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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 THULHIJJA 26, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net 2 women drown Committee North Korea Liverpool in a swimming discusses seeks military frustrated pool in Sabah expats health ‘equilibrium’ by battling Al-Salem5 area fee increase5 with11 America Burnley,16 1-1 UK on red alert, police Min 26º Max 47º hunt terror suspects High Tide 06:42 & 19:53 Low Tide Bomb injures 30; IS claims responsibility; 5th attack this year 01:20 & 15:07 32 PAGES NO: 17332 150 FILS

LONDON: British police arrested an 18-year-old man in the port of Dover and raided a house in a small town Amir condemns outside London yesterday as they hunted for whoever planted a bomb on a commuter train that injured 30 London attack people a day earlier. Prime Minister Theresa May put Britain on the highest security level of “critical” late on Friday, meaning another attack may be imminent, and Kuwaitis ‘safe’ deployed soldiers and armed police to strategic loca- KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- tions such as nuclear plants and defense sites. Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has expressed his con- In what authorities called a “very significant” devel- demnation of the terrorist attack on an under- opment, officers arrested a man at about 7.50 am in ground train in southwest London. The denuncia- Dover, from where passenger ferries sail to France. Five tion was conveyed in two separate cables sent to hours later, they raided a property in Sunbury, a com- Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister muter town southwest of London, and evacuated near- Theresa May. by premises as a precaution. Reuters photographs His Highness the Amir expresses his “condem- showed police cordons in a modest suburban street in nation and denunciation of this criminal act, which Sunbury, in the county of Surrey, around 11 miles from targeted the lives of innocent civilians, and runs Parsons Green where the bomb exploded. contrary to all divine laws and human values,” read “This is a very significant arrest. The police have an Amiri Diwan statement. The statement, which made very good progress but the operation is ongoing,” wished all of those injured a “speedy recovery,” also said Interior Minister Amber Rudd, adding that the threat level remained at “critical”. “There is no doubt that reiterated Kuwait’s firm stance in rejection of ter- this was a serious IED (improvised explosive device) and rorism, and in support of international efforts to it was good fortune that it did so little damage.” In what combat its scourge. His Highness the Deputy Amir was the fifth major terrorism attack in Britain this year, and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- the home-made bomb shot flames through a packed Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Prime commuter train during the Friday morning rush hour in Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- west London but apparently failed to detonate fully. Sabah both sent similar cables. The militant group Islamic State claimed responsibili- Kuwait Embassy in Britain has affirmed that all ty. According to media reports, the bomb was attached Kuwaiti citizens in the British capital are safe. The to a timer, unlike other recent blasts which have typical- Kuwaiti embassy, in a statement sent exclusively to LONDON: A handout picture shows a white container burning inside a London Underground tube carriage at ly been suicide bombs. Pictures showed a slightly Continued on Page 11 Parsons Green underground tube station. More than 20 passengers were injured, some suffering severe burns, in an charred white plastic bucket with wires coming out of early morning explosion on a London Underground train in what police described as a ‘terrorist’ incident. —AFP Continued on Page 11 Kuwait team finds Dubai inaugurates largest ‘rare’ manuscripts Solar Power plant project KUWAIT: In an unprecedented feat, a team from Kuwait University (KU) man- DUBAI: Vice President and Prime Minister billion). In a statement by Dubai govern- aged to discover rare manuscripts writ- of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh ment, the CSP project, which represents ten in Arabic at Mount Athos in Greece. Morsi sentenced Mohammad Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum yes- the fourth phase of the Mohammad Bin During an archeological mission to a terday inaugurated the largest single-site Rashid Al-Maktoum Solar Park, will gener- number of monasteries and libraries on CAIRO: An Egyptian court yesterday sentenced ousted Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project ate 700-MW of clean energy to support a location in northern Greece, the president Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood in the world, which will be built at a total Dubai’s electricity grid. team-which included history Professors to 25 years in prison in a final ruling over a case accusing cost of AED14.2 billion (equivalent of $3.8 Continued on Page 11 Dr Abdulhadi Al-Ajmi, Dr Mohammad him of spying for Qatar, judicial sources said. Morsi, dem- Al-Marzouqi and Dr Hassan Badawi was ocratically elected after Egypt’s 2011 revolution, was able to unearth these documents at overthrown in mid-2013 by then-general Abdel Fattah the historic mountain - which repre- El-Sisi, now the president, following mass protests sents around 1,800 years of Christian against his rule. He was immediately arrested. history in the site. Egypt’s Court of Cassation reduced Morsi’s sentence in Speaking to KUNA, Dr Al-Ajmi said the Qatar case to 25 years in its final ruling, from an original that the discovery at Mount Athos, an 40 years. Morsi is already serving a 20-year sentence after ancient sacred place chosen as one of being convicted for the killing of protesters during demon- UNESCO’s World Heritage sites in 1988, strations in 2012. Since toppling Morsi, Sisi has clamped was crucial to understand the history of Rare manuscripts written in Arabic found down on dissent. Mass trials have been held for thousands Arabs and Muslims in the region. of Muslim Brotherhood supporters, and hundreds have “Getting approval from the Greek at Mount Athos in Greece. — KUNA received death sentences or lengthy prison terms. authorities to study the site was not an tions, religious affairs and more, In 2014, Egypt charged Morsi and nine others with easy task; however, we managed to do stressed Dr Al-Ajmi who expressed endangering national security by leaking state secrets and so and the reward was beyond great,” confidence that some of the docu- revealed the Kuwaiti academic. ments were never discovered before. sensitive documents to Qatar. Egypt’s relations with Doha He pointed out that the documents He affirmed that the new discoveries were already troubled by Qatar’s backing of Morsi. Egypt is traced their origins to advance points will become an important reference one of four Arab nations in a Saudi-led bloc that cut rela- in the golden Islamic age. The manu- point to those interested in what Arabs tions with the Gulf state on June 5, accusing it of backing scripts cover various subjects pertain- and Muslims had offered to Greece in militant groups and cooperating with their arch-foe Iran, ing to daily events, scientific observa- the olden days. — KUNA allegations Doha denies. — Reuters DUBAI: Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum inaugurates the largest single-site Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project in the world. — KUNA Kurdish MPs back referendum

ERBIL: The parliament of Iraq’s autonomous United States, which has provided critical mili- which was unlawful,” Muna Qahwachi, a Kurdistan region has approved a plan to hold a tary aid to the KRG’s fight against Islamic State, Turkman lawmaker said. Qahwachi said she had referendum on independence on Sept 25, to persuade the Kurdish leadership to cancel voted in favor of the referendum because she ignoring opposition from Baghdad and the the referendum. The parliament session was the said Turkmen were protected in Kurdistan, wider region as well as Western concerns that first held since the legislature was suspended unlike in the rest of Iraq. the vote could spark fresh conflict. Parliament nearly two years ago, though only 68 of 111 reconvened in Erbil, the seat of the Kurdistan lawmakers attended due to a boycott by the Pressure rebuffed Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq, main opposition movement Gorran. Earlier, Barzani shrugged off requests from where an overwhelming majority of the Kurdish “We’ve been waiting more than 100 years the United States and other Western powers to lawmakers taking part backed the plan. for this,” Omed Khoshnaw, a lawmaker from put off the referendum. They fear increased ten- Hours after the decision, the White House the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDR) of KRG sions between Baghdad and Erbil will distract publicly called for the first time on the KRG to President Massoud Barzani said. “There is no from the war on Islamic State militants who still cancel the referendum, warning that the vote other way to guarantee that genocide will occupy parts of Iraq and Syria. “We still haven’t was “distracting from efforts to defeat ISIS never be repeated,” Khoshnaw told the heard a proposal that can be an alternative to (Islamic State) and stabilize the liberated areas.” Assembly earlier, referring to the persecution the Kurdistan referendum,” Barzani told a rally in “The United States does not support the of the Kurds and their expulsion from areas the Kurdish region, referring to a proposal put Kudistan Regional Government’s intention to such as oil-rich Kirkuk under late Iraqi dictator forward by the United States and other Western hold a referendum later this month,” the White Saddam Hussein. envoys this week. Iraq’s neighbors Iran and House said in a statement. It urged the KRG to Some lawmakers wore Kurdish flags and Turkey also oppose the plebiscite, fearing an “enter into serious and sustained dialogue with rose to clap and sing the national anthem after independent Kurdish state could fuel sepa- Baghdad, which the United States has repeat- the vote. The Baghdad parliament’s decision ratism among their own Kurdish populations. edly indicated it is prepared to facilitate.” earlier this week to oppose the referendum The opposition Gorran movement boy- ERBIL: Syrian Kurds take part in a rally in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli The regional parliament’s decision came drew condemnation from deputies in Erbil. “We cotted Friday’s parliamentary session, the first in support of an independence referendum. — AFP despite an intense diplomatic drive by the refuse to accept the Iraqi parliament’s decision, Continued on Page 11 LOCAL SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Special Report Lt General Mohammad Al-Yousuf Al-Sabah to retire after 39 years in service Senior official left his fingerprints on various Interior Ministry departments By Dr Nermin Al-Houti service as a university graduate. I had fin- the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber ished my third year then, and only one year Al-Sabah. KUWAIT: Lt General Sheikh Mohammad Al- remained. I graduated and joined the mili- Yousuf Al-Sabah is a senior Interior Ministry tary college. The first course had nine uni- Elderly and disabled official who committed himself since joining versity graduates and I passed it on top of Question: You were the first to activate the military service to keep a watchful eye the class, then I joined the Interior Ministry the decision issued by Lt General Yousuf Al- on Kuwait’s security and safety, and dedicat- as a university graduate, and my wish was Kharafi on September 2, 1998 to cooperate ed all his efforts for this cause. He has been fulfilled. I will never forget this for the Late and ease the transactions of the disabled sailing the seas and roaming the land, and Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah, who wanted me to and the elderly, and many lauded your still does so to fulfill his promise. Lt General be an officer with a university degree. actions with this group of people. How do Mohammad Yousuf Al-Saud Al-Sabah, you comment on that? Assistant Undersecretary for Borders Nationality and Travel Documents Sheikh Mohammad: Yes, a decision Security, has been working hard for more Question: In 1996, you brought up sev- was issued by our mentor Lt General than 39 years to protect Kuwait’s security. eral security issues and demanded deep Yousuf Al-Kharafi and I as the Director of rooted solutions, including the unified link- Nationality and Travel Documents formed ing, DNA, uncovering nationality manipula- an integrated team to go and help those tion, and the bedoon (stateless) issue. Today, who cannot come to the directorate such we see that what you brought up then is on as an elderly person. its way to be solved, and some of these issues have already solved. How would you The Media comment on this, being the security nucleo- Question: Sheikh Mohammad Al-Yousuf KUWAIT: Lt General Mohammad Al-Yousuf Al-Sabah. lus for those issues? is known for avoiding media appearances as Sheikh Mohammad: It is not only he prefers to work silently. But despite that, him although I did not work with him except because of me, but rather it is the result of we find you defending anything that is con- in some issues as I was lucky to work under the work of my colleagues and superiors. We cerned with Kuwait and its security. So why his leadership. I used to go and attend inves- were a group that worked for Kuwait’s secu- do you keep away from the media? tigations in some complicated crimes to rity, so I cannot claim personal credit, or say Sheikh Mohammad: Why appear in the learn from his instructions. that I work alone because, my principle is media? I am a citizen carrying out my Question: What about Sheikh Ali Al- always to work as a team, and not to work duties, so what is the role of the media in Yousuf Al-Sabah? individually, and the statements you men- this? Yet, when my department is unjustly Sheikh Mohammad: He is a support for tioned were the result of joint work. What I treated, I go to the media and defend as me. All my brothers support each other. We did through my position as Director General long as I believe that I am right. For exam- of Nationality and Travel Documents was to ple, when journalist Adel Al-Zawawi called link the nationality, passports, newborns me to ask about social media reports claim- and civil identification divisions. In the past, ing that members of the Abdaly cell when someone gets a newborn, he used to escaped through sea, I told him that the go to Hawally to register the newborn, then rumors were not true, and if it was proven he gets a paper from the Nationality and otherwise, the Kuwaiti people have the Travel Documents Department and goes for right to take me to court. the Civil ID, and this was an exhausting As part of our duties, most Coast Guard process for parents. So I made a proposal officials spent days at mid sea including Lt and the decision was made to have an office Colonel Sheikh Mubarak Al-Ali Al-Sabah for the nationality and travel documents, and others in vigilance against any attempt Lt General Mohammad Al-Yousuf Al-Sabah meets with HH the and another for the Civil ID to make it easy for the 14 fugitives to escape. I am not say- Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. for citizens to process transactions in a ing that it is not possible for them to escape shorter time. because we cannot control all 2,900 slip- “This man is in uniform from morning till Question: It is known that you reject the ways, and it is not possible to place a police- evening, carrying out his security duties at use of the word “I”, and I felt through reading man at each slipway to register who gets in its best,” said HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- and hearing about you that you are really and out. Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, describing Sheikh humble. Yet, I attribute to you that you were Despite that difficulty, my department Mohammad Al-Yousuf in words conveyed by the first to say that there is no issue called was sure that they did not leave as our vari- the Interior Minister when he decorated him ‘bedoon.’ In 1995 you made a press state- ous authorities said there is nothing unoffi- with the rank of Lt General, the highest rank ment while being Director of the Nationality cial that left, and I answered Zawawi due to in public service. The following are excerpts and Travel Documents’ Directorate, saying my confidence in my department and men. from an interview conducted with Sheikh that 90 percent of the bedoon have foreign Mohammad, and published jointly with Al- origins, and this is what we see in reality The environment Lt General Mohammad Al-Yousuf Al-Sabah meets with HH the Anbaa daily. today and revealed by the Central Agency Question: We always notice that you call Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. for the protection of the environment be it on land or sea. Kuwait witnessed an oil Sheikh Mohammad’s Accolades spell about a month ago, and it was the are together and we are kept together by Coast Guard that discovered it first. How did ‘Um Mohammad’ Sabeeka bint Ahmad Al- Lt General Mohammad Al-Yousuf Al-Sabah was • Director General of Qualifying and training non-com- it start? Humaidhi and our second mother Bibi Al- appointed at the Interior Ministry on September 15, missioned officers. Sheikh Mohammad: Although the Yousuf Al-Sabah. 1987. He served in the following departments and • Assistant Undersecretary for Backup Services. directorate is not equipped for that, the positions: • Assistant Undersecretary for Borders Security Affairs. Coast Guard was the first to inform authori- A final word • Assistant Undersecretary for Legal Affairs. ties responsible for combatting oil spills. We Question: Your service will come to an • Special Forces (VIP Protection) • Assistant Undersecretary for Borders Security. are a security authority and our job is to end in a few days. Do you feel that you car- • Airport Security inform, and that is what happened. I find it ried out all what you wanted to do, especial- • State Security Medals: really strange that the Environment Public ly at the Coast Guard? • Assistant director of outer centers at the directorate • Service Bronze Medal in 1984. Authority does not have boats, so we helped Sheikh Mohammad: Of course not, as general of facilities security. • Service Silver Medal in 1989. them with our boats in order to safeguard there is a lot that I did not carry out so far. • in Charge of Radeefa Center in addition to his regular • Liberation Medal in 1992. Kuwait’s security and people’s safety. It is duties. • Gold Service Medal in 1994. really sad to see that the authority responsi- • Director of Kuwait Nationality Department at the • Military Duty Medal of First Order in 2004. ble for the environment poorly equipped. Directorate General of Passports, Nationality and Travel • National Defense Medal in 2009. Documents. • The American Legion of Merit in 2013. Unforgettable personalities • Acting Director General of Nationality and Travel Question: Who is Sheikh Ali Sabah Al- Documents’ Directorate. His Hobbies: Salem Al-Sabah for Lt General Sheikh • Director General of Nationality and Travel Documents. Swimming, reading, karate (he has a black belt in this Mohammad Al-Yousuf? • Director General of the Planning and Development’s sport), HAM radio and communication with people of Sheikh Mohammad: He is a legend as Directorate, and Director General of the Training several nationalities, and agriculture, particularly plant- far as I am concerned and I named my son Directorate. ing palm trees. Ali Sabah after him, as he was born three months after his death. Question: What is the story behind the for Remedying Illegal Residents Status? paper that was sent by Sheikh Ali Sabah Al- Sheikh Mohammad: It is not an issue Salem to you, and you keep it in every office because I do not think that there is a person you move to? without origins. The statement I made at the Sheikh Mohammad: it is an ordinary time and I still remember that statement I story, but one that has many meanings and made at the time, and still believe that there reminds me of the late Sheikh Ali Sabah Al- is no person who does not have a home- Salem, who I would never forget. He sent me Lt General Mohammad Al-Yousuf Al-Sabah is pictured with his land. If he does not know his origin, he has a a paper with an employee when I was a Lt wife Sheikha Latayef Abdullah Al-Khalifa Al-Sabah. father and a grandfather whose origins are Colonel asking me to help solve a problem known, so there is nothing called ‘bedoons.’ that the employee was facing. And since Question: Like what? Bear in mind that my statements did not then, I framed the paper and it accompanied Sheikh Mohammad: Many things. For come out of individual efforts, but rather as me where ever I went. example, I wanted to develop more than I a result of joint work. Question: Sadness has many forms, but did. I wanted to distinguish the coastguards- I will not forget the role of Major General those who saw you at the moment when men with more incentives. I believe that any Adel Al-Munayes and his work on this issue Sheikh Khalid Al-Yousuf was buried can see person who has a goal and fulfills it should at the time, and the work that we carried out the reality of sadness and departure on your move on, but I always have new goals, is completed now by Saleh Al-Fadhalah (the face and tears. Does he have your everlast- therefore I believe that I did not reach my Director of the Central Agency for ing love? goals so I cannot say that I fulfilled all what I Remedying Illegal Residents Status) who Sheikh Mohammad: My brother Khalid wished for especially in this security sector. made commendable efforts to complete the was close to all my brothers and me person- Question: If you were asked to continue work on this security and national matter ally. Khalid was the joy of Yousuf Al-Saud service in any form and position after retire- while offering deep rooted solutions, and house. I lived with him his illness, and I ment, will you accept? Lt General Mohammad Al-Yousuf Al-Sabah is pictured with his discover many of those who were claiming should mention some of those who were Sheikh Mohammad: Of course I will that they do not belong to a country. I with us including Barrak Al-Ustath as well as accept, and I am at the service of Kuwait. mother Sabeeka bint Ahmad Al-Humaidhi ‘Um Mohammad.’ believe that the state of Kuwait will not let Bader Al-Asfour. them down when they express good inten- Question: What does Lt General Hope and wish tions to the state, as Kuwait is always a coun- Abdullah Al-Fares mean to you? Question: Lt General Sheikh Mohammad try of giving to all those who resort to it and Sheikh Mohammad: He is a model in Al-Yousuf, what does the date September a home of humanitarian action under the security work, a first class teacher, a total mil- 15, 1978 mean to you? leadership of the Humanitarian Leader HH itary school on its own. I learned a lot from Sheikh Mohammad: Fulfilling my wish to join the Interior Ministry Military Service. Question: So, that was your Wish? The ever present during Sheikh Mohammad: Yes that was my wish, and I will tell you a story that few peo- the heinous invasion ple know. First, I should mention the favor of the Late Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah Information Ministry’s Assistant “My uncle Mohammad Al-Yousuf car- in fulfilling that wish on scientific and aca- Undersecretary for Information ried the banner after my late father,” Lt demic basis. I went to him when he was Services and New Media Yousuf Colonel Sheikh Athbi Khalid Al-Yousuf Al- Interior and defense minister to join the Mustafa told us a story that many may Sabah said. “We went through life with interior ministry, which gives the right to the not know, and unfortunately history his compassion, love and care for us. He individual to join the Interior Ministry after did not document it. is the strength and example for us.” receiving a diploma and go through a two “When broadcast systems were down, My uncle Lt General Mohammad Al- year military course. I had finished two years we went to the house of Sheikh Yousuf in an example of sincerity and at Kuwait University, which could be consid- Mohammad Al-Yousuf in Salwa because hard work,” Sheikh Athbi added. “He is ered as a diploma and gives me the right to we could broadcast from there, as he is also an example of the loyal and loving join the military college. Yet, Sheikh Saad known to be a HAM radio hobbyist,” citizen of Kuwait and its people. Sheikh kept postponing our meeting, and eventual- Mustafa said. “We remained there for Mohammad Al-Yousuf cannot be ly told me that after two years when I finish two days before being ordered to leave. described by words about his fatherhood my university studies, I can come meet him The house was burned down soon and love for us. I pray to Almighty Allah (From left) Lt General Mohammad Al-Yousuf Al-Sabah with his because he wanted me to join the military afterwards.” to protect him and keep him for us.” father Sheikh Yousuf Al-Saud Al-Sabah and his son Saud. LOCAL SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

First Consulting Local Spotlight Services for Government Projects Forum (ENCON1) Kurdistan, kicks off today KUWAIT: The First Consulting Services for the open file Governmental Projects Forum (ENCON1) com- mences today at 7:00 pm at Al-Baraka Ballroom of Crowne Plaza hotel under the motto of ‘Towards Professional and Transparent Consulting Services.’ Engineer Magdy Sabry, the Executive Manager By Muna Al-Fuzai of the organizing com- pany NoufEXPO, was pleased to note that ENCON1 convenes under the Patronage of His Highness Sheikh ISTANBUL: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with Chairman of [email protected] Jaber Mubarak Al- the Turkish Limak Holding Company Nihat Ozdemir and his accompanying delegation in Istanbul. —KUNA Hamad Al-Sabah, the Prime Minister of the raqi Kurdistan, officially called the Kurdistan Region by State of Kuwait. He said Prime Minister hosts Turkey’s the Iraqi constitution, is a proto-state located in the that His Highness is Inorth of Iraq and constitutes the country’s only Engineer Magdy Sabry keen to support the ini- autonomous region, with Irbil as its recognized capital. tiatives that contribute Limak chairman in Istanbul This week, the subject of Kurdistan took headlines of Arab to the welfare and progress of Kuwait. Sabry said news outlets. The Ministerial Council of the Arab League issued a resolution rejecting the referendum on the inde- that he is delighted since Sheikh Mohammad ‘Kuwait eager to attract more investment from Turkey’ pendence of the Kurdistan region from Iraq at a time the Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, the Minister of Iraqi parliament voted on September 12 to reject the ref- State for Cabinet Affairs and the Acting Minister of ISTANBUL: His Highness the Prime erendum on the secession of the Kurdistan region. Information, will inaugurate the event represent- Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- The official spokesman of the Iraqi Foreign Ministry ing His Highness the Prime Minister. Hind Sabeeh Hamad Al-Sabah received Chairman of stated that the rejection came because the request is Barrak Al-Sabeeh, Minister of Social Affairs and Turkish Limak Holding company Nihat against the Iraqi constitution and to preserve the unity of Labor and Minister of State for Economic Affairs, Ozdemir and his accompanying delega- Iraq, especially that the state’s unity is a key factor for the will also deliver a keynote speech during the open- tion in Istanbul yesterday. The meeting security and stability of the region and the ability of its ing ceremony. Many government senior officials was attended by First Deputy Prime countries and peoples to confront terrorism. and leaders of key engineering and consulting Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs I think the independence of Kurdistan is not a dream or services firms are taking part in this event. This Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- illusion, but a file that has been open for years, and today, large, prestigious crowd is due to the invaluable Sabah, Director General of Kuwait Direct the Iraqi vote came to end all speculations and, probably, efforts of the Federation of Kuwaiti Engineering Investment Promotion Authority Sheikh hopes. Offices and Consultant Houses in cooperation with Dr Meshaal Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Massoud Barzani, head of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, and Kuwaiti Ambassador to Turkey the General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for said in a previous interview with the Washington Post that Ghassan Al-Zawawi. Limak is one of the establishing an independent state is the goal of the Planning and Development and the Central companies contributing to develop- Agency for Public Tenders. Kurdish revolution since its launch against former Iraqi ment schemes in Kuwait, and is current- President Saddam Hussein in the 1990s. The Kurdistan ly carrying out the new terminal project Democratic Party believes it is difficult to coexist between Unprecedented participation at Kuwait International Airport. Sabry said that ENCON1 succeeded in bringing the central governments in Baghdad and the region in Earlier yesterday, His Highness the Irbil due to the growing problems between the two par- a significant number of the most prestigious engi- Prime Minister received head of the del- ties on financial and oil dues, which prompts the Kurds to neering offices and consulting firms in Kuwait and egation of Kuwait Chamber of insist on complete secession from Iraq. But the crisis of the the region, as well as, all related government and Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Abdullah His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- disputed areas in the Nineveh Plain, Sinjar and Kirkuk will supervisory agencies. He attributed this to three Al-Homeidhi and delegation members Sabah meets with head of the delegation of Kuwait Chamber of Commerce stand in the way of the Kurdish dream. Clearly, the region main reasons. First, ENCON1 is the first of its kind in Istanbul. The meeting discussed the and Industry (KCCI) Abdullah Al-Homeidhi. wants to annex these areas to its borders, while Baghdad that brings together the public sector and the pri- role of Kuwait’s private sector in boost- refuses to give them up, which may prolong the period provides gateway for Kuwaiti investors awarded a $6.3 billion worth contract. vate sector, as well as, the supervisory agencies to ing trade with Turkey. The meeting was before the sun rises over the independent Kurdish state. to Europe, he noted. The State of Kuwait discuss how to boost efficiency of consulting serv- attended by Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, as I think the subject of the independence of Kurdistan is proud of open economic policy and Remarkable growth ices in government projects. Second, ENCON1 dis- well as Deputy Prime Minister and has two sides, the first supports independence and the deep-rooted relationship with Turkey Turkish minister of economy said the cusses the values of professionalism and trans- Minister of Finance Anas Al-Saleh, as other rejects the independence, and all have logical rea- which was strengthened by numerous economic partnership with Kuwait grew parency as the governing methodology that well as Minister of Commerce and sons. Yes, the Kurds have the right to hope to have an pacts in the economic and commercial remarkably in the recent years thanks to Industry and Acting Minister of State for independent state, and every people of the world have should be adopted in executing government proj- areas. The bilateral trade volume hit the top-level visit exchanges. Zeybekci Youth Affairs Khaled Al-Roudhan. the right of self-determination because they have suffered ects where consulting services form its base. Third, $1.28 billion last year with the Kuwaiti noted, in his address to the gathering, greatly from the former regime. the Forum convenes in the wake of launching exports to Turkey amounting to $846 that Turkish President Recep Tayyip More investment On the other hand, the current Iraqi regime sees that Kuwait’s National Development Plan 2035 to build million and the imports worth $431 mil- Erdogan plans to visit Kuwait soon and Roudhan on Friday called on Turkish the referendum is unconstitutional. The fact that Iraq is a New Kuwait. This long awaited plan promises a lion, the minister said, voicing hope that His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh investors to tap into the promising one unit, coupled with the argument that such request lot of prosperity to Kuwait and many organizations the trade volume will rise to $1.5 billion Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah will opportunities in his country’s economic threatens civil peace and regional security, besides being strive to be part of its success. by the end of 2017. Kuwait is Turkey’s visit Turkey in return. development plan. Kuwait’s plan to rejected by the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad, are justified Sabry concluded his statement by extending his largest investor from the Gulf region in Turkey strives to become the world’s become a regional commercial and too. The American, Iranian and Turkish stands were clear. thanks to all the sponsoring companies, namely, the real property sector. Kuwaiti second fastest growing economy after financial hub includes ambitious proj- All have different reasons. Everyone fears that the inde- ASTAD International, Gulf Consult, Dar SSH investors own more than 6,000 real its exports hit $170 billion, he said, voic- ects that provide ample opportunities pendence of the Kurds may be used against the regime in property, including 1,640 that were ing hope that the trade exchanges with International Consultants (SSHIC), Pan Arab for Turkish investors, he said. Baghdad. It was clear that the Arab countries too do not bought in 2016. Kuwait will grow further this year and Consulting Engineers (PACE), Osama Bukhamseen Roudhan made the comments in a support the division of Iraq and the independence of the Turkey is the 14th largest exporter to meet the aspirations of both sides. Design Engineering and Consultants, KEO speech to the Islamic Finance News Kurds because there are common borders and outstand- Kuwait in Q3-2016 with $120 million- Turkey and the Gulf Cooperation Council International Consultants (KEO), The Associated (IFN) Turkey Forum 2017. The forum, ing issues. The area already is facing many challenges right worth exports and the 15th largest (GCC) member states are working on a Engineering Partnership (TAEP), Projacs, Kuwait being held at Crowne Plaza Istanbul now. I believe that Iraq is going through difficult circum- importer from Kuwait with nearly $19 free trade agreement, Zeybekci added. United Development and Project Management Oryapark, gathered Kuwait’s Finance stances now in many aspects, especially in terms of com- million imports. A total of 280 Kuwaiti In later statements on the sidelines of Company (KUD), GEO International Environmental Minister Anas Al-Saleh, Turkish Minister bating terrorism and preserving of the country’s wealth investors do business in Turkey in addi- the forum, Roudhan praised Turkey as a Consultation Company, (GEO), Projects House (PH), of Economy Nihat Zeybekci and Board and borders. Therefore, preserving the unity of the coun- tion to 388 branches of Kuveyt-Turk strategic economic depth for Kuwait. and Linkage MENA. He extended his thanks also to Chairman of Borsa Istanbul Himmet try and the constitution are required, appropriate and Bank - a private joint venture of where He called on investors from the GCC all the participants from all government and Karadag as well as senior economic even wanted in these current situations, and I believe that Kuwait Finance House (KFH) has 62.24 states to seize the promising chances in decision-makers and business leaders the timing of the discussion is not proper to give the supervisory agencies, and the organizing teams of percent stake. the fast-growing economy of Turkey. from both countries. The Kuwaiti- Kurds what they want or wish. the Federation of Kuwaiti Engineering Offices and The total value of Kuwaiti direct The Kuwaiti minister lauded the out- Turkish relations are posed to open new I think that the international consensus to reject the Consultant Houses and NoufEXPO for their investment in Turkey amounts to $1.7 comes of the recent visit to Ankara by horizons for the partnership marked referendum was correct, and this may not be what the months’ long efforts and hard work. He finally wel- billion, the minister went on. On the His Highness the Prime Minister of with prosperity and mutual benefit Kurds want to hear now, but I guess consideration of the comed Kuwait’s visitors who came from abroad other hand, Turkish companies invest in Kuwait Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- thanks to the huge potentials of both subject will remain open, talks will not stop and the and wished everybody a nice stay and a successful 30 projects in Kuwait, including the Hamad Al-Sabah, noting that economic economies, Roudhan said. Kurdish file will not close any sooner, at least from the event full of networking and business develop- project to upgrade Kuwait International issues featured prominently on the Turkey enjoys a resilient economy Kurds’ side. ment opportunities. and unique geographical location that Airport where Limak Construction was agenda of the visit. —KUNA Germany praises Kuwaiti initiative on Gulf crisis MEPs laud Kuwait’s role as regional mediator

BERLIN/BRUSSELS: German Chancellor Angela Chancellor Merkel viewed positively Qatar’s and discussed with them ways to strengthen ties Merkel and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin readiness to sit at the negotiating table to find a and cooperation between Kuwait and the Hamad Al-Thani lauded the Kuwaiti initiative for settlement to the issue, hoping that a funda- European Parliament. “The purpose of my meet- resolving the Gulf crisis. The German mental solution would be reached. The Qatari ings with the MEPs was to find ways to enhance Government supports His Highness the Amir Emir expressed support for the Kuwaiti efforts Kuwait’s relationship with the European Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s and gratitude to the chancellor for her backing Parliament and discuss issues of common inter- efforts for solving the crisis, said Merkel at a joint at this level, too. ests and find common grounds on regional and news conference with the Sheikh Tamim on Meanwhile, a number of European lawmakers international issues,” he said. He met the MEPs Friday. expressed their great admiration for Kuwait’s from the biggest political groups including the BRUSSELS: Kuwait’s Ambassador to Belgium, European Union, and Luxembourg, Berlin, she added, would continue to encour- roles as regional mediator and global humani- European Peoples Party (EPP), the Socialists and Jasem Al-Budaiwi meets with a Member of the European Parliament. —KUNA age the Kuwaiti leadership to pursue the media- tarian player during a series of meetings with Democrats (S&D), the Liberals (ALDE), the tion efforts, also underlining necessity to find a Kuwait’s Ambassador to Belgium, European European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR). peaceful solution to the crisis, involving Qatar on Union, and Luxembourg, Jasem Al-Budaiwi. They were all very aware of Kuwait’s role in one side and Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Ambassador Budaiwi said that he met seven helping countries like Syria, Yemen, and Iraq and Egypt on the other. Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) other nations in need, he noted. “They praised Kuwait’s democratic process, its human rights record, its constitution, its freedom of speech. It was a very positive meeting which set the ground for developing bilateral relations,” stressed Ambassador Budaiwi. Ambassador Budaiwi and the MEPs also dis- cussed Kuwait’s Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement with the European Union and how the EP can play a role in implementing this important agreement and making good use of it. “The common view that I heard from every- body was how to enhance the cooperation between Kuwait and the European Parliament. They also expressed their wish to visit Kuwait as soon as the opportunity was given,” he said. Ambassador Budaiwi briefed the MEPs on Kuwait’s good relations in the political, econom- ic, military, energy, and educational fields with all the 28 EU member states. He said over 3,000 Kuwaiti students were studying in European uni- versities. The MEPs also expressed interest in sending delegations from their political groups to visit Kuwait to meet the leadership, govern- BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani ment officials and parliamentarians to enhance shake hands at a joint news conference. —KUNA Kuwait-Europe ties. —KUNA SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 LOCAL

In Brief Anti-law act WHO forum Travel ban lifted ANKARA: A Turkish court has allowed Abdallah Al- KUWAIT: The national competition protection KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health (MoH) will partake Shatti, a Kuwaiti citizen, to depart the country agency said yesterday it is investigating audio record in the World Health Organization’s third international while court proceedings take their course, the attributed to the owner of a maids’ employment challenge forum due in Oman today. Dr Buthaina Al- Kuwaiti embassy in Ankara said on Friday. Shatti, office urging fellow businessmen to abstain from Mudhaf, in charge of quality health care at the MoH, who was released by Turkish authorities last week, lowering services’ costs. Nayef Al-Lafi, the depart- said that the forum would tackle medical issues was allowed to return home at the first session of ment’s head, said in a statement that punitive action namely medicines’ side-effects. The gathering aims his trial, and a travel ban imposed upon him has is being sought for the act is harmful to competition at limiting harm caused by misuse of drugs world- been lifted. In the case of an emergency, the and breaks the competition protection laws. It is also wide, she said, noting that many patients suffer from embassy urged citizens to contact its hotline (+90) against free competition, he added. — KUNA such harm per year, in addition to thousands of fatal- 533-164-84-79. — KUNA ities due to the erroneous usage of drugs. —KUNA

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KUWAIT: People watch the sunset at a beach in Kuwait City. Local meteorologists say that Kuwait’s long and hot summer officiallyconcludes on September 22 this year. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Australia, Kuwait eager to bolster academic ties: Ambassador CANBERRA: In light of the visit by top Australian academics to Kuwait, Ambassador Najeb Al-Bader said yesterday that his country and Australia were eager to boost coop- eration within the educational and academic domains. Ambassador Bader indicated that Chancellor of the Australian National University (ANU) Professor Gareth Evans, accompanied by Director of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies and Professor of Political Science at the ANU Amin Saikal, are in Kuwait to discuss cooperation with local officials and academics. Chancellor Evans will also deliver a lecture focusing on problems and crises in the twenty first century, said the Ambassador who added that the delegation would depart on September 18. The ANU was estab- lished in 1946 in the capital Canberra. It is considered as one of the presti- CANBERRA: Kuwaiti Ambassador Najeb Al- gious universities in Australia and the Bader (right) meets with Chancellor of the only academic facility created by the Australian National University (ANU) country’s parliament. — KUNA Professor Gareth Evans. — KUNA Audit Bureau says US visit KUWAIT: The Kuwait Dive Team participate in the International Coastal Cleanup campaign through a cleanup of Al-Salam beach in Shuwaikh. — KUNA was to gain expertise WASHINGTON: Acting Chairman for the ambitions and the challenges facing the Dive Team joins Int’l State Audit Bureau of Kuwait Adel Al-Saraawi country’s auditing body in training its said yesterday that his visit to Washington employees. aimed to benefit from the expertise of similar Meanwhile, the World Bank expressed Coastal Cleanup efforts bodies around the world. Kuwait is on the readiness to provide Kuwait with many verge of switching from the traditional audit- aspects of its own expertise on the matter, he KUWAIT: The Kuwait Dive Team joined millions munity in Kuwait and the US boy scouts, with encourage others to do the same. The volun- ing methodology to Risk-based Internal Audit said. Saraawi’s trip to the US also saw him visit around the world yesterday to take part in the support from the Kuwait Municipality, he said. teers seek to focus on vital areas of Kuwait’s (RBIA), including audits based on information the US Government Accountability Office International Coastal Cleanup campaign, Beach cleanups conducted by the Kuwait Dive marine environment consisting coral reefs, technology and service assurance, in order to (GAO), where he was witness to the body’s through a cleanup of Al-Salam beach in Team, aimed at increasing environmental islands and the Kuwait Bay, north of Kuwait City. improve monitoring services in the country. role in conducting the High Risk List - a bien- Shuwaikh. awareness, have resurfaced due to the In 2009, the National Association of A timeframe between 2018 and 2020 has nial report which highlights state bodies and The endeavor is part of the team of volun- improvement of weather conditions, men- Underwater Instructors (NAUI Worldwide) pre- been set for the plans, he said, which have programs that face the risk of fraud, waste, teers’ contribution to social responsibility and tioned Fadhel. sented the Kuwait Dive Team with the been praised by US counterparts, whom have abuse or mismanagement. marine life preservation, Kuwait Dive Team Its objectives are to carry out activities aimed Environmental Enrichment Award for their vol- pledged to meet with the Kuwaitis on an Kuwait’s State Audit Bureau is extremely Leader Waleed Al-Fadhel said. Others have at protecting and rehabilitating the marine untary activities in protecting and rehabilitat- annual basis and offer workshops and expert- keen to benefit from global expertise, and has joined the efforts, including the Filipino com- environment for future generations and to ing marine environments. — KUNA ise exchange forums. Expertise delivered at increased its interactions with other countries. these forums will focus on four major topics, This month alone, Saraawi said Kuwaiti repre- said Saraawi, including IT auditing, oil and gas sentatives held meetings, in the aim of techni- excavation, risk assessment and performance cal cooperation, with their counterparts from measurement indicators. China, India and South Korea. In China, they This exchange will bring Kuwait up to par discussed developing staff potentials, while with advanced countries in the field of audit- talks in India focused on IT auditing and the ing, he mentioned. On the conclusion of his Orange Book evaluation system along with two-day visit, he said he met with World Bank discussions in South Korea on auditing related representatives, whom he briefed on Kuwait’s to construction projects. —KUNA

