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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017 THULHIJJA 1, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Programs Four Spain Spice and all Rooney reborn: aim to instill attack suspects things rice: Striker back in good values in court for Lagos pays form, eyeing in children4 questioning6 jollof30 homage England16 return Trump commits US troops Min 30º Max 46º to open-ended Afghan war High Tide 01:12 & 12:29 Low Tide Pakistan blamed • Taleban vow ‘graveyard’ • Kabul welcomes plan 07:35 & 20:10 32 PAGES NO: 17313 150 FILS WASHINGTON/KABUL: President Donald Trump commit- 5-day Eid holiday ted US troops to an open-ended war in Afghanistan, a KPC: Oil spill ‘contained’ decision the Afghan government welcomed yesterday but which Taleban insurgents warned would make the country KUWAIT: The Eid Al-Adha holiday will begin on Aug a “graveyard for the American empire”. Trump offered few 31 (coinciding with Waqfat Arafat) and end on Sept 4, KUWAIT: Kuwait Petroleum Corporation specifics in a speech on Monday but promised a stepped- the Civil Service Commission (CSC) announced yes- (KPC) announced yesterday that an oil up military campaign against the Taleban, who have terday. The CSC said the holiday will begin on Aug 31 spill off Kuwait’s southern coast has gained ground against US-backed Afghan government (Thursday) for all ministries, government depart- been contained. The KPC said in a state- forces. He also singled out ments, authorities and establishments. — KUNA ment that contingency teams had taken Pakistan for harboring mili- all necessary measures to disintegrate tants in safe havens on its soil, the oil slick near power and water an accusation it denies. India’s top court desalination plants. While Trump said he would The corporation contacted the not discuss troop levels or International Spill Control Organization details of the new strategy, US bans ‘triple talaq’ (ISCO) for consultation and help in map- officials said on Monday he ping out necessary plans to deal with had signed off on Defense NEW DELHI: India’s top court yesterday banned a contro- the spill, it said, indicating that there Secretary James Mattis’ plans versial Islamic practice that allows men to divorce their were also contacts with oil companies to send about 4,000 more wives instantly, ending a long tradition that many Muslim operating in the Gulf region to try to troops to Afghanistan. In his women had fiercely opposed. The Supreme Court ruled pinpoint the source of possible leakage. first formal address to the that the practice of “triple talaq”, whereby Muslim men can Moreover, samples of the floating oil Donald Trump nation as commander-in-chief, divorce their wives by reciting the word talaq (divorce) have been scooped up from the waters Trump discarded his previous criticism of the 16-year-old three times, was both unconstitutional and un-Islamic. and sent to laboratories of the Kuwait war as a waste of time and money, admitting things looked Victims including Shayara Bano, whose husband used Oil Company and a scientific institute. triple talaq to divorce her in 2015, had approached India’s Furthermore, operation rooms of different from “behind the desk in the Oval Office”. highest court to ask for a ruling. national oil companies, emergency “My instinct was to pull out,” Trump said as he spoke of A panel of five male judges from India’s major faiths - teams from the ministry of electricity his frustration with a war that has killed thousands of US Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism and Zoroastrianism and water and other authorities have KUWAIT: KPC workers clean a beach after an oil spill hit Kuwait’s troops and cost US taxpayers trillions of dollars. But follow- Continued on Page 11 been activated. — KUNA southern coast. — KUNA ing months of deliberation, Trump said he had concluded Continued on Page 11 LOCAL WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017

Crown Prince receives Sheikh Nasser, Ahmadi Governor KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday received His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah at Seif Palace. (Right) His Highness also received Ahmadi Governor Sheikh Fawaz Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. —KUNA photos Delegation of S Korean physicians visits Kuwait KUWAIT: The visit of a South Korean contingent of physicians represents a plan by Kuwait’s Ministry of Health (MoH) to improve healthcare services in the country, the ministry said yesterday. Speaking to the press after his meeting with a visiting South Korean delegation, the Ministry of Health’s Assistant Undersecretary for Technical Affairs Dr Waleed Al- Falah said that Kuwait’s healthcare system stands to gain from visits by foreign doctors. He added that the ministry has begun initiating a healthcare e-system to replace antiquated paper documents. The new sys- KUWAIT: Delegation of S Korean physicians hold talks with their Kuwait tems provide less margin for error and are far more counterparts yesterday. —KUNA photos reliable. —KUNA Drug suspects nabbed

By Hanan Al-Saadoun

KUWAIT: The Drugs Control General Department arrested an expat with 5 kg of “chemical” and a sensitive scale. Information was received about the sus- pect’s activities and he was arrested in his house, where the drug was found. Meanwhile, an Asian was arrested for bringing in a large quantity of drugs through a land border outlet. When his truck was searched, nearly 2 kg of heroin and one kilogram of shabu were found. The suspect said he delivers it to an Arab, who was also arrested.

Gang busted Detectives busted a gang that forged seals, stamps and documents in violation of the law and without security approval. The gang comprised of eight expats of various nationalities, who operated a press and made seals for persons in exchange of money without checking their identity or an official letter from the panies with 69 workers under their department asking for the documents. sponsorship. The companies had com- mercial licenses and excess labor Residency detectives although they are closed and do not Residency detectives busted 10 com- conduct any activity.

BOSTON: Health Minister Jamal Al-Harbi visited Boston pediatrics hospital and checked on the children treated there along with their families and review their treatment plans. Harbi met the hospital’s management to remove the difficulties patients face and discussed means of developing the medical situation in Kuwait. LOCAL WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah holds talks with Vice Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Zhang Gaoli yesterday. —KUNA photos

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets the visiting Vice Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Zhang Gaoli yesterday. The meeting was attended by First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah News and Kuwait Ambassador to China Samih Hayat. Amir receives China’s Vice Premier in brief

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday received visiting Vice Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Zhang Gaoli at Sief Palace. Bilateral relations and issues of common concern were discussed during the reception, which was also attended by His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Also present were First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Amiri Diwan advisor Mohammad Dhaifallah Sharar and Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah.

FM meets Vice Premier In another development, Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- Hamad Al-Sabah yesterday held official talks with Gaoli. During the talks, they reviewed firm relations between Kuwait and China in various fields, mainly economy, trade and investment. They also exchanged views on the latest regional and international developments and several issues of mutual interest. Both sides then signed a number of significant agreements in the fields of housing care and Kuwait’s Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina infrastructure, together with a memo of understanding in Nasser Al-Mutairi meets with Minister of Security of the development area. The talks were attended by Minister of Housing and Minister of State for Service Affairs Yasser Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Mektic. —KUNA Abul, Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah, Assistant Foreign Minister for the First Deputy Prime Minister and KUWAIT: Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- Kuwait Ambassador holds Foreign Minister’s Office and several other senior officials talks with Bosnia minister Sabah holds talks with Vice Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Zhang Gaoli. of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.—KUNA KUWAIT: Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Mektic has stressed the impor- tance of the contributing role played by investors in supporting the economy of his country, vowing to do Kuwait’s Airport in full gear more to enhance security, especially in tourist places. Kuwaiti Embassy in Sarajevo said, in a statement received by KUNA, that the remarks came during a to facilitate flow of pilgrims meeting held by Mektic with Kuwait’s Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Nasser Al-Mutairi. The talks also highlighted ways to strengthen bilateral relations and a number of issues of common concern, including prob- lems that face Kuwaiti tourists in Bosnia. “The role of investors and tourists is important,” Mektic said, adding, “we will strengthen security, especially in places where tourists are staying.”

Kuwaiti oil price up $1.07 to $48.76 pb KUWAIT: The price of the Kuwaiti oil went up $1.07 to reach $48.76 per barrel (pb) yesterday compared with USD 47.69 pb last Friday, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said yesterday. Meanwhile, the price of the West Texas Intermediate’s future con- tracts for September delivery went down 13 cents to reach $48.55 pb, the same case with the Brent Blend’s future contracts for October delivery, which went down 25 cents to $52.45 pb. Meanwhile, the Kuwait Price Index rose 18.65 points to stand at 6,932.01 points; the Weighted Index went up by 1.21 points to read 429.03 points. KSX 15 gains 4.55 points to stand at 977.93 points. Value of trade was at nearly KD 15,343,036.181while the volume was KUWAIT: Kuwaiti pilgrims head to Makkah to perform Hajj (pilgrimage). —KUNA photos 94,805,539 shares done through 3,605 deals.

Teamwork ‘key’ to the resurgence of Tennis TUNIS: Arab nations should work closely together to further develop the sport of tennis in the region, a Kuwaiti sports official said yesterday. Speaking to KUNA on the sidelines of a ceremony held to honor him, the Chairman of both the Kuwaiti and Arab tennis federa- tions Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was” thankful for being feted by Tunisia”, an accolade he described as a testament to Kuwait’s support of the sport of tennis. “This sport can be taken to new heights only with coop- eration and collective work on the part of Arab coun- tries,” he added. Meanwhile, Tunisia’s Minister of Youth and Sports Majdouline Cherni cited an Arab amateur tennis championship currently hosted by the North African nation, which features around 120 competitors. KUWAIT: Kuwait International Airport is in full gear to Muslims that must be carried out at least once in their annual gathering of people in the world. The state of “We would like to be the first to congratulate Kuwait on best serve the Kuwaiti pilgrims heading to Makkah to lifetime by all adult Muslims who are physically and finan- being physically and financially capable of performing this honor,” the Tunisian minister noted. Kuwait’s perform Islam’s fifth pillar of Hajj (pilgrimage). The Airport cially capable of undertaking the journey, and can sup- the Hajj is called istita’ah, and a Muslim who fulfills this Ambassador to Tunis Ali Al-Theferi was grateful for the allocated special lanes and areas to help the pilgrims. The port their family during their absence. condition is called a mustati. The Hajj is a demonstration Hajj is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Makkah, the most It is one of the five pillars of Islam, alongside of the solidarity of the Muslim people, and their submis- honor as well, saying it was the result of Sheikh Ahmad holy city for Muslims, and a mandatory religious duty for Shahadah, Salat, Zakat, and Sawm. The Hajj is the largest sion to God (Allah). —Agencies Al-Jaber’s strenuous efforts to push the sport of tennis to new levels of fame. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017 LOCAL Photo of the day

KUWAIT: Photo captures a panoramic view of the Kuwait coastline along the Gulf Road. — Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh Dallas residential facility acquired by Warba Bank

KUWAIT: Warba Bank adds another investment the Bank’s sources of income and developing its to its global real-estate investment portfolio in real estate investment portfolio pursuant to its line with its aspirations to becoming a corpo- investment policy and risk appetite”. rate and investment banking champion. This Thuwaini emphasized that the Investment transaction follows the bank’s successful real Banking Group is exceptionally vigilant to the estate expansion strategy, derived from in- bank’s risk standards when deploying its invest- depth research, undertaken by the Investment ments and fully adheres to its investment policy Banking Group, of the underlying forces that which aims to ensure long-term, secured risk are shaping the global economic adjusted returns. and financial market outlook Suite 2801 is a Class “A” com- which, in turn, shapes the bank’s munity strategically located in the asset allocation strategy. centre of major employment hubs With a view that the real estate including Dallas, Fort Worth and market in the United States of Arlington, Texas. It is within walk- America exhibits strong funda- ing distance of the largest shop- mentals with high demand for ping destinations, making it the Class A multifamily units in tran- best option for tenants. It also sient cities, Warba Bank is proud provides convenient access to to announce its third real estate DFW International Airport. Built in acquisition since the beginning of 2013, the Class “A” property offers this year in Euless, Texas, a suburb 1, 2 and 3-bedroom luxury apart- of Dallas, Texas. Thuwaini Al-Thuwaini ments boasting premium finishes Warba Bank’s equity invest- and quality amenities catering to ment in Suite 2801, a 417-unit all ages, including swimming ‘Makarem’, ‘Muthmer’ - programs apartment community, amounts to $23.46 mil- pools and a fitness centre. lion. Warba Bank’s acquisition came through a Since the beginning of 2017, Warba Bank’s joint venture partnership with Cortland total real estate investments in the United States Partners, a full-service multifamily real estate have reached $70 million, equivalent to KD 22 aim to instill good values in kids acquisition, development, and operating entity. million. The bank has already acquired the head- Commenting on the Bank’s third acquisition quarters of Manpower Group, an office building KUWAIT: Kuwaiti studies related to childhood in the United States of America since the begin- in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the luxury coastal indicated that programs for the child need to be ning of this year, Thuwaini Khaled Al-Thuwaini, flats of Ultris in Banyan Grove, Virginia. further developed, associated with provisions of Deputy Chief Investment Banking Officer, said: Warba Bank launched its global real estate centers specialized in child care, training courses “Thanks to Allah, we’re excited to record another investment programme earlier this year by for their caregivers and constant family aware- milestone under the Bank’s global real estate acquiring a modern facility exclusively dedicat- ness to achieve sound socialization. Hence, the investment program for the hard efforts of the ed to KIA Motors in the UK, strategically located government’s serious approach and long-term team at the Investments Banking Group. Warba in Lane Industrial Estate, just 1.5 miles away outlook for a better Kuwait was to separate the Bank is keen on identifying viable real estate from Immingham. The ports in Immingham and youth authority from sport and build on four investment opportunities in view of diversifying Grimsby together are the largest in the UK. axioms; empowerment and leadership, creativity and innovation, national competitiveness and ensuring social cohesion. KIB marks International Youth In order to achieve its mission, the Public Authority for Youth cooperates with the Kuwaiti Day, organizes art competition Ministry of Education’s General Education Sector through the preparation of ambitious programs, KUWAIT: Kuwait International Bank (KIB) try’s younger generations, and we actively providing a safe environment, enhancing the recently organized an art and design compe- seek to nurture their creative talents by participation of youth, taking responsibility, and tition in commemoration of International organizing and supporting various activities Education Undersecretary for General Director General of the Public Authority for building and developing Kuwait. Makarem, one Youth Day. The competition took place at Art and initiatives. A key goal of our youth pro- Education and member of the Board of Youth Abdurrahman Al-Mutairi of the educational programs offered by the Space, Kuwait’s first artist studio and cafe, grams is to support the contemporary, cre- Directors of the General Authority for Youth Authority, is designed for the 5-11 years age and was attended by prolific artists and cre- ative and innovative vision of our youth Fatima Al-Kanderi group, and aims to highlight positive and leader- Directors of the General Authority for Youth atives from across the creative community in across all fields and sectors.” Kuwait. Najia further lauded the participant’s cre- ship characteristics of children. 18) through the annexation of the Farwaniya Fatima Al-Kanderi told KUNA that ‘Makarem’ After the program took its first step in the aims to provide children with the characteristics The competition, one of the first youth ative works and artistic ideas. He also noted educational area to the program, to be followed competitions of its kind in Kuwait, was held that through this competition, KIB sought to Jahra educational area in the last academic year, by the rest of educational areas according to a of a leadership, knowledge, ability to engage in dialogue and self-respect. under the umbrella of KIB’s social responsi- provide young creatives with the opportuni- the Authority announced the adoption of the planned schedule. Education Undersecretary for bility program. Youth initiatives constitute a ty to showcase their ideas, designs and art- program plan for the next academic year (2017- General Education and member of the Board of significant portion of the Bank’s program, as works, in addition to giving them a platform ‘My Talent’ KIB continuously strives to foster the creative to develop their skills and connect with oth- She pointed out that ‘Makarem’ includes five talents of Kuwait’s youth. Through a diverse er artists. It serves to note that through its projects such as forums, personal competencies, series of activities and initiatives, the Bank social responsibility program, KIB continu- awareness of parents, talents and pioneers of seeks to encourage young creatives to ously works to support social programs that youth. She pointed out that (Mawhibati) or “My embrace their talents and work hard to promote national development. The Bank Talent” project, benefited 220 gifted and distin- achieve their ambitions. also seeks to better integrate youth into guished students, noting that there will be an Nawaf Najia, Manager of the Corporate these programs, given the key role they play exhibition for them mid-November in the 360 Communications Unit at KIB, said: “We always in social, cultural and economic national Mall to highlight their creativity and innovations. strive to encourage and motivate our coun- development. The “Talented camp” project started with 42 schools, from them 57 students were picked. They enrolled in a three-day camp to promote values and self-reliance as well as to accept the other opinion. She said that the committee supervising the program would select children from Jahra and Farwaniya educational areas in mid-September based on their readiness, orientation, technical abilities and high potential. For his part, Director General of the Public Authority for Youth Abdurrahman Al-Mutairi told KUNA that the Authority will continue its partnership with the children of other age groups through ‘Muthmer’, fruitful educational program directed to the intermediate and secondary levels. — KUNA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017 From the Arabic press

Crime Al-Qabas Report Freedom 9 arrested for fighting Expats and the KUWAIT: Criminal detectives arrested nine young men, new regulations while two were sent to Jahra Hospital under guard, follow- ing a violent fight in a Jahra cafe. Video of part of the fight was uploaded on social media. Preliminary investigations By Atyab Al-Shatti revealed the fight was over staring, and the cafe they were in has cabins where women are allowed. The men used uwait that is cradled by the Amir of sharp objects, and the two injured men were admitted to humanity has always been a part of rights the ICU in critical condition. Kand security and a land of equality and jus- tice, yet in a strange turn by the Parliamentary legislator, there are new laws that have regulated Three girls attacked the status of expats blocking means of normal A security source said three Kuwaiti girls told Jleeb life and making it not difficult, rather close to police station investigators that two men living in impossible for an expat. Firdous beat them. One of the girls said one of the men If an expat who was born in Kuwait, and his deliberately exposed her private parts in public. The parents who have spent most of their lives here girls submitted medical reports stating injuries they and have made this place their first country, is sustained. The Farwaniya prosecutor filed the beating not allowed to renew their residency permit, and molestation case as a felony. why will that expat work towards building Kuwait while his elderly parents are thrown out Car, flat damaged without someone to take care of or having the In Fahd Al-Ahmad, a citizen told police his car was dam- physical ability to make a living for themselves? aged while parked in front of a salon. He said the wind- Expats born in Kuwait, consider it their home shield and back window were smashed, and the two side and do not have any place or family or friends mirrors were stolen. Separately, a real estate company rep- in their second country, as we do not think that resentative lodged a complaint against a tenant for dam- when the person is forced to leave this place aging the flat he rents. Al-Anbaa where he has build a life for himself, will be wel- comed there or not. Are laws thrown at the individual’s backs studied from the humanitari- Under the influence an point of view? A Syrian expat was sent to the central prison after As for the laws of medical visits in govern- questioning by police for resisting arrest and public Al-Anbaa ment hospitals, they make it nearly impossible drunkenness, in addition to disturbing the peace. to be treated in Kuwait. For example, examina- Another Syrian was taken to Nugra police station for tion with radio-active Iodine, with thyrogen being drunk, then sent to forensics to determine the injection costs KD 500, this is only the examina- alcohol content in his blood. The Syrian had stormed Humanitarian Center the flat of an Iraqi woman, so she screamed for help. tion fees and not the treatment. Testing the Meanwhile, a citizen was detained at Nugra police sta- mass of red blood cells costs KD 300, testing kid- tion for suspicion of being drunk. He then attacked a By Dr Muttaq R Al-Qarawi neys costs above KD 50, testing kidneys from police officer who was handling him. the bottom side KD 50, of course the kidneys uwait celebrated the anniversary of being named group. Kuwaiti people grew up on the love of others, won’t be tested from one side without the other as an International Humanitarian Center, and we unless they were enemies, and these people confirmed so the total cost will be KD 100. are honored that HH the Amir was named as a the brotherhood of creation with all people, brother- Fight in Nugra cafe K As for the price of the ICU, where the person humanitarian leader. These international titles did not hood of kinship and neighborhood with the Muslim and Paramedics rushed a Jordanian and a Syrian to hospital is hanging between life and death the cost is come out of the blue, they were expressed by events and non Muslim, and the brotherhood in religion with for treatment of injuries they sustained during a fight in a KD 30 per day. The expat with limited income is experiences that were carried out by Kuwait in the field Muslims, and fulfilled for each brotherhood’s goals. Nugra cafe over a game of cards. The two refused to solve surrounded by financial commitments, if he of humanitarian support by the Amir, government and Kuwait’s aid helped countries like Palestine, Philippines, the matter amicably, so a case of exchanging blows was was in an accident or critical condition, humani- people, and it contributed to having the world admit Europe, Pakistan and Indonesia, and concentrated in filed against them, and both were sent for questioning. ty will be thrown in hell, and we will wait for that the humanitarian principle, and helping others, is a many of affected countries be it Arab or otherwise. him to pay the fees first. This expat with limited characteristic of this generous population. What makes us proud with this blessed work is that income will consider dying as a better option Humanity in the Shareeah means the brotherhood in the fulfillment of this principle is not limited to some peo- Women arrested for drugs than entering the ICU. If we look at each suffo- creation as Almighty Allah says: “O mankind, indeed we ple rather all Kuwait people participate in it, starting with Two female citizens were arrested upon their cating law alone, we will notice that it aims at return from Sharm El-Sheikh with 20 illicit tablets on have created you from male and female and made the the efforts of HH the Amir to help the weakest of Kuwaiti people and tribes that you may know one another,” while people with effort and money. The effect of these works organizing the expats financial dealing and them. Both were taken for questioning. Customs offi- their presence in Kuwait. We appeal to the leg- cers noticed one of the girls got nervous when her the hadeeth of Prophet (PBUH) says: “One will not be a is clear through participation and many events stand wit- believer until he likes for his brother what he likes for ness to it. What makes us proud is that our country stands islator to consider the humanitarian aspect, and luggage was put through the inspection system, so be merciful while dealing with people, or at their luggage was carefully searched and the tablets himself,” and it is understood that it is a group of philo- out with this humanitarian character, and that our Amir is least not to be the cause of their harm. were found. sophical and ethical views that focus on the value and a leader and example for it with the grace of Allah, so efficiency of a human being, either individual or as a praise be to Him. —Translated by Kuwait Times —Translated by Kuwait Times

Classified info leaked Intensive investigations by the Interior Ministry over the leaking of a classified document to the media revealed a high-ranking official and an Iranian journalist are involved. Some media published reports that included operational orders and internal security correspondence that are high- ly confidential, prompting the deputy premier and interior minister to order an investigation to find who told an offi- cer to leak a copy of a confidential letter regarding an unannounced move by police. A security source said authorities were surprised was when it was discovered the journalist is an Iranian who claims he is a bedoon.

Young man fined The comprehensive court fined a young man KD 3,000 for publishing remarks that harmed the reputa- tion of a girl and insulting her on WhatsApp

Oil spots along Messila ‘come from overseas’ KUWAIT: Minister of Oil and Minister of Electricity and Water Esam Al-Marzouqi said yesterday the oil spots, found last week off Messila area, stemmed from old oil spills outside the territorial waters of Kuwait. “These oil spots have nothing to do with the recent oil spill in Salma Al Hajjaj and Fawzi Al-Majdali pose for a group photo with Gulf Bank and MGRP’s senior management teams. South Al-Zour area that prompted an effective response from Kuwait,” the minister told Kuwait TV. “Vessels from Kuwait Navy and Kuwait Oil Gulf Bank and MGRP launch strategic Company (KOC) reached the scene and contained the oil spill within a few hours,” he noted. “The Ministry of Oil abides by the policy of transparency in addressing partnership to support employment oil accidents. Upon receiving notification of oil spots near the officers’ club on Messila coast on August 11, the ministry started talking the problem and investi- Program offers comprehensive guidance for job seekers gating the sources of the spill. “Preliminary results of the probes show that the KUWAIT: Reinforcing its active role in sup- impact so many young Kuwaitis, and ulti- sources of the sill are old and stem from outside our porting Kuwait’s youth and the develop- mately, encourage and support employ- territorial waters,” he said, noting the Saudi and ment of Kuwait’s economy, Gulf Bank is ment in the private sector by placing the Iranian authorities affirmed that they received no pleased to announce that it has signed a right people in the right places, and reports in this regard. The final results, that will strategic partnership with the Manpower ensure sustainability through the develop- determine the exact source of the oil spill, will and Government Restructuring Program ment of local talent”. emerge after completing the analyses of the recent (MGRP). This partnership will support the Mrs. Al-Hajjaj continued: “Gulf Bank has satellite images, he went on. The oil tankers respon- Recruitment Screening Program initiative, had the privilege of working closely with sible for the accident will be liable to sanctions on and offer career counseling, as well as guid- the MGRP for many years now, and when par with sanctions imposed by the United States fol- ance to Kuwaiti nationals seeking employ- two entities share the same objectives and lowing the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred ment opportunities in the private sector. passion for change and growth, it yields to as the Gulf of Mexico oil spill) in 2010, Al- Salma Al-Hajjaj, General Manager for room for more positive initiatives and Marzouqi added. — KUNA Human Resources at Gulf Bank, and Fawzi hence, positive results. At Gulf Bank, we’ve Al-Majdalli, Secretary General at MGRP established a solid track record of develop- signed the agreement on 21 August 2017 ing and supporting programs for youth at the MGRP headquarters. Through this which also contribute to the future of our agreement, Gulf Bank will enrich the pro- beloved Kuwait. Today, this partnership gram by deploying its HR expertise and acts as an opportunity for Gulf Bank to take offering job seekers professional career its commitment to the next level and make counseling and guidance for each candi- use of its high degree of expertise and pro- date based on an assessment delivered fessionalism in the HR field to offer sound through the Recruitment Screening and constructive guidance that will act as Program. The program has been developed the first solid stepping stone in these can- with the aim of analyzing and assessing didates careers, as they move forward in character, strengths and weaknesses, and the private sector’. Salma Al-Hajjaj, General Manager for Human Resources at Gulf Bank and Fawzi Al- skill set, based on which a recommenda- “In February of this year, Gulf Bank was Majdalli, Secretary General at MGRP are pictured during the signing ceremony. tion on the most suitable post and compa- awarded the ‘Best Training Plan 2016’ from has been demonstrated through several prepare them for future leadership posi- ny environment is made for the job seeker. the MGRP, which highlighted the bank’s initiatives, some of which include its exter- tions in the Bank. Furthermore, the Bank Commenting on the importance of this commitment and dedication to support nal training programs held in collaboration also offers a Bank-wide learning and devel- partnership, Mrs. Salma Al-Hajjaj said: “A Kuwait’s youth. Now, this new agreement is with the MGRP and its long term sponsor- opment program, which includes a wide major focus area for Gulf Bank is support- the next step in our longstanding partner- ship of INJAZ Kuwait which offers jobs skills range of training programs and courses for ing young Kuwaiti nationals and we are ship, and I would like to thank the MGRP and entrepreneurial training for high employees of various levels and from differ- strongly committed to making a differ- for putting its trust in us to act as support- school and university students. Internally, ent departments, including the staff at its KUWAIT: A man walks along the coast of Arabian ence, not only in the lives of our young ers of this significant program and as coun- the Bank is proud of its Ajyal Graduate branches. For further details about Gulf Gulf Sea. An oil spill was discovered recently off fresh graduates, but on a nationwide level. selors and mentors for Kuwait’s younger Development Program which nurtures Bank initiatives, please visit the Bank’s web- Kuwait coast. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat That said; this agreement will allow us to generations” Mrs. Al-Hajjaj added. young Kuwaiti talent early in the career to site: www.e-gulfbank.com or its social maximize our reach, and influence and Gulf Bank’s support of Kuwait’s youth develop them into ‘holistic bankers’ and media accounts. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017 Last child saved after quake hits Italy island Remains found on US warship that collided off Sin gapore

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Iraqi forces backed by the Hashed Al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization units) advance towards the town of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, after the Iraqi government announced the beginning of the operation to retake it from the control of the Islamic State (IS) group. — AFP Iraqi forces retake districts of IS bastion Pentagon chief visits Baghdad in show of support

TAL ABTA: Iraqi forces yesterday recaptured kilometers to the east-and the Syrian border. preparing to accommodate nearly 30,000 more. had said his discussions in Iraq would focus on McGurk said the initial push on the out- from the Islamic State group the first two dis- The jihadists inside Tal Afar, estimated to the way ahead, including how to keep the skirts of Tal Afar was “going well”, with 235 tricts of jihadist bastion Tal Afar, as the number around 1,000, responded with ‘Fought like the dickens’ country from again politically fragmenting or square kilometers cleared in the first 24 hours. Pentagon chief visited Baghdad in a show of artillery fire yesterday as the Iraqi forces Mattis declined to make any predictions on falling further under Iran’s influence. “Secretary Iraqi and US forces were “moving faster, more support. The United Nations said thousands of massed outside the city. Army, police and the battle. “ISIS’s days are certainly numbered, Mattis is going to be very much focused on a effectively, more efficiently,” he said, in part civilians have fled Tal Afar in the two days units of the Hashed Al-Shaabi paramilitary but it’s not over yet and it’s not going to be pathway for the United States to continue to due to US President Donald Trump having giv- since the start of the broad offensive backed coalition later took “full control” of Al-Kifah and over anytime soon,” he said. Iraqi forces had have to a residual force in Iraq to continue to en Mattis more authority to decide on tactics by the US-led coalition fighting IS. In remarks Al-Nur districts in Tal Afar, the Hashed said. The “fought like the dickens in Mosul, (it) cost train Iraqi security forces” and avoiding a suc- and resources needed. Mattis, who is on a five- before meeting in Baghdad with Prime Iraqi forces had encircled the city despite what them over 6,000 wounded, somewhere over cessor from IS rising up, said Heras. day swing through Jordan, Iraq, Turkey and Minister Haider Al-Abadi, US Defence Hashed spokesman Ahmed Al-Assadi 1,200 killed,” he noted. Yet that comeback Ukraine, said he would also talk about recon- Secretary Jim Mattis said he wanted to keep described as “intense” fighting. He said the restored the confidence of the Iraqi forces Kurdistan referendum challenge struction and resettlement of hundreds of the spotlight on eradicating the jihadists. fighting for the city would likely last weeks. after their shock loss of Mosul to IS in 2014. A key issue is Iraqi Kurdistan’s plan for an thousand of Iraqis driven from their homes “Right now our focus is on defeating ISIS The International Organization for Migration Mattis stressed that retaking Mosul would not independence referendum on September 25, and towns by the fighting, especially Mosul. inside Iraq, restoring Iraqi sovereignty and ter- said its teams were “responding to thousands of have happened “without... Abadi’s steady strongly opposed by the US as an event that “It’s not going to happen overnight. It’s ritorial integrity,” said the Pentagon chief, civilians fleeing Tal Afar since the launch of the hand” but also thanks to extensive US support. could undermine Abadi and distract from the going to be a heavy lift for them going for- using an alternative acronym for IS. military campaign”. Since Friday, more than The future of that support still must be set- fight against IS. “A referendum at this time ward.” But Heras said Mattis, whom he said Iraqi troops, supported by the forces of a 3,000 people had arrived at two IOM emer- tled, and there would be resistance from Shiite would be potentially catastrophic to the has earned firm trust among Iraqis, needs to US-led international coalition, routed IS in gency sites, many with just the clothes on their militia and Iranians, said Nicholas Heras, counter-ISIS campaign,” said Brett McGurk, the help Abadi further build his power as a mod- Mosul in July after a grueling nine-month fight back, said the UN agency. Middle East Security Fellow at the Center for a White House envoy to the anti-IS coalition. “It’s erate for the post-war, with elections looming for Iraq’s second city. They launched the offen- The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said it had New American Security in Washington. Mattis not just the United States; every member of for next year. “That will be a political pickle sive on Sunday to recapture Tal Afar, once a received some 9,000 people at the Hamman Al will also meet in Arbil with Massud Barzani, our coalition believes that now is not the time that Mattis will have to work Abadi through,” key IS supply hub between Mosul-around 70 Alil transit centre in the past week, and it was president of the Iraqi Kurdistan region. Mattis to hold this referendum.” he said. — AFP Four Spain attack suspects in court for questioning

