan’s next yet-untitled ther’s upcoming Malayalam his- sometime in 2017. After the release found grief that we mourn the loss below or join the conversa- outing with director PS Mithran. toric drama Marakkar: Arabikad- of my film, we met and decided to of Raj Kumar Barjatya, father of tion online by hitting me The announcement was made via alinte Simham which stars Mohan- work together. This project will be Sooraj Barjatya. May his soul Rest (@AdamBarnhardt) on Twit- a poster by the film’s makers 24 lal as Kunjali Marakkar. Mean- a racy thriller. That’s how I’ve In Peace. “Terribly shocking news. ter to talk all things MCU! AM Studios. Sharing the informa- while, director Mithran is on a roll. planned it for now. Just like Irum- Shri Rajkumar Barjatya passed Have you subscribed to tion, the makers tweeted: “Proud After making a splash with his bu Thirai, this film will also have a away some minutes back at Reli- ComicBook Nation, the offi- to introduce @kalyanipriyan for debut film Irumbu Thirai last year, social message.” The film also stars ance Hurkissondas Hospital. Can’t cial Podcast of her Tamil debut as a female lead Mithran is gearing up to commence Arjun Sarja, who played the an- believe this. Met him just a week ComicBook.com yet? Check it for our #SK15.” While there have work on this project. In Septem- tagonist in Irumbu Thirai, in a cru- back at his Prabhadevi office. He out by clicking here or listen been rumours that she plays one ber 2018, Mithran told Times of cial role. George C Williams has spent so much time with me and below. of the leading ladies in Dulquer India that Siva and he had worked been confirmed to crank the cam- my family. He looked perfectly (ABC News) Salmaan’s upcoming Tamil film on a short film and since then have era. alright then. Hrithik’s shooting day and night to finish his next action film on time, says actors need to put in extra always

After sharing the first look of Note- book, now the makers have re- leased an exciting poster of the film directed by National Award win- ner Nitin Kakkar and featuring newcomers Zaheer Iqbal and Pra- nutan. The film will mark the act- ing debut of Zaheer Iqbal and Pra- nutan Bahl. As the new poster dropped on the social media it has For those who know Hrithik Ros- are also doing a lot of night shoots. raised the excitement among the han, it is a known fact that the ac- It is big shift in my daily routine, audience and the trailer of the film tor is a morning person. Hrithik but as actors, over a period of time, is all set to release on 22nd Febru- prefers going to bed early and start we get immune to it,” says Hrithik. ary. Salman Khan Films and Cine1 his day with his gym session. Despite shooting at night, Studios Took to social media to Here's why Alia Bhatt wants However, the Bollywood star Hrithik’s energy doesn’t seem to share the new poster of Notebook. seems to have changed his routine be getting any less. The source The poster has shown the lead pair in order to accommodate the night shares that the moment the actor Zaheer and Pranutan looking away schedule for his next action film, comes on set, he brings with him from each other in the backdrop of luck from Tiger Shroff the Siddharth Anand directorial, cool vibes. “Every day, whether the opened notebook which de- also starring actors Tiger Shroff and it’s day or night, Hrithik brings in picts the thought of 'Two pages of Tiger Shroff had a great 2018 with "Tiger I don't think I need to wish a great fit to lead the cast. Karan Vaani Kapoor. According to sourc- a super energetic aura on set. He the same Notebook'. Nitin Kakkar Baaghi 2 being a blockbuster. Ti- you luck at all maybe it's the op- also applauded Tiger for his skills es close to the film, Hrithik is also never wastes time and completes is all set to launch two new faces ily to set his foot in Bollywood. ger has emerged as the youngest posite, you should wish me luck as he said, "Tiger can leap, jump travelling a lot as the movie is be- his schedule before the day ends. in his upcoming film Notebook Debutant actress Pranutan was a Bollywood actor to clock the fast- and wish all of us luck because and dance like no one can'. The ing shot at multiple locations in Even when he has been up since Zaheer Iqbal and Pranutan play- lawyer by profession but she was est century and Karan Johar and with your success rate we have to phenomenal response and super- Mumbai. Excited about the project, morning doing daily chores, he ing the characters of Kabir and always aspired to be an actor and Alia Bhatt agreed to the same. Tiger take