WASHINGTON: Acting Chairman for the State Audit Bureau of Kuwait Adel Al-Saraawi attends a meeting during his visit to US audit and accounting apparatuses. — KUNA SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 LOCAL Program to help Kuwaiti graduates join private sector

By Meshaal Al-Enezi

KUWAIT: The Manpower and Government Restructuring Program (MGRP) signed an agree- ment recently with the National Union of Kuwaiti Students (NUKS) to provide Kuwaitis graduating from local and foreign universities with enough training and skills in order to meet the local labor market’s demands and encour- age more Kuwaitis to join the private sector. In this regard, MGRP Secretary General Fawzi KUWAIT: Deputy General Manager - Retail Banking at KFH Khaled Al-Subaie, and Al-Majdali said that MGRP is happy to invite the Amani Al-Merri from MGRP pose with the trainees. unions to activities, workshops and seminars it organizes in Kuwait and abroad, in addition to determining the local market needs for certain KFH holds training degrees and certificates. Majdali added that MGRP would coordinate with various unions abroad to facilitate stu- KUWAIT: MGRP Secretary General Fawzi Al-Majdali (left) and NUKS Secretary General Falah for new recruits dents’ participation in various activities and, Al-Ajmi sign the agreement. — Photo by Meshaal Al-Enezi provide MGRP with lists of outstanding stu- KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) globally, thus providing more opportuni- dents wishing to work in the private sector. nursing services’ manager of abusively dealing nurses to have them fail. He also warned that inaugurated a training program for 12 new ties for career development and acquiring Meanwhile, NUKS Secretary General Falah Al- with nurses, adding that she had deliberately nurses plan to go on strike unless their prob- recruits in order to raise their bar, enrich new skill in all fields. Ajmi thanked MGRP for its support to Kuwaiti set hard admission exams for GCC and bedoon lems were solved. their banking knowledge and put them on Meanwhile, Amani Al-Merri, an official graduates as well as to national economic track to be well equipped and prepared to at the National Labor Force Development development. assume the responsibility of optimally Department at Manpower and Separately, Majdali issued a directive for serving customers. Government Restructuring Program MGRP employees on cancelling all exemptions Committee discusses expats Deputy General Manager - Retail (MGRP) praised KFH in recognition of its from having to use the fingerprint system to Banking at KFH, Khaled Al-Subaie said dur- efforts in training the national labor check in and out, except those for employees health fee increase exemptions ing the opening ceremony of the training through comprehensive training plans, with severe or mental disabilities who provide program which was attended by several hailing its commitment towards qualifying certificates from the Public Authority for the By A Saleh Interior Ministry to drop charges against the officers from KFH and the Manpower and and honing the skills of its human Disabled about their disabilities. Majdali added fake passport holders and return their previous Government Restructuring Program that resources. that the decision would take effect by the KUWAIT: The parliament’s health affairs com- legal statuses, said informed sources, noting KFH is keen on enhancing the skills and She expressed, on the sidelines of inau- beginning of October. mittee meets today to discuss reducing the that the ministry already has documents prov- capabilities as per the highest levels of gurating the training program, her pride of scope of exemptions from increased fees on ing that the individuals in question belong to training theoretically and practically. He Kuwaitis working at the private sector, Nurses’ problems health service presented to expatriates, which some neighboring countries. reiterated that customer service must be affirming MGRP’s support for the Kuwaiti Kuwait Nursing Society’s Chairman Bandar will start in October 1, 2017. The panel’s meet- taken to the highest levels as per the high- nationals in collaboration and coordination Nashmi Al-Enezi urged His Highness the Prime ing agenda also includes discussing the latest Panic est service quality standards, thus assuring with KFH and the private sector in general. Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah to regarding its ongoing investigations in Ministry MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaie urged the govern- that KFH was the leading institution in pro- It is worth noting that the 5-week pro- immediately interfere to put an end to the ‘dis- of Health violations, parliamentary sources said. ment not to panic after a number of MPs threat- viding highly sophisticated banking prod- gram includes training courses and work- appointment’ he accused the Ministry of Health Meanwhile, the parliament’s human rights ened to grill several ministers. Tabtabaie also ucts and services. shops on banking products, such as; bank- of causing to nursing staffs through its deci- committee will meet today to resume dis- referred to some reports claiming that there are Subaie urged trainees to always devel- ing cards, bank accounts, deposits, letters sions, and warned that many nurses have cussing the issue concerning fake passports intentions to change four or five ministers, but op their skills, acquire new skills and bene- of guarantee, and KFH eservices. In addi- already threatened to resign. that some bedoons (stateless residents) report- he denied knowing whether a reshuffle would fit from KFH distinguished work atmos- tion, the program tackles subjects on Enezi added that many head nurses in vari- edly obtained in order to legalize their status. be considered, especially since some ministers phere. He indicated that KFH is a major sharia basics, counterfeiting and fraud, IT ous hospitals had been ignoring the health The panel seeks to find a resolution to the ‘were not up to the responsibilities of their Islamic financial institution locally and systems, etc. minister’s decision on giving nurses two weekly problem that ensures protecting the bedoons’ posts.’ Furthermore, he noted that the perform- days off, and that many nurses had been reshuf- basic rights. ance of all ministers, including the premier him- fled according to ‘wasta’ (connections). Notably, the committee has been urging the self, was below bar. Two women drown Furthermore, Enezi accused that current in Sabah Al-Salem

By Hanan Al-Saadoun use to explain how they operate to help road users avoid legal accountability. KUWAIT: Two Egyptian women (30 and 32) recently drowned in a swimming Fires pool in Sabah Al-Salem, said security A fire broke out recently in a 10-story sources, noting that the two victims building in Salmiya used by the Ministry worked for a private hospital in the area. of Education to house female teachers, A case was filed and further investiga- said security sources, noting that fire- tions are in progress. men rushed to the scene and found out that the fire was in a kitchen on the sec- Traffic cameras ond floor. The whole building was evac- The total number of speeding vio- uated and the fire was controlled with- lations detected by new traffic cam- out reporting any casualties. eras starting from July 16th untill Meanwhile, a fire broke out in a 12-story September 11th was 32,941, said building in Mirqab, said security Major General Fahad Al-Showayye, the sources, noting that on reporting to the Interior Ministry’s Acting Assistant scene, firemen found out that the fire Undersecretary for Traffic Affairs. He started in a warehouse of a dentist’s added that 915 expats were deported, clinic in the third floor. The building was while 54,166 vehicles and 950 bikes evacuated and one person was rescued were impounded in 2016. Meanwhile, after suffering from smoke inhalation. A 117 expats were deported, and 12,028 case was filed and further investigations vehicles and 622 bikes were impound- are in progress to determine the cause ed in the period of January 1 till July of the fire. 29, 2017. In addition, Showayye said that 1,505 owners of vehicles with Crackdowns GCC license plates were summoned Farwaniya municipality’s acting over committing 97,000 indirect traf- cleaning department manager Soud Al- fic violations. Harbi said that his teams had recently Meanwhile, the Interior Ministry’s removed 23 abandoned vehicles in Relations and Security Media Director Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh, Farwaniya, Reqqae, Brigadier Adel Al-Hashash said that a Omariya and Ashbeliya. He added that media awareness campaign was organ- seven cafes and stores were also fined ized before the new cameras were put in for illegal use of public property lands.

KUWAIT: Manager of the Alumni and Career Placement Center at ACK Dr Zeina Nehme poses with the interns. ACK receives award of appreciation from Alghanim Industries for their efforts

KUWAIT: Representatives from the the Alumni and Career Placement Center at Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) attend- ACK, Dr Zeina Nehme said; “We would like ed the Alghanim Industries Internship to thank Alghanim Industries for giving Graduation Ceremony, which was held ACK students and alumni a great opportu- recently at the JW Marriott hotel for its nity to gain exposure to the real world, out- summer interns who completed an inten- side of the classroom experience. Our uni- sive four week program in July 2017. ACK versity students were able to work in teams received an award in recognition of its con- with students from multiple universities in tinuous support towards the Alghanim Kuwait and abroad. It was indeed a great Industries summer interns this year. pleasure, and a wonderful learning experi- Commenting on the award, Manager of ence for all of our participants.” SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 Catalan mayors defy Spanish courts ahead Iran recruits Pakistani, Afghan Shiites to fight in Syria of independence vote Page 7 Page 8

BALUKHALI: Rohingya Muslims, who recently crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, attack a suspected child trafficker near Balukhali refugee camp, Bangladesh. Thousands of Rohingya are continuing to stream across the border, with UN officials and others demanding that Myanmar halt what they describe as a campaign of ethnic cleansing that has driven nearly 400,000 Rohingya to flee in the past three weeks. — AP Myanmar accused of violating Bangladesh airspace Bangladesh fumes, summons Myanmar envoy

COX’S BAZAR: Bangladeshi authorities sum- Bangladesh “needs to understand that as well.” An Myanmar from Bangladesh. Rights groups like moned Myanmar’s envoy to protest what they exodus of up to 400,000 Rohingya Muslims Amnesty International and Human Rights watch said were violations of their airspace amid an exo- began Aug. 25 when Myanmar’s military have said that they have evidence that Myanmar dus of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in west- launched “clearance operations” in Rakhine state troops were systematically targeting and setting ern Myanmar. Myanmar’s presidential spokesman following deadly Aug 25 attacks by a Rohingya Rohingya villages on fire over the last three weeks. yesterday said there’s no evidence of any tres- insurgent group on police posts. Those fleeing UN agencies fear continued violence in passing and that Dhaka should have reached out have described as indiscriminate attacks by secu- Myanmar may eventually drive up to 1 million to discuss its concerns instead of issuing public rity forces and Buddhist mobs. Rohingya into Bangladesh. As hundreds of thou- statements. The Myanmar government says hundreds have sands of Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh, The Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs died, mostly Rohingya “terrorists,” and that 176 out relief camps are overflowing and food, medicine said Friday that Myanmar drones and helicopters of 471 Rohingya villages have been abandoned. and drinking water has been in short supply. flew into Bangladeshi airspace on Sunday, Myanmar has insisted that Rohingya insurgents Mohammed Shahriar Alam, Bangladesh’s junior Tuesday and Thursday. It said a protest note was and fleeing villagers themselves are destroying foreign minister, said yesterday that India, Turkey, handed to Myanmar’s envoy Friday evening. their villages. It has offered no proof to back these Morocco, Indonesia, Iran and Malaysia have Bangladesh warned that the “provocative acts” charges. The UN has described the violence already sent relief and the goods are waiting in could lead to consequences. In Yangon, presiden- against the Rohingya in Myanmar as ethnic an airport in nearby Chittagong. He said more aid tial spokesman Zaw Htay said that while cleansing - a term that describes an organized was also expected to come via ships soon. Myanmar’s military denied crossing into effort to rid an area of an ethnic group by dis- “The United Nations and many other private Bangladesh’s airspace, the matter was being placement, deportation or killing. Ethnic Rohingya organizations are working there to support hun- investigated. “We don’t know exactly if they have faced persecution and discrimination in dreds of thousands who are in dire need of assis- GUMDHUM: Rohingya Muslim refugee carry supplies through the Jalpatoli refugee camp released that statement for political reasons,” he majority-Buddhist Myanmar for decades and are tance,” said Khaled Mahmud, a top official in Cox’s in the ‘no mans land’ between Myanmar and Bangladesh in Gumdhum district yesterday. said of Bangladesh’s protest. denied citizenship, even though many families Bazar. He acknowledged that aid distribution Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina headed for the UN General Assembly yesterday He added that Myanmar was “transporting have lived there for generations. The government remained haphazard three weeks into the crisis. to plead for global help coping with the Rohingya crisis, as the refugee deluge escaping a rations for displaced people for emergency assis- says there is no such ethnicity as Rohingya and “Our work must be very organized and systemat- crackdown in Myanmar topped 400,000. — AFP tance” to areas close to the border and that say they are Bengalis who illegally migrated to ic,” he said. “We are working on that.” — AP Warplanes pound US-backed militia

BEIRUT: US-backed militias said they came between the competing world powers. bank, seizing factories from Islamic State mili- under attack yesterday from Russian jets and The offensives have converged on Islamic tants, he said. “We have requested explana- Syrian government forces in Deir Al-Zor State from opposite sides of the Euphrates riv- tions from the Russian government,” he told province, a flashpoint in an increasingly com- er, which bisects oil-rich Deir Al-Zor, Islamic Reuters. “We have asked for explanations from plex battlefield. The Syrian Democratic Forces State’s last major foothold in Syria. Syrian the coalition ... and necessary action to stop (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias troops with Iran-backed militias have closed in these jets. fighting with the US-led military coalition, said from the west since last week, while the SDF The strikes came a day after Khawla said his the strikes wounded six of its fighters. advances from the east. Russian and US battles fighters would not let Syrian government Washington and Moscow are backing separate against Islamic State in Syria have mostly forces cross the Euphrates. On Friday, he offensives in the Syrian conflict - with both stayed out of each other’s way, with the warned the army and its allies against firing at sides advancing against Islamic State militants Euphrates often acting as a dividing line. SDF positions across the river - which he said in the eastern region that borders Iraq. Talks have been under way to extend a for- they had done in recent days. The Russian for- “Our forces east of the Euphrates were hit mal demarcation line, officials have said. In eign ministry said units of the Syrian army had with an attack from the Russian aircraft and June, the SDF accused the Syrian army of already crossed. A senior aide to President Syrian regime forces, targeting our units in the bombing its positions in Raqqa province and Bashar Al-Assad said the government would industrial zone,” the SDF said in a statement. the United States shot down a Syrian govern- fight any force, including the US-backed mili- The SDF accused Damascus of trying to ment warplane. tias, to recapture the entire country. “I’m not obstruct its battle against Islamic State. Such saying this will happen tomorrow ... but this is attacks “waste energies that should be used Across the river the strategic intent,” Bouthaina Shaaban said in UQAYRIBAT, Syria: Photo shows a general view of destruction, in the town of Uqayribat in against terrorism ... and open the door to side Ahmed Abu Khawla, the commander of the a TV interview. Syria’s eastern Hama countryside. — AFP conflicts,” it said. There was no immediate com- SDF’s Deir al-Zor military council, said Russian The US-led coalition said last week that the attacks yesterday from the southern corner of Zor inside Iraq. Islamic State’s declaration in ment from the Syrian government or Moscow. or Syrian fighter jets flew in from government- SDF did not plan to enter Deir Al-Zor city, Deir Al-Zor province to drive Islamic State from 2014 of a “caliphate” spanning both countries The assaults by the Russian-backed Syrian held territory before dawn. The warplanes where Syrian troops recently broke an Islamic the Iraqi border. Islamic State is also coming effectively collapsed in July, when an Iraqi army and the US-backed SDF have at times struck as the SDF waged “heated and bloody State siege that had lasted three years. under attack by US-backed Iraqi government offensive captured Mosul, the militants’ capital raised fears of clashes that could stoke tensions battles” in the industrial zone on the eastern A pro-Damascus military alliance launched forces just over the border from Syria’s Deir Al- in Iraq. — Reuters SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 INTERNATIONAL

Singaporeans protest against uncontested election

SINGAPORE: Hundreds of Singaporeans, most dressed in three years and was declared elected after nominations black, held a silent protest yesterday against an uncontested closed on Wednesday. The stringent eligibility rules include a presidential election this week in which applications from stipulation that a candidate from the private sector should four candidates were rejected. Political protests are rare in have headed a company with paid-up capital of at least the wealthy city-state but the election of Halimah Yacob, a S$500 million ($370 million). Organizers of yesterday’s former speaker of parliament, as the country’s first woman protest said it was silent as speeches that touched on race president had led to some dismay over how other prospec- and religion would have needed a police permit. tive candidates were rejected. Tan Cheng Bock, who lost the previous presidential elec- “ROBBED OF AN ELECTION #NotMyPresident”, read a ban- tion in 2011, said in a Facebook post: “It is not President ner at the entrance to the park where the protest was held, a Halimah as a person that Singaporeans are unhappy about. venue called Speakers’ Corner, which has been designated It is about the way our government has conducted this as the site in the city for people to air their views. “We care whole walkover presidential election.” Displays of dissent are about the country and where it’s heading toward,” said 22- unusual in Singapore, one of the richest and most politically year-old Anna, who declined to give her last name. stable countries in the world. It has been ruled by the “This is an issue that I feel especially strongly about,” she People’s Action Party (PAP) since independence in 1965 and said, adding that the power of authorities “had gone the current Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, is the son of the unchecked”. She said it was the first time she had attended a country’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew. protest. If the election had been held, all citizens above the In the 2015 general election - held months after the age of 21 would have been eligible to vote. Aiming to death of Lee Kuan Yew - the PAP won almost 70 per cent of strengthen a sense of inclusivity, multicultural Singapore the popular vote and swept all but six of parliament’s 89 had decreed the presidency, a largely ceremonial six-year seats. But it was the third gathering of so many people at the post, would be reserved for candidates from the minority Speakers’ Corner since the beginning of July. The annual Pink Malay community this time. Dot gay pride rally drew thousands of people to the site on SINGAPORE: Singapore’s former presidential candidate Tan Cheng Bock (center), Of the four other applicants for the presidency, two were July 1. And in mid-July, a protest was held at the venue call- who lost narrowly in the previous election, is mobbed by supporters at Hong Lim not Malays and two were not qualified to contest, the elec- ing for an independent inquiry into whether Lee abused his Park in Singapore yesterday. Hundreds of Singaporeans angered by the walkover tions department said on Monday. Halimah had automati- power in a battle with his siblings over what to do with their victory of its first female president gathered in a downtown park yesterday for a cally qualified because she held a senior public post for over late father’s house.— Reuters ‘silent sit-in’ in a rare political protest denouncing the lack of an election. — AFP EU-US data pact faces first test of credibility Privacy Shield in force for a year

BRUSSELS: A pact underpinning billions of dol- and that the US administration is keeping its part The Privacy Shield allows firms to move data lars of transatlantic data transfers will undergo its of the deal. “My expectation is that we will find across the Atlantic without relying on such con- first annual review tomorrow, with Europe seek- Privacy Shield functioning, we might find some tracts, known as model clauses, which are more ing to ensure Washington has lived up to its space or room for improvement,” Vera Jourova, cumbersome and expensive. Over 2,400 compa- promises to protect the data of European citizens EU Justice Commissioner, told Reuters in an nies are signed up to the scheme including stored on US servers. Feted as a milestone in interview. Alphabet Inc’s Google, Facebook and Microsoft. transatlantic relations, which had soured after “Virtually every transaction in the trillion-euro revelations of mass US surveillance four years Ombudsman transatlantic trade relationship, from the move- ago, the EU-US Privacy Shield data pact has been The Privacy Shield seeks to strengthen the ment of services and capital to the movement of in place for just over a year. protection of Europeans whose data is moved to goods and people, heavily relies on the transfer It was hammered out after the European US servers by giving EU citizens greater means to of data between the EU and US,” said Thomas Union’s top court struck down a previous data seek redress in case of disputes, including Boue, Director General, Policy, EMEA for BSA, transfer pact in 2015 because it allowed US spies through a new privacy ombudsman within the which represents the likes of Apple, Microsoft excessive access to people’s data, plunging every- State Department who will deal with complaints and IBM. day cross-border data transfers into legal limbo. from EU citizens about US spying. However a The Commission is also seeking to find out However, it is already subject to two legal chal- new ombudsman has not been appointed under figures for how many requests for people’s data lenges in European courts on the grounds that it the new US administration, something Jourova companies had received from US authorities. does not offer adequate privacy protections for said she will push for. Companies wanting to “The million dollar question was how many times European citizens’ data, and EU data protection transfer Europeans’ personal data outside the they were asked by the national secret service,” watchdogs have also expressed misgivings. bloc have to comply with tough EU data protec- Jourova said. “This is of big relevance for assess- The first annual review taking place tomorrow tion rules which forbid them from transferring ing whether Privacy Shield is successful.” The and Tuesday will be an opportunity for the personal data to countries deemed to have inad- Commission will produce a report with its con- European Commission, which negotiated the equate privacy protections unless they have spe- clusions on the review of the Privacy Shield in Privacy Shield, to ensure it is functioning well cial legal contracts in place. October. — Reuters KABUL: An Afghan Shiite man kisses the holy mace for blessings at the Karti Sakhi shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan. — AP Iran recruiting Pakistani and Afghan Shiites to fight in Syria

ISLAMABAD: Thousands of Shiite Muslims from Islamic State in Khorasan province. IS has claimed several Afghanistan and Pakistan are being recruited by Iran to brutal attacks on the country’s Shiite community, sending fight with President Bashar Al-Assad’s forces in Syria, lured suicide bombers to shrines they frequent, killing scores of by promises of housing, a monthly salary of up to $600 and devotees. the possibility of employment in Iran when they return, say In Pakistan, sectarian rivalries routinely erupt in vio- counterterrorism officials and analysts. These fighters, who lence. The usual targets are the country’s minority Shiites, have received public praise from Iran’s supreme leader making them willing recruits, said Toumaj. The most fertile Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, even have their own brigades, but recruitment ground for Iran has been Parachinar, the counterterrorism officials in both countries worry about the regional capital of the Khurram tribal region, that borders mayhem they might cause when they return home to Afghanistan, he said. There, Shiites have been targeted by countries already wrestling with a major militant problem. suicide bombings carried out by Sunni militants, who Amir Toumaj, Iran research analyst at the US-based revile Shiites as heretics. Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, said the num- ber of fighters is fluid but as many as 6,000 Afghans are Suicide bombings fighting for Assad, while the number of Pakistanis, who In June, two suicide bombings in rapid succession killed fight under the banner of the Zainabayoun Brigade, is in nearly 70 people prompting nationwide demonstrations, the hundreds. In Afghanistan, stepped-up attacks on with protesters carrying banners shouting: “Stop the geno- minority Shiites claimed by the upstart Islamic State group cide of Shiites.” A Pakistani intelligence official, who spoke affiliate known as Islamic State in the Khorasan Province on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to could be payback against Afghan Shiites in Syria fighting speak to the media, said recruits are also coming from under the banner of the Fatimayoun Brigade, Toumaj said. northern Gilgit and Baltistan. Recruiters are often Shiite clerics with ties to Iran, some of whom have studied in sem- Expecting blowback inaries in Iran’s Qom and Mashhad cities, said a second Khorasan is an ancient name for an area that included Pakistani official, who also spoke on condition he not be parts of Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia. identified because he still operates in the area and expos- “People were expecting blowback,” said Toumaj. IS “itself ing his identity would endanger him. has its own strategy to inflame sectarian strife.” Shiites in Yet fighters sign up for many reasons. Some are inspired Afghanistan are frightened. Worshippers at a recent Friday to go to Syria to protect sites considered holy to Shiite prayer service said Shiite mosques in the Afghan capital, Muslims, like the shrine honoring Sayyida Zainab, the including the largest, Ibrahim Khalil mosque, were barely a granddaughter of Islam’s Prophet Muhammed. Located in third full. Previously on Fridays - the Islamic holy day - the the Syrian capital of Damascus, the shrine was attacked by faithful were so many that the overflow often spilled out on Syrian rebels in 2013. Others sign up for the monthly the street outside the mosque. stipend and the promise of a house. For those recruited Mohammed Naim, a Shiite restaurant owner in Kabul from among the more than 1 million Afghan refugees still issued a plea to Iran: “Please don’t send the poor Afghan living in Iran it’s often the promise of permanent residence Shiite refugees to fight in Syria because then Daesh attacks in Iran. For Shiites in Pakistan’s Parachinar it is outrage at directly on Shiites,” he said, using an Arabic acronym for the relentless attacks by Sunni militants that drives them to the Islamic State. Pakistan has also been targeted by the sign up for battle in Syria, said Toumaj. — AP

Prosecutor renews interest in Long Island serial killer case

MINEOLA: For years, the thicket along a beach high- on developing leads. Any suggestion that Bittrolff had way on Long Island held a horrible secret. Hidden from anything to do with the dead women is “laughable,” said passing drivers were the skeletal remains of 10 people, his lawyer, Jonathan Manley. Even a lawyer for the family mostly young women who had worked as prostitutes. of one of those linked to the case expressed skepticism. Who killed them, and why, is a mystery that has vexed “To stir this pot when there’s no evidence is looking to a slew of seasoned homicide detectives. The case took easily blame a convicted killer and not have to perform an intriguing turn when a veteran county prosecutor the investigation that is required,” said John Ray, an became the first authority to publicly name a suspect attorney for the family of Shannan Gilbert, whose disap- in at least one of the deaths: John Bittrolff, a Long pearance in 2010 several miles from Gilgo Beach trig- Island carpenter who was sentenced to consecutive 25 gered the hunt that exposed the larger mystery. Gilbert, years-to-life terms in prison this week for beating two a 24-year-old sex worker, vanished in spring 2010 after prostitutes to death in 1993 and 1994. leaving a client’s house on foot and disappearing into Robert Biancavilla, an assistant district attorney in the marsh. Suffolk County, said after the sentencing that some of Months later, a police officer and his cadaver dog the remains found near Gilgo Beach “may be attributed were looking for her body in the thicket along Ocean to the handiwork of Mr Bittrolff.” If authorities have evi- Parkway when they happened upon the remains of a dence to back up their suspicions, though, they aren’t different woman. Within days, three other bodies were saying. Biancavilla declined to elaborate. Suffolk County found, all within a short walk of one another. By spring police officials declined to comment. They last spoke 2011, that number had climbed to 10 sets of human publicly about the case nearly two years ago when they remains - those of eight women, one man and one tod- announced detectives were working with FBI profilers dler - all found along several miles of parkway. — AP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 INTERNATIONAL 700 Catalan mayors back holding independence vote BARCELONA: More than 700 mayors police force is under orders to arrest the from Catalonia met yesterday in mayors if they refuse to appear for ques- Barcelona in a show of strength amid tioning in an investigation into the vote, pressure from Spain’s central govern- which Spain’s constitutional court has ment not to hold an independence refer- suspended, State Prosecutor Jose endum for the northeastern region. Manuel Maza’s office said. The order puts Political tensions in Spain are increas- regional police in the uneasy position of ing as the proposed voting date of Oct 1 carrying out commands from Madrid in nears. The Catalan government has been their own towns and cities. scrambling to push forward the vote, If mayors and their municipalities despite the central government’s warn- cannot help organize the balloting, ings that local municipalities are not the independence vote is unlikely to allowed to use public buildings for it and proceed. mayors can be legally prosecuted for it. On Friday, Spain’s central authorities Hundreds of mayors stood yesterday announced they have increased their next to regional President Carles control over Catalonia’s regional spend- Puigdemont and Barcelona Mayor Ada ing to make sure that no funds are Colau in Barcelona, the capital and main diverted to paying for the independence city in the region. referendum “We will not be intimidated. This is The prosperous Catalonia region gen- not about independence, it’s about our erates a fifth of the country’s 1.1-trillion rights,” said Colau. Puigdemont thanked euro economy. It enjoys ample self-gov- the mayors for not backing down and ernment, running its own police, and has insisted that most Catalans are deter- considerable powers over health and BARCELONA: Catalan regional vice-president and chief of Economy and Finance, Oriol Junqueras (CL), President of the mined to press ahead despite the ban. education. Taxes, foreign affairs, defense Catalan Government Carles Puigdemont (center) and president of the Catalan parliament Carme Forcadell (CR) stand as “Do not underestimate the Catalan and infrastructures are in the hands of Catalan pro-referendum mayors raise their staffs of command during a demonstration yesterday.—AFP people,” he warned. Catalonia’s regional Spain’s central authorities.—AP Desperate Europe-bound migrants turn to Black Sea Emergence of a new ‘Romanian route’ to western Europe ?

NOCOSIA: While the arrival of exhausted migrants may be common on Mediterranean shores, it’s a rare sight on the Black Sea coastline. But a string of recent arrivals from Turkey suggests it may be emerging as part of a new ‘Romanian route’ to western Europe. Shortly before dawn on Wednesday, around 150 people, a third of them children, were rescued in the Black Sea-the fifth migrant boat to be intercepted by Romanian authori- ties since mid-August. The arrival of some 570 Iraqis, Syrians, Afghans, Iranians and Pakistanis in less than a month remains modest com- pared to the influx recorded in the Mediterranean. In 2014, the last year of relative activity, close to 300 migrants crossed the Black Sea to reach Romania. EU WASHINGTON: In this photo, US President Donald Trump pauses during a meeting member Romania is not part of the bloc’s passport-free with (from left), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Minority Schengen zone and until now has largely avoided the kind Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, and other of influx of refugees and migrants seen elsewhere on the Congressional leaders in the Oval Office of the White House.—AP continent over the past few years. The latest developments are being carefully watched in the country. “This seems to Schumer and Pelosi now indicate that smugglers are trying to find a route through the Black Sea,” Krzysztof Borowski, a spokesman for Frontex, the EU’s border force agency, told AFP. deal-makers with Trump Smugglers are looking for more affluent migrants to pay the fare for the new route which avoids Greece, where WASHINGTON: It’s been a long eight S.D., said that when as governor in 2009, arrivals risk deportation under an agreement between the months in the wilderness for Democrats, he called congressional leaders to discuss Turkish boats of which some transported migrants over the Black Sea and were EU and Ankara, explained Mircea Mocanu, head of the but if any two were going to find their President Barack Obama’s pending health seized by Romanian border police are pictured in Constanta, southeastern International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Romania. way back to the action it was Senate care bill - and only Pelosi called back. Romania. — AFP The crossing between Turkey and Romania can cost Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his Recounting the White House dinner between 1,000 and 3,000 euros, he added. However, he is House counterpart, Nancy Pelosi. Or that produced progress on immigration, doubtful there will be in an influx of boats during the cold- “Chuck and Nancy,” as President Donald the only woman among 11 people er months: “It is ten times more difficult to cross the Black Trump now calls them. around the Blue Room’s rectangular At least 30 Burundian Sea than the Mediterranean Sea.” After the Republican-led Congress’ table said she was responding to “It’s the Black Sea, not because of its colour but because failure to repeal President Barack Obama’s Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross when refugees die in clashes of the danger during storms,” said Police Commissioner health care law, when Trump cracked “the others” interrupted. “I said, ‘Does Gabriel Cerchez, who was part of Tuesday’s rescue. “Until open the door of bipartisanship, the two anybody listen to women when they KINSHASA: At least 30 Burundian refugees are also about 100 wounded.” Reuters TV the boat enters the port, it could capsize at any time.” Hill veterans barged through full-force. speak around here?’” Pelosi said Friday. have been killed in clashes with Congolese footage showed more than 30 bodies cov- They were looking for ways to “build But critics say that forcefulness also security forces over plans to send some of ered by sheets on the roadside in ‘Ready for anything’ some trust and confidence” with Trump, means Pelosi holds power too tightly, Pelosi, D-Calif., said in an interview Friday. not consulting widely enough with jun- them home, a Reuters witness and local Kamanyola, with many more wounded also Other tests await migrants who dare to make the cross- The willingness to engage with a presi- ior lawmakers, and is part of an aging activists said yesterday. lying in the street. ing in a bid to reach western Europe, where reinforced con- dent reviled by their party worried liber- cluster of party leaders that’s frustrating Police and soldiers opened fire as the A UN spokeswoman confirmed that at trols and fences make it difficult to cross borders. als like Rep. younger, ambitious members. refugees protested over the plan in the least 18 Burundian asylum seekers had In Timisoara, close to the border with Hungary, hun- Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., who warned Schumer, 66, has been Senate town of Kamanyola in eastern Democratic been killed but said the toll was likely to dreds of migrants are waiting for an opportunity to cross against “proceeding toward normalizing Democratic leader since January and is Republic of Congo on Friday, the activists rise. Many others had taken shelter at the over. At the immigration centre, Tarek, a 19-year-old him.” But it surprised no one who’s viewed by colleagues as a people person. told Reuters. Congo’s government UN peacekeeping mission’s nearby base, Syrian, told AFP he had been stopped while trying to reach watched Schumer and Pelosi’s combined He’s memorized senators’ telephone spokesman Lambert Mende denied that she added. According to a spokesman for the border in a car. 67 years of wheeling and dealing in numbers, perhaps because of his flip those killed were refugees, saying that the the UN refugee agency, more than 2,000 He has decided to stay in Romania to become a com- Congress. phone’s limitations, and is known for Burundian refugees live in Kamanyola with puter engineer, but he said many of his friends are “ready clashes broke out when assailants from an “Let’s put it this way, it doesn’t matter,” emotional visits and calls with lawmakers to do anything” to leave. “People come and ask: ‘do you unidentified armed group attacked an host families. In a statement, Burundi’s Pelosi said about whether she likes Trump who’ve experienced personal losses. want to stay or go? Because I know a way to get to office belonging to the national intelli- main opposition grouping, CNARED, following two meetings that yielded a Schumer has arranged dates for staffers Germany that’s 100 percent safe’,” he said, adding that mid- gence agency. Five soldiers and 20 of the accused Burundian army troops and mem- budget deal and progress on immigra- and said this week that his life’s big gap dle-men get 100 euros for setting up a migrant with a attackers were killed in the fighting, bers of the ruling CNDD-FDD’s youth group tion. She said she doesn’t know if Trump was lacking grandchildren, of which smuggler. Not far from the centre, around 15 men were Mende said. Imbonerakure of carrying out the killings likes her, adding, “Right now, I want him Pelosi has nine. More than 400,000 refugees have fled with the Congolese army. gathered on wasteland in a makeshift camp, in hope of to like the Dreamers,” the nickname for The progressive end of the Democratic Burundi - including 40,000 to neighbor- Burundian officials could not be imme- finding a smuggler. Among them, Rafi, a 23-year-old young immigrants the two Democrats spectrum has shown wariness of ing Congo - since violence erupted in diately reached for comment, but Burundi’s Pakistani, and Zakir, a young Afghan, said they crossed and Trump aim to protect. Schumer, and thousands of liberals April 2015 when President Pierre foreign minister Alain Aime Nyamitwe from Hungary in to Romania by foot. Schumer, D-N.Y., inadvertently shared protested outside his Brooklyn apartment Nkurunziza said he would seek a third wrote on Twitter: “My heart sinks as I learn A direct crossing from Serbia to Hungary has become his impression of the duo’s Wednesday after Trump’s January inauguration. They term in office, a move his opponents said of the shootings in Eastern #DRC.” almost impossible because of the barbed wire fencing parley with Trump, which moved an demanded he aggressively oppose was unconstitutional. “Clarifications are needed on the shoot- erected between the two countries, while the long immigration agreement forward, catch- Trump’s appointees and agenda and Wendo Joel, an activist from a ings & circumstances around,” he added. Romanian-Hungarian border remains open. ing uninvited Republican leaders flat- accused him of being too close to the Congolese pro-democracy and human The violence in Burundi has killed over According to Romania’s border police, more than 1,200 footed. At an open Senate microphone financial industry, which is centered in right group, said the refugees had seized a 700 people and a UN commission said people attempting to cross the western border have been Thursday, Schumer said: “He likes us. He New York. weapon and killed a soldier as they tried to last week there were reasonable grounds arrested since the beginning of the year, compared to 900 likes me, anyway.” He described warning With Schumer’s saggy suits contrast- free some of their arrested compatriots. to believe authorities had committed in for all of 2016. The IOM estimates that 80 percent of Trump he’d be “boxed” if he only works ing with Pelosi’s tailored wardrobe, the “The soldiers first fired in the air but crimes against humanity. The govern- attempts fail. For Tarek, is it a bitter conclusion: “A year and with one party, adding, “He gets that.” two leaders have known each other there were many refugees,” Joel told ment rejected the commission’s findings a half of my life has been wasted in the hope of joining the Both leaders’ comments were instruc- since serving in the House in the late Reuters. “I have counted 32 bodies. There as “propaganda”. —Reuters promised land.” —AFP tive. Pelosi, 77, who was the first female 1980s. Then-Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., House speaker, is admired as a legislative invited Pelosi to join a group of lawmak- tactician able to maximize minority ers who dined weekly and already Democrats’ strength and as a prodigious included Schumer. Pelosi says she and Buhari to pass through London after UN trip fundraiser. Underscoring her penchant Schumer now meet or speak “as neces- ABUJA: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari run Africa’s most populous country and biggest ernment sources said at the time. Since the sec- for finding allies, Sen. Mike Rounds, R- sary,” often daily. —AP will pass through London, where he spent five economy. Buhari was in London on medical ond trip, however, Buhari’s office has released a months on medical leave this year, on his way leave for two months from January, and again flurry of photos and statements from his home from the United Nations General from May 7 to Aug. 19. engagements, including meetings with his vice Now-famous Florida nun used Assembly, his spokesman said today. Buhari will After the first trip, the president reduced his president, heads of the armed forces and eco- depart for New York on Sunday, his spokesman working day to a few hours, diplomats and gov- nomic ministers. — AP Google to figure out chain saw said in an emailed statement. It will be the first time he has left Nigeria since returning on Aug. MIAMI: The Florida nun who became an An off-duty Miami-Dade police offi- 19 from Britain, where he received treatment for internet sensation when video emerged cer posted the video of Sister Margaret an unspecified ailment. of her - dressed in full habit - wielding a Ann on social media Monday. The Spokesman Femi Adesina said Buhari would chain saw to clear downed trees after Miami-Dade Police Department praised hold a lunch meeting with US President Donald Hurricane Irma says she had to look up her effort, saying: “Thank you Sister and Trump and other leaders, adding: “President instructions on how to start the tool. “I all of our neighbors that are working Buhari will transit through London on his way actually had to Google it to find out how together to get through this!” The video back to the country.” Buhari will be accompanied to start it because I’d forgotten how ... ,” was picked up by media outlets, includ- on the trip by cabinet ministers and the gover- Sister Margaret Ann said. “The students ing the AP, and quickly became a global nors of three states. have told me everything is online, sister; sensation. Nigeria’s Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama just ask the question online.” The nun, Sister Margaret Ann laughed off the told reporters at the United Nations in New York principal of Archbishop Coleman F. attention, saying her students are enjoy- on Friday that Buhari was in “very good health” Carroll High School in Miami, said her ing watching her on social media. Some and “back to what he was before.” mechanical education didn’t stop with have even asked for her autograph. “We had a very long cabinet meeting two the Google search. “People are driving by and saying, ‘Thank days ago and he was in excellent form in every “Some people have sent me videos on you, sister, thank you,’” she said. “So I think way possible,” Onyeama said. “He’s really leading, how to use a chain saw because appar- it has been really good for our community, he’s very, very strong and he’s back to his very ently I wasn’t using it correctly or as safe and I understand that the video has really punishing schedule so it’s just fantastic.” Adesina as I should’ve been, so I’m learning, too,” gone worldwide, so that’s kinda funny.” did not say whether Buhari would have medical she told The Associated Press in a Skype She also said she was glad the video gave treatment in London and declined a request to interview. Many people posted warnings the public a different view of nuns. “The comment further. The refusal to disclose details HOLLYWOOD: In this Wednesday file photo, a woman is transported from The Rehabilitation online that the nun’s loose habit could students are telling me, they are saying, of the president’s illness has caused speculation Center at Hollywood Hills as patients are evacuated after a loss of air conditioning due to get caught in the saw. ‘Sister, you’re no wimp. —AP about whether the 74-year-old is well enough to Hurricane Irma in Hollywood, Fla. —AP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 INTERNATIONAL Pakistan army pushed political role for militant groups