MADRID: Four alleged members of a terror cell urb of Machelen-next to the city’s airport- Mohamed Aallaa, Mohamed Houli Chemlal, were in a Madrid court yesterday, facing possible between January and March 2016. On the other who was injured in the explosion in Alcanar, and charges related to the twin attacks in Catalonia side of Brussels, the Molenbeek suburb has Salh El Karib were also in court. Chemlal, dressed that claimed 15 lives and wounded more than 100 gained notoriety as a hotbed of international in hospital patient clothing and with his right people. Spanish police shot dead Barcelona terror jihadists after the Brussels bombings in March hand bandaged, was brought in after a doctor suspect Younes Abouyaaqoub on Monday in a 2016 and the Paris attacks in November 2015. determined that he was fit for interrogation, a dramatic end to the manhunt for the Moroccan And in France, Interior Minister Gerard court spokesman told AFP. Veteran magistrate national, who shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is Collomb told BFMTV that the Audi A3 used to Fernando Andreu is due to determine which greatest) when he was killed. mow down people in Cambrils had been detected charges to file against the four men and what role The Moroccan was the last fugitive member of by speed cameras in the Paris region while mak- they may have played in the terror plot. The first a 12-man cell suspected of plotting last week’s ing “a very rapid return trip” days before the hearing lasted about 70 minutes, a court vehicle attacks in Barcelona and the seaside resort Barcelona attack. Collomb is due to host his spokesman said. At the end of the day, Andreu is of Cambrils. Besides the four men detained, the Spanish counterpart Juan Ignacio Zoido on due to decide if he would send the four to provi- rest were killed, either by police or in an explosion Wednesday for talks due to include anti-terrorism sional detention. Trapero said some of the men believed to have been accidentally detonated by cooperation. At least one of the suspects also had given information to police during question- the suspects themselves in their bomb factory at spent a night in Zurich last December, said Swiss ing, and that the elements would be weighed up the seaside town of Alcanar. Among those killed in police, adding that it was too early to speculate by investigators. the explosion was a Moroccan imam at the heart about any connections with Switzerland. of the cell, Abdelbaki Es Satty, Catalan police chief ‘One or more’ attacks BARCELONA: A woman hugs a Muslim boy on the historic Las Ramblas during a protest by Josep Lluis Trapero confirmed. While Spanish In bandages but fit Investigators seeking to unravel the terror the Muslim community condemning the attack in the popular market district. — AP police say the cell has been dismantled, investiga- Yesterday under heavy security, police vans cell had homed in on the small border town of The suspected jihadists had been preparing suspects to modify their plans. Instead, they used tors are trying to determine if it had logistical or carrying the suspects entered the National Court, Ripoll at the foot of the Pyrenees mountains in bombs for “one or more attacks in Barcelona”, a vehicle to smash into crowds on Barcelona’s Las other forms of support from other individuals. which deals with terrorism cases, where a judge northeastern Spain. Satty, aged in his 40s, came Trapero said Sunday, revealing that 120 gas canis- Ramblas boulevard, killing 13 people and injuring Questions are also arising about the group’s possi- will decide what-if any-charges to press against under scrutiny as he is believed to have radical- ters and traces of TATP components-a homemade more than 100. ble international connections. the four men who allegedly formed part of the ized youths in Ripoll. Police said the imam had cell. The four suspects in court include Driss spent time in prison and had once been in con- explosive that is an IS hallmark-had been found at While on the run, Abouyaaqoub, 22, stabbed Audi in Paris, imam in Belgium Oukabir, the older brother of Moussa who was tact with a suspect wanted on terrorism charges their bomb factory. to death the driver of a car he hijacked to get In Belgium, the mayor of the Vilvorde region killed by police in Cambrils on Friday morning but was never himself charged with terror-relat- The accidental explosion in the house in away. Several hours later, a similar vehicle attack told AFP that Satty spent time in the Brussels sub- along with four other suspects. ed incidents. Alcanar, south of Barcelona, may have forced the in Cambrils left one woman dead. — AFP WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017 INTERNATIONAL Iran in talks to unblock Twitter: New minister

TEHRAN: Iran’s new communications minister said groups over his involvement in surveillance during The 2009 protests were considered the first In December 2016, Friday prayer leader yesterday that negotiations were underway with and after the mass anti-regime protests of 2009. time that Twitter and social media were widely Ayatollah Mohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani, who Twitter to unblock the service, which has been He rejected the criticism in a meeting with law- used to organize protests-a model replicated heads the Committee for the Promoting Virtue banned for years despite being used even by the makers this week, saying: “I wasn’t responsible for when the Arab Spring movement erupted across and Prohibiting Vice, said the dangers of the inter- country’s supreme leader. The micro-blogging surveillance-I was in charge of the technical infra- the region the following year. “At that time and net were even greater than women failing to wear platform was barred at the time of mass anti- structure for the surveillance industry, and I con- based on remarks made by the director of this net- a headscarf. “Bad hijab is a bad thing but cyber- regime protests in 2009 that followed allegations sider it an honor.” But Jahromi is also seen as a crit- work, Iran’s government believed they had inter- space is a hundred times worse,” he said in a of massive rigging in the re-election of president ic of online censorship in Iran, where platforms fered in the country’s internal affairs and for this speech to religious officials, highlighting the pres- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter remain reason Twitter was filtered,” said Jahromi, who has ence of porn and anti-religious sites. “(Twitter) has announced that it is prepared to banned even if millions use them daily through more than 4,000 followers on the service. “Cyberspace can uproot religion and Islam negotiate to resolve problems,” Mohammad-Javad easily available privacy software. completely,” he said. Rouhani is thought to have Azari Jahromi told the Iran daily newspaper. He said officials were also looking at ways to ‘Cyberspace can uproot religion’ favoured lifting the Twitter ban for some time, “Considering the current situation there are unblock YouTube while still censoring “immoral Despite the ban, Twitter is widely used by having even exchanged words with the site’s co- grounds for such negotiation and interaction. content” on the video-sharing service, and that a supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has founder Jack Dorsey back in 2013. “Good evening, Twitter is not an immoral environment needing pilot project would allow universities to access the official accounts in several languages, as well as President. Are citizens of Iran able to read your to be blocked,” he added. The 36-year-old site. There was no immediate response from President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister tweets?” Dorsey posted shortly after Rouhani’s Jahromi became Iran’s youngest-ever minister Twitter or YouTube. Jahromi added that the final Mohammad Javad Zarif. Even Ahmadinejad joined first election win. Rouhani replied: “Evening, this week, and the first to be born after the 1979 decision on unblocking sites lay with Supreme the service this year. But many conservatives @Jack... my efforts geared 2 ensure my ppl’ll com- Islamic revolution. Council for Cyberspace, which includes members remain worried about “Western infiltration” fortably b able 2 access all info globally as is their His selection has been criticized by rights of the hardline judiciary. through social media. #right.” — AFP

Trump returns to Arizona and a chaotic political landscape

PHOENIX: Donald Trump was just a few cates recently submitted more than 100,000 weeks into his candidacy in 2015 when he signatures in a petition drive to get the law came to Phoenix for a speech that ended up wiped out on the 2018 ballot. being a bigger moment in his campaign If that isn’t enough fuel for a political than most people realized at the time. bonfire, Trump’s visit to Arizona will be his Trump savaged his critics and the media, first political event since the race-driven vio- vowed to fine Mexico $100,000 for each lence in Virginia and his divisive comments immigrant entering the country illegally, in the aftermath of the protests. That creat- talked tough on trade, promised to return ed a dilemma for Republicans like Gov. America to its winning ways and borrowed a Doug Ducey on whether to take the stage at line from Richard Nixon in declaring, “The the Trump rally while running for re-elec- silent majority is back.” The packed crowd tion. Doing so would subject him to attacks ate it up - the raucous enthusiasm an early from moderates and the left by appearing sign of the overwhelming support among with the president so soon after Trump’s base that would help carry him to Charlottesville and possibly at the same the presidency. time as the president pardons Arpaio and As Trump returns to Arizona yesterday in throws his endorsement behind Flake’s chal- need of another big moment, he will find a lenger. But avoiding the stage could hurt place where his agenda and unconventional him with the base. leadership style have consumed the political Ducey’s plan is to greet the president on landscape and elevated the state’s status in the airport tarmac and skip the rally, saying the national fight for control of power in he wants to oversee the law enforcement Washington in 2018. It was Arizona senator response to protests. The governor support- John McCain who cast the vote that derailed ed Trump and appeared on stage at one of Trump’s effort to repeal the health care law. his rallies last year in Arizona. The other Arizona senator, Jeff Flake, has become the poster child for Republicans Faithful and vocal who buck the president’s agenda and feel Trump would be hard-pressed to find a DAMASCUS: Syrian Civil Defence members, also known as the White Helmets, stand in protest on the rubble of buildings in Zamalka, near his wrath on Twitter. The president is almost state where his Republican base is as faithful Syria’s capital Damascus, to commemorate the 4th anniversary of a reported chemical weapons attack on the Ghouta area. — AFP certain to back a GOP challenger to Flake in and vocal as in Arizona, which is a big rea- 2018, complicating Republican efforts to son why he came to the state seven times maintain control of the Senate. during his campaign and refers to the “spe- Dozens dead in US-led strikes cial place” it holds for him. The fierce, non- Immigration debate conformist political spirit evident at Trump Trump has also revived the immigration rallies here traces its roots to the frontier as battle nears Raqqa heart debate and infuriated Latinos here with his days and allows hard-fisted politicians like talk of pardoning former Sheriff Joe Arpaio him and Arpaio to thrive. over his recent conviction for breaking the “The Republican primary base in Arizona SDF has captured just under 60 percent of Raqqa law with his signature immigration patrols. is highly partisan, semi-libertarian in the The controversy over Civil War monuments sense that it’s against the swamp,” said long- BEIRUT: Dozens of civilians have died in two borhoods in the city centre that are densely is the preserving of civilian lives and avoiding has even spilled into Arizona, where the time Republican political strategist Chuck days of intense US-led strikes on Raqqa, a mon- packed with civilians,” Observatory director massive losses among them,” Sello said. He governor has faced repeated calls to take Coughlin. “We’re the 48th state to join. We’re itor said yesterday, as fighting to retake the Rami Abdel Rahman said. blamed IS for using civilians as “human shields.” down a handful of Confederate memorials still acting like a juvenile. We still act like Syrian city from jihadists nears its densely pop- “We have opened up safe routes for civilians in the state. And an overlooked item in we’re the last one invited to the party which ulated centre. At least 250 US-led coalition ‘Buildings full of civilians’ to cross securely towards areas controlled by Trump’s agenda, school choice, has made is sort of what Donald Trump is.” The biggest strikes have hit Raqqa city and the surrounding “There are buildings full of civilians who are our forces, who are rescuing civilians almost education a hot campaign issue in Arizona. consequence of Trump’s unorthodox gov- area in the last week, a coalition spokesman trying to get away from the front lines.” The daily and transferring them to safe places.” Tens With the strong support of Education erning style may be seen in Flake’s re-elec- told AFP, as the US-backed Syrian Democratic coalition says avoiding civilian casualties is its of thousands of people have fled Raqqa city, Secretary Besty DeVos, Arizona passed the tion effort. Flake has been outspoken in his Forces press an offensive in the city. “highest priority.” Coalition spokesman Colonel with the United Nations estimating that up to nation’s most ambitious expansion of criticism of Trump, taking him to task in The SDF has so far captured just under 60 Ryan Dillon told AFP that the latest allegations 25,000 civilians remain trapped inside with vouchers this year, and public school advo- pointed jabs in a recent book. — AP percent of Raqqa, monitors say, leaving of civilian deaths would be taken seriously and dwindling food and fuel supplies. The UN’s jihadists from the Islamic State group in con- investigated. He said the coalition had stepped humanitarian pointman for Syria, Jan Egeland, trol of about 10 square kilometers in the heart up its strikes in Raqqa since a US-backed offen- has said IS-held territory in Raqqa city is now of the city. But as clashes approach central sive successfully ousted IS from Mosul in neigh- “the worst place” in the war-torn country. Raqqa, monitors and activists have reported boring Iraq, freeing up aircraft. Civilians, including women and children, must scores killed in intensifying coalition bombard- The coalition, which operates in both coun- dodge sniper fire, IS-laid mines, and coalition ment of the city. tries, earlier this month acknowledged the bombardment to make it out alive. On Monday, US-led air strikes killed at least deaths of 624 civilians in its strikes in Syria and Activist collective Raqqa is Being 42 civilians in several neighborhoods in Raqqa Iraq since 2014, but rights groups say the num- Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) also reported heavy under IS control, according to the Britain- ber is much higher. The SDF’s Arab and Kurdish raids in recent days, and said those killed since based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights fighters broke into Raqqa in early June after Sunday included entire families and people dis- monitor. Nineteen children and 12 women spending months chipping away at IS-held ter- placed to Raqqa from other parts of Syria. were among the dead. That takes to 167 the ritory in the surrounding province. Asked about “Unfortunately, civilians have no way to protect number of civilians killed in coalition strikes the escalating civilian tolls in recent days, SDF themselves,” said RBSS’s Husaam Essa. “All they since August 14, after the Observatory said at spokesman Talal Sello told AFP his forces were can do is try to hide in whatever shelter they least 27 were killed on Sunday. “The tolls are striving to avoid casualties. “One of the major can and avoid going out into the street as high because the air strikes are hitting neigh- reasons for the slow progress in the Raqqa fight much as possible,” he told AFP. — AFP Confederate flags in NYC

met with rocks, suit, tarp ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he speaks during the 39th Mukhtars Meeting, at Presidential Complex. — AFP NEW YORK: The Confederate flags had been in dows in the East Village neighborhood, where spiraled into violence that left a counter-pro- a Manhattan apartment window for over a the Confederate symbol had been displayed tester dead and stirred debate over where or Erdogan vows to ruin any year. And then, in a matter of days last week, alongside an Israeli flag and a colonial-era whether Confederate statues and symbols they were met with hurled rocks, a punched- American one. belong in 21st-century America. A man lobbed ‘Kurdish state’ in Syria out window, a tarp hung over them and legal They’d attracted new attention after an Aug. rocks at the building last week while he and action. By Monday, the lighted flags were no 12 white nationalist rally to preserve a others yelled for the Confederate flags to be ANKARA: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ing the border zone of both YPG fighters more to be found in the seventh-floor win- Confederate statue in Charlottesville, Virginia, taken down, according to video made by a yesterday vowed Turkey would thwart any and jihadists. There has been speculation bystander and posted on local news site attempt by a Kurdish militia it deems “ter- Ankara may be planning to extend an DNAInfo. Another man, Darren Keen, put a fist rorists” to carve out a Kurdish state in operation against the YPG to clear it from through one of the flag-flyer’s windows Friday northern Syria. Ankara views the Kurdish the town of Afrin, where Erdogan has said night after getting to his fire escape from an Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG) and the its presence is a “threat” for Turkey. adjoining roof, according to police, who arrest- Kurdish Democratic Party (PYD) as a terror The president indicated on August 5 ed him on a disorderly conduct charge. group. But the United States is closely that Turkey was planning to expand the “I just lost my temper when I saw that allied with the groups’ fighters in the battle operation with “new and important steps” Confederate flag,” Keen said Monday. To the against jihadists in Syria. but did not give further details. Erdogan on Nebraska-born DJ, the flag symbolizes hatred “We do not and will never allow a so- Monday said a joint operation with Iran and intolerance, and it galled him to see the called state to be established by the PYD, against Kurdish militants which “pose a banner displayed across the street from an YPG in northern Syria,” Erdogan said in a threat,” including the PKK, is “always on the organization that mentors and educates disad- speech in Ankara. “They want to establish a agenda.” He was speaking after a visit last vantaged, largely minority girls from the neigh- terror corridor in northern Syria reaching week by the Iranian armed forces chief, borhood, where funky-chic cafes and pricey the Mediterranean,” the president said. The General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri. condos blend with public housing. Syrian Kurdish groups have two “cantons” Iranian security forces have also fought in Syria’s northeast as well as the Afrin the PKK’s affiliate, the Party of Free Life of ‘This too shall pass’ region to the west. Erdogan added that Kurdistan (PJAK). Both groups have rear Still, the 34-year-old said he hoped anyone Turkey would continue to fight against ter- bases in neighboring Iraq. Turkish Foreign else who feels the same way would “make a sign ror organizations “wherever we find them”, Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will visit Iraq on don’t break out a window.” The flag-flyer, William referring to the YPG which Turkey says is Wednesday, his ministry said, to discuss Green, didn’t immediately respond to an email the Syrian affiliate of the outlawed issues including next month’s independ- message Monday, and a possible phone num- Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). ence referendum in Iraq’s autonomous ber for him rang unanswered. But he has noted The PKK is proscribed as a terror group Kurdish region. Cavusoglu will meet Iraqi that he’d had the banners up for more than a by Turkey, the US and the European Union. Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi in Baghdad year. “I find all the alleged commotion while I’m It has waged an insurgency against the and then Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud NEW YORK: In this Monday, Aug 21, 2017 photo, the seventh floor windows, at the top of this on vacation a little suspicious,” he wrote in an Turkish state since 1984 during which over Barzani in Arbil. Ankara has repeatedly apartment building in New York’s East Village neighborhood, show no signs of the email that the landlord attached when filing a 40,000 people have been killed. In August warned against holding the non-binding Confederate flags that had been displayed alongside an Israeli flag and a colonial-era lawsuit against him Saturday. “Whatever the last year, Turkey launched a cross-border September 25 poll. Last week, Cavusoglu American flag, and illuminated at night. — AP drama, ‘this too shall pass.’” — AP operation in northern Syria, aimed at clear- said the plans could lead to civil war. — AFP WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017 INTERNATIONAL ‘The beginning of the end’ for the Angolan regime LUANDA: For the past 20 years, Angola’s most because we already know what the results are. through corruption. It’s not through hard work, it’s become prominent in the coming years. For the prominent human rights activist Rafael Marques de Most of the population also knows what the results not through education, it’s not through contributing regime, this change of president is the beginning of Morais has railed against outgoing President Jose are. The question is whether the MPLA will try to to the common welfare, but essentially as they say in the end. The MPLA won’t last. It can finish this term Eduardo Dos Santos and his administration, expos- understand how unhappy the population is and French ‘debrouillez-vous’-each one on his own. but it will disappear into oblivion, if it continues to ing through his investigative work what he sees as give more space to the opposition. rely on corruption as its main policy. the regime’s unfettered corruption. Do you expect any changes from his probable In an interview with AFP, the 45-year-old outspo- Are you expecting massive fraud? successor? What does the future of the country look ken campaigner-who was convicted of defaming The MPLA won’t try to rig the elections, the elec- With this new president, what we expect is like? military generals in 2015 and handed a six-months tions are pre-rigged. In distant parts of the country, someone who will try to assert himself by the use We have 24 million people, we have many good suspended sentence-dismissed Wednesday’s vote the ballots have been left at the homes of the tradi- of sheer force, not through diplomacy, not through people ... we have to create public spaces for as rigged, but predicted that this is “the beginning tional authorities ... and there is no control of the changing what is wrong, but essentially by trying to debate for those who have different ideas, so those of the end” for the regime. In power since the coun- police and the electoral commission. You have be more arrogant. And that is what will get him into who have integrity and honesty can thrive and not try’s 1975 independence from Portugal, the many opposition members who have not been reg- trouble very soon. only the crooks. People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola istered to monitor the elections as the law requires. (MPLA) is expected to remain the ruling party with There are many examples where people have been Do you think the regime’s days are num- Who are you going to vote for? candidate Joao Lourenco, currently defense minis- sent to vote tens of kilometers away to make sure bered? I won’t vote. That was my stance to remain out- ter. Dos Santos, now aged 74 and reportedly in they do not vote for the opposition. I think this is the last election where people place side the play and have the presence of mind to poor health, became president in 1979 but decided their bet on the political parties. The next election really see what is happening in the process. ... The to step down after his nearly four-decades rule. What will be Dos Santos’s legacy? will be about citizenry and people will themselves ruling party doesn’t abide by the law and it is my Dos Santos’s legacy is corruption. It’s in the struc- craft their own future. ... The youth of this country job as a citizen to continue to raise these issues What do you expect from the elections? ture of the social fabric of Angola where people has hopes. There is a kind of awakening which is until they abide by the law and end up in jail or out These elections are essentially just a process believe that the only way to improve their lives is important to take into consideration and which will of power. — AFP

Suspect admits killings in Finnish stabbing spree

HELSINKI: The main suspect in last week’s said Monday that it had received a tip earli- stabbing attack in Finland admitted yester- er this year that Mechkah might have day to killing two people and injuring eight become radicalized. Because the tip did others but denied any intent to murder, his not contain information about a concrete lawyer said. The Turku district court placed threat of an attack, it had not yet been Abderrahman Mechkah, an 18-year-old investigated, the agency said. In June, the Moroccan citizen, in formal custody after he SUPO raised Finland’s terror threat level made his statement to the court via video one notch, to “elevated” from “low”, the sec- link from hospital, where he is being treated ond on a four-tier scale. for a police gunshot wound to the thigh. It said at the time that it saw an “The main suspect admits acts which increased risk of an attack committed by led to deaths, but denies that they were Islamic State group militants, noting that murders,” his lawyer Kaarle Gummerus foreign fighters from Finland had “gained told AFP. The stabbing is being investigat- significant positions within IS in particular ed as Finland’s first terror attack. “The and have an extensive network of relations offender in Turku incident is suspected on in the organization.” The agency reiterated probable cause of murders and attempted on Monday that it was closely watching murders with terrorist intent and placed in around 350 individuals-an increase of 80 detention,” the National Bureau of percent since 2012. Four other Moroccan Investigation (NBI) said in a Twitter post. citizens were arrested in a raid in Turku just “He didn’t explain the motive of the acts,” hours after the attack. Gummerus added. Yesterday, the Turku court placed two Police have said that Mechkah-an asy- of them, Mohamed Bakier and Ilyas lum seeker who arrived in Finland in early Berrouh, in custody. The nature of the two 2016 — targeted women in the Friday ram- men’s involvement in the attack has not page at a market square in the southwest- yet been made public. A third, identified ern port city of Turku. Two Finnish women as Abdederrazak Essarioul, was also due were killed and six women and two men to appear before the court later yester- were injured. Among the injured were a day, suspected of being an accessory to Briton, an Italian and a Swede. Mechkah the crimes. ISCHIA: Italian emergency workers evacuate, on a stretcher, Mattias, a 7 year-old boy who was trapped by rubble, in Casamicciola Terme, on the was shot by police minutes after the attack. Meanwhile, the fourth man remains a Italian island of Ischia after an earthquake hit the popular Italian tourist island off the coast of Naples, causing several buildings to collapse Most of the hearing was held behind suspect but police said Tuesday that they overnight. — AFP closed doors, but press photos taken of the had released him and would not seek his video screen at the beginning showed the detention. Germany’s interior ministry has suspect lying in his bed, his head propped said that Mechkah spent time in Germany Last child saved after up on pillows and his face shielded by a from late 2015 to early 2016. He had been white sheet. registered in a German police database because his stay in the country was ille- Four other suspects gal, since he had not sought asylum quake hits Italy island The country’s intelligence agency SUPO there. — AFP The last of three brothers buried in debris

CASAMICCIOLA TERME: Rescuers on the through the rubble alongside the firefighters, ‘A horrible experience’ Italian holiday island of Ischia pulled the last could be seen tearfully hugging relatives as Many holidaymakers packed their bags and trapped child from rubble yesterday after a his eldest son was saved. Emergency workers rushed to catch special overnight ferries back to magnitude-4.0 earthquake toppled buildings had previously recovered the boys’ seven- the mainland. The quake struck just days ahead and left two people dead. Firefighters dug month-old brother, Pasquale, crying but alive, of the first anniversary of the 6.0 magnitude with their bare hands to reach 11-year old after hours of effort overnight. Their pregnant quake that killed nearly 300 people in and Ciro, the last of three brothers buried in debris mother had sounded the alarm. around Amatrice in central Italy. In October 2016 when the quake struck. “There was silence for Two small communes, Casamicciola and and January 2017 three other earthquakes hit a while, they were tired. Then they began neighboring Lacco Ameno, bore the brunt of the same region. Francesco Peduto, head of speaking again and we drew comfort from the quake, according to the civil protection Italy’s National Geologists Association, yesterday that,” said Luca Cari, a firefighter spokesman. agency. The quake hit the northwest of the slammed shoddy construction and a lack of A woman was killed in Casamicciola, in the island at 8:57pm (1857 GMT) on Monday, at a earthquake prevention measures, saying a 4.0- north of the small tourist island, by debris depth of just five kilometers. Italian authori- magnitude quake should not have brought that fell from a church, while the body of ties first put the quake at a 3.6 magnitude, but down buildings. another was spotted in the rubble of a col- later revised it upward to 4.0 — in seismic “It’s frankly extraordinary that people contin- lapsed house, local media reported. terms, a modest event. ue to die for earthquakes of this size,” he said. Firefighters broke into applause as a dusty The main earthquake was followed by 14 The quake response has benefited from the Mattias, seven, was pulled free from under smaller aftershocks. Several buildings col- presence of emergency responders who were TURKU: Suspect Mohamed Bakier allegedly involved in the Finnish stabbing the bed where he had taken refuge. His 11- lapsed while others had large, ominous cracks. on the island to fight forest fires that have attack covers himself next to his lawyer Joni Brander in the Southwest Finland year old brother Ciro was the last to emerge, Thirty-nine people were injured, one seriously. plagued Italy this summer, local media said. “I District Court during the remand hearing. — AFP rescued after 16 hours in the dark and loaded “Italy is united with Ischia in sorrow for, and was on the couch watching TV. Blackout, shak- into a waiting ambulance. solidarity with, the victims. We stand side-by- ing, something fell on my head. I scream, my The boys’ father, whose hands were band- side with those taking part in the rescues,” mother grabs me and we ran outside,” one wit- aged after spending the night digging Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Twitter. ness wrote on Twitter. — AFP NATO chief to visit Poland as Russian war games loom

Russia detains top theatre WARSAW: NATO Secretary General of border with Lithuania, is sandwiched Jens Stoltenberg will visit a US-led between the Russian exclave of NATO battalion in Poland on Friday Kaliningrad and Belarus. Military strate- director over alleged fraud amid concern on the alliance’s eastern gists say it is the Achilles’ heel of NATO’s flank over a huge Russian military exer- eastern flank since its capture would cise in neighboring Belarus next amputate the alliance’s three Baltic MOSCOW: Russia’s Investigative Committee said endary Bolshoi Theatre. His films have been euros) in arts funding over three years between month. Stoltenberg will hold talks with members and so shatter its credibility. yesterday that it had detained top theatre and shown at Cannes and Venice film festivals. 2011 and 2014. Serebrennikov’s lawyer Dmitry Polish President Andrzej Duda in film director Kirill Serebrennikov on suspicion of The Investigative Committee, which probes Kharitonov told Kommersant FM radio that an Warsaw on Thursday before travelling ‘Serious doubts’ committing massive fraud. Serebrennikov, 47, is serious crimes, said in a statement he was being investigator told him of the detention that to the NATO base in the northern vil- Formerly Soviet-ruled Baltic states the artistic director of Moscow’s Gogol Centre held on suspicion of defrauding the state of at morning and it was “a complete surprise.” He lage of Orzysz, Tomasz Szatkowski, worry that after Ukraine, they may be theatre and has staged productions at the leg- least 68 million rubles ($1.15 million, 977,000 said that Serebrennikov had been shooting a Poland’s deputy defence minister, told next to face pressure from the Kremlin, film in the northwestern city of Saint Petersburg. local media yesterday. which is why they are casting a wary In recent years Serebrennikov has fallen out The multinational battalion in Orzysz eye on September’s “Zapad 2017” (West of favor with the authorities and has criticized is one of four deployed by NATO this 2017) Russian military drills in Belarus, growing censorship of the arts by officials, warn- spring to Poland and the Baltic states of which borders Latvia, Lithuania and ing last year that “everything is returning to the Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, aimed at Poland. Lithuania’s Defence Minister most pathetic Soviet practices.” Deputy culture reassuring its easternmost allies unset- Raimundas Karoblis warned in June minister Alexander Zhuravsky told TASS news tled by Russia’s frequent military exer- that Moscow might use the manoeu- agency that he learnt of Serebrennikov’s deten- cises near the region in the wake of its vres as cover for an aggressive troop tion from media but said that “if they detained 2014 annexation of Crimea from buildup on NATO’s eastern flank. “Putin him, it means there is some legal decision that Ukraine. Speaking in Washington this would like to test NATO... and probably calls for such a measure.” month, Stoltenberg said it was “correct the best area for him to test is the Serebrennikov could face up to 10 years in to say that NATO’s relationship with Baltics,” Karoblis told AFP. prison if convicted on the charges. The Russia is more difficult than it has been He said his government estimated Investigative Committee said it intends to press any time since the end of the Cold War.” that 100,000 Russian troops would be charges against Serebrennikov and a court will General Ben Hodges, commander of involved in the exercises, while official rule whether to hold him behind bars. US ground forces in Europe, said last Russian figures quoted in Polish media Investigators had previously confiscated his week that “Poland has become for the reports peg the number of troops at passport, preventing him from travelling abroad. United States Army the centre of gravi- 12,700. Moscow has invited representa- Investigators questioned the director and raided ty for everything that we’re doing in tives of all three Baltic states to his flat in Moscow and the Gogol-Centre theatre terms of deterrence” regarding Russia. observe the drills. Michal Dworczyk, a in May, prompting protests from leading figures The Orzysz base lies about 100 kilome- senior Polish defence ministry official, in the arts world, including Vladimir Urin, gener- ters from Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave said this week that Poles could feel al director of the Bolshoi Theatre. “What was and a stone’s throw from the Suwalki “absolutely safe” despite “serious done to the director was wrong,” Urin told jour- Gap, a strategically important land cor- doubts” about whether Russia would nalists at the time, adding that he had written to ridor critical to the security of the Baltic withdraw all its forces from Belarus President Vladimir Putin to protest the handling states. The gap, a 65-kilometre stretch after the drills are over. — AFP MOSCOW: Journalists gather outside the Gogol Centre theatre. — AFP of the investigation. — AFP

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017 INTERNATIONAL

Japan minister sees unity with Trump, pressure on N Korea

TOKYO: Japan’s new foreign minister is a reputed because Trump is a Republican, unlike his predeces- grams. “When North Korea clearly shows its willing- Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby, then a congressman. renegade, famous for bashing his ruling party’s poli- sor, Barack Obama. But he said the basics of Japan’s ness to give up nuclear weapons and takes such He is fluent in English and more casual in his person- cies with stands against nuclear power and for relationship with the US have remained the same, action, that is when we start talks,” Kono said. “It is al mannerisms in a Japanese political world often stricter checks on foreign aid. Taro Kono, appointed and such solidarity was important given the crisis time for continued pressure until North Korea shows criticized as insular and lacking in diversity. earlier this month, said he won’t abandon his pet over North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs. a clear will and acts in that way.” Still, Kono is a political blue blood whose father, issues, but will make sure to send a united message Kono, who has always tended to take a tough Yohei Kono, served as foreign minister and govern- when representing his country to the outside world. stand on North Korea, said continued pressure, not Sex slaves ment spokesman and oversaw an official 1993 state- In comments to reporters yesterday at the Foreign dialogue, is what is needed now to get it to abandon On South Korea, Kono said a 2015 agreement on ment on the comfort women, one of Japan’s most Ministry, Kono was the mark of diplomacy when its nuclear weapons program. Rhetoric between World War II Japanese military sex slaves, known as divisive issues with South Korea. His grandfather, referring to Japan’s relations with the US, its most Washington and North Korea has heated up since “comfort women,” had settled the issue and ruled Ichiro Kono, was a prominent figure in post-World important ally. the North’s two intercontinental ballistic missile tests out any further review, reiterating the official gov- War II Japanese politics, working in several ministeri- He said he saw no divisions or confusion in the last month. Some Japanese worry that regional ten- ernment stance. The selection of Kono along with al posts and leading the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. The administration of President Donald Trump in his sions may escalate and that North Korean missiles other popular legislators for the Cabinet, younger Kono, an avid soccer fan, scuba diver and recent talks with officials including Secretary of State may fly over Japan because of the North’s threat to announced Aug 3, was widely seen as an effort by theater goer, said he has always seen himself as a Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and launch missiles into waters near Guam. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to curry favor with the different person from his father and grandfather. Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty. “Things have Kono accused North Korea of using talks in the public after a series of scandals badly dented his Now that he is meeting officials from other nations never been easier,” he said. “We can have solid talks.” past to buy time, and said “loopholes” in recent U.N. approval ratings. as foreign minister, he says some remember them, When asked about how some observers found sanctions on the North need to be dealt with Kono, 54, is unusual for a Japanese politician, and that is an asset he doesn’t mind inheriting. “If Washington divided and confusing, Kono acknowl- instead, because ample money was continuing to having graduated from Georgetown University in that works as a plus for me, then I’m going to take it,” edged that some changes were inevitable simply flow into North Korea for its missile and nuclear pro- the United States and worked in Washington for he said with a laugh. — AP

