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ISSUE NO: 17566 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net

Woman, two kids killed 86 killed as clashes erupt Global stock markets sink on Uruguay top World Cup 3 as three vehicles collide 6 in restive central Nigeria 12 festering trade war and fear 27 Group A; Russia second

Erdogan wins sweeping new powers after election victory Amir congratulates Turkish president; Opposition warns of one-man rule

ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan won Erdogan and the AK Party claimed victory in sweeping new executive powers yesterday after his Sunday’s presidential and parliamentary elections after victory in landmark elections that also saw his Islamist- defeating a revitalized opposition that had gained con- rooted AK Party and its nationalist allies secure a siderable momentum recently and looked capable of majority in parliament. Erdogan’s main rival, Muharrem staging an upset. “It is out of the question for us to turn Ince of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), conceded back from where we’ve brought our country in terms of defeat but branded the elections “unjust” and said the democracy and the economy,” Erdogan said on Sunday presidential system that now takes effect was “very night. His victory means he will remain president at dangerous” because it would lead to one-man rule. least until 2023 - the centenary of the founding of the A leading European rights watchdog that sent Turkish republic on the ashes of the Ottoman Empire observers to monitor the voting also said the opposi- by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Erdogan’s foes accuse him tion had faced “unequal conditions” and that limits on of dismantling Ataturk’s secular legacy by bringing reli- the freedom of media to cover the elections were fur- gion back into public life. ther hindered by a continuing state of emergency Erdogan responds to such criticism by saying he is try- imposed in Turkey after a failed 2016 coup. Erdogan, ing to modernize Turkey and improve religious freedoms. 64, the most popular - yet divisive - leader in modern With virtually all votes counted, Erdogan had 53 percent Turkish history, told jubilant, flag-waving supporters against Ince’s 31 percent, while in the parliamentary vote there would be no retreat from his drive to transform the AKP took 42.5 percent and its MHP nationalist allies Turkey, a NATO member and, at least nominally, a can- secured 11 percent, outstripping expectations. Turkish didate to join the European Union. markets initially rallied on hopes of increased political sta- He is loved by millions of devoutly Muslim working bility - investors had feared deadlock between Erdogan class Turks for delivering years of stellar economic and an opposition-controlled parliament - but then growth and overseeing the construction of roads, retreated amid concerns over future monetary policy. bridges, airports, hospitals and schools. But his critics, The vote ushers in a powerful executive presidency including rights groups, accuse him of destroying the backed by a narrow majority in a 2017 referendum. The independence of the courts and press freedoms. A office of prime minister will be abolished and Erdogan crackdown launched after the coup has seen 160,000 will be able to issue decrees to form and regulate min- people detained, and the state of emergency allows istries and remove civil servants, all without parliamen- ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdogan greet supporters at the headquarters Erdogan to bypass parliament with decrees. He says it tary approval. of the AK Party in Ankara as they celebrate Erdogan winning five more years in office with sweeping new pow- will be lifted soon. Continued on Page 24 ers after a decisive election victory. -— AFP

from the current 15. The third amendment obligates accounts for eight state authorities: The Anti- News in brief NA approves companies to distribute dividends within a month after Corruption Authority, the National Assembly, the general assembly meeting and not leaving it open. Compensation Claims Authority, Public Food Agency, 12 kids trapped in cave The Assembly also approved a government-sponsored Public Authority for Publishing Holy Quran, Public budgets, bill law to establish the Anti-Doping Agency despite some Authority for Civil Information, Public Youth Authority BANGKOK: A dramatic underwater rescue mission opposition from several lawmakers who opposed and Public Sports Authority. MP Safa Al-Hashem called to find a children’s football team who have been amendments establishing new government authorities at a time of for merging the Quran Authority with the Ministry of trapped in a flooded cave for two days was under- cutting spending. Awqaf and Islamic affairs. way in northern Thailand, officials said yesterday. KUWAIT: The National Assembly (NA) yesterday Only six MPs out of 51 attending the session The budgets were passed with little opposition but Divers have reached a large chamber of the vast approved amendments to a number of laws and opposed the law which was passed in two rounds. arguments were raised about the National Assembly cave inside which the 12 boys and their coach are budgets of eight state agencies in a special session in The Assembly also approved a government spon- budget after MP Shuaib Al-Muwaizri claimed that the believed to be stuck, said the deputy governor of which speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem strongly defend- sored law to authorize the Kuwait contribution of Assembly budget increased and that it was being used Chiang Rai province. “We think they are in this part ed the Assembly budget. MPs overwhelmingly passed over $536 million into the Asian Investment Bank. in unnecessary areas with suspicions of violations. of the cave, which continues for another three kilo- a number of key amendments to the corporate law to Finance Minister Nayef Al-Hajraf told the house that Speaker Ghanem defended the Assembly and said that meters,” Pasakorn Boonyalug said. “They haven’t strengthen the rights of minorities in shareholding HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah will over the past few years, the budget was reduced from eaten anything since Saturday, so we have brought companies. pay a state visit to China on July 7 - leading a high- KD 60 million to KD 40 million and categorically them food and drink,” he added. The children aged One amendment stipulates that the company general level economic delegation. denied any violation. Assembly officials also said that between 11 and 16 entered Tham Luang cave, in a assembly can be held with the attendance of just 10 The minister said that the contribution will give more Kuwaitis had been recently appointed in the national park near the Myanmar and Laos borders, percent of shareholders instead of 25 percent and rais- Kuwait an investment role in China. Lawmakers then Assembly while the expatriate workforce was reduced with their coach on Saturday. One of their mothers ing the duration for inviting for the meeting to 21 days briefly debated and approved budgets and final by 12 percent. raised the alarm when her son did not return from football training that evening.— AFP

Saudi intercepts missiles Saudi stun Egypt in World Cup farewell Egypt’s El Hadary RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it had inter- cepted two missiles launched by Yemen’s Houthi becomes oldest militia over the capital Riyadh, as a Saudi-led coali- tion moved to wrest control of Yemen’s main port player in WCup city from the Iran-aligned group. At least six loud blasts were heard and bright flashes were seen in VOLGOGRAD: Egypt goal- the sky over the Saudi capital, a Reuters witness keeper Essam El Hadary said. Shrapnel was spotted on a street in the diplo- became the oldest player ever matic quarter where most embassies are located to appear at a World Cup and many foreigners live, but there was no serious after the 45-year-old was damage. “Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces intercept- named in the team to face ed and destroyed the missiles. Some of the debris of Saudi Arabia in Volgograd the intercepted missiles landed on residential areas, yesterday. Egypt tweeted thankfully without causing any casualties,” coalition their team line-up including spokesman Colonel Turki Al-Malki said in a state- El Hadary, who smashed the ment. Houthi-run Al-Masirah television said Burkan record set by Colombia goal- Egypt’s goalkeeper missiles were fired at the Saudi defense ministry keeper Faryd Mondragon, Essam El Hadary and other targets. — Reuters who was aged 43 years and three days when he played against Japan in Brazil in 2014. 8 Hezbollah fighters killed VOLGOGRAD: Saudi players celebrate their winning goal during the Russia 2018 World Cup Group A football match El Hadary, who is 45 years and 161 days old and between Saudi Arabia and Egypt at the Volgograd Arena in Volgograd yesterday. —AFP (See page 27) nicknamed ‘High Dam’, made his debut for Egypt in 1996 - a year before his Egyptian squad mate RIYADH: The Saudi-led coalition battling rebels in Ramadan Sobhy was born. Both teams have only Yemen yesterday said its forces killed eight members friends and family. Police say the message was fake. pride to play for, having both been eliminated from of Lebanon’s Shiite militant group Hezbollah in north- When a text can Police officers who joined several local WhatsApp Group A, with Russia and Uruguay already guaran- ern Yemen, near the Saudi border. “The coalition groups, found three men circulating the message and teed last-16 berths. killed 41 terrorist elements in Maran and destroyed they were arrested, said Jayadevan A, the police chief Essam El Hadary, the oldest player ever to appear at their vehicles and equipment. Among the dead were trigger lynching for Balaghat district, where the incident occurred. This a World Cup, marked his record achievement with one eight members of Lebanese Hezbollah, including a MUMBAI: A WhatsApp text circulating in some dis- happened just weeks after a WhatsApp text warning of outstanding penalty save for Egypt but was powerless commander,” coalition spokesman Colonel Turki Al- tricts of India’s central Madhya Pradesh state helped to 400 child traffickers arriving in the southern Indian to stop a second in a 2-1 defeat by Saudi Arabia yes- Maliki said in a statement, without offering details on inflame a mob of 50-60 villagers into savagely beating technology hub of Bengaluru led a frenzied mob to terday. The 45-year-old goalkeeper flew to his right to how the fighters were killed. Maran is in Saada up two innocent men last week on suspicion that they lynch a 26-year-old man, a migrant construction worker make a spectacular stop in the 39th minute from Fahad province, a stronghold of Yemen’s Shiite Houthi rebels were going to murder people and sell their body parts. from another Indian state, on suspicions that he was a Al-Muwallad’s spot-kick, awarded for handball, at the who are backed by Iran. It was the first official The essence of the message, written in Hindi, was that kidnapper. He was attacked while he was just walking on Volgograd Arena. But Saudi Arabia scored deep into announcement by the coalition of Lebanese Hezbollah 500 people disguised as beggars were roaming the area the road. So far this year, false messages about child stoppage time in both halves, with Salem Al-Dawsari’s fighters being killed in Yemen although Maliki said it last-gasp winner securing their first World Cup victory so that they could kill people to harvest their organs. abductors on Facebook Inc-owned WhatsApp have was “not the first time”. — AFP since a run to the last 16 in 1994. — Agencies The message also urged recipients to forward it to Continued on Page 24 2 Established 1961 Local Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Amir, Crown Prince receive latest Al-Sabah family tree Crown Prince hosts chief of Lebanon’s court of auditors

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives the latest Al-Sabah family tree. His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives the latest Al-Sabah — KUNA photos family tree.

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- family tree. Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh received National Security Bureau Chief Sheikh tion. During the reception, the two sides discussed a Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday at Seif Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah attended the meeting. Sheikh Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. He also number of key issues and subjects of mutual interest, palace head of Amiri Protocols Sheikh Khaled Al- Khaled Al-Abdullah, Sheikh Nayef Al-Ahmad and received Acting Chairman for Kuwait’s State Audit including the supervisory work and exchanging Abdullah Al-Sabah Al-Nasser Al-Sabah, Sheikh Sheikh Khaled Al-Mubarak also presented the latest Bureau (SAB) Adel Al-Saraawi and the visiting experience in the field of financial supervision. Nayef Al-Ahmad Al-Malek Al-Sabah and Sheikh Al-Sabah family tree to His Highness the Crown Lebanese President of the Court of Auditors Judge Kuwait’s National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al- Khaled Al-Mubarak Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Ahmad Hamdan, head of the Court of Audit Judge Ghanem also received Saraawi and the visiting who presented His Highness with the latest Al-Sabah Meanwhile, His Highness the Crown Prince Abdul Rida Nasser and their accompanying delega- Lebanese officials. — KUNA

His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Acting Chairman for Kuwait’s National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem meets with Acting Chairman for Kuwait’s State Kuwait’s State Audit Bureau (SAB) Adel Al-Saraawi and visiting Lebanese President of the Court of Auditors Judge Audit Bureau (SAB) Adel Al-Saraawi and visiting Lebanese President of the Court of Auditors Judge Ahmad Ahmad Hamdan and head of the Court of Audit Judge Abdul Rida Nasser. Hamdan and head of the Court of Audit Judge Abdul Rida Nasser.

GCC states affirm necessity to boost human rights’ culture

GENEVA: Member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have affirmed sig- nificance of pro- moting human WELLINGTON: (From left) Kuwaiti Ambassador to New Zealand Ahmad Al-Wohaib, rights’ culture and KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- New Zealand’s Foreign Minister’s Undersecretary Fletcher Tabuteau and Kuwaiti adopting dialogue Sabah waves as he prepares to leave to Germany yesterday. — KUNA Assistant Foreign Minister for Americas Ambassador Reem Al-Khaled. — KUNA and tolerance in face of mushroom- ing hatred and as a guest. He noted that cooperation Ambassador Khaled also conveyed the racial indiscrimina- between both Kuwait Chamber of Kuwait eyes Kuwaiti foreign minister’s greetings to Ambassador Jamal Al-Ghuneim Premier heads Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and Peters, and stressed the importance of bol- tion. This was GACIC is going perfectly well, and stering Kuwaiti-New Zealand relationship declared in a to Germany there is an interchangeable economic- closer ties with on all levels. statement made by the State of Kuwait Permanent political relationship between Kuwait Meanwhile, Tabuteau lauded his coun- Representative at the United Nations and and Germany. Kuwait is considered try’s deep bilateral ties with Kuwait, and International Organizations in Geneva, Ambassador for economic one of first investors in Germany, with New Zealand praised the GCC-member country’s Jamal Al-Ghuneim, during the 38th session of the an estimated volume of around $35 regional efforts, particularly in resolving United Nations Human Rights Council. On behalf of billion. WELLINGTON: Kuwait’s Deputy Prime the ongoing Gulf rift. He also commended the GCC states, he affirmed importance of human forum Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Kuwait’s positive role as a non-permanent Furthermore, Mekhlafi expressed rights to ensure respect for human dignity, stressing his appreciation for the Kuwaiti role Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah has member of the UNSC towards several Arab expressed desire to boost ties with New and international issues. on cooperation, building bridges of confidence among KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime to encourage dialogue and peaceful states and respecting their sovereignty. methods to solve conflicts, stressing Zealand in various fields. Sheikh Sabah Al- The meeting was attended by Kuwaiti Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al- Khaled made his remarks in a letter direct- Ambassador to New Zealand Ahmad Al- He called for a professional approach to address that Kuwait contributions has an Hamad Al-Sabah left Kuwait yester- ed to his New Zealand counterpart Wohaib. The Kuwaiti diplomat is currently this issue to “overcome any difficulties that may international resonance that is a day, heading to the German capital Winston Peters, Kuwaiti Embassy in New on a three-day official visit to New emerge in the face of our efforts to attain common source of pride for Arab nations. Berlin to take part in the ‘German- Zealand said in a statement yesterday. The Zealand, noted the embassy. During her objectives for bolstering and protecting the human Arab Business Forum’ as a guest of According to GACIC, the 2017 trade letter was handed to Foreign Minister’s visit, Khaled has met and held talks with a rights.” “Our celebration this year of the 70th honor. The Kuwaiti prime minister, volume between Arab countries and Undersecretary Fletcher Tabuteau by number of senior foreign ministry’s officials along with a delegation accompany- Germany was around $55 billion, an Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Kuwaiti Assistant Foreign Minister for on ways to enhance the two countries’ ties Rights places more responsibilities on our shoulders ing him, was seen off at the airport by increment of about 33.9 percent than Americas Ambassador Reem Al-Khaled. in various fields. — KUNA senior state officials. The Kuwaiti del- 2016. Arab investments in Germany to re-affirm our commitment to bolstering and egation to one of the world’s most have also expanded recently to reach respecting the human rights,” Ghuneim added. prominent business gatherings around $116 billion. The three-day common fate, permanent keenness on The Kuwaiti ambassador said that the GCC states includes Minister of Commerce and Forum will involve more than 600 Kuwait reiterates boosting bilateral relations in all fields - have substantiated their adherence to human rights, Industry Khaled Al-Roudhan and businesspeople and experts, as well are inspired and directed by their wise citing a previous declaration in this respect by the Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al- as discussion sessions for direct pride of ties with leaders, Deputy Prime Minister and bloc in the past. These states emphasize that attention Sabah, amongst other top officials. investments and knowledge exchange, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs should be equally devoted to all forms of human The German-Arab Chamber of supporting the manufacturing plans, Anas Al-Saleh said yesterday. Within this rights, including those at the economic, social and cul- Industry and Commerce (GACIC) management of digital transformation Saudi Arabia framework, the two countries reiterate tural levels. expressed content over having and major enterprise infrastructures. their respect to all bilateral and interna- Moreover, the GCC countries call for tackling Other issues on the agenda include Kuwait’s Prime Minister as a guest of tional charters and treaties concluded obstacles affecting development because such hur- food industry, cooperation on agricul- honor at the 2018 Arab Economic KUWAIT: Kuwait has reaffirmed deep between them, Saleh added. He affirmed dles impact on the human rights, Ghuneim has elabo- Forum. GACIC Secretary General ture and sustainable food security. pride of, and unequivocal adherence to Kuwait’s denunciation of the disservice rated. The council 38th session which began on June Abdulaziz Al-Mekhlafi, in a statement There will also be a workshop themed the historical, fraternal, solid and close to bilateral ties on the social media. 18 concludes on July 7. It is dedicated for addressing on Sunday, expressed satisfaction ‘Kuwait: Sustainable growth and ties with Saudi Arabia. The deep-rooted Relations with the “Saudi brethren” are human rights worldwide according to each region’s over having His Highness the Premier development’. — KUNA ties between the two countries - based too strong to be affected by such reject- conditions. —KUNA on mutual respect, absolute belief in ed offences, Saleh stressed. — KUNA Established 1961 3 Local Tuesday, June 26, 2018 3,000 expat workers sought for Zour refinery, petrochemicals complex project Kuwait Airways to launch Milan route in October By A Saleh Power consumption Power consumption loads in Kuwait are still within KUWAIT: Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) contact- normal rates, Ministry of Electricity and Water’s ed the Public Authority for Manpower and the Ministry Undersecretary Mohammad Bushehri said, adding that all of Interior recently to request issuing work permits and ministry sectors are fully prepared for the summer. residency visas for over 3,000 expatriate workers from various nationalities to work in Al-Zour refinery and Medical equipment petrochemicals complex, well-informed sources said. The Ministry of Health’s medical engineering depart- The manpower authority and KPC started meetings ment announced offering for public bidding a number of with the company that is currently executing the project tenders to provide medical equipment for a number of in order to prepare lists of medical facilities including the workers, who are mostly of maternity, Farwaniya and Jaber Asian nationalities, and arrange Al-Ahmad hospitals, said for their housing, said the Power informed sources. The ministry sources who spoke on the con- conditioned that biddings should be valid for 90 days and dition of anonymity. consumption that bidding would be limited The workers’ residencies to companies listed and regis- will expire when the project is rates normal tered with the department, the finished, the sources explained, sources added. adding that the contractor would provide health insurance Ransomware for the workers during their Kuwait has experienced 1.9 stay in Kuwait and make million threats from ransomware during the first quarter arrangements for the workers’ repatriation after the com- of this year, according to a report made by the Japanese pletion of the project. Trend Micro company, which specializes in cybersecurity and protection. The report added that most Middle East New routes countries, especially in the GCC area, are main targets Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) intends to launch for cyber-attacks and that ransomware still poses a major its Milan, Italy route in October, and is currently consid- threat in UAE. ering extending its network to include more destinations Trend Micro also warned of the growing cyber- such as Manchester, England. Notably, KAC has opened attacks in view of the vast growing digitalization and new destinations during the summer. It now operates a economic development in regional countries, noting that fleet of 28 planes flying to 39 destinations in Asia, Africa, data breaches and cybercrimes can deter such progress. Kuwait Petroleum Corporation’s building. Europe and North America. KAC also plans to expand its Commenting on the report, Trend Micro regional operations in the next four years after receiving 25 new manager Sherif Jarbo’a said that securing cyber space He added that Trend Micro had detected 1.6 million Bahrain and around 161,055 in Oman during the first planes from Airbus. becomes very urgent with digitalizing GCC economies. malwares in UAE, 465,058 in Kuwait, 202,241 in quarter of 2018.