LAHORE: A new Pakistani political party Milli Muslim League party within two Pakistan army!” at political rallies during military intelligence wing that is separate resentative of the PML-N, which last controlled by an Islamist with a $10 mil- weeks after the court ousted Sharif over the past week. “Anyone who is India’s from the ISI. He said the proposal was month replaced him as prime minister lion US bounty on his head is backing a corruption allegations. Yaqoob Sheikh, friend is a traitor, a traitor,” went another shared with him in writing by the then-ISI with close ally Shahid Khaqi Abbasi, said candidate in a by-election today, in what the Lahore candidate for Milli Muslim campaign slogan, a reference to Sharif’s chief, adding that he himself had spoken the party was “not aware” of any main- a former senior army officer says is a key League, is standing as an independent attempts to improve relations with long- with Khalil as well as Saeed in an unofficial streaming plan being brought to the table. step in a military-proposed plan to main- after the Electoral Commission said the time foe India that was a source of ten- capacity about the plan. stream militant groups. party was not yet legally registered. sion with the military. “Fazlur Rehman Khalil was very posi- Religion and politics The Milli Muslim League party loyal to But Saeed’s lieutenants, JUD workers tive. Hafiz Saeed was very positive,” Shuaib Some analysts worry that mainstream- Hafiz Saeed - who the United States and and Milli Muslim League officials are run- Deradicalization plan said. “My conversation with them was just ing such controversial groups would be a India accuse of masterminding the 2008 ning his campaign and portraits of Saeed Both Saeed and Khalil are proponents to confirm those things which I had been risky strategy for Pakistan. US President Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people - has adorn every poster promoting Sheikh. of a strict interpretation of Islam and have told by the ISI and other people.” Donald Trump’s administration has little chance of seeing its favoured candidate Another Islamist designated a terrorist by a history of supporting violence - each Saeed has been under house arrest threatened sanctions against members of win the seat vacated when Prime Minister the United States, Fazlur Rehman Khalil, man was reportedly a signatory to al since January at his house in the eastern Pakistan’s military and even raised the Nawaz Sharif was removed from office by the has told Reuters he too plans to soon Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s 1998 city of Lahore. The United States has spectre of declaring Pakistan a state Supreme Court in July. But the foray into poli- form his own party to advocate strict fatwa declaring war on the United States. offered a $10 million reward for informa- sponsor of terrorism. tics by Saeed’s Islamist charity is following a Islamic law. “God willing, we will come They have since established religious tion leading to his conviction over the “It will send a wrong message,” said blueprint that Sharif himself rejected when into the mainstream - our country right groups that they say are unconnected to Mumbai attacks. Then-Prime Minister analyst Zahid Hussain, who nevertheless the military proposed it last year, retired now needs patriotic people,” Khalil said, violence, though the United States main- Sharif, however, was strongly against the thought that Saeed’s new party would Lieutenant General Amjad Shuaib told vowing to turn Pakistan into a state gov- tains those groups are fronts for funnelling military’s mainstreaming plan, according have a “negligible” effect on Pakistani Reuters. Three close Sharif confidants with ernment by strict Islamic law. money and fighters to militants targeting to Shuaib and three members of Sharif’s elections because religious parties have knowledge of the discussions confirmed that Saeed’s charity and Khalil’s Ansar ul- India. Analyst Khaled Ahmed, who has inner circle, including one who was in never won more than a few seats in par- Sharif had opposed the “mainstreaming” Umma organization are both seen by the researched Saeed’s Jamaat-ud-Dawa chari- some of the tense meetings over the issue. liament. Others are not so sure. plan, which senior military figures and some United States as fronts for militant groups ty and its connections to the military, says Sharif wanted to completely dismantle Sheikh, the MML candidate in today’s analysts see as a way of steering ultra-reli- the army has been accused of sponsor- the new political party is clearly an attempt groups like JuD. Disagreement on what by-election who says he was handpicked gious groups away from violent jihad. ing. The military denies any policy of by the generals to pursue an alternative to to do about anti-India proxy fighters was by Hafiz Saeed, vowed to establish strict “We have to separate those elements encouraging radical groups. Both Islamist dismantling its militant proxies. a major source of rancour with the mili- Islamic rule and “break” liberalism and who are peaceful from the elements who groups deny their political ambitions “One thing is the army wants these guys tary, according to one of the close Sharif secularism. Analyst Ahmed warned that are picking up weapons,” Shuaib said. were engineered by the military. The offi- to survive,” Ahmed said. “The other thing is confidants. In recent weeks several senior few existing religious parties have a Pakistan’s powerful military has long been cial army spokesman was not available that they want to also balance the politi- figures from the ruling PML-N party have charismatic leader like Saeed, and accused of fostering militant groups as for comment after queries were sent to cians who are more and more inclined to publicly implied that elements of the mil- Pakistan may find itself unable to control proxy fighters opposing neighboring arch- the press wing. normalize relations with India.” The mili- itary - which has run Pakistan for almost a rising tide of Islamist sentiment. “If Hafiz enemy India, a charge the army denies. Still, hundreds of MML supporters, tary’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency first half its modern history and previously Saeed comes into the mainstream, it’s not waving posters of Saeed and demanding began pushing the political mainstreaming ousted Sharif in a 1999 coup - had a hand that he is going to be politicized,” he “Patriotic people” his release from house arrest, chanted plan in April 2016, according to retired gen- in the court ouster of Sharif, a charge added. “It’s that he is going to make poli- Saeed’s religious charity launched the “Long live Hafiz Saeed! Long live the eral Shuaib, a former director of the army’s both the army and the court reject. A rep- tics more religious.” — Reuters

Yemeni captors did Crime draws unwanted attention me no physical harm: Priest to the remote Virginia mountain VATICAN CITY: A Catholic priest from India who was freed after being held 18 months in Yemen Disappearance of young sisters shakes the suburbs said yesterday that he was never physically harmed during his cap- THAXTON: The disappearance of two young Maryland sis- interest” in the sisters’ disappearance by then, based on a tivity, even if his captors feigned hit- ters shook the suburbs of Washington, and remained an review of evidence in the case file. ting him on videos seeking ransom. agonizing mystery for more than four decades. Now anoth- Two of his cousins told police they remembered an Officials said they had no knowl- er region 250 miles away is linked to the crime. Authorities unexpected visit to their home on Taylors Mountain that edge of ransom having been paid. say convicted sex offender Lloyd Lee Welch Jr burned at spring. The Lyon sisters disappeared on March 25, 1975. The Rev. Tom Uzhunnalil was least one of the sisters’ bodies in a fire on his cousins’ prop- One cousin said Welch had a duffel bag containing bloody kidnapped from a home for sen- erty on Taylors Mountain, in west-central Virginia. clothing, and told her he had been using it to carry ior citizens in Aden, southern Following Welch’s guilty plea this week, the people of ground beef. Another told them Welch had two army-style Yemen, established by Mother Tom Uzhunnalil Taylors Mountain are hoping to put an end to any associa- duffel bags with reddish-brown stains on them, and that Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity in March 2016. Four nuns tion between their home and the slayings of 10-year-old he helped Welch put the bags into a fire. were killed during the attack. Uzhunnalil’s voice broke as Katherine and 12-year-old Sheila Lyon. The sisters van- Other people who lived on the mountain told investi- he publicly expressed his condolences. “I thank God ished in 1975 after walking to a shopping mall near their gators they remember a fire that burned for days that had almighty for this day. He saved me healthy enough. Clear home in Kensington, Maryland. “All of us feel like he “the stench of death,” Bedford County Commonwealth’s mind. Emotions under control until now,” the 59-year-old stained all of our reputations. We had nothing to do with Attorney Wes Nance said during Welch’s plea hearing Uzhunnalil said. “God has been extremely kind to me. No it. It’s something we’d rather have not had happen here. Tuesday. Authorities began digging on the mountain in gun was pointed at me.” We wouldn’t want to see it happen anywhere,” said Danny 2014, trying to recover the girls’ remains. They did recover He said that when the home for senior citizens was Johnson, who runs an apple orchard and winery on the a tooth, according to documents filed in court, but author- attacked, he identified himself as an Indian and he was mountain. ities have never said if they were able to match it to the brought to another room “while they killed the others.” Taylors Mountain is perched in the Blue Ridge girls’ dental records. Indian officials announced his release on Tuesday, and Mountains, north of US Route 460, between Bedford and Welch’s relatives sold their home on the mountain five images show a bearded, gaunt Uzhunnalil descending Roanoke. The mountain was settled by Cherokee Indians in years ago now. Locals bristle at the renewed attention the from an airplane in Muscat, Oman. The priest said he had the 1700s. Much later, it was known for its thriving tomato case has brought. Jennifer Thomson, a librarian at the been transferred from Yemen by car to Oman, and then canneries, where many of the local residents worked, and Bedford Museum and Genealogical Library, said the moun- brought by air to the capital before continuing his journey its moonshine, including “some of the best brandy in this tain is made up of “good, hard-working country people,” to Rome. The priest said he didn’t know his kidnappers’ world,” Johnson said. A 1924 article in The Washington Post although some locals who live in Bedford derisively refer to identities or affiliations and believed their motive was ran- describes a confrontation when officers went up the moun- it as “the redneck capital of the county.” “People are kind som, although the head of Uzhunnalil’s Salesian order, tain to shut down a still during Prohibition. Several resi- there, they look out for his families and they’d look out for Don A F Artime, said they had no knowledge of any ran- dents warned them not to go any farther. a stranger there, too. Very good people,” Johnson said. som having been paid. “No one ever told us that they When they continued up the mountain anyway, shots Homes on the mountain range from small, dilapidated asked for money. No one asked us for even a euro,” Artime were fired at them from several directions. No one was ranch-style houses built more than 50 years ago to a said. “We don’t know anything about this. This is the whole hurt, but the officers “made a hasty retreat,” according to handful of larger, newer, high-priced homes. And while a BEDFORD: Lloyd Lee Welch Jr stands during a plea truth. And I believe that Father Tom knows even less.” The the article. The mountain kept its reputation for decades handful of families had lived there for generations, today agreement hearing for the killings of Sheila and mechanisms behind his release also were unclear, but the thereafter as a rough-and-tumble place where people there are newcomers in the mix. The last cannery closed in Katherine Lyon in 1975, in Bedford County Circuit Court Vatican has thanked the Sultan of Oman in a statement watched out for each other and were reluctant to deal the late 1970s. The last publicized arrest for bootlegging in Bedford, VA. Welch, who pleaded guilty in the killing and Uzhunnalil thanked leaders in his native India. —AP with outsiders. “If something happened, they would get was in the 1980s. Now people are hoping Welch’s guilty together then and decide how they wanted it to end up of the two young sisters from Maryland, was sentenced plea will finally remove the spotlight. “People resent the before they went to town,” Johnson said. Tuesday to two 48-year prison terms, more than four fact that they brought the children here. I resent it, too. Welch did not live on the mountain, but he had decades after the girls vanished during a trip to a local We’re not a dumping ground for bodies, and it was just cousins, an aunt, uncle, and other relatives who did. And shopping mall. — AP quite a blow to everybody that somebody would do that,” News for 38 years, the mystery remained unresolved, despite County, Maryland showed up in 2013 did people on said Ronnie Laughlin, a retired Bedford County deputy in brief what they and their neighbors saw back in 1975. Only Taylors Mountain start talking. Welch - long imprisoned for sheriff. “They live quiet and peaceful, and they didn’t ask when detectives from the cold case unit in Montgomery sexually assaulting another girl, had become a “person of for this to happen.”— AP Suspected US drone strike targets militants in Pakistan PARACHINAR/PESHAWAR: A suspected US drone strike killed three people in the tribal area of Pakistan near the A history of persecution: Afghanistan border on Friday, a senior regional official said, in what Afghan Taliban sources say was an attack targeting a Haqqani network militant. If confirmed, it would be the Myanmar’s Rohingya first US drone strike inside Pakistan since President Donald Trump outlined a new Afghanistan strategy and pushed early 400,000 Rohingya Muslims ing Bengal, mostly to work in the agriculture have fled renewed violence in sector,” said Sophie Boisseau du Rocher, Islamabad to take greater action against Pakistan-based Myanmar, crossing the border in Southeast Asia expert at the French Institute Haqqani militants who are allied to the Afghan Taleban. BangladeshN in waves following a military for International Relations. By 1912, more Baseer Khan Wazir, the political agent and the most senior crackdown the UN says amounts to ethnic than 30 percent of the population of Arakan administrator in the Kurram Agency region in the Federally cleansing. state were Muslim, up from five percent in Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), said the drone strike took It is the latest chapter in a long and 1869, according to British census data cited place close to the border with Afghanistan. tumultuous history of the Rohingya, the by historian Jacques Leider. When did ten- world’s largest stateless population. Before sions start? the most recent surge of violence, there Christian sentenced were over one million Rohingyas in British rule to death in Pakistan Myanmar’s restive Rakhine state. Tensions between the Rohingya LAHORE: A Christian man has been sentenced to But the questions of who they are, how Muslims and the Buddhist majority date death on blasphemy charges by a court in eastern many live in Myanmar and when they back to the beginning of British rule in Pakistan after a close friend accused him of sharing arrived is hotly disputed, highly emotive 1824. As part of their divide-and-rule poli- anti-Islamic material, the defendant’s lawyer said on and behind much of the current unrest. cy, British colonists favoured Muslims at the Friday. Blasphemy is a criminal offence in Muslim- Many of the Muslim minority trace their lin- expense of other groups. They recruited majority Pakistan. Most cases are filed against mem- eage in Myanmar back generations, but them as soldiers during World War II, pit- bers of minority communities. Nadeem James, 35, was were effectively stripped of their citizen- ting them against Buddhists aligned with arrested in July 2016, accused by a friend of sharing a ship by the former junta and are demo- the Japanese as the war played out on blasphemous material on the Whatsapp messaging nized among the Buddhist-majority popu- Burmese soil. service. Lawyer Riaz Anjum said his client intended to lation as illegal immigrants. “Both armies, British and Japanese, appeal against the verdict, passed on Thursday by a Here is a brief history of Myanmar’s exploited the frictions and animosity in the sessions court in the town of Gujarat. There was wide- Rohingya Muslims. When did they first local population to further their own mili- spread outrage across Pakistan last April when student arrive in Myanmar? tary aims,” said Moshe Yegar, author of a Mashal Khan was beaten to death at his university in By some accounts, they are descendants book about Muslim communities in JAKARTA: Muslim protesters gather during a rally against the persecution of Mardan following a dorm debate about religion. of Arab, Turkish or Mongol traders and sol- Southeast Asia. Their status was fortified in diers who in the 15th Century migrated to 1947 when a new Constitution was drafted, Rohingya Muslims, in Jakarta yesterday. Thousand Muslims staged the rally con- Rakhine state, previously called the enshrining them with full legal and voting demning violence in Myanmar against its Rohingya Muslim minority. —AP Philippines retraining Kingdom of Arakan. rights-which would be later stripped and the country saw a rise in Buddhist extrem- ously unknown militant group-the Arakan 1,200 police after abuses Other historians say they emigrated render them stateless. Rakhine has a pover- ism which further sidelined the Rohingya Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) — staged MANILA: The Philippine capital’s police chief ordered from Bangladesh in several waves, a widely ty rate nearing 80 percent, double the and marked the beginning of the latest era a series of deadly attacks on Burmese mili- that the entire 1,200-member police force in one of held view among most Burmese. For cen- national average, kindling resentments of tensions. tary forces. Manila’s biggest areas be relieved of duty and retrained turies the small Muslim minority lived over ethnic claims to the area. The 20th century saw a series of military The army responded with a massive on Friday in response to a series of controversies, includ- peacefully alongside Buddhists in the inde- crackdowns against the group: in 1978 and security crackdown, sparking a new wave ing the killing of two teenagers. Metro Manila’s top offi- pendent kingdom, some were even advi- What happened under the junta? 1991-2, which prompted hundreds of thou- of refugee arrivals into Bangladesh. On cer Oscar Albayalde said all police personnel in the sors to Buddhist royals, according to histo- A 1962 military coup ushered in a new sands to flee to Bangladesh. August 25, ARSA again launched an early Caloocan area of the capital would undergo retraining rians. Upheaval ensued from the late 18th era of repression and brutality. The coun- Some were sent back by Dhaka, and the morning attack on army installations in and reorientation before being reassigned to other century. In 1784 the kingdom was con- try’s ethnic minorities like the Rohingya did United Nations questioned the supposedly Rakhine, triggering a brutal military cam- “voluntary” nature of the repatriations. paign in response. police units, not necessarily in Manila. “We will start with quered by the Burmese and later by the not fare well. Most were effectively ren- What’s behind the latest violence? An estimated 391,000 Rohingya have the city’s police precincts 2 and 7,” Albayalde said. All British following the first Anglo-Burmese dered stateless in 1982 when the junta They have been subjected to restrictions fled to Bangladesh in the last three personnel in Caloocan’s headquarters and seven war of 1824-1826. issued a new law on citizenship, requiring on movement, employment and access to weeks, according to the United Nations, precincts would be temporarily replaced by the regional Under British rule, a large number minorities to prove they lived in Myanmar basic services since another outbreak of which has said the military crackdown public safety battalion, a combat-trained unit. “This will arrived to work as farmers and later as mili- prior to the first Anglo-Burmese war in tary recruits. “In the 1830s there was a mas- 1823 to obtain nationality. violence in 2012. Tensions mounted again amounts to ethnic cleansing of Rohingya be done in batches,” he said. sive influx of Muslim peasants from neigbor- After the junta was dissolved in 2011, in October 2016, when a small and previ- Muslims.—AFP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 ANALYSIS

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outh Africa’s embattled president Jacob Zuma goes to court on Thursday in a fresh attempt to Sfend off the reinstatement of 783 graft charges relating to a 1990s arms deal. The country’s main oppo- sition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), has sought in 11 court appearances since 2009 to reactivate the charges over controversial post-apartheid military con- tracts, which have dogged Zuma for much of his time in government. In 2005 his former financial advisor Schabir Shaik was convicted for facilitating bribes in exchange for the contracts and sentenced to 15 years in prison. He was later released on medical parole. The president, who is accused of corruption, fraud, money- laundering and racketeering, has always insisted he is Rohingya children arrive in Bangladesh alone innocent. By Nick Perry, Sam Jahan ever-expanding network of refugee camps. Every day chil- minors could be exploited if left unsupervised in the camps, Held accountable dren, some carrying younger siblings, flock to the simple UNICEF Geneva spokesman Christophe Boulierac said. Girls Zuma and other government officials were accused he lost Rohingya boy made the journey from wooden huts for activities like singing, playing with toys are particularly at risk of being lured into child marriages, or of taking kick-backs from the $5 billion (4.2 billion euros) Myanmar alone, following strangers from other vil- and blocks and skipping ropes. trafficked to red-light districts in big cities where they are purchase of fighter jets, patrol boats and other arms Tlages across rivers and jungle until they reached It is a welcome distraction from the misery outside, forced into prostitution and abused, he added. manufactured by five European firms, including British Bangladesh, where he had no family and no idea where to where monsoon rain turns the camp into a quagmire and But the facilities for refugee children are vastly over- military equipment maker BAE systems and French com- go. “Some women in the group asked, ‘Where are your par- exhausted refugees compete for dwindling food and space. stretched. Over just two days, 2,000 children came through pany Thales. Charges were first brought against Zuma in ents?’ I said I didn’t know where they were,” said Abdul Aziz, But playtime also allows staff to register details about a a single ‘safe space’ in Kutupalong, little larger than a class- 2005 but dropped by prosecutors in 2009. a 10-year-old whose name has been changed to protect his child’s background, monitor newcomers and keep an eye room with just a few staff on hand. Thirty-five unaccompa- However, last year the High Court in Pretoria ruled identity. “A woman said, ‘We’ll look after you like our own out for the tell-tale signs of a child on their own. nied minors were identified over that period, Boulierac that he should face the accusations. This week the child, come along’. After that I went with them.” More than One such youngster was 12-year-old Mohammad Ramiz, said, but more resources were needed to ensure others did Supreme Court of Appeal will hear arguments for and 1,100 Rohingya children fleeing violence in western who found himself alone after fleeing his village and not slip through the cracks. “The faster we act, the more against reinstating the charges. It will not make a deci- Myanmar have arrived alone in Bangladesh since August tagged along with a group of adults. “There was a lot of vio- chance we have of finding their family,” he told AFP. “The sion for several weeks, by which time the ruling African 25, according to the latest UNICEF figures. These solo chil- lence going on, so I crossed the river with others,” said most important thing is to protect them because unac- National Congress (ANC) elective conference will be dren are at risk of sexual abuse, human trafficking and psy- Ramiz, not his real name. “I ate leaves from the tree, and companied children, separated children, are particularly approaching. An order reinstating charges could cast a chological trauma, the UN children’s agency said. drank water to survive.” There are fears the vulnerable vulnerable and in danger.” — AFP shadow on proceedings - and Zuma’s preferred succes- Many have seen family members brutally killed in village sor, his ex-wife Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. The case is massacres in Rakhine state, where the Myanmar army and just the latest in a string of political and legal scandals Buddhist mobs have been accused of crimes described by that have dogged the president but failed to shake his the UN rights chief as “ethnic cleansing”. Others narrowly grip on power. escaped with their own lives-some children arriving in In 2016 Zuma was ordered to repay $24 million (22 Bangladesh bear shrapnel and bullet wounds. The number million euros) to the public purse for upgrades to his of children who crossed into Bangladesh alone, or were personal residence that judges said showed he had dis- split up from family along the way is expected to climb as respected the constitution. Institute of Security Studies more cases are discovered. More than half of the 370,000 analyst Gareth Newman believes his chances of success Rohingya Muslims who have made it to Bangladesh since in the Supreme Court are slim. “The ruling of the High August 25 are minors, according to UN estimates. Court was from a full bench of experienced, respected A sample of 128,000 new arrivals conducted in early judges who unanimously came to the conclusion that September across five different camps, found 60 percent the decision to withdraw the criminal charges against were children, including 12,000 under one year of age. Jacob Zuma was irrational,” Newman said. This presents a needle in a haystack scenario for child pro- “The chance of reaching a different conclusion in the tection officers trying to find unaccompanied minors in Supreme Court is highly unlikely. “It’s been a strategy of sprawling refugee camps, where toddlers roam naked, Jacob Zuma to use taxpayers’ money to avoid being children sleep outdoors and infants play alone in filthy held accountable in court from before even becoming water. “This is a big concern. These children need extra president.” Zuma has survived numerous bruising court support and help being reunited with family members,” battles over the years, mostly involving graft accusa- Save the Children’s humanitarian expert George Graham tions, as well as calls for him to resign. He has also faced said in a statement. criticism for sacking two respected finance ministers within two years. Many South Africans believe those Alone and vulnerable dismissals were linked to his relationship with the “At first they don’t talk, don’t eat, don’t play. They just sit wealthy Gupta family, which is regularly accused of still, staring a lot,” Moazzem Hossain, a project manager exerting undue influence over the president. with Bangladeshi charity BRAC said at a ‘child-friendly space’ run in partnership with UNICEF at Kutupalong refugee PARIS: A placard reading ‘Rohingyas, humans without rights’ is displayed during a rally to protest the situation of Campaign damage camp. There are 41 of these safe zones across Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar’s Arakan State, in Paris yesterday. — AP Pressure on the president would reach fever pitch if the court reinstates any of the hundreds of charges-par- ticularly if the court rules against Zuma before the ANC party’s conference due in December. Zuma, 75, is expected to step down as the party president at the The house that Bibi Netanyahu built end of year, although he will likely remain the country’s head of state until 2019 after which he will not be eligi- whether in or out of office, pursued these same objectives. have sought, the impact of Netanyahu’s first term created ble for re-election. Dr James J Zogby To a great extent, they have succeeded. This unholy conditions that ultimately led to his hoped for end of the The party can theoretically replace him before the President Arab American Institute alliance between US neo-conservatives and Netanyahu peace process. next general election due in two years time-but with or half of the past two decades Benjamin “Bibi” was no accident. They had long been partners. Back in the After his return to office in 2009, he was forced to endure Zuma loyalists occupying many positions of power Netanyahu has served as Prime Minister of Israel. late 1970’s, Netanyahu convened many of these same eight years of a Democratic Administration, led by Barack within the ANC it is unlikely. It would also be damaging Whatever his ultimate fate (given the ongoing crimi- thinkers to Israel for a summit at the Jonathan Institute-an Obama. Once again, he turned to his relations with a to the president’s ex-wife Dlamini-Zuma, who is seeking F nal investigations he is currently facing), it is clear that he event which some have called the birth of the American Republican-led Congress to resist pressures to make peace. to be the next ANC president. “Currently he is really has had a profound impact on Israel, the Palestinians, and neo-conservative movement. Back then, their focus was With the election of Donald Trump coupled with very, very unpopular... not only among the general pub- the entire region. There are those who have doubted that hostility to the Soviet Union and the “national liberation Republican control of Congress, Netanyahu feels more com- lic but also among ANC voters,” said Mari Harris, a public Netanyahu had any core beliefs, other than the desire to movements” alleged to be Soviet pawns. The ideology they fortable. His allies in Congress are vigorously pushing his affairs expert at Ipsos MORI. “The repercussions will be retain power. But even with his maneuvering and his pen- spawned was decidedly pro-Israel and anti-Arab, and agenda. There are bills designed to: further punish and dis- more for his ex-wife’s campaign to become the next chant for prevarication, there are, in fact, core beliefs that extremely hostile to all things Palestinian. credit the already weakened PA; deny funding to UNWRA; leader of the ANC. That will really hurt her a lot.” have directed his career. outlaw the BDS movement; and recognize, through clever Zuma is supporting his ex-wife in the belief that she Shortly after his first election as Prime Minister, and slight of hand language, Israel’s control over the “territories”. will be able to “protect him from appearing in court”, ‘A Clean Break’ before his maiden address to the US Congress, a team of With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Oslo peace The Trump Administration, which began its tenure, pro- according to Newman.James Selfe, the chairman of the Reagan-era neo-conservatives (many of whom ended up in process, and the election of Bill Clinton, the focus of both posing to deliver “a great deal” to end the Israeli-Palestinian opposition DA party, believes Zuma will try to delay the senior positions in the George W Bush Administration) the neo-cons (as they were called) and Netanyahu shifted. conflict has reportedly lowered its ambitions to a proposal process as much as possible, to avoid prejudicing the wrote a paper for Netanyahu to guide his remarks before Seeing US Republicans as his allies in the effort to sabotage mirroring a long-discredited 40-year-old Likud concept of ANC’s choice of successor. “But I do think the Supreme Congress and to US audiences. The paper, echoing many the peace process, Netanyahu’s Likud party set up a shop to “limited Palestinian autonomy” denying Palestinians full Court will hand down its ruling before December,” said themes from Netanyahu’s own writings, was called “A Clean provide talking points to GOP Members of Congress. Their sovereignty and any rights in Jerusalem, while releasing Selfe, who is “optimistic” the charges will be reinstated. Break”. Since he was already aligned with these views, he goal was to make Republicans partners in their fight with large areas of the West Bank to Israeli expansion. When the charges were dropped in 2009, Zuma was repeated the paper’s themes and policy proposals during the Clinton Administration/Labor Party endorsed peace Netanyahu, the Likud, and their neo-conservative allies can locked in a bitter fight with former president Thabo his many public appearances in Washington. “A Clean Break” process. With the GOP take-over of Congress in 1995, fol- rightly claim that the vision they projected for the Middle Mbeki to secure leadership of the ANC. The withdrawal can be seen as Netanyahu’s road map to relations with the lowed by Netanyahu’s election in 1996, the stage was set to East in “A Clean Break” is being realized. of the charges cleared the way for Zuma to be elected US and the Middle East region. kill the Oslo process. It was an unholy alliance of Likud and But, in reality, what they have created is an unsustain- president just weeks later. — AFP the GOP squared off against Labor and the Clinton able mess that includes: a weakened and dependent PA ‘Land for peace’ Administration. The goals laid out in “A Clean Break” were that was denied the ability to govern causing it to lose legit- The central themes of the paper were: ending the Oslo not so much prophetic as they were a road map in which imacy; a fractured Palestinian polity, with Hamas in control process and rejecting “land for peace” formula; reasserting the neo-cons and Netanyahu laid out their plans for a new of a humanitarian disaster in Gaza; an Iraq in shambles and All articles appearing on these pages are the Israel’s claim to the “land of Israel”; weakening the ability of US-Israel partnership, a destabilized Arab World, and an end in its wake, an empowered and emboldened Iran and a personal opinion of the writers. Kuwait Times the Palestinian Authority to govern; and poisoning the PA’s to Palestinian aspirations for independence. metastasized terrorist threat that now challenges many takes no responsibility for views expressed image in the US to damage its standing, securing Israel’s Whenever Netanyahu met with resistance from Clinton, countries; and a hardened, though divided Israeli electorate therein. Kuwait Times invites readers to voice northern border, by confronting Iran, promoting internal he turned to the Republican-led Congress for support. He from which it is unlikely to see any new peace-oriented their opinions. Please send submissions via conflict in Lebanon, and destabilizing Syria, strengthening was dogged in his efforts to sabotage peace and largely leadership emerging. So this is the “House that Bibi Built”. It ties with US Republicans, including proposing ending US succeeded. Even the one agreement Clinton finally forced is his legacy. While Israel proceeds along its merry way, each email to: [email protected] or via snail economic aid in favor of military aid and buying into the him to sign with Arafat only served to lock the Palestinians day building more settlements, demolishing more mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. The editor Reagan-era idea of a “missile defense” system-a concept into an untenable situation by consolidating Israeli control Palestinian homes, dishing out more hardships to an embit- reserves the right to edit any submission as favored by the GOP, and confronting Iraq and overthrowing over much of the West Bank and their nightmarish pres- tered captive people, far from being the secure and stable necessary. Saddam Hussein’s rule. ence in the heart of Hebron. While the “break” envisioned dream Netanyahu envisioned, it is seething cauldron wait- Over the past two decades, Netanyahu and his US allies, in “A Clean Break’ was not as “clean” as the one he may ing for the next explosion. NEWS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 N Korea seeks military ‘equilibrium’ with US UN condemns latest missile launch SEOUL: North Korea said yesterday it aims to reach an repeated missile tests in defiance of international pres- “equilibrium” of military force with the United States, sure. “For those ... who have been commenting on a lack which earlier signaled its patience for diplomacy is of a military option, there is a military option,” he said, wearing thin after Pyongyang fired a missile over Japan adding that it would not be the Trump administration’s for the second time in under a month. “Our final goal is preferred choice. to establish the equilibrium of real force with the US Also on Friday, the UN Security Council condemned and make the US rulers dare not talk about military the “highly provocative” missile launch by North Korea. option,” North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was quoted It had already stepped up sanctions against North as saying by the state news agency, KCNA. Korea in response to a nuclear bomb test on Sept 3, Kim was shown beaming as he watched the missile imposing a ban on North Korea’s textile exports and fly from a moving launcher in photos released by the capping its imports of crude oil. The US ambassador to agency, surrounded by several officials. “The combat the United Nations, Nikki Haley, echoed McMaster’s efficiency and reliability of Hwasong-12 were thor- strong rhetoric, even as she said Washington’s pre- oughly verified,” said Kim as quoted by KCNA. Kim ferred resolution to the crisis is through diplomacy added the North’s goal of completing its nuclear force and sanctions. had “nearly reached the terminal”. North Korea has “What we are seeing is, they are continuing to be launched dozens of missiles under Kim’s leadership as provocative, they are continuing to be reckless and at it accelerates a weapons program designed to give it that point there’s not a whole lot the Security Council is the ability to target the United States with a powerful, going to be able to do from here, when you’ve cut 90 nuclear-tipped missile. percent of the trade and 30 percent of the oil,” Haley After the latest missile launch on Friday, White House said. US President Donald Trump said that he is “more This undated combination picture released from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) yes- National Security Adviser HR McMaster said the United confident than ever that our options in addressing this terday the launching drill of the medium-and-long range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 at an undis- States was fast running out of patience with North threat are both effective and overwhelming.” He said at closed location. — AFP Korea’s missile and nuclear programs. “We’ve been kick- Joint Base Andrews near Washington that North Korea should do more to find effective ways to resume dia- Korea as shares on Wall Street set new highs on Friday. ing the can down the road, and we’re out of road,” “has once again shown its utter contempt for its neigh- logue and negotiation,” he said, while adding that China McMaster told reporters, referring to Pyongyang’s bors and for the entire world community.” would never accept North Korea as a nuclear weapons Differences over talks state. North Korea staged its sixth and most powerful Trump has promised not to allow North Korea to Missile nuclear bomb test earlier this month and in July tested threaten the United States with a nuclear-tipped mis- North Korea’s latest test missile flew over Hokkaido in long-range intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of sile. Russia’s UN ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, said the northern Japan on Friday and landed in the Pacific reaching at least parts of the US mainland. United States needed to begin talks with North Korea, about 2,000 km to the east, the Japanese government Last month, North Korea fired an intermediate something that Washington has so far ruled out. “We said. It travelled about 3,700 km in total, according to range missile that also flew over Hokkaido into the called on our US partners and others to implement South Korea’s military, far enough to reach the US ocean. Warning announcements about the latest mis- political and diplomatic solutions that are provided for Pacific territory of Guam, which the North has threat- sile blared in parts of northern Japan, while many resi- in the resolution,” Nebenzia told reporters after the ened before. “The range of this test was significant since dents received alerts on their mobile phones or saw Security Council meeting. “Without implementing this, North Korea demonstrated that it could reach Guam warnings on TV telling them to seek refuge. The US we also will consider it as a non-compliance with the with this missile,” the Union of Concerned Scientists military said it had detected a single intermediate resolution.” Asked about the prospect for direct talks, a advocacy group said in a statement. However, the accu- range ballistic missile but it did not pose a threat to White House spokesman said, “As the president and his racy of the missile, still at an early stage of develop- North America or Guam. Global equities investors national security team have repeatedly said, now is not ment, was low, it said. largely shrugged off the latest missile test by North the time to talk to North Korea.” — Reuters On Thursday, US Secretary of State Tillerson called on China, Pyongyang’s only ally, and Russia to apply more pressure on North Korea by “taking direct actions of their own.” Beijing has pushed back, urging Washington to do more to rein in North Korea. “Honestly, I think the Kurdish MPs back referendum United States should be doing .. much more than now, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (center) inspects so that there’s real effective international cooperation Continued from Page 1 Meanwhile, Iranian-backed Iraqi Shiite paramilitary the launching drill of the medium-and-long range on this issue,” China’s ambassador to the United States, groups have threatened to dislodge the Kurdish forces strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 at an undis- Cui Tiankai, said on Friday. since a dispute between them and Barzani’s KDP from the Kirkuk region, which is due to take part in the ref- closed location. — AFP “They should refrain from issuing more threats. They caused the suspension of the assembly in October 2015. erendum. Kirkuk is home to sizeable Arab and Turkmen “Those assembled in parliament today think this is a law- populations and lies outside the official boundaries of the ful session, but this is unlawful,” Birzu Majeed, the head of Kurdistan region. It is claimed by both the Kurds and the Gorran’s parliamentary block, told a news conference held central government in Baghdad. Kurdish peshmerga UK on red alert, police hunt terror... while parliament was in session. Lawmakers from a third fighters seized Kirkuk and other disputed territories when party, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), ensured the the Iraqi army collapsed in the face of Islamic State in required quorum. The PUK is a historic rival of the KDP but 2014, preventing its oilfields from falling into militant Continued from Page 1 had not been triggered since 2007. Prime Minister May supports the referendum plan. hands. — AFP said the public should not be alarmed by armed officers the top in a supermarket shopping bag on the floor on the streets, a rare sight in Britain. of a train carriage. The Parsons Green station where the “This is a proportionate and sensible step which will attack took place reopened by yesterday morning. provide extra reassurance and protection while the Armed police patrolled the streets of London near investigation progresses,” she said in a televised state- Amir condemns London attack government departments in Westminster and were ment late on Friday. The bomb struck as passengers Continued from Page 1 ing the terrorist incident. It urged them to call guarding Premier League soccer grounds hosting were travelling to the centre of the British capital. Some 02075903400 in case of emergency, noting that the matches yesterday, including the national stadium at suffered burns and others were injured in a stampede Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), urged the Kuwaiti consulate staff work round the clock and are ready to Wembley. Cressida Dick, Britain’s top police officer, to escape from the station, one of the above-ground nationals, including the students, to be cautious follow- offer any required help for the Kuwaitis. — Agencies sought to reassure the public as she joined colleagues stops on the Underground network. Health officials said patrolling the entertainment district on the south bank none was thought to be in a serious condition. of the Thames. “Yesterday we saw a cowardly and indis- “I was on the second carriage from the back. I just criminate attack which could have resulted in many heard a kind of ‘whoosh’. I looked up and saw the whole Dubai inaugurates largest Solar Power... lives being lost,” she said. “London has not stopped after carriage engulfed in flames making its way towards me,” Continued from Page 1 in infrastructure, building capabilities and developing other terrible attacks and it will not stop after this one.” Ola Fayankinnu said. “There were phones, hats, bags all specialized local talent. over the place and when I looked back I saw a bag with “We have made steady progress in realizing the goals of Critical threat level flames.” Islamic State has claimed other attacks in Britain The project is considered an integral part of the emi- Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 that was launched as part The last time Britain was put on “critical” alert was this year, including two in London and the Manchester rate’s Clean Energy Strategy 2050. The statement noted of our objective to transform Dubai into a global clean ener- after a suicide bomber killed 22 people at a concert by pop concert. Western intelligence officials have ques- that Sheikh Mohammed highlighted the UAE’s model for gy and green economy hub. The carbon footprint of Dubai the American singer Ariana Grande in Manchester in tioned similar claims in the past, saying that while sustaining a green economy based on environmental will be the lowest in the world by 2030,” said Sheikh May. The threat level remained at the highest setting for Islamic State’s jihadist ideology may have inspired some sustainability and clean energy. The UAE has a clear Mohammad. “We are proud that by demonstrating their four days while police raced to establish if the man had attackers, there is scant evidence that it has orchestrat- strategy for implementing and further developing this capabilities, our local talents have proved that they are worked alone or with the help of others. Prior to that it ed attacks. — Reuters model to maximize its benefits, in addition to investing ready to assume responsibility,” he added. — KUNA SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 SPORTS