Remains found on US warship that collided off Singapore

SINGAPORE: Divers searching for 10 miss- the US Navy could be overstretched in East ing sailors on a US destroyer that collided Asia-both ships were from the Japan-based with a tanker off Singapore have found Seventh Fleet-as they tackle China’s rising human remains, a US admiral said yester- assertiveness and North Korea’s nuclear day. The accident off Singapore, which left ambitions. The McCain had been heading a gaping gash in the destroyer’s hull, was for a routine stop in Singapore after carry- the second deadly collision in two months ing out a “freedom of navigation operation” involving an American warship. The US in the disputed South China Sea earlier in Navy has announced a fleet-wide global August, sparking a furious response from investigation after the accident Monday Beijing. involving the USS John S McCain and the On Monday the Chief of US Naval merchant vessel. But Admiral Scott Swift, Operations Admiral John Richardson commander of the US Pacific Fleet, praised ordered commanders within a week to set the surviving crew for saving the ship and aside time, perhaps “one or two days”, for saving lives. crews to sit down together for discussions. The accident-which also left five sailors A “comprehensive review” of practices injured-happened before dawn in busy would also begin. “As you know, this is the shipping lanes around the Strait of second collision in three months and the Singapore, and sent water flooding into the last of a series of incidents in the Pacific ship. A massive search involving planes and theatre,” Richardson said. “This trend aircraft was launched and US Navy divers demands more forceful action. As such, I joined the hunt yesterday, searching the have directed an operational pause be tak- ship’s flooded compartments. Speaking in en in all of our fleets around the world.” Singapore, Swift said that “the divers were The admiral did not rule out some kind able to locate some remains in those sealed of outside interference or a cyber-attack compartments during their search today”. being behind the latest collision, but said He said bodies were found during “the he did not want to prejudge the inquiry. diving on McCain today but it’s premature His broader remarks suggested a focus on to say how many and what the status of “how we do business on the bridge.” The recovery those bodies are”. Swift said damaged vessel is named after US Senator Malaysian authorities had also found a John McCain’s father and grandfather, who body and were sending it to the US Navy were both admirals in the US navy. for identification. He said the search and The tanker involved in the collision, rescue effort, involving hundreds of per- which was used for transporting oil and sonnel and several countries, would contin- chemicals and weighed over 30,000 gross ue, adding: “We’re always hopeful that tons, sustained some damage but no crew MANILA: A man walks past a map of the Philippines and it’s archipelagic waters during a budget meeting. — AP there are survivors.” were injured, and Singapore said there was The admiral added that the McCain’s no oil pollution. In the June incident, the crew were “tough, and they are resilient. It destroyer USS Fitzgerald collided with a Filipino officials says Chinese is clear that their damage control efforts Philippine-flagged cargo ship in a busy saved their ship and saved lives.” It was the channel not far from Yokosuka, a gateway second fatal collision in two months-after to container ports in Tokyo and nearby the USS Fitzgerald collided with a Yokohama. The dead sailors, aged 19 to 37, navy stalked Philippine area Philippine-flagged cargo ship off Japan in were found by divers in flooded sleeping June and left seven sailors dead-and the berths a day after the collision tore a huge fourth accident in the Pacific this year gash in the ship’s side. A senior admiral ‘Territory is being invaded, to put it frankly’ involving an American warship. announced last week that the commander of the destroyer and several other officers MANILA: China recently deployed navy and issue in recent days, said the diplomat, who is defend and protect Philippine territory. “The very US Navy under pressure had been relieved of their duties aboard coast guard ships in a cluster of uninhabited involved in the talks. least that they could do now is to vigorously The incidents have sparked concern that their ship over the incident. — AFP sandbars in the disputed South China Sea amid protest this invasion of Philippine territory by concerns that the Philippines may build struc- Encroaching vessels China,” Carpio said. “If both are courageous, they tures on them, two Filipino security officials said A government security report seen by the AP should send a Philippine navy ship to guard yesterday. The government, however, said the says Chinese navy ships with bow numbers 504, Sandy Cay and if the Chinese navy ships attack issue was quickly resolved amid the Asian neigh- 545 and 168, a Chinese coast guard ship with the Philippine navy vessel, they should invoke bors’ friendlier ties. bow number 46115, and 10 Chinese fishing ves- the Philippine-US Mutual Defense Treaty.” Two senior Philippine security officials told sels took positions off Sandy Cay. Its nearest The 1951 treaty binds the allies to come to The Associated Press that three Chinese navy sandbar is about 2.5 nautical miles from the aid of each other when attacked. Cayetano, ships, a coast guard vessel and 10 fishing boats Philippine-occupied Thitu Island. however, told reporters yesterday that the issue began keeping watch on Sandy Cay on Aug 12 On Aug 15, a blue Chinese helicopter flew has been diplomatically resolved and denied after a group of Filipino fishermen were spotted low off Thitu’s southwest coast, the report said. that China has invaded Sandy Cay. “Let me assure on the sandbars. The Filipinos eventually left but Philippine troops and villagers based at Thitu you, there is no more problem in that area,” the Chinese stayed on. call it Pag-asa -Tagalog for hope - while the Cayetano told reporters, declining to provide The two spoke on condition of anonymity, Chinese call the island Zhongye Dao. The details. “But it is not true that there was an saying only the Department of Foreign Affairs in Chinese military presence near Thitu sparked attempt to invade or seize it.” Manila has been authorized to publicly discuss concerns in Manila. Philippine Supreme Court Much-friendlier ties between Manila and issues related to the country’s territorial disputes Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, who Beijing under Duterte have allowed both govern- with China. The foreign affairs department, how- has studied the disputes extensively, said the ments to manage their disputes better. “If our ever, has in recent days refused to divulge Chinese navy ships and other vessels relationship with our neighbors isn’t this good, details of the situation at Sandy Cay, a cluster of encroached in the Philippine island’s 12-nautical the situation in the West Philippine Sea will be three sandbars. mile (22-kilometer) territorial waters. much, much worse,” Cayetano said, using the A senior Philippine diplomat, who also spoke “In short, Sandy Cay is a Philippine land terri- Philippine name for the South China Sea. Duterte on condition of anonymity because of a lack of tory that is being seized, to put it mildly, or being told reporters over dinner late Monday that he authority to discuss the issue publicly, said invaded, to put it frankly, by China,” Carpio said in has been assured by China’s ambassador in China “is concerned that we will build” struc- a statement over the weekend. He said President Manila, Zhao Jianhua, and the Chinese foreign CHANGI: Commander of the US Pacific Fleet, Scott Swift answers questions during a tures on the sandbars. Chinese and Philippine Rodrigo Duterte and Foreign Secretary Alan ministry that Beijing has no plans to occupy or press conference with the USS John S McCain and USS America docked in the back- officials have quietly worked to resolve the Peter Cayetano have the constitutional duty to build structures on Sandy Cay. — AP ground at Singapore’s Changi naval Base. — AP Indian transgender couple Jailed Indonesian cleric named announces plan to marry

MUMBAI: An Indian couple who fell in and face attacks everyday. Families are suspect in deadly 2016 attack love after meeting at a gender-reassign- worried about how society will perceive ment clinic in Mumbai announced yester- their trans children, but the society needs JAKARTA: A jailed Indonesian cleric has been four civilians. “He has been officially named a bomber blew himself up in a Starbucks and day they were engaged and planning a to reform,” said Krishna. named as a suspect in a suicide bomb attack suspect in the Thamrin attack,” national police security forces battled gun-toting militants. traditional wedding. Aarav Appukuttan, “Hijras”, as they are locally known, are that killed eight people in Jakarta last year and spokesman Setyo Wasisto told AFP, referring to Indonesia, the world’s most populous who was born a woman, met Sukanyeah considered a third gender but stigma is was claimed by the Islamic State group, police the street where it took place. “We already have Muslim-majority country, has long struggled Krishna, who was born a man, in the wait- rife in India’s conservative society. said yesterday. They said Aman Abdurrahman is sufficient evidence about his involvement in the with Islamic militancy and has been hit by a ing room of the clinic three years ago Transgender Indians are often banished suspected of masterminding the attack in attack.” The assault-the first claimed by IS in series of attacks in the past 15 years, including where both were undergoing surgery to to the margins, where they beg or January 2016, which killed four attackers and Southeast Asia-saw dramatic scenes as a suicide the 2002 Bali bombings that left 202 people change their genders. engage in prostitution. Appukutan has dead. A crackdown has weakened the most dan- The couple exchanged numbers after struggled to find work since his surgery, gerous networks but fears have grown of a “realizing we both cared deeply for one and was denied a visa to Dubai. 21-year- resurgence in militancy after hundreds of another”, and the relationship flourished old Krishna, whose parents gave her hor- Indonesians flocked to the Middle East in recent from there, Appukutan told AFP. “I just mone injections when she expressed a years to join IS. The country has seen a surge in want to spend my entire life with desire to become a woman, said their plots and attacks linked to the jihadists over the Sukanyeah after our legal marriage,” said relationship had attracted criticism, but past year. the 46-year-old, who spent three decades they were not deterred. “We receive evis- Despite being in prison since 2010, questioning his gender before undergo- cerating responses from people, and they Abdurrahman has recruited militants to join IS, ing surgery to become a man. “We are try to criticize us, so we are trying to set according to the Jakarta-based Institute for awaiting changes to our official docu- an example for society and younger Policy Analysis and Conflict. He is thought to ments from the government... after trans-people by telling our stories,” said have been in communication with leaders of the which we plan to get married in Kerala,” Krishna. The couple is planning a tradi- jihadist group and is the main translator for IS he added, referring to the southern tional Hindu wedding, and wants to propaganda in Indonesia, it has said. The cleric Indian state. adopt a child once their marriage is legal- was detained by counter-terrorism police on The couple are aware of no legal ly solemnized. “We want a child in our life August 12, five days before he was due for obstacles to their marriage, but they are despite our biological limitations, so we release from Nusakambangan high-security concerned over how it will received by will adopt. All our lives will be changed prison where he was serving a sentence for rais- the public. “Everyone in the transgender for the better and we will be a complete ing funds for a training camp in Aceh. community including hijras are abused family,” said Appukuttan. —AFP JAKARTA: In this Thursday, Aug 26, 2010 file photo, radical cleric Oman Rohman who is more Abdurrahman was named a suspect on August popularly known as Aman Abdurrahman, exits a courtroom after his trial at a district court. —AP 18, Wasisto said. —AFP NEWS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017 Trump commits US troops to open-ended...

Continued from Page 1 havens,” he said, referring to complaints that Taleban and other militants move freely in Pakistan. “We have been pay- “the consequences of a rapid exit are both predictable ing Pakistan billions and billions of dollars at the same time and unacceptable” leaving a “vacuum that terrorists, they are housing the very terrorists that we are fighting,” including ISIS and Al-Qaeda, would instantly fill”. Trump said, warning that vital aid could be cut. “That will While Trump said “our troops will fight to win”, he also have to change and that will change immediately.” stressed that ultimately Afghanistan’s police and army Pakistan’s foreign ministry did not respond to requests for must to most of the fighting to defeat the Taleban and comment, but on Monday Pakistani army spokesman allied Islamist militants. “The stronger the Afghan security Major General Asif Ghafoor said: “There are no terrorist forces become, the less we will have to do. ... We want hideouts in Pakistan”. them to succeed.” Most of the approximately 8,400 US The Indian foreign ministry said it welcomed Trump’s troops in Afghanistan work with a NATO-led training and effort to confront Pakistan. India has vied with Pakistan for advising mission, with the rest part of a counter-terrorism influence in Afghanistan, and Islamabad’s policies in the force that mostly targets pockets of Al-Qaeda and Islamic country are driven by its desire to keep New Delhi at bay. State fighters. But China, which is investing around $50 billion in Trump for the first time also left the door open to an Pakistan, said its South Asian neighbor deserves the inter- eventual political deal with the Taleban. “Someday, after an national community’s support after the “great sacrifices” it effective military effort, perhaps it will be possible to have has made in fighting extremism. a political settlement that includes elements of the Taleban US Vice President Mike Pence told Fox News the rules of in Afghanistan,” he said. “But nobody knows if or when that engagement were being changed “so that American com- will ever happen,” he added. manders on the ground can make real-time decisions” and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani welcomed the strategy the United States would continue to target militants’ safe saying it would expand the training mission for Afghan havens in Afghanistan and Pakistan. forces, which includes building its fledgling air force and “Pakistan has much to gain from partnering with our doubling the size of the Afghan special forces. “I am effort in Afghanistan. It has much more to lose by support- grateful to President Trump and the American people for ing terrorists. The president has put them on notice,” Pence this affirmation of support ... for our joint struggle to rid said in an editorial in USA Today. the region from the threat of terrorism,” Ghani said in a Trump also said he had expanded the US military’s statement. The Taleban swiftly condemned Trump’s deci- authority for its forces to target militant and criminal net- sion. “If the US does not pull all its forces out of works, warning “that no place is beyond the reach of A couple poses for a selfie yesterday in front of the Sultanahmet (Blue) Mosque during a rainy day in Afghanistan, we will make this country the 21st century American arms”. Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the Istanbul. — AFP graveyard for the American empire,” Taleban spokesman United Nations, told CNN that Trump’s strategy for Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement. US-backed Afghanistan included decisions that “are very different Afghan forces overthrew the Taleban’s hardline Islamist from anything that’s happened before”. “What we are government in late 2001 over its sheltering of Al-Qaeda focused on is results, stomping out terrorism, doing what- Qatar, US troops stage chief Osama bin Laden, architect of the Sept 11, 2001, ever it takes,” she said. “You’ve seen the president do this attacks in US cities that killed nearly 2,000 people. But US with ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Now we’re getting ready to do it forces have been bogged down ever since in a war that in Afghanistan.” joint military exercise has vexed three presidents. About 2,400 US troops have US Air Force Major Daniel Lindsey, an F-16 pilot who died in Afghanistan. watched Trump’s speech at the sprawling Bagram Air Field Trump, who had criticized his predecessor for setting outside Kabul said he and his colleagues were now waiting deadlines for drawing down troops in Iraq and for details of the changes. “It’s obviously going to have Row over hajj helps fuel rift Afghanistan, declined to put a timeline on expanded US some effects on us,” he said. Trump’s speech came after a operations in Afghanistan. Former President Barack months-long review of US policy in which the president DOHA: Qatari and US paratroopers held a joint training ken down,” said Ahmed Al-Rumahi, 31, a student of Obama’s deadlines for troop decreases brought the US mil- frequently tangled with his top advisers. exercise in crisis-hit Doha yesterday which American Islamic studies at Qatar University. itary footprint from about 100,000 in 2011 to 8,400. “Our Among the options were a complete withdrawal, a officials said reinforced “the enduring military-to-mili- For Saudi Arabia, custodian of Islam’s holiest places, future presence will be based on conditions and not arbi- modest troop increase, keeping the status quo or a small tary” partnership between the two countries. The much is at stake. The kingdom ventures its reputation trary timelines,” the top US commander in Afghanistan, reduction to focus only on counter-terrorism and not “Friendship Jump” comes at a time of high political ten- on organizing hajj, a pillar of Islam which every able- General John Nicholson, said in a statement. training Afghan forces. Another unofficial plan promoted sion in the Gulf, where a boycott of Qatar by Saudi bodied Muslim who can afford to is obliged to under- Trump warned on Monday that US support “is not a by Erik Prince, founder of the former Blackwater military Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain has take at least once. Qatari officials say that only a handful blank cheque” for Afghanistan’s often-divided and corrup- contracting firm and brother of Trump’s education secre- entered its third month. More than 40 paratroopers of Qataris are expected to attend this year’s event, tion-plagued government and insisted he would not tary, Betsy DeVos, proposed replacing most US troops took part in the routine exercise, jumping from a C-130 which runs from about Aug 30 to Sept 4, depending on engage in “nation-building”, a practice he has accused his with mercenaries. “The good news was the president transport aircraft, according to a statement from the US sightings of the moon. predecessors of doing at huge cost. Trump insisted in his rejected the truly dangerous ideas on the table, such as Special Operations Command Control. speech that the Afghan government, Pakistan, India, and precipitous withdrawal or a transition to a mercenary The training “is indicative of the strong relationship ‘Hatred on Both Sides’ NATO allies step up their own commitment to resolving force,” said Joshua White, former National Security Council between our two countries”, said Colonel David Keesy, After last week’s border crossing deal, which Riyadh the 16-year conflict. adviser to Obama and now a researcher at John Hopkins senior defense official for the US Embassy in Qatar. “This said was brokered by a member of Qatar’s ruling family, “We can no longer be silent about Pakistan’s safe University. — Agencies is part of a multi-spectrum, training evolution that is Saudi television showed dozens of Qataris driving indicative of the mil-to-mil relationships and partner- across the frontier in white SUVs. It then emerged that India’s top court bans ‘triple talaq’ ship and cooperation between the US and Qatari mili- the dealmaker was Abdullah bin Ali Al-Thani, a descen- taries.” Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt cut all dant of Qatar’s founder, who was welcomed in Riyadh Continued from Page 1 But the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), ties with Qatar on June 5 over accusations of state sup- by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and then by a which claims to represent India’s 180 million Muslims, said port for Islamist extremist groups and close ties to Shiite holidaying King Salman in Morocco. said triple talaq was “not integral to religious practice the court case had been used to malign them. The board Iran. Qatar denies the allegations. Qatari officials expressed suspicion at his role and and violates constitutional morality”. They said it was “man- had argued that the practice was “reprehensible” but The crisis has proved a diplomatic thorn in the side of the praise lavished on him by Saudi media, saying the ifestly arbitrary” to allow a man to “break down (a) mar- should not be a matter for the courts or the government. the United States, which is an ally to all four Gulf sheikh, a businessman who lives overseas, was on a per- riage whimsically and capriciously”. “What is sinful under “This was made into a media campaign to malign the nations. There have been mixed messages from sonal visit and did not hold a position in the govern- religion cannot be valid under law,” said the judges. image of Muslims. We knew the court was in no mood to Washington, with President Donald Trump appearing to ment. “The Saudis put him on a pedestal and we see Bano, who suffered a nervous breakdown after her allow triple talaq,” its general secretary Moulana back the Saudis but with the State and Defence depart- this as an attempt to undermine our royal family,” said a divorce, said it was a “historic occasion” for Muslim women. Mohammad Wali Rehmani told AFP. “All laws including ments being more cautious. Washington has a huge Qatari diplomat. The boycotting countries deny seeking “I appeal to the people to not politicize this issue and modern laws have flaws and are misused. We were work- military base in Qatar and a naval base in Bahrain. regime change in Doha, and Sheikh Abdullah denied accept Supreme Court’s verdict on triple talaq,” she told ing on remedies and have suggested measures.” Yesterday’s US-Qatari military exercise is the second acting out of personal interest. reporters outside the court. “I have felt the pain when fami- Rehmani said the board would continue to work with since the onset of the Gulf crisis, following naval exercis- Saudi officials say over 400 Qatari pilgrims have ly breaks. I hope no one has to go through this situation in the community for reform and may challenge the ruling. es in June. arrived through the land border, but Qatari media said future.” Indian law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on The board had earlier accused Modi of triggering an “inter- Meanwhile, a row over access for Qataris to the annu- most were Qataris crossing to tend farms they own in NDTV that since the court deemed the practice unconstitu- nal war” in India with plans to introduce a common civil al hajj pilgrimage is further poisoning relations between the kingdom. Up to 1,200 Qataris are eligible for the hajj tional, there is no need for any further legislative action by code for all religions. The judges deliberated for three their country and Saudi Arabia and aggravating a wider under an annual quota system. Qatar has also criticized the government. India was one of the few nations that per- months on the case before reaching their verdict, which diplomatic rift with other Arab powers. Qatar has a Saudi offer to fly Qataris to the hajj on Saudi Arabia mitted triple talaq, which does not constitute legal divorce was agreed by three of the five on the panel. Chief Justice J accused Saudi Arabia, which hosts and supervises the Airlines, rather than allowing Qatari or other carriers to in neighboring Pakistan or Bangladesh. Muslim women say S Khehar, who is due to retire later this month, was a dis- hajj, of deliberately making it hard for its pilgrims to take them to Makkah. they have been divorced by their husbands via Skype and senting voice. He argued that while triple talaq was uncon- obtain permits to go to Makkah. Saudi Arabia says Qatar The diplomatic rift has hurt businesses and separat- even WhatsApp messages. India is officially secular and its stitutional, it was for the government to decide whether it is seeking to politicize the ritual for diplomatic gains. ed families across the Gulf, and some conservative constitution allows its 1.25 billion citizens to be governed should be banned. A deal last week to let some Qataris cross the desert Qataris are angry that the infighting is preventing them by their own religious laws when it comes to marriage, There is no mention of instant divorce in the Holy border into Saudi Arabia appeared initially to signal an from fulfilling religious duties. Some Qataris fret about divorce and property inheritance. Quran, which instead details a different process based on easing of tensions, but subsequently led to even more their safety in the kingdom, a concern Saudi authorities But Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist mediation. “Until yesterday, a Muslim woman could be acrimonious exchanges. Many would-be Qatari pilgrims say has no justification. “There is hatred on both sides government wants to bring in a common civil code for all thrown out of her house on a very arbitrary basis and no say they will not travel to the hajj out of safety concerns, now, so yeah, I wouldn’t feel comfortable showing my religious groups, a move it says will strengthen national reason would have been given to her,” Bano’s lawyer Balaji or because they fear becoming pawns in the political passport in hotels or other places in Saudi,” said unity. Modi hailed the Supreme Court ruling as “historic”, Srinivasan told AFP. “From today onwards, any Muslim man struggle. “We are tired of this. Of course we want to go Mohammed, a civil engineer who declined to give his saying in a tweet, “it grants equality to Muslim women and wanting to divorce will have to follow the Quranic injunc- to Mecca but who should we listen to? Politics has bro- second name. — Agencies is a powerful measure for women empowerment”. tions. So that’s a very important thing.” — Agencies WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017 ANALYSIS

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Focus As vote looms, Angolans chafe over Santos era

fter nearly 40 years under the rule of President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos, millions Aof Angolans are angry and frustrated - and many seem determined to use today’s elections to express their hunger for change. Few of them are signed-up members of any opposition party, but throughout the election campaign they have flocked in large numbers to rallies held by both the UNITA and Casa-CE parties. Among their ranks are youths whose education has been short cut, Trump strategy won’t solve Afghan problems leaving them bereft of skills, graduates who can’t find a job, and older men mired in long-term unemployment. onald Trump has vowed success in term plan for the war and what a victory Increased violence some spectacular attacks in urban areas to Afghanistan, but analysts say his would actually look like. “The United States Analysts predict Trump’s strategy will send their own message,” said Ahmad of With Dos Santos standing down after the elec- Dstrategy contains nothing new has not actually defined those conditions,” only intensify the war, leading to more the Atlantic Council. There are hopes that tion, the ruling MPLA party - which has held power against enemies which his predecessors Javid Ahmad, a fellow at the Atlantic casualties in a conflict that began in Oct increased military pressure can over time since 1975 - is expected to win again and install his could not defeat - a sobering assessment Council’s South Asia Center, told AFP. The 2001 after the then-Talieban government force Taliban leaders to the negotiating chosen successor, Joao Lourenco, as head of state. that points to endless war for weary civilians. Taleban, whose pockets have been lined refused to hand over Al-Qaeda chiefs fol- table - a prospect that Trump sounded Even if the outcome is as predicted, the margin of The US and Afghan governments face formi- with the profits from a bountiful opium lowing the 9/11 attacks. Afghan civilian sceptical about, although Rahimullah victory will be watched closely as a barometer of dable opponents in the ascendant Taliban, poppy trade, and other insurgent groups deaths are at their worst since records Yousufzai, a Pakistan-based expert on sentiment towards the MPLA government. “We weak and corrupt Afghan institutions and have seen their areas of control or influ- began in 2009. In the first half of the year, Afghan affairs, said some of the militants need change. We must put in power a party that meddling regional powers-plus the growing ence increase recently. As of February only 1,662 civilians were killed and more than “may be willing”. cares about the fate of the Angolans, not about fill- menace of the Islamic State group. about 60 percent of Afghanistan’s 407 dis- 3,500 injured, according to the United But many Afghans want to see ing their own pockets,” Jean Domingo told AFP at a The US president vowed to leave tricts were reported to be under govern- Nations. More than 2,500 Afghan police America follow a multi-pronged UNITA rally on dusty open ground outside Luanda. American boots on the ground indefinitely ment control, with the authorities in Kabul and troops have been killed already this approach that involves helping Kabul Domingo, a 49-year-old university graduate, was while turning away from nation-building. struggling to counter the militants’ resur- year. “The Taleban and other belligerents tackle rampant corruption, strengthen its employed in communications until the company he But his refusal to release details and define gence, according to the US watchdog are likely to respond with a new wave of institutions and boost its demoralized worked for closed down six years ago. He hasn’t the conditions for victory have raised fears agency SIGAR. violence across the country. There may be national army. — AFP found a job since. “Life is so difficult,” he said, vow- America’s involvement in the conflict may ing to vote for UNITA after listening to the searing never end. “Strategy is about matching rally speech by party leader Isaias Samakuva. means to ends. I think we heard a lot about “Everything has become too expensive,” Domingo ends but rather little about means,” James Trump vows victory, but plan murky said. “Young people can no longer afford to study, Der Derian, from the Centre for there is no longer any way for them to find work, or International Security Studies at the resident Donald Trump is vowing to ous presidents and left some US officials on the website read: “‘UNLIMITED WAR.” University of Sydney, told AFP. for older people like me either.” win what has seemed to be an deeply uncertain about whether victory is Another said: “What Does Victory in Trump backtracked from previous prom- Punwinnable war. How he plans to do indeed possible. Afghanistan remains one Afghanistan Look Like? Washington ises to end America’s longest-ever war dur- so is still murky despite the months of of the world’s poorest countries and cor- Doesn’t Know.” Economic turmoil ing a primetime speech late Monday, Angola’s elite enjoyed a heady boom after the internal deliberations that ultimately per- ruption is embedded in its politics. The Now Trump leads Washington and that paving the way for thousands more US sol- suaded Trump to stick with a conflict he Taliban is resurgent. And Afghan forces question falls for him to answer. As a can- end of the civil war in 2002, as the country vied diers to be sent to Afghanistan. While he with Nigeria to be Africa’s leading oil producer, GDP has long opposed. In a 26-minute address remain too weak to secure the country didate, he energized millions of war- refused to offer detailed troop numbers, to the nation Monday, Trump alluded to without American help. “When we had weary voters with an “America First” growth hit 20 percent and skyscrapers shot up in senior White House officials said he had Luanda. But the collapse in oil prices has triggered more American troops deploying to 100,000 US troops in Afghanistan, we mantra and now faces the challenges of already authorized Defense Secretary Afghanistan, but refused to say how couldn’t secure the whole country,” said explaining how that message translates a full-scale national economic crisis since 2014. James Mattis to deploy up to 3,900 more many. He said victory would be well- Ben Rhodes, who served as Obama’s to US involvement in a war across the Inflation hit a staggering 40 percent at the end of troops to Afghanistan. There are currently defined, but outlined only vague bench- deputy national security adviser. globe, likely for years to come. In a rare last year, when annual growth was less than one 8,500 US personnel in-country who are marks for success, like dismantling al- Trump offered up many of the same moment of public self-reflection, Trump percent. Mateos Simon, 28, has paid the price. He largely restricted to NATO’s mission of train- Qaeda and preventing the Taliban from solutions tried by his predecessors. He acknowledged that his position on worked as a nurse until the hospital was unable to ing the 190,000-strong Afghan army and taking over Afghanistan. He said the US vowed to get tough on neighboring Afghanistan had changed since taking pay him and fired him overnight. “I live in a house offering strategic support on certain mis- would not offer Afghanistan a “blank Pakistan, to push for reforms in office and sought to sway his supporters where there is no water, no electricity,” he said. “As I sions. Trump said withdrawing them would check,” but provided no specific timetable Afghanistan and to moderate ambitions. who would normally oppose a continua- cannot find a job in my area, I survive washing cars leave a “vacuum” that terrorists “would for the end of an American commitment The US will not be caught in the quagmire tion of the war. in the street.” instantly fill”, but analysts said sending a that has already lasted 16 years. of democracy-building abroad, he said, “My original instinct was to pull out,” He is a fierce critic of the MPLA - the Popular few thousand extra soldiers would only Instead, Trump projected an “I got this” promising a “principled realism” focused Trump said. “But all my life I’ve heard that Movement for the Liberation of Angola - which has serve to deepen the American quagmire in bravado that has become a hallmark of only on US interests would guide his deci- decisions are much different when you sit dominated everyday life since before most the country. “I’m sorry, but unless you are his presidency. “In the end, we will win,” sions. Obama promised much of the same. behind the desk in the Oval Office, in other willing to commit 300,000 troops there’s no Angolans were born. “The MPLA does nothing for he declared of America’s longest war. By simply sticking with the Afghan words, when you’re president of the filling the vacuum. That’s the harsh reality us,” he said. “Things have to change, now.” Similar Victory in Afghanistan has eluded Trump’s conflict, Trump’s plan amounts to a victo- United States.” Trump pointed to “three of Afghanistan... of counter-insurgencies in predecessors: President George W Bush, ry for the military men increasingly filling fundamental conclusions” about US inter- outrage brings tears to the eyes of Domingas general,” said Der Derian. “The Taleban can Ngunza, a 27-year-old housewife, as she accuses who launched the war after the Sept. 11, Trump’s inner circle and a stinging defeat ests in Afghanistan - all of which appeal to wait out another 4,000 troops. They have 2001 attacks, and President Barack for the nationalist supporters who saw in patriotism and nationalistic pride. The Angola’s leaders of “ruining the economy, stealing survived much worse,” the security expert the wealth and leaving nothing to the people”. Obama, who surged US troop levels to Trump a like-minded skeptic of US inter- president said the nation needs to seek “an added, describing areas falling to insur- 100,000, but ultimately failed in fulfilling vention in long and costly overseas con- honorable and enduring outcome worthy gents and then being recaptured again as Family business his promise to bring the conflict to a close flicts. Chief among them is ousted adviser of the tremendous sacrifices” made by US “a whack-a-mole phenomenon”. before leaving office. Steve Bannon, whose website Breitbart soldiers - a line that harkened back to Critics point to two vivid examples of alleged Trump’s remark that “conditions on the As Trump now takes his turn at the News blared criticism Monday of the promises made by Richard Nixon during corruption and greed under his rule, when Dos ground, not arbitrary timetables” would helm, he faces many of the same chal- establishment’s approach to running he the 1968 campaign to bring “an honorable Santos installed his daughter as head of the state guide strategy also met with scepticism lenges that have bedeviled those previ- war. After Trump’s speech, one headline end” to the war in Vietnam.— AP oil company and his son as head of the country’s from analysts, who questioned his long- sovereign wealth fund. Another opposition sup- porter, Adelino Luis, 23, prefers the yellow of the Casa-CE party to the red and green of UNITA, but he also dreams of an end to the MPLA. “The Angolan Spotlight on sites of dark communist past people are tired of Dos Santos, his family and their unfulfilled promises,” said the 23-year-old history student listening to a speech by Abel Chivukuvuku, rom his office in the shadowy “House ship of dictator Enver Hoxha were tested state” are believed to have died in the cizing the prison’s “extremely advanced the Casa-CE leader who has a strong youth follow- of Leaves”, Nesti Vako would listen to for biological weaponry. camp’s dusty copper and pyrite mines, state of deterioration” and calling for it to ing. “Housing, education, health, nothing works in Fthe private conversations of his fellow Props on display that were used to hide where they toiled for lengthy shifts fuelled be made a place of remembrance. this country,” he said. “I wonder why I go to universi- Albanians, spying for the state during the spying kits, such as a long dark coat with a by pitiful diets. Emergency intervention work finally ty, I know that I will not have any work afterwards.” country’s communist era. “I had a table, a bulky inside zip pocket, would not look out began in June to prevent further damage, One unemployed former soldier, Domingos strong coffee and some equipment,” the of place on a James Bond parody film set. ‘Dante’s Inferno’ funded by Sweden via the Albanian branch 74-year-old said, as he escorted AFP But the consequences of this constant and In some of the galleries “the tempera- of Cultural Heritage without Borders Malongos, 42, warned than if fraud is suspected to around the feared former secret service invasive monitoring “remain an open ture rose to 40 degrees Celsius”, said for- (CHwB), a non-governmental organization. be behind another MPLA victory then the result headquarters in Tirana, which opened in wound” in the Balkan country of 2.9 million mer prisoner Saimir Maloku, as he revisited The group has been working since 2013 may be disputed. “If the MPLA tries to robs us of vic- May as a museum. Named after the ivy people, according to museum director the crumbling prison buildings. The 71 on what it calls the “memorialization tory, we will not let them,” he said. — AFP that once crept up its walls, the House of Etleva Demollari. year-old spent six years at the camp and process” - holding inclusive discussions on Leaves shows the methods and tools of the three at another jail, accused of being a the future of Spac, researching the labor all-pervading secret surveillance conduct- No justice British agent. In that time his weight nearly camp and arranging visits. The local “Spac ed under communist rule, which lasted for “There was a lot of persecution in this halved. “I was a living corpse,” he said. In Museum” NGO has also installed the first All articles appearing on these nearly half a century until the early 1990s. era. Many people were condemned and the room where Maloku slept with dozens information panels around the complex. pages are the personal opinion of “We put listening equipment in hotels, suffered and for 25 years have not had jus- of other inmates, he pointed to marks on The eventual goal is to turn it into a fully embassies, and so on... The microphones tice,” she said. According to the Albanian the walls where their narrow beds with functional “site of memory” - although the writers. Kuwait Times takes no were placed under tables, under chairs, in association of former political prisoners, straw-filled mattresses were stacked in funding is still being secured and the time- picture frames, inside gas lamps,” said the 5,577 men and 450 women were executed three tiers. line remains unclear, said Lejla Hadzic, responsibility for views expressed tall, snowy-haired Vako, a former chief of by the paranoid regime, while tens of Those deemed to underperform in the head of CHwB in Albania. therein. Kuwait Times invites surveillance. Signs dedicate the museum thousands more were sent to prisons or mines faced solitary confinement. Bids for She said the ongoing work at Spac was to “those innocent victims who were spied camps for forced labor or internment. The freedom were thwarted by the harsh and “a call for state institutions to fulfil their readers to voice their opinions. on, arrested, prosecuted, convicted and opening of the House of Leaves is seen as a steep terrain, which was lined with barbed responsibility” in preserving the site. Such Please send submissions via email executed” by a regime “that aimed at total step towards confronting that dark chapter wire fencing. Spac was abandoned after efforts may help Albanians come to terms control over human bodies and souls”. of history, and follows the conversion of communism fell, but Maloku has for years with a painful past, which Demollari said to: [email protected] or One room displays dozens of record- two of Tirana’s communist nuclear bunkers campaigned for the site to become a remained “very sensitive” and not dis- ing devices - made in Albania and into museums in recent years. museum dedicated to its victims. “I lived in cussed enough. At the House of Leaves, as via snail mail to PO Box 1301 Germany, Japan and China - that were None of the major sites where persecu- Dante’s Inferno and thanked God I came visitors wandered from room to room and Safat, Kuwait. The editor reserves deployed to catch any whiff of criticism tion took place have been turned into out alive.” absorbed the implications of his spying, of the state or other banned activities, memorial sites for the victims. But there Vako showed no remorse over his work for the right to edit any submission such as foreign travel and practicing reli- are signs of that changing at Spac, once Prison preservation the regime. “I’m very proud. Because what as necessary. gion. A laboratory remains where dupli- the country’s most notorious labour camp, In 2015, the New York-based World were we doing? We just checked informa- cate keys were forged for illegal searches which lies in a remote valley around 94 km Monuments Fund put Spac on a list of 50 tion to see if anyone was conducting an and where foreign letters to the leader- from Tirana. Hundreds of “enemies of the endangered heritage sites worldwide, criti- unconstitutional activity.” —AFP WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017 SPORTS