some love from you." Re- lative box office trend, Tiger Shroff Hrithik admits that he has no doesn’t let anyone know that he is Firdaus respectively. Notebook is hence she chose the acting profes- Shroff who is all set to take for- cently, Tiger Shroff graced the has gone ahead to mark multiple qualms about altering his daily rou- tired or has been travelling for a 2019 Bollywood romance-dra- sion. Helmed by National Award ward Student of the Year franchise Koffee couch with his upcoming first with Baaghi 2. Challenging tine as he does not want his work hours. He brings in the same level ma. The film has been shot exten- winning director Nitin Kakkar has captivated the ex Student Alia film Student Of The Year 2's co- the norms of the industry, five to get hampered. “I’ve always of energy and positive attitude sively in the backdrops of Kash- produced by Salma Khan, Murad Bhatt. When Alia Bhatt was asked stars Ananya Panday and Tara films old Tiger Shroff shattered been a morning person. I like to when he comes for the night sched- mir. Zaheer Iqbal who hails from a Khetani and Ashwin Varde. Note- to give advice and luck to the Sutaria and during the introduction, major records at the box office with start my day early but for the film ule,” says the source. non-filmy background happens to book is all set to release in the the- SOTY 2 cast on Tiger she shared, Karan called Tiger exceptional and his power-packed performance. that I am currently shooting, we (Santa Banta) be the first member from his fam- atre on 29th March 2019. FRIDAY .FEBRUARY 22, 2019 AFGHANISTANTIMES F1 Testing, Day Three First Test: Daniil Kvyat the not over. Hopefully our fans can help us in the second leg and hope- fully we can improve for the fu- ture. Sterling's goal secured a stun- surprise leader ning late win Sterling's goal secured a stunning late win "We played Cast your eyes on a very interesting timesheet below; Will- good, but we lost some easy balls iams return, Mercedes only 11th and 12th on Test One's that we're not allowed to do in the penultimate day competition." Schalke's first pen- alty was awarded after a lengthy and farcical VAR delay. The video official spent more than three min- utes analysing whether Otamendi had handled a long-range shot from Daniel Caligiuri after a corner had initially been given. Replays as to whether handling was intentional seemed inconclusive and the refer- ee was unable to review himself because the pitchside monitor was broken, but a spot-kick was still given and Otamendi booked. "I'm a big fan of VAR," said Guardiola. "The second one is a penalty too. It was offside too - so, if we com- plain about VAR maybe it was off- side, but it was a penalty and the Pep Guardiola says Manchester Fernandinho push on Salif Sane wrap up a sensational last-minute away, but we gave away the goals red card can be a red card. "VAR City are not ready to challenge for from a free-kick, before the Argen- comeback win through Raheem and the red card. "In this level we needs time. Next time it will be the Champions League after their tine defender was also later dis- Sterling, but while Guardiola was don't have a chance. Still we are better. performance against Schalke. City missed for a second yellow card. pleased with the result, the per- not ready to fight for the Champi- " City will take three away goals Daniil Kvyat was the pace-setter ers on track - finishing 11th and gifted Schalke a 2-1 lead in Gelsen- Sterling completes stunning City formance left him worried about ons League. back to the Etihad meaning Schalke on an unpredictable third day of 12th and three seconds down on kirchen courtesy of two penalties, comeback Is Manchester City's their hopes should they progress After the red card maybe if they'd will have to win by two clear F1 Testing as Toro Rosso led a Kvyat's leading time. the first a handball against Nicolas quadruple now on? The Premier to the latter stages. He said: "The pushed more and scored a third or goals, barring a 4-3 victory, to surprise top three on the The world champions did, Otamendi and the second for a League champions would go on to result is incredible, three goals fourth then maybe we're out. "It is progress. timesheets. Kvyat posted the fast- however, complete the most est lap of the test so far, a 1:17.704 amount of laps with a combined in the late Barcelona sunshine, to 182, and say they are focusing on topple Alfa Romeo's Kimi 'maximising laps and working RichardFreeman Raikkonen, while Daniel Ricciar- through our programme'. Williams' AnthonyJoshuacouldhaveOleksandr Usykashis do