people who he said had angered him by slandering his Legalese DNA report can’t parents. Shrimp fishing season Termination be used to prove Chairman of Kuwait Fishermen Union Thaher Al- Sowayyan highly commended the cabinet’s public services linage: Court committee on resuming shrimp fishing in national waters. without notice Sowayyan also said that fishermen are waiting for the By Meshaal Al-Enezi Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources ( PAAAFR) to make an official announcement KUWAIT: The Court of Cassation cancelled a previous regarding the beginning of the shrimp fishing season in verdict which sentenced a citizen and his wife to seven national and international waters on Sunday, July 1st. By Attorney Fajer Ahmed years in prison, and acquitted them from charges of forg- Fishing boats in national waters provide 40 percent of ing a DNA report to receive the Kuwaiti citizenship. The shrimp catch, or 950 tons annually, Sowayyan added. He etable market in Andalus, Shuaib said that the electron- court stressed that the DNA report could not be used to also warned that delaying the beginning of the season ic control system would allow linking the data on co-op prove linage, the defendants’ lawyer Mohammad Al-Khaldi would lead to unprecedented confusion in the market as societies’ computer systems with the ministry’s system, explained. Meanwhile, a court yesterday acquitted a citi- most of the shrimp in Kuwait’s territorial waters would adding that the new service would start with vegetable zen from charges pressed by the public prosecution of leave to neighboring countries where they would be and fruit branches. Further, Shuaib said that products’ joining the Islamic State (IS) and training on the use of caught by fishermen there and then shipped back to quality and prices had improved, as 94 percent of co- weapons. Kuwait to be sold as ‘imported catch’. ops are now committed to direct purchase of national hat happens if you are terminated immedi- Separately, the public prosecution yesterday products. Meanwhile, Kuwait Farmers Union’s manager ately without notice or benefits? Does the released Kuwaiti blogger Abdullah Al-Jasser, also Control system Ayed Al-Rasheedi stressed that the union is working on company have the right to do that? We have developing the farming sector in Kuwait, adding that W known as ‘3bodka’, on a KD 1,000 bail following a The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MSAL) is spoken many times about employees and their rights in five-day detention period over charges of misusing his preparing to launch electronic monitoring for consumer the union provide assistance around the clock to farm- Kuwait but what rights does the company have? We mobile phone and slandering the entire Kuwaiti peo- goods and services provided in various co-op societies ers who are facing problems. He also said that the have also discussed how employers take advantage of ple. The defendant had denied charges and stressed and vegetable outlets, assistant undersecretary for co- direct purchase committee helps prevent mediators employees because of the nature of the relationship, that his statements were not addressing the entire operative societies’ affairs Abdul Aziz Shuaib said. interfering in purchasing the products, and thus con- and how the law has tried to keep a balance between all Kuwaiti people, but instead were addressing certain Speaking during a visit to Kuwait Farmers Union’s veg- trols prices. parties involved. One thing the law has introduced is the right for both the employer and the employee to file a case without providing notice.

Termination letter Special forces donate blood Question: I received a termination letter yesterday and it stated that my termination is effective immediate- KUWAIT: The special forces depart- collaboration with the Central Blood ly and that I am not entitled to any benefits. Is this ment at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) Bank. Speaking on the occasion, Al- legal? What rights do I have? organized its third blood donation cam- Najjar stressed that the campaign comes Attorney Fajer: The company has the right to termi- paign under the slogan of ‘Your within MoI’s social responsibility activi- nate without notice in accordance to one article under Donation Saves Them’. The campaign ties and aims at increasing the blood Kuwait Labor Law and that is Article (41), which states: took place under the auspices and with bank’s reserve of blood units. The cam- “The employer may terminate the services of a the attendance of acting assistant under- paign goes on for three days from 8:30 worker without notice, compensation or benefit in the secretary for special security forces’ am till 12:30 pm, Najjar said, adding that event where the worker has committed any of the fol- affairs Maj Gen Shokri Al-Najjar, and in it is held at the special forces’ camp. lowing acts: 1 If the worker has committed a mistake that resulted in a large loss for the employer. 2 If it was found that the worker obtained employ- ment through cheating or fraud. 3 If the worker divulged secrets related to the establishment which caused or would have caused real losses. Also, the employer may dismiss the worker in any of the following events: 1 If he was found guilty of a crime that relates to honor, trust or morals. 2 If he committed an act against public morals at the KUWAIT: The victims’ vehicle is seen after the fire was extinguished. work site. 3 If he assaulted one of his colleagues, his employer or deputy during work or for any reason thereof. when three vehicles collided along the 4 If he breached or failed to abide by any of the Woman, two Fifth Ring Road in an accident that also obligations imposed on him by the contract and the left a man injured. The woman and two provisions of this law. children were trapped inside one of the 5 If he is found to have repeatedly violated the kids dead in vehicles which caught fire due to the instructions of the employer.” impact. Firefighters arrived to the scene This article also goes on to state that if an employ- three-car crash shortly after the accident was reported, er makes such a decision, the employer shall inform and they put out the blaze before the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor and the By Hanan Al-Saadoun retrieving the victims’ bodies from the employee shall have the right to object to the above at burned vehicle. An investigation was the ministry. KUWAIT: A woman and her two children opened to determine the circumstances were killed while a man was injured behind the accident. Providing notice Question: As an employee, do I have the right to terminate my employment without providing notice also? Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources Attorney Fajer: Yes, employees have the right to ter- Birds’ imports (PAAAFR) indicated in a statement yes- minate a contract without providing a notice should the terday that birds in Iran have become employer violate Kuwait’s labor law and employment free of Bird Flu (Avian Flu, H5N1), howev- rights. One major violation in Kuwait is holding pass- okayed from er, the disease has infected poultry in ports, or not paying overtime. It is very important Finland. All birds’ imports are subject to though that the termination is done correctly as follows: Iran, banned terms issued by PAAAFR’s livestock health a) Have the termination letter submitted in writing. department, implementing World Health b) If the termination letter is not accepted, then Organization’s regulations and those stip- email the termination letter for proof that it was sent. from Finland ulated in veterinary by-laws in Kuwait and c) State the violations on the termination letter. other GCC countries. Importers of infect- d) File a complaint at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor. KUWAIT: Kuwait is allowing imports of all ed livestock are compelled to send the cargo back to the exporting country on For questions or queries, please email us at info@ftl- birds’ species from Iran and barring them legal.com. from Finland. Public Authority for their expenses. —KUNA 4 Established 1961 Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Local

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KUWAIT: Sunset at Shuwaikh Port. — Photo by Mohammad Sobhi (KUNA) Zain Al-Oyoon campaign raises KD 32,000 within five days Ramadan campaign to build two camps for treating eye diseases

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunica- launching such campaigns and supporting tions company in Kuwait, announced the initiatives adopted by leading non-profit successful conclusion of its humanitarian organizations inside and outside of Kuwait. campaign entitled ‘Zain Al-Oyoon’ launched Zain prides itself on its long track of LOYAC volunteers repair homes during the holy month of Ramadan in part- records and contributions it has put in phil- nership with Direct Aid and YouTube star anthropic areas over the years, being one of in Kuwait, school in Jordan Omar Farouq (Omar Tries). The campaign the leading companies in the private sector. raised KD 32,000 within five days to build During the holy month of Ramadan, nder auspices of the Ahliya Insurance company and the umbrella over 120 students. Notably, Homes program in Jordan’s LOYAC works two camps for treating eye diseases, which Zain was the Platinum Partner of Nurture of HS program, LOYAC volunteers recently repaired a number of throughout the whole year. Speaking on the occasion, LOYAC’s social will benefit over 800 people in Africa. and Educate Students Today’s (NEST) Uthe houses of needy families in Sulaibiya, Taima and Jahra. services manager, Yosra Al-Essa stressed that LOYAC is always keen on Zain launched this humanitarian cam- educational campaign, entitled Meanwhile, another team of Kuwait LOYAC volunteers took part in taking part in various charity and humane activities as part of its mission paign under its comprehensive Ramadan #Rock_Paper_Pen, which mainly aimed at repairing Othman Ibn Affan School in Jerash, Jordan for the benefit of in promoting global peace and supporting various social sects. social campaign as well as its Corporate raising donations for the benefit of build- Sustainability and Social Responsibly ing three new schools set to serve 820 stu- Strategy that closely focuses on supporting dents in the Republic of Chad. The cam- humanitarian initiatives. The company paign’s idea centered around using strongly believes that such initiatives help advanced technology solutions to attract infuse a sense of responsibility into mem- and aware potential donors in the cam- bers of the society, and help support those paign’s booth at the Avenues Mall. who are in need of help. Zain was also be the humanitarian part- ‘Zain Al-Oyoon’ campaign aimed at col- ner to a new campaign launched by the lecting donations for ‘Al-Noor Camps’ to Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) to treat eye diseases in Africa. The campaign offer essential food supplies and medical kicked-off with an initiative called ‘Do You aid to underprivileged families inside Have 100 Fils?’, where Omar Farouq (owner Kuwait. Zain donated the full amount of of the popular YouTube show Omar Tries) donations it collected from its charitable visited public places and asked pedestrians initiative ‘Ya Baghi Al-Khair Aqbel’ last year for 100 fils, which he gathered to collect the to support this initiative. Zain also sent cost of one eye surgery (KD 40). The initia- awareness messages through SMS and tive centered around the idea that helping social media to raise awareness about this people can start at any amount no matter campaign and encourage the public to how small. An official donation channel was donate via the official channels. then launched in partnership with Direct Zain is proud of its long list of programs Aid, where KD 32,000 were collected with- and contributions that serve noble causes in just 5 days to build two eye camps, which through strategically partnering with enti- will benefit over 800 underprivileged peo- ties that adopt humanitarian work, including ple in Africa. Direct Aid, as well as other non-profit KUWAIT: LOYAC volunteers participated in a campaign launched recently to restore homes of families in need in the Sulaibiya and Taima dis- Zain is committed to enrich the culture organizations, governmental institutions, tricts of Jahra. They also participated in a similar campaign to restore a school in Jerash, Jordan. of giving and social contribution through and global entities. Established 1961 5 Local Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Almost half of Middle East hires are made after one interview: Bayt.com poll 73.4 percent job seekers had positive job interview experiences

KUWAIT: Making a positive impression during the job mon questions posed to interview stage is imperative for the jobseeker’s suc- potential candidates cess. A new poll by Bayt.com, the Middle East’s largest according to three quarters job site, entitled, ‘Job Interviews in the Middle East and of the respondents (76.3 North Africa’ revealed that 45.3 percent of respon- percent), this is followed by dents believe that employers make the hiring choice behavioral questions (7.5 after the first interview. 15.6 percent said it takes two percent), competency interviews to make the decision, 17.2 percent said it questions (7.3 percent), takes three interviews, while 13 percent said four or opinion and personality more interviews are needed. questions (4.2 percent), and case/problem solving The Typical Interview Process in the MENA questions (2.8 percent). While there are different types of job interviews, When it comes to 71.6 percent of the respondents claim to have experi- assessing the candidates’ enced group interviews, where the company inter- qualifications, four in five Suhail Masri views multiple candidates at the same time. One in (81.4 percent) respondents five (21.2 percent) have had individual interviews and believe that job interviews should include a test or an less than 5 percent have had panel interviews, behav- assessment, while 13.7 percent believe the opposite to ioral interviews, or lunch be true. interviews. “At Bayt.com we aim to The greater proportion of prepare both employers and respondents prefer group job seekers for a successful interviews (57.8 percent) and 81.4 percent job search and hiring individual interviews (30.7 process,” said Suhail Masri, percent), while only 5.5 per- prefer test, VP of Employer Solutions, cent favor panel interviews, 3 Bayt.com. “For many job percent prefer lunch inter- assignment seekers, the interview is per- views, and 3 percent prefer ceived as the daunting part of behavioral interviews. the hiring process. As the According to the vast majority of candidates realize Over three quarters of MENA respondents (76 per- After the interview majority (90.5 percent) of the need to prepare prior to cent) claim to prepare for an interview by ‘researching Four in five candidates (80.5 percent) say that they MENA respondents, face-to-face interviews generally an interview, we offer insights and advice into what the company and position’, 3.7 percent ‘read common follow up with the employer after a job interview, while last less than one hour. 6.1 percent state that interviews type of preparation a candidate should undertake in interview questions’ and 1.1 percent ‘practice with a 19.5 percent of respondents say that they wait for the last between one and two hours, and a nominal number order to get the most out of their job interview experi- friend or on their own’. One in five (17.1 percent) company to follow up after a job interview. 81 percent (1.2 percent) have experienced interviews that lasted ence and to give them the advantage in the stiff com- respondents claims to do all three things in preparation state that they always send a thank you note to the longer than two hours. petition they may be facing. As the region’s largest job of an interview, while only 2.1 percent do not prepare employer after the job interview, 9.2 percent say they When it comes to phone screening interviews, three site, we continue to match 32.5 million job seekers with before the interview. Further, the majority (86.4 per- ‘sometimes’ send a note, while 9.8 percent say they quarters of respondents (75 percent) claim that they over 10,000 jobs that are available on Bayt.com on a cent) of candidates polled by Bayt.com say that they ‘never’ do. last less than 15 minutes, while 15.1 percent say that daily basis. We hope that job seekers also make use of prepare their own questions to ask during the job When asked about their feelings towards job inter- they last between 15 to 30 minutes. Only 5.2 percent of the information and tools we offer to be in the best interview, while only 13.6 percent said they do not. views in the Middle East, nearly three quarters (73.4 per- respondents have experienced phone interviews that shape for the interview stage.” cent) of respondents claim to have had ‘positive’ job last longer than 30 minutes. During the Interview interview experiences. 5.7 percent were neutral and only According to the Bayt.com poll, two thirds (67.1 Preparing for the Interview Two thirds of the respondents (66.9 percent) claim 1.8 percent described their experiences as ‘negative’. percent) of MENA respondents say that they are gen- When it comes to scheduling an interview, over two that they always take notes during the interview, while Data for the 2018 Bayt.com ‘Job Interviews in the erally asked one to five questions during a job inter- thirds (68.7 percent) of respondents state that they one in five say that they sometimes do (18.6 percent). Middle East and Africa’ poll was collected online from view, while 14.2 percent claim that they usually receive don’t mind an interview being scheduled less than two 14.5 percent say they ‘never’ take notes. 82.3 percent April 11, 2018 to June 10, 2018. Results are based on a six to 10 questions. 7.6 percent claim to be asked 11 to days in advance, while 12.1 percent prefer to be of jobseekers polled state that they inquire about the sample of 10,617 respondents. Countries that participat- 15 questions during an interview, and only 6.3 percent informed two to four days in advance, 6.8 percent need salary and benefits during the interview, while 17.7 ed are the UAE, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, have had over 15 questions in their interview. 5-6 days, and 8.5 percent require no less than a week’s percent state that they request this information after- Morocco, Oman, Bahrain, Tunisia, Qatar, KSA, Iraq, Verification questions are amongst the most com- notice prior to an interview. wards at the job offer stage. Libya, Yemen, and others.