Rojo boosts United with Ex-Dinamo Zagreb boss Frenchman upsets return to training injured after shooting Malaysian legend Lee

LONDON: Argentinian defender Marcos Rojo gave another filip to early SARAJEVO: Controversial former Dinamo Zagreb director Zdravko GLASGOW: France’s Brice Leverdez pulled off the first shock of the bad- Premier League leaders Manchester United by returning to training with Mamic was shot and injured in Bosnia on Monday, police and media minton World Championships by defeating men’s second seed Lee the first team yesterday. The 27-year-old-a member of the Argentinian side reported. Croatia’s state TV said Mamic was shot in his leg and taken Chong Wei in three games in Glasgow yesterday. The 31-year-old that lost to Germany in the 2014 World Cup final-is recovering to a local hospital on Monday. It said the injury was not life-threaten- claimed the scalp of his career 21-19, 22-24, 21-17 in 75 minutes and from a knee ligament injury suffered last April which ruled ing. Police were searching for two possible assailants. Bosnian media perhaps end Lee’s elusive search for the world title which has him out of among other things United’s Europa League said Mamic was attending a memorial for his father at a graveyard seen him take three silver medals just as he has done in final triumph over Dutch outfit Ajax. Rojo-who travelled to near the town of Tomislavgrad when two people fired at him from a the Olympics. “I’m really happy,” he said. “I managed to the United States with the squad for their pre-season tour nearby forest. A photo showing him with a smile in a hospital bed stay relaxed and played my own game.” Leverdez had and to the Super Cup in Macedonia where they lost to was published. Bosnian police declined to confirm the identity of the two match points in the second game — 20-21 and United manager Jose Mourinho’s former side Real Madrid- victim by name, but said a man with the initials ZM and born in 1959 21-22 — and it was only a successful hawk eye chal- was pictured training with them yesterday. Mourinho has in the Croatian city of Bjelovar, just like Mamic, was shot and injured. lenge on the second match point that saved Lee from a said he didn’t see Rojo playing again until December but it Mamic, known for his fiery temper, has been on a high-profile embez- straight games exit. In the decider, the 34-year-old didn’t prevent the club from trumpeting his return to the zlement and tax fraud trial in Croatia. Prosecutors accuse Mamic, his Malaysian led 15-10 — but the Frenchman wouldn’t give in. training ground and posting several photographs brother, and two others of embezzling 15 million euros of the club’s “I knew I was in trouble, but I never gave up,” said as evidence on twitter. —AFP money since 2008 and not paying 1.6 million euros in taxes. —AP Leverdez. For Lee it was another chance gone.—AFP

SKIING Johaug to miss Olympics as CAS extends doping ban

OSLO: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) yesterday extended Norwegian cross-country skier Therese Johaug’s doping suspension to 18 months, preventing the seven-time world cham- pion from participating in the 2018 Winter Olympics. In February, Norway’s sports arbitra- tion board imposed a 13-month suspension on the 29-year-old, who tested positive for a steroid which she said was in a lip balm. But the International Ski Federation (FIS) deemed that decision too lenient and lodged an appeal. “I’m completely broken. I was dreaming about the Olympics and I was told yesterday that it would not happen,” Johaug tearfully told a live-streamed news conference in Italy yester- day. “I cannot understand the punishment I got. I find it unfair.” Johaug, a relay gold medallist at the 2010 Winter Olympics, tested positive for traces of the anabolic steroid clostebol, banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), during an out-of- competition drug test on September 16, 2016. LAS VEGAS: File photo shows Conor McGregor trains during a workout in front of the She said the steroid was contained in a lip cream media, Aug. 11, 2017, in Las Vegas. McGregor is scheduled to fight Floyd called Trofodermin, which the team doctor had FALUN: In this Feb. 28, 2015 file photo Norway’s Therese Johaug celebrates her victory at the Mayweather Jr. in a boxing match Aug. 26 in Las Vegas. — AP given her to treat burns she received during a women’s 30 kms mass start event at the Nordic Skiing World Championships in Falun. Former training session at high altitude in Italy in late Olympic champion Johaug will miss the 2018 Winter Games after her ban in a steroid doping August. Since the beginning of the case, the case was extended. — AP BOXING judges have believed her explanations and pre- cluded an attempt to cheat as the steroid doses place in Pyeongchang, South Korea on February opportunity to review all the facts of the case in the lip balm are not enough to boost perform- 9-25. The only way to overturn the Lausanne- and to render an impartial verdict”. Vegas will party during ance. Johaug was, however, punished over negli- based CAS’s decision is to lodge an appeal to the Despite its accidental nature, the case has gence. CAS said “Johaug failed to conduct a Swiss Supreme Court, but this scenario is harmed the image of Norwegian skiing, which basic check” of the lip balm’s packaging, “which deemed unlikely. has long claimed to be clean but lately suffered Mayweather-McGregor not only listed a prohibited substance as an several blows. In July, Martin Sundby, another ingredient but also included clear doping cau- NORWEGIAN SKIING IMAGE HARMED national star, was suspended for two months The news touched a raw nerve in Norway, and deprived of his victory in the Tour de Ski LAS VEGAS: The fight between Floyd North Las Vegas. tionary warning”. In a statement yester yesterday, it added that where skiing is the national sport. “I am sad that 2015 for improper use of asthma medicine. Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor UFC fighter McGregor will enter a box- “such omissions resulted in an anti-doping rule Therese must pay such a high price in a case The Norwegian media was unanimous in may not have sold out yet, but that won’t ing ring for the first time as a profession- violation inconsistent with her otherwise clean where she is believed on all accounts,” Johaug’s finding Johaug’s punishment too severe. “Anti- stop Las Vegas from putting on its party al when he takes on the undefeated anti-doping record.” The court said its panel “was close friend and fellow skier, Marit Bjorgen, was doping in sports has lost its common sense,” the hat. Sin City’s nightclubs have booked a Mayweather, who is coming out of retire- obliged to apply a proportionate sanction, con- quoted as saying by public broadcaster NRK. daily Aftenposten commented. “Johaug verdict long list of celebrities - including one of ment for a fight that will make him tens sistent with the level of fault” to guarantee Norwegian team leader Vidar Lofshus said he is a massive blow to Norwegian naivety,” sug- the fighters - and high-rolling gamblers of millions of dollars. equality in anti-doping rules. was “in shock”. The FIS, which requested a sus- gested tabloid Verdens Gang. Johaug has ruled and VIPs have snagged some of the most Just four days to fight night, there are Johaug’s suspension is to run until April 18, pension between 16 and 20 months, said it was out retirement but warned: “I do not know how luxurious accommodations in town. plenty of tickets still available in the T- 2018, ruling her out of the Olympics which take “satisfied that an independent body had the my motivation will be in the future.”— AFP Boxing-themed cocktails have even been Mobile Arena, which seats 18,000 for concocted for the occasion. boxing, and prices on the secondary The social media-fueled Saturday market are starting to come down. MOTOR RACING night fight at the T-Mobile Arena will be a Ticketmaster has hundreds of non-VIP weekend-long, city-wide affair, though in tickets ranging from roughly $1,400 to some respects it may not tip the scales as $17,000. 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Hollywood, The Cromwell and Caesars watch the fight inside six of the seven “Ferrari announces that Scuderia Ferrari has Palace casino-resorts on the Las Vegas theaters that regularly host Cirque du renewed its technical and racing agreement Strip have a few rooms available. “The Soleil shows, which are going dark for with Kimi Raikkonen,” a team statement read. energy over that weekend is going to be the night. Restaurants, bars and strip “The Finnish driver will therefore race for the on par with a New Year’s Eve in the city.” clubs around town will also show the Maranello team in the 2018 Formula One Caesars and MGM Resorts fight. Closed-circuit seats are available at World Championship.” International, which owns the fight’s various MGM properties, including hun- Raikkonen’s signature comes after he venue, expect their properties to sell dreds for $150 each at the Park Theater chased home Sebastian Vettel in a dominant out as the weekend approaches. But just a few steps from the T-Mobile arena Ferrari display in the Hungarian Grand Prix unlike the bullish market created by itself. By comparison, Mayweather- before the mid-season break. Mayweather’s fight with Manny Pacquiao closed-circuit tickets sold out Vettel, who increased his lead over Pacquiao in May 2015 in Las Vegas, the day they went on sale. Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton to 14 points, has yet hotel rooms are still available. Pay-per-view sales at $100 each are to confirm his plans for 2018. His contract The MGM Grand has cut its prices for expected to be in the neighborhood of 5 expires at the end of the year but the German the weekend three times, with a two- million buys, topping the Mayweather- is expected to keep his solid partnership with night stay now at $329 a night. Rooms at Pacquiao record of 4.6 million. the Finn intact for 2018. several other hotels on the Strip can still The city’s sports books say this will be “I think I have been public on the Sebastian be found for $200 or less a night. the most heavily bet fight ever. So far issue, if he wants to stay he is more than wel- Many VIPs and high-rolling gamblers most of the tickets are on McGregor, who come to stay,” said Ferrari president Sergio need not worry about prices, they will be is about a 5-1 underdog, with the William Marchionne after Hungary. “comped” with free hotel rooms and tick- Hill chain saying a McGregor win would For Raikkonen, 37, Tuesday’s deal secures ets, as it is customary. Others not so lucky cost them more than $1 million. his fifth consecutive season with Ferrari after - but certainly with deep pockets - have R&B star Chris Brown and his crew of an initial spell at Maranello when he captured booked the most lavish accommoda- dancers will perform at Drai’s Nightclub the world title in 2007. tions on the Strip. on Saturday. Other venues will see per- He is placed fifth in the 2017 drivers’ stand- HELSINKI: Finnish Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen (C) of Ferrari arrives for a media meet- The villas at Caesars Palace (starting at formances by Puff Daddy, Jamie Foxx, ings on 116 points, 86 behind his teammate, ing of his sponsor Santander Bank in Helsinki, Finland yesterday. Kimi Raikkonen has signed a $25,000 a night) and Nobu Hotel at Travis Scott, Chase B and Kaskade. The ahead of Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix at Spa- one-year contract extension with Ferrari for the 2018 season, the Formula One team announced yesterday. —AFP Caesars Palace ($35,000 a night and pre- night before the fight, 50 Cent, Trey Francorchamps. viously used by the likes of Jennifer Songz and Jeezy will have a combined The former McLaren and Lotus driver has Lopez and Johnny Depp) have been performance. yet to win a race for Ferrari since his return to claimed for the weekend. Win or lose, McGregor will have to the team in 2014, his last success coming at Giants WR Beckham hurts leg “We get a ton of requests for tickets. party after the fight. The Irish MMA the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in We have plenty of our high-end players champion is scheduled to be a host at 2013 for Lotus. and guests who come in specifically for Encore Beach Club that night as part of a His last victory in the iconic red car came in first half against Browns the event,” Thompson said. “We put them two-year agreement to entertain party- back at the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix. Ferrari have supplied nine of his 20 career GP wins, CLEVELANDL: The New York Giants’ exhibi- Calhoun in Cleveland’s defensive huddle. up for the weekend and they will be goers at the Encore casino-resort. tion season has gotten serious. Star wide Beckham spent a few minutes sitting attending the fight. We like to take care The tallest observation wheel in the with another nine coming at McLaren and two behind the wheel of a Lotus. receiver Odell Beckham Jr. hurt his left leg alone on the bench before heading to the of our best guests.” world, the High Roller at The Linq casino- during Monday night’s game against locker room. TV cameras captured him drop- His 122 starts for Ferrari place him third in resort promenade, will get in on the Cleveland when he took a legal-but-question- ping to his knees on the floor in the corridor the team’s all-time drivers list behind Michael RESERVATIONS action by turning its lighting red, white able hit on the knee from Browns cornerback outside New York’s locker room. Schumacher (179) and Felipe Massa (139). McCarran International Airport and blue if Mayweather wins or green, Briean Boddy-Calhoun. The Giants said Beckham sprained an spokeswoman Christine Crews said the orange and white if McGregor pulls off Raikkonen’s decision to stay put in Italy along- Beckham, one of the NFL’s best players, ankle. He was also checked and cleared for a number of private aircraft that flew in for the upset. side Vettel has postponed until at least next caught an 18-yard pass and was coming concussion. Beckham returned to the sideline the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight over- For fans who want to toast the fighters season a game of musical chairs amongst the down on his left leg when he was immediate- for the start of the third quarter, wearing top drivers. whelmed available apron parking and with something other than a Guinness, ly hit by Boddy-Calhoun’s right shoulder and street clothes with his ankle wrapped. Hamilton is tied to Mercedes until the end forced a taxiway to be closed and used as mixologists have created special cocktail helmet. The impact flipped Beckham onto his Also known for his sensational one-handed of next season with the German manufacturer a jet parking lot. Crews said there is no menus. At the bars and lounges of The side and his head bounced off the turf. catches and wild hair styles, Beckham caught expected to offer his teammate Valtteri Bottas plan to do that again this weekend but Cosmopolitan, The Pretty Boy is a mix of Beckham popped up, ripped off his helmet 101 passes and scored 10 touchdowns last a new deal for 2018. officials are requiring pilots to make Ciroc pineapple, lemon and tropical Red and slammed it in frustration. After taking a season. The 24-year-old, who has said he And Red Bull will be relieved to hold on to knee as medical staff ran out to assist him, the wants to be the league’s highest-paid player, is parking reservations and encouraging Bull, while the Bob and Weave gets you their flying Dutch teenager Max Verstappen the use of two nearby general aviation Patron Silver, lime, lemongrass, lychee outspoken and charismatic Beckham walked entering his fourth season. He has 288 career and Australian Daniel Ricciardo for another off slowly and glared menacingly at Boddy- receptions for 4,122 yards and 35 TDs. — AP airports, in suburban Henderson and and cucumber soda. — AP campaign. —AFP WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23 , 2017 SPORTS

England legend Boycott apologises for ‘unacceptable’ remark

LONDON: Controversial England bat- been cut with the rest of the world However, Boycott-who has overcome whole life and have the utmost respect England cricketer to be knighted was ting legend Geoff Boycott made a grov- because of the apartheid regime, said throat cancer in 2002 to become a pop- for its players.” The BBC would not com- Ian Botham-no stranger to controversy elling apology yesterday for remarking knighthoods had been bestowed on ular and outspoken pundit on BBC ment on whether he would continue to himself-in 2007. he needed to “black up his face” to get a West Indian cricketers like “confetti”. Radio’s globally renowned Test Match play a part in the ongoing West Indies Boycott has always contended the knighthood at an event last week. “Mine’s been turned down twice. I’d Special-took to Twitter on Tuesday to three match Test series although they reason he has not been knighted is The 76-year-old astonished his audi- better black me face,” Boycott is report- unreservedly apologise. did issue a statement welcoming his because of his conviction in France-first- ence with his comment during a ques- ed to have said according to a guest at “Speaking at an informal gathering I apology. ly in 1996 and confirmed on appeal in tion and answer session in one of the the event cited by The Daily Mirror. was asked a question and I realise my “He has rightly apologised unre- 1998 — for assaulting former girlfriend intervals at last week’s first Test with the The guest at the event-which cost answer was unacceptable,” he tweeted. servedly for these clearly unacceptable Margaret Moore. West Indies. £300 ($385, 327 euros) to attend-said “I meant no offence but what I said was comments,” a BBC spokesperson said. A durable but unspectacular opening Boycott, who played a pivotal role in the remark though intended as a joke clearly wrong and I apologise unre- West Indies greats like Viv Richards, batsman, Boycott played 108 Tests, scor- organising the 1982 England rebel tour was “crass” and went down like a “lead servedly. Garfield Sobers and Curtly Ambrose ing 8114 runs with 22 centuries at an of South Africa when sporting links had balloon”. “I have loved West Indian cricket my have been knighted whilst the last average of 47.72. — AFP

ANAHEIM: Robinson Chirinos #61 of the Texas Rangers is forced out at second by Andrelton Simmons #2 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the third inning of the game at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on Monday in Anaheim, California. — AFP

BASEBALL Indians edge Sox in heavyweight battle

CLEVELAND: Brandon Guyer scored when Dodgers haven’t lost consecutive games since over four years between major league victo- got four outs to earn his seventh save, despite first-place Chicago in the NL Central. Brandon first baseman Brock Holt threw away Roberto July 20 and 21. The Pirates have lost seven of ries, Albers has two wins in less than a week. giving up an RBI single to Mike Trout in the Crawford hit an RBI double to back Stratton (2- Perez’s bunt in the ninth inning, lifting the their past nine. Mike Foltynewicz (10-9) has lost four of his last ninth. Tyler Skaggs (1-4) was charged with five 2) in his fourth major league start after he won Cleveland Indians over the Boston Red Sox 5-4 five starts for Atlanta. runs, four earned, in 5 1/3 innings. The Angels at Washington his last time out. The Giants in Major League Baseball on Monday night in DIAMONDBACKS 3, METS 2, 10 INNINGS had won nine of 11. earned their first home shutout of the year, a matchup of first-place teams. After Guyer’s A.J. Pollock hit a two-run homer in the 10th ORIOLES 7, ATHLETICS 3 becoming the last team in the majors to do so. leadoff double against Brandon Workman (0- inning as Arizona snapped a three-game skid. Adam Jones hit a pair of home runs and GIANTS 2, BREWERS 0 Milwaukee starter Zach Davies (14-7) allowed 1), Holt fielded the bunted ball and tried to J.D. Martinez had an RBI single and left fielder Jonathan Schoop added a three-run shot to Giants rookie Chris Stratton pitched six two runs in six innings. He took his first road throw out Guyer at third. Guyer slid into the David Peralta threw out the potential go- help Baltimore beat Oakland. Wade Miley (7- innings to run his scoreless streak to 12 2/3 defeat of the season after a 7-0 start, dropping bag as the throw skipped past third baseman ahead run at the plate for the Diamondbacks, 10) held the A’s to two runs, five hits and four innings over his past two outings, and San to 14-4 away from home in his career. Sam Rafael Devers, then got to his feet and raced who began the day with a 2 1/2-game lead walks over six-plus innings to pick up his first Francisco stymied Milwaukee. It was a night of Dyson finished for his 11th save in 12 chances across home plate. Teammates ran onto the over Milwaukee for the second NL wild card. win at Camden Yards since June 17. Miley is 2- missed chances as the Brewers, who had won with the Giants, who beat the Brewers for the field and doused Perez with water and white Pinch-hitter Gregor Blanco walked to start the 0 with a 1.38 ERA against Oakland this season. six of seven, dropped 2 1/2 games back of 16th time in 20 games. — AP powder. Perez also had a three-run homer in 10th. One out later, Pollock sent a fastball from Jones tied a career high with four hits and is the second inning. Cody Allen (1-6) allowed Eric Goeddel (0-1) over the center field fence one home run shy of reaching 25 for the sev- Christian Vazquez’s leadoff single in the ninth, to put the Diamondbacks back in front after enth consecutive season. Zach Britton got the CRICKET but retired the next three hitters. The inning they squandered a 1-0 lead in the seventh. final out with two runners on for his 11th save ended when shortstop Francisco Lindor ran Fernando Rodney gave up a leadoff homer to this season and his 60th in a row. Baltimore down Mookie Betts’ popup in center field with Michael Conforto before getting three outs for beat Chris Smith (0-3) for the second time in Joshi to help Bangladesh his back to home plate. Cleveland relief ace his 28th save in 33 tries. Jimmie Sherfy (1-0) 12 days. Andrew Miller left in the seventh inning after pitched a perfect ninth for his first major aggravating the patellar tendinitis in his right league win. WHITE SOX 7, TWINS 6, 1ST GAME spinners for Aussies Tests knee. Miller recently returned after over two TWINS 10, WHITE SOX 2, 2ND GAME weeks on the disabled list with the knee injury. MARINERS 6, BRAVES 5 Jorge Polanco hit his second three-run DHAKA: Bangladesh’s cricket board against Bangladesh this weekend. Agar Andrew Albers worked into the sixth inning homer of the day as Minnesota scored six announced yesterday that former Indian impressed Australian selectors with his form DODGERS 6, PIRATES 5, 12 INNINGS for his second straight win since coming up times in the second inning and routed bowler Sunil Joshi has been appointed the this season, and has received a strong Yasiel Puig homered in the 12th inning, from the minors, leading Seattle over Atlanta. Chicago to split a doubleheader. Brian Dozier squad’s spin consultant after Australian endorsement from coach Darren Lehmann helping Los Angeles top Pittsburgh. Puig Albers (2-0) also had the first hit an RBI of his added a three-run drive off Carson Fulmer dur- Stuart MacGill turned down the coaching ahead of the Test in Dhaka starting Sunday. drove a 1-0 pitch from rookie Dovydas career - in his first big league at-bat. The 31- ing the rally. Byron Buxton and Jason Castro gig. Joshi, a left-arm spinner, will join the “Obviously it depends on what the wicket Neverauskas (1-1) over the wall in center for year-old left-hander beat his former organiza- each added a solo shot for the Twins, who squad as a bowling coach ahead of their first looks like but I’m ready to go if I get the nod,” his 22nd of the season. The Pirates put runners tion, having spent most of the season at the have won five of six. They are a half-game Test against Australia starting this Sunday in Agar told reporters in Dhaka. on first and second with two out in the bot- Braves’ Triple-A club. He went 12-3 but never ahead of the Angels for the second AL wild Dhaka, Bangladesh Cricket Board “I’ve been preparing really well and I’ve tom half, but Ross Stripling retired Max Moroff got a call to the big leagues. Instead, Albers card. Dillon Gee (1-0) retired the first 12 White spokesman Jalal Yunus told AFP. done everything I can now. I feel like every- on a liner to right for his second save. Curtis was dealt to the Mariners for cash on Aug. 11. Sox batters before rookie Nicky Delmonico The board had hoped to reel in MacGill thing is in really good order.” Granderson hit a grand slam off Gerrit Cole in He was called up by Seattle to make a start homered leading off the fifth. Gee allowed for insight into Australia’s bowling attack, Agar made a sensational debut to Test Los Angeles’ five-run seventh, and Luis Avilan four days later, working six strong innings in a only two hits and walked none through six ahead of their first tour of Bangladesh in cricket in 2013, scored 98 runs in his maiden (2-1) pitched one inning for the win. The 3-1 win over Baltimore. Now, after going just innings. Tyler Duffey followed with three more than a decade. But officials said innings batting at number 11 against innings to earn his first save. Polanco, who has MacGill, a former right-arm leg spin bowler England in Nottingham. five homers, hit a three-run shot off Derek who took 208 wickets in 44 Tests for But since then the 23-year-old has made MLB Results/Standings Holland in the eighth inning of the opener to Australia, declined the offer for personal rea- only one further Test appearance, and has cut Minnesota’s deficit to 7-6. In homering for sons. The spin bowling job had been vacant been hungry for a return to the long format since Ruwan Kalpage, a former Sri Lankan of the game. It was not until his impressive San Francisco 2, Milwaukee 0; Texas 5, LA Angels 3; Minnesota 10, Chicago White Sox 2; Seattle 6, Atlanta 5; the first time in back-to-back games, Polanco player, left last year. Joshi will stay for two form in the Sheffield Shield this season- Arizona 3, NY Mets 2 (10 innings); Cleveland 5, Boston 4; LA Dodgers 6, Pittsburgh 5 (12 innings); Baltimore 7, did it in consecutive at-bats. Fulmer gave up Oakland 3; Chicago White Sox 7, Minnesota 6. six runs over 1 1/3 innings in his season debut. months and also join Bangladesh for their claiming 16 wickets and 115 runs in four tour of South Africa, Yunus added. innings for Western Australia-that he caught American League National League In the first game, Yolmer Sanchez homered and drove in four runs, Jose Abreu hit his 25th He was approached in February during the eye of selectors once again. Eastern Division Eastern Division Bangladesh’s tour of India, their first there He was picked for Australia’s two-Test W L PCT GB Washington 74 48 .607 - of the season and the White Sox held on. Carlos Rodon (2-4) pitched effectively into sev- since gaining Test status in 2000. tour of Bangladesh ahead of left-arm spin- Boston 71 53 .573 - Miami 60 62 .492 14 Joshi won man of the match in ner Steve O’Keefe, whose 12-wicket haul NY Yankees 66 57 .537 4.5 enth inning for the fifth straight outing to earn Atlanta 55 68 .447 19.5 Bangladesh’s inaugural Test match against against India earlier this year helped Baltimore 61 64 .488 10.5 NY Mets 54 69 .439 20.5 his first win since July 3. Juan Minaya worked a Tampa Bay 61 65 .484 11 perfect ninth for his third save. Avisail Garcia India in 2000, when he scored 92 runs and Australia claim the first Test of that series. Philadelphia 45 77 .369 29 took eight wickets in the best batting and But Agar was not letting the pressure of Toronto 59 65 .476 12 Central Division had three hits and two RBIs for AL-worst Central Division bowling figures in his 15-Test career. his selection, or years in the wilderness, get Chicago Cubs 66 57 .537 - Chicago. Abreu became the first White Sox Cleveland 69 54 .561 - Milwaukee 65 61 .516 2.5 Joshi, who also played 69 one-day inter- the better of him. Minnesota 64 60 .516 5.5 player to hit 25 or more home runs in each of St. Louis 63 61 .508 3.5 his first four seasons. Tim Melville (0-1) lasted nationals, has an impressive first-class record “For me now I’ve got to not put too much Kansas City 62 61 .504 7 having taken 615 wickets from 160 games. pressure on myself and try and enjoy the Detroit 54 69 .439 15 Pittsburgh 60 65 .480 7 just 3 1/3 innings and allowed five runs in his Cincinnati 53 72 .424 14 Twins debut. Bangladesh have not played a Test game,” he said. Australia will play two Tests Chicago White Sox 48 75 .390 21 against Australia since Ricky Ponting’s team against Bangladesh, the first starting Sunday Western Division Western Division Houston 76 48 .613 - LA Dodgers 88 35 .715 - RANGERS 5, ANGELS 3 visited the country in 2006. and the second on September 4. “It’s just LA Angels 64 61 .512 12.5 Colorado 68 56 .548 20.5 Adrian Beltre hit a three-run homer and Meanwhile, Australian all-rounder Ashton four years of experience, four years of extra Seattle 64 62 .508 13 Arizona 68 57 .544 21 Cole Hamels pitched seven effective innings as Agar said yesterday he was ready to return bowling, a lot of balls bowled in that time Texas 62 62 .500 14 San Diego 55 69 .444 33.5 Texas cooled off Los Angeles. Hamels (9-1) to Test cricket after a four-year hiatus if and naturally you just get better,” he said of Oakland 54 71 .432 22.5 San Francisco 51 76 .402 39 allowed two runs on three hits. Alex Claudio selected for the opening match of the tour his break from Test cricket. —AFP WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017 SPORTS

FA under pressure over allegations against head coach

LONDON: English football’s ruling body 87,000 euros) from the FA, whose only “Yes, I believe it was and again I go last year-has also justified her accepting “Understandably, we share Eni’s con- the Football Association yesterday came criticism of Sampson was he could back to the definition,” she said in the money from the FA as being the cerns regarding what has occurred and under increasing pressure to hold improve his communication skills. answer to whether she thought it was a equivalent she would have received would fully support an open, transpar- another enquiry over allegations made However, yesterday the Professional racist remark, although she did not from an employment tribunal. ent and independent investigation into by women’s football star Eniola Aluko Footballers Association (PFA) said they include the allegation in her complaint The FA for their part are sanguine her experiences and any other incidents against England head coach Mark would support another enquiry after 30- last year. “I believe it was an about making the offer as they wanted which any of her team-mates may also Sampson. The FA through an independ- year-old Nigeria-born Aluko told the unfavourable comment made to me to avoid an employment tribunal hear- wish to raise. ent enquiry cleared Sampson, who BBC Sampson made a racist remark to that made me feel completely shocked ing which could have affected the “We feel that this is very important to recently guided England to the Euro her in 2014. and intimidated that was said to me preparations for the Euro and not to buy ensure that these serious issues are 2017 semi-finals which included a She claimed the 34-year-old told her because I’m of African descent,” added Aluko’s silence. properly dealt with and to also ensure famous win over bitter rivals Germany, to make sure her Nigerian relatives did the 103-times capped striker, who Gordon Taylor, the long-standing that an appropriate process is put in of racial discrimination, bullying and not bring the Ebola virus-which had scored 33 goals for her country. chief executive of the PFA, told Press place to give any other players the con- harassment of Aluko last year. swept west Africa but only to limited Sampson-who also guided England Association Sport in a statement he fidence to raise any similar issues. Aluko-who is a qualified lawyer-did effect in Nigeria which registered eight with Aluko in the side to the 2015 World would support another enquiry encom- “Finally, we continue to provide sup- not co-operate with the three month deaths compared to thousands in Sierra Cup semi-finals-denies he made any passing if needs be other women play- port for Eni and will do so for any other long enquiry, although she accepted Leone, Liberia and Guinea-to Wembley such comment to the Chelsea star. ers who believe they have suffered simi- member who requires our assistance in compensation of £80,000 ($100,000, for a match with Germany. Aluko-who made the complaint in May lar treatment. relation to this matter.” — AFP

AC Milan completes signing of Kalinic on 4-year deal

MILAN: AC Milan CEO Marco Fassone hint- old Kalinic from mid-June, and he missed ed the club has finished its summer spend- training last week as he attempted to push ing spree after signing its 11th player in this through the move. transfer window: Nikola Kalinic. Milan “I have to say this has been a long and signed Kalinic from Fiorentina on a one- difficult story, more than two months,” year loan deal with the obligation to buy, Fassone said. “We’re here because he with the Croatia forward penning a four- (Kalinic) wanted to become a Rossonero so year contract on Tuesday to June 30, 2021. strongly. He has a boundless and historic “With Nikola we’ve completed the team,” love for our shirt and that’s what allowed us Fassone said. Milan, which was bought by a to unlock this long negotiation that we had Chinese-led consortium in April, has spent with Fiorentina.” more than 200 million euros ($234 million) Kalinic, who also played for Blackburn in the offseason, signing players such as Rovers in the English Premier League, Leonardo Bonucci, Andre Silva, Ricardo moved to Italy in 2015 and had 33 goals in Rodriguez, Franck Kessie, Andrea Conti, 83 appearances for Fiorentina. He said he Hakan Calhanoglu, Lucas Biglia and Mateo preferred to do his talking on the pitch. Musacchio. Kalinic will wear the No. 7 shirt, which was “(Kalinic) is the player we wanted to worn by one of Milan’s best-ever forwards, complete the squad because he has experi- Andriy Shevchenko. ence and quality,” Fassono said. “We always No financial details were disclosed, but said we wanted to have a mix of young and reports say Milan will pay Fiorentina 25 mil- talented players and experienced ones, to lion euros ($29 million) for Kalinic. Milan, build a spine of experienced players. which last won the league in 2011, opened “We got Bonucci, we got Biglia, we got its Serie A campaign with a 3-0 win at Nikola, who completes the squad.” Milan Crotone. It also beat Shkendija 6-0 in the was in talks with Fiorentina for the 29-year- Europa League last Thursday. — AP

SHANGHAI: Shanghai SIPG’s Wu Lie (2L) celebrates after scoring a goal during the AFC Champions League quarter-final football match between Shanghai SIPG and Guangzhou Evergrande in Shanghai yesterday. Brazilian international Hulk scored one and made another as Shanghai SIPG Klopp feels the heat as all but sealed their spot in the AFC Champions League semi-finals with a 4-0 first-leg rout of Guangzhou Evergrande. — AFP