was third for Renault. Sebas- Deputy Team Principal Claire tribunal delayed tian Vettel was fastest for Ferrari Williams speaks exclusively and for much of the morning but was candidly to Rachel Brookes about againby 'preliminary knocked down to fourth at the end why their FW42 car missed the mandatorychallenger in2020,saysEddieHearn of the day, finishing more than half first two days of testing Glory runs legal arguments' a second off the pace. Kvyat, re- galore, Williams return Kvyat Usyk set to step up to turning to F1 with the Honda- posted his benchmark in the final heavyweight soon, says Eddie powered Toro Rosso this year, 15 minutes of the day, when many Hearn, with a top division posted his lap on the fastest tyre of testing's fastest laps have been available, two 'steps' softer than set. debut "potentially against Vettel's - and it is unclear what fuel Many of the the teams appear to Povetkin" - and then a fight loads each team were running. "The be sending their drivers out for 'glo- with Joshua further down the priority wasn't that [being fastest], ry runs' in this period, presumably line the priority was to bounce back with less fuel. Kvyat, for exam- after the first day of mine which ple, had completed well over a cen- Anthony Joshua expects to be wasn't ideal," said Kvyat. "But tury of laps before he posted a time mandated to fight Oleksandr Usyk we've recovered enough and even over a second quicker than his pre- next year, according to promoter more, so that's great. A productive vious personal best. Raikkonen had Eddie Hearn. Pound-for-pound su- day." Williams finally started their been top for most of the day for premo and undisputed cruiser- F1 2019 season on Wednesday af- Alfa Romeo, the former Sauber The hearing was meant to start at weight champion Usyk is expect- ter missing the opening two days, team who were perennial back- the MPTS's Manchester base on ed to step into the heavyweight while Mercedes continue to keep markers before last season's im- February 6 but was immediately division this year, with the ulti- their cards close to their chests. provement. The Swiss outfit have adjourned when Dr Freeman's le- mate aim of challenging Joshua. Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamil- been one of the major stories at gal team made a private applica- Asked if Joshua could fight Usyk ton were, apart from Williams' testing with their innovative and tion to the tribunal. The nature of by the end of 2019, Hearn told Sky George Russell, the slowest driv- quick C38. that application is unknown but it Sports: "No. That fight comes in is thought to be related to Dr Free- 2020." Joshua must first make his man's mental health and the two US debut by defending the IBF, parties have been arguing the mat- WBA and WBO belts against Jar- Kyle Edmund splits with ter for 10 days. rell 'Big Baby' Miller at New In a short statement, the MPTS York's Madison Square Garden on Fredrik Rosengren after said: "Please be advised that the June 1, live on Sky Sports Box preliminary legal argument being Office. The unified champion Swede retires from coaching made in the hearing of Dr Freeman hopes to claim every major heavy- will continue throughout this week. weight belt, a feat accomplished This means that we do not expect by Usyk in the division below, but a decision on the application until will also be forced into mandatory sometime next week." With the defences. Usyk is set to be imme- tentially against Alexander Povetkin," explained Hearn, who works alongside K2 Promotions to oversee panel listening to legal argument diately installed as the WBO's Usyk's career. "Then he'll have one more. Then it looks like the WBO will make him mandatory for Anthony all week, the earliest possible start mandatory challenger once he joins Joshua. "I see that fight happening in spring 2020." Usyk signalled his intentions to target Joshua during a date for the tribunal would be next the top division, putting him on a stunning 2018 in which he won the inaugural World Boxing Super Series, and also won three fights in his Tuesday, as the judges would need collision course with Joshua. opponents' home countries culminating with his November knockout win over Tony Bellew. "The boxing time to consider the application "Usyk will fight in May, proba- world would desire the clash of two Olympic champs and two [future] undisputed professionals," Alexander and the tribunal's clerk would have bly in his heavyweight debut, po- Krassyuk of K2 Promotions said last year. to write up the decision. Next Tues- day would be day 15 of a hearing