Kuwait exerts efforts to help drug addicts recover: Expert KUWAIT: Kuwait is keen on developing strategies of combating drugs and other psychotropic sub- stances in cooperation with all concerned bodies, either locally or internationally, in a bid to limit the spread of this scourge in society. The Ministry of Health is working relentlessly on the matter by offer- ing help to addicts willing to quit through treatment programs involving psychological and physical A lab technician is seen inside the Addiction Treatment Center. rehabilitation stages. The United Nations’ International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is observed annual- comparison to male addicts’ rate that was decreas- ly on June 26 since 1989. In Kuwait, the Addiction ing, he noted. The rate of Kuwait female addicts was Treatment Center, affiliated with the Ministry of higher of that of non-Kuwaitis, as a total of 62 cases Health, indicated in an official statistic that the num- were admitted. ber of addicts hit 8,088, including 189 females with The Kuwaiti government is footing a significant ages ranging between 15-36 years, including 137 budget to combat drug addiction, as well as treat- Kuwaiti female for the year 2017. ment and awareness programs, he affirmed. The center handles 7,400 cases, of which 688 are According to Zayed, female addicts usually start by newly admitted ones. Director of the center Dr Adel the age 15 in Kuwait, warning from the spread of Al-Zayed said yesterday that the Center succeeded drugs within schools as being target market for deal- in fulfilling its programs and approved plans by the ers. The Center treats the ones joining as ‘patients ministry. A large number of male drug addicts are not criminals,’ he stressed, noting that quitting addic- now fully recovered according to the latest statis- tion is achieved through willpower. tics, compared to the first five months of 2017 and Head of social services at the Center Hanadi 2018, he said. Ashkanani said that the facility has a 350-bed capac- The number of new addicts registering in the cen- ity for first timers, in addition to 200 beds more for ter dropped by 38 cases after being at 291 cases advanced rehabilitation stages, including 25 beds for during the first five months of 2017, he added. On women for each treatment stage. This Center is the the other hand, the statistics showed a slight only one in the Middle East that includes treatment increase of non-Kuwaiti female addict cases; 17, in for all addiction stages, she affirmed. —KUNA

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PARIS: Sea rescuers paddle during a nautical parade on the Seine river in Paris a day after the national sea rescuers’ day. — AFP 86 killed in deadly violence in Nigeria Nigeria’s Buhari under pressure as elections approach

JOS, Nigeria: Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on restricted from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am, except (for) those on herders travelling with their cattle in a truck at Heipang, in Sunday called for calm after 86 people were killed in an essential duties,” spokesman Rufus Bature said. On Barikin Ladi. On Friday, two Berom children were killed in attack by suspected nomadic herders against farming com- Sunday, ethnic Berom youths set up barricades on the Arangai and Mangu Halle villages in what appeared to be munities in the restive centre of the country. The grim dis- Jos-Abuja highway and attacked motorists who looked reprisal attacks. Police spokesman Terna said there were more covery in the Barikin Ladi area of Plateau state came after “Fulani and Muslim”, according to those who escaped the reprisals on Berom villages in the Gashish area of Barikin Ladi days of violence apparently sparked by an attack by ethnic violence. which were “believed to have been carried out by Fulani Berom farmers on Fulani herders on Thursday. State police Plateau state police spokesman Tyopev Terna and Major herdsmen”. “This led to today’s violence,” he added. commissioner Undie Adie said a search of Berom villages in Adam Umar, from the military taskforce in the state capital, Jos, Lamwakers earlier this month demanded that Buhari the area following clashes on Saturday found “86 persons confirmed the blockade and vandalism to several cars. There address worsening security across the country, accusing altogether were killed”. were no official reports of deaths but Baba Bala, who escaped police of failing to prevent the violence. Adie told reporters six people were also injured and 50 the violence on the road, said at On Sunday, Senate leader houses were razed. Bodies of those who died have been least six people were killed. “I Bukola Saraki said the killings released to their families, he added. The deaths are the lat- escaped with a smashed wind- gave the impression that est in a long-running battle for land and resources that is screen and dents on my car. I Nigeria was “not safe”. It was putting President Muhammadu Buhari under pressure as saw six dead bodies and several “important for Nigerians to elections approach next year. The violence fuelled by eth- damaged cars,” he added. Nigeria’s start having the assurances nic, religious and political allegiances has killed thousands that the government is deci- over several decades. Analysts believe it could become Not safe biggest security sively responding to the cur- NEW YORK: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari Nigeria’s biggest security concern, eclipsing Boko Haram’s Plateau state governor rent threat to lives and proper- addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at Islamist insurgency that has left at least 20,000 dead since Simon Lalong promised that concern ty”, he said. UN headquarters in New York. — Reuters 2009. Buhari’s office said he “appeals for calm and assures “operational plans are currently that no efforts will be spared” to bring those responsible to being put in place to secure the Grazing dispute justice and prevent further attacks. “The grievous loss of affected communities and fish Clashes erupted as a result. “The Bachama mobilized and Separately, clashes erupted lives and property arising from the killings in Plateau today out perpetrators of these burnt some Fulani settlements and the Fulani went into is painful and regrettable,” he added. crimes. “While we pray for on Friday between Fulani Dowayan and burnt houses.” God’s guidance through this difficult time, we will do every- herders and ethnic Bachama farmers in Dowayan village, in the Demsa and the nearby Numan area of Adamawa were the Curfew imposed thing humanly possible to secure our state immediately.” But Demsa area of Adamawa state, in northeast Nigeria. Adamawa scene of deadly clashes between herders and farmers that left The Plateau state government said it had imposed the violence in Plateau followed a pattern that has become police spokesman Othman Abubakar said: “Six people were scores dead last December. Buhari has been accused of failing restrictions on movements in the Riyom, Barikin Ladi and familiar in the state and elsewhere and which the authorities killed and seven others injured. to act as he is also Muslim and Fulani. His government has Jos South areas “to avert a breakdown of law and order”. appear unable to stop. “The violence started when Bachama farmers prevented proposed setting up cattle ranches to prevent tensions over “The curfew takes effect immediately... and movement is On Thursday, Berom farmers attacked five ethnic Fulani Fulani herdsmen from grazing in a field outside the village. grazing land.—AFP

in the head as police and pro-government paramilitary Nicaragua talks groups carried out operations in Managua. Two students were also killed on the campus of the National Autonomous he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. India banned caste- University of Nicaragua (UNAN), where dozens of students based discrimination in 1955, but centuries-old attitudes per- have holed up. Church negotiators said it was “essential” that Caste-based killing to resume after sist, and lower-caste groups, including Dalits, are among the the government “communicates its acceptance in a formal and official manner” regarding the proposal which, it said, reflects in India prompts most marginalized communities. More than half India’s lower- fresh violence “popular sentiment.” caste population is landless, official data show. Dalits are at Talks between the government and the opposition Civic the bottom rung of the social hierarchy, vulnerable to discrim- MANAGUA: The Nicaraguan government and the opposition, ination and attacks by upper-caste Hindus, including a spate which is demanding the resignation of President Daniel Ortega, Alliance were suspended a week ago when the government call for govt action failed to allow international human rights bodies to investigate of recent ones by hardline vigilantes who accuse them of were set to resume talks yesterday after a weekend of deadly BANGKOK: Indian police are investigating the killing of a killing cows they regard as sacred. violence. The Catholic Church, which is mediating the talks, the violence that has rocked the country. It eventually did so on Dalit farmer over a land dispute in the central state of Land rights have became a rallying cry for Dalit activists, called on delegates from the government and from the opposi- Wednesday. The protests began in April as demonstrations Madhya Pradesh, which has prompted calls for authorities who say it is the only way they can be free of the dirty and tion alliance to renew negotiations at 10:00 am (16H00 GMT). against now-scrapped social security reforms, but a heavy- to do more to protect the land rights of lower-caste com- On the agenda was a proposal to organize new elections for handed police reaction transformed them into demands for jus- dangerous jobs - including skinning dead cows - that have munities in the country. Kishorilal Jatav was attacked by his March 2019, rather than at the end of 2021 as scheduled. tice for those killed, and for the exit of Ortega and his wife and traditionally been thrust upon them. But a land title alone “We need a roadmap, a point of reference,” said Cardinal vice president Rosario Murillo. higher-caste neighbours who doused him with petrol and does not ensure Dalits get land, said Ramesh Nathan at the Leopoldo Brenes, the archbishop of Managua, who is helping “Now our fight is for everything. We want a change of gov- set him alight last week after he challenged them for National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights. Jatav had table the talks. “On the question of democratization, if we are ernment,” said an 25-year-old student at a barricade in front of encroaching his land in Bhopal district, a police official said. received 3.5 acres (1.4 hectares) of land in 2000 from the talking about elections... the president must let us know if he UNAN, his face hidden by a bandana. Ortega has said he is He later died in hospital. state, but did not have full access, Nathan said. agrees,” he said. The proposal was passed on by the church on willing to democratize the country via a separation of powers, Police have arrested four men and set up an investigation “The state can allot land and even give a patta (title), but June 7 but Ortega, a 72-year-old former guerilla leader who is which are currently all in the hands of his government, includ- team, said Deputy Inspector General Dharmendra then it is up to the Dalit to claim that land and safeguard it,” on his third consecutive term in office since coming to power in ing the national electoral committee. He has discussed the Choudhary. “Prime facie, it appears that it was a land dispute. he said. “In many cases, they are prevented from taking pos- 2007, and having previously ruled from 1979-1990, asked for reforms with the Organization of American States (OAS), but Jatav had repeatedly asked his neighbours to stop cultivating session by powerful upper-caste people. The state must do time to consider it. Since then, he has made no public the opposition wants him to go further. “For the Civic Alliance, on his land which was adjacent to theirs, but they continued more to guarantee full possession of land and protection of announcement on the issue. the election agreements between the OAS and the government to do so,” Choudhary said on Monday after a meeting with rights of Dalits.” Earlier this year, a Dalit activist set himself More than 200 people have been killed in two months of are no longer valid. Ortega must say if he accepts early elec- state officials. “When he confronted them again last week, alight over a delay in granting land to a Dalit couple in neigh- street protests as opposition groups demand Ortega step tions,” said Carlos Tunnerman, a former ambassador to the they beat him up, poured petrol on him and set him on fire,” boring Gujarat state. — Reuters down. The latest deaths at the weekend included a baby shot United States and member of the opposition. —AFP Established 1961 7 International Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Families flee as regime and Russia pummel Syria’s south

President Assad set on recapturing south

DARAA, Syria: Syria’s government ramped up its bombard- Divide and conquer ment of the southern city of Daraa yesterday, forcing “We left the house and didn’t know where to go. We headed dozens of families to flee an expected assault on the cradle towards the plain with the kids crying and heavy shelling over- of a seven-year uprising. After a string of wins elsewhere in head,” Musalima said. Syrian rebels hold the western half of the country, President Bashar al-Assad has set his sights on Daraa city and most of the surrounding province, as well most of recapturing the country’s strategic south, which borders the adjacent governorate of Quneitra to the west. That territory Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. His forces roughly forms a horseshoe, whose bottom curve borders Jordan have been battering rebel-held towns in Daraa province for and includes a military base held by rebels since 2014. Syrian nearly a week, leaving at least 28 civilians dead, according troops meanwhile hold Daraa city’s eastern half and nearly all the to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. adjacent province of Sweida. They then turned to the provincial capital of the same Frontlines had been relatively quiet for nearly a year under a name, launching air strikes and barrel bombs on opposi- “de-escalation” deal agreed in July 2017 by Russia, the US, and tion-held districts in the early hours yesterday. More than Jordan. But now, the regime and its Russian allies are pursuing a 55 surface-to-surface mis- divide-and-conquer strategy siles slammed into those against rebels. On Monday, neighborhoods after mid- Russian bombing raids hit the night, followed by four barrel military base near the border bombs, the Britain-based All of a with Jordan, said the Observatory said. “It is the Observatory. Ousting rebels first time they drop barrel sudden, we from it would divide the opposi- bombs on Daraa city in more tion horseshoe into a western than a year,” said monitor heard heavy and eastern section. chief Rami Abdel Rahman. Russian strikes and 20 regime The city was struck again shelling barrel bombs on Monday also hit around noon, this time with the key town of Basr al-Harir in air strikes by Syria’s ally Daraa’s eastern countryside, Russia, which has helped rocked by clashes for nearly a Assad’s troops recapture swathes of territory since 2015. week. “Capturing the town would allow troops to divide rebel ter- DARAA, Syria: Smoke rises above opposition held areas of Daraa during an airstrike by Syrian regime The attacks prompted dozens of terrified families to ritory to smaller pockets,” Abdel Rahman said. The heavy strikes forces. —AFP stream out of Daraa city. Many set out in the dead of night on Daraa’s eastern countryside forced rescue workers to stop to seek shelter in olive groves on the city limits, AFP’s cor- operations in the town of Al-Laja. “The civil defense teams have respondent there said. Leaving on foot or by motorbike, not been able to reach targeted areas because of the intense fighting, and second, be responded to swiftly from inside and aims: exerting pressure in order to get negotiations, either they took refuge in small shacks or tents among the trees. bombing,” the local civil defense centre said in an online statement. outside Syria,” said Ali al-Zaatari, UN humanitarian coordinator international or local, and paving the way for a wider attack in “We don’t know what happened. We were sleeping with in Syria. Jordan said on Sunday it could not absorb a new wave case the negotiations don’t make progress,” he said. the children when all of a sudden, we heard heavy US holds back of refugees across its border. In an effort to avoid a bloody Although it had a key role in the original de-escalation deal, shelling,” said Ahmad al-Musalima, 31. “The kids started The United Nations has warned that the renewed hostilities onslaught, Russia is leading negotiations with Syria, Jordan, Washington has yet to put its political or military weight behind shaking in fear,” he said. He and his family fled overnight, could put 750,000 lives at risk and urged all sides to respect last Israel, and the US in a bid to reach a settlement. The uptick in a solution for the south, he said. “The Americans haven’t gotten joining an estimated 20,000 people displaced by the past year’s de-escalation agreement. “Any humanitarian crisis in violence could be tied to those talks, said Sam Heller of the seriously involved in the talks over the south, and they’re not week’s escalating violence, according to the Observatory. south Syria must be averted first by sparing civilians the pains of International Crisis Group. “It seems the air strikes have two expected to intervene militarily,” Heller said. —AFP

ment, but the group has previously UN envoy due in denied Saudi accusations that it is helping Houthi rebels. Yemen as strains UN envoy Martin Griffiths was due to arrive in the southern city of Aden on Wednesday for talks with ousted FBI to help probe escalate with Houthi President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi in the exiled government’s temporary into Ethiopia missile launch capital, government officials said. “He will only be there for a few hours and RIYADH/ADEN: The Iran-aligned the talks will focus on the situation in rally blast Houthi movement fired missiles at the Hodeidah and (on) averting any mili- Saudi capital Riyadh late on Sunday, ADDIS ABABA: The US is sending the FBI to help tary operation on the port,” one offi- investigate a grenade attack in Addis Ababa which escalating tensions ahead of a visit by cial told Reuters. the UN envoy to Yemen this week to try killed two people at a rally addressed by Ethiopia’s to avert a military assault on the coun- reformist prime minister, state media said yester- Missiles over Riyadh day. “The US government said it will send FBI try’s main port city. A Houthi spokesman Saudi air defense forces intercepted threatened more attacks in response to experts to investigate Saturday’s bomb blast at a two rockets over Riyadh late on the offensive launched by a Saudi-led rally organized to support [the] reform agendas of Sunday, sending debris measuring up coalition on June 12 to seize control of Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed,” state-affiliated to several meters hurtling towards res- Hodeidah port, long a key target, in an Fana Broadcasting Corporate said. A spokesman for attempt to weaken the Houthis by cut- idential areas. Pieces fell near the US the US embassy in Addis Ababa confirmed the mission in the Saudi capital and at a ting their main supply line. SANAA: Supporters of the Shiite Yemeni Houthis demonstrate in the capital Sanaa in sup- FBI’s involvement. The United Nations fears an assault school in the diplomatic quarter. port of fellow Houthis engaged in battles against the coalition forces led by the UAE and Yesterday, an AFP photographer saw four peo- on the Red Sea port, a lifeline for mil- Debris sparked a fire at a construction Saudi Arabia in Red Sea port city of Hudeida. —AFP ple who did not appear to be Ethiopian combing lions of Yemenis, could trigger a famine site 10 km (six miles) further south and the site of the blast while a US embassy vehicle was imperiling millions of lives. The offen- fell on the roof of a private residence, parked nearby. Thirty people have so far been sive could also have ramifications fur- but Saudi officials said there were no have been consolidating their hold in sources told Reuters. A US official said arrested over the attack that took place as Abiy ther afield due to Yemen’s role in a casualties. the area as more Houthi fighters, Washington was urging the Saudis and concluded a speech promoting his reformist poli- proxy war between Sunni Muslim “Our rockets will reach places that mostly armed with Ak-47 assault Emiratis to accept the deal. cies before a crowd of hundreds of thousands in Saudi Arabia and Shi’ite Muslim Iran the enemy will not expect,” Houthi rifles, were deployed in the city and The Arab states say they must the capital’s Meskel Square. Saturday’s explosion that has fuelled instability across the spokesman Mohammed Abdul-Salam around the port. recapture Hodeidah to deprive the sparked panic in the crowd, resulting in a stampede Middle East. said. “The longer the aggression and The United Nations fears heavy Houthis of their main source of income and more than 150 injuries. The coalition said on Monday that war continue, the greater our ballistic fighting will worsen what is already the and prevent them from smuggling in There has been no claim of responsibility for the eight members of Lebanon’s Shi’ite missile capabilities.” Coalition world’s most urgent humanitarian cri- Iranian-made missiles, accusations attack. Rally organizer Seyoum Teshome earlier Hezbollah group had been killed in spokesman Turki al-Malki said the sis, with 22 million Yemenis dependent denied by the group and Tehran. The told AFP he saw police scuffle with a person battles in the mountainous Saada alliance’s advances on Hodeidah and on aid and an estimated 8.4 million coalition has pledged a swift military attempting to hurl a grenade at the stage Abiy had region in Yemen’s northwest, which is other fronts were pushing the Houthis believed to be on the verge of starva- operation to take over the airport and spoken from. Nine officers have also been arrested held by the Houthis along with the to try to project strength through tion. The Houthis have indicated they seaport without entering the city cen- for negligence, including the deputy commissioner capital Sanaa. Hezbollah officials could such attacks. Coalition-backed forces would be willing to hand over manage- tre, to minimize civilian casualties and of the Addis Ababa police. Since taking office in not be immediately reached for com- seized Hodeidah airport last week and ment of the port to the United Nations, maintain the flow of goods. —Reuters April, 42-year-old former cabinet minister and army officer Abiy has initiated unprecedented reforms that have been broadly welcomed but have others from their homes. It erupted upset the status quo. —AFP South Sudan foes after Kiir fell out with his then deputy Machar in December 2013, dashing the in new peace talks optimism that accompanied independ- ence of South Sudan just two years earlier from Sudan. Kiir and Machar’s Bahrain jails woman to end deadly war meeting in Addis Ababa was their first KHARTOUM: South Sudanese face-to-face encounter in nearly two and man over President Salva Kiir and arch-foe Riek years and the first in Sudan since the Machar met yesterday for a new round fighting erupted. of peace talks after a first meeting last anti-regime posts Looking for breakthrough week faltered. Sudanese President “In this round of talks we are DUBAI: A Bahraini court yesterday sentenced a woman, Omar al-Bashir is hosting in Khartoum looking for a breakthrough to this believed to be activist Najah Ahmed Yousif, and man to the second round of talks between the thorny issue,” Sudanese Foreign three years in jail over social media use, the public prose- two bitter rivals, aimed at ending South Minister Al-Dierdiry Ahmed told cution said. The woman was convicted for managing accounts on social networking sites “which published arti- Sudan’s four-and-a-half year brutal reporters on Sunday. The Khartoum cles and videos promoting terrorist acts, incited hatred civil war. A first round brokered by meeting comes after the one in Addis Ethiopian premier Abiy Ahmed in against the governing regime and collected funds to Ababa failed to reach a breakthrough organize anti-government events”, Issa al-Rowaie, acting Addis Ababa on Thursday failed to when South Sudan’s government KHARTOUM: From left to right, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, Sudanese President chief prosecutor for terrorist crimes, was quoted as saying achieve any breakthrough. declared that it “had enough” of Yesterday, the two warring South Omar al-Bashir and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, participate in a peace meeting in in a statement. Machar soon after that encounter. Khartoum. —AFP The man was found guilty of helping her to run those Sudanese heavyweights met at a “As the people of South Sudan, not Khartoum convention centre in the social media accounts. Together, “they broadcast false and the president alone, but as the people biased news” about conditions in Bahrain and “promoted presence of Bashir and Ugandan of South Sudan, we are saying also dismissed the latest peace efforts fought out between South Sudan’s terrorist acts” in the kingdom, the prosecution statement President Yoweri Museveni, an AFP enough is enough,” South Sudanese as “unrealistic”. South Sudan two largest ethnic groups-Kiir’s said, without specifying the acts. The two individuals were correspondent reported. Kiir and government spokesman Michael descended into civil war after Kiir Dinka and Machar’s Nuer-smaller not named. Hours earlier, the Bahrain Institute for Rights Machar shook hands and later stood Makuei said Friday. accused Machar of plotting a coup groups have since spawned their own and Democracy (BIRD) issued a statement condemning alongside Bashir and Musevni with Makuei rejected Machar’s pres- against him, sparking violence militias raising question marks about the verdict and naming the woman as political activist their hands raised. Yesterday meeting ence in any transitional government between the two factions that was the ability of either leader to halt the Najah Ahmed Yousif. comes as regional East African lead- but did not rule out the involvement fuelled by brooding ethnic tensions. war. In May, the UN Security Council It said Yousif had been targeted on “politically motivated ers launched new efforts to secure of other rebel figures. His remarks Since a 2015 peace deal collapsed gave the two warring sides a month charges” after criticizing the kingdom’s hosting of the 2017 peace in South Sudan where warring show the personal enmity between in July 2016 with Machar fleeing to to reach a peace deal or face sanc- Bahrain Grand Prix. Yousif has been held in detention since factions face a looming deadline to Kiir and Machar, that lies at the heart South Africa, Kiir’s government has tions. A landlocked state with a large April 2017, according to BIRD. The Bahraini rights group avert UN sanctions. of the conflict, is as strong as ever. gained the upper hand militarily as ethnic mix, South Sudan gained inde- says the activist faced psychological pressure, with threats The war has killed tens of thousands Before the start of talks in Ethiopia, the opposition has splintered into a pendence from Sudan in 2011 after a to her sons, was sexually assaulted and threatened with of people and driven about four million Machar’s SPLM-IO rebel group had myriad of factions. Initially largely long and brutal war. —AFP rape during her initial four-day interrogation. —AFP 8 Established 1961 Tuesday, June 26, 2018 International Migrants who ‘invade’ US have no right to due process, says Trump