Liverpool eye group phase SOCCER LONDON: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp ‘3-0 WOULD BE NICER’ concedes his side are already feeling the “It’s brilliant when you get the ball and pressure this season ahead of the return you look up and you’ve got Sadio, Roberto Rampaging Hulk has Shanghai leg of their Champions League play-off (Firmino), Studge (Sturridge) in the first half against Hoffenheim today. and Mo (Salah) came on with big Dom Liverpool looked to have planted one (Solanke),” said the former Dundee United SIPG sensing Asian glory foot in the group phase after going 2-0 up left-back. in last week’s first leg in Germany, only for “It’s great to have the options. We’re not Mark Uth’s 87th-minute reply to bring fully up to speed yet, but we’re getting SHANGHAI: Brazilian international Hulk scored Hoffenheim right back into the tie. The five- there and when we are, we’ll be a threat.” one and made another as Shanghai SIPG all but time European champions needed a late Liverpool are bidding to reach the sealed their spot in the AFC Champions League Dortmund stand ground with Sadio Mane goal to see off Crystal Palace in Champions League group phase for only semi-finals with a 4-0 first-leg rout of the Premier League on Saturday and Klopp the second time since 2010. Guangzhou Evergrande yesterday. Barcelona target Dembele anticipates another knife-edge occasion at Their last participation in 2014-15 hav- Luiz Felipe Scolari’s Evergrande are on Anfield in mid-week. ing come to an end in the group stage, it is course to retain the Chinese Super League BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund say they will not until this Sunday to meet Dortmund’s price. “We all have pressure and it’s a quick now over eight years since Anfield last (CSL) title but barring a miracle they are out negotiate with Barcelona over a price for The ongoing saga has seen Watzke join start always,” said Klopp, who reached the hosted a knockout-phase match in the of this quarter-final all-Chinese tie even with Ousmane Dembele as the clock keeps ticking calls for the transfer window to close on Champions League final with Borussia competition. the home leg to come. Shorn of key midfield- in their stand-off with the want-away winger. August 1, rather than at the end of the month. Dortmund in 2013. “You need to be there Elimination at the hands of European er Paulinho, the Brazilian who last week Dortmund suspended Dembele indefinitely “In the summer, the fans look forward to the immediately, deliver and all that stuff. The debutants Hoffenheim would represent a moved to Barcelona, Scolari’s men only woke on August 10 when the 20-year-old boycotted season and when it starts, it should be about difference this year is that it’s really hard. monumental setback for Klopp, who was up very briefly after the break but by then training in protest after the German club football, not this theatre,” he grumbled. “We all know a draw (against Palace), hired partly on the strength of his fine con- they were 2-0 down and their dreams of a rejected an initial bid from Barcelona. Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge two points instead of four or six, it doesn’t tinental record with Dortmund. domestic and continental double dead. Two The Spanish giants want to sign Dembele agrees. “UEFA (European football’s governing feel good, but you can sort it. “You can’t do But Liverpool’s fans will draw encour- second-half goals in as many minutes by and Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho to replace body) is already for it. The window should be this in a Champions League qualifier. This agement from the fact that in 14 previous Chinese international Wu Lei, one fed by Hulk, Neymar, who left for Paris Saint-Germain for a closed when the leagues start, otherwise it’s a intensity is really hard, for both teams.” European home games against German put the tie out of sight. record 222 million euros ($261 million). bit strange,” he said. Having lost Robert Klopp made five changes to his starting teams, their team have never been beaten. Scolari, who repeatedly shook his head at However, Dembele has a Dortmund contract Lewandowski in 2014 on a free-transfer to XI for the 1-0 victory over Palace, with Hoffenheim geared up for the trip to Monday’s pre-match press conference after rain until 2021 and reports claim the Germans arch rivals Bayern, all Dortmund stars are now debutant Andy Robertson, Ragnar Klavan, Liverpool with a 1-0 win at home to Werder played havoc with his training plans, revealed want 130 million euros for the player they paid on water-tight contracts, which are regularly Joe Gomez, James Milner and Daniel Bremen on Saturday, courtesy of a deflect- after the match that the air conditioning in the just 15 million euros to Rennes last year. extended. Dortmund’s stance with Dembele is Sturridge coming into the side. ed shot from substitute Andrej Kramaric in away changing room at Shanghai Stadium was “We are prepared to sell him and what we a warning to any of their top players who Having started on the bench, Dejan the 84th minute. broken. “We are in a sauna!” the Brazilian veter- want is on the table,” confirmed Dortmund’s might be tempted by big-name clubs. Lovren, Emre Can and star signing “I wouldn’t say no if a few deflected an coach exclaimed to the press in English, with CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke, putting the ball Particularly top scorer Pierre-Emerick Mohamed Salah are all expected to return goals fly in today,” said head coach temperatures hovering around 33 degrees firmly in Barcelona’s court. “When it’s not met, Aubameyang, who has made it clear he wants to the starting line-up against Julian Nagelsmann, who led Hoffenheim to a Celsius (91 Fahrenheit) in the city even as night Dembele will stay with us. “We will not negoti- to play for Real Madrid one day. Dembele’s Nagelsmann’s Hoffenheim. Young right- best-ever fourth-place finish in the fell. He refused to blame the defeat on that but ate.” Last week, no sooner had Barcelona’s gen- attitude has been widely condemned in Germany, where there is a suspicion that the back Trent Alexander-Arnold could also Bundesliga last season. his Evergrande side did feel the loss of eral manager Pep Segura said they were “close” to a deal with Dembele than Watzke 20-year-old’s behaviour has been heavily influ- return, having been rested against Palace “A 2-0 win is the big plan. A 3-0 would Paulinho, he said. “SIPG deserved the win after setting Liverpool en route to victory in be nicer.” Nagelsmann rested six of the fired back things “had not moved forward one enced by the Spanish giants. tonight,” added Scolari, who like opposite num- Sinsheim with a memorable 25-yard free- team who started against Liverpool last millimetre”. “If Barcelona are behind it, then I have no ber Andre Villas-Boas is a former Chelsea man- kick Liverpool are likely to still be without week, including burly striker Sandro respect for the club,” Bayern Munich president ager. “Hulk is very strong, he has pace and he Brazilian playmaker Philippe Coutinho, the Wagner and Germany winger Serge BACK IN FRANCE Uli Hoeness said scornfully. Germany’s head subject of three unsuccessful bids from Gnabry. creates a lot of chances. He’s very threatening.” Dembele has already quit his accommoda- coach Joachim Loew says Dortmund are tak- Barcelona, who continues to nurse a back Kramaric, who squandered an early tion in Dortmund and moved back to France. ing the correct stance over Dembele. “I simply problem. But Robertson believes the fire- penalty in the first leg, only came on for the MUSCULAR MENACE However, if he fails in his bid to join Barcelona condemn it when a player who has a contract power on show against Palace demonstrat- last 25 minutes, but in a potential good In the formidable form of Hulk, SIPG had a Watzke says he will have to eat significant goes on strike and says that he wants to ed the strength in depth in Liverpool’s omen for today, he managed to make his forward who was a muscular menace through- humble pie with the Borussia squad. change clubs,” said Germany’s World Cup-win- attacking unit. presence count. — AFP out. Twice early on he shot weakly at He was banned when Dortmund romped ning coach. “It is absurd when contracts are no Evergrande goalkeeper Zeng Cheng and mid- to a 3-0 win at Wolfsburg on Saturday in the longer worth anything. “Dortmund’s stance is way through the first half he was snuffed out by opening Bundesliga match of the new season. absolutely right.” With Liverpool chasing the overworked Zeng. Next Hulk teed up the Christian Pulisic, Dembele’s replacement on Dortmund’s US international Christian Pulisic, 60-million-euro man Oscar, his fellow Brazilian the right wing, scored and set up a goal in a Borussia must show their players who’s who had a quiet game, but he too shot straight superb display. boss, added Hoeness. “You have to show your at Zeng. Officially, Watzke says Barcelona have until strength as a big club, like Borussia Dortmund, Then Oscar saw a right-footed curler from August 31, when the transfer window closes, either they get what they are asking for or, if distance whistle past Zeng’s far post. Scolari to raise their offer. However, German daily Bild not, then he stays. “You have to show every- spread his arms out in despair on the sidelines claim they have told Barcelona that they have one who is lord in the house.” — AFP and gestured to his defence to engage their brains. But they didn’t and after attacking mid- fielder Wu went over under minimal contact in the box, Hulk stepped up to ram home the penalty on 38 minutes. It was his seventh goal in the Champions League this season. On the brink of half time Villas-Boas’s men made it 2-0, skipper Wang Shenchao popping up at the backpost to bundle the ball in. No doubt Scolari gave his men a half-time grilling and Evergrande, two-time Champions League winners, started the better in the sec- ond period. But Wu punished them with just over an hour on the clock with a classy solo effort and on 64 minutes he scored again after being played in by the rampaging Hulk for 4-0 and game over. “Excellent performance, great attitude from the players. We proved our power and ambi- tion,” said Villas-Boas, whose SIPG has hit a rocky patch of form in the CSL to drop out the domestic title race. “The referee should have sent off two Evergrande players, but he forgot,” ANFIELD: File photo shows Liverpool’s Sadio Mane, right, celebrates his goal with man- deadpanned the Portuguese, without saying AMSTELVEEN: Marie Mavers (L) of Germany vies with Hannah Matthews of Ireland during the ager Jurgen Klopp, during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool which players he was referring to. The second women’s European Hockey Championship match between Ireland and Germany in Amstelveen and Crystal Palace, at Anfield, in Liverpool. — AP leg is on September 12. — AFP yesterday. — AFP Johaug to miss Klopp feels the Olympics as CAS heat as Liverpool extends doping ban eye group phase

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MANCHESTER: Manchester City’s Fernandinho, right, and Everton’s Wayne Rooney battle for the ball during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Everton at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, Monday. —AP Rooney reborn: Striker eyeing England return

MANCHESTER: He scored another landmark competitive match of the season in the 1-1 draw know exactly in every moment on the pitch what play as much last year and if you don’t play, you winner against Stoke in the Premier League, goal, he raged at the referee, he tackled back, at Manchester City in the Premier League on is the best decision.” Hurling a volley of abuse at don’t get that match fitness.” set up Idrissa Gueye with a delicate through- and covered every blade of grass for his team’s Monday. He looked fitter, sharper and hungrier the referee, earning a late yellow card, wasn’t Then, in a swipe at the armchair critics, he ball for a goal against Hadjuk, and now netted cause. Welcome back, Wayne Rooney. than in recent years, and seemed to relish being Rooney’s wisest decision of the night at Etihad said his display was “not bad for someone who is against City. A summer return to boyhood club Everton the father-figure in a team containing two 20- Stadium but it shows his passion hasn’t dimmed. not fit anymore and can’t get about the pitch.” Can Southgate ignore Rooney when he has lit a fire in English soccer’s most talked-about year-olds (Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Mason In front of the watching Jose Mourinho, the Rooney has scored in Everton’s opening two names his England squad on Thursday for player, whose career was in rapid decline as he Holgate) and a 19-year-old (Tom Davies). Man United manager who has just sold him, and league games, taking him to two goals by Aug. upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Malta sat on the substitutes’ bench game after game at Rooney hasn’t lost his eye for goal, either, Gareth Southgate, the England manager who 21. It took him until Jan. 21 to reach that number and Slovakia? “He’s at a physical state that we Manchester United last season. popping up in City’s box in a rare Everton attack recently dropped him, Rooney played like a man last season. Playing in Europa League qualifiers need and he needs, to give this kind of perform- Rooney has always been a player who needs a to side-foot home the 200th Premier League with a point to prove to those who still doubt the against MFK Ruzomberok (home and away) and ances,” Koeman said. “That’s what we like to run of matches to really get into his stride. He is goal of his career, a scoring feat only Alan record scorer for United and England. Hadjuk Split (at home) has helped Rooney get a keep, the good fitness. There’s no doubt about getting that at Everton. After making an early Shearer has previously achieved. “The thing for me is to play,” Rooney said, base fitness and allowed him to settle into a his qualities on the ball. “We’d like to win titles, return to preseason training to work on his fit- “He has that cleverness that you need in your repeating remarks he made in May during one of new-look Everton team and 5-3-2 formation. and he knows how to win titles. That’s a big ness, the 31-year-old Rooney started his fifth team,” Everton manager Ronald Koeman said, “to his last media duties as a United player. “I didn’t In the past nine days, he has scored the experience.” — AP

Schooling golden, teen crowned fastest man Azarenka withdraws from US Open amid KUALA LUMPUR: Olympic swimming cham- last year, led his team-mates to a command- admitted he felt a little tired after Monday’s women’s 50m breaststroke in a tournament- pion Joseph Schooling grabbed his second ing 4x100m freestyle relay victory in a Games- race, said he was just happy to help record 31.29, and Quah Zheng Wen won the custody fight gold of the Southeast Asian Games yesterday record 3min 17.85sec. Singapore win another swimming title. men’s 200m butterfly in 1:57.95. as hosts Malaysia capped a medal-laden day Texas-based Schooling is targeting six “It’s a great feeling. I just tried to do my Vietnam’s “Little Mermaid” Nguyen Thi Anh NEW YORK: Two-time US Open runner-up Victoria when teenager Khairul Hafiz was crowned the gold medals in Kuala Lumpur after a winless best for my team, tried to get them ahead,” Vien set a new Games record of 2:13.64 in the Azarenka confirmed her withdrawal from the tourna- region’s fastest man. world championships in July, and he now has Schooling said. “I’m glad we could get a new women’s 200m backstroke and also won the ment on Monday amid a custody battle concerning Schooling, Singapore’s first Olympic gold- two titles in two nights after his 50m butterfly record and win.” There were more successes 400m freestyle to reach three gold medals for her eight-month-old son. Azarenka, who signalled medallist after his 100m butterfly win in Rio victory a day earlier. But Schooling, who for Singapore as Roanne Ho clinched the the competition. last week she may miss the tournament rather than But the busiest day so far, with 45 titles on travel to New York without her son Leo, confirmed offer, belonged to Malaysia, who scored wins her withdrawal in a statement. across a swathe of events and then took the “I am sadly unable to compete in this year’s US big prize on the first night of the athletics Open due to my ongoing family situation that I am competition. Khairul, who is just 19, upset working through,” the Belarus star said. “While I will defending champion Eric Cray to win the dearly miss being in New York and playing in one of men’s 100m in 10.38, five-hundredths ahead my favorite tournaments where I have enjoyed some of the Filipino-American who earlier won the 400m hurdles. of the best moments in my career, I am already look- Malaysia’s Muhammad Irfan won discus ing forward to being back next year.” gold, and home favourite Zaidatul Husniah The Belarusian reached the final in 2012 and 2013 took silver in the women’s 100m behind where she was beaten by Serena Williams on both Vietnamese runner Le Tu Chinh, who timed occasions. The 28-year-old said last week she would 11.56. Earlier Malaysia won the men’s team skip Flushing Meadows rather than be separated time trial cycling ahead of Thailand, and in from her baby. gymnastics Tan Fu Jie and Jeremiah Loo It came after a Los Angeles judge presiding in her shared men’s pommel horse gold and Tan Ing custody case with the boy’s father, Billy McKeague, Yueh won the women’s vault. said the child could not leave California until the The hosts also took gold in men’s and matter had been resolved. Azarenka, ranked 204 women’s karate, wushu, petanque, mixed after a layoff while pregnant and after her son’s birth, doubles bowling and the women’s 25m pis- played last month at Wimbledon, reaching the round tol. Late yesterday they had 37 gold medals, of 16 before losing to second-ranked Simona Halep. ahead of Singapore on 19. Malaysia even van- “Shortly after Wimbledon, Leo’s father and I sepa- quished royal opposition when they won the rated and as we work to resolve some of the legal team dressage ahead of a Thai outfit led by processes, the way things stand now is that the only Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana way I can play in the US Open this year is if I leave Vajiralongkorn, competing on her horse Leo behind in California, which I’m not willing to do,” Prince Charming. Azarenka said last week. In the polo competition, Sports Minister “I look forward to hopefully having positive devel- Khairy Jamaluddin survived a couple of falls opments soon so that this difficult situation can be from his horse as he helped Malaysia to a 12-4 resolved and I can get back to competing. “No parent polo win over a Brunei team featuring Prince should have to decide between their child or their KUALA LUMPUR: Singapore’s Joseph Schooling competes in the men’s swimming 4 X 100m freestyle relay final of the 29th Southeast Abdul Mateen and Princess Azemah career.” —AFP Asian Games (SEA Games) at the National Aquatics centre in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. — AFP Bolkiah.—AFP Kuwait corporate earnings up on strong investment gains Page 18

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In this July 25, 2017 file photo, construction continues on the spans of the new Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, right, as vehicles make their way on the Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson River, near Tarrytown, N.Y. President Donald Trump’s road to getting legislation through Congress this year to restore the nation’s crumbling infrastructure appears increasingly precarious. — AP Trump’s path to boosting infrastructure full of potholes President yet to outline plan to create jobs in transportation sector

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s ing over 10 years if he relies on tax incentives Lack of details House fact sheet on Trump’s infrastructure “We see tax reform and infrastructure road to getting legislation through Congress for companies that invest in projects in Trump’s budget proposal submitted to vision. The panel also said it is “troubling” that hopefully going hand-in-hand,” said Sean this year to restore the nation’s crumbling exchange for the right to collect tolls or other Congress in May called for using $200 billion Trump’s budget proposal assumes that after O’Neill, the Associated General Contractors’ infrastructure appears increasingly precarious. fees and speeding up the environmental per- in government spending to leverage $800 bil- fiscal year 2020, the Highway Trust Fund - top infrastructure lobbyist. Gary Cohn, Trump’s Trump has yet to release a plan despite his mitting process. lion in local and private infrastructure invest- which pays for most highway and transit aid - top economic adviser, said an infrastructure campaign pledge to create jobs by building Trump has said he’s hopeful Democrats will ment over 10 years, but didn’t provide details. will be limited to revenue from current federal bill will “come on the heels of taxes.” bigger and better transportation and other support his plan. Democrats say they want to Trump separately proposed cutting current fuel taxes and other user fees. “We hope it’s this year,” he told reporters types of infrastructure projects. Administration work with the administration on infrastruc- transportation programs, including eliminat- In 2015, Congress shored up the trust recently. “We need to get taxes done between officials have said a plan will be released in the ture, but that any bill must include direct fund- ing subsidies for Amtrak’s long-distance trains fund with general fund money spread over now and Thanksgiving ... As soon (as) tax third quarter of this year, but Congress is ing for projects, not merely tax credits for and for scheduled airline service to rural com- five years. Without a new source of funds, comes out of the House and goes to the unlikely to tackle the issue right away. investors. “We Democrats sent the president munities, sharply reducing grants for transit transportation aid would drop by about $95 Senate, we’ll put infrastructure in the House.” Lawmakers will have too much other must- our ‘Better Deal’ infrastructure proposal in capital projects and killing “TIGER” grants for billion over five years beginning in fiscal However, it’s far from assured that infrastruc- pass legislation on their agenda when they January. We still haven’t heard from them,” said difficult-to-fund transportation projects 2021. Some GOP lawmakers and conserva- ture money will be addressed in a tax bill, or return to work after Labor Day, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. involving multiple jurisdictions or multiple tive think tanks advocate sharply reducing that a tax bill can even be passed. Negotiating deadlines to raise the federal debt limit and, Democrats would pay for their $1 trillion transportation modes. federal transportation aid, leaving it to states the bills in a bipartisan way will be critical, said separately, prevent a government shutdown plan with unspecified cuts in tax breaks. In A Senate appropriations panel warned in a to raise money to cover their transportation Bud Wright, the American Association of State after the current budget year ends on Sept 30. July, Schumer and House Minority Leader bipartisan spending bill last month that it needs or not. Prospects for a bill would Highway and Transportation Officials’ execu- After that, Republican leaders plan to revamp Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, made the plan a key “strongly disagrees with the administration’s improve significantly, lobbyists say, if the tax tive director. tax laws, always difficult and time-consuming. part of Democrats’ new economic agenda assertion that providing federal dollars for bill includes proposals for raising money for “It will be difficult to get tax reform or an Even if Congress moves on to infrastructure and messaging strategy for the 2018 infrastructure has created ‘an unhealthy infrastructure, such as a federal gas tax infrastructure bill over the goal line without after taxes, Democrats and many Republicans midterm elections. dynamic in which state and local governments increase, new trucking fees or lower tax rates Democratic support,” he said. “I want to be are skeptical that Trump can reach his goal of White House officials didn’t reply to ques- delay projects in the hope of receiving federal for companies that return profits parked optimistic (that an infrastructure bill) can hap- generating $1 trillion in infrastructure spend- tions from The Associated Press. funds.’” Lawmakers were quoting a White overseas to the US. pen, but it’s going to be an uphill climb.”—AP UK air travel could slump if New US penalties on Chinese, Russian no early Brexit aviation deal firms over N Korea WASHINGTON: The Trump administration yesterday imposed LONDON: Britain’s airports could see passenger num- are urging the EU and UK government to prioritize assurance from the EU and UK government to sanctions on 16 mainly Chinese and Russian companies and bers plunge by as much as 40 percent unless the gov- an interim deal on aviation as soon as possible,” a enable them to plan for the future.” A spokesman people for assisting North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile ernment strikes an interim aviation deal with the spokesman for Manchester Airports Group (MAG), for Heathrow airport said it was confident the gov- programs and helping the North make money to support those European Union by October 2018, according to an which runs Manchester and Stansted airports, said ernment understood the importance of the sector. programs. industry report seen by Reuters yesterday. in a statement. “Aviation is absolutely crucial to the UK’s economy The penalties are intended to complement new UN Security The study, commissioned by leading British air- “Tickets will soon go on sale for flights in a post- and we are committed to getting the right deal for Council sanctions and further isolate North Korea for its nuclear ports including London’s Heathrow and Gatwick, said Brexit world and both airlines and passengers need Britain,” a government spokesman said. — Reuters flights could be grounded and Britain’s economy and missile tests amid heightened tensions that have led to would be hit without a guarantee of future access to threats from both sides, the Treasury Department said in a the EU’s single aviation market. Britain is due to leave statement. The 16 affected entities either do business with pre- the EU in March 2019, but with many air passengers viously sanctioned companies and people, work with the North booking months in advance, the government needs Korean energy sector, help it place workers abroad or facilitate to secure a deal well before then to reduce uncertain- its evasion of international financial curbs. ty, the report said. The measures block any assets they may have in US juris- Unlike other areas, such as trade, there is no auto- dictions and bar Americans from transactions with them. “It matic fallback position if no deal is reached. In its is unacceptable for individuals and companies in China, most pessimistic scenario, the report said there could Russia, and elsewhere to enable North Korea to generate be a 41 percent plunge in passengers at Britain’s income used to develop weapons of mass destruction and biggest airports between March 2018 and March destabilize the region,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin 2019. Its central scenario, assuming uncertainty over said. “We are taking actions consistent with U.N. sanctions to the status of flights, is for an 11.5 percent drop during show that there are consequences for defying sanctions and that period. providing support to North Korea, and to deter this activity “The risk of no deal creates uncertainty for the in the future.” industry,” it said. “Although an 11th hour deal may Among those sanctioned are six Chinese companies, includ- prevent planes from being grounded, damage to the ing three coal companies; two Singapore-based companies aviation industry and the wider economy would have that sell oil to North Korea and three Russians that work with already been done.” Given what’s a stake, however, it them; a Russian company that deals in North Korean metals described the chances of Britain and the EU not and its Russian director; a construction company based in achieving a deal as “remote”. Namibia; a second Namibia-based company, and its North The report echoes warnings from Michael Korean director, that supplies North Korean workers to build O’Leary, CEO of Europe’s biggest airline Ryanair, statues overseas to generate income for the North. — AP who said earlier this month the threat of major dis- ruption to air travel from Brexit was increasing. “We WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017 BUSINESS partnership with women for Emirati women’s day Etihad Aviation Group ABU DHABI: Etihad Aviation Group our success, securing our indispensable (EAG) is celebrating the third annual role as an active driving force in the Emirati Women’s Day with a series of nation’s sustainable development. events to highlight this year’s theme, “As a company, we foster the talents of Women are partners in giving, in line our women and men; we encourage with the UAE’s 2017 Year of Giving initia- them to work together to promote inno- tive. Women comprise 36 percent of vation, to mentor their junior colleagues, EAG’s nearly 26,000-strong workforce, to volunteer in the community and to working alongside men in what are tra- give to charity. In a corporate environ- ditionally regarded as male professions ment, it is also important we stand such as engineering, the flight deck and together to develop not just our compa- cargo. Emirati women are also well rep- ny, but the UAE and our society.” resented in these functions, with several Guest speaker Dr Khawla Al-Saadi, of them sharing their experiences at Chairwoman of the Emirates Autism panel discussions held at the Etihad Society, will address staff at a special Airways Headquarters yesterday. workshop on 29 August. This workshop Technical Engineer Mariam Al will explore the notion of giving through Obaidli’s talent and passion were identi- showcasing successful female leaders fied by the company four years ago and managers, both within the company Kuwait corporate earnings up when she was offered the opportunity and outside, who, despite the challenges to join the Etihad Airways Technical of balancing career and family, also Engineer Program, as part of the airline’s devote time to mentoring young women on strong investment gains investment in the development of UAE as they embark on their careers. national capabilities. Speaking about Emirati Women’s Day, Today, she is one of 42 Emirati women Dr Khawla Al-Saadi said: “The women of completing their two-year, on-the-job our beloved country have delivered NBK ECONOMIC REPORT training in order to obtain their GCAA remarkable successes under the leader- Aircraft Engineering Licenses. Nowadays ship and support of Her Highness KUWAIT: Listed Kuwaiti companies saw a Mariam wakes up at 4am to be at Etihad Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak, notable rise in profits in the first half of 2017; Airways Engineering for the daily meet- Chairwoman of the UAE General however, weak revenue growth continued to ing at 5.30am and she couldn’t be happi- Women’s Union, Supreme Chairwoman indicate softness in business activity. The finan- er. “You should see the engineers’ expres- of the Family Development Foundation cial sector was the main contributor to growth sions when they see local women work- and Chairperson of the Supreme Council as investment gains, especially earlier in the ing hard in such extreme conditions, and for Motherhood and Childhood, for year, boosted companies’ bottom lines. knowing that we want to be here - women’s issues and aspirations. Meanwhile, results in other sectors, including they’re amazed by it,” she recounted for “‘Women are Partners in Giving’ is not consumer companies, reflected a more lacklus- the audience. just a slogan. It conforms with our capaci- ter operating environment. Profit announce- Mariam was joined on the panel by an ty to implement the directives of our ments seemed to have a positive impact on Etihad lawyer, pilot, and airport manager, leadership in the past and today. Our role market sentiment, with the general index up 6.4 who shared their own experiences of is not only to take part in building our percent during the reporting period. partnership with the audience. Amina nation, but to play a vital role in its evolu- Earnings of listed corporates were up 16 Taher, Vice President of Corporate Affairs, tion too. We will always promote giving percent y/y during the first half of the year. Etihad Aviation Group, said: “Our consti- around the nation and abroad, and to The aggregate profits of 150 reporting com- tution declares that men and women are reach out to people who need help panies, out of 158 Kuwaiti companies listed equal in their rights and obligations. It wherever they are.” on Boursa Kuwait, rose to KD 883 million. provides equal access to education, Etihad Aviation Group employs 2,859 There was also a significant drop in aggregate healthcare and jobs. Her Highness, the Emiratis - 1,462 women and 1,394 men - losses, declining by 50 percent y/y to KD 25 mother of our nation, is the champion of in the UAE and around the world. million; the number of loss-making compa- nies fell from 38 in 1H16 to 34. The financial services sector benefited from the stock market rally earlier in the year. Boursa Kuwait has since given up some of these gains but the value-weighted index was still up 5 per- cent in 1H17. Non-bank financial service compa- gains, net interest income also supported the ing trend in the sector, something seen in nies with large exposures to the local market sector’s profitability. other data such as consumer spending, made strong gains on their investment portfo- Industrial companies were another main imports of consumer goods, confidence indi- lios. Total profits for this sector tripled compared contributor to profit growth. The sector’s profits cators and household debt. to 1H16 to KD 93 million. The strong results of were up 18 percent in 1H17. Gains from the sec- The strength of investment income masked the sector were broad-based. The number of tor were also broad-based with 65 percent of continued weakness in revenues. A sample of loss-making companies dropped notably com- the companies seeing positive growth in earn- 73 non-bank listed companies saw an increase pared to 1H16 with 70 percent of reporting ings. Results were mostly mixed across the of just 1 percent y/y in total revenues. Subdued companies seeing an improvement in earnings. remaining sectors, with weakness stemming revenue growth is a reflection of a challenging Banks were the second largest contributor from the consumer sector. business environment still faced by some sec- to profit growth in 1H17. Profits for the sector Profits orf the consumer sector were down tors represented in the bourse. rose a good 8.4 percent to KD 375 million. 15 percent y/y, with more than half of the Profit announcements seemed to have a pos- Most banks contributed to the growth, with companies seeing declines in earnings. The itive impact on equity prices. The value-weight- only two banks seeing declines in earnings. weakness seen in the sector’s profitability ed index advanced 6.4 percent during the While growth came primarily from investment serves as further confirmation of a moderat- reporting period. Zain announces 3rd week winners of ‘Win Cash Daily’ campaign KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommuni- on offering the biggest campaigns and pro- cations company in Kuwait, announced the motions along with the latest technologies winners of the third week draw of its latest to its customer base, considered the largest “Win Cash Daily” campaign, which offers in the country. The campaign runs for four postpaid customers a chance to win daily weeks, where draws will be held on a daily and weekly cash prizes as well as a grand basis. The prizes include a daily cash prize of cash prize of KD 5000 at the end of the KD 350, a weekly cash prize of KD 1000, and campaign. a grand cash prize of KD 5000 at the end of Zain announced the winners of the KD the campaign. 350 daily cash prize: Hanan Ghuloum Ali Customers who subscribe to any of Zain’s Hussain, John Sami Ibrahim Wahbi Mina, main postpaid plans starting at KD 23 and Mohammad Atta Alkareem Sulaiman Ahmad, choose either a Samsung S8 or S8+ device Abrar Jamal Alrasheedi, Mostafa Ahmad will get a chance to win one of the daily Mohammad Abdulaziz, Meshari Mohammad prizes, weekly prizes, or the grand prize at Abbas Albaker, and Ahmad Abdulhadi the end of the campaign. In addition, cus- Mohammad Maarafi. The company also tomers who subscribe to the KD 40 postpaid announced the winner of the KD 1000 week- plan and choose two Samsung S8 or S8+ ly cash prize: Abdullatif Mohammad devices will get TWO chances to win one of Ghuloum Albloushi. the valuable cash prizes. Zain launched this new campaign in part- Today’s announcement is a testament of Zain’s pivotal role in Kuwait’s telecom sector, nership with Samsung Al-Babtain as part of Zain’s tireless efforts in rewarding its cus- sparing no effort in introducing exceptional its strategy to reinforce its relationship with tomer base, further reinforcing its leadership offerings for technology and smartphone its postpaid customers. The company is keen position. The campaign further demonstrates enthusiasts.