S Africa’s Duminy calls Dembele suffers hamstring Falcao to admit to time on test career injury in first league start tax fraud in Spain

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa batsman JP Duminy has decided to quit MADRID: Ousmane Dembele suffered a hamstring injury and was MADRID: Colombian footballer Radamel Falcao, who played for Atletico test cricket but will continue to feature in the shorter formats of the game, substituted in his first La Liga start for Barcelona during their clash Madrid between 2011 and 2013, will plead guilty to tax fraud in Spain and the 33-year-old said in a statement yesterday. “After long and with Getafe yesterday. The French winger was taken off in the 29th pay a fine of 6.9 million euros in order to avoid a trial, a source on his legal careful deliberation, I have decided to retire from first-class and minute for Gerard Deulofeu, with the scoreline goalless at the team said yesterday. Falcao, who now plays in the French league for test match cricket with immediate effect,” the left-hander, Coliseum Alfonso Perez. “Ousmane Dembele has a hamstring injury Monaco, was accused of not properly declaring around 5.6 million euros who scored 2,103 runs in 46 tests, said. “It is an experience in his left leg, more tests are needed to find out the extent of the earned in image rights between 2012 and 2014. The striker will that cannot be replaced and one I will always cherish. Test injury,” said Barcelona in a statement. Dembele, Barcelona’s record plead guilty to the charge, taking sole responsibility, a cricket has always been the pinnacle and I’ve been fortunate signing, had started against Juventus in the club’s 3-0 Champions source on his legal team said, confirming reports in Spanish enough to experience some memorable highlights with the League win on Tuesday. Reports in Spanish media suggested the 20- newspaper El Mundo. Falcao paid 8.2 million euros to the Proteas and also in first-class matches with the WSB Cape year-old would miss three weeks, which includes league fixtures Spanish authorities in July so the agreement will result in Cobras.” Duminy, who also bowls off-spin, made his test debut against Eibar, Girona and Las Palmas, as well as a Champions League around 1.3 million euros being returned to the player, the in 2008 against Australia in Perth. “In the years ahead, my clash in Lisbon against Sporting. Dembele became Barcelona’s source said. The Spanish prosecutor’s office was unavail- focus will be placed on attaining limited-overs cricket record signing in August when the Catalans paid Borussia Dortmund able to confirm the reports. Spanish authorities have inves- success for South Africa and the WSB Cape Cobras...” a fee which could reach 147 million euros ($175.53 million) with add- tigated numerous football players for allegedly failing to he added. — Reuters ons, after Neymar departed for Paris Saint-Germain. — Reuters properly declare earnings from image rights.—Reuters

MOTOR RACING Vettel beats Red Bull duo for Singapore pole

SINGAPORE: Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel put Had he been on pole, the 19-year-old himself on pole position to retake the would have been the youngest driver in Formula One lead from Lewis Hamilton the history of the sport to start from the with a sensational late lap in Singapore top slot. “I think the final lap was not great Grand Prix qualifying yesterday. Hamilton, but we were quite close so I’m pretty happy who leads the German by three points with with that,” said the Dutch driver, who turns seven rounds remaining, qualified his 20 in two weeks’ time. Mercedes only fifth for Sunday’s night race “During the race it will be difficult to with team mate Valtteri Bottas set to start pass him so we have to see on the first lap.” alongside in sixth. Ricciardo, a winner in Azerbaijan in June, Dutch teenager Max Verstappen will also remained confident. “I’m still confident start second for Red Bull, after going fastest we’ll get victory. I think we’ve got a good in the first two phases of qualifying, with package. Seb turned it on in qualifying but Australian team mate Daniel Ricciardo third I’m looking forward to tomorrow,” said the and Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen fourth. Australian. There were few smiles at Vettel, who lost the lead to Hamilton at Mercedes, with the champions arriving in the previous race in Italy, is a four times Singapore fearing it would be a tough winner in Singapore and the pole was also weekend but secretly hoping for better. his fourth in the city state as well as the “You always hope for better but probably 49th of his Formula One career. It was also its realistically where we are in Singapore,” his third of the season but he had to put said team boss Toto Wolff. “There seems to everything on the line when it really mat- be a certain pattern that some cars go bet- tered to beat the Red Bulls in a close-run ter on the slow, twisty stuff. And that is session, lighting up the timing screens with Ferrari and Red Bull.” Hamilton, who took a a lap of one minute 39.491 seconds. record 69th career pole at Monza by a huge “I’m still full of adrenaline so maybe margin, never looked in contention. whatever I say doesn’t make any sense,” a “We knew that today would be tough,” breathless Vettel, who let out a loud whoop he said. “I definitely didn’t anticipate Ferrari of joy over the team-radio, said after he would be as strong as they were. I thought LAKE FOREST: Marc Leishman of Australia pulls a club from his bag on the eighth hole during the second round of the BMW Championship at stepped out of the car. “The car was tricky Red Bull would be as quick as they were Conway Farms Golf Club on Friday in Lake Forest, Illinois. — AFP but it came alive and it was getting better but we still remain hopeful. and better as the night progressed, so I’m “I got everything I could out of the car, really happy that we got it done.” everything and more,” he added. Nico GOLF Hulkenberg was seventh for Renault ahead RICCIARDO CONFIDENT of Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne, Red Bull had topped the timesheets in who put both McLarens in the top 10 a day every session leading up to qualifying and after the former champions agreed to swap Leishman backs good start had looked on course for their first front Honda power for Renault in 2018. row lockout since the US Grand Prix in Spaniard Carlos Sainz, set to move to 2013, with Verstappen also fastest in the the works Renault team next year, rounded opening two phases of qualifying. out the top 10 for Toro Rosso. —Reuters with a low score at BMW

LAKE FOREST: Marc Leishman has a short mem- Boston, he took a two-shot lead into the back Boston just to advance to the third round at No. Kyle Busch wins playoff pole ory when it comes to golf, which only helped nine only to get passed by Justin Thomas and 67. Then, he was paired with Tiger Woods in the him at the BMW Championship. He forgot all Spieth by shooting 40 on the back nine to finish final round at Cog Hill. “I remember being really, about that 62 in the opening round. He was third behind Thomas. really nervous on the first tee, which I’m general- at Chicagoland Speedway nearly just as good Friday with a 7-under 64 to After a week at home in Virginia, with the ly not a nervous person, but that was a new open a three-shot lead over Jason Day and clubs never leaving the garage, he picked up thing for me,” he said. JOLIET: Kyle Busch raced to the top spot at drivers. “Winning counts and sometimes Rickie Fowler going into the weekend at Conway where he left off. It’s easy to overlook Leishman He also remembers having an eagle putt on Chicagoland. But Brad Keselowski was the you have to catch a little bit of luck. That Farms. “I really took that as a challenge today, to because the Australian has only two PGA Tour the ninth hole, with Woods well to the right off driver pegged as the No. 1 target by the happens. The fastest car doesn’t always not take it for granted that you’re just going to victories, including the Arnold Palmer the tee and then stuck behind a tree. Woods hit rest of the Cup field. Keselowski shook up a win. That has been the case a few times make birdies,” Leishman said. “You still have to Invitational earlier this year. He’s OK with that, a 9-iron out of trouble and ended up making lazy Friday at Chicagoland Speedway with with late yellows and so forth,” Keselowski earn every birdie. I think when you do get ahead and laughs at hearing fans whisper as he walks birdie, and he went on to win by eight shots. But a tweet that accused NASCAR of letting said Friday. “Winning races is more than of yourself, that’s when bad stuff can happen.” by, “Who’s that bloke?” That was his phrase, that was a big day for Leishman. He tied for sec- Toyota get ahead of the rest of the manu- one thing, it always has been and always There was plenty of good stuff from the guys though apparently he’s heard it Down Under, ond and advanced to the Tour Championship for facturers. will be. You always like to be close but right chasing him in the third FedEx Cup playoff too. As for that short memory, he does have the first time, leading to his first appearance in NASCAR should have been buzzing now we aren’t close.” event. Day, who has gone 16 months since his some specific recall of tournaments long ago. the Masters. That’s no longer an issue. Leishman about the start of its 10-race playoff to Keselowski, the 2012 Cup champion, last victory, chipped in from behind the 14th One of them was eight years ago in the Chicago now is No. 7 in the FedEx Cup and simply trying crown a champion. Instead, it was 140 char- considers himself a bit of a spokesman at green for his second eagle of the week, and then area. It was his rookie season on the PGA Tour. to win to get into the top five heading to the acters and verbal jabs that stole the show. times for the sport given his tenure and added a third eagle with one swing. He made a He made an eagle on the 18th hole at the TPC Tour Championship. — AP Busch opened his bid for a second NASCAR accomplishments. He’s locked in to a long- hole-in-one on the 17th hole with a 7-iron that Cup championship with a lap of 187.963 term deal with Penske and Ford and has turned into a payoff for multiple parties. mph to win the pole Friday night at rarely backed down from speaking on the It carried day to a 65, putting him in the last Chicagoland. “I’m way behind in payback, state of the industry. group on the weekend with Leishman. BMW Australia and France just FYI,” Busch said. “He’s way ahead. If any- “I am not looking over my shoulder wor- awarded $100,000 to the Evans Scholars body’s going to be getting it, it’s going to rying about getting a ride with another Foundation, and then Day decided to give the be him.” manufacturer one day and that gives me car he won to the Evans Scholars, which will lead 2-1 in semifinals Busch and Joe Gibbs Racing teammate some privileges that maybe some other yield another full, four-year scholarship for Denny Hamlin will start on the front row guys don’t have,” he said. Busch and another student. LILLE: Two-time Grand Slam champions following two beautiful winners from and fellow Toyota driver Martin Truex Jr. Keselowski have long been rivals and tan- Fowler also chipped in for eagle on the reach- Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert Krajinovic - a perfect lob and passing shot - was third. Truex has four wins and the gled on and off the track. able par-4 15th hole on his way to a 64. “The ulti- beat Filip Krajinovic and Nenad Zimonjic 6-1, but the French proved stronger in the Furniture Row Racing driver is a favorite to “If you ask Brad, he can fix the world’s mate goal is to win this week,” Day said. “That’s 6-2, 7-6 (3) for France to lead Serbia 2-1 in the tiebreaker. “We are super happy and very win his first career Cup title. problems,” Busch said. Top 10 spots for oth- the thing I’ve been trying to do this whole sea- Davis Cup semifinals yesterday. proud,” said Herbert, who won Wimbledon and “I’d like to know what Toyota’s paying er drivers racing for the championship over son - at least win once, and try to build on that.” Apart from a scare in the third set when the the US Open with Mahut. “It’s never easy to Brad, because he’s been our best the final 10 races include: Chase Elliott Leishman was at 16-under 126, two short of Serb pair won four games in a row, Mahut and serve for the match, I felt weaker at the worst spokesman,” Hamlin said. NASCAR playoff eighth, Austin Dillon ninth, and Matt the 36-hole record Day set at Conway Farms two Herbert were in control on the indoor clay time.” Mahut, who has been hampered by a drivers Kevin Harvick, Keselowski and Kyle Kenseth 10th. years ago on his way to a wire-to-wire, six-shot court and put France one win away from its calf injury in recent weeks, thanked the med- Larson had the next three spots. Ryan Blaney is 12th, seven-time champi- victory. Leishman has some experience with 18th Davis Cup final. ical staff for enabling him to play. Keselowski said this week Fords didn’t on Jimmie Johnson starts 14th, Ricky that, but it was long ago and the memory is In the other semifinal in Brussels, Australia “They did not count their hours to put me have the speed needed to win the champi- Stenhouse Jr. is 15th, Ryan Newman 16th, vague, naturally. He recalls opening with a 70 at also needs just one more point to reach the back on my feet,” he said. “This victory is also onship and suggested the championship Kurt Busch 17th, Jamie McMurray 19th and the Toyota Southern Classic on the Von Nida final for the first time since it won the title in theirs.” Friday’s singles were played outdoors finale would be comprised of four Toyota Kasey Kahne 25th.— AP Tour in Australia and winning big. 2003 after John Peers and Jordan Thompson but organizers decided to close the roof at He already has 18 birdies in 36 holes at breezed past Arthur de Greef and Ruben Pierre Mauroy Stadium because of forecasts of Conway Farms, where the scoring average was a Bemelmans of Belgium 6-3, 6-4, 6-0. bad weather. shade under 69 through two rounds. It hasn’t “It was surprising. Davis Cup doubles you In the absence of Novak Djokovic, Viktor been easy for everyone, particularly defending usually see marathon five-setters,” Thompson Troicki, and Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia was given champion Dustin Johnson. The world’s No. 1 said. A highly anticipared contest between little chance against the French, but Dusan player can’ seem to buy a putt, and even when Belgium’s David Goffin and Nick Kyrgios could Lajovic gave Serbia a 1-0 lead on Friday before he started to make a little progress, he finished become the climax of today’s reverse singles Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the second singles. In bogey-bogey by taking two chips to get on the in the Belgian capital. today’s first reverse singles, Tsonga can clinch 17th green and hitting into the water on the In the northern city of Lille, the French were the tie for France with victory over Lajovic. If 18th. Patrick Cantlay extended his remarkable flawless on their service games until 5-2 in the he fails, the tie will be decided in the final sin- run this season with a 65, leaving him alone in third set when Herbert was broken after he hit gles between Lucas Pouille and Serb debutant fourth place but six shots behind. Cantlay a double fault. The Serbian duo broke again Laslo Djere. — AP returned after three years away to cope with a severe back injury and the death of his close friend and caddie, Chris Roth, who was hit by a car as they were walking to dinner. Cantlay is playing his 11th tournament this year, yet he is No. 41 in the FedEx Cup and could get into the Tour Championship if he finishes in the top 30 after this week. Phil Mickelson is trying to work his way into the top 30, and while he sputtered with two birdies, two bogeys and too many pars, he drilled an approach to 5 feet on the par-5 14th for an eagle. He shot 69 and was at 7-under 135, in a tie for 12th.

SUCCESSIVE FINISHES Jordan Spieth, No. 1 in the FedEx Cup after successive runner-up finishes in the playoff JOLIET: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Skittles Sweet Heat Toyota, prepares to practice events, only managed a 70 and joined Mickelson BRUSSELS: Australia’s John Peers, right, and Jordan Thompson return the ball during a Davis for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Tales of the Turtles 400 at Chicagoland in the group at 135. Leishman is hitting his stride Cup World Group semi-final doubles tennis match against Belgium in Brussels, yesterday. — AP Speedway yesterday in Joliet, Illinois. — AFP at just the right time. Two weeks ago at the TPC SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 SPORTS

Russia doping tension marks final day of IOC meetings

LIMA: The raw feelings created by the not have this discussion just before the admission alone cannot help you forget cy, and is not helpful.” One of the completed by November, which would Russian doping scandal spilled onto the Pyeongchang Games. It must be clear what’s happened in the past.” Urged by authors of that release, Travis Tygart of give the IOC and other governing bodies floor and into the hallways of the months before.” Bach, the IOC refused to ban the entire the US Anti-Doping Agency, responded three months to sort out eligibility. International Olympic Committee meet- In another report, IOC member Craig Russian team from the Rio Games and in an email to the AP: “Yeah, clearly, the The other report - about whether ings Friday, with less than five months Reedie, who heads the World Anti- instead sent the individual cases to the truth can strike a reaction, but to be state-sponsored doping exists, as shown until the Winter Games and still no deci- Doping Agency, said progress is being international sports federations, which clear, the only thing unhelpful is the in both McLaren’s research and a previ- sions made about the fate of the coun- made toward reinstating Russia’s sus- had only a matter of days to determine lack of decisive action in fully protecting ous investigation by IOC member Dick try’s athletes. pended anti-doping agency. Russian IOC the status of hundreds of athletes. More clean athletes’ rights.” Pound - is also on track to be done IOC members received updates on member Alexander Zhukov was encour- than 280 Russians participated, and giv- Denis Oswald, the IOC member look- before the Olympics, and Bach said it two investigations that will eventually aged. He reiterated what he told The en evidence of the state-sponsored, sys- ing into the individual cases, said his has to be. Because that looks at the determine Russia’s status: One on Associated Press this week - he expects temic doping program in the country, committee has been “working hard entire operation and not the cases of whether there was a state-sponsored Russia to field a team in Pyeongchang: there were howls of protest across the since Day 1.” “But when you have a pile individual athletes, it figures to be an doping program in the country, the oth- Asked if a state-sponsored doping pro- globe. Not wanting to see a repeat, a of documents like this,” he said, while even more difficult issue for the IOC to er on the individual cases of athletes gram existed in Russia, his answer was, group of 17 anti-doping leaders released holding his hands several feet apart, sort out. who were implicated in the scandal at simply: “no.” a statement Thursday calling for a com- “and you have (so) many cases involved, The director of the IOC’s medical and the Sochi Games in 2014. Russia’s unwillingness to acknowl- plete ban of the Russian Olympic it takes time. You have to respect the science department, Richard Budgett, The leaders of both investigations, edge the state-sponsored program is a Committee from Pyeongchang. That irri- procedure. You can’t just say they were explained some of the delays come which are using information from an problem, as it is a requirement for re- tated some IOC members, especially in Sochi and they are Russian and they down to simple math: For instance, he earlier inquiry by Richard McLaren, entry into the sports world on many Reedie, who took time in his presenta- probably were doped.” said it takes about three hours to exam- urged patience and insisted they are fronts - notably its anti-doping agency, tion to assail the leaders. The McLaren Report said the doping ine each urine-sample bottle to deter- working as fast as they can. Still, a hand- track team and Paralympic team. IOC “The comments made ... omit entire- scheme involved 1,000 athletes covering mine whether tampering has occurred. ful of IOC members made clear they’re President Thomas Bach called it “only a ly all the work that’s been done to 30 sports, both winter and summer. Key to Russia’s scheme at the Sochi worried about the timing. “A lot of small part” of the equation. develop proper anti-doping systems in Oswald spelled out a clearly defined Games was a plan in which officials progress has been made, but we’re not Russia,” Reedie said. “It looks backward ranking of the importance of the cases, opened bottles containing tainted urine, there yet,” said Camiel Eurlings, an IOC STATE-SPONSORED instead of looking forward. I want to starting with Russian athletes trying to traded it with clean urine and resealed member from the Netherlands. “I under- DOPING PROGRAM make it quite clear that most of what compete in next year’s Olympics. He said the bottles without anyone discovering stand it takes a lot of time, but we can- “It can be symbolic,” he said. “But an they say in their press release is not poli- he hoped to have much of the work they had been compromised. — AP

Australia engage local Indian spinner to foil Yadav threat

CHENNAI: Australia skipper Steve Smith little bit of pressure early in his spell and try exuded confidence his team can dominate and take him for as many (runs) as we can. India’s left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav “(Engaging Jiyas) is a chance to train in the one-day series beginning today after against someone who bowls the same. two days of facing a local bowler of similar There’s not too many around the world so action in the nets. it’s a little bit different and it’s been good to Yadav’s 4-68 on test debut against get someone who bowls a bit of that.” Australia helped secure India’s 2-1 series While Yadav remains the worry for victory earlier this year but the tourists left Australia, India are fretting over Shikhar no stone unturned in their preparation, Dhawan’s replacement after the opener roping in local left-arm wrist spinner KK was released from the squad to be with his Jiyas for some valuable practice. ailing wife. Home captain Virat Kohli hinted “He’s a good young talent,” Smith said of Ajinkya Rahane would partner Rohit Yadav, who will lead India’s spin attack in Sharma at the top of the batting order. “I absence of seniors Ravichandran Ashwin am not saying it’s easy,” Kohli told reporters and Ravindra Jadeja who have been rested at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. “Ajinkya from the first three encounters of the five- Rahane plays in middle order in ODIs and match ODI series. tests and then he has opened in the ODIs “He can be difficult to pick at times so as well.” “Now we are backing Rahane at the he’s someone you’ve got to watch really top of the order so he knows his plans are closely. Hopefully we can put him under a clear.” —Reuters

CRICKET India, Australia renew heated rivalry in shorter formats

CHENNAI: India takes on Australia in the In their absence, left-arm orthodox spin- CANBERRA: Australia’s Michael Hooper, left, breaks a tackle from Argentina’s Matias Alemanno and Tomas Lezana, right, during their rugby first of five ODI matches in Chennai today, ner Axar Patel, left-arm leg-spinner Kuldeep union test match in Canberra, yesterday. —AP with a three-match Twenty20 contest to Yadav and leg-break bowler Yuzvendra follow, as rivalry resumes between the two Chahal have done the job well. They shared cricket giants. India beat Australia 2-1 earli- 14 wickets in five ODIs in Sri Lanka. RUGBY er this year in a controversial test series, “It is a great advantage to have them in played in such a hostile atmosphere that the squad,” Kohli said. “They are different India skipper Virat Kohli said at the end he bowlers, yet are both wicket-taking didn’t consider Australian cricketers as his bowlers.” Yadav made his test debut against Australia rally to down “friends” any longer. Australia in Dharamsala and took 4-91. The That’s not worrying Australia. “I am not Australians are treating him as a serious too concerned about my differences with threat, even recruiting the services of a left- Kohli. He is obviously a very good player arm leg-spinner from Kerala to practice in Pumas 45-20 in Canberra and he has got a phenomenal ODI record,” the nets leading up to this first ODI. Australia captain Steve Smith said on arriv- “It was a chance to train against some- ing in Chennai earlier this week. “Hopefully one that bowls the same,” Smith said. CANBERRA: Australia scored five second-half Wallabies were now playing more direct rugby after Pumas replacement Enrique Pieretto had we can keep him quiet as much as possible, “Hopefully we can put him (Yadav) under tries to rally to their first victory of this year’s up front and got their reward with a second try been sin-binned. and if we do that, it can go a long way in pressure early in his spell and try and take Rugby Championship with a 45-20 win over three minutes later when a lofted Will Genia pass Scrumhalf Genia cut through the defence to having some success on this tour.” him for as many as we can.” Australia has Argentina at a chilly Canberra Stadium yester- gave Folau the space to cross again. score in the 72nd minute, a searing touchline Kohli faltered in the Test series - 46 runs won two out of its last three full ODI series day. Fullback Israel Folau scored tries either side As the temperature plunged towards zero run and offload from number eight Sean in five innings, his poorest return from a in India, in 2007-08 and in 2009-10, both by of halftime and Sekope Kepu, Will Genia, Nick degrees Celsius, Australia just about weathered McMahon gifted replacement Phipps his try and Test series on home soil - and has a point to a 4-2 margin. The Australians recently drew Phipps and Jordan Uelese also crossed to secure a period of intense Argentine pressure before rookie hooker Uelese barged over for his maiden prove against Australia. “You can keep talk- the two Test series in Bangladesh 1-1 Aaron a bonus point victory. the floodgates opened in the final 10 minutes test try after the hooter. —Reuters ing the whole time, but if you don’t deliver Finch will miss out owing to a calf injury. Flyhalf Bernard Foley converted all six tries on the field, it doesn’t matter,” Kohli said Peter Handscomb has been drafted into and kicked a penalty to help the Wallabies back yesterday, adding that “mind games” the squad as his replacement, but he will to winning ways after they lost twice to the All wouldn’t distract him. not reach Chennai in time for this first ODI. Blacks and drew with the Springboks in their first Ruthless All Blacks Kohli has recovered his form and India Travis Head is expected to open the innings three matches of the competition. returned from an emphatic tour of Sri with David Warner. Argentina led 13-10 at halftime after bullying Lanka, where it beat the hosts across all For India, Ajinkya Rahane is expected to their hosts in the back-row contest but a first thrash South Africa three formats. India won the ODI series by a partner up with Sharma, as first-choice half try from Martin Landajo and a brilliant late 5-0 margin, despite resting key bowlers. partner Shikhar Dhawan was released from consolation from Matias Moroni were not AUCKLAND: Winger Nehe Milner-Skudder throughout the game and had sealed the win While pacers Umesh Yadav and the ODI squad due to his wife’s illness. enough for a first win in Australia since 1983. scored two of the All Blacks’ eight tries as they by halftime. They scored three long range Mohammed Shami are back to face Lokesh Rahul will continue to bat in the Michael Cheika was delighted with the destroyed South Africa 57-0 at North Harbour tries with Ioane, Milner-Skudder and Retallick Australia, spinners Ravichandran Ashwin middle order, while Kohli can opt for Kedar improvement after the break, even more so Stadium yesterday to post a record points all crossing after the world champions identi- and Ravindra Jadeja continue to be rested. Jadhav or Manish Pandey at No. 6. — AP because it was inspired by the players them- margin against the Springboks. fied space behind the defensive line. selves rather than a halftime talk from the The All Blacks were ruthless in their execu- Replacement Scott Barrett also crossed Wallabies coach. “I didn’t say too much, they said tion of their opportunities to post 50 points after his older brother Beauden cross-kicked it all, they knew what was going on,” Cheika said. for the second successive test against their for Dane Coles to knock the ball down to the “They didn’t hide from the lack of urgency and traditional foes, with their 57-15 win last year 23-year-old, who was on the field as Liam intensity and the need to pick it up. in Durban the previous largest margin. Squire underwent a head injury assessment. “We know we let ourselves down in the first Rieko Ioane, Milner-Skudder, Brodie Milner-Skudder grabbed his second try in the half.” The Pumas head back to Argentina for Retallick and Scott Barrett all crossed in the 53rd minute and both coaches then emptied their final two matches still searching for their first half to give the All Blacks a 31-0 lead at the benches, with Tu’ungafasi scoring his first first win of the Rugby Championship with only the break, before the right winger, Ofa test try 10 minutes later. one victory, over Georgia, in seven matches this Tu’ungafasi Lima Sopoaga and Codie Taylor The All Blacks dominated the final 20 min- year. “We didn’t have a good second half, we all scored in the second half. utes with the Springboks defending for much were too passive on defence,” said coach Daniel Despite the scoreline, the Springboks cre- of it and it was testament to their grit they Hourcade. “When we had the chance to score, ated numerous opportunities themselves only conceded the tries to Sopoaga in the we didn’t and that was the match.” with their running lines, interplay and kicks 73rd minute and Taylor after the fulltime into space but were unable to finish off as the hooter. FIRST TRY All Blacks defence was superb. The Springboks next face Australia in Australia opened the scoring through Foley’s The All Blacks were ruthless in identifying Bloemfontein on Oct. 1, while the All Blacks penalty but Argentina were dominating posses- space and taking their opportunities play Argentina in Buenos Aires.—Reuters sion and Nicolas Sanchez levelled the scores in the 15th minute after the Pumas pack had rolled a maul deep into the home 22. The Pumas butchered an opportunity to score the first try in the 20th minute when Sanchez’s pass to Emiliano Boffelli went forward but scrumhalf Landajo made no mistake four minutes later when he spun over the line from a ruck. The visitors continued to make sure the game was being played in the Australian half and it was not until the half-hour mark that the Wallabies broke out to again square the contest. Foley was twice involved in the sweeping move that sent Folau over in the corner, but the Pumas quickly resumed their territorial strangle- hold and Sanchez slotted a second penalty to send his side into halftime with a slim lead. CHENNAI: Australian cricketer Travis Head bowls during a training session, ahead of Australia came out firing at the start of the AUCKLAND: New Zealand’s winger Rieko Ioane scores a try against South Africa during the India-Australia cricket series, in Chennai yesterday. India and Australia will play second half and prop Kepu burrowed over the their Rugby Championship match in Auckland, New Zealand, yesterday. The All Blacks five ODIs and three Twenty20 matches during the tour lasting nearly a month, start- line from close range for a converted try to put defeated the Springboks 57-0. — AP ing today. — AFP them ahead 17-13 after 50 minutes. The SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 , 2017 SPORTS

NHL Capitals’ Ovechkin says Olympic decision out of his hands

WASHINGTON: Alex Ovechkin released tell me I can’t play because my country Nagano in 1998. The Soviet Union, and be in position to make this choice.” Ovechkin, who turns 32 next week, a statement through the Washington was going to be allowed to ask me,” then the Unified Team, won eight of 10 In the statement, Ovechkin thanked had 33 goals and 36 assists in 82 regu- Capitals acknowledging that the ability Ovechkin said. “Now the IIHF and NHL Olympic gold medals from 1956-1992. owner Ted Leonsis for his support. lar-season games last season and to represent Russia in the 2018 say my country is not allowed to ask “I wanted to make this statement so Leonsis had gone on record saying he’d added five goals and three assists in 13 Olympics has been taken out of his anybody in the NHL to play and there is that my words are clear and nobody allow Ovechkin and other top players to playoff games. In 12 NHL seasons, all hands. On the eve of the first day of on- nothing to talk about anymore.” misunderstands what I am saying,” go to the Olympics if they wanted to, with the Capitals, he has 558 goals and ice training camp workouts, Ovechkin The Athletic first reported the IIHF’s Ovechkin said. “The Olympics are in my even if it meant missing Capitals games. 477 goals in 921 regular-season games said in the statement that while he assurances to the league last week. blood and everybody knows how much That won’t happen now. “Our coun- and 46 goals and 44 assists in 97 playoff loves playing for his country, it won’t Ovechkin is set to address reporters I love my country. Ever since I was a kid tries are now not allowed to ask us to games. happen because the International Ice after his first official camp practice and all the time I have played in the play in the Olympics,” the six-time NHL “My focus as it always is this time of Hockey Federation has assured the NHL Friday. Ovechkin began saying a year NHL, NHL players have played in the goals leader said. “Me, my teammates year is on my other dream as a kid, to that players under contract won’t be ago that he was going to the Olympics Olympic Games. We never have to make and all players who want to go all lose. try to win the Stanley Cup,” Ovechkin able to play in South Korea. The NHL no matter what. NHL players had partic- choice between our team and our So do all the fans of hockey with this wrote. “I am excited training camp has announced in April it wouldn’t be send- ipated in the past five Olympics, and country my whole career. I love the decision that we are not allowed to be started in Washington and the time for ing players to the Games for the first Ovechkin played for Russia in the past Capitals and my teammates here as invited. NHL players in the Olympics is talking is done. We just have to go out time since 1994. three. Russia has a long history of using much as I love my country and I know good for hockey and good for and do it and I will try my hardest to “I said every time I was asked since its top players in the Olympics, well all the other NHL players feel the same Olympics. It sucks that will we not be help my teammates win like I do every last Olympics that nobody is going to before the NHL began participating in for their teams. We should not have to there to play!!” year since I came to the NHL.” — AP

ST PETERSBURG: Dustin Pedroia #15 of the Boston Red Sox looks up at home plate umpire Laz Diaz #63 as he slides home ahead of catcher Jesus Sucre #45 of the Tampa Bay Rays to score off of an RBI single by Mitch Moreland during the 15th inning of a game on Friday at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. —AFP