President ends separation, continues hardline immigration talk

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Sunday said On Sunday, US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said the migrants who “invade” the US should be deprived of legal due military is preparing camps for migrants at two bases, process, reinforcing his hardline stand despite an about-face describing it as “providing shelter for people without shel- on family separations that has seen more than 500 children ter.” The military is providing “logistic support” for DHS, a reunited with relatives. Trying to stanch the flow of tens of “quite appropriate” function for it to do, Mattis said. thousands of migrants from Central America and Mexico arriving at the southern border every month, Trump in early A great sadness May had ordered that all adults crossing illegally would be Fleeing from impoverished Central America, the arrivals arrested, and their children held separately as a result. say they are seeking a better life and also a refuge from After images of children in chain-link enclosures criminal gangs terrorizing their region, which has one of the sparked domestic and global outrage, the president ended world’s highest murder rates. Central American migrants the separation practice but has continued his hardline talk deported from the US without their children have spoken of on immigration. He sees the issue as crucial ahead of their anguish at seeing families split under the “zero toler- midterm congressional elections in November. “We cannot ance” approach. Ever Sierra, deported after trying to enter allow all of these people to invade our Country,” Trump the US, told AFP he planned to try again in a few days. said Sunday on Twitter. He arrived back in Honduras with his eight-month-old “When somebody comes in, we must immediately, with no daughter’s shoes hanging from his backpack. She was being Judges or Court Cases, bring held in a detention center in them back from where they McAllen, Texas, along with her came,” said Trump, suggesting mother. Benjamin Raymundo, a they be handled without the 33-year-old deported back to due legal process guaranteed We cannot allow Guatemala, told AFP he left his for “any person” by the US home country in April with his Constitution. Nearly all of the these people to son Roberto, aged five, but the arriving families have officially pair were separated when immi- requested asylum. “Our system invade our gration officers in California is a mockery to good immigra- Country stopped them. The boy was tion policy and Law and eventually placed in a relative’s Order,” said Trump, who has custody. “It’s a great sadness for TEXAS: In this file photo a man holds a sign at the Tornillo Port of Entry near El Paso, Texas, during a protest repeatedly tried to link immi- me, as if I’ll never see my son rally including several American mayors against the US administration’s family separation policy. —AFP grants with crime. again,” Raymondo lamented. His remarks came after the Department of Homeland Trump’s former deputy national security advisor, Tom Security (DHS) released its first official data since Trump end- Bossert, said the past week had provided “terrible optics” for Poisoned politics been pushed back, with signs it could not pass. ed the family separations on Wednesday. It said 522 children the administration, and “almost from the outset we didn’t US lawmakers on Sunday spoke of the need for a longer- Trump and other hardline Republicans accuse opposition separated as part of “zero tolerance” have been reunited with have the capacity to detain these parents and children, term solution. But in a poisoned political climate, they have Democrats of being soft on crime and immigration. On Saturday, their families, but another 2,053 separated minors remained in together or separately.” Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” failed to advance either of two Republican immigration bills former Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee posted the care of the US Department of Health and Human Services Bossert predicted that Trump’s executive order ending the in the House of Representatives, which the Republicans con- a picture on Twitter of MS-13 gang members and joked that the as of Wednesday. “The United States government knows the family separations will not stand up in court because a judge trol along with the Senate. A hardline proposal was defeated heavily tattooed Latinos were the “campaign committee” for top location of all children in its custody and is working to reunite had ruled in 2015 that even detaining parents and children last week, as expected, and a vote on a “compromise” bill Democrat Nancy Pelosi. Trump frequently brings up the Hispanic them with their families,” DHS said in a statement. together is “inhumane.” between the party’s hard-right and moderate factions has gang when he talks of immigration.—AFP

South China Sea tensions Mattis visits China The visit to China comes amid bilateral strains that cross multiple sectors. The Trump amid Korea talks, administration is challenging China on trade, theft of industrial secrets, and cyber threats. In MPs vote on the defense sector, China’s decision to position strategic tensions military hardware in built-up atolls in the South expanding London’s China Sea has sparked new security concerns EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE: US Secretary of throughout Southeast Asia. Signaling Defense James Mattis will make his first visit Washington’s displeasure, in May the Pentagon Heathrow airport to China this week amid rising tensions disinvited China from the 2018 Rim of the Pacific between the two countries but also a deep Exercise, in which some two dozen navies train LONDON: British MPs were set yesterday to approve need for Beijing’s support in nuclear talks with together for mostly civilian missions. plans to build a third runway at London Heathrow, North Korea. Mattis told reporters Sunday he Weeks later at the Shangri-la Dialogue secu- Europe’s busiest airport, after decades of debate. wants to “take measure” of China’s strategic rity conference in Singapore, Mattis slammed Prime Minister Theresa May’s government agreed to ambitions after it positioned weaponry on dis- China for showing contempt of other nations’ the £14 billion plan earlier this month, saying it would puted islets in the South China Sea and is interests in the South China Sea. “Despite provide a major boost to the economy. The House of seeking to project its military power deep into China’s claims to the contrary, the placement of Commons is expected to back the expansion despite the Pacific. these weapon systems is tied directly to military opposition from many MPs from London and south- But in a four-day trip that will also include use for the purposes of intimidation and coer- east England, where residents fear the extra pollution South Korea and Japan, the Pentagon chief cion,” Mattis said. The Chinese, who say the also hopes to confirm China’s commitment to and noise from an increase in flights. weaponry is only defensive in nature, retorted pressuring North Korea to give up its nuclear Among them is Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, that Mattis had made “irresponsible comments” EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE: US Defense Secretary James Mattis aboard his official aircraft, weapons, after historic talks between President that “cannot be accepted.” on the first leg of a trip which will take him to China, South Korea and Japan. —AFP who once pledged to lie in front of bulldozers to stop Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un in Singapore. construction, but was set to miss the last-minute vote The United States, China, Japan and South due to a trip to Afghanistan. Transport Secretary Strategic competition Korea “have a common goal: the complete, Mattis has visited Asia seven times in his 17 official called the United States and China tionship between the two countries.” Chris Grayling said he was “cautiously optimistic” of irreversible and verifiable denuclearization of “strategic competitors” and suggested that securing approval for the plan, which officials say months since becoming defense secretary, but the Korean peninsula,” Mattis said. not China. He has yet to meet the new Chinese Washington needs to keep up the pressure Korea talks could create up to 114,000 local jobs by 2030. “This In Beijing From Tuesday to Thursday, defense minister, Wei Fenghe. He said the talks over the South China Sea buildup. The Rimpac Mattis will also be adding his voice to North is a momentous vote that has been 50 years in the Mattis will meet with senior Chinese defense in Beijing seek to scope out China’s long-term disinvite could be “just a first step”, the official Korea talks, urging China to hold firm on com- making and represents the biggest transport decision officials. Then he will travel to Seoul for talks strategic intentions and determine possible said. Chinese defense ministry spokesman Ren mercial pressure on Pyongyang. He said he has in a generation,” he said. with his South Korean counterpart Song areas of military-to-military cooperation. He Guoqiang said Mattis was visiting Beijing at had daily discussions on the talks with the lead “At stake are thousands of new jobs and the coun- Young-moo, followed by a stop Friday in Japan declined to characterize the relationship, saying Wei’s invitation. “It is in the common interests US negotiator, Secretary of State Mike try’s ability to compete on an international stage and to see defense chief Itsunori Onodera. Those that could “poison the well” before he meets his of both China and the United States to develop Pompeo. The senior US defense official said win new global trade.” Heathrow hopes to begin con- meetings are aimed at reassuring both allies counterparts. “I’m going there to get what I a healthy and stable bilateral military relation- they are hoping to see a concrete outcome, struction by 2021 although it must still obtain planning that Washington’s regional defense commit- consider to be straight from them what they see ship,” Ren said in a statement. including a timeline for commitments by permission and could face legal challenges. Grayling ment remains unchanged after Trump unex- for a strategic relationship,” he said. “I’m going Beijing “hopes that the United States and Pyongyang, “soon.” Mattis tied the suspension said the project would be funded by the private sec- pectedly announced on June 12 that the US there to have a conversation.” China will walk towards each other and work of exercises to the getting concrete results. tor, adding that the government would work with would suspend a major joint military exercise But speaking separately a senior Pentagon together to make the bilateral military relation- “We’ll see if they continuing negotiations keep ship an important stabilizing factor in the rela- them that way.” —AFP Heathrow’s operator to ensure costs are not passed in South Korea following his meeting with Kim. on to airlines. British Airways owner IAG has expressed concerns about higher landing charges for what it said is already Nearly 1,000 the most expensive hub airport in the world. Grayling Vatican visit puts also insisted the plan could be delivered without break- ing Britain’s commitments on climate change, and has migrants sought to reassure locals with a ban on night flights. Macron’s religious However, Doug Parr, policy director for environmental rescued off campaign group Greenpeace UK, said: “A vote for a views in spotlight new Heathrow runway is a vote for more climate Libya coast change, more air pollution, and more noise.” PARIS: As a schoolboy, Emmanuel Macron decided he wanted TRIPOLI: Libya’s coastguard has res- to be baptized as a Catholic, despite his parents’ misgivings. It Not worth resigning cued nearly 1,000 migrants who were was “the start of a mystical period that lasted for a few years,” A junior trade minister and London MP, Greg on boats in distress in the the French president told an interviewer during campaigning in Hands, quit the government last week to vote against Mediterranean on their way to Europe, 2017. By his mid-teens, he had distanced himself from the church, however, and he now considers himself to be agnostic. the expansion, and criticized Johnson for dodging the the navy said yesterday. Three separate Asked last year whether he believed in God, he gave a cryptic operations took place on Sunday with decision. “I wouldn’t want to be abroad...#commit- answer that pointed to his faith in something spiritual and imma- ments,” Hands wrote in a Twitter message. May has the coastguard bringing ashore in terial, but not Catholic in form. ordered all her Conservative MPs to back the plan, Libya a total of 948 migrants, navy TRIPOLI: Migrants arrive at a naval base in Tripoli, after being rescued in the Mediterranean. —AFP “I believe in a form of transcendence, that’s why I thor- but agreed to Johnson’s trip, saying he would be the spokesman Ayoub Kacem said. The oughly respect the role of religions in society,” he said during “living embodiment of global Britain”-the slogan for migrants were on inflatable dinghies a chat with journalists. Faith and the highly sensitive subject of Britain’s future outside the EU. which were facing difficulties in the the role of the church in French society are set to be on the The Afghan foreign ministry said Johnson held Mediterranean off the coast of Salvini, who has vowed a hardline out the ships of the voracious NGOs menu Tuesday when Macron visits the Vatican for the first talks with Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Garabulli east of the capital Tripoli, stance on migrants, posted a selfie on disturbing them or causing trouble,” he time as leader for a meeting with Pope Francis. The 40-year- Karzai on a range of issues, notably security. In a let- navy officer Rami Ghommeidh said. Twitter showing him on board a mili- said. Later on Sunday the Italian interi- old centrist has decided to accept being made an honorary ter to his constituents obtained by London’s Evening A first group of 97 migrants were tary plane heading for Libya and or minister thanked Libyan authorities canon of St John Lateran, the cathedral of Rome, a tradition Standard newspaper, he said he would continue to rescued, while a second operation wrote: “Mission Libya, we’ve left!”. He for rescuing migrants trapped at sea. “I dating back to the 15th century when the French state and lobby within government against Heathrow. “But it is brought 361 migrants-including 88 is the first member of Italy’s new pop- would like to express my heartfelt church were indistinguishable. Several of Macron’s predeces- clear from what is likely to be a large majority of MPs women and 44 children-ashore and ulist government to visit the North thanks, as a minister and as a father, to sors have declined the title, including Socialists Francois who are in favor of a third runway that my resigna- late in the evening a final group of 490 African country, a former Italian the authorities and the Libyan coast- Mitterrand and Francois Hollande, in a bid to avoid associating themselves with religious imagery. tion would have achieved absolutely nothing,” migrants were rescued, said Kacem. In colony. On Sunday Salvini ordered for- guard,” he said in a tweet. Johnson wrote. all a total of 2,000 migrants trying to France is strictly secular under a landmark 1905 law that sep- eign charities to stop rescuing “Today they saved and brought arated the state from the church. It remains one of the country’s The minister, a leading voice for Brexit in the gov- make the perilous journey to Europe, migrants off Libya even as reports 820 immigrants back to Libya, making often on unseaworthy boats, were most debated rules and was invoked controversially in 2004 to ernment, added that given the “considerable difficul- emerged of that a group of nearly the ‘work’ of the traffickers in vain and ban religious symbols, including the Islamic headscarf, from ties” the project still faced, it may not even happen. either intercepted or assisted by the 1,000 were on boats in distress in the avoiding wrongful interventions by Libyan navy since Wednesday. schools. Macron’s decision to accept the honorary canon title The main opposition Labor party is against Mediterranean. NGO ships,” he added. Libya is a key has drawn particular scrutiny at home following comments in Yesterday’s announcement by the navy Heathrow’s expansion but has given its MPs a free “Let the Libyan authorities do their departure point for thousands of April in which he said he wanted to “repair” the “bond” between vote and many will back the plan, particularly as it has came as Italy’s far-right Interior work of rescue, recovery and return migrants hoping to reach Europe, church and state. One of his leftist opponents, Jean-Luc trade union support. —AFP Minister Matteo Salvini was en route (of migrants) to their country, as they although hundreds drown each year Melenchon, led criticism of the remarks, saying: “One expects a to Libya for talks on the migrant crisis. have been doing for some time, with- attempting the crossing. —AFP president, one gets a little priest.” —AFP Established 1961 9 International Tuesday, June 26, 2018 North, South Koreas mark war anniversary in mood of detente North Korea drops anti-US rhetoric

SEOUL: The two Koreas yesterday marked their war year were filled with colorful criticisms of the “US imperi- anniversary in a mood of detente, with Pyongyang drop- alists”, blaming Americans for “a holocaust in which they ping its customary anti-US rhetoric and Seoul saying talks massacred countless Koreans in the most brutal and bar- have begun on moving the North’s artillery back from the barous way”. This year’s anniversary comes less than two tense border. Pyongyang’s tightly controlled official media weeks after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US are normally packed with anti-American invective on June President Donald Trump shook hands at the unprecedent- 25, when the North launched ed summit in Singapore. a mass invasion of the South More virulent forms of anti- in 1950. But this year proved US propaganda have been to be a marked exception in People row disappearing from the streets the wake of the historic of Pyongyang, while images of Singapore summit. the boat of missile launches and military In the South, Prime formations on a prominent site Minister Lee Nak-yon said memories, full outside the city train station discussions were taking have been replaced with visu- place about relocating of creed, als of industry and agriculture. Pyongyang’s long-range Analysts say the rare omission artillery away from their bor- determination of the US in North Korean der. North Korea is estimat- media coverage of the anniver- ed to have around 1,000 sary may be part of the artillery pieces along the frontier, threatening much of the regime’s efforts to maintain the current diplomatic momen- South’s capital Seoul only 50 kilometers away. The North tum. “It’s remarkable,” said Peter Ward, a North Korea has long accused the US of provoking the 1950-53 Korean researcher at Seoul National University. “On this day of all War as part of a plan for global domination and blames it days it’s nowhere to be found.” for the division of the peninsula, agreed between Moscow “North Korean anti-Americanism may have popular and Washington in the closing days of World War II. roots (nourished by decades of agitprop), but what we see A US-led 16-country United Nations force supported is what the state wants us to,” he added. Across the border the South in the conflict while China backed the North. at a war anniversary ceremony in Seoul, Prime Minister “Every year on this day, our army and people row the boat Lee acknowledged that the conflict began “due to North of memories, full of creed and determination to defend the Korea’s invasion”. But Lee noted the diplomatic rap- SEOUL: South Korean soldiers salute during a ceremony marking the 68th anniversary of the outbreak of the nation,” read a report in the North’s state-run Rodong prochement on the peninsula, with two inter-Korean sum- Korean War in Seoul.—AFP Sinmun. “What surprised the world even more was... our mits preceding the meeting in Singapore-after which people’s solidarity to annihilate the enemy,” it added-with- Trump announced the suspension of joint military exercis- which Pyongyang committed to “work toward complete more style than substance, producing a document short on out identifying the enemy by name in any of its coverage. es with the South, the US’s security ally. denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula”. But critics have details about the key issue of the North’s atomic In stark contrast, all six pages of the newspaper last In Singapore Kim and Trump signed a joint statement in said the encounter between the two mercurial leaders was weapons.—AFP