that was scheduled to last 20 work- Jackson Hastings chats Salford Red Devils, ing days until March 5 but the pro- tracted preliminary dispute has ruled out any hope of finishing this Super League, NRL, life and more tribunal on time, and it is now in- evitable it will need to be relisted for later this year. And with the S.alford Red Devils stand-off Jack- judges, lawyers and witnesses hav- son Hastings chats exclusively to ing full diaries, it is possible that a Sky Sports Rugby League about resolution in this contentious case almost losing it all, life in Super could require more than one hear- League and the future... Salford ing, perhaps pushing a verdict back have been one of the early surpris- es to come out of the 2019 Super until next year. This means the League season, sitting near the top speculation surrounding the case of the table. Central to that has will continue throughout the cy- been the performances of Austra- cling season, potentially hindering lian Hastings. Since joining the club Team Sky boss Sir Dave Brails- during the Qualifiers last year, the ford's hopes of finding a sponsor 23-year-old has been utterly sen- to replace the broadcaster when it sational in Super League - indeed pulls out at the end of the year. Dr many would claim he is carrying Freeman is facing several miscon- the club to an extent. At the end of duct charges but the most serious last season, Hastings' performanc- is related to a delivery of testoster- es had been such that he could have one, a performance-enhancing drug moved anywhere. But a new one- banned by the World Anti-Doping year deal was signed with Salford Agency (WADA), to the National - an act of gratitude after the man Cycling Centre in May 2011, himself candidly admits that with- which he then allegedly tried to out the club, his career would like- cover up. The charges are being ly be over. "It was easy [to re-sign] brought by the General Medical on the fact that I wouldn't be sit- Council (GMC) and it claims Dr ting here talking to you - I wouldn't his contract. The situation was difficult. I got hammered from pil- the decision. "There was no NRL Freeman obtained the 30 sachets even be playing professional rug- exacerbated by the fact the major- lar to post, I was absolutely options and for me, it was always of Testogel "to administer to an by league - if it wasn't for Salford," ity of the fallout played out pub- drilled. I just had to ride the wave going to be an 18-month thing to athlete to improve their athletic Hastings says. "I was staring down licly, with the Australian media and and eventually stick my chest out, resurrect what I'd done back there. performance", a charge that would the barrel of working 9am-5pm, press whipping up a frenzy. "I keep my chin up and just get on I obviously made some poor deci- British No 1 Kyle Edmund has split with Fredrik Rosengren after the send shock waves through British and just playing on the weekends. thought I was done. It was dras- with life. "This opportunity sions and poor choices that have Swede announced his retirement from the tour to spend more time with cycling if proven. In a statement So I'm extremely grateful to the tic," Hastings says, thinking back. opened up here and I was able to landed me in a position I didn't his family. Rosengren, who has coached a number of top players, in- issued to Press Association Sport, club and the fans and the commu- "For a bloke who loves the game move on that way. Since moving want to be, which was being spo- cluding Magnus Norman and Robin Soderling, was hired by Edmund a GMC spokesperson said: "We nity for embracing me the way and has given pretty much every- over here, I want people to know ken about in a negative way. late in the 2016 season. He has helped the Briton climb from world No were ready to open our case on they have. "But also for having giv- thing I've ever had to the game, it's the real me." Having finished the "Coming over here gave not only 63 up to a career-high of 14 in the space of 12 months as well as reaching the first day of the hearing and that en me the chance to live out my a scary thought that one bad deci- 2018 Super League season with his the fans but myself a new lease of his first Grand Slam semi-final at the Australian Open and securing his remains the case now. "However, dreams, because it was almost over sion can end it. "But that's the way stock immeasurably increased - life that I was able to rectify and maiden ATP title at the European Open in Antwerp. Sad to announce as with any legal proceedings, the at 22, which is a scary