BASEBALL Royals beat Indians to halt Cleveland’s record streak

CLEVELAND: The Cleveland Indians can Los Angeles in the chase for home-field win. Blaine Boyer, the 21st pitcher to appear and A.J. Pollock hit a two-run double as for the second NL wild card. Chatwood (8- return to clinching their division and playoff advantage in the playoffs. in the game, pitched the 15th for Boston. Arizona beat San Francisco. Ray (14-5) struck 12) tossed 5 2/3 innings and left after Wil preparations. Their historic winning streak is, Nine Red Sox pitchers set a club record with out 10 and gave up two runs (one earned), Myers’ 28th homer. It was Chatwood’s third well, history. Cleveland’s AL-record run was BREWERS 10, MARLINS 2 24 strikeouts. six hits and no walks as the Diamondbacks start after six relief appearances. San Diego’s stopped at 22 straight games by Friday Neil Walker hit a grand slam during an won for the 19th time in 24 games and for Clayton Richard (7-14) allowed four runs night’s 4-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals, eight-run eighth inning, and the Brewers CUBS 8, CARDINALS 2 the eighth straight time on the road. The and seven hits in six innings. who became the first team to conquer the beat the Marlins in the opening game of a Kris Bryant had three hits, including his Diamondbacks trailed 2-1 when Pollock defending league champions since Aug 23. series relocated from Miami to Milwaukee 27th homer, and the Cubs opened a big doubled in two runs off Jeff Samardzija (9- REDS 4, PIRATES 2 Jason Vargas (16-10) pitched into the sixth because of the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. weekend series with their fourth consecutive 14) in the seventh inning. Arizona reduced Zack Cozart hit two of Cincinnati’s four and Brandon Moss homered off Trevor Bauer The Marlins were technically the home team win. Bryant went deep in the fourth and sin- its magic number for clinching its first post- solo home runs, powering the last-place (16-9) as the Royals ended baseball’s longest and batted in the bottom of the innings. gled twice in Chicago’s seven-run sixth. The season berth since 2011 to seven. Reds to the victory. Joey Votto and Scott win streak in 101 years. With one last chance Milwaukee even used palm trees, fake NL Central-leading Cubs stayed three games Schebler also connected, sending the Pirates in the ninth, the Indians put the tying run on flamingos and giant blue and pink sea shells ahead of Milwaukee and increased their BLUE JAYS 4, TWINS 3 to their third straight loss and eighth in the base before Mike Minor struck out the side to give Miller Park a South Florida feel. advantage over St. Louis to four games. Josh Donaldson homered and drove in last nine games. Homer Bailey (5-8) allowed for his first pro save, fanning Francisco Miami’s Dee Gordon went hitless in four at- Chicago pitcher John Lackey and catcher the go-ahead run in the seventh inning with one run in 5 2/3 innings for his first win in six Lindor on a pitch in the dirt for the final out. bats to end his 17-game hitting streak. Brian Willson Contreras were thrown out for yelling an infield single that ricocheted off the starts since Aug 11. Raisel Iglesias got five Ellington (0-1) got the loss. Jared Hughes (4- at plate umpire Jordan Baker in the fifth. Carl mound, sending Toronto to the win. J.A. outs for his 27th save. Chad Kuhl (7-11) gave DODGERS 7, NATIONALS 0 3) picked up the win after tossing a score- Edwards Jr. (4-4) pitched a perfect sixth for Happ (9-10) pitched into the seventh inning up all four home runs, a single-game career Alex Wood struck out eight in six innings, less seventh inning. the win. Tommy Pham homered for St. Louis. in his third straight win, and Roberto Osuna high for the second-year right-hander. Corey Seager hit a three-run homer during a Carlos Martinez (11-11) was charged with got three outs for his 36th save in 46 oppor- five-run second and the Dodgers won on RED SOX 13, RAYS 6, 15 INNINGS seven runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings. tunities. The Twins had a three-game lead ATHLETICS 4, PHILLIES 0 the road. Wood (15-3) allowed three hits and Xander Bogaerts had two hits in Boston’s over the Los Angeles Angels for the second Daniel Mengden pitched a two-hitter for walked one. Los Angeles has won three in a seven-run 15th inning and the Red Sox beat YANKEES 8, ORIOLES 2 AL wild card going into the night, with the Oakland, and Matt Olson and Matt Joyce row after losing 11 consecutive games and Tampa Bay in a game that lasted 6 hours, 5 Didi Gregorius hit a tiebreaking two-run Seattle Mariners 3 1/2 games back. The New each hit a two-run homer. Mengden (1-1) 16 of 17. The teams entered the highly antic- minutes. Austin Pruitt (7-5) walked Jackie homer and drove in four runs, leading the York Yankees hold the first wild card with a struck out seven and walked none in his first ipated three-game series having clinched Bradley Jr. to lead off the top of the 15th. Yankees to their fifth win in six games. Luis four-game edge on the Twins. Twins starter career shutout in his 18th start. J.P Crawford playoff berths and owning the top two Bogaerts followed with a single. Dustin Severino (13-6) allowed three hits in eight Bartolo Colon (6-13) was charged with four had both hits off Mengden. Phillies starter records in the National League. The Dodgers Pedroia hit a ground ball that was mis- innings. He made one big mistake, runs in six-plus innings on “Big Sexy Night.” Mark Leiter Jr. (3-6) allowed four runs and lowered their magic number to clinch the NL played by second baseman Brad Miller, Welington Castillo’s opposite-field, two-run The Twins had souvenir T-shirts for fans who seven hits in six innings. Mengden also got West to six. Justin Turner and Yasiel Puig allowing Bradley to score the lead run. homer to right that put the Orioles ahead 2- bought a special ticket package in honor of his first career hit, a single off Crawford’s homered in the Dodgers’ first Washington Andrew Benintendi, Mitch Moreland, Deven 1 in the second. Severino is 8-2 with a 2.09 the burly right-hander, who joined the glove in the shortstop hole before Joyce appearance since winning Game 5 of the NL Marraro and Bogaerts drove in extra runs for ERA in 12 starts since the All-Star break. Twins two months ago and has more than connected in the second. Division Series last October. Edwin Jackson the Red Sox, who maintained their three- Gregorius hit a sacrifice fly in the first, held his own despite his decreased velocity. (5-6) lasted just 2 1/3 innings. The NL East game lead over the New York Yankees in the homered against Miguel Castro for a 4-2 TIGERS 3, WHITE SOX 2 champion Nationals fell six games back of AL East. Brandon Workman (1-1) got the lead in the fifth and added another sacrifice ANGELS 7, RANGERS 6 Mikie Mahtook hit a game-ending RBI fly in a three-run seventh. Baltimore lost for C.J. Cron hit a two-run homer to cap the single with two outs in the ninth inning, the eighth time in nine games. Gabriel Ynoa a five-run rally in the sixth inning, and Los helping Detroit stop a six-game skid. MLB Results/Standings (1-2) allowed three runs - two earned - and Angeles trimmed its deficit in the AL wild- Former Tigers reliever Al Alburquerque (0-2) five hits in 4 1/3 innings. card race to two games. Andrelton walked Jeimer Candelario with one out in Arizona 3, San Francisco 2; Colorado 6, San Diego 1; Houston 5, Seattle 2; Toronto 4, Minnesota 3; Milwaukee 10, Simmons had two run-scoring singles for the ninth, and Aaron Bummer walked Tyler Miami 2; Atlanta 3, NY Mets 2; Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 2; Boston 13, Tampa Bay 6 (15 innings); Detroit 3, Chicago White Sox 2; Kansas City 4, Cleveland 3; NY Yankees 8, Baltimore 2; LA Dodgers 7, Washington 0; Oakland 4, ASTROS 5, MARINERS 2 the Angels (75-72), who gained a game on Collins with two outs. White Sox manager Philadelphia 0; Chicago Cubs 8, St. Louis 2. Carlos Correa and Evan Gattis had two the Minnesota Twins (77-70) with just their Rick Renteria brought in Juan Minaya, who hits apiece and each drove in a run, and the third win in eight games. Los Angeles used uncorked a wild pitch to move the runners American League National League Astros moved closer to clinching the AL seven pitchers in a bullpen start, with for- to second and third. Mahtook then hit a 3-2 Eastern Division Eastern Division W L PCT GB Washington 89 58 .605 - West title. Houston’s magic number mer closer Bud Norris getting the first six pitch up the middle for his first career Boston 84 63 .571 - Miami 68 79 .463 21 dropped to two, meaning the Astros could outs. Yusmeiro Petit (5-0) pitched two per- game-ending hit. Shane Greene (4-3) got NY Yankees 81 66 .551 3 Atlanta 67 79 .459 21.5 secure their first division championship fect innings, and Blake Parker earned a six- four outs for the win. Tampa Bay 72 76 .486 12.5 NY Mets 63 84 .429 26 since 2001 with a win today if the Angels out save. Shin-Soo Choo hit a two-run Baltimore 72 76 .486 12.5 Philadelphia 57 90 .388 32 lose today. The Astros led 3-0 after one homer in the sixth for Texas (72-75). The BRAVES 3, METS 2 Toronto 69 79 .466 15.5 Central Division inning as James Paxton (12-4) struggled in Rangers have lost four straight and six of Sean Newcomb struck out eight in 5 1/3 Central Division Chicago Cubs 81 66 .551 - his return from the disabled list after sitting seven, their playoff hopes down to a flicker. innings, and the Braves handed the Mets Cleveland 91 57 .615 - Milwaukee 78 69 .531 3 Minnesota 77 70 .524 13.5 out since Aug. 10 with a strained pectoral Yohander Mendez (0-1) took the loss. their fifth straight loss. Newcomb (3-8) gave St. Louis 77 70 .524 4 Kansas City 73 74 .497 17.5 muscle. He allowed three runs in 1 1/3 up two runs and six hits. Arodys Vizcaino Pittsburgh 68 80 .459 13.5 Detroit 61 86 .415 29.5 Cincinnati 64 84 .432 17.5 innings to snap a seven-game winning ROCKIES 6, PADRES 1 pitched the ninth for his 11th save in 13 Chicago White Sox 59 88 .401 31.5 Western Division streak. Charlie Morton (12-7) pitched six Tyler Chatwood pitched into the sixth opportunities. Rafael Montero (5-10) Western Division strong innings for Houston. Ken Giles tossed inning and drove in his first runs of the sea- became the fourth straight Mets starter Houston 89 58 .605 - LA Dodgers 95 52 .646 - LA Angels 75 72 .510 14 Arizona 86 62 .581 9.5 a scoreless ninth for his 31st save. son, helping the Rockies to the victory. pitcher to fail to complete five innings. He Seattle 74 74 .500 15.5 Colorado 81 67 .547 14.5 Nolan Arenado homered as Colorado was lifted with two outs in the fifth after Texas 72 75 .490 17 San Diego 65 82 .442 30 DIAMONDBACKS 3, GIANTS 2 remained 2 1/2 games ahead of Milwaukee throwing 108 pitches and allowing three Oakland 65 82 .442 24 San Francisco 57 92 .383 39 Robbie Ray won his fifth straight start and moved 3 1/2 games ahead of St. Louis runs and seven hits. — AP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 SPORTS Leicester’s Vardy earns 1-1 draw at Huddersfield

goal following a counter-attack led by winger Riyad Mahrez. Huddersfield Town 1 Huddersfield maintained their unbeaten run at home this season, with Wagner par- ticularly impressed by his side’s quick recovery from their loss to West Ham Leicester City 1 United on Monday. “We got the response I wanted from the West Ham game in terms of the performance... the team showed HUDDERSFIELD TOWN: Leicester City great attitude,” the German said. striker Jamie Vardy’s second-half equaliser “I was very pleased with the three play- earned the visitors a 1-1 draw at a domi- ers who made their first starts. We scored a nant Huddersfield Town in the Premier great goal, but gave possession away too League yesterday. David Wagner’s hosts quickly afterwards and Leicester punished squandered early opportunities from pre- our mistake.” Shakespeare chose to look at cise crosses before striker Laurent Depoitre the positives and praised Leicester for their marked his first league start this season fighting spirit after suffering three defeats with a goal straight after the break. in their first four league games. Leicester equalised four minutes later, “We have played better this season and with England forward Vardy converting a got nothing, but that can happen. We were penalty after Chris Loew brought down second best first half, but we showed charac- midfielder Andy King at the John Smith’s ter to get something. A point can here can Stadium. Craig Shakespeare’s visitors came still takes us forward,” he said. “We created closest to picking up all three points but chances second half and dug in while Vardy somehow managed to miss an open despite being a little off the pace.” — Reuters

No Hodgson effect as Palace lose 1-0 at home to Saints

eight points before the afternoon kickoffs, while Palace are rooted to the bottom of Crystal Palace 0 the table. “You have to fight for every single point. You could see today that Crystal MUNICH: Mainz’s German defender Stefan Bell and Bayern Munich’s French midfielder Franck Ribery vie for the ball during the German First Palace were good,” said Southampton man- division Bundesliga football match FC Bayern Munich v Mainz 05 in Munich, southern Germany, yesterday. — AFP ager Mauricio Pellegrino. Southampton 1 “They created chances in the first half SOCCER and pressed higher in the second but in general we controlled the game. We could SELHURST PARK: Crystal Palace failed to have scored another goal but playing here benefit from the Roy Hodgson effect as is really difficult.” — Reuters Bayern routs Mainz to start Steven Davis’s early goal and two saves by Fraser Forster helped Southampton beat the Premier League’s bottom club 1-0 at Matches on TV Oktoberfest celebrations Selhurst Park on Saturday. Palace were playing for the first time (Local Timings) under new manager Hodgson but were BERLIN: Bayern Munich shrugged off a couple going, but especially in the busy weeks we have third win from four games. reeling in the sixth minute when Davis ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE of lackluster performances to start its traditional to concentrate on football ... Today was a start.” steered the ball into the bottom corner Chelsea v Arsenal 15:30 Oktoberfest celebrations with a 4-0 rout of SUPER SUB STRIKES after home goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey beIN SPORTS HD 2 Mainz in the Bundesliga yesterday. BIZARRE OWN-GOAL Substitute Caiuby’s stunning strike gave beat out a low right cross from Dusan Tadic. beIN SPORTS HD 11 EN Robert Lewandowski marked his 100th Leon Goretzka scored late to give Schalke a 2- Augsburg a 2-1 win at Eintracht Frankfurt. The Palace are without a goal in their open- Manchester United v Everton 18:00 beIN SPORTS HD 2 league appearance for Bayern with his 81st and 1 win at Werder Bremen. Brazilian midfielder was only on the pitch for ing five league games, a Premier League beIN SPORTS HD 11 EN 82nd goals, which came on the first day of the Lamine Sane rewarded Bremen’s early eight minutes when he looked up and let fly record, but not for want of trying with 184th beer festival. Bayern players traditionally endeavor with the opening goal in the 20th from almost 30 meters (yards) to crash the ball in Ruben Loftus-Cheek twice going close after SPANISH LEAGUE PRIMERA go on an annual team visit to Oktoberfest, which minute, only for the good work to be undone off the underside of the crossbar. Luka Jovic half an hour and Forster also saving from Deportivo Alaves v Villarreal 13:00 ends Oct 3. On the field, Bayern needed to show almost immediately when Milos Veljkovic scored pulled one back but it wasn’t enough for the Christian Benteke. beIN SPORTS HD 3 a reaction - after last weekend’s loss at a bizarre own-goal. Both Veljkovic and Sane home side despite a frenetic finale. Promoted Hodgson took charge at Palace this Girona v Sevilla 17:15 beIN SPORTS HD 3 Hoffenheim and an uninspired Champions wanted to clear the ball - Sane with a bicycle Stuttgart defeated Wolfsburg 1-0 in a game week after Dutchman Frank de Boer was Las Palmas v Athletic de Bilbao 19:30 League opener against 10-man Anderlecht on kick and Veljkovic with his head. Instead Sane overshadowed by Christian Gentner’s injury. The sacked following four defeats and no goals beIN SPORTS HD 3 Tuesday - and the home side wasted little time kicked his teammate in the head and the ball Stuttgart captain was struck in the head by in his debut Premier League season and Real Sociedad v Real Madrid 21:45 in breaking the visitors’ resistance. ended in their own net. Wolfsburg goalkeeper Koen Casteels’ knee when faces a tough challenge to rebuild confi- beIN SPORTS HD 3 Mainz, the last side to beat Bayern at home in Goretzka got the winner with seven minutes he emerged to claim the ball. Gentner was taken dence and turn the team’s form around. ITALIAN CALCIO LEAGUE March 2016, at no stage looked like doing it remaining after a corner for Schalke to claim its off on a stretcher.— AP “I still believe in the long-term, these Sassuolo Calcio v Juventus 13:30 again. “We were never 100 percent satisfied the players will pick themselves up from where beIN SPORTS HD 4 last few weeks. It was obvious there was room they have been knocked down to,” he said. Milan v Udinese Calcio 16:00 for improvement, and today we had a game “It’s going to be a long road and there beIN SPORTS HD 4 where we performed better on the pitch, per- Inter Milan leaves it late to might be some more pain before we see Napoli v Benevento 16:00 haps a bit more like a team,” said Thomas some light at the end of the tunnel.” beIN SPORTS HD 9 Mueller, who claimed his first goal of the season beat Crotone and stay perfect Palace’s long wait for a first league goal Torino v Sampdoria 16:00 beIN SPORTS after 10 minutes, though Arjen Robben provided of the season could have ended 10 minutes spal v Cagliari Calcio 16:00 a decisive deflection. CROTONE: Inter Milan stayed perfect in Serie Later, Roma welcomes newly promoted after Saints went ahead through Davis beIN SPORTS Goalkeeper Rene Adler made two good saves A with a hard-fought 2-0 win at Crotone, Hellas Verona. when Benteke met Loftus-Cheek’s low Chievo Verona v Atalanta 19:00 in succession to deny Robben and then Arturo which remained yesterday the only team yet cross at the near post but Forster got his beIN SPORTS HD 4 Vidal from the rebound, and Kingsley Coman to score a goal in the league. Inter won its LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON body in the way to make the save. Genoa v Lazio 21:45 missed an open goal by striking the crossbar, previous three matches comfortably but Federico Chiesa scored a goal his father Palace’s impressive midfielder Loftus- beIN SPORTS HD 4 but it was only a matter of time before the lead found it harder than expected at Crotone would have been proud of to set Fiorentina Cheek came close when he skimmed the GERMAN LEAGUE grew. Robben scored minutes later, a rare goal until eight minutes from time when defender on its way to beating Bologna 2-1. Little of outside of the post with a shot from the Hoffenheim v Hertha Berlin 14:30 with his right foot after Joshua Kimmich sent Milan Skriniar broke the deadlock. note happened before Chiesa - the son of edge of the box then had an effort deflect- beIN SPORTS HD 5 him through. The Dutch winger ran to the side- Ivan Perisic sealed the result in stoppage prolific former goalscorer Enrico - cut inside ed for a corner. Two more chances went Leverkusen v Freiburg 16:30 line to celebrate with substitute Franck Ribery, time. Opportunities were few and far the left of the area, beat a defender, and begging in a downpour early in the second beIN SPORTS HD 5 suggesting Tuesday’s frustration was over. between at Stadio Scida and it was Crotone curled a fantastic strike into the far side of the half when another Loftus-Cheek centre Borussia Dortmund v Koln 19:00 Ribery had thrown his jersey at the dugout after which had the best chances, with Inter goal- net in the 51st minute. flew across the face of goal before Forster beIN SPORTS HD 5 he was taken off against Anderlecht, and keeper Samir Handanovic pulling off two fine However, Bologna was back level a minute saved from Jason Puncheon. FRENCH LEAGUE Robben had sharply criticized the team’s per- second-half saves to deny Aleksandar Tonev later when Rodrigo Palacio finished off a rap- There were boos from the Palace crowd Amiens v Marseille 16:00 formance. Five minutes into the second half, and Marcus Rohden. id counterattack with a half-volley. German when Hodgson brought off Loftus-Cheek, beIN SPORTS HD 6 Lewandowski slid in to meet Mueller’s cross. The However, Inter took the lead when a free Pezzella scored what was to prove the winner his best player, for Bakary Sako with 15 min- Stade Rennais v Nice 18:00 Polish striker wasn’t satisfied with that, claiming kick ricocheted around the area before in the 69th with a looping header from a cor- utes to go and the change did not work for beIN SPORTS HD 7 his second of the day with a brilliant header Skriniar bundled in the ball with his third ner. Palacio almost equalized but his header his goal-shy team. Saints, who had last Angers v Metz 18:00 beIN SPORTS MAX 5 FR inside the far post with just over 10 minutes attempt for his first Serie A goal. Perisic was came off the left post. It was Fiorentina’s sec- scored when they beat West Ham United 3- Paris Saint-Germain v Lyonnais 22:00 remaining. left unmarked to gather Joao Mario’s pass, cut ond successive victory after losing its first two 2 at home on Aug. 19, notched their second beIN SPORTS HD 6 “We want to keep going,” Mueller said. “It inside, and fire into the bottom right corner. matches. —AP win to move up to provisional fifth spot on won’t do us any good to keep the agitation Kuwait’s football season kicks off

By Abdellatif Sharaa

KUWAIT: Kuwait football 2017-2018 season kicked off on Thursday with a match between Al-Tadhamon and Kazma sports clubs, which ended in a draw as they scored two goals each. The first half saw the orange shirted Kazma draw first blood with a header from Lima only 10 minutes into the match, then four minutes later added a second goal with a header following a pass from Omar Hubaiter. Meanwhile, the second half saw an improved performance by Al-Tadhamon which started to attack and got closer to Kazma’s goal resulting in Farhan Saad and Hamed Ayedh score in the 9th and 42nd minutes to draw the match. The season opener was officiated by Jassim Jaafar, assisted by Yaboub Al-Suhail and Abdallah Al-Hindal. The second match had the league cham- pion Kuwait FC square off against the fourth Salmiya and Kuwait FC. Al-Qadissiya and Al-Arabi Sports Club in action. during the past season Salmiya Club. Kuwait start of the season. Shimmari, Yousuf Al-Enezi and Dhaifallah Al- was Al-Jahra that scored in the 26th minute FC trailed most of the match until Saeed Al-Arabi scored in the 17th minute by LACK OF FITNESS Fadhly. The match saw the second red card by Faisal Zayed. As Al-Nasser players were Jumaa equalized seconds before the whis- Mahmoud Al-Mardhi when Hussein Al- As the second half started, Al-Qadissiya of the season when Al-Arabi’s Nigerian play- pushing forward, Al-Jahra counter attacks tle, ending the match 2-2. Mousawi sent a pass and he shot the ball defender Musaed Nada scored the equalizer er Clement was given a second yellow card were very dangerous and almost scored in Meanwhile, on Friday two matches took from outside the box to the right of goal into the 3rd minute of the second quarter, for rough play. the 35th minute. place, the second of which was a true derby keeper Ahmad Al-Fadhly. Al-Qadissiya did as he followed a pass from Tiago. Al-Jahra sports team was the only winner Al-Nasser was able to equalize at the and was highly competitive and can be not take long before equalizing on the 27th Al-Arabi players seemed to suffer from in the opening week as it beat Al-Nasser start of the second half by Mishal Fawaz. called Kuwait’s classico! It was the match minute with a shot, also from outside the lack of fitness but were able to maintain the Sports Club 2-1. Faisal Zayed and Francisco Jahra coach Boris Bojac made two substitu- between Al-Qadissiya and Al-Arabi Sports box by the Brazilian Tiago De Silva. The draw, though they played with 10 players Tores scored for Jahra while Mishal Fawaz tions who were able to score the winning Clubs, which ended yet in another 2-2 draw. excitement continued to the last minute of for over 15 minutes. scored the only goal for Al-Nasser. goal. The match saw the first red card of the The match saw large number of fans, as the first half, with Ali Maqseed scoring Al- The match was officiated by referee Al-Nasser started well and had two shots season as Abdallah Salama was kicked out each team got out with one point at the Arabi’s second goal. Ammar Ashkanani, and assisted by Fares Al- at the goal in the first eight minutes, but it of the match. Australia and Kuwait’s football France lead 2-1 season kicks off in semifinals12 15 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 India, Australia renew heated rivalry in shorter formats Page 13

WATFORD: Manchester City’s Argentinian striker Sergio Aguero (2R) scores the team’s first goal during the English Premier League football match between Watford and Manchester City at Vicarage Road Stadium in Watford, north of London yesterday.—AFP Aguero gets hat-trick as City go top

and sent an ominous warning to their title rivals games including one in the rout at Watford. “It’s important for us that both our strikers Feyenoord 4-0 in the Champions League. with a 6-0 victory at Watford yesterday. However, the Argentine has six goals in as are scoring goals. When Gabriel came last sea- Guardiola, however, was quick to call for calm Watford 0 Aguero’s 10th hat-trick in City sky blue took many games in all competitions this season, and son we cannot forget he had just seven or eight after a similarly impressive start last season end- his goal tally for the club to 175 - two fewer has formed a lethal partnership with Jesus to games because he was injured immediately. “We ed trophyless. “We started last season similarly than all-time top scorer Eric Brook - but incredi- catapult the red-hot blues to the Premier scored a lack of goals last season so we thought winning 10 games in a row. We’re still at the bly his future at the Etihad had been ques- League summit. “Aguero’s numbers speak for that maybe they should play together because beginning of the season but we know exactly Man City 6 tioned following the emergence of 20-year-old themselves - he is amazing,” Guardiola told the Gabriel, when he came, was also striker. what we have to do. Gabriel Jesus. BBC. “I am especially happy for his third goal “He’s a fighter and he helps us in many many “This kind of performance, and the way we The talented Brazilian, who joined the club in because he was so clever and fast in the box and ways. He has a goal scoring sense. Today, he played, is completely down to the quality of the LONDON: Sergio Aguero sent a reminder of his January leading many to doubt whether the two has the power to beat one or two players and fought for one goal and scored another one.” players. We can win at home, away - it doesn’t class with an “amazing” hat-trick as Manchester could both play in Pep Guardiola’s fluid system. score. I am so happy for him because we need City have 13 points from five games and this matter where. We play football to attack and we City climbed to the top of the Premier League Jesus has scored 12 goals in 16 Premier League him and his goals. week beat title rivals Liverpool 5-0 and did that today.” —Reuters Liverpool frustrated by battling Burnley Paulinho saves Barca

changes, but only one goal,” added Klopp, who fans complaining that the German was starting to recalled that last season Burnley beat them 2-0 at sound like former manager Brendan Rodgers in his against plucky Getafe Liverpool 1 Turf Moor. final days. “It’s the best we have played against Burnley Even the sight of Philippe Coutinho starting his MADRID: Barcelona snatched a late 2-1 win ping Mauro Arambarri’s effort wide at the since I have been in. In the past we didn’t feel good first game of the season hardly lifted the mood with at Getafe with Paulinho’s strike sending near post, but they were left without reward in the game. Today I saw fluid movements, passing Klopp’s case probably not helped by a parade of for- them seven points clear of arch-rivals Real after an impressive display. Champions Real Burnley 1 between the lines, speed, crosses,” added Klopp, mer Liverpool greats before kickoff as the club Madrid at the top of La Liga yesterday. Madrid, who are lying 10th, travel to second- whose side registered 35 efforts at goal to the marked their 125th anniversary, a celebration that The Brazilian midfielder’s signing was placed Real Sociedad today. — Reuters Clarets’ five and enjoyed 70 percent of possession. only highlighted the current problems. Ultimately, widely criticised by supporters but he drove “We have to take the point and carry on.” Klopp’s Klopp will be measured against the achievements into the area and fired home to preserve ANFIELD: The sight of Virgil van Dijk reappearing midweek assertion that his scouts had been of the past, which is never far away from Anfield. Barcelona’s 100 percent record in the league. in Southampton colours on the same day that unconvinced after watching potential alternatives With the club already five points behind leaders Gaku Shibasaki scored a magnificent vol- Liverpool suffered another defensive calamity to their main target Van Dijk about “500 million Manchester City, it is starting to look like a long, ley to put Getafe ahead in the 39th minute hardly improved the mood of Anfield supporters times” attracted scorn on social media with some hard winter for the German. - Reuters but another substitute, Denis Suarez, starting to question manager Juergen Klopp’s equalised for Barcelona in the 62nd. Ernesto methods. Valverde’s side struggled to create many The failure to buy the Dutch centre half-or any- openings against a bold Getafe, who came one else as an alternative-remains a sore point on close to opening the scoring when Gerard Merseyside where Liverpool’s substandard defence Pique nearly deflected Shibasaki’s cross into was exposed for the third match running in a 1-1 his own net, with Jorge Molina reaching it Premier League draw with Burnley. but firing into the side netting. No one blamed Dejan Lovren yesterday Barcelona were dealt a blow when record because the Croatian, who was badly at fault in signing Ousmane Dembele was forced off conceding Sevilla’s Champions League equaliser on with a hamstring injury in the 29th minute, Wednesday, was injured, but his replacement fared while his replacement Gerard Deulofeu had little better. little impact. Samuel Umtiti’s header straight Ragner Klavan, and partner Joel Matip, were at Vicente Guaita was as close as the criticised after failing to clear the ball and allowing Catalans came to netting in the first half, Burnley to score. That left the home side facing an with the exception of a Lionel Messi free kick uphill struggle to secure the win demanded after tipped over just before the break. last week’s thrashing by Manchester City and the Suarez was introduced at half time, after disappointing midweek draw. captain Andres Iniesta had made little Klopp did his best to put a positive spin on the impact, and soon made his presence felt. result but it is again hard to look beyond the club’s Receiving the ball from Sergi Roberto in the failure to solve their recurring problems in central area, Suarez curled a neat finish past Guaita defence. The manager said he was “angry with the to level, against the run of play. GETAFE: Barcelona’s defender from Spain result but pleased with the performance” after Paulinho came on in the 77th minute and Jordi Alba (R) vies with Getafe’s midfield- Liverpool failed to make their subsequent domi- seven minutes later he slammed home to er from Morocco Faycal Fajr (L) during the nance pay. put Barcelona ahead and extend their lead Spanish league football match Getafe CF “It’s our fault. We were dominant, fantastic atti- ANFIELD: Burnley’s Scott Arfield , centre and Liverpool’s James Milner battle for the ball during the at the top of the table. Getafe almost vs FC Barcelona at the Col. Alfonso Perez tude. We played good, were fluent with seven English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Burnley, at Anfield, in Liverpool, equalised with Marc-Andre ter Stegen tip- stadium in Getafe yesterday. — AFP England, yesterday. — AP Boursa Kuwait equities edge higher Page 20

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NEW YORK: In this Aug 22, 2017 photo, a customer looks at shoes at a Foot Locker in New York. The Commerce Department reported on business stockpiles in July. — AP Harvey slams US retail sales, industrial output Hurricane dents economic growth in Q3, impacts labor market Gulf Bank lead sponsor WASHINGTON: US retail sales unexpectedly fell Consumer spending, which accounts for more material stores fell 0.5 percent after surging 0.9 per- in August and industrial output recorded its than two-thirds of US economic activity, increased at cent in July. Clean-up and rebuilding in the after- biggest drop since 2009 as Hurricane Harvey dis- a 3.3 percent annualized rate in the second quarter. math of Harvey and Irma could buoy sales of build- of Euromoney Kuwait 2017 rupted activity, suggesting the storm could dent That boosted GDP growth to a 3.0 percent rate in ing materials in September. economic growth in the third quarter. Harvey, the April-June period. US stocks inched up to record Receipts at service stations increased 2.5 percent Alghanim to be a keynote speaker which lashed Texas in the last week of August, highs, while prices of US Treasuries slipped. The dol- in August, reflecting higher gasoline prices. Sales at also has impacted the labor market. Hurricane lar fell against a basket of currencies. electronics and appliance stores fell 0.7 percent and KUWAIT: Building on its commitment to Irma, which struck Florida last weekend, also is receipts at clothing stores dropped 1.0 percent after supporting the economy and develop- likely to hurt the economy, though analysts ‘Walking wounded’ rising 0.5 percent in July. ment of Kuwait, Gulf Bank is pleased to expect a rebound in the fourth quarter. In a separate report on Friday, the Federal Sales at online retailers declined 1.1 percent in announce its lead sponsorship of “The early returns from Harvey are trickling in Reserve said industrial production declined 0.9 August, the biggest drop since April 2014. That was Euromoney Kuwait Conference for the 7th and the news is not good,” said Joel Naroff, chief percent in August. That was the biggest drop likely payback following a 1.8 percent surge in July, consecutive year. The conference will be economist at Naroff Economic Advisors in since May 2009 and followed six straight monthly which was driven by Amazon.com’s Prime Day pro- held on 26 September 2017 at the JW Holland, Pennsylvania. “Economists are likely gains. The Fed attributed about 0.75 percentage motion. Receipts at restaurants and bars rose 0.3 Marriott hotel, in partnership with the marking down third-quarter growth and marking point of the decline to storm effects that “tem- percent and sales at sporting goods and hobby Ministry of Finance. up the fourth quarter.” porarily curtailed drilling, servicing, and extrac- stores edged up 0.1 percent. Stockpiles This year’s conference will address the The Commerce Department said retail sales tion activity for oil and natural gas.” At the US same time, businesses increased their New Kuwait 2035 strategy, and the dropped 0.2 percent last month, the biggest decline Economists expect industrial output to decline stockpiles in July, but at a slower pace than in June. changes it will bring about to the Kuwait in six months as motor vehicle sales tumbled 1.6 further in September, with Irma likely weighing on Business inventories rose by a seasonally adjusted economy and the nation under the theme percent. Sales of building materials, electronics and utilities. “Food processing is also going to join the list 0.2 percent in July, following June’s gain of 0.5 per- of ‘New Kuwait - Financial Challenge or appliances as well as clothing also fell. While noting of the walking wounded because South Florida cent, the Commerce Department said on Friday. The Financing Opportunity?’ The main panel that it could not isolate the impact of Harvey on grows and processes a lot of food,” said Michael June increase in inventories was the most since a 0.9 discussions are organized around four key retail sales, the department said it received indica- Montgomery, a US economist at IHS Markit in percent gain in November of last year. themes: Kuwaiti Banks; Macro Economic Omar Kutayba Alghanim tions from companies that the hurricane had “both Lexington, Massachusetts. Other data from the New Sales rose 0.2 percent in July, matching the June Outlook; Capital Markets (Equity and positive and negative effects on their sales data York Fed on Friday showed its index of factory activi- gain. Economists expect that inventory growth will Debt); and Financial Services. Investments at Gulf Bank. while others indicated they were not impacted at ty in New York state remained at lofty levels in strengthen further in coming months and help sup- Confirmed speakers for this 9th edition Gulf Bank’s ongoing participation and all.” Though Harvey likely depressed retail sales last September amid strong orders growth, indicating port overall economic expansion. of the conference includes Anas Al-Saleh, sponsorship of the Euromoney conference month, data for July and June were revised down, that manufacturing remains on solid ground apart Annual GDP growth improved to 3 percent in the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance stems from its dedication and commit- suggesting a moderation in consumer spending from the storm-related distortions. second quarter of 2017. That follows a lackluster 1.2 and Dr. Mohammad Yousef Al-Hashel, ment to supporting the development of after brisk growth in the second quarter. The weak retail sales and industrial output percent expansion in the first quarter, which was Governor, Central Bank of Kuwait, in addi- Kuwait, by contributing its rich expertise Economists had forecast retail sales nudging up reports prompted the Atlanta Fed to slash its third- slowed partly because inventories subtracted from tion to several other senior policy-makers, and in depth knowledge of the Kuwaiti 0.1 percent in August. While last month’s drop in quarter GDP estimate to a 2.2 percent rate from a 3.0 overall economic activity. Economists believe busi- financiers and investors. market and highlighting the potential motor vehicle sales was the largest in seven percent pace. The data, however, did little to change nesses rebuilding their stockpiles could add as Omar Kutayba Alghanim, Gulf Bank opportunities that lie ahead. months, the replacement of flood-damaged vehi- expectations that the Fed will announce a plan to much as a half percentage point to overall economic Chairman and CEO of Alghanim Industries, The Euromoney Conference is the cles, especially in the Houston area, is expected to start shrinking its $4.2 trillion portfolio of Treasury growth in the current quarter. will participate as keynote speaker in the world’s leading organizer of conferences deliver a boost. bonds and mortgage-backed securities at its Sept. When businesses increase stockpiles, it is gener- first interview session with Kuwaiti Banks. for cross-border investment and capital Overall retail sales increased 3.2 percent in 19-20 policy meeting. The US central bank is expect- ally seen as a sign of their confidence that sales will Alghanim will discuss the New Kuwait plan markets for portfolio and direct investors, August on a year-on-year basis. Excluding automo- ed to raise interest rates again only in December. It increase in the coming months. A decrease in inven- and the role that financial services indus- financial intermediaries, corporations, gov- biles, gasoline, building materials and food servic- has increased borrowing costs twice this year. tories can be a sign of pessimism about future sales. try plays in executing the plan. ernments, banks and financial institutions. es, retail sales fell 0.2 percent last month after an Despite sluggish wage growth, even as the July inventory gains were led by a 0.6 percent The Bank will also be participating in The annual Euromoney conference pro- unrevised 0.6 percent increase in July. These so- labor market nears full employment, the funda- increase in stockpiles at the wholesale level and a the Financial Services panel in the after- vides Gulf Bank an unparalleled platform called core retail sales correspond most closely mentals for consumer spending are solid. In addi- 0.2 percent uptick in the manufacturing sector. noon and will be represented by Tareq Al- to discuss Kuwait’s fiscal, monetary and with the consumer spending component of gross tion to the strong stock market, house prices have Those increases helped offset a 0.1 percent drop-off Saleh, Assistant General Manager of economic diversification strategy. domestic product. continued to rise. Last month, sales at building in retail inventories. — Agencies EU ministers make push for Google, Facebook tax

MOUNTAIN VIEW: Google and Facebook may face higher they earn revenue, instead of on profits booked in a low-tax we should be very careful not to tax on what we are going lot of these companies are US based,” said Spanish Economy tax bills in Europe as the EU rushed yesterday to change EU HQ of their choice, often Ireland or Luxembourg. to live on in the future,” said Danish Finance Minister Minister Luis de Guindos. The commission, the EU’s execu- rules so that more of Silicon Valley’s mega profits fall into “We are now about 10 countries to back this idea,” said Kristian Jensen. tive arm, has been tasked to draw up a set of solutions, public coffers. Public anger against the billions of euros French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire as stepped into the “I am... always sceptical by new taxes and I think Europe including the French proposal, in time for an EU leaders earned by online behemoths is growing louder in Europe talks, adding that he hoped for a firm proposal by December. taxes heavily enough,” he added. summit in Tallinn on September 29. and EU finance ministers meeting in Estonia pledged to “We don’t want a Europe at the heel of others,” he added. The OECD has also poured doubt on the proposal. “We cannot have a whole sector of the economy that make sure the companies pay a fairer tax. But divisions But the road ahead will be difficult. Europe-wide tax reform Generally speaking, “taxes on revenues, they’re daft”, said pretty much escapes taxation,” EU’s economy commissioner emerged on how to go about taking on the giants, with sev- is a huge headache in the European Union, requiring una- Pascal Saint-Amans, the OECD’s tax policy director during a Pierre Moscovici, who will shepherd the plan, told France eral member states worried that a tax in Europe could push nimity of all 28 states, which has proven nearly impossible hearing on Wednesday at the French parliament. Inter radio. Europeans have become increasingly aggressive the companies to set up shop in the US or Asia. on tax issues. But “politically, I understand that it may be necessary, against US technology giants seen by officials as gaining too In the digital age “the current taxation system no longer given that reform led by the OECD at the G20 level could much power, with Amazon and Apple also under scrutiny. applies and that is why we have to find another solution,” ‘They’re daft’ take years to achieve. British Finance Minister Philip Moreover, several national authorities in the EU have opened said Toomas Toniste, finance minister of Estonia, which hold Ministers from smaller member states already hinted at Hammond warned against angering Washington, which up tax fights with Google, Airbnb and other Internet giants. A the EU’s six-month rotating presidency. Led by France and difficulties, warning that they would much prefer the prob- could abandon OECD tax reform in retaliation, sources French court, citing EU law, ruled in July that Google was not Germany, big EU powers urged their bloc partners to lem be addressed at the international level, such as at the familiar with the matter told AFP. liable for 1.12 billion euros ($1.27 billion) in taxes claimed by explore an emergency tax so that the giants pay tax where G20 or through the OECD, the club of rich nations. “I think “We should see what the United States thinks because a the state. France appealed the decision. — AFP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 BUSINESS