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Chinese Yuan Renminbi 45.765 Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Swiss Franc 316.020 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036578 0.039328 Australian Dollar 240.230 Thai Bhat 10.094 Indian Rupee 0.004157 0.004845 US Dollar Buying 301.550 Turkish Lira 86.281 ASIAN COUNTRIES Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 Japanese Yen 2.759 GOLD Japanese Yen 0.002682 0.002862 Indian Rupees 4.746 20 Gram 249.070 BAHRAIN EXCHANGE COMPANY WLL Korean Won 0.000256 0.000271 Pakistani Rupees 2.870 10 Gram 127.450 Srilankan Rupees 1.971 Malaysian Ringgit 0.066857 0.072857 5 Gram 64.570 CURRENCY BUY SELL Nepali Rupees 2.981 Nepalese Rupee 0.003019 0.003189 Europe Singapore Dollar 223.020 Pakistan Rupee 0.002683 0.002973 British Pound 0.382768 0.392768 Hongkong Dollar 38.695 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Philippine Peso 0.005792 0.006092 Bangladesh Taka 3.737 Czech Korune 0.005644 0.017644 Singapore Dollar 0.216785 0.226785 Philippine Peso 5.988 Danish Krone 0.043881 0.048881 Rate for Transfr Selling Rate Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001596 0.002176 Thai Baht 9.127 Euro 0. 351123 0.360123 US Dollar 302.350 Taiwan 0.009881 0.010041 Georgian Lari 0.124809 0.124809 GCC COUNTRIES Canadian Dollar 241.007 Thai Baht 0.008769 0.009319 Saudi Riyal 80.787 Sterling Pound 390.710 Norwegian Krone 0.124809 0.124809 Qatari Riyal 83.207 Euro 357.167 Romanian Leu 0.077645 0.077645 Arab Omani Riyal 786.772 Swiss Frank 293.338 Russian ruble 005111 0.005111 Bahraini Dinar 804.440 Bahraini Dinar 0.795951 0.804451 Bahrain Dinar 802.247 Slovakia 0.009013 0.019013 UAE Dirham 82.482 Egyptian Pound 0.014346 0.020254 UAE Dirhams 82.716 Swedish Krona 0.033322 0.038322 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 ARAB COUNTRIES Qatari Riyals 83.861 Swiss Franc 0.307009 0.318009 Egyptian Pound - Cash 21.200 Saudi Riyals 81.477 Iraqi Dinar 0.000189 0.000249 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 16.972 Jordanian Dinar 427.428 Australasia Jordanian Dinar 0.422118 0.431118 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.216 Egyptian Pound 17.055 Australian Dollar 0.231548 0.243548 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Tunisian Dinar 127.210 Sri Lankan Rupees 1.972 New Zealand Dollar 0.214969 0.224469 Lebanese Pound 0.000150 0.000250 Jordanian Dinar 427.490 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.018 Indian Rupees 4.723 Moroccan Dirhams 0.020810 0.044810 Syrian Lira 2.159 Pakistani Rupees 2.869 America Omani Riyal 0.779424 0.785104 Morocco Dirham 32.414 Bangladesh Taka 3.742 Canadian Dollar 0.235307 0.244307 Qatar Riyal 0.078813 0.083753 Philippines Pesso 5.877 US Dollars 0.298450 0.302870 Saudi Riyal 0.079693 0.080893 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Cyprus pound 17.991 US Dollars Mint 0.298950 0.302870 Syrian Pound 0.001282 0.001502 US Dollar Transfer 302.750 Japanese Yen 3.765 Euro 356.940 Tunisian Dinar 0.122632 0.130632 Syrian Pound 1.585 Sterling Pound 395.540 Asia Turkish Lira 0.081440 0.091740 Nepalese Rupees 2.948 Canadian dollar 239.710 Bangladesh Taka 0.003258 0.003842 UAE Dirhams 0.080948 0.082648 Malaysian Ringgit 71.344 Turkish lira 85.890 Chinese Yuan 0.043823 0.047322 Yemeni Riyal 0.000983 0.001063 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017 business

German investor morale sinks as emissions scandal bites

BERLIN: The mood among German investors fell for “The significant decrease ...reflects the high Earnings bonanza full-year guidance after recording a rise in profits the third month running in August, a survey degree of nervousness over the future path of A separate ZEW gauge measuring investors’ for the second quarter to June. showed yesterday, linking the drop to an emissions growth in Germany,” Wambach added. assessment of the economy’s current condi- According to consultancy EY, the 30 DAX index- scandal engulfing the country’s car industry. He also said the overall outlook remained “rela- tions edged up to 86.7 from 86.4, compared listed companies’ combined operating profits The sector’s reputation and the “clean” diesel tively stable at a fairly high level” - an assessment with a Reuters consensus forecast predicting a jumped by almost a third to a record level of over technology at its core has been battered since more in line with a bullish monthly report issued on dip to 85.5. 39 billion euros ($45.9 billion), helped by demand Volkswagen admitted in 2015 to cheating US emis- Monday by the German central bank. Second quarter figures released by the Statistics from Asia and the United States. The German gov- sions tests to conceal polluting fumes. The Bundesbank said the economy could grow Office last week showed an annualized economic ernment predicts an unadjusted growth rate of 1.5 Last month EU antitrust regulators opened an faster than expected this year thanks to exceptional- growth rate of 2.1 percent in the April-June period, percent for 2017. This would translate into a calen- investigation into claims of collusion among ly strong industrial output, exports and consump- driven by soaring private consumption and higher dar-adjusted figure of 1.8 percent. German carmakers over pricing diesel emissions tion. The economy’s solid performance is playing state spending. The Bundesbank said in June it With the eurozone economy expanding for the treatment systems. into the hands of Chancellor Angela Merkel in the expected a 1.9 percent expansion in 2017, an 17th straight quarter, Germany has been the Achim Wambach, president of the ZEW research run-up to a federal election on Sept. 24, when she is upbeat picture supported by solid figures from the engine of recovery, giving the European Central institute, said the scandal, along with broader signs heavily tipped to win a fourth term. The car industry, private sector. Bank some room to at least discuss curtailing its of weakness in the export sector, had driven the which is Germany’s biggest exporter and provides That includes Volkswagen, Germany’s biggest unprecedented stimulus cocktail. The ZEW indica- drop in its sentiment reading for Europe’s biggest about 800,000 jobs, has agreed with Berlin to renew blue-chip company by market value, raised its tor, based on the survey of some 200 analysts, will economy. The Mannheim-based institute’s monthly engine software on millions of diesel cars and pay 2017 sales forecast last month after cost-cutting be followed by the closely watched Ifo business cli- index fell to 10.0 in August from 17.5 in July, under- customers bonuses to upgrade to cleaner vehicles and higher-margin new models at its namesake mate index on Friday. Analysts expect it to fall to shooting a Reuters consensus forecast of 15.0 and as they face potential driving bans in major cities brand helped it beat quarterly profit expectations. 115.5 points after hitting three record highs in a the lowest reading since last October. and dwindling diesel sales. Nearly a third of blue-chip companies raised their row from May to July. — Reuters S Korea, US fail to reach deal on revision to FTA Seoul rules out renegotiating trade deal

SEOUL: South Korean and US officials failed to agree yesterday on how to move forward on dis- cussions over their five-year-old free trade agreement that Washington is seeking to change to help cut its trade deficit with Asia’s fourth-largest economy. US President Donald Trump, in an interview with Reuters in April, had branded the bilateral trade agreement with South Korea a “horrible deal” and indicated he would renegotiate or ter- minate the accord. Last month, Washington issued a request to convene a special session of the Joint Committee under the Korea-US (KORUS) Free Trade Agreement to negotiate amendments to the trade pact. South Korean Trade Minister Kim Hyun- chong and his American counterpart US Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer held the meeting via a video conference earlier yes- VIVA reveals winners of terday. “We have found the two sides have differ- ent views on the free trade agreement and have not reached any agreement,” Kim told a news ‘allo’ prepaid campaign conference after the meeting. Kim said Seoul had stressed that the US trade SEOUL: South Korean Trade Minister Kim Hyung-chong speaks during a press conference at deficit with South Korea was not the result of KUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-growing the campaign with a grand total of almost the Foreign Ministry in Seoul yesterday. — AP and most developed telecom operator, $150,000 to give away! VIVA customers can the bilateral trade deal and proposed a joint study to examine the effects of the agreement. revealed the 4th week winners of the all enjoy this wonderful opportunity to win trade imbalances with South Korea, particularly tee meeting did not necessarily mean that South The trade minister said the US side had not new “allo” draw for its prepaid customers. amazing cash prizes of $1,500 daily and $ for its automakers, since President Trump point- Korea would renegotiate terms. South Korea has brought up the possibility of terminating the The names of the $1,500 daily prize 30,000 monthly, throughout the campaign ed out the imbalance in auto trade. also said it first needs to be established whether trade pact during the talks, adding, South Korea were as follows: Sawamy Kadem Kadem by simply buying a new “allo” line or In 2016, South Korea’s car exports to the the US deficit is a result of other structural issues would wait for the US review of yesterday’s dis- Rajaiah, Mubarak Fadil Jubara Abdulla, recharging their current line through Direct United States stood at $16.2 billion, while its in US industries. The bilateral accord was initially cussions and its proposals. Lighthizer said in July Fahad Saif Ali Mutheeb, Ahmed Abker Debit, VIVA website, VIVA’s Kiosks, VIVA App imports of US cars were $1.74 billion, a trade negotiated during the Republican administra- the US trade deficit in goods with South Korea Alsheikh Adam, Salah Ahmad Ahmad, Hadi or by calling 102. Every KD 1 spent, earns ministry official said based on data from the tion of President George W. Bush in 2007, but had doubled to $27.6 billion last year from $13.2 Hamed Obaid Allah Alrasheedi, Faril Louid VIVA customers 10 chances to win, increas- Korea Trade International Association. Seoul that version was scrapped and renegotiated by billion in 2011. Dikosta. ing their winning chances the more they maintains that the deal has been mutually bene- President Barack Obama’s Democratic adminis- The United States has been keen to address Winners will be announced throughout spend. ficial, and said last month that the joint commit- tration three years later. — Reuters

Sterling sinks to 8-week low vs dollar

LONDON: Broad gains for the dollar “Euro-sterling is at very high levels.” pushed sterling back towards lows from By 1430, the pound was down more early July yesterday, the British currency than half a percent on the day at weighed down by an uncertain econom- $1.2814, surging past July lows around ic outlook that has quashed expecta- $1.2830. It also lost 0.2 percent to tions of a rise in Bank of England interest 91.75 pence per euro, its lowest since a rates. The pound has fallen almost 4 per- short-lived flash crash last October. cent since the start of August, driven by Credit Agricole strategists pointed a perceived change in tack at the Bank’s to upward revisions in the UK con- latest policy meeting and a broader sumers’ savings rate published by the recovery for the US currency. ONS as a sign that UK households are Fears over Brexit negotiations, and still holding up well in the face of how much the two-year process may falling real incomes. But few are pre- hamper already slowing growth, have pared to call the bottom on the pound fed into a bleak mood and sterling is ahead of the next rounds of Brexit also at a more than 10-month low talks and a ruling Conservative Party against the euro. conference next month. “Sterling is In trade-weighted terms, the curren- very weak again,” said John Hardy, cy is just over 1 percent off a record low head of FX strategy at retail broker hit in October’s short-lived “flash crash”. Saxo Bank, who pointed to European Public finance data showing the first July Central Bank chief Mario Draghi’s budget surplus since 2002 failed to lift speech later this week as one possible LILLE: A man checks a copy of the 2017 edition of the labor code yesterday at a book store in Lille, northern France. French president will face the gloom. “The UK is front and centre of plus for the pound. the first strikes against his economic reform agenda in September when he is hoping to push through radical labor law changes that are highly the press with ongoing developments “I’m not sure where the clouds contested by trade unions. — AFP (around Brexit). In a market that is this part for the currency, though the quiet, one could argue that it is making euro rally has been sluggish and it a focus,” said Lisa Scott-Smith, co-head churning - perhaps a euro selloff on of portfolio investments at currency Draghi’s speech is needed to reverse fund Millennium Global in London. the advance.” — Reuters Indonesia cuts rates in

Secure Trust Bank’s H1 profit effort to boost growth JAKARTA: Indonesia’s central bank made a sur- tion and the currency, we suspect further rate senior economist with Capital Economics, said in jumps on surge in lending prise 25 basis point rate cut to interest rates yes- cuts are only a matter of time,” Gareth Leather, a statement. — Agencies terday as Southeast Asia’s largest economy seeks LONDON: Secure Trust Bank said it fur- ties. However, Arbuthnot’s chairman and to boost growth. Bank Indonesia’s board of gov- ther tightened its credit risk appetite chief executive, Henry Angest, said last ernors unexpectedly slashed the rate from 4.75 and acceptance criteria for small- and month that with uncertain economic and percent to 4.5 percent, defying the predictions medium-sized customers over the first political times ahead, the lender of most analysts polled before the announce- six months of the year, on slowing eco- remained cautious in its decision making. ment. “Cutting the policy’s interest rate is nomic growth and heightened levels of The Bank of England (BoE) has also expected to strengthen the banking intermedia- uncertainty. ordered banks to apply credit rules pru- tion and therefore strengthen the stability of the Secure Trust, which offers both busi- dently and prove by September they are financial system and support the higher eco- ness and consumer finance, reported yes- not being too complacent about risks to nomic growth,” Bank Indonesia governor Agus terday a 11 percent jump in pretax profit their balance sheets, with the BoE’s Martowardojo said at a press conference. to 13.9 million pounds ($17.9 million) for Prudential Regulation Authority high- President Joko Widodo came to power in 2014 the six months to June 30 as lending lighting credit card firms and motor on a pledge to boost economic expansion to surged across all of its business units. The finance as areas of concern. seven percent but his government has struggled former retail bank of Arbuthnot Banking Secure Trust said yesterday that its to lift growth rates amid a slump in commodity Group said overall loan book jumped 34 motor finance balances had grown to prices. percent to 1.51 billion pounds, while cus- 258.4 million pounds from 236.2 million The economy grew a slower-than-expected tomer deposits grew 27.2 percent to 1.33 pounds as at Dec. 31, despite deciding to 5.01 percent in the second quarter, unchanged billion pounds. end its exposure to subprime motor loans from the first quarter, but below the govern- Arbuthnot, which sold a 33 percent and shifting to lower risk motor lending. ment target of 5.2 percent growth for 2017. The stake in Secure Trust via a placing in May The group said it expected its motor port- central bank said credit growth was expected to 2016, had an optimistic stance on folio quality to improve this year, as it increase to between 10-12 percent in 2018. Britain’s vote to leave the European began to see the benefits of changes Analysts have tipped further cuts could be on Union, and had said the associated tur- made to its credit criteria and as it works the horizon, given the improving outlook for JAKARTA: A worker pulls his fully-loaded cart past an apartment complex under construction moil would create investment opportuni- through its back books. — Reuters inflation in Indonesia. “Given the poor outlook for growth, as well as easing concerns over infla- in Jakarta yesterday. — AFP WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017 BUSINESS Wall St gains as investors pick beaten-down stocks NEW YORK: US stocks opened higher yester- of key interest to market participants. The 103.48 points, or 0.48 percent, at 21,807.23 announcing a restructuring and job gas business, pleasing shareholders who day, with the Dow gaining more than 100 speech will be closely watched for a steer on and the S&P 500 was up 13.71 points, or 0.56 cuts. At the other end was Coty, tum- had called for a sale. Emerging markets points, as investors went bargain hunting fol- US monetary policy, especially given the per- percent, at 2,442.08. The Nasdaq Composite bling about 11 percent following the shares gained 0.75 percent, continuing lowing a turbulent two weeks, while awaiting sistently low inflation rate, but central bank was up 48.16 points, or 0.78 percent, at beauty products maker’s surprise quar- their outperformance this year. MSCI’s the annual central bankers meeting in observers do not expect Yellen to give new 6,261.28. Nine of the 11 major S&P sectors terly loss. Medtronic fell about 2 per- EM stock index tracker has risen more Jackson Hole later this week. guidance. “The market is in a little bit of a were higher. The top gainer was the materials cent to $81.78 after reporting lower- than 23 percent year to date. Chinese The S&P has tumbled 2.1 percent in the wait-and-see mode as we go into Jackson index, gaining 0.74 percent, helped by a jump than-expected revenue. stocks have helped propel the rally in last two weeks, the biggest such drop since Hole at the end of the week,” said Lindsey Bell, in prices of metals, including copper. emerging markets and yesterday China’s the US presidential election, on concerns over investment strategist at CFRA Research in Freeport jumped 3.9 percent, also helped Upward momentum Shanghai SE Composite, Shenzhen and President Donald Trump’s ability to legislate New York. “A lot of people are waiting to see by news that Indonesia expects to strike an Stocks around the globe headed Hang Seng indexes all closed higher. his pro-growth agenda. Still, the index is up what Yellen has to say, especially with regard agreement this month to allow the miner to upward yesterday, with European bours- Japan’s Nikkei index edged lower, its about 14 percent since the election. The cen- to inflation and how that might signal the keep operating its copper mine in Papua. es breaking a three-day losing streak, fifth straight day in the red amid linger- tral banking conference in Jackson Hole, Fed’s thinking on the next interest rate hike, if Freeport was the top percentage gainer boosted by rising commodity and metals ing tensions on the Korean peninsula. Wyoming, starts Thursday, with Federal we can still expect something for December.” on the S&P, followed by Macy’s, which prices and US stocks underpinned by Meanwhile, the euro fell against the Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s speech on Friday The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up jumped more than 4 percent to $20.34 after bargain hunting. dollar, giving back most of its London copper rose to a three-year overnight gains after data showed high, zinc held close to its highest in a German investor optimism dipped for decade and nickel reached a 2017 high the third straight month. The yen fell as mostly technical signals prompted from a four-month peak while the speculators and funds to pour more cash British pound hit an eight-week low into base metals. against the greenback. “There’s nothing really fundamental “The US dollar notched across the to drive things onwards from here, so I board gains, casting aside for now the think it’s a bit of misplaced euphoria burdensome baggage of political uncer- and trend-following buyers jumping on tainty and skepticism in another US the bandwagon,” said Robin Bhar, head interest rate hike this year,” said Joe of metals research at Societe Generale Manimbo, senior market analyst at in London. Western Union Business Solutions, in a “Admittedly, the charts have seen note to clients. some good upside breaks on copper, Investors may also be looking to zinc and aluminum, but I think things are square positions before a global central slightly over-extended here so there bank conference this week in Jackson should be correction to where we broke Hole, Wyoming, he said. out - around $6,500 on copper and just Tepid US inflation data have made it below $3,000 on zinc.” less likely the Federal Reserve will raise The gain in metals helped boost min- US interest rates anytime soon, weaken- ing shares, propelling a broad index of ing the dollar. So have doubts that European stocks up 0.85 percent on the Trump can implement the stimulus pro- day. BHP Billiton, the world’s largest min- grams and tax reforms he promised as a ing company, reported a surge in under- candidate. The dollar index, which tracks lying full-year profits and said it would the US currency against six rivals, was up exit its underperforming US shale oil and 0.45 percent to 93.498. — Reuters WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017 BUSINESS

Ford GT 1967 Heritage Edition with unique livery

KUWAIT: The Ford GT will be available in a said Dave Pericak, global director, Ford black wheel nuts. Red callipers and silver identification plate, plus exposed matte car- viewed at FordGT.com using the configuration new limited-edition Heritage theme honour- Performance. “The Ford GT ‘67 Heritage edition rearview mirror caps complete the look. bon fibre door sills, air register pods and cen- tool. Ford Motor Company is a global compa- ing the GT40 Mark IV race car driven to victory pays homage to that win, with a modern take The interior features new leather trimming tre console. ny based in Dearborn, Michigan. The company by Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt at Le Mans in on one of the most important vehicles in for the carbon fibre seats, with red accent “The first Heritage edition car was a huge designs, manufactures, markets and services a 1967. The car will feature unique interior and Ford’s storied history of racing.” stitching, which carries over to the steering success, honouring our history with a modern full line of Ford cars, trucks, SUVs, electrified exterior colour themes, and an exclusive The Ford GT ‘67 Heritage edition features a wheel. The seat belt webbing is now red and interpretation of the Le Mans winner,” said vehicles and Lincoln luxury vehicles, provides wheel finish. gloss-finish Race Red exterior with white the paddle shifters are anodised grey. Satin Garen Nicoghosian, exterior design manager financial services through Ford Motor Credit “In creating a worthy successor to the ‘66 stripes and exposed carbon package. The car dark stainless appliques are used on the instru- for the car. “Continuing with a Ford GT based Company and is pursuing leadership positions Heritage edition, we logically looked at our sports Frozen White No. 1 hood and door ment panel, door register bezels and x-brace. on the winning GT40 Mark IV race car was sim- in electrification, autonomous vehicles and next historic Le Mans victory with the all- graphics, and 20-inch one-piece forged alu- Rounding out modifications to the ‘67 ply something we needed to do.” mobility solutions. Ford employs approximate- American team of Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt,” minum wheels in silver satin clearcoat with Heritage edition car are a unique serialised The Ford GT ‘67 Heritage edition can be ly 203,000 people worldwide.

KFH organizes youth campaign for ‘My Account’ members

KUWAIT: KFH has launched a cam- the youth tranche and their active and paign titled “Put it on My Account” to energetic lifestyle. “Hesabi” program “Hesabi” (My Account) customers. covers youth at the age of 15 - 21 years This campaign comes as an initiative old and provides exclusive and distin- to strengthen and enhance relations guished offers. “Hesabi” customers are with “Hesabi” customers and provide able to invest any amounts they wish. an additional advantage to suite this When reaching the age of 21 years the account youth customers. This sym- customer’s status is changed to one of bolic initiative was largely praised the other programs “Rayan”, “Sundus” and welcomed by customers who or Tamayuz”. In addition, special offers have sensed and felt the values which are organized periodically for “Hesabi” this campaign carries, thus making customers and sundry banking servic- KFH a loyal and dedicated partner to es are made available to them. all customers. “Hesabi” program customers enjoy KFH The Public Relations Team (PR) has online services and applications on prepared and organized a program to smart phones in addition to Al-Shamel host a large number of the restaurant ATM service and Aloo Baitak service. Qatar Airways’ inaugural flight visitors holding “Hesabi” account at Hesabi customers benefit also from the KFH. Customers holding “Hesabi” sundry service packages e.g. “Saving” account are welcome every Thursday account “Auto-Service” Account and in all 3 branches to have a free meal “Investment Deposits” account with a lands at Havel Airport, Prague upon presenting “Hesabi” card. specially designed ATM card. Services The account was originally include also SMS service and issuance Airline continues its robust expansion in Eastern Europe designed to fulfill the special needs of of KFH prepaid cards. DOHA: Qatar Airways’ first non-stop flight from Doha landed yesterday at V·clav Havel Airport Prague, inaugurating the award-winning airline’s first-ever passenger service to the Czech Republic. Qatar Airways flight QR 291, operated by an Airbus A320, departed Hamad International Airport on Monday at 08:00 am and arrived at V·clav Havel Airport Prague ahead of schedule at 12:50 pm. Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al- Baker travelled on board the inaugural flight with the Czech Republic’s Ambassador to Qatar Martin Vitek, and was greeted by Vaclav Rehor, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Prague Airport; Pavel Klucky, Director of Department of Near East Area, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Monika Palatkova, General Manager of Czech Tourism. Prague, widely recognized as one of the world’s most beautiful cities, is known for its strik- ing medieval architecture and old-world ambiance. This picturesque Bohemian city offers visitors a wealth of choice of activities, from walk- via Doha to Asian and Australian routes. We operations to Prague, Czech Republic, a growing ing the cobbled streets of the old city to enjoying expect that passengers coming from Prague will trade market in Eastern Europe, in March 2016. Prague’s rich tradition of cafe culture. be most interested in the connecting flights to The airline’s cargo division currently operates Akbar Al-Baker said: “We are delighted to Bali, Bangkok, Colombo, Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, three times weekly Airbus A330 freighters from launch daily service to Prague, a long-anticipated Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Kuwait, Hong Kong, Doha to Prague via Budapest, providing 180 tons addition to our global route network. This exqui- Delhi and Sydney. Czech passengers can look for- of cargo capacity. Prague is a major gateway into site European city will be an extremely popular ward to a wider selection of available flights to Eastern Europe from Asia for electronics and destination for both business and leisure trav- Asia and Australia and also to comfortable con- automotive parts, as well as textiles, pharmaceuti- ellers, providing our passengers the opportunity nections to a number of other destinations, such cals and biotech products. The introduction of to experience the unique beauty of the city. The as Windhoek (Namibia), Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), daily passenger flights to and from Prague will launch of this new service comes at a time when Zanzibar (Tanzania) and Salalah (Oman).” inject additional bellyhold freight capacity on the we are expanding our presence in Eastern As part of its rapid expansion strategy in route, connecting local businesses to the carrier’s Europe, as part of our efforts to extend our reach Eastern Europe, the award-winning airline recent- extensive cargo network via its state-of-the-art globally. We are tremendously excited to be able ly launched direct service to Skopje, with service Doha hub. to provide passengers the opportunity to visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, also to commence this month. Qatar Airways will be adding many more excit- this magnificent city.” Qatar Airways will operate its daily Prague ing destinations to its network in 2017 and 2018, Vaclav Rehor, Chairman of the Board of service with an Airbus A320 aircraft, which fea- including Abidjan, Ivory Coast; Accra, Ghana; Directors of Prague Airport, said: “The proposed tures 12 seats in Business Class and 120 seats in Canberra, Australia; Chiang Mai, Thailand; Utapao, schedule, at two different times of operations, will Economy Class. Thailand; Chittagong, Bangladesh; and Mombasa, support connections within the carrier’s network Qatar Airways Cargo commenced freighter Kenya, to name a few. NBK offers Saudi riyal prepaid card free during Hajj season Malabar Gold & Diamonds launches KUWAIT: NBK recognizes and responds to the needs of all its customers. Now during 179th showroom in Pitampura, Delhi the Hajj season, customers traveling to Saudi Arabia can get a free prepaid card in NEW DELHI: Malabar Gold & Diamonds, one latest designs for the jewellery lovers of region including the newly opened showroom at Saudi Riyals. among the world’s leading jewellery retailer and Pitampura. Pitampura. Apart from being a successful busi- “NBK meets customers where they the flagship company of Malabar Group, a lead- The company also has plans to further expand ness entity, Malabar group has always been in the need banking - either locally, regionally or ing diversified business house of India is expand- their presence in Delhi by opening 5 more new forefront of social responsibility initiatives. internationally,” explained Mohammed Al- ing its network in the region with the inaugura- showrooms in Delhi-NCR region and identified Malabar Gold & Diamonds earmarks a distinct Othman, Deputy General Manager- tion of a new world-class showroom in South-Ex, Dwarka, Preet Vihar, Connaught Place share of its annual profit for CSR initiatives in the Consumer Banking Group, National Bank Pitampura, Delhi. The spacious and artistically and Noida for the new showrooms. The jeweller field of health, education, housing, environmen- of Kuwait. “When you travel for Hajj or done showroom was inaugurated by popular currently operates 3 showrooms in Delhi-NCR tal conservation and woman’s empowerment. Umrah, we want to help make the trip as actress Kareena Kapoor Khan on 19th August, smooth as possible, providing a Saudi 2017 in the presence of Asher. O. Managing Riyal Prepaid Card helps our customers Director - India Operations, Malabar Gold & meet all their needs while also controlling Diamonds, Abdul Salam KP - Group Executive their spending.” Director, Malabar Group, Siraj P.K - Regional Head, NBK Saudi Riyals Prepaid Card protects Mohammed Al-Othman Malabar Gold & Diamonds, invited guests, media customers against future conversion rate & well-wishers. fluctuations, offering the same safety and • Purchase protection. The store displays the exclusive range of security as all other NBK cards. Customers • Currency fluctuations are managed. 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SAN FRANCISCO: An upcoming Google is expected to begin selling in update to Google’s Android software October. The nicknames for earlier finally has a delectable name. The next Android versions have included version will be known as Oreo, extend- Nougat, Marshmallow, and Lollipop. ing Google’s tradition of naming each Google and Oreo’s maker, Mondelez, version after a sweet treat. Google referred to their deal as a partnership, anointed the software Monday after rather than a sponsorship, as no money spending the past few months referring was exchanged. Google has named to it as “Android O.” Android after a brand before: The 2013 Oreo boasts several new features, version was known as Kit Kat. Financial including the ability to respond to noti- terms weren’t disclosed for that. fications directly on a phone’s home Android is the world’s most widely used screen and the ability to access apps mobile operating system. Apple doesn’t without installing them on a device. use names for its iOS system for The free software is scheduled to be iPhones, though the software for Mac released this fall, most likely after mak- computers is named after big cats and NEW YORK: A sculpture of the Android 8.0 Oreo operating system is unveiled in New York. —AP ing its debut on a new Pixel phone that geographic locations in California. —AP AI visionary Andrew Ng teaches humans to teach computers

PALO ALTO, California: Andrew Ng acknowledging up front, in essence, his home computer. At age 16, he on general-purpose processors - like has led teams at Google and Baidu that “hey, this stuff is tough.” wrote a program to calculate trigono- the Intel chips that still run many PCs. that have gone on to create self-learn- Ng sees AI as a way to “free human- metric functions like sine and cosine Such chips can handle only a few com- ing computer programs used by hun- ity from repetitive mental drudgery.” using a “neural network” - the core puting tasks simultaneously, but make dreds of millions of people, including He has said he sees AI changing virtu- computing engine of artificial intelli- up for it with blazing speed. Neural net- email spam filters and touch-screen ally every industry, and any task that gence modeled on the human brain. works, however, work much better if keyboards that make typing easier by takes less than a second of thought “It seemed really amazing that you they can run thousands of calculations predicting what you might want to will eventually be done by machines. could write a few lines of code and have simultaneously. That turned out to be a say next. As a way to get machines to He once said famously that the only it learn to do interesting things,” he said. task eminently suited for a different learn without supervision, he has job that might not be changed is his After graduating high school from class of chips called graphics process- trained them to recognize cats in hairdresser’s - to which a friend of his Singapore’s Raffles Institution, Ng made ing units, or GPUs. So when graphics YouTube videos without being told responded that in fact, she could get a the rounds of Carnegie Mellon, MIT and chip maker Nvidia opened up its GPUs what cats were. robot to do his hair. Berkeley before taking up residence as a for general purposes beyond video And he revolutionized this field, At the end of a 90-minute interview professor at Stanford University. There, games in 2007, Ng jumped on the tech- known as artificial intelligence, by in his sparse office in Palo Alto, he taught robotic helicopters to do aeri- nology. His Stanford team began pub- MADRID: A man walks with a Google Street View Trekker backpack camera adopting graphics chips meant for California, he reveals what’s partially al acrobatics after being trained by an lishing papers on the technique a year in Madrid. —AFP video games. To push the boundaries of behind his ambition. “Life is shockingly expert pilot. The work was “inspiring and later, speeding up machine learning by artificial intelligence further, one of the short,” the 41-year-old computer scien- exciting,” recalls Pieter Abbeel, then one as much as 70 times. world’s most renowned researchers in tist says, swiveling his laptop into view. of Ng’s doctoral students and now a Geoffrey Hinton, whose University of Don’t turn out the lights Toronto team wowed peers by using a neural network to win the prestigious on dark web market places ImageNet competition in 2012, credits Ng with persuading him to use the By Alastair Paterson, CEO and recorded, vendors who attempt to scam technique. That win spawned a flurry of Co-Founder, Digital Shadows buyerscan be more easily identified. copycats, giving birth to the rise of Furthermore, platform operators have no modern AI. “Several different people e’ve all heard the phrase: “When control over listings and the platform is suggested using GPUs,” Hinton says by one door closes, a window opens.” split among many nodes, making it highly email. But the work by Ng’s team, he WYou can bet that as you’re reading resilient to law enforcement takedowns or says, “was what convinced me.” this, those engaged in cyber crime on the attacks by other criminal actors. dark web are looking for that next ‘market The success of these new marketplaces Teaching how to teach place window’ to open. The takedown of remains to be seen and depends on these computers AlphaBay by an international law enforce- five drivers: Ng’s fascination with AI was paral- ment investigation, followed soon there- 1. Adoption: Blockchain projects are not leled by a desire to share his knowledge after by the take- yet mainstream and are not widely under- with students. As online education took down of Hansa, has stood. These platforms must become more off earlier this decade, Ng discovered a left many wonder- commonly used before criminal actors will natural outlet. His “Machine Learning” ing about the trust and embrace them. course, which kicked off Stanford’s future of dark web 2. Content control: Lack of centralized online learning program alongside two market places. control is a double-edge sword, it makes other courses in 2011, immediately An erosion of the platform resilient but it also means signed up 100,000 people without any trust in these more there is less control over the material marketing effort. established market- uploaded, opening up the door to material A year later, he co-founded the place models will that even criminal actors find objectionable. online-learning startup Coursera. More likely derail efforts Marketplaces that implement some level of recently, he left his high-profile job at by others to fill the content control will be more attractive. Baidu to launch deeplearning.ai , a start- void quickly. But 3. Vendor attraction: Customers want to up that produces AI-training courses. the fact remains, sellers still need to find shop at marketplaces with successful ven- Every time he’s started something big, customers and customers still need access dors. Those market places that attract CALIFORNIA: In this photo, computer scientist Andrew Ng, right, works with others at his whether it’s Coursera, the Google Brain to illicit goods and services. So what’s next prominent vendors will naturally become office in Palo Alto, California. —AP deep learning unit, or Baidu’s AI lab, he for illegal, online trade? As I’ve discussed more popular. has left once he felt the teams he has before, it is important to remember that 4. Secure communications: Blockchain- built can carry on without him. criminal activity isn’t limited to the dark based platforms publicly record all mes- the field says many more humans need He’s calculated in a Chrome browser computer scientist at Berkeley. Abbeel “Then you go, ‘Great. It’s thriving web, particularly given the fact that some sages, complicating private messaging to get involved. So his focus now is on window how many days we have from says he once crashed a $10,000 helicop- with or without me,’” says Ng, who countries don’t extradite cybercriminals. between users. Platforms that can integrate teaching the next generation of AI spe- birth to death: a little more than 27,000. ter drone, but Ng brushed it off. “Andrew continues to teach at Stanford while This is especially the case with more secure messaging systems without com- cialists to teach the machines. “I don’t want to waste that many days.” was always like, ‘If these things are too working in private industry. For Ng, sophisticated level Russian-speaking crimi- promising performance will attract more Nearly 2 million people around the simple, everybody else could do them.’” one of his next challenges might nals. With minimal consequences, bad criminal actors. globe have taken Ng’s online course on Building brains as a teen include having a child with his roboti- actors have no incentive to hide. As a result, 5. User experience: As with all shopping machine learning. In his videos, the An upstart programmer by age 6, The mark of Ng cist wife, Carol Reiley. “I wish we knew cybercrime is an Internet-wide problem, experiences, marketplaces that can estab- lanky, 6-foot-1 Briton of Hong Kong Ng learned coding early from his Ng’s standout AI work involved find- how children (or even a pet dog) almost equally present on the deep and lish stable, feature-rich interfaces that and Singaporean upbringing speaks father, a medical doctor who tried to ing a new way to supercharge neural learns,” Ng says in an email follow-up. open web. That said, it’s also safe to assume seamlessly integrate payment platforms (in with a difficult-to-place accent . He program a computer to diagnose networks using chips most often found “None of us today know how to get that disillusioned buyersare seeking alter- this case cryptocurrency platforms) will often tries to get students comfortable patients using data. “At his urging,” Ng in video-game machines. Until then, computers to learn with the speed native, more secure and anonymized meth- entice more users. with mind-boggling concepts by says, he fiddled with these concepts on computer scientists had mostly relied and flexibility of a child.”—AP ods for conducting online transactions via The emergence of decentralized market- the dark web. places within the criminal ecosystem poses Despite the popularity and convenience significant challenges for law enforcement of AlphaBay for selling drugs and credit agencies and private security vendors. 82% of ITSM professionals believe card information, for years cybercriminals Although public blockchains can be freely selling sensitive data or malware variants mined for data, the very high volume of con- future IT roles to become challenging frequently opted for direct peer-to-peer tent is likely to make parsing this informa- (P2P) communication and relationships tion and developing actionable intelligence made on specialized forums. The P2P mod- very technically and logistically challenging. KUWAIT: ManageEngine, the real-time IT man- Best practices: Only 24 percent of ITSM pro- and government regulations,” said Rajesh el provides more control and helps safe- Furthermore, previous law enforcement agement company and creators of ServiceDesk fessionals show confidence in the existing ITSM Ganesan, director of product management at guard against exit scams and loss of funds, operations targeting criminal marketplaces Plus, the IT service desk software used by more best practices, including ITIL, making a strong ManageEngine. “Being aware of potential which weighed heavily on vendors and or forums have tended to revolve around than 100,000 organizations worldwide, yester- case for their revamp. Meeting service expecta- future challenges and opportunities helps customers. targeting site operators or geo-locating day announced the tions: With an incoming millennial workforce, ITSM professionals stay relevant and respon- We’re now seeing a more “formalized” servers and conducting raids; neither of results of its IT Service 77 percent of ITSM professionals believe that IT sive to changing landscapes in IT and business, approach to this method of trade. One of these would likely be effective for targeting Management Future teams will have to do more to manage the giving their organizations a competitive edge.” the first fully-decentralized P2P market- a decentralized platform. In this scenario, it Readiness survey. expectation gap between younger and older “It’s interesting - and worrying - that 82 percent places is known as OpenBazaar, an open would be more effective to target individ- The survey, which was employees. of survey respondents believe that working in source project that allows the unrestrict- ual prominent vendors or vendor networks conducted in collabora- IT will get harder over the next three years,” ed sale of goods between anonymous and attempt to identify and locate them, tion with ITSM.tools, con- ITSM gets shaped by Cloud, AI said Stephen Mann, principal analyst and con- buyers and sellers. OpenBazaar is admittedly a more piecemeal approach. sisted of ten questions Interestingly, while a majority of ITSM pro- tent director at ITSM.tools. accessed through a front-end client that Decentralized marketplaces are not yet that focused on the fessionals (57 percent) feel that their IT teams “There are multiple root causes, including: can be freely downloaded from the proj- the dominant model, with many buyers opportunities and chal- deliver equal or better service than consumer- nearly two-thirds of respondents think that the ect website. and sellers having moved to Dream mar- lenges ITSM will see in the facing companies, 77 percent also believe that current local and global political climate is All transactions are made using Bitcoin ketplace. However, there is growing inter- and are recorded on the project Blockchain est in this model and we’ll be keeping tabs Rajesh Ganesan future. It was presented to they need to do better to match the expecta- adversely affecting IT recruitment; only 24 per- ITSM professionals and tions of the incoming workforce of millennials. cent of respondents think that existing ITSM as cryptographically signed smart con- on what forms they will take, as well as how garnered over 300 responses, yielding key find- The timing of this survey - almost coinciding best practices have kept up with the changing tracts. This addresses problems with user law enforcement and security researchers ings in five distinct areas. with the widespread outage of a cloud service IT and business landscapes; and 77 percent of trust; if all transactions are permanently will overcome the challenges they present. provider in February 2017 - also brings to the respondents think that there is still more to be Key Findings: Strong Affinity for surface a strong affinity for cloud technology. done to meet the expectations of millennial the Cloud; AI Not a Threat to Jobs Even with this incident, only 8 percent of employees. Ultimately, as an industry, we still Facebook makes it simple Working in IT: Eighty-two percent of ITSM respondents had a negative opinion about need to invest more in getting modern IT sup- professionals believe that the IT roles of tomor- cloud. Also revealed in the survey, only 16 per- port right.” ServiceDesk Plus, ManageEngine’s to see if friends are safe row will be more challenging - and the majori- cent of respondents said that they view the flagship product, is ITIL-ready help desk soft- ty of the workforce currently feels undervalued development of AI as a threat to IT jobs, contra- ware used by ITSM professionals worldwide. SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Monday learn more about a crisis,” Facebook said by management. dicting what’s seen as a popular notion. With industry-certified best practice ITSM made it simpler to see whether friends in an online post. “There’s now a single Impact of politics on IT staffing: More than functionality, easy-to-use capability and native have checked in as “safe” on the online place to go to see where Safety Check 60 percent of respondents feel that current Relevance of ITIL mobile apps, ServiceDesk Plus helps IT support platform during disasters or other dan- has recently been activated, get the global and local political scenarios - like Brexit, While only 5 percent of respondents feel teams deliver world-class service to end users gerous events. A Safety Check feature information you need and potentially be the recent U.S. election and Australian immi- that ITIL and other published ITSM practices on the go with reduced costs and complexity. was given its own dedicated tab along able to help affected areas.” gration policies - will adversely affect recruit- are irrelevant, roughly 66 percent believe ITIL Leveraging the latest technology and available with friends, groups, events and other The modification began rolling out on ment for IT roles. and other ITSM best practices have failed to in both cloud and on-premises versions, it main categories at the leading social net- Monday. Facebook added the Safety New technology: Cloud technology contin- keep up with the changing ITSM landscape. comes in three editions and is available in 29 work’s mobile application and desktop Check feature three years ago as a way ues to enjoy positive feedback from ITSM pro- These findings reinforce the need for ITIL to different languages. Over 100,000 organiza- pages, according to the California-based for people to check on the well-being of fessionals in spite of a major outage. Artificial reinvent itself to keep pace with the changing tions across 185 countries trust ServiceDesk company. loved ones during natural disasters. It intelligence (AI) isn’t seen as a major job dis- trends in IT. “The ITSM industry is continually Plus to optimize IT service desk performance “Safety Check helps our community broadened to include terrorism and oth- ruptor yet, with only 16 percent of respondents evolving in response to its micro and macro and be future ready with their IT service man- let loved ones know they are safe during er major violence after horrific attacks in saying it will affect IT jobs. influencers, like technology, people, practices agement operations. a crisis, find and give help, as well as Paris in 2015.—AFP WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017 HEALTH & SCIENCE Eclipse: From galloping giraffes to solar wisps