thought." it is really, and that's the way the this side of the equator anyway - right some wrongs and start all over Fidde is retiring from the tour. You’ve been an integral part of the team defence are entitled to raise pre- Hastings has settled in superbly game has gone - they want good Hastings openly admits that reign- again really. "To play the game I over the last year and a half and together we’ve reached a top 15 ranking, liminary matters, and we continue at Salford, and really connected people in this game and if you ing Grand Final champions Wigan love in a different country and let a Grand Slam semi-final and won a title in Antwerp in October. I will be to assist the tribunal with their with the club's fan base Hastings make poor decisions, you'll pay Warriors offered him a deal. An people here see me for me, and not forever grateful, enjoy retirement! ???? Twitter Ads info and privacy In consideration of those matters. We has settled in superbly at Salford, the consequences. Hastings offer he turned down to remain at the person that's in the paper. It's a message on his Twitter account, Edmund posted: "Sad to announce remain ready to open our case and and really connected with the thought his career was over at 22- the AJ Bell... "Wigan were there a breath of fresh air." The 23-year- Fidde is retiring from the tour. You've been an integral part of the team are eager to do so as soon as possi- club's fan base The cause of such a years-old after an issue during his sniffing around and offered me a old is one of the form players in over the last year and a half and together we've reached a top 15 ranking, ble." The man at the centre of cy- circumstance has its genesis in the time at Manly Hastings thought contract, and it was very hard to Super League since he joined The a Grand Slam semi-final and won a title in Antwerp in October. I will be cling's 'Jiffy bag scandal', which NRL and Hastings' brief time with his career was over at 22-years- decline that - what a great club they 23-year-old is one of the form play- forever grateful, enjoy retirement!" Currently ranked No 28, Edmund relates to a different delivery to a the Manly Sea Eagles. A curfew old after an issue during his time at are and what great players they ers in Super League since he joined has been troubled by a knee injury that affected him in Melbourne and race in France a month later, Dr was broken, high-profile argu- Manly "I've definitely had a lot of have. "But I just thought that at Having been born in Wollongong, has forced him to pull out of tournaments in Marseille and Rotterdam Freeman resigned from British ments with Manly captain Daly sleepless nights and I'm just so 22-years-of-age, to have been giv- New South Wales, to a father who already this month. He is due to return to action at the second-tier Cycling in October 2017 after he Cherry-Evans and head coach grateful to be over in England, play- en the chance to do something that played rugby league professional- Challenger event in Indian Wells next week. Edmund, 24, must now told the governing body he was too Trent Barrett followed, before ing rugby league again at a high lev- was almost taken away from me, ly and a mother who worked as an decide whether to seek a replacement or stick solely with his other ill to face disciplinary action for Hastings was banished to the re- el and being surrounded amongst it was the right thing to stay at estate agent but was also a profes- coach, Englishman Mark Hilton, who joined the team at the same time poor record-keeping. serves and eventually released from great people. "It was unbelievably Salford, and I'm really happy with sional athlete. as Rosengren. FRIDAY . FEBRUARY 22. 2019 - Hoot 03, 1397 H.S Vol:X Issue No: 203 Price: Afs.20

A fire raced through the capital of One of the buildings was a ware- Bangladesh on Wednesday night, house for a perfume company, and killing at least 70 people and injur- the plastics and chemicals stored TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s navy said Despite being so narrow and with- ing dozens. Fire officials say the there quickly ignited. The Associ- it would hold an annual drill in the in the territorial waters of those blaze began in a partly residential ated Press reports that fire offi- strategic Strait of Hormuz as pres- two nations, the strait is viewed four-story building in Dhaka as cials spent more than nine hours sure mounts on the country as an international transit route. most people were sleeping. The putting out the deadly fire. Many months after the United States re- American