Doubts arise on whether US corp tax cut would boost growth WASHINGTON: For President Donald which is wealthy investors and executives,” growth never materialized. those networks.” the owners’ personal income, those com- Trump, what’s good for General Motors is said Chye-Ching Huang, deputy director The federal government provided a tax The AT&T executive added that “any- panies would then be able to hire more great for American workers. Same for of federal tax policy at the left-leaning “holiday” on overseas profits in 2004 to thing” would be an improvement on the freely. This assumes that business owners Boeing. And AT&T. Not to mention small Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. bring money back into the United States current corporate tax rate of 35 percent. want to expand their payroll rather than businesses. Many economists foresee some benefits at a discount to the 35 percent rate. But But like many corporations, AT&T also just enjoy higher profits. Trump insists that slashing the corpo- from overhauling and simplifying the cor- the Obama administration observed later benefited substantially from tax breaks Larry Summers, a Democratic former rate tax rate from 35 percent to as low as porate tax code, just not the extreme that the move had diminished tax revenue between 2008 and 2015, saving as much Treasury secretary, this month rattled off a 15 percent would free up valuable cash. growth Trump is promising. One reason and unintentionally led companies to as than $38 billion, according to an analy- list of reasons to reporters why lower cor- Companies would use the money to corporate tax cuts might provide little hoard cash abroad in hopes of receiving sis by the left-leaning Institute on Taxation porate tax rates wouldn’t deliver as prom- boost investment, increase employees’ overall benefit is the relative health of that discount. There is also concern that a and Economic Policy. The administration ised. Though US companies do face a high pay, accelerate hiring and speed econom- today’s economy. Unemployment is corporate tax cut would swell the federal has yet to spell out all the possible tax rate compared with other countries, ic growth. What’s more, corporations that already unusually low at 4.4 percent. The budget deficit. When the nonpartisan Tax breaks that would be eliminated to pay Summers said, the fraction of profits now keep trillions overseas to avoid US economy is in the ninth year of a slow but Policy Center published an analysis this for lower rates. being paid in federal taxes is low by his- taxes would bring the money home. steady expansion, rather than in a down- week, it found that even if virtually all tax Even if the tax rates were slashed sub- torical standards. Corporate income taxes American companies could better com- turn in which tax cuts might deliver a breaks were eliminated, the corporate rate stantially, not all companies would see collected last year equaled just 1.6 per- pete with rivals based in countries with major boost. could drop only to 26 percent without much of a reason to hire more workers. cent of the economy, according to gov- lower tax rates. In a 2014 paper, two economists - increasing the deficit. Bill Parks, who owns NRS, an Idaho-based ernment records. That compares with 4 “We’re going to have magnificent Alexander Ljungqvist of New York Still, many companies stress that lower boating gear company, says the tax cuts percent during the economic boom that growth,” Trump declared aboard Air Force University and Michael Smolyansky of the business taxes would lead to more hiring. championed by Trump would no longer followed World War II, an era of growth One on Thursday. “We’re going to go like a Federal Reserve - concluded that state John Stephens, AT&T’s chief financial offi- do much to help his business. that Trump appears to want to revive. rocket ship.” Would we? Many economists, corporate tax cuts did little to strengthen cer, said his company faces a typical tax Years ago, the lower rates would have Nor, in Summers’ view, would rising tax experts and even some business own- economic activity unless the cuts were rate of 34 percent - including federal, helped him because he was maxing out stock prices from a lower corporate tax ers say it’s unlikely. Rather than hire, com- made during a recession. (The flip side is state, foreign and deferred taxes - in any his personal credit cards and taking a sec- rate shore up the pensions of firefighters, panies might use much of their tax sav- that they found corporate tax increases to given year. Stephens estimates that lower ond mortgage to fund NRS. But today’s police officers and blue collar workers, as ings to buy back their stock or increase be “uniformly harmful.”) rates would lead the company to immedi- borrowing rates are so low that investing Cohn has argued. Those few Americans their dividends to investors. Many compa- Nor have previous efforts to reduce ately invest more money in its phone net- in workers isn’t a burden, and tax changes who still have traditional “defined benefit” nies, they note, have already been able to corporate taxes generally delivered as work, which he said would lead to more would make little difference to his plans pensions don’t receive any additional borrow at historically low rates to expand advertised. Kansas, for example, exempt- hiring by companies that work with AT&T. based on how his company is structured. income if the stock market rises, Summers their businesses yet have chosen not to. ed hundreds of thousands of businesses “When we buy more equipment, our Gary Cohn, Trump’s top economic adviser, said. “The argument being made that the “The mainstream economic evidence is from corporate taxes and cut individual vendors hire more,” Stephens said. “When has argued that the planned tax cuts corporate tax cuts will somehow benefit that the bulk of corporate tax cuts go rates in 2012, only to face a revenue we build more extensive networks, we would help small businesses. By cutting workers is weak by the standards of ‘trick- exactly to whom you would expect - squeeze as the intended economic have people - hard-hat jobs - building taxes on profits that typically double as le-down’ arguments,” Summers said.— AP Africa’s biggest fund Hiring picked up in six manager backs CEO, denies misusing funds US states last month JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s state- Board expressed its confidence in the owned pension fund, the continent’s ability and integrity of the CEO, Dr Daniel biggest money manager, backed its Matjila, management and staff of the PIC,” Macy’s trims holiday hires by nearly 4% chief executive on Friday and dismissed the fund said in a statement. WASHINGTON: Hiring picked up in six US states last newspaper reports he had misused “The Board also noted media allega- month, fell in three and was mostly unchanged in 41 funds and improperly raised salaries for tions prior to the meeting about its inten- states in August. The Labor Department said Friday some executives. tion to remove the CEO. The Board wishes that the unemployment rate rose in eight states, Daniel Matjila has been chief execu- to reiterate that it rejects these allega- dropped in one, and was also mostly the same in 41 tive officer of Public Investment tions with the contempt they deserve.” states. The figures reflect the steady job gains Corporation (PIC), which manages nearly The PIC is seen as among the best-run nationwide that have fueled the eight-year long 2 trillion rand ($150 billion) of civil ser- of South Africa’s 300-odd state-owned economic recovery from the Great Recession. US vants’ pensions, since 2014. Business Day companies and is the biggest investor in employers added 156,000 jobs overall last month, reported on Friday that Matjila had been the economy. It holds a large chunk of and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.4 per- accused in a letter sent to PIC’s board of government bonds and huge stakes in cent, still near a 16-year low. using funds reserved for corporate social blue-chip companies such as miner The government said the data was collected investment to bankroll a business of Anglo American, lender Barclays Africa before Hurricane Harvey plowed through Texas and someone close to him and of irregularly and grocer retailer Shoprite. Louisiana in the final week of the month and didn’t raising salaries of PIC executives. Matjila On Thursday, South Africa’s Treasury affect the figures. The unemployment rate fell to 3.3 told Reuters the allegations made by denied a report in another newspaper percent in Tennessee, the lowest on records in that Business Day were “spurious”. “They are that it was about to fire Matjila, state dating back to 1976. North Dakota and trying to find a reason to suspend or fire although Deputy Finance Minister and Colorado reported the nation’s lowest unemployment me,” he said. The PIC held a board meet- PIC chair Sfiso Buthelezi confirmed the rates, at 2.3 percent and 2.4 percent, respectively. ing on Friday where Matjila made repre- board would seek “clarification from Several states reported strong job growth in sentations responding to the allegations him on internal matters” at Friday’s August compared with July. Georgia added 19,800 against him. “Following the meeting, the meeting. —Reuters jobs, followed by Maryland with 14,200 and Massachusetts with 10,800. Kentucky, New Mexico and New Hampshire also reported big gains. New S&P upgrades outlook on Mexico saw the largest percentage increase, fol- lowed by New Hampshire and Maryland. Oregon, HIALEAH: In this file photo, people walk out of a Macy’s department store in Hialeah, Cyprus debt to positive Arkansas and Maine reported large job losses in Florida. Macy’s is increasing the number of temporary workers it’s hiring for distribution August from the previous month. and warehouses for the holiday season as it chases fast growing e-commerce sales. — AP WASHINGTON: Accelerating economic Portugal rating Nineteen states now have unemployment rates growth and prospects for a continued Portugal’s improved economic perform- below the US figure of 4.4 percent, including Arkansas, at 3.5 percent; Hawaii, at 2.6 percent; budget surplus prompted a key credit ance and falling budget deficit prompted a Kenya cuts 2017 growth forecast Idaho, at 2.9 percent, and Iowa, at 3.3 percent. rating agency on Friday to upgrade the key credit rating agency to raise the grade Meanwhile, Macy’s is increasing the number of on the country’s debt on Friday. Standard due to drought, political unrest outlook for Cyprus to positive. Standard temporary workers it’s hiring for distribution and and Poor’s said it was raising the debt rat- and Poor’s said the improved outlook warehouses for the holiday season as it chases fast ing on the country’s foreign debt one NAIROBI: Kenya lowered its 2017 economic my expanded 4.7 percent in the first quarter, indicates it could raise the grade on the growing e-commerce sales. But overall holiday hir- notch to BBB- on the receding risks. growth forecast to 5.5 percent due to drought mainly due to poor agricultural performance. country’s debt in the next 12 months if ing will fall nearly 4 percent. “The upgrade reflects our improved and political uncertainty, a top official said on Thugge said growth would rise to 6.5 per- the positive developments “continue Macy’s says it will be hiring 18,000 workers to ful- forecast for Portugal’s GDP growth during Friday, as the government cut non-essential cent per year in the medium term. “This is con- unabated.” fill online orders and other tasks at warehouses spending to free up funds for a repeat presi- tingent on having good weather,” he told a S&P currently rates Cyprus’s foreign 2017-2020, as well as the solid progress it devoted to e-commerce operations. That’s an has made in reducing its budget deficit,” dential election. The drought earlier this year meeting convened to discuss budget prepara- debt BB+. The agency increased the fore- increase of 3,000 from a year ago. Overall, Macy’s hurt agriculture, which accounts for 30 percent tions. The government’s revenue collection for cast for economic growth to an average S&P said in a statement. temporary hiring is expected at 80,000, down from The agency forecast the Portuguese of output, said Kamau Thugge, the principal the fiscal year starting July was behind target of three percent a year through 2020, up 83,000 a year ago. The overall decline contrasts with secretary in the ministry finance. by 29 billion shillings ($282 million), he said. economy will grow by more than two per- from 2.5 percent previously, and said it rival Target Corp., which announced earlier this week He said some investors are also delaying The revenue target is 1,549.4 billion shillings cent on average through 2020, up from the expects the budget “to remain in surplus that it was hiring 100,000 people to work at its decisions after the Supreme Court nullified the for the fiscal year. previous forecast of 1.5 percent. over the forecast horizon.” stores, an increase of 40 percent from a year ago. results of an Aug. 8 presidential election citing “There is a shortfall in customs. There may be Meanwhile, Lisbon is expected to meet its Those improvements will help banks The retailer also plans to hire 4,500 workers to help irregularities in the tallying process. people waiting before they import things,” he budget deficit target of 1.5 percent of GDP deal with bad loans, S&P said in a state- pack and ship online orders at its warehouses. A repeat poll pitting President Uhuru told Reuters on the sidelines of the meeting. this year “putting the government debt to ment. Eurozone member Cyprus plunged Many other major retailers including Amazon, JC Kenyatta against opposition leader Raila Adding to the squeeze, the electoral board has GDP ratio on a more firmly declining path,” Penney and Kohl’s have not made their holiday Odinga is scheduled for Oct. 17. Odinga says requested 12 billion shillings for the presiden- into a financial crisis in 2013, leaving a the statement said. number of its top banks insolvent and plans public yet. It provide hints to a store’s expecta- he will not participate unless demands are tial re-run. “That is only the direct cost. There is Portugal is posting its fourth consecutive tions for the holiday season, which accounts for 20 forcing it to negotiate a painful bailout met, including the resignation of some staff the need to provide for security and so those year of growth since 2010, and the country percent of all retail sales during the year, according with international creditors. from the electoral board. Kenya has the high- costs could be much higher than the 12 billion. in June made an early payment to the to the National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest est per capita income in the region and is This was not budgeted for,” Thugge said, adding It has since recovered, after the gov- International Monetary Fund on the 29.6 retail trade group. Like all department stores, Macy’s known for its capitalist tradition, stability and they will cut non-essential expenditure to fund ernment imposed harsh austerity meas- billion euro loan it was granted in 2011 as has wrestled with weak sales as customers go online role as a Western ally. It hosts the regional the poll. Government officials will no longer be ures in exchange for a loan of 10 billion part of a bailout plan. The IMF projects the and also increasingly spend money on things other headquarters of several global firms. allowed to travel outside the country without euros (then $13 billion) from the IMF and country’s economy will expand by 2.5 per- than clothing. It’s facing competition there as well The government had initially projected a clearance from the president and domestic European Union. cent this year and two percent in 2018.—AP however, as Amazon, digs deeper into fashion. —AP 5.9 percent growth for this year but the econo- travel will also be reviewed, he said. —Reuters EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Canadian dollar 249.710 Malaysian Ringgit 72.765 Chinese Yuan 0.044710 0.048210 Turkish lira 88.660 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 46.660 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036785 0.039535 Swiss Franc 316.720 Indian Rupee 0.004246 0.004934 ASIAN COUNTRIES Thai Bhat 10.115 Australian Dollar 244.140 Turkish Lira 88.375 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 Japanese Yen 2.749 US Dollar Buying 300.950 Indian Rupees 4.719 Japanese Yen 0.002675 0.002855 Korean Won 0.000257 0.000272 Pakistani Rupees 2.867 GOLD Bahrain Exchange Company Srilankan Rupees 1.974 20 Gram 249.070 Malaysian Ringgit 0.068189 0.074189 Nepali Rupees 2.956 10 Gram 127.450 Nepalese Rupee 0.003018 0.003188 CURRENCY BUY SELL Singapore Dollar 225.490 5 Gram 64.570 Pakistan Rupee 0.002720 0.003010 Europe Hongkong Dollar 38.683 Philippine Peso 0.005835 0.006135 Bangladesh Taka 3.702 British Pound 0.405285 0.415285 Singapore Dollar 0.219851 0.229851 Philippine Peso 5.935 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Czech Korune 0.005883 0.017883 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001625 0.002205 Thai Baht 9.150 Danish Krone 0.044614 0.049614 Taiwan 0.009992 0.010172 Euro 0. 356346 0.365346 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate GCC COUNTRIES Georgian Lari 0.134710 0.134710 Thai Baht 0.008803 0.009353 US Dollar 301.800 Saudi Riyal 80.627 Norwegian Krone 0.0.34712 0.039912 Qatari Riyal 83.042 Canadian Dollar 248.685 Romanian Leu 0.081554 0.081554 Arab Omani Riyal 785.213 Sterling Pound 403.050 Russian ruble 0.005266 0.005266 Bahraini Dinar 0.795050 0.803550 Bahraini Dinar 802.840 Euro 363.090 Egyptian Pound 0.014491 0.020399 UAE Dirham 82.318 Swiss Frank 291.255 Slovakia 0.009009 0.019009 Bahrain Dinar 801.000 Swedish Krona 0.034031 0.039031 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 ARAB COUNTRIES UAE Dirhams 82.560 Swiss Franc 0.309144 0.320144 Iraqi Dinar 0.000193 0.000253 Egyptian Pound - Cash 20.300 Qatari Riyals 83.380 Jordanian Dinar 0.421976 0.430976 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 17.044 Saudi Riyals 81.340 Australasia Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.214 Jordanian Dinar 426.950 Australian Dollar 0.234154 0.246154 Lebanese Pound 0.000155 0.000255 Tunisian Dinar 126.420 Egyptian Pound 17.121 New Zealand Dollar 0.214881 0.224381 Moroccan Dirhams 0.021159 0.045159 Sri Lankan Rupees 1.975 Jordanian Dinar 426.650 Omani Riyal 0.779164 0.784844 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.014 Indian Rupees 4.719 America Qatar Riyal 0.078786 0.083726 Syrian Lira 0.000 Pakistani Rupees 2.863 Canadian Dollar 0.243048 0.252048 Morocco Dirham 32.986 Bangladesh Taka 3.733 Saudi Riyal 0.079567 0.080867 US Dollars 0.298350 0.302770 Philippines Pesso 5.929 Syrian Pound 0.001282 0.001502 US Dollars Mint 0.298550 0.302470 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Cyprus pound 17.960 Tunisian Dinar 0.120468 0.128468 US Dollar Transfer 302.150 Japanese Yen 3.740 Turkish Lira 0.082950 0.093250 Asia Euro 363.790 Syrian Pound 1.585 UAE Dirhams 0.080876 0.082576 Bangladesh Taka 0.003242 0.003826 Sterling Pound 403.220 Nepalese Rupees 2.954 Yemeni Riyal 0.000983 0.001063 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 BUSINESS Alghanim Lotus launches new Evora Sport 410 GP

Fastest road-going Lotus ever made l Lighter and most focused Evora

KUWAIT: Following the great success of the Lightweight Speed Lotus carline in Kuwait, Alghanim Lotus Tipping the scales at just 1,370kg, or 1,320 The Evora Sport 410 is the fastest road- unveiled the sensational sports car in Kuwait kg with no fuel and lightweight options going Lotus ever sold, clocking 0-60mph in and the latest addition to the Lotus Exclusive selected, the Evora Sport 410 has set the 3.9 secs and a top speed of 190 mph. series, the Evora Sport 410 GP Edition. The benchmark by being the lightest and most It is powered by supercharged, 3.5-litre 6- new, hand-built, top-of-the-range model focused iteration of the Evora. cylinder engine, producing 400 hp at 7000 builds on the Lotus’ reputation with a refined Lotus’ famous Lightweight Laboratory has rpm and 301 lbft (410 Nm) of torque at 3500 and intuitive car that shows once again that revisited every aspect of the car, to find new rpm. The car comes as standard with a six- the Evora 410 is its best ever, with produc- weight savings and, as a result, the Lotus speed manual gearbox, which features a low- tion limited to 150 cars a year worldwide. Evora Sport 410 is a substantial 60 kg lighter inertia flywheel for rapid shifts, while a Less mass, reduced drag and greater than the already impressive Evora 400. In Torsen-type limited slip differential (LSD) downforce means the Evora Sport 410 is not addition to the extensive application of car- provides greater traction, and faster exit only faster on the straight, but also when bon fibre, which has saved 14.3 kg, further speeds when cornering. cornering. The formidable Lotus Evora Sport headline weight reductions include the 410 is a study in pure, lightweight engineer- introduction of a lithium-ion battery -10.8 kg, Driving modes ing and true to the Lotus DNA. ultra-lightweight forged wheels -7.2 kg, and The car features user selectable ESP driv- a host of incremental improvements such as ing modes - Drive / Sport / Race / Off - allow- Design and build a new lightweight windscreen surround - ing progressive degrees of driver control Hand-built in the Lotus headquarters in 3.4kg; all of which contribute towards the before the system intervenes. The selectable Hethel, UK by 400 dedicated team members, overall weight reduction. ESP driving modes also utilizes an engine the Evora 410 employs the latest generation Less mass has allowed the recalibration of exhaust bypass valve at mid-to-high engine of Lotus’ famous aluminum architecture, the suspension and a revised chassis setup, speeds, increasing throttle response in both which provides high torsional rigidity at a including improved wheel geometry and re- ‘Sport’ and ‘Race’ settings. This is enhanced reduced weight. With a sleeker, fastback pro- valved dampers. The result is sharper and by the optional, high-flow titanium exhaust file, the new Lotus received a comprehensive more direct handling, providing the driver silencer, saving a further 10 kg in weight. steering wheel, lower dashboard, transmis- Exige S Coupe, 3 Eleven and Evora 400, all array of carbon-fibre components including with a more intuitive feel. sion tunnel and center console. An integrat- available at the Alghanim Lotus showroom the front splitter, revised front access panel, The design of the new carbon compo- Cabin detailing ed touch-screen entertainment system can located in Shuwaikh Industrial 1, block 1, roof section, tailgate, rear quarter panels, nents, and the careful working and channel- The Evora Sport 410’s cabin has received the also be specified, including iPod(r) connec- street 7 on Saturday to Thursday starting and rear diffuser - all hand-made specifically ing of air over and under the bodywork, has same attention to detail referencing the mar- tivity and Bluetooth(r) functionality. from 9 AM until 12:30 PM and 4:30 PM until for the car. resulted in a slightly lower drag coefficient que’s heritage, and subtle design cues include Experience the purity of speed and 8:30 PM. The Evora Sport 410 is also equipped with and improved high-speed stability, deliver- optional color coded interior components. unique experience of the new Lotus Evora Car enthusiasts can also be the first to bespoke, ultra-lightweight wheels, saving 7.2 ing confidence to the driver as the Evora The Sport’s seats are trimmed with 410 or one of the models introduced by know what is new by following Alghanim kg, and Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tyres. Sport 410 remains tractable at all speeds. Alcantara(r) as standard, along with the Alghanim Lotus in Kuwait, including the Motors on Instagram at @AlghanimLotusKW.

China August new Why internships really matter yuan loans rise to 1.09tn yuan Bayt.com weekly report hey are likely to be unpaid, they may even force you to More than four out of five (86.9 percent) respondents on what matters to you, as a job seeker, the most. When it BEIJING: Chinese banks extended 1.09 trillion yuan use some of your own money on transportation and claimed that their companies “always have interns”, this was comes to what makes an internship more attractive, nearly ($166.46 billion) in net new yuan loans in August, well Tmiscellaneous expenses, and they could be overwhelm- followed by a small number (5.4 percent) who said they do two thirds of professionals (65.2 percent) said that the “type of above analysts’ expectations. Analysts polled by Reuters ing especially while being a full-time student. Here comes the have interns but “not always”, 3.3 percent said they don’t have company / field of work” was the main factor, 29.4 percent had predicted new yuan loans of 900 billion yuan, up word: Internships! interns but are “planning to start”, and only 4.4 percent said said that it depends on the “type of projects and job responsi- from 825.5 billion yuan in July. For some people, an internship is a very strange and for- they are “not interested” in having interns. bilities”, and 2.6 percent said that it depends on the “ability to Broad M2 money supply (M2) grew 8.9 percent in eign concept and they don’t quite comprehend it. Others Interns are of incredible value to every company that has obtain university credit.” August from a year earlier, central bank data showed on brush it off as this optional and unnecessary burden that them. Indeed, they provide quick and easy help when much You may be surprised to hear this but only 2.8 percent said Friday, missing forecasts for an expansion of 9.1 percent yields no immediate monetary reward. So is that it? Are needed, but they also bring in unique and fresh skills and that compensation was the most attractive factor for an and compared with July’s 9.2 percent. Outstanding yuan internships simply a way for companies to legitimize free perspectives and are often a source for companies’ future internship. In fact, 79.3 percent of those surveyed said that loans at the end of August grew 13.2 percent from a year labor and ruin students’ summer vacations? talent need. they are willing to complete an unpaid internship, compared earlier, more than an expected 13 percent rise but level Every year, many young job seekers rigorously compete for to only 20.7 percent who disagreed. with the pace in July. internships before even graduating. Bayt.com, the Middle Interns can benefit just as much China’s banks extended a record 12.65 trillion yuan in East’s #1 Job Site, wanted to shed light on this topic and reveal More than seven out of ten professionals (71.5 percent) Where do you find an internship? loans in 2016 as the government encouraged credit- some of the benefits of internships by asking more than 9,000 said that, while at university, it was required for them to com- More than eight in ten respondents (84.7 percent) said that fueled stimulus to meet its economic growth target. The professionals in a poll titled “Internships in the Middle East plete an internship or any type of practical training. Some may they are able to find many internship opportunities using credit explosion has stoked worries about financial risks and North Africa”. Here is what we found out: be thinking, where is the joy in a mandatory activity? online job sites. So leading online job sites, such as Bayt.com, from a rapid build-up in debt, which authorities have Well, professionals in the Middle East seem to truly under- is the answer! Interns are of huge value to the company stand the value of internships. 56.2 percent of them said pledged to contain this year. — Reuters Interns aren’t just a punching bag for tedious and cumber- internships help them “gain hands-on work experience”, 4.6 Today, and on any given day, over 10,000 jobs are available some projects that nobody else wants to take on. The majori- percent said it helps them “develop new skills and knowl- on Bayt.com, nearly 5,000 of which are suitable for young job ty (88.2%) of professionals polled by Bayt.com believe that edge”, 4.2 percent said it helps them “explore their field of seekers and fresh graduates. Bayt.com is also launching a new interns are “very useful” to their businesses. 9.2% of respon- interest and career potential”, 1.4 percent said it helps them job section that is fully dedicated for students and fresh grad- dents believe that interns are “somewhat useful” and only “network and build professional connections”, and more than uates to help them get an early start on their career planning 2.6% said that interns are “not useful”. a third (33.6 percent) said it provides all of these benefits. and job hunting. Those surveyed said there were several benefits for having On top of that, more than three quarters of respondents If you are looking to secure your first career role, then you an intern. More than seven out of ten (73.6 percent) said that (76.2 percent) agree that internships “increase the job candi- should take advantage of the many internships, entry level internships allow them to identify talent for future positions. date’s chances of getting hired.” jobs, as well as the job search tools and information available Other benefits that were discussed include the ability to online. Internships are a great asset to start and grow in your “quickly fill temporary and seasonal positions” and “providing Are all internships created equal? career and should be a priority when it comes to gaining extra help for small teams or departments.” Just like choosing a job, choosing an internship depends experience and standing out in the competitive job market. China offers $10bn Japan’s elderly reverse credit line to Iran gas station closures TOKYO: In Shimukappu, a village on Japan’s ulation, which is accelerating in remoter BEIJING: A Chinese state-owned invest- In total, China has agreed to allocate northern island of Hokkaido and home to a parts of Japan, local governments have ment firm has provided a $10 billion credit $35 billion in financing and loans for Iran’s popular skiing resort, residents are to reopen increasingly taken an active role in buying line for Iranian banks, Iran’s central bank economy, state news agency IRNA quoted the sole gas station in the area, which closed closed facilities and offering subsidies to president said yesterday. The contract was Seif as saying. The credit line will use euros four years ago as sales declined. It’s a similar keep them operational. signed in Beijing between China’s CITIC and yuan to help bypass US sanctions that story elsewhere in Japan, where oil demand But in some rural villages, elderly people investment group and a delegation of have continued despite the nuclear deal has dropped by nearly a third since 2000 as power is leading the rescue effort as younger Iranian banks led by central bank presi- between Iran and world powers in 2015. the country’s population dwindles and new generations move to the cities in search of dent Valiollah Seif. China was a signatory to the deal that car sales are also down by around a third work. “The nearest gasoline stands in the The Iran Daily said the funds would lifted sanctions in exchange for curbs to since 1990. With that waning demand, the next town are around 30 km (19 miles) away,” finance water, energy and transport proj- Iran’s nuclear program. number of gas stations, which also supply said Mitsuhiko Hirakawa, head of ects. Iran is vital to China’s trade ambitions President Xi Jinping visited Iran a week winter heating fuels, has roughly halved from Shimukappu city office’s Tomamu area that as it develops its trillion-dollar “One Belt, after it came into effect, vowing to boost a 1995 peak to 31,000 nationwide. hosts the ski resort. “The lack of gas stands is One Road” strategy aimed at dramatically bilateral trade to $600 billion within a That has left many mainly elderly people very inconvenient.” boosting its ties to Europe and Africa. decade. Although trade was just $31 bil- in remote areas a long way from the nearest A local survey showed residents ranked the In addition to the credit line, the lion in 2016, it jumped more than 30 per- pump station to fill up. About 15 percent of lack of a filling station as their second-biggest Export-Import Bank of China committed cent in the first six months of 2017. China villages, towns and cities in the world’s third- source of dissatisfaction, prompting the local to a further $10 billion in loans, while the is already Iran’s biggest oil customer and largest economy have three or fewer gas government to step in and buy the shuttered China Development Bank signed prelimi- accounts for a third of its overall trade. stands, and the trade ministry has urged stand, which is due to reopen next month, local governments to do more to keep these Hirakawa said. The industry ministry says local nary deals with Iran for $15 billion in infra- Since the lifting of sanctions, Beijing has essential lifelines open. While most shuttered communities in at least a dozen other villages structure and production projects, Seif opened two credit lines worth $4.2 billion gas stations are abandoned and chained, have taken over abandoned fuel stations, announced. The contracts reflect “a strong to build high-speed railway lines linking some have had a make-over and are now closed due to falling sales, a lack of people to will for continuation of cooperation Tehran with Mashhad and Isfahan, the Iran shops, cafes, and launderettes. run them, and the cost of replacing ageing between the two countries,” Seif said. Daily reported. — AFP Amid a national trend of a declining pop- underground fuel tanks. — Reuters SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 BUSINESS

Boursa Kuwait equities edge higher

BAYAN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT KUWAIT: Boursa Kuwait ended last week in the green ited decline in the trading activity, on both levels, the cash zone. The Price Index closed at 6,913.86 points, up by 0.24 liquidity and the volume. percent from the week before closing, the Weighted Index The Boursa ended Wednesday’s session with mixed clos- increased by 1.53 percent after closing at 441.32 points, ings to the three indices, as the Price Index was able to whereas the KSX-15 Index closed at 1,027.07 points up by return to the green zone once again, supported by the 2.78 percent. Furthermore, last week’s average daily quick speculations and the purchasing operations that con- turnover increased by 116.60 percent, compared to the centrated on some idle stocks, while the Weighted and KSX- preceding week, reaching KD 33.55 million, whereas trad- 15 indices continued recording losses for the second con- ing volume average was 139.14 million shares, recording secutive session affected by the continued concentration of an increase of 79.63 percent. the profit collection operations on the leading stocks, while The three Boursa indices were able to close in the green fluctuation continued its control over the Boursa indices at zone, especially the Weighted and KSX-15 indices which the end of week session, however with changing positions, benefited from the strong purchasing trend that included as the Weighted and KSX-15 indices were able to return to many leading and heavy stocks, and mostly the stocks the profit zone once again, supported by the return of the nominated to join “FTSE Index” for emerging markets, purchasing operations in control over the leading stocks which enhanced the cash liquidity in the market to a great trading, which enhanced the indices’ gains on the weekly extent, as the daily average for trading value reached level; while the profit collection operations that targeted around KD 33 million, up by 116.6 percent compared to some small-cap stocks, pushed the Price Index to record the previous week’s trading, while the Price Index wit- limited losses by the end of the session, which limited its nessed during the last week a fluctuated performance with weekly gains to a certain extent. For the annual perform- an upward trend as a result to the continued presence of ance, the Price Index ended last week recording 20.28 per- the quick speculative operations that concentrated on the cent annual gain compared to its closing in 2016, while the small-cap stocks, in addition to the profit collection opera- Weighted Index increased by 16.11 percent, and the KSX-15 tions that the market was witnessing during some of the recorded 16.05 percent growth. daily sessions, which relatively lightened the Price Index’s gains on the weekly level. Sectors’ Indices In addition, the market capitalization for the Boursa Six of Boursa Kuwait’s sectors ended last week in the Kuwait reached during the last five sessions more than KD green zone, while the other six recorded decreases. Last 440 million, as it reached by the end of last week about KD week’s highest gainer was the Health Care sector, achiev- 29.48 billion, up by 1.52 percent compared to its level in a ing 11.48 percent growth rate as its index closed at week earlier, where it was KD 29.04 billion; On an annual 1,683.91 points. Whereas, in the second place, the level, the market cap gains since the beginning of the year, Industrial sector’s index closed at 1,884.67 points recording reached more than KD 4 billion, or 16.03 percent compared 1.07 percent increase. The Telecommunications sector to its value at end of 2016, where it reached then KD 25.41 came in third as its index achieved 1.04 percent growth, billion. (Note: the market cap for the listed companies in ending the week at 619.43 points. the primary market is calculated based on the average On the other hand, The Consumer Services sector headed number of outstanding shares as per the latest available the losers list as its index declined 3.74 percent to end the financial statements). week’s activity at 1,026.48 points. The Insurance sector was As per the daily trading activity, the market initiated the second on the losers’ list, which index declined by 1.33 per- first session of the last week with an increase to all its cent, closing 1,154.04 points, followed by the Oil & Gas sector, indices, in light of the active positive trading and the pur- as its index closed at 1,021.70 points at a loss 0.99 percent. chasing operations that concentrated on the leading and heavy stocks, especially in the Banks sector, where more Sectors’ Activity than half of the cash liquidity concentrated at by the end The Financial Services sector dominated a total trade of the session, which reflected on all the market indicators’ volume of around 234.38 million shares changing hands performance, especially the KSX-15 Index that was able to during last week, representing 33.69 percent of the total return to above 1000 point closing level, to end the session market trading volume. The Banks sector was second in at its highest level since year 2015. Also, the market con- terms of trading volume as the sector’s traded shares were tinued realizing gains on the second session, however lim- 28.77 percent of last week’s total trading volume, with a ited, and the three indices continued in increasing sup- total of around 200.16 million shares. ported by the continued support of the leading stocks, On the other hand, the Banks sector’s stocks were the amid a continued noticeable growth in the trading value, highest traded in terms of value; with a turnover of around to end the session at its highest levels in 5 months, where- KD 77.87 million or 46.42 percent of last week’s total mar- as it reached approximately KD 37 million. ket trading value. The Telecommunications sector took the On the mid-week session, the market witnessed profit second place as the sector’s last week turnover was approx. collection operations included many stocks that realized KD 31.30 million representing 18.66 percent of the total good gains in the previous sessions, which pushed the market trading value. —Prepared by: Studies & Research three indices to close in the red zone in parallel with a lim- Department - Bayan Investment Co.