Indian women News in brief welcome foreign 5.5 quake hits S Greece minister’s move ATHENS: A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern Greece yesterday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The earth- to call out trolls quake hit at a depth of 30 kilometers, about 70 kilo- meters southwest of the city of Kalamata, the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter was in the sea MUMBAI: India’s foreign minister has spoken out on abu- off the town of Pylos. “The quake had a long duration sive tweets directed at her, a move welcomed yesterday by and initially we were worried, but right now we have women journalists and campaigners who say they routine- absolute calm”, the mayor of Pylos, Dimitris ly battle rape and death threats on social media. Online Kafantaris, told Antenna TV. Last July, however, a 6.7- trolls targeted Sushma Swaraj, the most senior woman in magnitude quake killed two people and injured scores India’s government and an active Twitter user, after she on the tourist island of Kos.—AFP helped a Hindu-Muslim couple who accused a passport official in her department of discriminating against them. Most of the abuse was from Hindus who accused her of “appeasing” the Muslim community by not taking the offi- Sweden jails three over attack cial’s side, and called for her to be removed from the Hindu STOCKHOLM: A Swedish court yesterday sentenced nationalist government currently in power. “Had she been two refugees and one rejected asylum seeker to India’s daughter, she would have put nation first. But she is prison for attacking a synagogue with Molotov cock- a secular Visa Aunty,” read one tweet in Hindi. Women tails in the wake of the US recognition of Jerusalem as applauded Swaraj for speaking out after she took to Israel’s capital last year. The court in the country’s Twitter on Sunday to expose the trolls. second largest city of Gothenburg sentenced a 19- “These are organized swarms of gender trolling. It has year-old Syrian to one year and the three months in the approval of someone, somewhere,” Kavita Krishnan, NEW DELHI: Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, right, shakes hands with UAE Foreign Minister Sheik prison, while two Palestinians, aged 24 and 22, an activist with the All India Progressive Women’s Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan prior to a meeting in New Delhi.—AFP received two years. A few days after US President Association, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the Jewish Twitter trolls have attacked both men and women critical tal newspaper The News Minute who was trolled last government,” she said. Online abuse and harassment state’s capital, a dozen people threw multiple burning of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu national- year by fans of an actor whose film she had criticized, pressure women and girls into censoring themselves on objects at the Gothenburg synagogue on the evening ist Bharatiya Janata Party, but activists say the attacks said the targeting of Swaraj showed how far the trolls social media and makes them fear for their physical safe- of December 9, 2017.—AFP against women are particularly vicious and can include were prepared to go. “People are not even scared of a ty, with many withdrawing from public conversations, rape and death threats. Dhanya Rajendran, editor of digi- senior minister who is among the top four of the Indian rights groups have said.—Reuters Three killed in Indonesia

world’s second-largest econo- JAKARTA: Three bystanders were killed and a small Taiwan’s Tsai urges my with Africa, Asia and child was wounded when separatist fighters in Europe through a vast net- Public suicide of Indonesia’s Papua province opened fire on a small work of ports, railways, roads plane bringing in security personnel ahead of regional world to stand and industrial parks. elections due later this week, officials said yesterday. Chinese student Voting will take place across Indonesia on up to China Meeting with Xi Wednesday but security personnel are on high alert But despite escalating ten- sparks online in Papua, where a long-running independence strug- sions, Tsai said she would still gle has often turned violent. A group of armed men TAIPEI: Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen called on the “be willing” to meet with soul-searching ambushed and shot at the plane after it landed at the international community to “constrain” China by standing China’s President Xi Jinping. tiny airport and also at vendors near the airstrip, a up for freedoms, casting her island’s giant neighbor as a “Of course, I hope that during military official said.—Reuters global threat to democracy. Her comments in an exclusive my term as president, there is BEIJING: The suicide of a Chinese student who threw interview with AFP yesterday come as Taiwan faces what a chance for both sides to sit herself off a building after complaining of sexual Tsai called “immense pressure” from Beijing. She urged oth- down and talk,” Tsai said. She harassment by a teacher has sparked online anguish TAIPEI: Taiwan’s President er nations to unite with Taiwan in defending against China’s added she would meet Xi on about social decay, particularly because some onlook- Tsai Ing-wen —-AFP expansionist aims and to protect shared liberal values. an equal footing and with no ers egged her on and clapped when she jumped. The “This is not just Taiwan’s challenge, it is a challenge for political pre-conditions, a 19-year-old student surnamed Li jumped to her death EU to penalize the region and the world as a whole, because today it’s position she has long taken. However Beijing insists Tsai must from the eighth storey of a building in the city of Taiwan, but tomorrow it may be any other country that agree that Taiwan is part of “one China” in order for any Qingyang last Wednesday, state media reported. Myanmar officials will have to face the expansion of China’s influence,” Tsai meeting to take place, which she has refused to do. Videos of the incident shared online showed Li sit- said. “Their democracy, freedom, and freedom to do busi- Tsai said the recent summit between US President Donald ting on a ledge for hours while rescue workers tried ness will one day be affected by China,” Tsai added. “We Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had “provided to talk her down. Some passersby on the street below LUXEMBOURG: The European Union will impose sanc- need to work together to reaffirm our values of democracy a lot to think about”. “Their two countries are very far apart heckled her, shouting “How come you haven’t jumped tions on seven Myanmar security officials yesterday, and freedom in order to constrain China and also minimize in terms of cultural values and other aspects, as well as the yet?” When she jumped, some people clapped while according to EU diplomats and officials, over what it says the expansion of their hegemonic influence.” positions they hold,” said Tsai. “But they were able to sit a rescuer worker screamed out in distress. Police have are systemic human rights violations against the country’s Her comments come after a sustained period of aggres- down and talk on the basis of reciprocity and mutual respect detained some onlookers who shouted at Li, accord- Rohingya Muslims. The seven will face asset freezes and in Singapore. I think this was a positive development for the sion from China towards Taiwan, which Beijing believes is ing to the state-backed China Youth Daily newspaper. be banned from travelling to the European Union, after the international community. “It is also an encouragement for part of mainland territory, to be reunified by force if neces- Online commentators lamented the callousness of bloc extended an arms embargo and prohibited any train- countries that are at odds with one another.” sary. Self-ruling Taiwan is a democracy and sees itself as a the crowd. “How cold is society that people will ask ing of or cooperation with Myanmar’s armed forces. With its number of official allies dwindling to 18 as sovereign country, although it has never formally declared her to jump?” one person asked. “The sound of the The sanctions also mark a shift in diplomacy by the EU, Beijing lures them away, Taiwan is now trying to forge new rescue worker’s heart being torn reflects the evil of which suspended its restrictive measures on the Southeast independence from the mainland. An increasingly hardline friendships. Its most powerful ally is the United States, humanity.” Li’s parents say their daughter became Asian country in 2012 to support its partial shift to demo- President Xi Jinping has made it clear that what he sees as which is its major arms supplier even though it does not depressed after she was sexually harassed in cratic governance in recent years. But the plight of nearly threats to China’s territorial integrity will not be tolerated. have formal diplomatic relations with the island. Tsai said September by a teacher who had tried to kiss and hug 700,000 Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state, which the China is deeply suspicious of Tsai as her Democratic Taiwan had seen growing support from the United States, her, the newspaper reported. Many Chinese schools United Nations denounced as ethnic cleansing by the mili- Progressive Party (DPP) is traditionally pro-independence. where Congress recently passed bills paving the way for and universities have been rocked by accusations of tary, has soured relations. Yangon rejects all accusations of Since she took office in 2016, Beijing has ramped up mili- higher level official visits, and recommending greater US- tary drills near the island and has successfully pressured sexual harassment in recent years. wrongdoing. Taiwan military exchanges. The US State Department also Last December, the United States levied sanctions in some major international companies to list Taiwan as part approved a preliminary license for sensitive submarine Rights activists and students had hoped to ride the of China on their websites. It has also exerted diplomatic wave of the global #MeToo movement to make response to the crackdown on the Rohingya minority in technology, riling Beijing. Rakhine. Canada followed suit in February, when pressure by ensuring Taiwan is excluded from major inter- The warming relationship comes as Taiwan tries to progress in tackling what they say is systemic sexual national forums and wooing away some of its few remain- harassment on campuses. But the movement has Reuters also reported on events in the village of Inn boost its homegrown defense force. “In the face of China’s Din, where 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys were ing official allies. threats we feel the need for us to improve self-defense struggled to maintain momentum due to widespread Tsai said China should “be aware of their own responsibil- online censorship. Some schools have also pressed hacked to death by Rakhine Buddhist villagers or shot capabilities,” she said. Tsai said Taiwan is looking to bol- by security force members. ity” in the region and “engage in conversation with Taiwan”. ster ties with “like-minded” countries. But against Beijing’s students not to organize protests or post accusations The killings were part of the larger army crackdown on Countries both around the region and further afield have growing global influence, the island’s desire to promote its of harassment, activists say. Li’s parents told the news- the Rohingya. Two Reuters journalists were jailed while expressed concern over China building military facilities on status internationally as a beacon of democracy in Asia paper the harassment had led to bouts of depression, a reporting the story and remain in prison in Yangon, where remote islands in the South China Sea. Beijing has also been remains an uphill struggle. “Of course there are times diagnosis of post-traumatic stress and multiple they face up to 14 years behind bars for violating seeking to extend its power with its globe-spanning Belt and when we feel frustrated, but the Taiwanese people do not attempts of suicide by their daughter. —Reuters Road infrastructure project, which aims to connect the have the option of giving up,” she said.—AFP Myanmar’s Official Secrets Act.—Reuters 10 Established 1961

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World reaction to Turkish leader election victory urkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a decisive victory in an election that will give him Tfive more years in office with sweeping new powers. Here are some of the first reactions yesterday from foreign governments:

Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin “stressed that the results of the vote fully speak of Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s great political authority (and) mass support of the course conducted under his leadership to solve Turkey’s pressing social and economic tasks (and) strengthen the country’s position on the international arena,” the Kremlin said.Putin stressed his readiness to continue “close joint work” and dialogue with Erdogan. Turkey and Russia are on opposite sides in Syria, with Foreign policy challenges Erdogan faces after re-election Moscow remaining the chief ally of President Bashar Al-Assad’s regime and Ankara backing rebels seeking resident Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to take a tough his ouster. However, Putin and Erdogan have forged an line with the West on key foreign policy issues includ- increasingly close alliance in recent months. Ping the Syria conflict, Russian relations and migrants in his new term, but he may also show signs of compromise. In NATO the months leading up to Sunday’s presidential election, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg congratulated which Erdogan won decisively, tensions with the West have Erdogan but stressed the alliance, of which Turkey is a member, “is based on some core values: democracy, the grown over Turkey’s increasingly close alliance with Russia rule of law, individual liberty.”I personally attach great and other non-NATO powers as Ankara burnishes its ambi- importance to these values and I underline the impor- tions as a global power. Here are the five foreign policy tance of these values in many different NATO capitals issues Erdogan will need to address during his new tenure: including Ankara when I met Turkish leaders there,” Stoltenberg said. Relations with the US Turkey and the United States have been at loggerheads Iran over a number of issues, from American support for a Syrian Iranian President Hassan Rouhani offered his “sin- Kurdish militia despised by Ankara to Washington’s failure to cerest congratulations” to Erdogan. He hoped that extradite Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen, accused by bilateral relations “could further develop based on firm Ankara of ordering a failed 2016 coup. “The new Erdogan historical, cultural and religious bonds, good neighbor- administration will carry on these negotiations with the hope liness, mutual respect and common interests, and close, of fixing the relationship with the US,” said Ozgur responsible cooperation between the two countries Unluhisarcikli, Ankara office director of the German Marshall regarding the developments in the region and the Fund of the US. One of the stumbling blocks is US backing World of Islam to prepare better groundwork for for the Syrian People’s Protection Units (YPG), deemed “ter- resolving issues and fostering peace and stability, as rorists” by Ankara and linked to the outlawed PKK militants well as welfare for the peoples of the region.” who have waged a bloody insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984. However analysts say Washington has been China Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang willing to make concessions despite the tensions, as shown said Beijing congratulates Erdogan and “respects the by the US delivering its first shipments of F-35 stealth fighter choice made by the Turkish people.” “China attaches jets to Turkey last week. great importance to its ties with Turkey. In recent years, under the guidance of the two heads of state, our bilat- Russia Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, (center left), leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) eral ties and cooperation in all areas have been moving Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have is greeted by supporters in Istanbul. — AFP forward, and achieved a lot of positive outcomes,” forged an increasingly strong alliance based on seeking Geng said.”China is willing to work more with Turkey, peace in Syria after patching up relations poisoned by at the Atlantic Council, said Turkey has already found a “for- “There might be a number of problems but there’s no deal that to move forward our strategic cooperation, to serve the Turkey’s downing of a Russian war plane in 2015. mula” with the Assad regime. “It works through Russia to works 100 percent perfectly,” said Sanberk. benefits of our two countries and two peoples.” Washington has been particularly concerned by Ankara’s achieve its interests - and those interest don’t include regime decision to buy Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile batter- change,” he told AFP. “Instead, they have accepted the Global ambitions Sweden ies, which are not compatible with NATO’s defense systems. regime will stay in power, but are determined to set up their Over the past few years Erdogan has pressed what Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom that Putin, a frequent guest of Erdogan in Turkey, on Monday own statelet to act as a buffer along the border.” Ankara calls a multi-vector foreign policy and championed “Turkey is in no position to give other countries lessons congratulated the Turkish strongman on his re-election, say- causes like the Palestinians and Muslim minorities around the in democracy when the (Kurdish) opposition leader has ing that the result showed his “great political authority”. Relations with the EU world. He has hosted Muslim leaders several times, including been in jail for a long time”. She was referring to Gareth Jenkins, Istanbul-based non-resident senior research Ties between Turkey and the European Union have been earlier this year for a summit aimed at coordinating a united Erdogan’s victory speech in which he said the almost fellow at the Silk Road Studies Program, said “ultimately particularly strained since the crackdown that followed the Islamic response to the US decision to recognize Jerusalem 90 percent voter turnout “taught the entire world a Erdogan is going to have to choose between the US and attempted overthrow of Erdogan in July 2016, with EU member as the capital of Israel. democracy lesson”. “The Kurdish issue and the eco- Russia-and he will pay a price whichever he chooses.” nomic developments in Turkey pose a serious chal- states calling on Ankara to lift the state of emergency. However The countries who rapidly congratulated Erdogan on his lenge. We’ve been worried about how Turkey has been veteran Turkish diplomat Ozdem Sanberk said he believed an re-election were symbolic of Ankara’s foreign policy stance, developing recently...it’s very alarming,” she told public Syria era of compromise would start and “relations will reach a more with leaders such as Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro broadcaster SVT ahead of an EU foreign ministers Since the Syrian war erupted in 2011, Turkey has been a healthy ground than before”. Turkey and the EU agreed to a and Sudan’s President Omar Al-Bashir, who have pariah status meeting in Luxembourg. Asked whether Turkey would fervent opponent of President Bashar Al-Assad’s regime and deal in 2016 to curb the influx of migrants into Europe which in the West, among the first to hail his win. But analyst Jenkins become more democratic with Erdogan bolstering his ruled out any form of direct dialogue with Damascus. But has been criticized by rights groups, but has helped slow down warned that Erdogan would make errors unless he “begins to powers Wallstrom said: “I unfortunately do not have with Turkey already hosting 3.5 million Syrian refugees, arrivals. Erdogan, who raised eyebrows in the West when he employ people who both understand foreign policy and are any great hopes but we have to give them a chance.” Ankara has focused more on border security and helping threatened to send millions of migrants to Europe, was side- willing to tell him the truth rather than what they think he those displaced go home. Aaron Stein, resident senior fellow lined from the agreement but so far it has remained in place. wants to hear.” — AFP Serbia Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic congratulated Erdogan, saying that Belgrade “will continue to be a reliable partner of Turkey and of its role as a leader Erdogan would see himself as the undisputed-and unde- with Kurdish militants. Mass protests in summer 2013 over ready to defend the values and principles in these more Erdogan: Turkey’s feated-heavyweight champion of the world. In one and a plans to turn an Istanbul park into a shopping mall marked than difficult times.” half decades since his ruling party came to power, Erdogan the start of a more divisive era as Erdogan came out fight- has taken part in 12 elections-five legislative polls, three ref- ing, dismissing the protesters as “hooligans”. Bosnia-Herzegovina pugnacious ‘chief’ erenda, three local elections and a presidential vote-and Tensions further increased later that year when a cor- Bosnian Muslim leader Bakir Izetbegovic told won them all. ruption scandal broke implicating Erdogan’s inner circle. Erdogan he was “convinced that you will continue to with eye on history Known to his inner circle as “beyefendi” (sir) and to The allegations enthralled his opponents but his supporters lead Turkey for the welfare of the Turkish people, but admirers as “reis” (the chief), Erdogan prides himself on rubbished the claims. that you will also pursue, in the international arena, the fter 15 years in power that have already seen Turkey being able to woo doubters with his indefatigable cam- The accession process to join the EU ground to a halt- fight for the rights of those who are deprived of them. transformed, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants paigning. His only setback-so far-came in June 2015 elec- with Erdogan complaining Ankara was being “kept waiting “That is exactly why your victory is celebrated not only to win a new mandate and rank as the key figure of tions when the AKP won the most votes but lost its overall at the door”-and in 2015 the peace process for the Kurdish- in Turkey but also across the Muslim world.” Erdogan A his country’s modern history alongside its founder Mustafa majority for the first time. But Erdogan swattedaway the majority southeast collapsed. in late May addressed thousands of expatriate Turks in Sarajevo, at his only election rally outside Turkey after Kemal Ataturk. Erdogan, 64, has in his political career over- prospect of a coalition, saying such governments belonged other European countries banned such events. come a stint in prison, mass protests and even a bloody to the days of “old Turkey”. He called new elections in July 15, 2016 coup attempt to emerge as Turkey’s uncontested leader first November 2015 where the party’s majority was restored. In its early days the AKP, lacking allies and experience, Bulgaria as premier and then as president from 2014. He has freed up Erdogan pressed on with an April 2017 referendum on a forged an alliance with Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen Boyko Borisov, the prime minister of Turkey’s constraints on religion in the officially secular but over- new constitution that abolishes the office of prime minister who moved to permanent exile in the US in 1999 yet built neighbor Bulgaria, congratulated Erdogan in a tele- whelmingly Muslim state, overseen a vast program of infra- and that critics said resembled an autocracy, but eked out a huge influence in Turkish society. But Gulen turned against phone call. “I’m convinced that we will work together structure building he calls his “crazy projects” and imple- relatively narrow win. his former allies who blamed him for masterminding the July to consolidate relations between our two countries in mented a more assertive foreign policy. 15, 2016 coup bid by a renegade army faction, charges he the area of migration, as well as for peace and stability For supporters, Erdogan gives a voice to Turkey’s conser- From Kasimpasa to presidency denies. The president, on holiday by the Aegean, appeared in the region.” Borisov also told the Turkish president vative Muslim majority, has brought new levels of economic Born in the working-class Istanbul harbor district of on the FaceTime app on live TV to urge supporters out onto that he had insisted during a mini-summit on the prosperity and commands respect on the international stage. Kasimpasa but brought up near the Black Sea, Erdogan the streets, before returning in triumph to Istanbul and migrant crisis in Brussels on Sunday that an EU- But detractors argue Erdogan is taking Turkey on a danger- gained prominence in the nascent Islamic political move- describing the events as a “gift from God”. Turkey accord on migration be respected, the govern- ous path to authoritarianism reminiscent of the Ottoman ments that were challenging secular domination, becoming a The coup bid marked a watershed moment in Erdogan’s ment press service said. Sultans, coupled with reckless handling of the economy and popular mayor of Istanbul in 1994. His term was cut short rule with some 77,000 arrested in the unprecedented purge an imperial foreign policy. One thing is certain-Erdogan in when he was convicted and then jailed for four months for that followed, further increasing tensions with the West. And Hungary elections on Sunday faces his biggest ballot challenge inciting religious hatred when he recited an Islamist poem. his increasingly pugnacious style has alienated some former Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban against a resurgent opposition and a rival, Muharrem Ince, But this only magnified his profile. Founding the AKP after allies such as predecessor Abdullah Gul, a co-founder of the welcomed Erdogan’s re-election. “Turkey’s stability is who can match the president’s charisma. Whatever the result, the previous Islamic party led by his mentor Necmettin AKP who even mulled standing against Erdogan in Sunday’s good news for the whole of Europe, because our conti- “his most powerful days may very well be behind him,” said Erbakan was banned, Erdogan spearheaded its 2002 land- polls. Family is key for Erdogan and one of his closest confi- nent faces a number of serious security challenges, and it is essential to overcome them with predictable and Kemal Kirisci of the Brookings Institution. slide election victory and became premier less than six dants is his energy minister and son-in-law Berat Albayrak, effective cooperation with Turkey,” Orban said in a let- months later. Erdogan’s signature early achievements the husband of his eldest daughter Esra. His younger daugh- ter to Erdogan quoted by his office. — AFP ‘The heavyweight campaigner’ included a series of reforms like abolishing the death penal- ter Sumeyye plays a key role in a women’s non-profit but, in If there was a global contest for winning elections, ty that gladdened the EU and beginning a peace process contrast, his two sons are less prominent. — AFP Established 1961