forces routinely travel exact cause of the fire isn't clear. victims were trapped in buildings, imposed sanctions on Iran, target- through the area, despite some- The BBC reports that it started at one fire official told the AP. Catch ing its vital oil sector. The strait is times tense encounters with the a chemical warehouse; however, up on the latest headlines and located at the mouth of the Per- Iranian forces. Tensions have been The New York Times cites wit- unique NPR stories, sent every sian Gulf and is crucial to global high since US President Donald nesses who said a compressed gas weekday. "Many of the recovered energy supplies, with about a third Trump’s May withdrawal from cylinder like the kind used for cook- bodies are beyond recognition," of all oil traded at sea passing the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which ing was the cause. Shopowner Haji said Mahfuz Riben, a control room through it. Iranian Adm. Hossein saw sanctions lifted for Tehran lim- Abdul Kader told Agence France- official of the Fire Service and Civil Khanzadi told state TV on Thurs- iting its uranium enrichment. The Presse he "heard a big bang," and Defense in Dhaka. "Our people are day the 3-day maneuvers will start Trump administration maintains then "saw the whole street in using body bags to send them to on Friday and extend as far as the that the 2015 nuclear deal, cele- flames. Flames were everywhere." the hospital morgue. This is a very Sea of Oman and the fringes of the brated by European powers and Kader's shop was destroyed. The difficult situation." Major fires Indian Ocean. He said submarines, the previous US administration of fire was fed by paints and other have become relatively common in warships, helicopters and surveil- former president Barack Obama, chemicals stored in shops on the Bangladesh. In 2016, a factory fire lance planes will participate in the was insufficient because it did not building's ground floor, the Times at a packaging factory just north drill, dubbed as “Velayat-97.” The include measures to curb the Irani- reports. It then spread to build- of Dhaka killed at least 21 people. exercise will include missile launch- an regime’s ambitions in the region ings in the centuries-old Chawk- Chemical storage was also likely es from the vessels. Iran regularly and its ballistic missile program. bazar neighborhood in Old Dhaka. to blame for the quick spread of holds maneuvers in the strait. The Trump wants to renegotiate the so- Two of the buildings were so bad- that fire, AFP reported at the time. strait at its narrowest point is 33 called Joint Comprehensive Plan ly burned that officials feared they In 2013, at least 10 were killed in a kilometers (21 miles) wide, in the of Action. Iran rejects the US pull- may collapse, according to CNN. garment factory fire. waters between Iran and Oman. out from the deal.

US President Donald Trump says and Kim initially had an acrimoni- Kim broadly agreed to work to- he may offer North Korea relief ous relationship, calling each oth- ward the denuclearization of the from harsh sanctions provided that er names and threatening military Korean Peninsula. Pyongyang takes “meaningful” action against their countries, but But, while North Korea had al- steps toward denuclearization, since their first meeting in June last ready taken several measures to ahead of a meeting between him year, that relationship has appar- show its goodwill, subsequent di- and North Korean leader Kim ently changed. Trump stressed on plomacy was sluggish as the US Jong-un. While Trump is yet to Wednesday that he now had “a refused to offer sanctions relief. meet Kim for the summit — their good relationship” with the North Trump said such relief could be second — in the Vietnamese capi- Korean leader; and back in Janu- provided — on a condition that he tal of Hanoi on February 27-28, ary, Kim stressed that he believed only vaguely spoke about. he also signaled during a press con- in Trump’s “positive way of think- “I don’t think they’re reluctant; I ference at the White House on ing.” Trump also said that he did think they want to do something. Wednesday that he was already not think Pyongyang was reluc- We’ll see what happens,” Trump thinking of holding a third meeting tant to denuclearize, even though said, adding, “The sanctions are on Flash floods and heavy winter of roofs collapsing during heavy with the North Korean leader too. North Korea has said it wants con- in full. I haven’t taken sanctions rains have killed 12 people in Pa- rains, four of them in the city of The US president