S&P 500 tops 2,500 mark as tech and bank stocks climb

NEW YORK: US stocks edged higher on Friday to 6,448.47. The Russell 2000 index of smaller- Some consumers have chosen to freeze as technology companies and banks rose. The company stocks picked up 6.69 points, or 0.5 WALL STREET WEEKLY MARKET REPORT their credit after Equifax said the personal Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed above percent, to 1,431.71. information of 143 million Americans was 2,500 for the first time as stocks had one of exposed after a breach of its systems. Those their best weeks this year. Industrial output consumers are trying to prevent identity Stocks wobbled in early trading after the Industrial production in the US fell 0.9 per- thieves from using their information to open Commerce Department said retail sales cent in August, the biggest drop in eight years, fraudulent accounts. slipped in August and the Federal Reserve said as Harvey knocked numerous oil refining, plas- Equifax fell $3.68, or 3.8 percent, to a two- industrial production dropped last month, tics and chemicals factories out of business for year low of $92.98. The stock began plunging mostly because of Hurricane Harvey. But big a time. Many of those factories are based in last Friday after the company disclosed the names like Apple and Boeing took the market the Gulf Coast region that Harvey hit. The breach, and this week it took its biggest weekly higher. Stocks made big gains Monday and as Federal Reserve said the weather and flooding loss since tend of 1998. Rival TransUnion lost Hurricane Irma weakened, and they didn’t do was responsible for almost all of the loss. $1.47, or 3.4 percent, to $41.61 and Experian fell too much after that, but still wound up with Apple picked up $1.60, or 1 percent, to 0.9 percent in London. Bond prices dipped. The their biggest weekly gain since the beginning $159.88 after three days of declines. yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.20 of January. Chipmaker Nvidia jumped $10.71, or 6.3 per- percent from 2.19 percent. Interest rates also rose, Rick Rieder, the chief investment officer for cent, to $180.11 and hard drive maker Western which helped banks, as they stand to make more BlackRock’s global fixed income business, said Digital gained $2.73, or 3.2 percent, to $88.52. money from lending. US crude oil finished retail sales and inflation have been weak However shares of software maker Oracle unchanged at $49.89 a barrel in New York. It’s at because technological changes keep reducing absorbed their biggest loss in four years. The its highest price since the end of July. Brent crude, the prices of clothes, food, travel, and phone company’s first-quarter profit and sales were the standard for international oil prices, gained plans. That lowers measurements of sales rev- better than investors expected, but analysts 15 cents to $55.62 a barrel in London. Wholesale enue, like the one the government released were concerned about forecasts for its cloud gasoline rose 3 cents to $1.66 a gallon. Heating Friday, but Rieder said they keep people buy- computing business. Oracle lost $4.05, or 7.7 oil added 2 cents to $1.80 a gallon. Natural gas ing - even though the same technological percent, to $48.74. fell 5 cents to $3.02 per 1,000 cubic feet. changes can also lower people’s wages. Boeing rose $3.77, or 1.5 percent, to $249 Gold fell $4.10 to $1,325.20 an ounce. Silver “We get everything cheaper than we used as the aerospace company continued to set NEW YORK: This file photo shows a sign for Wall Street carved into the side of a building in sank 9 cents to $17.70 an ounce. Copper lost 1 to because of the internet and delivery mech- record highs. Its stock is up 60 percent in 2017. New York. —AP cent to $2.95 a pound. The dollar advanced to anisms,” he said. “The price is coming down so Stocks in the UK slumped to a four-month low ished in value when the pound appreciates than 20 people, but none of the injuries 110.88 yen from 110.54 yen. The euro rose to quickly that it’s helping demand.” and the pound rose to its highest level since against other currencies. appeared to be life-threatening. $1.1938 from $1.1914. Germany’s DAX lost 0.2 The Standard & Poor’s 500 index gained mid-2016, after Bank of England officials con- The pound surged to $1.3571 from $1.3398, Credit monitoring companies continued to percent and France’s CAC 40 sagged 0.2 per- 4.61 points, or 0.2 percent, to a record firmed they are close to raising interest rates its highest since mid-2016. The FTSE 100 fell fall as Senate Democrats introduced a bill that cent. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index 2,500.23. The Dow Jones industrial average for the first time in a decade. The first step 1.1 percent after a 1.1-percent loss Thursday. would prevent the companies from charging added 0.5 percent. South Korea’s Kospi rose 64.86 points, or 0.3 percent, to 22,268.34, could happen as soon as November. Many UK stocks did not appear to be affected by a fees to consumers who want their credit recouped initial losses to end 0.4 percent its fourth record close in a row. The Nasdaq companies on the British FTSE 100 are multi- bomb attack on a London subway train. Police frozen. In many states, the companies collect higher. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng edged up 0.1 composite added 19.38 points, or 0.3 percent, nationals whose overseas earnings are dimin- said an improvised explosive device hurt more fees in return for freezing accounts. percent. —AP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 BUSINESS Start a new adventure with the flydubai sale Airline offers up to 50% off business and economy class fares to select destinations

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Prague Sri-Lanka—Elephants at Pinnawala Limak wins bid for $570m highway project in Russia

ISTANBUL: Limak Construction, a leading con- tractor currently constructing landmark projects worldwide, including the new terminal at Kuwait International Airport, has won a $570 million bid for the construction and operation of the trans- port corridor between the 5 and 7 highway in AI-equipped upcoming smartphone Ufa, Russia. The bid was won under a Joint Venture agreement with Russia’s VTB Capital to by Huawei in Kuwait to boast world’s form special purpose company LLC Bashkir Concession Company. most powerful smartphone camera The project will be completed in four years fol- lowed by a planned operation period of 25 years. KUWAIT: With leading smartphone brands appears in between the two vertically aligned The 12.5-kilometer highway will be made up of finally embracing a dual-lens rear camera set- lenses, with a dual LED flash on the left, and a four lanes in total, and comprises a 1,250-meter up on their device, inter-brand competition laser focus module on the right. According to tunnel, several bridges, and viaducts with a total with one of the hottest mobile trends of the industry insiders, the Mate 10 may come with length of 2,600-meters. The road will have a capac- past year is reaching fever pitch. However, a dual-lens 20MP rear camera and a dual F1.7 ity to support 22,700 vehicles a day and connect with Huawei having implemented dual-cam- large aperture lens, coupled with the Bokeh the city of Ufa from the east to the highway. era technology in its mobile phones for over effect and the double optical zoom feature. Limak Holding Board Member, Serdar two generations, how will other smartphone The HUAWEI Mate 10 is expected to feature a Bacaksz, said: “This project is quite luring for us manufacturers successfully overcome their built-in AI chip that will further enhance its in terms of its engineering needs as the highway latecomer limitations to beat this dual-cam- photo-taking abilities. By simulating the tech- route has both a long tunnel and a number of From left to right, lyas Munirov, Andrey Kiselev, Nihat Ozdemir and Serdar Bacaksz era technology pioneer? Put simply, this last niques of professional photographers, any- bridges and viaducts spanning 2,600 meters. At minute push may be too little, too late. one can effortlessly produce professional International Airport’s New Terminal II Building International Airport project scheduled to begin the same time, following our improvement of Mobile photography is increasingly impor- grade photos. The Mate 10 may very well be which is recognized as the largest tender won services December 2017. relations with Russia, this is the largest project in tant in the age of social media. While some the most powerful camera smartphone on abroad in a single package by Turkish contrac- Established in 1976, Limak Construction is a Russia contracted to a Turkish contracting com- smartphone manufacturers marketed exter- the market. tors. In Kuwait Limak was also contracted for the fully owned subsidiary of Limak Group of pany after the softening of political tension nal camera modules to help take professional AI has kept hold of people’s imaginations Communicable Diseases Hospital project and Companies, one of the leading conglomerates in between Turkey and Russia. We believe that quality photos, the increase in size and and remains a key trend in smartphone tech- the West Abdullah Al-Mubarak Site Turkey. The Group operates in over 17 countries both the investment and operation of this proj- weight meant consumers had to sacrifice the nology. Leading technology giants are com- Infrastructure and Electrical Works project. with more than 50,000 employees and across ect will continue to strengthen relations portability of their device. Knowing that the peting for a leading role in the market and AI Limak will carry out construction of the high- various sectors, including tourism, cement, ener- between our two countries.” most indispensable characteristics of a smart- has become a platform for the phone makers way with MARASHSTROY, the company’s current gy, infrastructure, airport management and oper- Limak was awarded the tender for Kuwait phone could not be sacrificed, Huawei pio- to create differentiated value. partner for the Rostov-on-Don Platov ations, port management, food and aviation. neered the use of a dual camera design that Aiming to come out on top in an already enables both a slim body and extraordinary homogenized smartphone market, Huawei put photography performance. in place a strategy to coordinate artificial intelli- Labor reform in France’s In order to attain the best imaging quality, gence (AI) development in terms of device, Huawei partnered with Leica, the leader in cloud and chip, as early as 2016. This ongoing Macron economy the world of imaging for more than 100 years, investment in R&D has paid off and Huawei is in a joint effort to develop dual camera set to further boost its dual camera technology PARIS: Protestors against President dents (he knew Hollande well, having been mobile phones. Huawei and Leica’s dual cam- with the help of its clearly defined mobile AI AUB makes a customer’s Emmanuel Macron’s proposed liberalization both his advisor and Finance Minister), era system has been applied on three genera- chip and mobile AI strategy. Innovation is cru- dream come true with of French labor laws were on the streets of believing them to have given up too soon tions of Huawei smartphones, and is widely cial in a successful AI strategy; something the country’s cities on Tuesday. The and too easily. When Macron spoke, as he recognized by the mobile phone industry and Huawei recognised from the offset. By continu- KD 250,000 grand prize marchers, chanting slogans and brandish- did earlier this month, of “slackers,” he said customers. ally investing in developing its own chips to ing placards, halted traffic as they moved when challenged that he meant those who KUWAIT: Ahli United Bank recently conducted its Al-Hassad slowly through the streets. A fringe of anar- retreated from the necessary surgery on The question now is how can dual camera compete with, the performance of its mobile Islamic account weekly draw, Kuwait’s leading Sharia-compliant technology evolve further, and what innova- chips is no longer a concern as Huawei’s capa- chists broke windows; police responded by France’s body politic. The marchers, howev- rewards program that offers a broad range of prizes to the firing tear gas. But this was no rerun of the er, seized on the word and put it on their tive experiences will it bring? Huawei’s bilities in research and development are largest number of winners, on the 13 September . The account answer may well be found in its upcoming proven. However, the capabilities and innova- mass marches of past years, let alone the placards: “Macron, the slackers will kick you provides 26 weekly prizes that are comprised of KD 25,000 as a semi-revolutionary eruptions of 1968. out,” read one. smartphone series - the HUAWEI Mate 10, tion in the upcoming AI chip will certainly be grand prize and 25 other prizes valued at KD 1,000 each. AUB France’s second-largest union, the The slackers have a point. Indeed, they touted to hit the global markets shortly. In something to look forward to. Huawei has also offers four quarterly prizes that are valued at KD 250,000 to the teaser video, we can see that Huawei has released a short video of “Phone Clone” on each winner allowing them to achieve their dreams of travelling, ConfÈderation GÈnÈrale du Travail (CGT) have several. Labor productivity in France is maintained the same design for the dual-lens their social media account; certainly some- studying abroad, or owning their dream home or car. was the only one of the three main workers’ relatively good, only a little behind that of camera on the Mate 10. The Leica logo thing to keep an eye on for the future. On this occasion Ahli United Bank announced, “With this organizations that took part. Another the United States and the highest of draw, we are adding 26 new winners and prizes to the Al- protest, this one organized by the far-left Europe’s major economies. When French Hassad Islamic account whereby, the total number of winners France Insoumise (France Unbowed) party workers work, they work well. annually will include more than 1300. The weekly grand prize is scheduled for Sept. 23. The Tuesday Though both Macron’s labor and eco- Ooredoo partners with Seas winner of KD 25,000 Taiba Abdulnabi Kadhem. marching columns numbered, nationwide, nomic reforms have won support from the and Deserts for exclusive offer 25 other winners won prizes of KD 1,000 and are as follows: in the few hundred thousand rather than center-right and from many economists, Rawan Faisal Al Sandan, Salman Younis Mohd, Naqwah Faleh Al the many millions hoped for - the police France remains doubtful, even hostile. KUWAIT: Ooredoo, Kuwait’s strongest Azmi, Rania Omer Abu Salah, Ali H S Al Azemi, Eid Saleh Al claimed 223,000, the organizers 400,000. Perhaps the best-known Frenchman in polit- network, is proud to partner with Seas Dhafeeri, Saad Abdullah Al Blais, Sameerah Ali Al Kandari, There was little effect on production, servic- ical and intellectual circles before Macron and Deserts, the official distributor of Fatema Mohd Taqi, Nazr Ul Islam Mohammed Nazr Ul Islam, es or transportation. was the economist Thomas Piketty, whose the world-famous Garmin fitness and Meshal Turki Al Dabbous, Souad B M Al Bader, Ali Salem It was neither victory nor defeat for “Capital in the 21st Century” (2013) is a best navigation devices, for an exclusive offer Mohammad, Wafaa Taleb Al Naseh, Huda Khalid Mohammad, either side. Instead, Macron’s changes to the seller and who has excoriated his country that enriches customers’ lifestyle. The Deserts, which is the authorized dealer Ali Sulaiman Abdullah, Samir Ahmed Othman, Soraya Dad vast labor code - hiring and firing will be both for its steeply rising inequality and its exclusive offer gives customers mobile of Garmin, the international fitness and Ayob, Zulfiqar Ghulam , Ali Rashid Ahmed, Moosa Mohammed easier, some workplace issues will be nego- hypocrisy in pretending it is egalitarian. internet for a whole year, with 200 navigation technology brand. Ooredoo Isa, A.Hussain Essa Abdulla, Taibah Mansoor Hussain, Khalil tiated at company level - hang in the bal- Hypocritical it may be, but it clings to the GB/month bundled together with stated that this partnership stems from Ebrahem Mohamed, Mahdi Abdulla Buhamad. ance. The CGT, the left and the far-right myth, and perfectly bourgeois Frenchmen Al-Hassad Islamic account’s customers in Kuwait and Garmin Drive Luxe 51 navigation device. its core values of caring, connecting, and National Front all oppose them, but Macron and -women may recoil from an obvious Bahrain are eligible to participate in the draw in line with the The Wi-Fi enabled device benefits from challenging, underscoring that it aims to program’s terms and conditions. Ahli United Bank added, “There and his government have a solid, if inexperi- widening of the income and wealth gaps. the connection by getting updates from work towards creating value added serv- are increased opportunities that await our current customers enced, majority in the Assembly. To put major emphasis on labor reforms the internet, in addition to offering cus- ices with reputable brand names that and those who are interested in opening an Al-Hassad Islamic More than his predecessors who tried may, in any case, not be the main point. tomers comprehensive navigation with complement the lifestyle of its cus- account to benefit from the wide range of prizes and opportu- and failed to liberalize France’s labor market Germany liberalized its labor market live traffic, using the latest technologies, tomers. On its part, Seas and Deserts nities offered this year.” - the center-right Nicolas Sarkozy and the through the so-called Hartz reforms with the ability of pairing to a smart- noted that it is proud to collaborate with Individual customers can open their accounts with a mini- center-left Francois Hollande - Macron has between 2003 and 2005, but unlike France phone via Bluetooth. Ooredoo, Kuwait’s strongest network, to mum deposit of KD 100, qualifying them to enter the draw. For pinned the credibility of his presidency on the German unions were relatively moder- Commenting on this offer, Ooredoo deliver unparalleled services to its cus- every KD 50 deposited in the account, customers are given one systemic, cultural change, a deliberate jolt- ate, wage bargaining was already localized Kuwait in a statement expressed its tomers, especially with the vital and chance to enter the quarterly draw. They must have held the ing of French society and economy out of and investment was rising. In addition, the pride in collaborating with such a rep- indispensable role telecommunications minimum deposit requirement for at least two weeks prior to the rut into which he believes it has fallen. costs of German unification had already utable company such as Seas and technology plays in everyday life today. the draw date. The more deposits made, the higher the chances He is contemptuous of both former presi- been paid. — Reuters of winning on a weekly basis. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 TECHNOLOGY

ISYX technologies unveils next generation managed services

DUBAI: Building on the success of its existing tradi- with modular services.” “Customers are moving * Service Desk tional model, ISYX Technologies, a fast-growing IT beyond simply seeking cost savings to bigger bene- * Workplace Services transformation company in the Middle East and fits like becoming more agile and effective. ISYX * Security Services Africa, yesterday unveiled its exclusive future-ready uses advanced automation and analytics to manage The company delivers efficient, scalable and next-generation Managed Services initiative. As critical IT components. With this combination, we secure IT services through its robust integrated plat- part of its new Managed Services offering, the com- improve and deliver managed services more effi- form built on ITIL standards, which ensures service pany has also invested in building state-of-the-art ciently, enabling customers to focus on their core delivery aligned to ISO 20000 & 27001 standards. network and security operation centers in the UAE, competence,” added Mahesh Joshi, Practice Head - “With the hyper-competitive nature of the econ- which boasts of cutting-edge infrastructure, robust Managed Services, ISYX Technologies. omy, businesses are now looking for ways to reduce platform and complementing skill sets with a costs and create value and the managed services strong focus on service excellence. ISYX’s next-generation Managed domain is no exception. In order to provide our Speaking on the launch, Sharoon Shamsuddin, Services portfolio includes: clients a seamless digital transformation journey Mahesh Joshi Sharoon Shamsuddin CEO of ISYX Technologies said, “Technology is trans- * Application Operations (App Ops) and Support that will enhance their competitiveness in the mar- forming business at an extraordinary pace. At ISYX, tion to create new business outcomes. With this revi- Services ketplace, we have launched our next-generation we bring best-of-breed technologies and practices talized next-generation Managed Services added to * Datacenter and Infrastructure Services Managed Services portfolio, which is a unique blend that can help our clients transform and thrive on the our portfolio, we begin a new chapter in our clients’ * Infrastructure Transformation of smart tools and techniques providing operational change. With our wide spectrum of services offer- transformation journey. Our services offer simplified * Network Services efficiencies, higher productivity and enhanced user ings, we help clients harness the power of innova- hybrid infrastructure and applications management * Service Management experience,” Mr. Joshi concluded.

Ransomware: Organizations must disrupt cyber attacks before they become business disrupter

DUBAI: Dimension Data, the global ICT as-a-service in the first half of 2017, where services and solutions provider, and Cisco, threat actors with malicious intent pay have joined forces and published a white operators of ransomware-as-a-service plat- paper to help organizations stay ahead of forms to launch such attacks. The growth of ransomware threats. Called Ransomware: digitally connected global enterprises The Pervasive Business Disrupt or the paper means that no single country can remain looks at ransomware trends and impacts, isolated. It also means that enterprises in and how to respond before a threat the Middle East can expect more sophisti- becomes a business disruptor. cated attacks, more frequently, and with According to a Cisco 2017 Mid-Year more unpredictability going forward. The Cyber Security Report, ransomware is one only protection for them is to follow more of the main threats to digital business. rigorous security protection measures,” Globally, around 49% of businesses experi- adds Mechelle Buys Du Plessis, Managing enced at least one cyber ransom attack in Director, Dimension Data Middle East. 2016, and of those, 39% were ransomware attacks. In the US alone, the number of The ransomware white paper includes attacks rose 300% from 2015 to 20161. a six-point framework for organisations This trend can be attributed to the to adopt to defend against a ran- growth of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) somware attack: in the first half of 20172, where cyber crimi- * Predict and be informed before the nals pay the operators of RaaS platforms to attack occurs: Proactively research what’s launch attacks. discussed on the dark web, new exploits that will be used, and industries or companies that will be targeted. * Protect: Identity and access man- agement (IAM) tools are essential to DETROIT: This May 2, 2017, photo provided by Intel and Major League Baseball shows a “fan” view from a baseball game in Detroit. The virtual- protecting enterprise devices and com- reality coverage includes a view using standard television cameras, top center, showing the pitcher, batter and catcher in one shot. Major puting assets. Network access control League Baseball, in a partnership with Intel, has had a free game in VR every Tuesday, subject to blackouts of hometown teams. — AP (NAC) ensures that only devices that have the adequate security settings and adhere to IT security policies are able to Sports in virtual reality sounds access corporate systems. * Detect: Technologies should be in place to detect anomalies in the infra- cool, but can feel distant Mechelle Buys Matthew Gyde structure, in the event that malware has Du Plessis infiltrated the endpoints or network. The network must be monitored to NEW YORK: When watching sports in virtual catcher’s back from behind home plate. Maybe it’s these were produced during practice and other “The escalation in ransomware attacks in check for indicators of compromise. reality, it’s best to remind yourself that TV wasn’t best not to think of VR as a supplement to, rather non-game settings, the VR camera can take you the digital economy makes every organisa- Turning on AI-enabled malicious traffic born in a day. Early television was mostly radio than a replacement for, television. Baseball does to more interesting locations. For a series on up- tion a target,” says Matthew Gyde, Group detection, can also help automate detec- with pictures. It took years - even decades - for this well with its At Bat VR app , which requires a and-coming baseball players, one camera was Executive - Security. “This risk escalated when tion swiftly before the attack worsens. producers to figure out the right camera angles, subscription starting at $87 for the season (dis- just in front of second base, and another was in crypto currency and bitcoin became a com- * Respond: When a ransomware incident graphics and instant replays to deliver. counted to $8 now that the season is almost the bullpen during a pitcher’s warmup. mon avenue for ransom payment. That’s has been detected, security experts must Sports is going through a similar transforma- over). Instead of VR video, you get a perspective It feels as though you’re getting access you because cybercriminals cannot be traced. work fast to block malicious communica- tion. VR holds the promise of putting fans right from behind home plate, with graphical depic- wouldn’t get on television or in person. So why And as more employees work remotely tion channels at the firewall or IPS, and in the middle of the sporting action - on the 50- tions of each pitch. A colored streak - red for couldn’t a VR camera show relief pitchers warm- on personal devices, the risk is further com- quarantine infected machines. yard line, say, or in a ringside seat, or standing strikes and green for balls - traces the ball’s trajec- ing up during games, too? In an interview, pounded.” “Deep threat Intelligence and * Recover:Backup is a critical part of the behind the catcher as the umpire calls strikes. tory, using sensors in place at all major-league Aufhauser says Major League Baseball and the research are key to outsmarting cybercrimi- strategy for fast recovery. In addition, the But today’s VR sports have an empty and dis- stadiums. You’re getting more information than individual teams will need to get more comfort- nals, and a critical success factor is to dis- backup system needs to prevent the repli- tant feel to them. Watching through a headset you would with regular television, without miss- able with VR before expanding camera access. For rupt the attack before it becomes the busi- cation of files that were maliciously sometimes feels like being there in the stadium ing out on what TV does best - the close-ups. now, he says, producers look for other places that ness disruptor,” Gyde explains. “But security encrypted by ransomware. This can be ... by yourself, absent cheering fans, hot dogs The TV coverage appears on a virtual score- won’t get in the way, such as the swimming pool controls alone are not sufficient to address achieved with dynamic segmentation and and beer. And it doesn’t get you close enough to board in the outfield. You need an Android near center field at Arizona’s Chase Field or the a ransomware threat, and organisations inherent security features. the action to compensate. phone and headset compatible with Google’s tall “Green Monster” wall at Boston’s Fenway Park. need to adopt a multi-layered approach to “Recent ransomware attacks have high- For now, the zoom lenses of television cameras Daydream system. The app isn’t available on And forget about placing cameras in the mid- stop the cyber kill chain. This means identi- lighted the fact that improvements are do a much better job of showing a pitcher’s inten- iPhones or Samsung Gear VR headsets, though dle of the field. Instead, Intel has alternative fying emerging threats before an attack, needed in any industry or any size of the sity or a free-throw shooter’s concentration. Yet Samsung’s Galaxy S8 and Note 8 phones work technology that integrates footage from dozens quick detection, a swift response to an organisation. With the right framework, Intel, NextVR and other companies are working to with Daydream headsets. (On the flip side, Intel’s of cameras surrounding the field to depict how a attack, all the way through to the backup tools and processes, companies will bring a variety of sports - boxing, golf, soccer, you baseball coverage works just on Gear VR with play would have looked to a player. Television and recovery process.” become better equipped to disrupt the name it - to VR. Major League Baseball has deliv- Samsung phones - not Daydream.) networks are using this now to show as instant “Middle East organisations need to be ransomware attack before it becomes the ered a free game in VR every Tuesday (subject to Some of what VR does really well comes in the replays. Computers aren’t powerful enough yet aware of the rapid growth of ransomware- business’ disruptor,” says Gyde. blackouts of hometown teams); next week, it’s the form of highlight videos and player profiles. These to do this live - but Aufhauser says that’s the Colorado Rockies playing the Giants in San are usually just a few minutes long. And because hope one day. — AP Francisco. To enjoy it, it’s best to think about what VR could be, rather than what it is now.

The trouble with VR Start with some of the weird artifacts of VR. Many sporting productions don’t actually give you a full 360-degree view, one of the main attractions of the medium. Instead, they often black out what’s behind you. The reasoning is obvious - you’re focused on the game and not other fans - but even television has cameras pointed at the stands. Worse, VR camera placement is often down- right odd. During the March Madness college basketball tournament, for instance, a coach or another camera operator would sometimes stand right in front of the VR camera, blocking the game play. The VR camera was also at floor level, which leaves you feeling as if you were watching while lying down by the court. A VR camera in a baseball dugout should offer a unique perspective on the game - but in practice, what you often see are players’ legs as they walk by. Any competent sports cameraman could have framed the shot better. (Intel Sports executive David Aufhauser says those blemishes add realism, much the way people can walk in front of you at a stadium.) In Intel’s baseball coverage, in fact, some of the best views come from a standard camera that cap- CLEVELAND: This May 16, 2017, photo provided by Intel and Major League Baseball shows a tures the pitcher, batter and catcher in one shot. It’s producer with a choice of camera feeds at a baseball game in Cleveland. Major League sequestered in a box within the virtual environ- Baseball, in a partnership with Intel, has had a free game in VR every Tuesday, subject to black- ment - which itself is sometimes just showing the outs of hometown teams. — AP Equifax executives departs after huge data breach

NEW YORK: Equifax announced late Friday Mauldin is being replaced by Russ Ayers, an weakness in an open-source software package technology security problems at big compa- Equifax is facing a myriad of investiga- that its chief information officer and chief secu- information technology executive inside called Apache Struts as the technological nies, to do a forensic review. tions and class-action lawsuits for this rity officer would leave the company immedi- Equifax. Webb is being replaced by Mark crack that allowed hackers to heist the data Equifax has been castigated for how it has breach, including Congressional investiga- ately, following the enormous breach of 143 Rohrwasser, who most recently was in charge from the massive database maintained prima- handled the breach, which it did not disclose tions, queries by the Federal Trade million Americans’ personal information. of Equifax’s international technology opera- rily for lenders. publicly for weeks after discovering it. Commission and the Consumer Financial It also presented a litany of security efforts tions. Equifax has been under intense public That disclosure, made late Wednesday, cast Consumers calling the number Equifax set up Protection Bureau, as well as several state it made after noticing suspicious network pressure since it disclosed last week that hack- the company’s damaging security lapse in an initially complained of jammed phone lines attorneys general. The company’s CEO traffic in July. The credit data company said ers accessed or stole the millions of Social even harsher light. The software problem was and uninformed representatives, and initial Richard Smith is scheduled to testify in front that Susan Mauldin, who had been the top Security numbers, birthdates and other infor- detected in March and a recommended soft- responses from the website gave inconsistent of Congress in early October. security officer, and David Webb, the chief mation. On Friday it gave its most detailed ware patch was released shortly afterward. responses. The company says it has addressed Three Equifax executives - not the ones technology officer, are retiring from Equifax. timeline of the breach yet, saying it noticed Equifax said its security officials were many of those problems. Equifax also said who are departing - sold shares worth a com- Mauldin, a college music major, had come suspicious network traffic on July 29 associat- “aware of this vulnerability at that time, and Friday it would continue to allow people to bined $1.8 million just a few days after the under media scrutiny for her qualifications in ed with its U.S. online dispute portal web took efforts to identify and to patch any vul- place credit freezes on their reports without a company discovered the breach, according to security. Equifax did not say in its statement application. Equifax said it believes the access nerable systems in the company’s IT infrastruc- fee through November 21. Originally the com- documents filed with securities regulators. what retirement packages the executives occurred from May 13 through July 30. ture.” The company said it hired Mandiant, a pany offered fee-free credit freezes for 30 days Equifax shares have lost a third of their value would receive. Equifax had said earlier that it identified a business often brought in to deal with major after the incident. since it announced the breach. — AP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Study: Hormone pills don’t shorten older women’s lives CHICAGO: Taking hormone pills for several years Dr JoAnn Manson, preventive medicine chief at Age-related diseases after menopause didn’t shorten older women’s lifes- Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and lead The results led to advice against taking hor- pans, according to the longest follow-up yet of land- author of the follow-up report. mones to prevent age-related diseases. When used mark research that transformed thinking on risks “It’s the ultimate bottom line,” said Manson, who for menopause symptoms, the lowest possible dose and benefits of a once popular treatment. was also part of the original research. Women want for the shortest possible time was recommended, That research was halted early when unexpected to know “is this medication going to kill me” and the then as now. For some women already facing health harms were found from using replacement hor- answer appears to be no, she said. Results were risks, hormones’ potential harms may outweigh any mones - estrogen alone or with progestin - versus published Tuesday in the Journal of the American benefits, and discussions with a doctor about start- dummy pills for five to seven years. More breast can- Medical Association. Hormones were once consid- ing the treatment are advised. Participants were cer, heart attacks and strokes occurred in women on ered a fountain of youth for women entering aged 50 to 79 and past menopause, older than typi- combined pills, and those on estrogen pills had menopause because of weak evidence suggesting a cal users, and took larger doses than currently rec- more strokes. But about 18 years of follow-up show host of purported benefits including reducing heart ommended. that despite those risks, women had similar rates of disease and boosting memory. The landmark The follow-up involved most of the more than deaths from heart disease, breast cancer and all oth- research, backed by the US government, began in 27,000 women who were part of the original er causes as those who took dummy pills. the early 1990s to rigorously test hormones’ effects research. It included time using pills and about 10 or The new results are reassuring and support cur- in older women randomly assigned to take the pills so years after stopping. Some earlier follow-ups sug- BOSTON: In this Dec 12, 2002 file photo, Dr rent advice: Hormones may be appropriate for some or dummy treatment. Brands studied were Prempro gested no increased risk of death in hormone users, JoAnn Manson poses with a printout from a women when used short-term to relieve hot flashes estrogen-progestin pills and Premarin estrogen- but Manson said this is the first to focus only on study she directed on hormone replacement and other bothersome menopause symptoms, said only pills. deaths from various causes. — AP therapy for women at her office. — AP

Age matters when it comes to screening for cervical cancer

WASHINGTON: Getting checked for cer- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vical cancer isn’t one-size-fits-all: Millions just about everyone will get at least one of women may soon have to decide strain at some point in their lives. But only between a routine Pap or a newer test certain strains cause cervical cancer - and that detects if they have a cancer-causing only if they linger long enough in the body. virus. Draft national guidelines released Tuesday for the first time say either Age matters option is reasonable for certain women - Otherwise healthy women need a Pap those ages 30 to 65. every three years from age 21 to 29, agree Paps, a mainstay for women’s health for most U.S. physician groups and the draft decades, can spot pre-cancerous abnormali- Task Force guidelines. Cervical cancer grows ties in time to prevent cancer. Newer HPV so slowly that regular Paps can find a prob- tests detect the virus that causes nearly all lem early enough to treat. While the Food of that cancer, and while they’re widely used and Drug Administration has approved an to confirm Pap results, most US medical HPV test for women as young as 25, national groups haven’t yet pushed them as a stand- guidelines have long recommended Pap alone alternative for screening. Tuesday’s screening for 20-somethings. That age proposal doesn’t signal an imminent end to group is most likely to get HPV - and the the Pap era. Paps, not HPV tests, still are rec- vast majority of the time their bodies clear ommended for screening women in their the infection before it harms. 20s, stressed the guidelines from the US Preventive Services Task Force. And don’t let What changes at age 30? the which-test debate blur the main mes- The older you get, the greater the chance sage: “Screening for cervical cancer saves that an HPV infection is the yearslong, harm- ROCKVILLE: In this Aug 27, 2010 file photo, a nurse practitioner prepares a flu vaccination in Rockville, MD. A puzzling study of US pregnancies lives,” said Task Force member Dr. Carol ful kind. To better catch those cases, today suggests that women who received back-to-back flu shots between 2010 and 2012 after a new swine flu vaccine came out more oftenad h mis- Mangione of the University of California, Los what’s called co-testing is increasingly com- carriages. — AP Angeles. Today, too many women still miss mon for women 30 and over - a Pap-plus- out. Some things to know: HPV test combination. If the results of both tests are negative, women can wait five Study prompts call to examine Cervical cancer still a threat years to test again. But both Paps and HPV Cervical cancer has dropped dramatically testing can trigger false alarms, prompting over the past half-century thanks to Pap unneeded, and sometimes harmful, addi- testing. Still, this year an estimated 12,820 tional care to rule out cancer. New studies flu vaccine and miscarriage US women will be diagnosed with cervical show co-testing leads to more false alarms cancer, and about 4,200 will die. Most than either test alone, without adding bene- NEW YORK: A puzzling study of US pregnan- the first three months of pregnancy. This study The researchers tried to make statistical adjust- haven’t been screened, or have gone too fit. That spurred Tuesday’s Task Force pro- cies found that women who had miscarriages focused only on miscarriages, which occur in the ments to level out some of those differences but long between checks. Paps examine cells posal to let women 30 and over choose an between 2010 and 2012 were more likely to first 19 weeks of pregnancy and are common. As some researchers don’t think they completely scraped from the cervix. HPV testing looks HPV test by itself every five years - or a Pap have had back-to-back annual flu shots that many as half of pregnancies end in miscarriage, succeeded. Other experts said they don’t believe for high-risk strains of the human papillo- every three years instead. The proposal is included protection against swine flu. Vaccine according to a March of Dimes estimate that a shot made from killed flu virus could trigger an mavirus, the nation’s most common sexually open for public comment through Oct. 9, experts think the results may reflect the older tries to include instances in which the miscar- immune system response severe enough to transmitted infection. According to the before it will be finalized. — AP age and other miscarriage risks for the women, riage occurs before a women even realizes she prompt a miscarriage. And the authors said they and not the flu shots. Health officials say there was pregnant. couldn’t rule out the possibility that exposure to is no reason to change the government recom- swine flu itself was a factor in some miscarriages. mendation that all pregnant women be vacci- Thousands killed Two other medical journals rejected the arti- nated against the flu. They say the flu itself is a Flu and its complications kill thousands of cle before a third, Vaccine, accepted it. Dr much greater danger to women and their Americans every year. The elderly, young chil- Gregory Poland, Vaccine’s editor-in-chief, said it fetuses. dren and pregnant women are especially at risk. was a well-designed study that raised a question The Centers for Disease Control and When a new “swine flu” strain emerged in 2009, that shouldn’t be ignored. But he doesn’t believe Prevention has reached out to a doctor’s group, it killed 56 US pregnant women that year, flu shots caused the miscarriages. “Not at all,” the American Congress of Obstetricians and according to the CDC. The study’s authors, two said Poland, who also is director of vaccine Gynecologists, to warn them the study is com- of whom are CDC researchers, saw a big differ- research at the Mayo Clinic. ing out and help them prepare for a potential ence when they looked at women who had mis- Though this study may cause worry and con- wave of worry from expectant moms, CDC offi- carried within 28 days of getting a shot that fusion, it is evidence “of just how rigorous and cials said. “I want the CDC and researchers to included protection against swine flu, but it was principled our vaccine safety monitoring system continue to investigate this,” said Dr. Laura Riley, only when the women also had had a flu shot is,” said Jason Schwartz, a Yale University vaccine a Boston-based obstetrician who leads a com- the previous season. They found 17 of 485 mis- policy expert. Some of the same researchers are mittee on maternal immunization. “But as an carriages they studied involved women whose working on a larger study looking at more advocate for pregnant women, what I hope vaccinations followed that pattern. Just four of a recent data to see if a possible link between doesn’t happen is that people panic and stop comparable 485 healthy pregnancies involved swine flu vaccine and miscarriage holds up, said getting vaccinated.” women who were vaccinated that way. James Donahue, a study author from the Past studies have found flu vaccines are safe The first group also had more women who Wisconsin-based Marshfield Clinic Research during pregnancy, though there’s been little were at higher risk for miscarriage, like older Institute. The results aren’t expected until next research on impact of flu vaccinations given in moms and smokers and those with diabetes. year at the earliest, he said. — AP Graphic shows rate of cervical cancer in the US. — AP WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Maarafi, Bukhamseen families celebrate wedding

Sadeq Ibrahim Maarafi celebrated the wedding of his son Ahmad to the daughter of Emad Bukhamseen at the Maarafi Diwan on Thursday, Sept 14, 2017. State officials, diplomats and other dignitaries attended the event. — Photos by Joseph Shagra SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 TV PROGRAMS

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CROSSWORD 1712 STAR TRACK

Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22) This is a day for thinking and ideas. You may feel like talking a bit more You may find yourself speaking to a group of people this day—you could be than usual, exploring new ideas or getting happily lost in a conversation. There will be an most persuasive with others and would do well if you are working to make a sale. There are urge to communicate. Also, perhaps a short trip or a special phone call is in order. Your opportunities for self-expression and creative ideas. Your surroundings, circumstances and high degree of mental concentration makes you an excellent student and if you are not support system are the key link in the chain of how you make your life decisions. The work involved in any sort of educational achievement you may want to do so now. This could that makes your heart sing may be another option for decision making, either for a change be something as simple as taking a class in scuba diving or a writing class up to updating in profession, a hobby or a volunteer involvement. It is the satisfaction of a life well spent your working skills. You are able to excel in speaking, writing and all types of communi- when you are doing something you love. A new cycle begins for you, signaling a greater cation skills. Your ambitions go hand in hand with communication and using the mind, than usual interest in relationships, social connections and the arts. You succeed in building and the two should never be far apart. Friends want to play this evening. Enjoy! on your love relationship at this time.