NASHVILLE, Tennessee: The giraffes ran in on the coasts, he said. By the end of circles. The flamingos huddled together. Monday night, Penn hoped to have a 70- And the rhinos just looked confused. At the minute movie stitched together. “We cap- Nashville Zoo, visitors watched and record- tured the right images of the science that ed how the animals behaved when the sky we wanted,” he said. Astronomers concen- turned dark during Monday’s total solar trated on the plumes from the sun’s polar eclipse. And there was plenty to see when region to help understand why the solar the moon slipped in front of the sun. The wind speeds up so much, Penn said. The only trouble was with 7,000 visitors and sun’s upper atmosphere, called the corona, lots of noise - drowning out the zoo ani- or crown, was the focus of astronomers’ mals, crickets and cicadas - zookeepers still attention. It’s easier to study when the sun have to figure whether the strange behav- is blocked. ior was from the eclipse or the people there Honor S. Hare, a freshman at the to watch the show. University of Kentucky, was at an elemen- The zoo project was one of many sci- tary school in Adairville, Kentucky, oversee- ence experiments planned for the eclipse. ing the observations there. “It has been a Citizen-scientists and their more profes- great opportunity and I have learned so sional counterparts loaded up on pictures, much,” she said. At the Nashville Zoo, the video, data and just weird experiences as giraffes were the stars. Especially 6-month- the eclipse’s shadow crossed the United old Mazi and 3-year-old Nasha. “They’re States, especially paying attention to the crazy running around,” said Nate Zatezalo, edges flaring out of the darkened sun. who came from Cleveland, where he volun- Telescopes on the ground, a fleet of satel- teers at the zoo there. During the full lites and astronauts in space watched the eclipse, all four giraffes ran. That’s not eclipse unfold. High-altitude balloons were unusual for the two juveniles who scamper released across the country, carrying exper- at twilight after the crowds leave. iments and providing live video. But the father giraffe, Congo, “usually Now scientists have to figure out what it doesn’t do anything other than being the all means. “The balloon footage live was dad” and is regal and above it all, said zoo fantastic,” said Angela Des Jardins of volunteer Stephan Foust. But even the Montana State University, who headed the above-it-all dad got in on the running dur- balloon project. “You could really see the ing darkness. Zookeepers reported that sunset effect, the shadow come across.” For before totality the orangutans climbed to the National Solar Observatory’s Citizen the highest heights they’ve ever gone. CATE project, everyday people were given Teresa Morehead of Indianapolis came to telescopes and camera equipment and the zoo to help track the animals on an app trained to record the eclipse as it moved called iNaturalist. She staked out the IN SPACE: This file handout picture shows planet Mars as seen by the webcam on ESA’s Mars Express orbiter, as another mission, from Oregon to South Carolina. “It was real- giraffes and rhinos. The rhinos wandered a ExoMars, is about to reach the Red Planet. —AFP ly successful,” said Matt Penn, an bit, seeming to head to bed. “I was sur- astronomer who ran the project. prised to the see they were running,’” she Skies were clear in at least 50 of the 70 said, although noting that they seemed sites, including the first and last locations more confused than anything. —AP Mars weather: ‘Cloudy, chance of snowstorm’

PARIS: Mars is buffeted by turbulent snow- Mars is 100 times thinner than Earth’s, though the cold Martian night, they found, can create storms that occur only at night, according to a still thick enough to support weather, including unstable conditions in clouds. “We have shown study released Monday that revises our under- clouds and wind. that the precipitation of snow below the clouds standing of Red Planet weather. Up to now, it But there’s very little moisture. Indeed, the is transported by very violent, descending was thought that snow falling from low-lying Red Planet is essentially a bone-cold desert with winds,” said Spiga. He compared these Martian Martian clouds settled slowly and sparsely to virtually no liquid water on its surface. In the snowstorms to small, localized weather phe- the ground in an environment bereft of violent Martian arctic, however, water ice lurks just nomena on Earth called microbursts, in which winds. The new findings, reported in the jour- under a layer of dust. This was detected up close cold, dense air carrying snow or rain descend nal Nature Geoscience, suggest that ice-water by NASA’s Phoenix lander, which scraped below rapidly from a cloud. particles swirling in a storm hit the ground the planet’s surface with a shovel in 2008. The The simulations were a better fit with the within minutes, rather than descending gently stationary robot lab also analyzed local weather, satellite and lander observations, he added. The for hours. detecting signs of precipitation below water-ice Martian atmosphere is 95 percent carbon diox- But future colonists from Earth needn’t both- clouds. A pair of orbiting satellites also picked up ide (also present as frozen dry ice), along with er packing snow shoes, the lead researcher said. clues suggesting night-time weather, especially two percent each argon and nitrogen, with “It’s not as if you could make a snowman or ski,” over the northern polar region. trace amounts of oxygen, nitrogen oxide, neon, said Aymeric Spiga, an expert on the dynamics Both observations perplexed scientists at the and krypton. A whispy atmosphere and its of planetary atmospheres at Universite Pierre time. To probe further, Spiga and colleagues greater distance from the sun make Mars very Curie in Paris. “Standing on the surface of Mars devised a new atmospheric model to simulate cold, with an average temperature of minus 63 TENNESSEE: This photo shows solar flares as the sun emerges from a total you wouldn’t see a thick blanket of snow more weather on Mars, based on more fine-grained degrees Celsius. Earth, by comparison, is a eclipse by the moon, in Dayton, Tennessee. —AP like a generous layer of frost.” The atmosphere of data. Cooling of water-ice cloud particles during balmy 16 C.—AFP Where’s the kelp? Warm ocean takes toll on undersea forests

APPLEDORE ISLAND, Maine: When diving in Mediterranean Sea, off southern Japan and small, tightly packed, bushy seaweeds that col- the Gulf of Maine a few years back, Jennifer Australia, and parts of the California coast. lect sediment and prevent kelp from growing Dijkstra expected to be swimming through a Among the world’s most diverse marine ecosys- back, said the University of Western Australia’s flowing kelp forest that had long served as a tems, kelp forests are found on all continental Thomas Wernberg. nursery and food for juvenile fish and lobster. coastlines except for Antarctica and provide “Collectively these changes are part of a But Dijkstra, a University of New Hampshire critical food and shelter to myriad fish and oth- recent and increasing global trend of flattening marine biologist, saw only a patchy seafloor er creatures. of the world’s kelp forests,” said Wernberg, co- before her. The sugar kelp had declined dra- Kelp also is critical to coastal economies, author of a 2016 study in the Proceedings of the matically and been replaced by invasive, shrub- providing billions of dollars in tourism and fish- National Academy of Sciences, which found that like seaweed that looked like a giant shag rug. ing. The likely culprit for the loss of kelp, 38 percent of kelp forest declined over the past “I remember going to some dive sites and according to several scientific studies, is warm- 50 years in regions that had data. Kelp losses on honestly being shocked at how few kelp blades ing oceans from climate change, coupled with Australia’s Great Southern Reef threaten tourism we saw,” she said. The Gulf of Maine, stretching the arrival of invasive species. In Maine, the and fishing industries worth $10 billion. Die-offs from Cape Cod to Nova Scotia, is the latest in a invaders are other seaweeds. In Australia, the contributed to a 60 percent drop in species rich- growing list of global hotspots losing their kelp, Mediterranean and Japan, tropical fish are ness in the Mediterranean and were blamed for MAINE: In this photo, research technician Kristen Mello shows a sample of a red including hundreds of miles in the feasting on the kelp. Most kelp are replaced by the collapse of the abalone fishery in Japan. —AP shrub-like seaweed collected in the waters off Appledore Island, Maine. —AP WHAT’S ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017

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ASSE Kuwait Chapter conducts orientation for its new committee

merican Society of Safety Engineers mittee heads, deputy heads and committee Exhibition on November 28 and 29, 2017 at annual planner of the Chapter, the held on the challenges ahead. The meeting (ASSE), Kuwait Chapter conducted an members for accepting the volunteer posi- Millennium Hotel, Kuwait which is one of the Committee Plans, programs and other impor- concluded with closing remarks by Chapter Aorientation meeting recently at Hotel tions to serve the Chapter voluntarily. major events during the year. He emphasized tant issues pertaining to the Chapter. He has Vice President Aamir Rasheed and other sen- Hilton, Mangaf for the newly nominated Sunil Sadanandan, Secretary explained on the teamworkinachieving the objectives requested all the Committee Heads to have a ior members of the chapter, who wished all heads of the committees for the year 2017- about ASSE and ASSE Kuwait Chapter strate- and goals of the Chapter. He further briefed SMART planto achieve their respective com- the committees a successful year ahead. The 18. Chapter President Muhammad Alamgir gies, mission and vision. He also gave a brief on the roles and responsibilities of each com- mittee targets. During this orientation meet- participants included the elected members, started the meeting with the welcome about the upcoming major events of the mittee, organization structure of the Chapter, ing, all concerns of committee heads and committee heads, deputy heads and Sub- address and explained the objective of the chapter 9th ASSE HSSE International Chapter protocols etc. their members were clarified by Chapter committee members of the Chapter Term orientation meeting. He thanked all the com- Professional Development Conference & He spoke on the development of the elected members and open discussion was 2017-2018. Superfood cities: Where to find healthy urban eats

ity tripping can be hungry work - and these days Go vegan with a vengeance in Budapest bowl based on superfruits like acai, pitaya and the options are seemingly endless. But what if Hungarian food is heavy on the meat, and even sup- acerola. Or why not enjoy lunch with a custom- Cyou’d rather forgo the freak shake and bubble-waf- posedly veggie options often come cooked with lard or made salad? Alternative takes on modern clas- fle fads for something a little more nutritious? Fuel up szalonna. However, in the past few years, vegan restau- sics are ideal for a feel-good fika (loosely trans- and feel good with these tasty recommendations from rants, cafes and food trucks have sprouted up across lated as ‘coffee break’). our city experts. Budapest. Vegan Love on Bartok Bela Boulevard gives the taste buds a treat with plant-based burgers and hot dogs Eat your way to happiness in Melbourne Get supercharged bowls in Singapore packed with a powerhouse of healthy ingredients. Try the It’s one thing to put a chia bowl or colourful sal- Foodie hotspot Singapore dishes up everything from sweet potato burger, served up with beetroot, horserad- ad on a menu, but it’s another entirely to design a hawker fare to fine dining. Indulge too often however, ish cream and homemade ketchup with fresh basil in a cafe around happiness. In Melbourne, a city satu- and your belt may need an extra notch or two. pumpkin-seed bun. rated with healthy eating concepts, Burnley’s Thankfully, the health food craze has well and truly hit. Serotonin Eatery For a feel-good fix, head to Grain Traders. Its two loca- Indulge in indigenous bush churns out vibrant tions (Market and Tras streets) specialize in nutritious foods in Perth dishes made from grain bowls packed with veggies, proteins and carbs. Going beyond the trendy bent for ingredients said to Choose from six signature bowls - ‘el hibaro’ is a crowd seasonal, locally-produced ingredients, release serotonin, a favorite - or build your own. chefs in the West Australian capital are neurotransmitter interpreting bush foods in new and linked to wellbeing. Try unusual ways. Forget charred kan- the positive pancakes garoo or eucalyptus-spiked billy made from dehydrat- tea: we’re talking succulents ed organic bananas. and seaweeds, native fruits, And if you’re still not herbs and even tree smiling, friendly serv- leaves. Cured, dehydrat- ice, a bright interior ed, fried or left alone, and indoor swing seats they deliver savory are just what the doc- twang and shattering tor ordered. crunch, all smacking of the Australian Grab a Greek salad wild. City fine diner, in Athens Wildflower, nails it There many are varia- by dusting emu tions of Greek salad but tartare with onion the classic always ash, pairing includes tomato, magenta-hued cucumber, olives, feta quandong (bush and a generous glug of peach) with duck olive oil. Known as hori- breast and infusing cocktails with fra- atiki (meaning ‘village’ in Greek), it’s a national staple. At grant lemon myrtle and wattle seed. Mana’s Kouzina-Kouzina in Monastiraki, Athens, salad also has an increasingly health-conscious population, lovers can discover regional Greek salad favorites from around more likely to opt for an organic farmer’s market than a Opt for organic in Stockholm the country including mavromati (black eyed peas), panzaria greasy spoon, and this has led to an influx of wholesome It doesn’t take visitors long to see (beetroot), andlachano karoto (shredded carrot and cabbage). establishments. Ethos on Eastcastle St, serves an eclectic that Stockholm locals look after them- buffet of vegetarian dishes. The salads are inventive and selves. Many places in the city specialize Create bespoke vegetarian platters in London delicious - try the broccoli and carrot with curried cashew in sustainable produce, while vegan-friend- Long gone are the days when London’s cuisine was cream - and the hot options, like the squash and stilton ly food is becoming easier to find by the day. mostly associated with fish and chips or pie and mash; walnut rolls, are equally impressive. Start your day at Halsocafet with a breakfast England’s capital is now a haven for hungry travelers. It www.lonelyplanet.com WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017 TV PROGRAMS

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Undercover 05:48 SpongeBob SquarePants 14:50 Mom 08:14 Mythbusters 01:25 In The Dark 01:40 Preposterous Pets 13:10 Good Luck Charlie 16:50 Kirby Buckets Warped 06:12 SpongeBob SquarePants 15:15 Great News 09:02 Science Of The Movies 02:20 Scott & Bailey 02:35 Gator Boys 13:35 Austin & Ally 17:15 Mech-X4 06:36 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 15:40 Great News 09:50 How Do They Do It? 03:10 Scott & Bailey 03:25 Project Grizzly 14:00 Jessie 17:40 Gravity Falls 07:00 The Loud House 16:05 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:14 Food Factory 04:00 Holby City 04:15 I Survived An Animal Attack 14:25 Lolirock 18:05 Disney Mickey Mouse 07:24 Rabbids Invasion 17:00 Seinfeld 10:38 Secrets Of The Underground 05:05 Death In Paradise 05:02 Mutant Planet 14:50 The Zhuzhus 18:10 Milo Murphyʼs Law 00:20 Mountain Men 07:48 Get Blake 17:30 Seinfeld 11:26 Kings Of Construction 06:00 Father Brown 05:49 Untamed & Uncut 15:15 Whisker Haven Tales With 18:35 Disney11 01:10 Alone: Lost And Found 08:12 Harvey Beaks 18:00 The Middle 12:14 Mythbusters 06:45 The Coroner 06:36 Swamp Brothers The Palace Pets 19:00 Disney11 02:00 Swamp People 08:36 Sanjay And Craig 19:00 The Last Man On Earth 13:02 How Do They Do It? 07:35 Death In Paradise 07:00 Swamp Brothers 15:20 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug 19:25 K.C. 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CROSSWORD 1693 STAR TRACK

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

Family members may want to talk to you about family business matters. It Interaction with others is the focus of this day. Neighbors, friends and fami- would be wise to listen and take notes. This is nothing serious-just preven- ly members may take on more importance. Outdoor activity through, perhaps, a tour of tative measures for future safety and a good feeling of completion and belonging. Break a nearby park, zoo or group garage or yard sale can be enjoyed by many. You have a lot up the sober moment and open up the discussion to praise and encouragement for oth- of energy and tend to be impatient with those who slow your pace-careful. You soak up ers. Some may think you are older than you are, for you can step in and offer wonderful what you need to see quickly and are ready to go forward with new experiences. You advice and insight. You may even enjoy the thought of being older and probably treat could be awed as you may find yourself unexpectedly involved with some influential authority, the elderly and your teachers with great respect. Life seems to be working with individuals. This may be a great time to suggest a future meeting that will give you time rather than against you so do not hold back. This may include anything from repairs on to communicate some of your ideas. Keep your composure and you will do fine. Many of the house to some serious hobby involvement. Whistle! your friends wish they had thought of your ideas; you are spontaneous.

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

This day may be the beginning of a long dreamy time when you find it You will often find yourself choosing between comfort and progress. easy to lose yourself in one flight of fancy or another. Normally clear in your thinking, Progress is occasionally comfortable, but only when you are looking at where you have ideas temporarily become fuzzy, and it is hard to be logical or consistent. Let yourself been. Today you choose to improve or enhance your surroundings with trees, flowers dream today. Work will go well but it is the quiet moments that make thinking difficult. A and perhaps a vegetable garden. Designate a little area for the younger members of the little writing may help. Busy yourself in new projects that show your bent for beautifica- family and you could help teach the importance of helping things grow. Perhaps radish- tion, perhaps planting a vegetable garden or putting in a fish tank. This would be a great es and onions will be on your table this summer. This afternoon you may decide to watch time to treat your kids or the neighbor's kids to a visit to the zoo. Perhaps you will enjoy a a car race, participate in team sports or enjoy some trendy pastime with a friend. Your good book or movie later today. Consider the stars tonight. Being more closely involved sense of mission makes for impulsive, sometimes rash, but always brave actions. A restful with another person may well become your highest priority. evening will help you be prepared for the busy week ahead.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) Increasing inner confidence helps you emerge from a long period of You may have the opportunity to play the role of guardian angel or mentor doubt. Finances are better and you can now pay more attention to the to someone in need today. You can demonstrate a great deal of understanding and sen- needs you have been pushing aside. There is much to accomplish today. Perhaps some sitivity to the needs of others and you are in a good position to communicate and pro- repair work or catch-up work needs your attention. You push hard and much energy can mote a healing. A very young relative might not want to wait on the next vacation to ACROSS DOWN be wasted if you do not stop to plan for the end result you want to achieve. You seem to enjoy those children's books that you have accumulated over the years. Consider mailing choose friends that plan well, and today would be a good time to toss around a few ideas 1. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its 1. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with a few fun books so they can receive something special in the mail. They will love whatev- with them. This afternoon you can balance all this hard work with some fun activity. You edible tubers. large dorsal fin. er you send because you thought of them. Breakthrough thinking is available today and will be pleased to discover that somebody who opposed you in the past is now more 4. Early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage 2. German botanist who is generally recognized may come through your immediate surroundings, home and environment-your support understanding of your viewpoint. It is most important to set aside time for family tonight. of an ovum. as founding bacteriology when he recog- system. You will receive monetary rewards today. 12. The elementary stages of any subject (usually nized bacteria as plants. plural). 3. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River. 4. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur. 15. (British) A linear measure of 16.5 feet. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 16. Paper that has been made translucent and 5. Being one more than fifty. 6. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic waterproof by soaking in oil. eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and In a word, it is your emotions and inner strength that holds your innermost Immediate needs are where your attention is today. Shopping and tending 17. A group of Niger-Congo languages spoken roots and leaves. self together. Your feelings are not just important-they are central to knowing more to chores are high on your to-do list. You have learned to prioritize and this is good. You primarily in southeastern Mali and northern 7. A detailed description of design criteria for a about you. A strong devotional nature becomes apparent to anyone who takes time to have the patience that is necessary for helping friends this afternoon. This could mean a Ghana. know you. Everything else is centered upon this inner drive and energy. The search for a move or perhaps watching the kids while the parents tend to some difficult project. You piece of work. mate and marriage in particular are crucial for you. Communication with those in a place 18. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of 8. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel are good at communicating and conveying yourself to others. You have a lot of energy limestone districts. of worship is possible, enjoyable and uplifting at this time. You are driven to unite and and come across as assertive and in control of whatever is set before you now. You pur- and consisting of hydrated magnesium sili- find out what togetherness means. Cleaning, health-awareness, shopping and coopera- 20. A type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin sue your obligations with much emotion and obvious enthusiasm. You are conventional cate. tion from each member of the family or from friends make your day move along easily. when it comes to your needs and surroundings. Small and less are okay with you. Take it is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodi- 9. Used of high or hilly country. Someone will join you today in your fitness program or they will help you. easy and be good to yourself tonight. um or potassium nitrate. 10. A field covered with grass or herbage and suit- 22. A former copper coin of Pakistan. able for grazing by livestock. 24. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is 11. A colorless and odorless inert gas. Aquarius (January 20- February 18) opened and a section of a blood vessel is 12. Largest known toad species. Leo (July 23-August 22) grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery 13. A modified bud consisting of a thickened to bypass the blocked section of the coro- globular underground stem serving as a There will be less of an impulse now for recognition. There is a growing A lazy morning may consist of updating a scrapbook or photograph nary artery and improve the blood supply to reproductive structure. need to enjoy some quality time this day. Perhaps you like to listen to teaching tapes or a album. A cycle of nostalgia and domesticity begins now emphasizing a need for security the heart. 14. A steep rugged rock or cliff. hobby has taken up space in your creative sector. This time will be less outward and may and a sense of roots. Family, home and relatives play big parts in your life. This mood may promote a frenzy of phone calls to out-of-touch loved ones or friends. You want to 25. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or 19. A motley assortment of things. call for a change of action. This is not a time of outreach and not necessarily the best point to start any great projects. There is introspection, and you may find yourself letting belong on a private, intimate and personal level. A hobby is most fun when it is shared, awe. 21. Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip. go of plans and projects started in a more outward phase. You may take an interest in and that is where a friend might find you this afternoon, playing with a hobby. You may 27. Type genus of the Nepidae. 23. A person forced to flee from home or country. your own psyche, religion and spiritual ideas. You take in new impressions. With all of this enjoy some time in a park with a friend later today. Helping others is what you do best; 29. Being ten more than one hundred ninety. 26. The blood group whose red cells carry both desire for productive time alone, you will still find time to enjoy your friends from time to you attract more people to you than you believe possible. Others learn from your diplo- matic ways. You are wise to listen first and ask questions later. 31. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun. the A and B antigens. time, especially today. 34. South American shrub or small tree having 28. (Akkadian) God of wisdom. long shining evergreen leaves and panicles 30. A metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole of green or yellow flowers. to prevent splitting. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) 38. (Roman Catholic Church) The supreme eccle- 32. A Mid-Atlantic state. siastical tribunal for cases appealed to the 33. Harsh or corrosive in tone. You could find that you are appreciated and valued for your feelings and You always seem to say just what you mean. You will be right-on when it Holy See from diocesan courts. 35. Cause to lose one's nerve. your ability to get things done. You can always find the resources you require, plus the comes to questions of feelings-you may be more interested in matters of 42. A town in north central Oklahoma. 36. Deciduous South African tree having large necessary instruction in how to use them. You have an inner vision and you are able to psychology, different cultures and history. You can find support from all sides when it 43. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant understand the true picture. This often finds you working as a go-between with others. comes to any sort of mental activity. A new game or an interesting movie may be the goal to an elegy. orange-yellow flowers. Today you might use your special gift for spanning the generation gap by bringing older for the afternoon. You communicate with accomplished skill and it is stimulating just 44. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling 37. Love intensely. and younger people together. Your wisdom can be shared as you may find yourself being with you. Your high degree of mental concentration makes you an excellent stu- involved in settling disputes. Because you love animals so very much, this evening may from one continent to another. 39. Plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usu- dent, able to excel in speaking, writing and all types of communication skills. Your ambi- ally plush and stuffed with soft materials). become your special time to work in finding homes for lost animals. You may talk with tions go hand-in-hand with communication and using the mind and the two should nev- 47. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of the new owners and help with food and training issues that may be frustrating. er be far apart. The evening has romantic possibilities-a time you may look back on fondly. many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine 40. Any unwholesome or desperate condition. and norepinephrine and serotonin). 41. Someone who works (or provides workers) 48. Late time of life. during a strike. 45. Something that hinders as if with bonds v 1. 49. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on Word Search Yesterday’s Solution 46. (from a combination of MOdulate and land. DEModulate) Electronic equipment consist- 50. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by ing of a device used to connect computers Zeus. by a telephone line. 51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs 53. Tropical American tree grown in southern northeast into the Rhine. United States having a whitish pink-tinged 52. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling). fruit. 57. Designated by a name or title. 54. French postimpressionist painter who influ- 60. Absence of an enzyme. enced modern art (especially cubism) by 61. United States naval officer and historian stressing the structural components latent in (1840-1914). nature (1839-1906). 65. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the 55. The branch of computer science that deal Old World. with writing computer programs that can 68. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god. solve problems creatively. 71. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively 56. Affect with wonder. defeated Hannibal at the end of the second 58. Being one more than two. Punic War. 59. A member of an agricultural people of south- 72. A state of equilibrium. ern India. 75. A constellation in the southern hemisphere 62. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters). near Telescopium and Norma. 63. Italian violin maker in Cremona. 76. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls. 64. Given or having a specified name. 77. A federal agency established to coordinate 66. An expression of open-mouthed astonish- programs aimed at reducing pollution and ment. protecting the environment. 67. By bad luck. 78. Travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or 69. Using speech rather than writing. by other means. 70. Being or occurring at an advanced period of 81. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punish- time or after a usual or expected time. ment. 73. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle 82. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in where driver sits. feed for livestock and poultry. 74. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo- 83. Trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Christian mythology. Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae. 79. Not out. 84. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved 80. A radioactive transuranic element produced to cover or open the eye. by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.