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Stocks sink on trade fears India speeds up its environmental Rebooting Germany: Why Europe’s 12as oil prices drop by 2 pct 12 approvals in industry despite risks 14 most powerful economy is falling

HONG KONG: Pedestrians walk pass an advertisement display of Xiaomi’s “Redmi Note 5”mobile phone in Hong Kong on June 22, 2018. Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi kicked off its initial public offering on June 21, but the firm is likely to pull in about 6.1 billion USD, far less than originally expected, with investors having mixed views about its main business. Beijing softens ‘Made in China 2025’ message Strategy aims to narrow capability gap in key technologies

BEIJING: Beijing has begun downplaying Made in China 2025, the mentions of Made in China 2025 in Chinese language news items some academics and many netizens have urged a more modest team, including US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and state-backed industrial policy that has provoked alarm in the West in the first five months of the year, has not done so since June 5, a approach. China’s nationalistic Global Times tabloid struck a trade and manufacturing adviser Peter Navarro, author of the and is core to Washington’s complaints about the country’s techno- search of a public database found. The diplomat said some reserved tone in an editorial published late on Sunday, saying book “Death by China.” Trump’s initial list of tariffs on $50 billion logical ambitions, diplomatic and Chinese state media sources said. Chinese officials have gone so far as to suggest it was a mistake China had become “overconfident” about its technological in Chinese goods, which will begin taking effect on July 6, specif- With a full-blown trade war looming amid US President for the government to have pushed the plan so forcefully and advancements. “Prudence is needed in boosting citizens’ confi- ically targets items related to Made in China 2025. Donald Trump’s threats to impose tariffs on up to $450 billion in publicly because it had increased pressure on China. dence. Otherwise, negative effects may be exerted, be it domes- Foreign business groups have criticized the program as Chinese imports, his administration has fixed on Beijing’s signa- “China is apparently starting to adjust to the blowback tically or abroad,” the paper said. China still refers to itself as a large-scale import substitution. Under the plan, Beijing wants ture effort to deploy state support to close a technology gap in caused by the heavy propaganda,” said the diplomat, who “developing country” even though it is the world’s second-largest Chinese suppliers to capture 70 percent of market share by 10 key sectors. Beijing is increasingly mindful that its rollout of declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter. economy, and has long held to former leader Deng Xiaoping’s 2025 for “basic core components and important basic materials” the ambitious plan has triggered US backlash. “They won’t stop doing it,” the diplomat said, referring to Made oft-quoted maxim: “Hide your strength, bide your time.” in strategic industries. Other targets endorsed by senior Chinese The Trump administration is considering rules that would bar in China 2025. “The way they talk about it is changing.” China’s officials include ensuring 40 percent of smartphone chips are companies with at least 25 percent Chinese ownership from State Council Information Office did not immediately respond to Closing the gap domestically made by 2025. buying US firms with “industrially significant technology,” a US a faxed request for comment. Three state media journalists told Under Made in China 2025, unveiled by China’s State Council Xi gave a May 28 speech on innovation that reflected the government official said on Sunday. A senior western diplomat Reuters they had been instructed not to use the term Made in in 2015, China wants to catch up with rivals in sectors including key ideas of Made in China 2025 without mentioning it by told Reuters that in meetings Chinese officials have recently China 2025. Two others said they received no such instructions. robotics, aerospace, clean-energy cars and advanced basic name. “Practice repeatedly tells us, key core technology can- begun downplaying Made in China 2025. The officials have materials. The strategy is at the core of China’s efforts to move not be demanded, bought or begged,” he said. “Only by firmly stressed that the aspects that have raised the most ire abroad Developing country up the value chain and achieve Xi’s vision of turning the country grasping key core technology in our hands can we fundamen- were simply proposals by Chinese academics. As President Xi Jinping’s China has taken a more muscular into a global superpower by 2050. tally guarantee national economic security, national defense And state news agency Xinhua, which made more than 140 stance on the global stage, to the discomfort of many in the west, But it has provoked the more hawkish members of Trump’s and other security.” —Reuters Tehran’s

Western sanctions Grand Bazaar Syria to import 1.5m “We will not raise bread prices at all, not for the fore- seeable future,” Gharbi said. “This is a burden on the gov- strikes in ernment of course especially with the higher wheat prices tons wheat: Minister we pay farmers but we will continue to subsidise them,” he DAMASCUS: Syria is planning to import around 1.5 million said. Syria is paying its farmers 175,000 Syrian pounds protest at rial tons of mostly Russian wheat this year, as local wheat procure- ($400) per tonne and additional 30,000 pounds in trans- ment is expected at around half a million tons, the country’s portation subsidies. internal trade minister said. Imports will mostly be Russian but “Our prices are more than excellent, it is around $225 per collapse Syria is also looking to buy Romanian and Bulgarian wheat, ton in Turkey, ours is almost $500,” he said. The import gap Abdullah Al-Gharbi told Reuters. will be fulfilled through international purchasing tenders TEHRAN: Traders in the Iranian capi- “We are still in the beginning of the season of local pur- announced by the state grain buyer, the General tal’s Grand Bazaar held a rare protest chasing, around 20 days or so have passed from the start Establishment for Cereal Processing and Trade (Hoboob). strike yesterday against the collapse of it, but we see our local purchases at between 500,000 Hoboob has already issued a tender with a July 2 deadline for of the rial on the foreign exchange tons to 600,000 tons this year,” Gharbi said. Gharbi also 200,000 tonnes of Russian, Romanian or Bulgarian wheat. market as demonstrators also took to said the country had strategic wheat reserves of more than Hoboob has stumbled on several previous tenders, fail- the streets. At a crossroads in central eight months. ing to buy wheat and citing high prices. Foodstuffs are not Tehran, police fired tear gas at dozens “This is an achievement, look at neighboring Egypt for restricted by Western sanctions on Assad’s government, of youths shouting slogans and example, they only have three months and Algeria have four,” but banking sanctions and asset freezes have made it diffi- throwing stones, an AFP photogra- he said. Syria, which was once self-sufficient in wheat under a cult for some trading houses to do business with Syria. pher said. TEHRAN: Iranian shops closed at the ancient Grand Bazaar. —AFP state-promoted policy, has had drastically lower production Trade with ally Russia poses fewer problems. “The demands of bazaar traders since the start of its multi-sided conflict. It used to produce 4 Gharbi said a deal with Russia to supply 3 million tons are legitimate. They want the situation million tons of wheat in a good year and was able to export 1.5 of wheat outside of the tender process that he had on the foreign exchange market to be Shops had their metal shutters protest in the Grand Bazaar, making million tons. The decline in output has put Bashar Al-Assad’s announced to Reuters in September was still underway clarified once and for all,” Abdollah down throughout the market, said 45- two arrests, according to another car- government under increasing pressure to import the grain. but no wheat had arrived yet. “We got all the agreements Esfiandari, head of the historical cov- year-old carpet trader who grew up pet merchant. Iran has faced mount- Reuters reported last week that Crimea has stepped up for this and we gave the direct order for the Russians to ered market’s administrative board, in the area. “It’s the first time in my life ing economic woes since the United grain exports to Syria over the past year in an arrangement start the imports but we haven’t received any quantities told ISNA news agency. He said the that I have seen this.” Iran’s currency States in May pulled out of a 2015 that gives the Black Sea peninsula an outlet for its surplus yet,” he said. “I think that after the harvest in Russia we protest was against “the high has plunged almost 50 percent in val- nuclear accord between Tehran and crops and ensures Assad has a reliable source of wheat. Flat will get some.” Another deal to trade Syrian fruits and exchange rate, foreign currency fluc- ue in the past six months, with the US world powers that lifted international bread is a subsidized staple for Syrians, who have suffered vegetables for Russian wheat was also in its final stages. tuations... goods being blocked at dollar now buying around 85,000 sanctions in exchange for a scaling under a conflict estimated to have killed several hundred thou- “The contracts with Russian firms for this are in their final customs, and the lack of clear criteria rials on the open market. “Anti-riot back of the Islamic republic’s atomic sand people and forced millions to flee their homes. stages,” he said. —Reuters for duties”. police intervened” to disperse a program. —AFP 12 Established 1961 Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Business Stocks sink on trade fears as oil prices drop by 2 pct China, auto shares take brunt of trade tensions

LONDON: World stocks sank yesterday, hit until US equities start to crumble and polls posed a national security threat. A senior by worries over a worsening trade dispute move against Trump,” ING strategists wrote European Commission official said on between the United States and other leading in a research note. A spread between Saturday that the European Union would economies, while crude oil prices fell by over approval and disapproval ratings of the US respond to any US move to raise tariffs on two percent as traders factored in an output President had reached its narrowest since cars made in the bloc. rise agreed by major exporters. The Wall March 2017, they noted. Street Journal said US President Donald Chinese shares were among the biggest Slippery oil Trump planned to bar many Chinese compa- losers, falling 1.27 percent and tumbling 3.7 Oil shed some of the gains posted on nies from investing in US technology firms and percent last week, as Trump threatened to hit Friday after OPEC and non-OPEC producers block additional technology exports to China. $200 billion of Chinese imports with 10 per- agreed a modest increase in production from The report hit Asian stocks overnight and cent tariffs. Policymakers in China moved fast next month. They did not however announce in London the pan-European STOXX 600 to temper any potential economic drag from a clear target for the output hike, leaving index was down by one percent by afternoon the dispute, as its central bank said on traders guessing how much more will actual- trade in London. S&P500 mini futures fell as Sunday it would cut the amount of cash some ly be pumped. OPEC and non-OPEC said in much as 0.6 percent while MSCI’s broadest banks must hold as reserves by 50 basis a statement they would raise supply by index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan points. That reduction in reserve require- returning to 100 percent compliance with fell by one percent to 6-1/2-month lows. ments, the third this year, had been widely previously agreed output cuts, after months Japan’s Nikkei lost 0.8 percent. anticipated by investors and is aimed at of underproduction. “Saturday’s OPEC+ Taking a particular hit on the trade ten- accelerating the pace of debt-for-equity press conference provided more clarity on sions was the European autos sector, falling swaps and spurring lending for smaller firms. the decision to increase production, with TOKYO: A man stands next to a stock indicator 1.9 percent and set for its seventh straight Despite the move, the CSI300 Index of main- guidance for a full 1 million bpd ramp-up in showing stock prices of Japanese companies listed day of losses after Trump said on Friday he land Chinese shares lost 0.8 percent, edging 2H18,” Goldman Sachs said in a note on on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. — AFP aimed to hike tariffs on EU car imports by 20 near the one-year low it touched on Friday. Sunday. “This is a larger increase than pre- percent. MSCI’s All-Country World index, Beijing has begun downplaying Made in sented Friday although the goal remains to which tracks shares in 47 countries, was China 2025, the state-backed industrial poli- stabilize inventories, not generate a surplus.” Europe’s biggest economy was darkening in the central bank’s independence given recent down 0.3 percent. As the threat of a full- cy that has provoked alarm in the West and US crude futures traded at $68.79 per bar- light of the threat of a global trade war. comments suggesting he wanted to take blown trade war has grown, the gauge has is core to Washington’s complaints about the rel, down 0.3 percent for the day after The dollar fell 0.4 percent to 109.60 yen, greater control of monetary policy. fallen in five of the last six weeks. Last week country’s technological ambitions, diplomatic Friday’s 4.6 percent rally. International earlier hitting its lowest levels in two weeks The lira traded at 4.68 to the dollar, up 1.7 it fell one percent - its biggest weekly drop and Chinese state media sources said. The benchmark Brent fell 1.5 percent, however, to as the Japanese currency firmed on concerns percent from 4.6625 at the end of last week. in three months. index of global auto manufacturers fell 0.7 $74.41 per barrel, giving up nearly half of its about the global trade frictions. The Turkish Bitcoin steadied after hitting seven-month percent. It lost 4.7 percent last week. Trump gains made on Friday. In the currency market lira gained up to 1.6 percent on expectations lows during the weekend as the security of Biggest losers threatened to impose a 20 percent tariff on the euro rose, up 0.2 percent at $1.1678. of a stable government after Tayyip Erdogan cryptocurrency exchange operators came “We suspect the Trump team will push Friday on all imports of EU-assembled cars, German business confidence deteriorated in and his ruling AK Party claimed victory in under more scrutiny. The digital currency fell ahead with these policies (which will elicit a month after his administration launched an June, a survey showed yesterday, suggesting presidential and parliamentary polls. But his as low as $5,780 overnight and last stood at reciprocal tariffs from China and the EU) investigation into whether auto imports the mood among company executives in victory kept alive worries about inflation and $6,209.63. — Reuters UK minister tells companies India speeds up to stop Brexit warnings environmental approvals in industry PEDAVEEDU: India is fast-tracking environ- mental clearances for projects like power plants and coal mines in a bid to propel growth, setting off alarm bells among envi- ronmentalists and affected residents who say the decisions are being made too quickly. In a country where state machinery typically moves slowly, the environment ministry under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has slashed the average time taken to grant clearances to 170 days from 600 days, said two government sources with direct knowl- edge of the matter. MUMBAI: Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond speaks at a panel “We’re standardizing processes and tak- discussion on ‘UK and India Growing Together - Raising Finance in London’. — AFP ing decisions swiftly,” said one of the offi- cials, who did not want to be named, citing government policy. “We know the basic The government halted construction activi- megawatt coal-fired power plant near the LONDON: Demonstrators wave the Union Flag as they participate in the People’s issues, and merely taking more time for ties in the capital and nearby cities to ease village of Pedaveedu that the environment March demanding a People’s Vote on the final Brexit deal. — AFP approvals does not mean much.” The envi- the pollution and by Friday afternoon it was ministry cleared in 78 days this year. ronment ministry did not respond to requests at 124, although that is still considered Environmentalists say it usually takes at least for comment. The push appears to be similar unhealthy. “The way in which in the last ten six months to clear such projects. The envi- LONDON: A British minister accused Airbus need to get behind Theresa May,” Health to U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to years government has allowed power plants ronment ministry did not respond to ques- and other major companies of issuing “com- Secretary Jeremy Hunt told the BBC. speed up infrastructure approvals - his to come up in the periphery of Delhi and its tions on the time taken for the approval. pletely inappropriate” threats and undermin- “The more that we undermine Theresa administration has said it wants environmen- surrounding region is a major contributor to “I won’t let this power plant be construct- ing Prime Minister Theresa May in a sign of May the more likely we to end up with a tal reviews for major projects to take no pollution,” said Sunil Dahiya, senior cam- ed,” said Mudavath Vui, a 60-year old growing tensions with businesses leaders fudge which will be absolute disaster for longer than 21 months, instead of years. paigner with Greenpeace. Lambada woman dressed in a bright blue over Brexit. Aircraft manufacturer Airbus last everyone,” he added. India’s industrial sector grew at 4.3 per- embroidered top with clinking bells and week issued its strongest warning over the German carmaker BMW has warned the cent last year but growth slowed from 4.6 Tribal protest coins and colorful beads around her neck. “I impact of Britain’s departure from the company would have to make contingency percent a year ago. The speedier approvals Projects across the country cleared by have seen my husband die from cancer and I European Union, saying a withdrawal without plans within months if the government did not come as some big-ticket infrastructure proj- the environment ministry this year include don’t want this plant to increase our suffer- a deal would force it to reconsider its long- soon clarify its post-Brexit position and ects face delays, including the proposed three new thermal power plants, a carbon ing.” Her community, which forms a major term position and put thousands of British German industrial group Siemens said it $100 billion Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor black manufacturing facility, two cement chunk of the population in three villages jobs at risk. urgently needs clarity on how its operations and the Japan-backed $17 billion bullet train. plants and the expansion of four coal mines, around the proposed site of the power plant Other European companies with major would have to be organized. Any loss of jobs from slowing growth could according to government data. “Faster clear- to be built by privately held MG Power operations in Britain have also started to The leaders of five major business lobby hurt Modi as he seeks a second term in 2019. ances can certainly compromise the quality Projects, has also been opposing two large speak out two years on from the Brexit vote, groups also warned the prime minister over Environmental group Greenpeace says of evaluation,” said Srestha Banerjee, pro- cement plants in the area that they accuse of voicing concerns over a lack of clarity on the the weekend that the ongoing uncertainty India’s construction sector and coal-fired gram manager at the private Centre for triggering respiratory and other problems. terms of trade when Britain leaves next about Brexit could cost the economy billions power plants are major contributors to rising Science and Environment. Groups of Lambada villagers frequently March. “It was completely inappropriate for of pounds. Hunt, a senior figure in the govern- levels of particulate matter in the air. The “By standardizing terms of references for gather around Pedaveedu to shout slogans businesses to be making these kinds of ment who is viewed as a potential future World Health Organisation says India is home various sectors the government has tried to against the power plant. They and activists threats for one very simple reason - we are in prime minister, dismissed “siren voices” who to the world’s 14 most polluted cities. The reduce time in the environment clearance said they plan to intensify protests against an absolutely critical moment in the Brexit say Brexit negotiations are not going well and PM10 index, which measures the concentra- process. This is not a bad step. But in order MG Power’s plant when construction starts. discussions and what that means is that we said people should ignore them. — Reuters tion of particulate matter of 10 microns diam- to reduce time, it has exempted public hear- An MG official said the company is yet to eter or less in the air, hit 999 in the capital ing for some important sectors. This is firm up plans on starting construction. New Delhi last week, the highest measure on extremely problematic.” In India’s villages Protests by villagers and local tribesmen monitoring devices. This coarse particulate and smaller towns, protests are mounting have also erupted at Vedanta’s copper Australia’s ANZ: We should have matter is mostly dust, which attaches to toxic against rapid industrialization because of the smelter in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, material from other emissions. environmental damage. where 13 activists were killed in a protest dealt better with our farm customers A level of 500 is considered “hazardous” The Lambada, a tribe in the southern last month, and at its bauxite mine in the and people are advised to remain indoors. state of Telangana, is opposing a 200 state of Odisha. — Reuters SYDNEY: Australia and New Zealand Banking Steinberg, told the inquiry, referring to the fact Group Ltd said it failed to talk thousands of that the bank was taking them on as cus- farm borrowers through a takeover of their for- tomers. “A lot of these Landmark customers mer lender, adding some customers may have have never dealt with a large financial institu- left if they knew it planned to hike fees imme- tion before, like ANZ. 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The bank Bangladesh Taka 0.003144 0.003945 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Georgian Lari 0.139424 0.139424 Iraqi Dinar 0.000197 0.000257 parliamentary scrutiny. But acknowledging it also told customers they were required to Hungarian 0.001143 0.001333 Chinese Yuan 0.044939 0.048439 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036888 0.039638 Jordanian Dinar 0.423411 0.432411 fell short of community expectations at the open an ANZ account. Asked about another Norwegian Krone 0.033425 0.038625 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Indian Rupee 0.003810 0.004582 Romanian Leu 0.064920 0.081770 Lebanese Pound 0.000156 0.000256 so-called Royal Commission adds to wide- ANZ internal document, read out at the Indonesian Rupiah 0.000017 0.000023 Russian ruble 0.004802 0.004802 Moroccan Dirhams 0.020532 0.044532 spread expectations that the inquiry will rec- inquiry, suggesting it planned to boost rev- Japanese Yen 0.002685 0.002865 Slovakia 0.009046 0.019046 Omani Riyal 0.781344 0.787024 ommend more regulation of rural lending, enue by A$6 million by hiking fees to Korean Won 0.000261 0.000276 Swedish Krona 0.030240 0.035240 Qatar Riyal 0.079005 0.083945 Malaysian Ringgit 0.071732 0.077732 Saudi Riyal 0.079780 0.081080 including a compulsory national farm debt Landmark customers, Steinberg said “the view Swiss Franc 0.300318 0.311318 mediation scheme. “We should have done a at the time was that the Landmark book at the Nepalese Rupee 0.002659 0.002999 Syrian Pound 0.001285 0.001506 Pakistan Rupee 0.001952 0.002722 Tunisian Dinar 0.112724 0.120724 better job of the way we communicated that time was relatively underpriced (and) there Australasia Philippine Peso 0.005496 0.005796 Turkish Lira 0.060223 0.070523 to Landmark customers,” ANZ’s head of cor- was an opportunity to have a revenue uplift Australian Dollar 0.216583 0.228583 Singapore Dollar 0.217889 0.227889 UAE Dirhams 0.081139 0.082839 porate and commercial lending, Benjamin through repricing”. — Reuters New Zealand Dollar 0.202729 0.212229 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001623 0.002203 Yemeni Riyal 0.000986 0.001066 Established 1961 13 Business Tuesday, June 26, 2018