said he and Kim crete reciprocal measures by the off, as you know. kistan's southwest and central re- Multan. Emergency teams are had made a lot of progress but “that US before it proceeds with any I’d love to be able to, but in order gions, officials said on February working to rescue people from doesn’t mean this will be the last more measures than it has already to do that, we have to do some- 21. The National Disaster Man- flooded parts of Lasbella in Bal- meeting by any chance,” adding unilaterally taken toward denucle- thing that’s meaningful on the oth- agement Authority said three peo- uchistan Province, said Imran Zar- that he “wouldn’t be surprised to arization. er side.” ple were killed and 200 families qoon, a spokesman for the pro- see something works out.” Trump In their first meeting, Trump and (AP) were affected by flash floods that vincial disaster authority. submerged villages near the south- Heavy seasonal rains often western town of Lasbella. In cen- cause landslides and flash floods tral Pakistan, nine people were in Pakistan. killed in three separate incidents (BBC)

Hungary has accepted hundreds of ister Viktor Orban’s years-long po- Hungarian opposition wants to refugees with Hungarian ancestry litical crusade against mass immi- from crisis-hit Venezuela under a gration into Europe and the Vene- end agreement with EBRD government programme involving zuelan programme due to the Hun- a local charity, news website garian ancestry of the refugees. Italy says North Korea will have bassador to London who defected Ministry said in a statement they The Hungarian Socialist party would not suffer any losses index.hu reported on Thursday. It “We are speaking about Hun- to pay the price if it repatriated to the South, made the argument had been informed by North Ko- wants the country to terminate the through the conversion into forints said Hungary launched the pro- garians and we do not consider the daughter of a missing North that Jo was unable to leave Italy rea on December fifth that Jo and agreement it currently has in place of foreign currency, while paving gramme nearly a year ago with the Hungarians migrants,” Prime Min- Korean diplomat against her will. with his daughter and the North his wife had left the embassy on with the European Bank for Re- the way for the eviction of bor- help of the Hungarian Charity Ser- ister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff, Manlio Di Stefano, undersecretary summoned her back to the North. November tenth and their daugh- construction and Development rowers whose mortgage is in ar- vice of the Order of Malta, which Gergely Gulyas told a news con- of the Italian Foreign Ministry, Di Stefano said if confirmed, it ter had been repatriated back to (EBRD). The party claims that rears,” said László Szakács, depu- has arranged the transfer of asy- ference in response to questions responded on Facebook to claims would be “of unprecedented grav- the North on November 14th. since the agreement was signed in ty leader of the Socialist party. lum-seekers from Venezuela to about the report. “They, like any the daughter of the North’s former ity," and warned those responsi- 2015, banks have gained political “The agreement with the EBRD Hungary. A spokesman for the other Hungarian, have a right to acting ambassador to Rome, Jo ble for the incident will pay. North Korea reportedly in- influence over the Hungarian gov- states that the government should Maltese charity in Hungary de- return home,” Gulyas said, adding Song-gil, was abducted by the He said Italy should have pro- formed Italy the girl had asked to ernment, leading to a number of not be a barrier to evictions and it clined to comment to ensure the that the first refugees under the North after he went missing, pre- tected Jo’s daughter, arguing she return home to be with her grand- decisions that have had a negative should not take any decisions that safety of those involved. A gov- programme arrived in Hungary last sumably to seek asylum in an un- “risks being tortured by one of the parents and was accompanied by impact on home owners who took adversely affects the profitability ernment official said there was no year. Index said Hungary provid- specified country. Thae Yong-ho, worst regimes in the world.” On female staff from the North Kore- out foreign currency mortgages. of banks. contradiction between Prime Min- ed airline tickets. North Korea's former deputy am- Wednesday, the Italian Foreign an embassy. “The agreement ensured that banks (AP)

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