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GOSSIP Prince's vault will be released, says his sister

rince's sister Tyka Nelson says his vault of secret to play music. "He started the design before he passed music will be released. The cove at his Paisley Park and he told me his mission was the school." Despite the Pestate in Chanhassen, Minnesota, contains various "mystique" surrounding the late music legend's vault, the demos, unheard songs, live recordings and footage of singer's former keyboard player Tommy Barbarella says rehearsals and concerts that the late 'Purple Rain' hitmak- he isn't sure if the reality can live up to the fantasy of the er never made public. However, Tyka - who is the only vault. The musician - who performs in the all-new line-up blood sibling of Prince -says that the music icon had of Prince's former backing band The New Power always wanted to put the music out and that they will Generation - recently told BANG Showbiz: "What I think fulfil his wishes. She said: "It was always Prince's plan to is, and I'm sure there's a lot of great stuff in the vault, but I release those songs. "I want what Prince wants. We have think the idea of the vault - the mysterious mystique of it to preserve everything. "So as soon as we can release it, - is much more interesting to people than the content. I don't worry - we sure will." A new exhibition is coming to remember hearing about 'The Black Album' for years, and London's The O2 on October 27 called 'My Name Is people had bootleg copies and there was all this hype. Prince' and Tyka says it is just one of many things they are Then, when I finally heard it, I thought it was good but it working on including a music school for those less fortu- can't live up to the hype. Then it was released and did nate in his hometown, which was on his wish list. She nothing." The 'Little Red Corvette' hitmaker died in April told The Sun newspaper: "If he wants his music released 2016 at the age of 57, and his estate has been sorting then it will be released. If he wants a museum, then that's through the material and planning releases ever since. what we are doing now. Prince also wanted a school. I plan to make it a reality. "He wanted a music school in north Minneapolis for underprivileged kids who wanted

Aoki plays Linkin U2 send Morrissey announces new album orrissey is releasing a new album after inking a close to getting back together. Marr, 53, previously Park songs to help deal with BMG. The former Smiths frontman is yet revealed: "I think we were offered $50 million for three ... cryptic letters Mto unveil the full track-listing for 'Low in High- possibly five shows." Relations between the band members School', which is his first studio album since 2014's 'World has been poor since 1989 when Joyce and Rourke success- Peace Is None of Your Business'. However, he is set to debut fully sued Morrissey and Marr to get more than 10 per cent mourn Chester new music at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on of the group's royalties. Meanwhile, fans of the band will to fans November 10, a week before the LP is released on be able to get their hands on a remastered version of the November 17. The signing with BMG also sees them look iconic British punk band's seminal 1986 album 'The Queen teve Aoki has been including Linkin Park songs in his 2 fans received a cryptic letter teasing news after the launch of the 'Kiss Me a Lot' singer's own label, Is Dead' on October 20. set to help him deal with Chester Bennington's on Monday. The Irish rock band have sent Etienne Records. Korda Marshall, the Executive Vice Sdeath. The EDM star and the late 'Numb' hitmaker Uout pieces of paper featuring the words President of BMG, said of the signing: "There are not many were very close and had even collaborated on music "Blackout ... It's clear who you are will appear ... artists around today that can compare to Morrissey. He is together, including the 2015 track 'Darker Than Blood'. 'Just U2.com" and a line, which reads: "U2 will an extraordinary talent. "He is prodigious, literate, witty, Hold On' hitmaker Steve has been finding it hard to come announce [blank] on [blank]." Over the text, which elegant and above all, courageous. "His lyrics, humor and to terms with the loss of the rock star, who died from sui- appears to be an abstract from William Blake's col- melodies have influenced many generations. The music on cide last month at the age of 41, but says hearing his voice lection of poems 'Songs of Innocence and this new landmark record will speak for itself and we are makes him remember the good times they shared and Experience', the inspiration for their last album delighted to welcome him to BMG." Before going on a keeps his memory alive. The 39-year-old producer told The 'Songs of Innocence', is a silhouette of a boy and world tour in 2016, Morrissey stated that he couldn't see Sun Online: "It's really tough, but it's really good for me to girl holding hands. Several fans have taken to the point of playing live unless he had new material to play their music in my sets. To hear his voice and play our social media to share the mail, but still have no release. Speaking in 2015, the outspoken songwriter said: songs, we did a few songs together. First of all its accept- idea what it's meant to mean. The 'With or "We are obsessively grateful for all interest and loyalty from ance, right. It's accepting he did actually pass away. That's a Without You' rockers recently admitted choosing our audience ... throughout 28 years. But without new very strange thought because it's so tragic and I didn't songs for their album has been an "ordeal". Bassist releases, there is no point in any additional touring." expect it. "I play his songs in my set every night. You want Adam Clayton - who is joined by Bono, The Edge, Morrissey, 58, has been plagued by health problems in to remember everything and you want to share those and Larry Mullen Jr in the group - said: "We've an recent years and has undergone several treatments for memories. "What we did together was so beautiful. I want abundance of great ideas and it's really about oesophageal cancer since 2014. His former band The to share that even more now. I'm so proud of doing some- identifying what to finish and how to finish it." The Smiths - also comprised of guitarist Johnny Marr, drummer thing with, to me, one of the greatest singers of all time. Edge added: "That's the gift and the curse of this Mike Joyce and bassist Andy Rourke - broke up in acrimo- "He's my favorite singer. The crowd are singing every word, record. The ordeal is getting all four members to nious circumstances in 1987 and despite being offered in the moment, it's amazing." At the time of his passing, agree on the same dozen songs." Meanwhile, the massive money to reunite for concerts they've never come Steve hailed Chester his "hero". He wrote on Instagram: My band insist they don't feel a "responsibility" to dear dear friend I'm so broken from this loss. A dream raise political issues in their work - but still want to come true to work with you talk with you learn from you. "have a go". The Edge said: "I don't know if we feel You are a legend. You are my hero. You are the GOAT an a responsibility so much. "Just that there are absolute beautiful human being and I'm so honored to moments where you just feel like, 'Wow, someone Bigelow praises have experienced those moments with you. Forever in my has got to write a great song about this and hope- heart my brother. (sic)" fully it will be us, so let's have a go.' "Coming out of the post-punk era, we were inspired by The Clash, Boyega's Detroit Patti Smith, Television - innovators who also had one foot in the worlds of poetry and literature and the other in political activism. That's deeply performance embedded in our band. "One of the reasons we athryn Bigelow has praised John Boyega on the write a song is to crystallize something of signifi- "complexity" in his character in 'Detroit'. The 65-year- cance for ourselves and, hopefully, other people." Kold Oscar-winning filmmaker helmed the new movie However, Adam is unsure whether rock music is - which is based around the murders of three African now the right platform on which to take a stand American men during the Detroit race riots in the 1960s - because the political climate is so complicated. He and she said she "loved the cast", including the 'Star Wars' said: "I think the world has changed a bit. I'm not actor who she praised on his "vulnerability". Speaking to sure that within the culture that music is the best Time Out Magazine, Bigelow said: "I was so lucky, I love this medium any more. "There's so much noise out cast. "There are volumes that can be read on John's face, there anyway, people saying this, that and the oth- even when it's absolutely still. That character is caught er, that I think music is a little bit insecure as between two worlds - he's wearing the uniform and yet regards what its role is in these situations." Tatum tries to he's also identifying with the victims. "John was able to find the complexity, the vulnerability and the incredulity of finding himself trapped in that position." The film stars tell his daughter Boyega, Hannah Murray, Algee Smith, Will Poulter, Jack Reynor and Anthony Mackie. Many of the characters fea- tured in the film are based on real people, including securi- why he is away ty guard Melvin Dismukes (Boyega) and Juli Hysell (Murray) - who was injured in the riot - and Bigelow heard first-hand accounts and she said it was "incredibly important". She for months said: "Hearing the first-hand accounts from Melvin Ed Skrein joins Dismukes, Juli Hysell and Cleveland Larry Reed was incred- hanning Tatum wants to make good films so ibly important. "They gave me little details - Juli described he can explain to his daughter why he is away how they were standing facing the wall, and she put her Hellboy reboot Cfor "months at a time". The 37-year-old actor - hand over the other girl's to comfort her - at this point they who has four-year-old Everly with wife Jenna Dewan- had no idea if they would survive. "It's unimaginable. When d Skrein is on board to star in the 'Hellboy' reboot. Tatum - frequently has to go away for long periods, Melvin was retelling his experience, it was difficult for him, The 34-year-old British actor is joining the Neil so he wants to have a quality finished piece of work but he wanted the story told right." The incident, where the EMarshall reboot playing Major Ben Daimo, a consult- to explain his long absences. Speaking at the UK pre- three men were murdered, took place in the Algiers Motel ant to the titular character at the Bureau for Paranormal miere of his latest movie 'Logan Lucky' in London's and the hard-hitting and brutal interrogation scene took Research, the Hollywood Reporter say. The casting of the Leicester Square on Monday, he said: "The script is "three weeks" to film. Bigelow said: "It was intense - I shot 'Deadpool' star could face criticism from fans of the comic just good. It's a good movie and doing good things is chronologically and we probably spent three weeks in that books, as the character is portrayed as Japanese-American. kind of paramount. "You know you want to be able corridor. "We were all very happy to get out of there! But The plot in the new movie follows Hellboy as he battles to explain to your daughter and be like 'That's why what developed was a camaraderie I've never experienced with a medieval evil wizard who is hell-bent on destroying dad was gone for months at a time'." 'Logan Lucky' before."— Bang Showbiz humankind. David Harbour has already been cast as was written by Rebecca Blunt and follows two broth- Hellboy and will be joined by Milla Jovovich, 41, as the ers, Jimmy (Tatum) and Clyde (Adam Driver), who Blood Queen and Ian McShane, 74, as Professor Broom, the attempt to pull off a heist during a NASCAR race in scientist who adopts the titular demon child, in the North Carolina. Driver, who shot to fame in 'Star Marshall-helmed movie. The part of Professor Broom was Wars: The Last Jedi', said at the premiere that the originally brought to life by the late John Hurt in the Ron script makes comments on "socioeconomic status". Perlman starring-movies 'Hellboy' and 'Hellboy 2: The He said: "I think there's something subtle that Golden Army'. The film is expected to start shooting this Rebecca Blunt does in her script of making it really September. The upcoming project has been in the pipeline walk a line of, making comments on socioeconomic for some time, but the reboot is set to happen without status or maybe having like the idea that our people, original director Guillermo del Toro, who couldn't agree can people subvert their DNA basically. "But more with the studio's vision for the movie. Instead, Marshall - than that I think it's just a great heist movie. I mean who worked on the likes of 'The Descent' and 'Game of you couldn't ask for a better cast of people." The film Thrones' - is taking charge of the film. Aron Coleite is work- also stars Daniel Craig, Seth McFarlane and Katie ing on the latest draft of a script by Andrew Cosby, Holmes and during filming Tatum took the James Christopher Golden and 'Hellboy' creator Mike Mignola. Bond star on a trip to an "off roading park" and was Originally titled as 'Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen', it was impressed at how well he fitted in. Tatum said: "You previously reported that the reboot will simply go by the can put the guy anywhere. I mean I took him down name of 'Hellboy'. Unlike the original franchise by del Toro - to this place in Atlanta. "It's called Durhamtown, and which was PG13 - this film will be R-rated, following in the it was this off roading park. You know he fits in there footsteps of other successful R-rated movies including and looks and he fits in wearing a tuxedo walking 'Deadpool' and 'Logan'. next to the Queen." WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017 lifestyle

MUSIC & MOVIES Dancing in the 'gods': A haven for UK concert lovers

t's a world apart from the polished atmosphere of tradi- Dancing with the music tional classical music concerts. Way up near the roof of A few meters back from the railing, lying on a blanket, Erica ILondon's Royal Albert Hall, spectators at the summer-time Seo and her partner have made the opposite choice. They lis- Proms soak in the music without worrying about the conven- ten to Robert Schumann's "Violin Concerto" with their eyes tions. "If you're sitting in a seat, you have to sit with your back closed, each one lost in their own thoughts. "It is just like straight all the time and you can get a bit uncomfortable," said being in the living room, but much better music, because it is Lisa Beecham, a 38-year-old teacher from London. "But up obviously live, and you get really a feel of the detail, you can here you can lie down, you can walk around, you can move feel the pulse," she said. "Usually we would sit there and watch position." She is among the tens of thousands who flock every it more closely, but today we wanted to be a bit relaxed." Jane year to the Proms, the world's biggest classical music festival Smith, 61, is attracted by the "anything goes" ambiance. staged at the 5,500-capacity venue. Barefoot and swinging with the rhythm, she is a regular who Only a minority of them experience the concerts from the comes several times a year-and always to the Gallery. Gallery, right at the top of the circular, domed 1870s Italianate "Sometimes, on the top, I can dance, but it has to be the masterpiece on the edge of Hyde Park. The Gallery is a unique right music. I haven't danced this year. Oh yes, I danced once," place to experience the BBC Promenade Concerts, which run she said, with a smile. "And I can go the toilets whenever I annually for eight weeks between July and September. The want." Standing by the access stairs, the ushers are relaxed circular corridor, more than 250 meters (820 feet) long, rings towards Gallery-going Prommers. "It's kind of a special area the top of the auditorium and offers a striking view from because generally it's supposed to be standing, but it's like a beneath its high arches. Up here in the Albert Hall's highest tradition for each person to do their own thing," said Albert reaches-an area referred to as "the gods" in British theatres- Hall employee Ruta, 21. there are no padded red seats or numbered rows. "As long as they don't make much noise, it's not a prob- Prommers stand where they like to best appreciate the lem," she said. Some groups of friends make a mini-picnic out music floating up from the philharmonic orchestra on the of it, sitting on the floor munching sandwiches, with plastic stage a dizzying distance below. Leaning against the barrier, glasses spread out around them. The "unpretentious, relaxed" with a clear view down to the musicians, Matthew Knight said atmosphere pulls in a "much more diverse" crowd than other he prefers standing. "You feel more part of it than if you were London classical music concerts, said Sarah Legrand, 33, who just sitting down," he said, marking the tempo with his right came with a friend. "Here you can see students, young people hand. "You get more concentration, you get more of the music with their kids," she said, looking around. "In other normal because you're not just sitting comfortably." Knight, who indoor classical music venues, most people are retired." The works at London's Southwark Cathedral, comes to around a diversity is fostered by the cheap ticketing strategy. Gallery dozen concerts each year. tickets are sold on the day for £6 ($7.75, 6.50 euros). Seats cost "It is the best festival in the world," he added. Like him, from £7.50 to £100. Purists lament the end this year of the tra- most concert-goers in the Gallery lean against the railing to ditional colorful queue outside for tickets-which has, like so see the stage, some with binoculars to follow the conductor much else, moved online. — AFP close-up. If it gets crowded, elbow room is at a premium in order to see the orchestra. This file photo shows the crowd and stage during the last night of the Proms at The Royal Albert Hall in west London. — AFP Foo Fighters follow 'Adele' blueprint on return A reptilian tail? A

runge veterans the Foo Fighters are channeling their "I thought: 'Oh boy, we're getting weird quick!' This "All my friends that were in the know had it and it was solar eclipse: Taylor inner Rick Astley with a bold new record the record we really took extra leaps and bounds, sonically." just something that would be on the stereo at parties." But GAmerican rockers describe as their "weirdest" yet. Due out next month, the new Foo Fighters album combines after a turbulent 2015 when Grohl broke his leg after plung- Swift teases fans While their DNA is rooted in the Seattle grunge scene of the thunderous guitar riffs with lush, harmonic textures. Tracks ing off the stage and they were forced to cancel a tour, early nineties, the band told AFP that turning to British pop such as "La Dee Da" and the Donald Trump-inspired single rumors persisted that the group were set to split. "It would diva Adele's award-winning producer Greg Kurstin for their "Run" rock out, but the Foo Fighters shift gears on the be so dumb for any band to break up," insisted guitarist Pat ninth studio album, "Concrete and Gold", brought a fresh dreamy "Dirty Water", while the title track is a slow-burner Smear, who also used to tour with Nirvana. "You just look dimension to their sound. In an interview before headlining that features Boyz II Men's Shawn Stockman. Beatles legend stupid when you get back together." the Summer Sonic festival in Tokyo-where they invited Paul McCartney also plays drums on one track among sev- Shiflett believes the secret of the band's longevity lies Astley on stage for an improbable mash-up of the eighties eral other guest turns, including Alison Mosshart of The in not taking themselves too seriously, pointing to a spat pin-up's "Never Gonna Give You Up" and Nirvana's "Smells Kills. with Coldplay, who took offence at a mischievous bumper Like Teen Spirit"-Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett said: sticker joke in a 2011 Foo Fighters video. "I remember at "People think it's a really weird choice for us to work with Bootleg tape the time Chris Martin got super offended and actually got a pop producer but it made perfect sense. There's so much "Paul McCartney is a fan of music," said Shiflett, nibbling into it with Dave at a kids birthday party or something," more to Greg and his love of music and knowledge base on vegetable sticks in between photo shoots. "He only did he said. "It certainly wasn't meant to offend anybody. I than just the pop stuff." Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, two passes at the song, which he had never even heard don't think this band could ever take itself too seriously." the former Nirvana drummer, chose him to replicate the before. Then he just wanted to noodle around so we just Jaffee agrees. "Not taking yourselves too seriously-all oth- alchemy he has with Adele, this time with a gnarly rock jammed on a bunch of other stuff." The Foo Fighters shot to er bands take note," he said. "It's a very important thing to band. "We weren't getting Greg for Adele's sound," said key- fame in the late nineties with hits such as "This Is A Call," keep in check and I'm sorry, Chris Martin, but all our wives boardist Rami Jaffee, previously a fan of Kurstin's indie syn- "Monkey Wrench" and "Learn To Fly" and have sold more love you!"— AFP thpop duo The Bird and the Bee. "The Greg we had in the than 30 million records worldwide. "I didn't join the band studio was definitely the more adventurous soundscape until '99 but I remember a cassette tape bootleg of the first File photo shows Taylor Swift arrives at the guy-he brought more of that stuff," he added. album way before it came out circulating," said Shiflett. iHeartRadio Music Awards in Inglewood, Calif. — AP ho can eclipse an eclipse? Why, Taylor Swift. Just days after going dark on social media, the Wpop star put out another clue Monday leading to a possible song drop on the same day as the big solar eclipse. And if the lyric-sharing site Genius was to be believed, the tune is titled "Timeless." The title was teased there but taken down later Monday. As for the video clip that appears to be a twitchy rep- tilian tail, well, we're not sure how that might play into Swift's anticipated sixth studio album that all of her social media shenanigans seem to be leading up to, possibly in October to coincide with the anniversary of the release of her "1989." The tail may or may not have something to do with all the snake emojis that took front and center last year on Swift's social streams, including when anti-Swifties used them in Instagram comments after Kim Kardashian West released audio recordings she said proved Swift gave West's hubby, Kanye West, the go ahead for a Swift reference in the song "Famous." Swift wiped her Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and website on Friday, the third anniversary of the release of her "Shake It Off" single. — AP

Photo shows Dave Grohl, frontman of the US band Foo Photo shows members of the US band Foo Fighters performing at the Summer Sonic festival in Makuhari, suburban Fighters, performing at the Summer Sonic festival in Tokyo. Makuhari, suburban Tokyo. — AFP Coroner: Jerry Lewis Mystikal surrenders death; from end-stage on rape charge Brian Aldiss heart disease he rapper Mystikal has surrendered to authorities in Louisiana, where he faces a sexual assault charge. KSLA- uthorities in Las Vegas say Jerry Lewis died of heart dis- TTV video-recorded the 46-year-old rapper, whose real British science fiction ease, but the wording of his death certificate differs from name is Michael Lawrence Tyler, as he entered the Caddo Awhat was reported earlier. Clark County Coroner John Correctional Center in northwest Louisiana on Monday. Tyler Fudenberg said Monday that Lewis' official cause of death was was wanted on a warrant listing a charge of first-degree rape. writer, Brian Aldiss dies end-stage cardiac disease and peripheral vascular disease. Lewis File photo shows Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual KSLA reported that the allegation stems from an occur- was the clownish comic hailed as an artistic genius and the host assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse rence at a Shreveport casino last October. Online booking for decades of annual muscular dystrophy telethons. He died in Norristown, Pa. — AP records show Tyler was in the correctional center as of rian Aldiss, one of the most prolific and influential science Sunday of natural causes in Las Vegas at age 91. Fudenberg says Monday afternoon. Tyler was released from a Louisiana prison fiction writers of the 20th century, has died aged 92. coroner deputies had been told Lewis died of ischemic (ih-SKEE'- Cosby in 2010 after serving six years for sexual battery and extortion. BLiterary agency Curtis Brown said Aldiss died early mihk) cardiomyopathy. Ferozan Malal is the hospice and pallia- hires Michael Roy Maughan Jr., a Baton Rouge lawyer who represents Tyler Saturday at his home in Oxford, England. Born in 1925, Aldiss tive medicine physician in Las Vegas who signed Lewis' death in some matters, said he was uncertain whether counsel has served in India and Burma with the British Army during World certificate. She tells The Associated Press that peripheral vascular been retained for the current case. — AP War II and later became a bookseller, publishing his first stories disease and ischemic cardiomyopathy both fall under the cate- Jackson's lawyer in a trade magazine. He went on to have a huge influence on gory of end-stage cardiac disease. — AP sci-fi, as a writer of stories and novels and as editor of many ill Cosby has hired Michael Jackson's former anthologies. lawyer to represent him at his November retrial His work includes "Greybeard," set in a world without young Bon sexual-assault charges in Pennsylvania. people, and the "Helliconia" trilogy, centered on a planet in Cosby's spokesman announced Monday the 80-year- which the seasons last for centuries. Aldiss' 1969 short story old comedian is bringing in Tom Mesereau to lead a "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" was an unrealized dream retooled defense team. Lawyers from the first trial in project for the late Stanley Kubrick and formed the basis for June had said they wanted off the case. Mesereau won Steven Spielberg's 2001 film "A.I." He also wrote general fiction, an acquittal in Jackson's 2005 child molestation trial. He some of it inspired by his wartime experiences, and two vol- also has represented boxer Mike Tyson, rap mogul umes of autobiography. Marion "Suge" Knight and a Playboy bunny. Mesereau Son Tim Aldiss tweeted that his father was "a drinking com- will be joined by former federal prosecutor Kathleen panion of Kingsley Amis & correspondent with C.S. Lewis & Bliss and Sam Silver, who represented now-imprisoned J.R.R. Tolkien," and younger writers hailed Aldiss as a major influ- This file photo shows Jerry Lewis accepts the Jean former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah (SHAW'-kah fa-TAH') in a ence and encouraging mentor. On Twitter, "Sandman" author Hersholt Humanitarian Award by the Board of Governors corruption case. Cosby's first trial on charges he Neil Gaiman called him "a larger than life wise writer." Aldiss was of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences dur- drugged and molested a woman at his suburban awarded the title of Grand Master by the Science Fiction and ing the Oscars telecast during the 81st Academy Awards, Philadelphia home in 2004 ended in a hung jury. — AP File photo shows Mystikal performs at the New Orleans Fantasy Writers of America and was named an Officer of the in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. — AP. Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans. — AP Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. — AP lifestyle WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017

FEATURES Celeb ambassadors help national parks mark 101st birthday ow do you top a centennial? The National Park Service marks its 101st birthday Friday amid a "Parks 101" cam- Hpaign enlisting celebrities as ambassadors for the park system's hidden gems. Parks 101 ambassadors have included "Queen Sugar" cast members touring Chalmette Battlefield in Louisiana, and Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes at Washington's Frederick Douglass National Historic Site. The campaign kicked off with "Hamilton" cast member Jordan Fisher touring Alexander Hamilton's Manhattan home. The Parks 101 campaign also introduces topics like kayak- ing 101 and battlefields 101. Another Parks 101 message is that visiting parks need not involve hiking or camping. Many Photo shows gymnast and Olympic gold medalist Dominique Dawes visiting the park sites have nothing to do with the great outdoors, like a Frederick Douglass house in Washington, DC, as an ambassador for the National Park house dedicated to the history of first ladies in Canton, Ohio, Service. — AP and a nuclear missile site in South Dakota. — AP Photo shows actor Jordan Fisher at Channel Islands National Park in California as an ambassador for the National Park Service. Spice and all things rice: Lagos pays homage to jollof

n Nigeria, jollof rice isn't just a tasty West African dish-it's a national obsession. Dozens of top chefs gathered at the Iweekend for Lagos' inaugural jollof festival, showcasing their personal twists on the tangy tomatoey rice to a crowd of hundreds of hungry hipsters. Imoteda Aladekomo, a 31-year- old chef who has been making jollof for four years, has led the way in reinventing the national staple, creating several pio- neering variants through her company Eko Street Eats. "It's so popular because it's easy to customize," she said while preparing take-away boxes at the jollof fair, staged at a former railway yard complete with disused train tracks, blaring Nigerian music and a giant version of Scrabble. "Rice is really easy to get here whereas other ingredients aren't. Every party has to have jollof rice and every Sunday people will have it, having looked forward to it all week," she added, her plastic gloves caked in rice. "Jollof rice will always reign supreme- even compared to McDonald's or whatever, your jollof rice captures people's childhoods." Her flagship version, deep-fried in breadcrumbs and served with plantain sauce and a fiery red pepper coulis, drew a steady stream of jollof afficionados.

'Literally obsessed' Mo Alatise, a self-taught chef, also drew a crowd with her distinctive fusion-style jollof offerings. "We try to do a mix of People sit waiting to be served jollof rice, a popular dish in Nigeria and across West Women hug beside letters reading "Jollof", a popular dish in Nigeria and across West really local recipes, but I imagine it with things from other Africa. Africa, during the Jollof rice festival in Lagos. — AFP photos countries-like very traditional gnocchi from Italy with jollof," the 30-year-old told AFP. "Or a rice bowl from Asia-but instead about where it came from. I've tried jollof from Senegal and it gist and author of the Kitchen Butterfly blog. "Despite the went, like the American south and parts of Mexico," she said. of white rice, I made it with jollof," she said, wearing oversized wasn't great. I think ours is best-but I'm a little biased," said jollof wars between Ghana and Nigeria they came together to And while food delivery services offering international favorites sunglasses and a hat decorated with a feather. Alatise. But the divisions were set aside in 2014 when British say: 'You cannot colonize our plates'." The "jollof wars" reached like sushi and pizza are expanding rapidly in Nigeria's big cities, "I've been to Italy and I read and researched a lot. It's literal- celebrity chef Jamie Oliver adapted the local favorite with fever pitch last year when Ghanaian singer Sister Deborah jollof has retained a special place in the hearts of the country's ly our staple, we're so proud it's the nation's favorite dish. alien ingredients including parsley and lemon-inspiring Ozoz released a song called "Ghana Jollof" that accused the huge youth population. "Most of us young people forget about We're literally obsessed." The origins of the distinctive, decep- Sokoh, a Lagos food blogger, to set up the festival this year. Nigerian recipe of "tasting funny". our traditional food," said Jane Ibitola, a 32-year-old financial tively simple dish are hotly contested. The word jollof is relat- Controversies aside, Sokoh said the universal affection for adviser from southern oil city of Port Harcourt. "But whenever ed to "Wollof", a language spoken in Senegal where the dish is 'You cannot colonize our plates' the dish helps to unite the Nigerian diaspora and people with you move away from it, you cherish it again."— AFP also popular. As well as Nigeria and Senegal, variants of the "There was this whole brouhaha when Jamie Oliver made it West African roots around the world. "It brings many countries recipe are enjoyed across West Africa. "There's this big battle and it didn't look like jollof," said Sokoh, a 42-year-old geolo- together-it's not just West Africa, but countries where the slaves Girl meets boy: Taiwan's tribal matchmaking festival

s night falls on a square in the village of Matai'an, Time to reconnect young women cast critical eyes over a dancing circle "We like the feeling of everyone coming back together Aof men in embroidered skirts and feathered head and reconnecting. For us this is the most important," said dresses as part of an ancient match-making ritual. Known Liao Ching-tung, 28, who lives in the capital Taipei. Each as "Lovers' Night", it is the grand finale of the annual har- harvest festival, hundreds who have moved away to work vest festival in the settlement which belongs to the Amis or study return to join in the festivities. The indigenous tribe, the largest of the 16 recognized indigenous groups community-which remains a marginalized group in in Taiwan. Taiwanese society-has seen its traditional culture eroded Near the island's rugged east coast, the village-also since immigrants started arriving from China centuries ago. known as Fata'an, the name of a local plant, in the Amis Since President Tsai Ing-wen came to power in May language-is a collection of basic, low-lying houses along 2016, her government has been pushing for greater meandering streets, located in a valley between two indigenous rights and preservation of tribal languages and Members of the Amis indigenous group dancing during the traditional harvest festival in mountain ranges. The harvest festival-which usually runs culture. But some groups have criticized Tsai for not going Hualien, eastern Taiwan. — AFP photos between June and August, with each village holding it at a far enough and have clashed with authorities over land different time-is the biggest and most important celebra- rights policy, demanding their ancestral areas be returned. tion for the Amis tribe, and in Matai'an it culminates with In Matai'an, tradition is alive and kicking. single women taking their pick of eligible bachelors. The Lamen Panay, 41, who goes by her tribal name, says the centuries-old custom is a reflection of the tribe's matriar- matchmaking event is still meaningful to her even though chal system, which sees women make key decisions includ- she is no longer single. She has a collection of lovers' bags ing managing finances and men marry into their wives' from past harvest festivals, but has since settled down with families. her long-term boyfriend, living with him in Taipei. The cou- As the singing and dancing men pick up their pace, the ple are both from the village and Lamen still makes a point women move in behind their chosen love interest and tug of picking him out during the matchmaking ritual. "We are on a multicolored cloth bag slung on their target's shoul- both usually very busy with work," she said. "It's necessary der. To spark interest, the men wiggle and flex their mus- to rekindle the flames." — AFP cles, the most popular among them accruing a queue of interested women. If a man reciprocates the approach, he will give his bag-known as an "alufu"-to the woman, mark- ing the beginning of a courtship. In the past, the ritual would commonly lead to marriage and even now still sparks relationships, but it is also a chance for Amis com- munity members who are working in the cities to return and socialize. "Lovers' Night is to make friends," said Cheng Ying- hsuan, 22. Dressed in a red traditional outfit adorned with green beads and her own sequined alufu, she had returned to the village from the city of Hualien, where she now lives, Members of the Amis indigenous group taking part in the traditional harvest festival in an hour's drive away. When asked if she hoped to find a Hualien, eastern Taiwan. boyfriend, she laughed and said coyly: "That's also a possi- bility." Matai'an is one of the biggest Amis settlements and is home to around 500 people-mostly elders and children.

Members of the Amis indigenous group firing a locally-made bamboo cannons in a salute Members of the Amis indigenous group posing for photo- A child running past characters on bamboo poles that read "responsibility, undertake and to their tribe during the traditional harvest festival. graphs during the traditional harvest festival. to pass on". lifestyle WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017

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A daughter of 60-year-old matriarch Dolma Lhamo standing in the balcony of a A 60-year-old matriarch Dolma Lhamo (center) with her daughters standing in A woman and a man having a breakfast consisting of yak butter tea and tsam- house in Zhaba. front of a house in Zhaba. pa in their kitchen in Zhaba in the valley of the Yalong River in Daofu County of the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. — AFP photos IN CHINESE COMMUNITY, ONE-NIGHT STANDS ARE GETTING OLD

'Everything will be about money, and our local traditions will disappear'

imble after years of practice, Trinley Norbu is used to hoisting himself three stories up the side of a stone house and through the window for a one-night stand Nin his southwest China community. While other young men squire their love interests to dinner or a movie, Norbu has honed his climbing skills, long the key to successful courtship for men in the small matrilineal Zhaba ethnic group of Sichuan province. The Zhaba eschew monogamous relation- ships for traditional "walking marriages"-so-called since men typically walk to their rendezvous before slipping through their lover's window. will develop and people's character will degenerate. Everything Now no one in the small community - just some 13,624 peo- Fog over the houses in will be about money, and our local traditions will disappear," he ple according to the latest 2010 census - lives more than a half Zhaba in the valley of predicted. "That's just how things work in this era." hour's motorbike trip away. Trysts are arranged ahead of time the Yalong River. on the popular cellphone messaging app WeChat, and the coy 'People as possessions' game of token-grabbing has mostly disappeared. "There's no Walking marriages began disappearing in the 1980s as the challenge anymore; it's definitely not as fun as before," the government imposed strict family planning measures. The new painter of temple frescos lamented. policy meant heavy fines for babies born without legal fathers, forcing Zhaba people to obtain government marriage certifi- cates and identify-on paper at least-a single partner as a spouse. That process introduced the idea of "people as posses- sions" and caused a rise in notions of jealousy, an emotion once rarely overtly expressed, according to a paper by Qinghai Normal University anthropologist Feng Min. Since then, walking marriage has become less and less com- mon. Feng's 2004 survey of 232 households found that only 49 percent of Zhaba households still practiced the tradition. Children in such families are raised by their mother and her sib- lings in large, six-storey communal houses of yellowed stone on the lush green hillsides, with cavernous rooms too large for much light to penetrate. Fathers might provide some financial support, but live with their mother. "I don't have a husband. Their father lives somewhere else," A woman riding a said 60-year-old matriarch Dolma Lhamo after a breakfast of motorcycle on a street But the 37-year-old truck driver and others in the remote yak butter tea and tsampa, roasted flour eaten by hand, as she in Zhaba. area on the edge of the Tibetan plateau lament that the tradi- led two daughters out to tend the family potato field. tion is waning, as women increasingly want a bit more commit- Shopkeeper Pema Bazhu used to share a home with her moth- ment from a man. The arrival of the internet, smartphones, er, grandmother, sisters and uncles, but she recently chose to livestreaming and popular Korean TV shows, along with move out and live separately with her husband and two year- improved transportation and education opportunities beyond old son. "It's much more common now to see families living on the valley, have exposed the once isolated Zhaba to other their own as a unit," she said. "It's more convenient, and it's bet- lifestyles. "Now the women especially have begun to want the ter for raising children." Government bureaucracy, too, is making it more difficult A woman standing on same things as outsiders fixed marriages, and financial assets for the Zhaba's walking marriages. Children born to parents top of a house in Zhaba. such as a house or car," he said. But an even more dramatic chal- 'If she's willing' without marriage certificates are not allowed "hukou," all- lenge looms on the horizon: one of the world's tallest dams will Tsultrim Paldzone, 30, explained that when he and his important registration documents that allow them to access soon flood the valley, forcing villagers to scatter as they relocate friends were younger, they would snag tokens from girls they health care and schooling. Today, even those who wish to con- from ancestral homes. fancied on festival or market days, calling cards to be returned tinue with walking marriage resort to paying unmarried "It's heartbreaking. They've turned our area upside down, that evening during a nocturnal visit to her home. "If she's will- acquaintances or strangers to apply for the certificate with and we don't have any say in it," said Trinley Norbu, who is tem- ing, then she'll run just a little bit less fast. If she's really not will- them, said Tsultrim Paldzone. "The government won't let you porarily employed by the construction site. His friend Khando ing, you won't grab that token no matter how hard you try to just do as you please." — AFP Tsering stared up at the towering, unfinished support pillars of steal it," he laughed. Cars were uncommon then. He had once a highway that will soon halve travel times to the nearest city- walked over 10 kilometers (six miles) to reach one lover's home, and bring tourism to the once-pristine enclave. "The economy starting before sunset and arriving after midnight.

A girl coming out of a building in Zhaba. Houses in Zhaba in the valley of the Yalong River.

A father and his son standing on a street in Zhaba. Trinley Norbu demonstrating how he climbs a house in A woman smiling as she digs sand next to a street in Zhaba. Zhaba. In Chinese community, one-night stands are getting old

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A composite image of the total solar eclipse seen from the Lowell Observatory Solar Eclipse Experience August 21, 2017 in Madras, Oregon. — AFP Blind visitors in Colombia try salsa, paragliding

alsa and paragliding may not seem America and Europe came to the southwest- Lecuona, who is blind, launched the initiative tact with various people I could see that a lot of al disability.” Volunteers and emergency servic- unusual to many visitors to the ern city last week in one of its first “blind in his native Argentina. people wanted to visit Argentina or other es workers act as guides. “I did different things, SColombian city of Cali. But exotic dances tourism” expeditions. They tried salsa dancing He started off by launching an online library countries,” said Lecuona, 43. “But since they things I had never done before,” said Spanish and extreme sports are brand new thrills to while riding around town on a colorful local for blind users and has expanded his activities had a visual impairment they didn’t dare to, visitor Rafa Matos, 47, after flying off a hillside. blind tourists from around the world. Nearly bus, clay modeling, rock climbing and even to organizing adventure holidays in Argentina, because often the hotels are not prepared and “I wasn’t thinking of paragliding but at the last 70 blind or partially-sighted visitors from Latin paragliding. Technology specialist Pablo Mexico and now in Colombia. “As I got in con- get scared when they see a person with a visu- minute I said to myself: ‘Go for it.’” — AFP

American Girl’s first Native Hawaiian doll set to go on sale

merican Girl has made its first Native Hawaiian doll. The doll’s Aname is Nanea Mitchell and she goes on sale Monday. The doll is 18 inches (46 centimeters) tall and is priced at $115. Her character grows up during World War II. Her wardrobe includes 1940s-era out- fits, hula attire and many accessories. A five-member advisory board helped ensure historical accuracy and cultural authenticity when creating the doll, the company said. “We hope Nanea’s powerful story of resilience, responsibility to others, and contributing for the common good - or kokua, as it’s known in Hawaii - will res- onate with girls and show them they have the power within to face the obstacles that come their way,” said Katy Dickson, Visually impaired president of American Girl. people attend a To celebrate the doll’s launch, American salsa dance class Girl will be collecting donations for the in Cali, Colombia American Red Cross Service to the Armed during the Forces program through the end of the eighth version year, matching every dollar made at its of the website and stores up to $75,000. — AP “Tifloencuentro”. — AFP photos