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

There is much sexual appeal at this time. If you are not involved with a This is a very lucky day for making plans or decisions and finding your way loved one you could find the phone ringing off the wall these days. You could be most through just about any problem you may discover. You feel successful and able to contend influential in talking with others. This is a time to take risks and dare to be a little avant- with difficulties. Let yourself dream today. Your dreams and ideals are the number-one garde. You will prosper through new insights and inventions. However, you should be component for action in your birth chart. You might take some time to reflect on your own careful if you decide to shop today—compare prices. You may find yourself appreciating situation, just how you feel about yourself. These days do not come too often—do not everything you see, which could lead to overspending or indulging too much. You may ignore this opportunity to let your imagination loose. Your imagination is crucial to your find yourself involved in competitive sports with friends later today and may enjoy the functioning. Perhaps a good book or movie will take on that more-than-real dimension. winning edge. Ask about trophies because their might be a trophy from last year and it Family and friends are congenial and helpful. Your emotions and the feelings of those just might be a fun item to show off. around you may be very clear. This is a productive day.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) You actively support your community and have much energy for improving You go out of your way to be gentle as you communicate with seniors or your surroundings or life situations as well. You are very motivated to young people. People respect your viewpoint and guidance. When you are improve and to help others do the same. There could be some hard feelings if you become critical it could be taken harshly, especially with young people. With your insights, you will too aggressive—especially from young people. Take some time with the young people ACROSS DOWN find some problems of the past can be easily worked through. Do not take chances or around you to become involved in some games or sports. You can demonstrate great sen- 1. (computer science) The rate at which 1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake risks just now. At heart, you have a deep sense of responsibility and this seriousness is sitivity to the needs of others just now because you listen. You are in a good position to data is transferred (as by a modem). Chad. genuine and felt by others. You seem to gravitate to those things which last and hold communicate concerning groups and society in general. Law, politics, education, travel or 4. Reprehensible acquisitiveness. 2. A beautiful and graceful girl. true. You manage to get down to the bare necessities of a matter. Law, religion and phi- religion may come into play today. You find it easy to solve the problems that present 11. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an 3. Any of a number of fishes of the family losophy subjects of the most resolute kind hold your interest. There are many conversa- themselves and others benefit from this ability of yours. eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains. Carangidae. tions around these subjects. Work on any weakness and praise the successes. 15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) 4. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba that was responsible for research into atom- people in southwestern Nigeria. ic energy and its peacetime uses in the 5. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for United States. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 16. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga another higher-ranking clergyman. people in northern Tanzania. 6. Make sour or more sour. You may appear very relaxed today. Everything seems to be working togeth- Friends and young people gather around you today—fun is in the forecast. 17. The villain in William Shakespeare's 7. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh- er and you may find yourself expressive and able to communicate well. You appreciate your particular situation and enjoy support from those tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering positive people. Keeping your attitude positive may create some wonderful insights. A time of sudden jolts around you. There is an opportunity to show your appreciation to others. You may decide his wife. 8. A state in midwestern United States. and realizations into some of the most sensitive and vulnerable areas of your inner self and to take part of your day to organize your affairs or rearrange your living situation. 18. Speak unfavorably about. 9. System of measurement based on cen- psychology is available. There are breakthroughs regarding communications in a relation- Information that you have been examining and thinking about will now begin to take ship. This is a time during which you reach new levels in understanding life and death. Your 20. Pierced with with a pointed weapon. timeters and grams and seconds. shape and prove useful to you. This next period is one of action and embarking on new own inner psychology and vulnerabilities are open to you at this time—almost as if in a 22. An officer who acts as military assistant projects. You will feel more and more confident and outgoing—a sense of confidence 10. Take in solid food. waking dream. A renewed interest in exploring the realm of dreams and imagination finds to a more senior officer. grows strong. You may enjoy a good movie or book or feel like escaping from day-to-day 11. A metrical unit with unstressed- you getting to the heart of your secret and sensitive areas. realities this evening. You can appreciate an imaginative approach. 23. Essential oil or perfume obtained from unstressed syllables. flowers. 12. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and 25. Strips of potato fried in deep fat. intense devotion to a cause or idea. Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 26. A weekday on which no feast is cele- 13. American novelist (1909-1955). Leo (July 23-August 22) brated. 14. A youth subculture that began in You will enjoy today as you should find everything running in a smooth 29. United States tennis player who was the Your taste in art and appreciation are heightened at this time. If you are plan- London in the early 1960s. ning to entertain, or be entertained, you have picked a great time. This is the manner. You may be inspired to appreciate the beauty in your life and in those around you. first Black to win United States and English At the same time, everything will seem to take on an added value and importance. Be care- singles championships (1943-1993). 19. An imperfection in a bodily system. perfect day to just enjoy expressing yourself, perhaps by writing out your plans or enjoying 21. A federation of North American labor your talents. You may have some new ideas: a breakthrough in thinking. You find yourself ful that you do not overspend or indulge too much just now. Enjoy. There is the possibility 32. The basic monetary unit in many coun- of new visions or sudden insights into your dreams. You may decide to remake your philos- tries. unions that merged with the Congress of at your most imaginative. Right now you have an opportunity to transcend the everyday Industrial Organizations in 1955. thoughts and soar into more eternal musings. Obtaining and exchanging information ophy or religion. There are breakthroughs in compassion and relationship. You could be 36. Show a response or a reaction to some- moody and dreamy at this time. Your emotions and feelings could reach heights that are thing. 24. American professional baseball player takes on emotional significance. Being more involved with neighbors or siblings this evening satisfies a deep emotional need. Catching up on family affairs is an important pas- close to ecstatic. It is easy for you to find the proper motivation to fulfill your dreams. Air 38. Of or relating to yoga. who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth travel is in your future . . . Plan early! 39. German chemist who was co-discoverer (born in 1934). time this evening. Hugs and smiles are easy to find. with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879- 27. Expressive of contempt. 1968). 28. Bring an accusation against. 41. Agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids 30. A man who serves as a sailor. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) somewhat larger than weasels. 31. A malicious fierce-tempered woman. 43. A central point or locus of an infection in You may be asked for your advice and guidance today. You are able to cut Your thoughts and ideas today may not mesh with the plans and methods 33. A fee charged for exchanging curren- of someone you love. A compromise will make everyone happy. You may an organism. cies. through the red tape and get at what is beneath and behind a problem very quickly. 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GOSSIP Foxx is ‘so proud’ of his children

he 49-year-old actor supported his 23-year- from college. It was just a great moment. “It’s literally swim faster the boat. I let my daughter old daughter Corrine when she graced the amazing to see our kids grow up. We’re so proud drive ... the little one. She’s eight, and she’s been Trunway for Sherri Hill during New York of them. “They ended up being okay.” The driving since she’s like four.” Meanwhile, Jamie - Fashion Week, and although the star is aware the American hunk has also revealed his youngest whose real name is Eric Marlon Bishop - has tried fashion industry can be “crazy”, he thinks it child has a secret talent, as she can already drive to build bridges with his estranged father, and marked a “great moment” for his “incredible” child, one of his “little” electric boats, which can carry decided to take his parent to a Jay Z concert to and is happy Corinne and Anelise, eight, turned approximately 15 people, although he has bond, although he likes to keep the ‘99 Problems’ out “okay”. The ‘Django Unchained’ gushed about claimed people can swim faster than the motor rapper on a “certain level”. his brood to PEOPLE, he said: “In this business, vehicle. He explained: “I got a great house in sometimes it can get crazy, but my daughter, Westlake. There’s this little electric boats, and we she’s just incredible - 23 years old [and] graduated can pile about 15 people in these boats. You can

Eva Mendes’ children are ‘definitely bilingual’ he 43-year-old actress has admitted guage, but also with the culture. “My mom, her three-year-old daughter who lives 15 minutes away, makes it easy TEsmerelda - who she has with her because she speaks to the girls in Spanish partner Ryan Gosling - “mostly” converses and cooks them Cuban food. And we’re in “Spanglish”, which is a mixture of Spanish always listening to Cuban music. It really is and English, and the star thinks it is “really a big part of our way of life. I wouldn’t have cute”. Speaking to PEOPLE Chica about her it any other way.” And Eva’s mother, Eva brood, Eva - who also has 16-month-old PÈrez Su·rez, is not the only one who helps Amada - said: “Esmeralda mostly speaks to enforce her beliefs on her children as her Spanglish right now. It’s really cute. She’s father, Juan, also has a large influence on definitely bilingual.” And the ‘Hitch’ star has honing his granddaughter’s “Cuban roots”. revealed her and her ‘The Notebook’ beau The ‘2 Fast 2 Furious’ star said: “My dad, who think it is “really important” for them to had been here for 45 years and still doesn’t make sure their offspring are raised in a speak English, is a real asset. It’s so cool Cuban household and become familiar because now that I’m trying to make sure Casey Affleck with not only the language, but the culture that my girls speak Spanish, it’s like, ‘Ok, and cuisine. The brunette beauty - who is Dad, take them,’ because I know that all from Cuban descent - explained: “And it’s they’re going to speak with him is Spanish.” finalizes divorce from really important for us to make sure that she’s not only just familiar with the lan- Summer Phoenix he 40-year-old actor had been married to his partner Madonna for over 10 years, but it has been reported that on will never say TFriday the pair’s legal documents had been officially signed off by a judge. According to court documents PEO- PLE has obtained, part of the settlement will see the ‘never’ to adopting kids ‘Manchester By The Sea’ hunk provide his 37-year-old ex- wife spousal and child support for their two children he 59-year-old singer - who has ence” because she thinks it has enabled her Indiana, 13, and Atticus, nine, which was agreed in a pre- Lourdes, 20, Rocco, 17, Mercy and to be the parent she “never had”. Speaking arranged confidential settlement. However, it was recently David, both 11, as well as five-year- about parenthood, she said: “I get to T reported that Casey had originally denied giving his former old twins Stelle and Estere - has revealed become the mom I never had. So, yeah, it’s partner spousal support. But within days of filing for a she has not entirely ruled out expanding a very healing experience.” Madonna first divorce last month, the pair swiftly came to a financial her brood or legally looking after any more started visiting Malawi in 2006 where she agreement. This news comes almost two years after the kids. When asked about her future plans to set up the charity Raising Malawi, which pair first separated in November 2015, although they wait- adopt again in an upcoming interview with the star co-founded with Michael berg 11 ed another four months to publicly confirm their break up. ‘CBS Sunday Morning’, which will air today, years ago and helps with the health and The former couple had been married for one decade, but she said: “Who knows? Yeah, I - I never say education system in the area in East Africa. prior to tying the knot they had been together for 16 years. never. You never know what surprise awaits But the songwriter thinks she is a “crazy And it was reported Summer - who is the sister of fellow you around the corner.” And the ‘Material person” for setting up the non-profit organ- actor Joaquin Phoenix - cited “irreconcilable differences” as Girl’ hitmaker - whose mother Madonna isation, and the newly constructed hospital the reason for calling time on their relationship, which Louise Ciccone passed away when the in the area. Casey also stated when he filed the legal documents. At musician was just five years old - has the time of their split, the pair insisted their decision to revealed motherhood has been a form of part was “amicable” and they will remain “very close therapy for her and a “very healing experi- friends”.

Robbie Williams was ‘clucking’ Hugh Bonneville found on his first date with wife working in a pub ‘really bleak’ he 43-year-old singer has revealed he “tucked into a lot of drugs” when he first met the 38-year-old beauty, he ‘Downton Abbey’ star took a job in a bar to Tto the point he started to notice some “embarrassing” fund a planned trip travelling across Africa to side effects of the substances he had consumed whilst in a TIndia but hated the experience so much, he opt- jacuzzi with the ‘Austenland’ actress, which resulted in him ed to clean toilets elsewhere instead. He said: “It was fleeing the party in a bid to maintain what was left of his around 1982, and I had to save £400 to travel across dignity. Speaking about Robbie and Ayda’s meeting in his Africa to India. “I tried working in a pub up Edgware upcoming book ‘Reveal: Robbie Williams’ penned by Chris Road in London. It was bleak, really bleak. “there was a Heath, which is set to be released on September 21, the three-legged dog in the corner and one bloke at the rocker recalled: “I googled her, she was obviously very bar and the room was full of cigarette smoke. It was attractive. But I was also doing a lot of pills that were mak- depressing beyond hell. “I thought, ‘However much I ing me antisocial. So we had plans but I flaked. “I left her a want to fly across the world, I can’t do this.’ That’s why I message days, weeks, later, and it made her laugh. We took up the toilet cleaning, at a legal firm in made plans to meet. But I wasn’t leaving my house, so she Marylebone.” The 53-year-old actor planned to become had to meet me there, which freaked her out a bit. “A dealer a barrister if his acting career hadn’t taken off but had come round that I was sleeping with and she’d given thinks he’d have been “terrible” in the courtroom me all these pills. So I’d slept with the dealer, taken a bunch because he isn’t focused enough. He admitted to of pills. “Porsche door opens and out of the back seat clam- Radio Times magazine: “I’d have been terrible. My mind bers this girl. She’s wearing a dress with pockets and it wouldn’t have focused. I wouldn’t have been able to makes her look frumpy, and my first thought was, ‘Oh, she’s retain case law and all that. I think I’m a shirker rather put on a lot of weight’. “In she came, and she’s had a few red than a sherpa. “I was attracted to the performance side, wines. I don’t think the situation suited her, being at a rather than being a sensible solicitor with a steady stranger’s house, coming from a party.” “So I got tucked into income. “I used to spend time watching the law courts a lot of drugs. Anyway, I took a turn for the worse, because I when I was a teenager. I would go along like a nerd in started to cluck like a chicken. “There was a moment in the the holiday and just find out about it. In retrospect, I Jacuzzi where Ayda had gone and got changed and she was probably watching the theatricality.” Despite his came in wearing this Ursula Andress bikini, and she had a career success, the ‘Paddington’ star insists he never killer body. “So I was in the Jacuzzi with a very, very hot girl takes work for granted. He said: “You know, you’re in Hollywood doing a Hollywood thing. But then I got ill, always convinced the next job will be the last one.” started to cluck, had to leave, embarrassingly.”

Cyrus doesn’t want to get married he ‘Malibu’ singer is very happy with her fiance Liam it’s possible to get even happier, I’ll take it.” Miley previ- Hemsworth - who she dated on and off from 2009 ously opened up about her sexuality, admitting she iden- Tto 2013, before reconciling in late 2014 - but insists tifies as pansexual and had her first relationship with a she has “too much living to do” before she can even think girl. Speaking last October, she said: “My whole life, I about tying the knot. She said: “I don’t envision marriage. didn’t understand my own gender and my own sexuality. I’m 24. I hope I get to live a little bit more. I have too I always hated the word ‘bisexual’, because that’s even much living to do [before I get married.” But Miley - who putting me in a box. I don’t ever think about someone dated the likes of model Stella Maxwell and actor Patrick being a boy or someone being a girl. “My eyes started Schwarzenegger during her break from Liam - couldn’t opening in the fifth or sixth grade. My first relationship in be happier with her personal life and is “stunned” by how my life was with a chick. I grew up in a very religious well things are going. She told Grazia magazine: “Three Southern family. The universe has always given me the years ago, if you’d asked me if I’d be here, this happy with power to know I’ll be OK. Even at that time, when my par- this man, I’d have been stunned. “I’m just riding this out. ents didn’t understand, I just felt that one day they are In some relationships, you lose yourself by being with going to understand.” someone else. Actually, it made me find myself more. “I have no idea what the next three years will bring, but if SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 lifestyle

GOSSIP Gomez was rushed into hospital back in May

he 25-year-old pop star recently under- plant list and found a willing donor in her “beau- sharing with you, soon my journey through went a transplant after her organs started tiful friend” Francia Raisa. Selena took to her these past several months as I have always want- Tshutting down as a result of her battle with Instagram on Thursday (14.09.17) to reveal her ed to do with you. “Until then I want to publicly Lupus, in which the autoimmune disease mis- ordeal with her followers, sharing a photo of her thank my family and incredible team of doctors takenly attacks healthy tissue, but the damage and Francia holding hands in their hospital beds. for everything they have done for me prior to to her kidneys was first detected four months The accompanying post read: “I’m very aware and post-surgery. The ‘Hands To Myself’ hitmaker ago when she fell ill while in Chicago for her some of my fans had noticed I was laying low for first revealed she’d been diagnosed with Lupus boyfriend The Weeknd’s concert. The ‘Starboy’ part of the summer and questioning why I in 2015 and, one year later, took time out from hitmaker - whose real name is Abel Makkonen wasn’t promoting my new music, which I was her pop career to deal with “anxiety, panic Tesfaye - was reportedly by Selena’s side when extremely proud of. “So I found out I needed to attacks and depression” that the life-threatening she was taken into hospital, according to get a kidney transplant due to my Lupus and illness had also caused. TMZ.com. After that initial hospital dash, the 25- was recovering. It was what I needed to do for year-old singer was placed on the kidney trans- my overall health. “I honestly look forward to

George Clooney ‘couldn’t be more in love’ he 56-year-old actor and wife Amal, 39, home. He said: “This is the first time I’ve been away recently welcomed twins Alexander and Ella from them since they were born and I wish I was Tand George said he has never been happier with them. My wife sends me pictures of them and in his life. Speaking to the Daily Mirror, he said: “I I think, ‘God I wish I was with my kids’. I’m excited to couldn’t be more in love and more happy with my get home. It’s nice to feel this way.” And George family. I’m 56, which is old to be doing this and I went on to praise Amal for being a fantastic moth- didn’t really think it was going to happen in my life. er. He said: “I wasn’t completely unaware of what So it’s all icing on the cake. “I thought that my life life would be like with children. All my friends have was going to be focused on my career. Then I have kids and I am godfather to about 20. “The surprise this incredible relationship and then all of a sudden for me was how much more complicated twins are we have these two knuckleheads who make me than one. It’s not like twice as much work, it’s more laugh every day.” And while Amal and the twins than that. It changes everything and you don’t remained at their Los Angeles home while George sleep. recently visited Canada to promote his new movie ‘Suburbicon’ at the Toronto International Film Festival, the star admitted he couldn’t wait to get Gwyneth Paltrow has Tina Turner tried marijuana taught Mick Jagger Lovato says her he 44-year-old actress believes in the medical benefits of the drug and how to dance sexuality is ‘irrelevant’ Trevealed that she has smoked it in the past. Speaking in the debut issue of goop he LGBTQ ally - who received documentary coming out on magazine, she said: “What’s really interest- the GLAAD Vanguard Award October 12 and I answer a lot of ing to see, with all the legalisation of mari- he 77-year-old music those English guys felt I could legend has revealed she sing. They felt there was Tin 2014 - insisted that she questions in my documentary. juana happening, is how there’s evidence prefers to keep her romantic life Some about [sexuality]. Because if that it can be helpful in a medicinal sense Twas the one who something to learn from my taught the Rolling Stones singing. My vocals are natu- private but hinted that she will ever I want to talk about it, I want it for people. That it can really be an alterna- speak about her sexuality in her to be on my own terms. “I love who tive pain management system, and, in frontman his moves, despite ral. I hit the note naturally his claims he was taught by and they’d go: ‘What?! How’d upcoming YouTube documentary I love and I feel like I look at every- some cases, helpful for depression. I think ‘Demi Lovato: Simply Complicated’. body who is outspoken about who there is a lot of pushback against [medical his mother. She said: “Mick you do that?!’” But Tina - who wanted to dance - and I was a has son Raymond Craig, 59, She told PrideSource: “I just feel like they are as an inspiration and that’s marijuana], because I don’t think we can everyone’s always looking for a it.” Demi, 25, - who has battled an monetize it with the same kind of margin dancer - but he never gave from her relationship with me the credit! He said his Raymond Hill, and son headline and they always want to eating disorder and addiction - also you can with an anti-anxiety pill that you be the one to break what my sexu- shared some advice for those in the get from behind the counter. But it’s mother taught him how to Ronnie, 56, with her first hus- dance. But we worked with band Ike Turner - insists she ality is. I feel like it’s irrelevant to LGBTQ who are struggling with incredible to see people who can’t sleep, or what my music is all about. I stand addictions. She said: “I think a lot of people who have chronic pain, report really him in the dressing room, me “never slept” with with either and the girls, and we taught Jagger or Bowie, adding that up for the things that I believe in people drinking and using in the positive results, and it’s a natural sub- and the things that I’m passionate LGBTQ community has to do with stance.” And when interviewer Sarah Mesle him how to Pony.” And the neither of them ever “came ‘What’s Love Got To Do With on” to her. She said: “[They about, but I like to keep my person- finding their identity. The most said: “Right. But here you’re talking about al life as private as possible when it important thing to know is that you people - people do this’ - which is true. But, It’ hitmaker also opened up were] like the brothers that I on her collaboration with the never had. We never slept comes to dating and sexuality and are never going to find your identi- I’m curious ...,” Gwyneth replied: “Oh, I’ve all that stuff just because it has ty through drugs and alcohol, so tried it, and yes, I inhaled!” She went on to late icon David Bowie, and together; and they never says their relationship was came on to me, because I nothing to do with my music. don’t even go there. You are not add: “That brand, hmbldt-apparently it’s Unfortunately, we live in a world going to find the answers through very tailored in terms of its balance. So, more about “singing”, as he think they saw me as a role believed there was some- model in some kind of way.” where everyone is trying to get drugs and alcohol.” there’s one that’s for arousal, there’s one that soundbite and I am purpose- that’s for calm, there’s one that’s for pain thing he could learn from her voice. She added: “I had a dif- fully not giving the soundbite. relief, there’s one for sleep. And you don’t, Watch my documentary. “I have a like when you were a teenager, smoke pot ferent kind of collaboration and get blazed out of your mind.” with David and it was more to do with the singing. All Redmayne was ‘deeply unsettled’ by harassing fan

he 35-year-old actor has opened up about his “distressing” experi- Tence with Gaby Stieger, a fan who has appeared in court over claims she stalked him and his family for half a decade. In a letter read out by his legal team and obtained by the Metro newspaper, Eddie said: “I always try to be open and friendly as support [from fans] is what gives me a career. [However] I deeply regret having met Gaby Stieger - she harassed myself and my family intermittently over five Brooklyn Beckham has years, leaving us distressed, unsafe and deeply unsettled.” The accusations of stalking are said to have culminated in to tell ‘fangirls’ to chill August this year when Gaby attempt- he 18-year-old son of David a big opportunity for me, so they’re ed to touch his arm while the ‘Fantastic and Victoria Beckham is kind of all right with it.” And the Beasts and Where To Find Them’ actor studying photography at youngster revealed it was his moth- was carrying his baby daughter. And T Parsons School of Art and Design in er who encouraged him to pursue court prosecutor Sara Ashkboos also New York but claims that some of photography, when he was just 14. revealed to the court that Gaby would his classmates are starstruck by He said: “My mom was like, ‘Try it, if send letters of admiration to the star, him. He told The Cut: “I like people you don’t like it, you don’t have to once even claiming: “I know things from school, but there are a few do it’. And then I did it for a few about you.” Sara told Camberwell fangirls in the school ... Sometimes, months, and I just really enjoyed it. Green Magistrates’ Court: “She directly I have to be like, ‘I’m going to be And then my dad bought me my states she is in love with the com- with you for like, four years, so chill.’ first camera.” Brooklyn - who pub- plainant and asked him to reply.” Eddie “I mean, it’s gotten better. They lished his own book of photogra- - who has his 15-month-old daughter understand and they respect it, but phy ‘What I See’ earlier this year - Iris with his wife Hannah Bagshawe - it’s just at the beginning, it’s such a says photography is a deeply per- also alleges that Gaby has followed shock to them, so it’s fine.” Brooklyn sonal thing. He explained: “It’s just him to film premieres and the London - who has a tattoo on his chest that on the person, really. It’s not about film set of ‘The Theory of Everything’, says “mama’s boy”, admitted his cameras or anything. It’s just, if you as well as randomly approaching him parents were unhappy when he have a good eye, you do, if you for a hug at a tube station in the decided to move from London to don’t ... you learn.” English capital. — Bangshowbiz New York for university but says they have now accepted his deci- sion. He explained: “They know it’s lifestyle SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

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In this May 19, 1984, file photo, American actor Harry Dean Stanton, left, and In this Jan 14, 2009, file photo, actorHarry Dean Stanton, left, a cast mem- In this July 18, 2003, file photo, from left, Lainie Kazan, Harry Dean Stanton, German actress, Nastassja Kinski embrace during a photo session at the 37th ber in the HBO series “Big Love,” lights a cigarette as fellow cast member Francis Ford Coppola, Frank Pierson and Frederic Forrest have a reunion during Cannes Film Festival. Melora Walters poses on the red carpet at the show’s third season pre- a reception for the screening of the 1982 movie “One from the Heart,” at the miere in Los Angeles. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills. Beloved character actor Harry Dean Stanton dies

or more than 60 years, Harry Dean Carroll Lynch, which has been described as a Stanton played crooks and codgers, love letter to Stanton’s life and career. Feccentrics and losers. He endowed them Stanton, who early in his career used the with pathos and compassion and animated name Dean Stanton to avoid confusion with them with his gaunt, unforgettable presence, another actor, grew up in West Irvine, Kentucky making would-be fringe figures feel central to and said he began singing when he was a year the films appeared in. The late critic Roger Ebert old. Later, he used music as an escape from his once said no movie can be altogether bad if it parents’ quarreling and the sometimes brutal includes Stanton in a supporting role, and the treatment he was subjected to by his father. As wide cult of fans that included directors and his an adult, he fronted his own band for years, play- fellow actors felt the same. ing western, Mexican, rock and pop standards in “I think all actors will agree, no one gives a small venues around Los Angeles’ San Fernando more honest, natural, truer performance than Valley. He also sang and played guitar and har- Harry Dean Stanton,” director David Lynch said monica in impromptu sessions with friends, per- in presenting Stanton with the Inaugural “Harry formed a song in “Paris, Texas” and once record- Dean Stanton Award” in Los Angeles last year. ed a duet with Bob Dylan. Stanton died Friday of natural causes at a Los Stanton, who never lost his Kentucky accent, Angeles hospital at age 91, his agent John S said his interest in movies was piqued as a child Kelley said. Lynch, a frequent collaborator with when he would walk out of every theater “think- the actor in projects like “Wild at Heart” and the In this Feb 4, 2008, file photo, actor Harry Dean Stanton In this Sept 9, 2006, file photo, actor Harry Dean Stanton performs at the 35th ing I was Humphrey Bogart.” After Navy service recent reboot of “Twin Peaks,” said in a state- arrives at a celebration for actress Marion Cotillard in anniversary celebration of the founding of Greenpeace, in Los Angeles. in the Pacific during World War II, he spent three ment after Stanton’s death that “Everyone loved West Hollywood. — AP photos years at the University of Kentucky and appeared him. And with good reason. He was a great passion,” Stanton told an interviewer, “and I’m and TV shows in a career dating to the mid- Alfred Hitchcock was great.” He said he could in several plays. Determined to make it in actor (actually beyond great) - and a great spelling that with a capital C.” The film won the 1950s. A cult-favorite since the ‘70s with roles have been a director himself but “it was too Hollywood, he picked tobacco to earn his fare human being.” grand prize at the Cannes Film Festival and pro- in “Cockfighter,” “Two-Lane Blacktop” and much work.” west. Three years at the Pasadena Playhouse pre- vided the actor with his first star billing, at age “Cisco Pike,” his more famous credits ranged Partly Fiction pared him for television and movies. Widely loved 58. “Repo Man,” released that same year, became from the Oscar-winning epic “The Godfather By his mid-80s, the Lexington Film League in For decades Stanton lived in a small, When given a rare turn as a leading man, another signature film: Stanton starred as the Part II” to the sci-fi classic “Alien” to the teen his native Kentucky had founded the Harry disheveled house overlooking the San Fernando Stanton more than made the most of it. In Wim world-weary boss of an auto repossession firm flick “Pretty in Pink,” in which he played Molly Dean Stanton Fest and filmmaker Sophie Huber Valley, and was a fixture at the West Hollywood Wenders’ 1984 rural drama “Paris, Texas,” who instructs Estevez in the tricks of the haz- Ringwald’s father. had made the documentary “Harry Dean landmark Dan Tana’s. Stanton never married, Stanton’s near-wordless performance is laced ardous trade. While fringe roles and films were a specialty, Stanton: Partly Fiction,” which included com- although he had a long relationship with actress with moments of humor and poignancy. His He was widely loved around Hollywood, a he also ended up in the work of many of the mentary from Wenders, Sam Shepard and Rebecca De Mornay, 35 years his junior. “She left heartbreakingly stoic delivery of a monologue of drinker and smoker and straight talker with a 20th century’s master auteurs, even Alfred Kristofferson. More recently he reunited with me for Tom Cruise,” Stanton said often. In listing repentance to his wife, played by Nastassja million stories who palled around with Jack Hitchcock in the director’s serial TV show. “I Lynch on Showtime’s “Twin Peaks: The Return” Stanton’s survivors, the statement announcing Kinski, through a one-way mirror has become Nicholson and Kris Kristofferson among others worked with the best directors,” Stanton told the where he reprised his role as the cranky trailer his death said only: “Harry Dean is survived by the defining moment in his career, in a role he and was a hero to such younger stars and AP in a 2013 interview, given while chain-smok- park owner Carl from “Fire Walk With Me.” He family and friends who loved him.” — AP said was his favorite. brothers-in-partying as Rob Lowe and Emilio ing in pajamas and a robe. “Martin Scorsese, also stars with Lynch in the upcoming film “‘Paris, Texas’ gave me a chance to play com- Estevez. He appeared in more than 200 movies John Huston, David Lynch, Alfred Hitchcock. “Lucky,” the directorial debut of actor John Dolly Parton still gets a kick out of Hollywood

olly Parton says she’s excited to be Sarah Hyland, Tracee Ellis Ross, Lea Michele, in the Hollywood mix on Emmy Judith Light, Claire Foy and Brian Tyree DAwards weekend. The 71-year-old Henry. The television academy also held a entertainer was among the stars making party Friday night for acting nominees, the pre-show party rounds Friday with a where John Turturro, Angela Bassett and stop at Variety and Women in Film’s gather- Laverne Cox were among the guests. — AP ing at Gracias Madre restaurant in West Hollywood, California. “All the parties, see- ing all the stars... I still get a kick out of it,” Parton said. “I’m a country girl.” Wearing a skin-tight black rhinestone- studded dress, Parton said she’s also excit- ed about her gown and wig for Sunday’s show. She’s up for an Emmy in the TV movie category for “Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love.” (L-R) Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Rachel Matthews, Jessica Rothe, Christopher B. Landon and Jason Jason Blum Parton’s weekend was not all about fancy Blum attend Halloween Horror Nights Opening Night Red Carpet at Universal Studios Hollywood. — AFP parties, though. She said she spent some time in the kitchen earlier Friday. “Well, I made some sausage and biscuits for my trip home on the bus after the Horror maestro Jason Blum shows are over. And I made some chicken on and dumplings, a few little groceries that I put together,” she said. “See, I travel in my tour bus and I always cook my own food. So that was not very glamorous, but it was scares in the age of austerity good.” There’s no word on whether Parton indulged in the snacks served at the party, which included mini empanadas and all most people cheap and you might Life-changing ‘Political animal’ cheese-filled roasted figs. Viola Davis par- expect a slap in the face, but horror film- Blum’s career-defining — and life-changing “I can definitely say I have zero interest. It’s not took in the ice cream sundae bar, topping Cmaking legend Jason Blum wears his parsi- — moment came when he saw an early cut of my talent. I think one of the things that makes me a her scoop with frosted animal cookies. mony like a badge of honor. From “Paranormal “Paranormal Activity,” which had been put good producer is that I don’t want to direct,” he Meanwhile, stars packed the restaurant’s Activity’ in 2007 to this year’s critically-acclaimed together for $15,000. When no one else would says. AFP caught up with Blum as he was visiting patio. Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade “Get Out,” the 48-year-old producer has made touch it, he saw its potential and came on board Universal Studios in Los Angeles to check out his chatted with friends, “The Handmaid’s Tale” Dolly Parton arrives at the 69th Primetime many of the defining horror films of the last as a producer, steering it to a worldwide gross latest collaboration, the “Horrors of Blumhouse” star Samira Wiley held hands with her wife, Emmy Awards Variety and Women in Film decade — always on a shoestring. $193 million and making it the most profitable maze at the theme park’s hugely popular annual and Kate Flannery hugged William H Macy pre-Emmy celebration on Friday, Sept 15, Paying actors peanuts, but working with studios movie of all time. He analyzed the success of the Halloween Horror Nights. as he and Felicity Huffman made their way 2017 in Los Angeles. — AP photos that ensure that his films get worldwide distribu- film and realized he had a revolutionary formula Every fall, Universal’s creative head honcho through the crowd. Other guests included tion, he has recouped some $3 billion at the box that he has since repeated over dozens of low- John Murdy — a longstanding friend of Blum’s — office from a portfolio made for less than a twenti- cost titles including the “Insidious” and “The opens numerous mazes after dark featuring eth of that amount. “The most important part to Purge” franchises. authentic scares from some of the most iconic making a successful low-budget horror movie is “Paranormal Activity” taught Blum not only that properties in the history of horror. “The Horrors of the story and acting has to be great. Not the scares low budget meant more chance of making money, Blumhouse” combines the four films from Blum’s — the scares are less important than the story and but also that keeping a tight grip on the purse “The Purge” franchise as well as the “Sinister” the acting,” he tells AFP. strings often makes for an artistically more accom- movies and “Happy Death Day,” which comes out By cutting budgets down to the bare bones — plished movie. “I don’t think throwing money at on October 13. typically $5 million for an original movie and $10 scary movies results in better movies,” he says. Always on the lookout for new opportunities million for a sequel — Blum has redefined genre “Most scary movies that are bigger budget are outside of cinema, Blumhouse recently expanded filmmaking. Of his most recent work, Jordan much worse than low budget scary movies.” The its reach into television, and is launching a series Peele’s “Get Out,” M Night Shyamalan’s “Split,” James Vassar College graduate, who lives in downtown LA version of “The Purge.” Next up is “Secure and DeMonaco’s “The Purge: Election Year” and Mike with screenwriter wife Lauren, is in the middle of a Hold: The Last Days of Roger Ailes,” a biopic on the Flanagan’s “Ouija: Origin of Evil” have grossed $664 10-year partnership to make movies distributed by media mogul Blum calls the “scariest man of all,” million on a combined budget of $27.5 million. Universal. But he didn’t set out to be a horror film- who built the Fox News empire but died in May An executive working for Harvey and Bob maker, originally destined instead to go into the mired in a mounting sexual harassment scandal. Weinstein at Miramax, Blum was briefly an inde- family business, an art dealership. “I’m a political animal. I’m trying to convince John pendent producer at Warner Brothers before strik- “I loved the holiday Halloween and I loved to do a Roger Ailes maze at Universal,” joked Blum. ing out on his own with Blumhouse Productions in Hitchcock movies. But I didn’t love horror more “I’m not sure if that’s going to happen but I’m 2000. “I was frustrated at Miramax just because I than other genres when I was a kid,” he said. Over going for that for next year. That would be the always wanted to be my own boss. I really wanted the years Blum has built up an encylcopaedic scariest maze ever made.” — AFP my own company. I left, I started my own compa- knowledge of the genre, but if he comes across as ny,” he says. “I made seven movies no one ever saw a frustrated director, nothing could be further from In this Jan 29, 2017, file photo, Dolly Parton presents the Lifetime Achievement Award at and that was frustrating for a different reason.” the truth. the 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles. lifestyle SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

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Models present the creations of Roberto Torretta’s and Ana Locking’s Spring/Summer 2018 collection during the Madrid Fashion Week in Madrid. —AP/AFP photos Beloved character actor Harry Dean Stanton dies

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A model presents a creation of Agatha Ruiz de la Prada’ Spring/Summer 2018 collection during the Madrid Fashion Week in Madrid. — AFP (see more on page 31)

360-degree beachfront painting gets public facelift

erched on a platform up in the air, two restorers are vac- uuming the “sky”. A quick wipe from a sponge follows Pand then a touch-up with a pencil. Little by little, the enormous clouds above The Hague are returning to their origi- nal color. Every two decades the Panorama Mesdag, the world’s oldest panorama painting still on its original site, gets a facelift under the watchful eyes of visitors to the museum just outside the stately city centre. Painted by the 19th-century Dutch master Hendrik Willem Mesdag from 1880 to 1881, the masterpiece gives visitors a 360-degree view of the beach at Scheveningen, a famous sea- Art restorers Leonoor side suburb of The Hague, creating the illusion the viewer is Speldekamp (R) and standing right in the heart of the scene. As in the late 1800s, Jorinde Koenen work on a sightseers today are still amazed by the three-dimensional raised platform during quality of the cylindrical painting. restoration work on the Visitors climb circling stairs to emerge in the centre of a pur- “Panorama Mesdag”. pose-built wooden rotunda, built on real sand that slopes down to the floor. Surrounded by the painting itself, the optical illusion is complete. On the beach, flat-bottomed fishing boats are coming and going from the North Sea. Elsewhere on the things can penetrate the painting,” Speldekamp said. Time sand, soldiers are riding their horses. Look in yet another direc- seems to stand still for the restorers as they remove dust with tion, and there’s the fishing village of Scheveningen, with The meticulous swipes and retouch colour with deft strokes. Hague’s tall church towers on the horizon — as it was almost 140 years ago. “We really believe we’re at the beach in 1880,” Major attraction one Chinese visitor whispered. “It’s very impressive.” The presence of the restorers, who blend into the painting’s 19th-century landscape, is as unusual as it is inevitable. “The Phoenix rising Panorama Mesdag has remained a private museum and we But currently the restorers of the Mesdag are stealing the cannot afford to shut down during the three months’ restora- spotlight. “Sometimes people even call out ‘hello’,” smiled tion,” said Veldink. “For the public however there’s real added Leonoor Speldekamp, as she gently wiped the dust from a value to the visit (at the moment). It happens only every 20 church steeple gradually regaining its ochre color. “Some peo- years, so it’s very special to witness,” she told AFP. “We came on ple visit the museum especially to come and look at how the purpose to see the restoration of the canvas,” said one art-lov- work is being cleaned. When we’re absent or on a lunch break, ing visitor from Israel with her husband nodding in agreement they’re disappointed not to see us on the scaffolding,” she said. who both declined to be named. “It is impressive and very rare She also took part in the previous restoration mission 20 years to see,” she added. ago. “There were holes in the canvas. It was badly damaged One of the best-known painters of the time, Mesdag was because a bird had destroyed a joint in the museum’s roof, assisted by friends in his greatest work. He also created and co- causing a leak,” the restorer said. financed the museum, and even had the forethought to install That was the first time the painting got such a thorough rails on the ground to allow future restorers to move scaffold- cleaning. Before then it was “cleaned and restored occasional- ing around the painting. It is now a major drawcard in The ly,” said Suzanne Veldink, a member of the Mesdag’s manage- Hague, welcoming some 150,000 to 200,000 visitors per year. ment team. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes every two Restoration work is expected to be completed by mid- decades, all of the Panorama Mesdag — 14 meters high and September. — AFP 120 meters in circumference — is being carefully cleaned, starting at the top where most of the dust gathers. “There’s no layer of varnish, which means the dirt, dust, soot and lots of

OD’s Horan brings soft touch with new album ne Direction’s Niall Horan on Friday released a soft in-demand musician best known for co-writing Adele’s decade, packing arenas worldwide with screaming breakup ballad with echoes of the heartthrob boy smash hit “Hello.” Kurstin also worked with Horan on the teenage girls. The band went on an indefinite hiatus after Oband as he announced his debut solo album. Horan first track off “Flicker,” the acoustic guitar ballad “This Town.” an album at the end of 2015 while stopping short of calling announced on social media that his album “Flicker” will Horan’s soft touch is more consistent with One Direction it quits. — AFP come out on October 20 followed by a tour in 2018 of the than the solo music of his two most successful bandmates. United States and Canada. The 24-year-old Irish singer Zayn Malik cast away One Direction’s squeaky-clean marked the announcement by releasing a track off the image to go for a sensual, urban vibe, while Harry Styles This file photo taken on May 12, 2017 album entitled “Too Much to Ask,” a piano-led ballad in surprised critics with an album that sounded influenced by shows Niall Horan performing onstage which Horan, his voice turning soulful, mourns the end of a 1970s David Bowie. One Direction, formed when the five during 102.7 KIIS FM’s 2017 Wango relationship. young men auditioned for the British reality show “The X Tango at StubHub Center on May 13, The song is produced by Greg Kurstin, the increasingly Factor,” turned into one of the best-selling bands of the 2017 in Carson, California. — AFP