NBK Economic Update Oman Outlook: Growth to pick up, but finances remain vulnerable Real growth is expected to accelerate to 3.5% in 2018 from 0.3% in 2017

KUWAIT: The government is commit- 1.0% in 2018. It should rise initially to ted to pursuing its diversification pro- about 3.0% in 2019 following the intro- gram, where the focus will increasingly duction of the VAT. be on downstream oil products, tourism and logistics. The non-oil economy Access to finance key to should, therefore, gain some traction, achieving sultanate’s ambition potentially expanding at an average of In view of tight public finances and 3.5% per year in 2018-2019. ambitious diversification plans, the gov- The opening of the new Muscat ernment will need to rely increasingly International Airport in 2018 is an impor- on debt, privatization and foreign tant step in the government’s plan to investment. For the time being, Oman increase the contribution of the tourism can still count on relatively easy access sector to Oman’s non-oil economy. The to international debt markets, but this is government intends to increase the number getting more expensive due to the sul- of tourists by more than 65% by 2020, tanate’s low sovereign rating and the from 3 million in 2017 to 5 million. higher interest rate environment. And it Meanwhile, the Duqm special economic will be much more difficult if the coun- zone has attracted strong interest, mainly try loses its investment grade status; from small and medium enterprises that will Moody’s, the rating agency, recently service the tourism and logistics sectors. downgraded Oman’s sovereign rating to Baa3, which is only one notch above Gas industry to play greater speculative grade, while S&P ranks the role in Oman’s future sultanate’s credit profile as speculative. A slew of recent natural gas discov- duction of the VAT. These effects last year. Despite Oman’s best efforts to Recognizing the risks in future pub- eries and new partnerships with inter- should be temporary, though, with the increase non-hydrocarbon revenue, the lic borrowing, the government has also national energy conglomerates high- pick-up in investment and government sultanate continues to depend on oil and turned to privatization as a potential lights the importance of the hydrocar- spending providing solid support for gas revenues, accounting historically for source of income, with six entities slat- bon sector. Oman is committed to the non-oil sector. more than 80% of total revenues. The ed for sale. developing its natural gas facilities and Fiscal deficit to narrow on higher oil government’s decision to postpone fiscal A partial equity stake sale in the new capitalizing on its advantageous geo- prices, but non-oil income growth con- reforms such as the value added tax airport and in the BP Khazan field are graphical location in the global LNG tinues to lag behind thanks to firmer oil (VAT), to 2019, on concerns that it being considered. However, the govern- supply chain, all the more so in view of prices-$65/bbl in 2018 and $60/bbl in would negatively affect consumer ment and its entities will still rely prima- the fact that its oil wells are ageing. The 2019 as per our own projections-Oman’s spending and the non-hydrocarbon sec- rily on debt markets for most of their country is also slowly diversifying its budget deficit should narrow to 7% of tor more broadly, did not help. Lower required financing. Oman issued $6.5 export destinations, hitherto almost GDP in 2018 and 8.5% of GDP in 2019 domestic demand and a weaker real billion earlier this year, its biggest exclusively Japan and South Korea. from close to an expected 15% of GDP estate market helped contain inflation to issuance to date, while publically owned These plans should boost growth over enterprises, such as Oman Gas and the medium-term. Oman Electricity, are seeking $1 billion In the meantime, Oman’s oil output and $1.2 billion, respectively, in-debt should see some increase this year from financing. Government debt is expected OPEC+’slikely decision soon to to rise to 47% of GDP in 2018 and 52% increase oil production (to prevent the in 2019. The domestic banking system is market from over-tightening) and from also poised to help facilitate the sul- the full launch of the BP Khazan tight tanate’s diversification drive, thanks to gas project. Full production capacity recent regulatory changes aimed at will likely be reached next year. boosting domestic lending. Consequently, oil sector GDP is fore- Indeed, in addition to other reforms, cast to expand by 3.1% in 2018 and the Central Bank of Oman allowed the 1.5% in 2019. inclusion of interbank deposits when Risks to non-oil growth are to the calculating lending ratios and lowered downside, however. The recent exten- the capital adequacy ratio to 11% from sion of an expatriate employment ban 12%. This is expected to stimulate bank has coincided with a slowdown in the lending and position Oman’s interbank real estate sector. Domestic demand system as a main pillar of its financial may also be impacted by the departure future. As such, private sector credit of expatriate labor, while next year growth, which averaged 4% last year, is should see some downward pressures expected to accelerate to an annual on the consumer sector with the intro- average of 7% in 2018-19.

growth with low inflation,” the BIS said in its Annual protectionist measures undermine overall confidence Protectionism Economic Report, which also warned of possible in the “open multilateral trading system.” “Indeed, trouble ahead. “An escalation of protectionist meas- there are signs that the rise in uncertainty associated ures... could trigger a fresh downturn,” the bank said. with the first protectionist steps and the ratcheting threatens ‘vintage’ The report was launched days after the European up of rhetoric have already been inhibiting invest- Union slapped tariffs on iconic US products includ- ment,” the BIS said. global growth ing bourbon, jeans and motorcycles in its opening Leading policymakers and analysts generally salvo in a trade war with President Donald Trump. agree that while limited tit-for-tat tariffs would be GENEVA: A year of “vintage” economic growth Brussels imposed the raft of duties on US prod- manageable, a full-out trade war would cripple could be undone by rising protectionism, the Bank of ucts worth 2.8 billion euros ($3.3 billion) in a tit-for- growth. BIS general manager Agustin Carstens International Settlements (BIS) said Sunday, as fears tat response to Trump’s decision to slap stiff tariffs credited free and open trade with laying “the foun- of an all-out global trade war ramp up. The BIS, often on European steel and aluminum exports. Within dation for much of the global progress in improving described as the central bank of central banks, cred- hours, Trump responded with a threat to impose a living standards,” and urged policymakers to safe- ited “a decade of extraordinary monetary policy,” for 20 percent tariff on cars imported from the guard it. Based in Basel, Switzerland, the BIS is leading the world out of the 2008 financial crisis. European Union. But the BIS underscored that the owned by the central banks of 60 top global That culminated in 2017 with “a vintage year for consequences could be devastating if reciprocal economies. — AFP 14 Established 1961 Business Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Nissan Al Babtain employees demonstrate true spirit of competition at national skills contests

KUWAIT: Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al-Babtain Co, was awarded for the best performing branch. Shamon Paul (Gold), Aneesh Antony (Silver), Kiran the sole authorized dealer of Nissan in the State of CEO of Al Babtain group Mr. Saleh Al Babtain Swaminathan (Bronze) followed by Mohammed Kuwait is proud to announce its national skills con- said - “Our staff are pivotal to our constant efforts Ghouse Alauddin (Gold), Mohammed El Homsani tests winners who will proceed to participate in the to deliver exceptional customer service and the (Silver) and Jayesh K.P (Bronze) under NISAC. Nissan regional skills competitions to be held in reason behind our success. Our frontline staff act Under the categories of NIPEC and NISEC, the Dubai from 25th to 28th July 2018 as brand ambassadors being the face and voice of achievers were Akhil Thykkoth (Gold), Ranju The annual skills contests comprises of four our organization while providing unparalleled Krishnan (Silver) and Sadik Aboobakker(Bronze) competitions - Nissan Service Technician customer experience services in sales and after- and Rami Salah Osman (Gold), Emad Abdullah Excellence Competency Award (NISTEC) for tech- sales. Our technicians ensure that every complaint (Silver) and Jalal Mguildi (Bronze) respectively. nicians, Nissan Sales Executive Excellence is diagnosed accurately and fixed right ‘the first The Kuwait based contest was attended by Competency Award (NISEC) for sales executives, time and on time.’ The Nissan annual contests senior management of the Al Babtain group includ- Nissan Parts Executive Excellence Competency help our staff to hone these skills and demonstrate ing Al-Babtain Chief Human Resources Officer, Mr Award (NIPEC) for parts executives and Nissan their expertise among peers. I wish all contestants Abdul Mohsen Abdulaziz Al-Babtain, General Service Advisor Excellence Competency Award good luck and exhort them to make us proud at Manager of Automotive division Mr Laurent Pernet (NISAC) for service advisors. For the first time, all the regionals.” and Nissan Regional Office delegates Ms Fatma four contests were held simultaneously in the same The contest is a regular platform to constantly Zenagui, Deputy General Manager Sales and venue - a feat that has never been done before in challenge every Nissan Al Babtain personnel to Marketing, Mr David Graves, Director Aftersales, the region. Thus Dr. Meyyapen Mahendhran perform to the best of their abilities and raise the Mr Surendra Acharya Deputy General Manager received an award of appreciation from Nissan Gulf bar of excellence in their area of operations. Aftersales, Mr Pieter Maritz Customer Experience as recognition of the outstanding event. Also, Mr. Displaying exceptional quality of expertise, the General Manager and Maria Fernandez. Customer Mustafa Farag Service Manager Shuwaikh branch winners of this year’s contests under NISTEC were Experience Deputy General Manager.

Panasonic’s ER-GK60 3-in-1 Al Tijari announces the winner body trimmer to takes male Al-Najma prize program draw grooming to the next level KUWAIT: Commercial Bank of Kuwait KUWAIT: The male grooming trend in Kuwait the skin to protect it from injury. Moreover, announced the winner of the weekly draw as continues to evolve and Panasonic has the edges of the fixed blade are wide and follows: Weekly Draw prize KD 5,000 -Aref unveiled the perfect tool that would not only rounded to ensure a minimum skin irritation, Nasser Roiss Khalifah. The draw was con- appeal to the contemporary Kuwaiti men but with its gaps purposely-designed to be nar- ducted in the presence of Ministry of also comprehensively address their hygiene row, thus making it hard for skin to get acci- Commerce and Industry representative and styling needs. Introducing Panasonic’s dentally caught when shaving. Latifa Al Jeean. Al-Najma Account was ER-GK60 the 3-in-1 Body Trimmer, designed Ken Kawamoto - General Manager, recently revamped by adding several bene- to tame your body hair while gently protect- PMMAF said, “Kuwait continues to be a key fits to the prize program through which now ing your skin. market for us, especially with its growing the account provides its customers the Developed with advanced precision tech- tech-savvy consumer base. The ER-GK60, want. There are the 3mm and 6mm comb chance to win the biggest annual cash prize nology, the ER-GK60 features an industry- with its advanced features and innovative attachments ideal for chest, arms and legs, as offered by a bank in Kuwait and over the first i-shape design for easy, precise shaving design, was developed with the needs of an well as the attachment with rounded tips globe as much as 1 million and half Kuwaiti of hard-to-reach body areas. The trimmer’s impeccably groomed man in mind. We take skin protective blade has a thickness of just pride in the superior Panasonic blade technol- designed for areas around the groin. The trim- dinar(1,500,000) so that customers’ dreams 0.1mm, which allows users to trim closely to ogy that takes inspiration from the Katana mer’s slim-line design and a sure-grip handle can easily turn to reality. the skin for an extremely clean, smooth and (the Japanese long sword of the Samurai). We ensures easy trimming control, while its water- The bank stated that the account prizes comfortable feel. Its protective blades catch have also combined craftsmanship and high- proof design allows for safe and convenient this year is featured by the highest cash prize body hairs while preventing skin irritation. tech in grip design to help you enjoy your grooming even in the shower. The ER-GK60 and diversity of prizes throughout the year The ER-GK60’s fixed blade(bottom blade) everyday style.” 3-in-1 Body Trimmer is now available in Kuwait clarifying that Al-Najma Account will offer guards the skin, helping to prevent the mov- The ER-GK60 comes with three attach- at all Best Al-Yousifi Electronics Showrooms as weekly prize of KD 5,000 & monthly prize able blade (upper blade) from the touching ments to ensure users trim to the lengths they well as all authorized distributors. of KD 20,000 and a semi-annual prize of Now CBK existing customers can open KD 500,000 for which the draw will be held Al-Najma Account through Al-Tijari Online on 1st July 2018 in addition to the grand and enter all draws without visiting the prize (the biggest prize in the world) of KD Bank branch. However, CBK non-customers 1,500,000 for which the draw will be held in can submit account opening application via Rebooting Germany: Where January 2019. the Bank’s website where the Bank’ Sales Al-Najma Account can be opened by Unit will call them to arrange visit to the Europe’s most powerful depositing KD 100, and customer should customers to complete the account opening maintain a minimum amount of KD 500 to be formalities. eligible to enter all draws on Al-Najma Customers can obtain further information economy is falling behind Account prizes. As for the chances of win- on Al-Najma Account by either calling the MASSEN-NIEDERLAUSITZ: Until March of this modernize, they said, with firms too busy meeting ning, the more balance a customer maintains Service Center or by visiting the Bank’s year, goods arriving at family engineering firm orders today to plan for a digital future. in Al Najma Account, the more chances the website www.CBK.com and they can also Zemmler Siebanlagen in eastern Germany gener- Government data shows the extent of the prob- INGOLSTADT: In this file photo taken on May 22, account holder will get to win, where each visit their nearest CBK branch where the ated piles of paperwork and hours of manual lem. A government fund created to expand 2014 Martin Winterkorn (L), then Chairman of KD 25 will give the customer one chance to Bank staff will be ready to serve them and cross checks. These days, stockman Ronny Mucha Germany’s broadband network managed to spend the Supervisory Board of the German car pro- win, the account also offers additional bene- respond to their queries. It is known that all records deliveries on a specially designed tablet only three percent of the money available last year, ducer Audi and Volkswagen’s CEO, and Audi fits like the ATM card, a credit card against details & information related to the latest application that immediately updates other figures in a Jan. 23 letter from the deputy finance CEO Rupert Stadler attend the company’s annu- customer’s account and all CBK banking offers & services launched by the Bank is departments. It takes a fraction of the time. minister at the time, Jens Spahn, to a fellow law- al general meeting. — AFP services that customer can enjoy. also available on the Bank’s social sites. The firm’s founder, Heiko Zemmler, credits a maker showed. Spahn has since said Germany is government-backed scheme with “taking us up to 20 years behind U.S. competitors, with many through a psychological barrier” about digital managers stuck in the “fax age.” Even Germany’s business models cannot be implemented, plain and technology. The inventory application is just a car industry is feeling the threat. In the past, simple,” Horn said. beginning, hopes Zemmler. One day he wants his Chinese firms sought to learn from German car- According to the OECD, just 16 percent of welders and assembly line workers to be able to makers. But on a trip to China in May, Merkel was German firms use cloud services, “a key produc- Harley-Davidson to move access design plans and lists of parts on a shared so struck by China’s progress in data processing tivity enhancer.” That’s well below the OECD platform. That’s all common enough in modern that she asked for Chinese help to develop electric average of 25 percent and far behind countries some production out of factories from California to South Korea. But and autonomous vehicles. China has yet to commit. including Finland (57 percent), Sweden (48 per- there’s a problem. Zemmler needs high-speed To be sure, Germany has shown an enviable cent) and Japan (45 percent). “If you don’t have internet capable of carrying large quantities of ability to adapt to political, economic and techno- the infrastructure, you cannot have a successful US to avoid EU tariffs data to make the switch. “Broadband has come to logical challenges over the decades. At the turn of digitalization of the economy,” said OECD tele- many people, but unfortunately not to us,” he said the century, it was called “the sick man of coms and internet expert Verena Weber. MILWAUKEE: Harley-Davidson Inc said ness in the region,” the company said. at his plant in the Brandenburg region, not far Europe,” with an inflexible labour market that Germany’s coalition government has pledged to yesterday it would move production of Struggling to overcome a slump in US from the Polish border. weighed on productivity. Chancellor Gerhard provide high-speed gigabit internet access across motorcycles shipped to the European demand, Harley has been aiming to boost Europe’s most powerful economy, at the fore- Schroeder’s government responded by shaking up Germany by 2025. It aims to develop a fibre optic Union from the United States to its interna- sales of its iconic motorcycles overseas to front of industrial innovation for decades, is strug- the welfare system to encourage more people into network to all corners of the country. Japan has 76 tional facilities and forecast the trading 50 percent of total annual volume from gling to adapt to the digital age, and its policy- the workforce. It turned out well: Germany percent of its broadband via fibre, Latvia 62 per- bloc’s retaliatory tariffs would cost the about 43 percent currently. In January, the makers are worried. Zemmler’s experience encap- regained competitiveness and profited from cent and Sweden 58 percent, compared to just two sulates two key obstacles to change here. It took a demand in the industrialising world for its high- percent in Germany, OECD data show. Efforts to company $90 million to $100 million a year. company announced the closure of a plant upgrade Germany’s internet with state-of-the art The shift in production is an unintended in Kansas City, Missouri as part of a con- nudge by the government to get him to embrace end engineering products. Unemployment has fall- digital technology in the first place. And, now that en from above five million in 2005 to less than half fibre technology are coming late partly because consequence of US President Donald solidation plan after its motorcycle ship- he has done so, his plans are being frustrated by a that level now. “Germany has overcome much big- Germany’s telecoms industry regulator, BNetzA, Trump’s administration imposing tariffs on ments fell to their lowest level in six years. woeful broadband network. ger problems before,” said Carsten Nickel, man- allowed Deutsche Telekom, the former national European steel and aluminum early this In 2017, Harley sold nearly 40,000 new A 2017 study by the Organisation for aging director at consultancy Teneo Intelligence. network monopoly, to use an intermediate solution month, a move designed to protect US jobs. motorcycles in Europe which accounted for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) “But it did so by not shying away from, at times, called “vectoring technology” to increase the In response to the US tariffs, the 14 percent of the company’s sales last year. ranked Germany 29th out of 34 industrialised radical change. That, in turn, requires agency and bandwidth of existing copper lines instead of run- European Union began charging import The revenues from EU countries were sec- economies for fast internet connections. Japan and political leadership. Schroeder ultimately lost his ning fibre all the way into homes and offices. duties of 25 percent on a range of US prod- ond only to the United States. Harley said South Korea lead the pack. Chancellor Angela job over his economic reforms. It would probably Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said in May the ucts including big motorcycles like Harley’s ramping-up production at its overseas Merkel has made fixing Germany’s digital defi- be a stretch to claim that a comparable willingness government would use higher-than-expected tax on June 22. In a regulatory filing yesterday, international plants will require incremental ciencies a priority for her fourth and likely final for bold political leadership exists in Merkel’s revenues to start a digitalization fund into which the Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based company investments and could take at least nine to term, saying “our future prosperity depends on it.” Berlin today.” Indeed, Merkel has spent much of his ministry would transfer 2.4 billion euros ($2.85 said the retaliatory duties would result in an 18 months. In interviews, company bosses and senior policy- her political capital this year trying to defuse a billion) this year. The fund will be increased by incremental cost of about $2,200 per aver- The company will provide more details makers set out the scale of the challenge the gov- row in her coalition over immigration policy. revenues generated from the auction of 5G ernment faces and explained why German firms mobile licences. But throwing money at the prob- age motorcycle exported from the United of the financial implications of retaliatory lem is not guaranteed to fix it, as shown by the States to the European Union, but it would EU tariffs and plans to offset their impact have been slow to adopt digital technology to Money to spend store and share data and manage workflow. Alexandra Horn’s team at the BVMW Jan. 23 letter from Spahn, the deputy finance not raise retail or wholesale prices for its on July 24 when its second-quarter earnings The paucity of high-speed internet was one Mittelstand association of small and mid-size firms minister at the time. It revealed that of the 689 dealers to cover the costs of the tariffs. are due, the filing said. Trump vowed to barrier, they said. Others included government worked with Zemmler to introduce the inventory million euros set aside by the government for The company expects the tariffs to result make the iconic motorcycle maker great inefficiency and a reluctance among small and application his company now uses. It is part of a broadband investment, only 22 million was used in incremental costs of $30 million to $45 again when he took office last year. In late mid-size firms, Germany’s “Mittelstand,” to government-backed scheme called “Digital last year. Policymakers and company bosses million for the rest of 2018, the filing said. April, Harley said Trump’s metal tariffs embrace new ways of working. Added to that, Together.” Horn says she has sometimes been met complain that tender operations for subsidies can “Harley-Davidson believes the tremendous would inflate its costs by an additional $15 years of surveillance by the Nazis and then the with laughter when taking this digitalization drive be so slow and complex that federal funds often cost increase, if passed onto its dealers and million to $20 million this year on top of Communists have left many Germans suspicious of to firms outside the main cities like Berlin, where a go unused. Chancellor Merkel agreed. “We must retail customers, would have an immediate already rising raw material prices that it data sharing. There’s also a paradox at work: healthy startup scene masks slow progress else- speed up approval procedures” for investment, and lasting detrimental impact to its busi- expected at the start of the year. — Reuters Germany’s strong economy is blocking efforts to where. Because of poor internet speeds, “digital she said in May. — Reuters Established 1961 15 Technology Tuesday, June 26, 2018 As Facebook ages, teens are looking elsewhere to connect ‘Today, their habits revolve less around a single platform’

SAN FRANCISCO: Manon, 17, has a other social networks with 71 percent of the of 2018 jumped 63 percent from a year ago to Facebook account but to connect with her teen segment. $5 billion, and total revenues increased 49 friends she turns to other social networks like “The social media environment among percent to $11.97 billion. And the California Instagram or Snapchat. “I don’t use it to post teens is quite different from what it was just company has been moving to become more status updates or personal information,” the three years ago,” said Pew researcher Monica diversified, with its “family” of apps that San Francisco teen says. Manon maintains her Anderson. “Back then, teens’ social media use include Instagram, Messenger and Facebook account to be able to stay in touch mostly revolved around Facebook. Today, WhatsApp, and virtual reality gear from its with the large number of users on the huge their habits revolve less around a single plat- Oculus division. social network and as a “gateway” to log into form.” The breakup of teens and Facebook To connect with younger audiences, other apps. was occurring before the latest scandals Facebook has launched a parentally controlled “But to communicate with my friends, it’s which have hit Facebook over hijacked user Messenger Kids app for those too young to Snapchat,” the high schooler said. “Everyone data and propagation of misinformation. have their own Facebook account, and recent- says Facebook is out of date. I think it’s According to a Forrester Research survey ly expanded that to Peru and Canada. because all the parents are on Facebook.” As 34 percent of US online youth view Facebook Facebook is also moving to challenge Facebook has grown into a network of more “as a website for old people and parents.” “US YouTube, and potentially other services like than two billion people globally it has lost its online youth regard Facebook as utility, while Netflix, with original video on its own plat- luster for younger users who made up a core form and on Instagram, which now has one base. While Facebook has become one of the other networks that deliver niche value steal billion users. world’s most valuable and powerful compa- attention from Facebook’s broad platform,” With 2.2 billion users, Facebook still has a nies, it’s no longer seen as a cool destination said Forrester’s Anjali Lai in a research note. for teens, who are turning to Snapchat and “Established social networks face an image big lead over Snapchat, with 191 million users Instagram, which is owned by Facebook. problem.” A separate report by the research at the end of March, and Twitter with 336 mil- According to a Pew Research Center sur- firm eMarketer came to a similar conclusion, lion.”Snapchat has a lot of growing to do vey this year, 51 percent of US teens ages 13 estimating that Facebook would lose some before it can really be a huge challenger to This file photo taken on March 21, 2018 shows Instagram logos on a screen in to 17 use Facebook, compared with 72 per- two million US users under age 24 this year. Facebook,” said Debra Williamson, social Kuala Lumpur. — AFP cent for Instagram and 69 percent who are on media analyst at eMarketer. But the trends Snapchat. The survey found 85 percent used Still king globally show services like Instagram and Snapchat- With Snapchat, “you can add animation, Manon said she also likes Instagram because the Google video sharing service YouTube. Facebook remains king of the social media which has grown beyond its original offering special effects, that’s what’s interesting for it is “more about creativity, people who The landscape has shifted since a 2014-15 space and is still growing, though more slowly of disappearing messages-have become the my generation,” said 16-year-old Charlotte, make music or photography can post what Pew survey which found Facebook leading than in past years. Its profit in the first quarter new, cool place for young smartphone users. another San Francisco high school student. they do.” —AFP

Cisco releases new developer China’s Didi steps up capabilities challenge to Uber across its platform with Australia push

MELBOURNE: Chinese ride-sharing giant Didi has DUBAI: Cisco announced that it has released new developer intensified its drive for global business, launching in capabilities across its intent-based networking platform. Melbourne Monday as it joins rivals Uber, Taxify and These advancements underscore Cisco’s continued progress Ola in Australia’s taxi market. Didi Chuxing claims to be in delivering an open, programmable platform that spans the the world’s leading mobile transportation platform with entire network, from campus to data center, branch to edge. more than 450 million users, and its latest expansion is By providing an open network, Cisco is empowering part of attempts to rival American behemoth Uber. 500,000 developers, 60,000 partners and three million net- The Beijing-based firm launched in Mexico this year work engineers to innovate upon the platform. and entered the Brazilian market when it bought 99 Intent-based networking represents a fundamental shift Taxis. It is also in partnership with other players cover- in the way networks are built and managed. Moving away ing more than 1,000 cities around the world. “Didi’s from the manual, time-intensive methods by which net- entry into Australia marks a new milestone in its out- works are traditionally managed, these modern networks reach to global communities,” the company said in a capture business intent and translate it into network poli- statement. Didi-which last year became Asia’s most cies. These policies are then automatically activated across valuable start-up company-has been in a fierce battle the entire infrastructure, with the assurance that the busi- with Uber in the growing ride-hailing market. The US ness intent was delivered as planned. Now, developers can more easily create a new generation Business leaders and developers alike can use this online firm sold its operations in China in 2016 in return for a “Intent-based networking represents the next genera- of network-aware applications, and partners can integrate portal to discover partner solutions that span all Cisco plat- stake in Didi’s business, which says it has more than 21 tion of open, IP-based systems that we’ve seen can change the network into business processes. forms and products. It contains over 1,300 solutions. million drivers on its platform globally. Uber has also the actual fabric of society,” said David Goeckeler, execu- ● ● Streamline IT processes across functions: DNA DevNet Code Exchange gives developers a place to retreated from Southeast Asia, selling its business in the tive vice president and general manager of Cisco’s Center helps enable network IT administrators to access and share software to quickly build next-genera- region in March to rival Singapore-based Grab. — AFP Networking and Security Business. “Cisco is building an exchange information to automate processes across IT tion applications and workflow integrations. A curated list open architecture that will power an ecosystem to acceler- systems through software adapters. Now, IT can move of sample code, adaptors, tools, and SDKs is available on ate intent-based networking innovation. Already, our cus- resources from operation to innovation. GitHub and written by Cisco and the DevNet community. tomers and partners are creating value from their net- ● Managing multi-vendor networks: DNA Center gives Code Exchange spans Cisco’s entire portfolio and is works in ways they thought weren’t possible as recently as developers and partners the flexibility to support multi- organized according to Cisco platform and product areas. one year ago.” vendor networks via a software developer kit (SDK). This ● DevNet DNA Developer Center is a one-stop-shop allows customers to simplify the complexity of heteroge- for developers to build applications and integrations on Announcing the DNA Center platform neous networks and manage them consistently, as a single the DNA Center platform. It provides comprehensive Today, Cisco is releasing new developer tools and open system. resources, capabilities, use cases and learning materials for APIs into Cisco DNA(tm) Center - the command and con- Already, 15 Cisco partners have built innovative solu- developers. trol center for campus, branch and edge intent-based net- tions on the DNA Center platform and are demonstrating works. DNA Center turns the network from a combination them at Cisco Live. Announcing the largest developer Availability, Services and Support of hardware devices into a single system. With the avail- community for intent-based networking Cisco is also ● The new DNA Center capabilities are scheduled to ability of network-wide APIs, Cisco now allows develop- announcing that its developer community, DevNet, has be available during the summer of 2018. Customers can ers to easily program this system, tapping into all of the surpassed 500,000 members. In building this large and purchase these new capabilities from Cisco and its part- analytics and insight the network can provide. active community, Cisco has introduced a new source of ners via existing subscription offers. MELBOURNE: Jian Lu from Chinese ride-sharing giant With a rich API catalog, DNA Center allows customers innovation as the network becomes increasingly program- ● DevNet’s Ecosystem Exchange, Code Exchange, and Didi Mobility demonstrates the Didi app on his smart- to protect and inform their business like never before. mable. Today, Cisco is announcing three new developer DNA Developer Center are available now. phone. — AFP ● Elevating network intelligence into business opera- initiatives to fuel its innovation ecosystem: ● Cisco and its partners offer a full lifecycle of services tions: DNA Center helps enable developers to program the ● DevNet Ecosystem Exchange makes it easy to find and to help customers streamline the journey to truly intent- network as a single system through intent-based APIs. share an application or solution built for Cisco platforms. based networks. Uber battles to keep to upgrade China’s capabilities in should have as many ways and opportuni- US plans limits advanced information technology, aero- London license in YouTube offers ties to make money as possible,” he said. space, marine engineering, pharmaceuti- Viewers will pay $4.99 a month for cals, advanced energy vehicles, robotics channel memberships giving them on Chinese and other high-technology industries. court appeal creators new access to exclusive content including The Wall Street Journal also said the livestreams, extra videos or shout-outs investment in US US Commerce Department and National LONDON: Uber went to court yesterday to overturn a ways to earn on channels with more than 100,000 Security Council were proposing decision stripping it of its license in London after being subscribers. Creators will also be able to “enhanced” export controls to keep technology firms ruled unfit to run a taxi service in its most important sell merchandise like shirts or phone such technologies from being shipped to money European market. Regulator Transport for London (TfL) cases directly on their channels, the China. Spokespersons for the Treasury, shocked the Silicon Valley firm last September by refusing company said. YouTube returns a small Commerce Department and the White SAN FRANCISCO: YouTube, often criti- WASHINGTON: The US Treasury to renew its license, citing failings in its approach to part of its advertising revenue to content House did not immediately respond to cized for not compensating creators well Department is drafting curbs that would reporting serious criminal offences and to background creators who regularly accuse the plat- Reuters’ requests for comment on the enough, will allow them to set up paid block firms with at least 25 percent checks on drivers. form of giving them only crumbs. The proposed restrictions. The government channel memberships, the company said Chinese ownership from buying US Uber, backed by Goldman Sachs and BlackRock site is facing increasing competition official said the Treasury would invoke recently. Currently the vast majority of companies with “industrially significant among others and valued at over $70 billion, has faced from other platforms using more and the International Emergency Economic revenue at the Google-owned service technology,” a government official protests, bans and restrictions around the world as it more video. YouTube says it has more Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) to devise comes from advertising and that will briefed on the matter said on Sunday. challenges traditional operators and angers some unions. than 1.9 billion users but the figure only the restrictions. remain a focus, said Neal Mohan, The official, whose comments matched a In London, the firm has made several changes to its counts those who log in via their The act gives the president sweeping YouTube’s chief products officer. “But we report by the Wall Street Journal, business model since losing its license, including the accounts. —AFP authority to restrict assets based on also want to think beyond ads. Creators emphasized that the Chinese ownership introduction of 24/7 telephone support and the proac- national security concerns. IEEPA was threshold may change before the tive reporting of serious incidents to the city’s police. It invoked broadly after the 9/11 attacks in restrictions are announced on Friday. has also changed its senior management and apologized 2001 to cut off financing for terrorist The move marks another escalation for mistakes. networks. The Journal said the adminis- of President Donald Trump’s trade con- Uber’s lawyer Thomas de la Mare said the company tration would look only at new deals and flict with China, which threatens to roil accepted the September ruling and the focus of the would not try to unwind existing ones, financial markets and dent global appeal should be on the reforms it had made since then. adding that the planned investment bar growth. Tariffs on $34 billion worth of “It’s no part of our case to say it was wrong. We accept it would not distinguish between Chinese Chinese goods, the first of a potential was right,” de la Mare told Westminster Magistrates state-owned and private companies. total of $450 billion, are due to take Court in London. “It’s that acceptance that has led to The White House on May 29 said the effect on July 6 over US complaints that wholesale change in the way that we conduct our busi- Trump administration would press ahead China is misappropriating US technolo- ness.” While the appeal process is ongoing, Uber can with restrictions on investment by gy through joint venture rules and other continue to operate in London. The appeal is due to be Chinese companies in the United States policies. heard over three days and will hear from witnesses as well as “enhanced” export controls The Treasury investment restrictions including Uber’s UK Chairman Laurel Powers-Freeling, for goods exported to China, with are expected to target key sectors, UK Head of Cities Fred Jones and TfL’s Interim Director details to be announced by June 30. It WEST HOLLYWOOD: Missi Pyle attends a private party celebrating hit YouTube including several China is trying to of Licensing Helen Chapman. After its application for a also said it would unveil a revised list of Originals “Cobra Kai”, “Impulse” and “Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes On develop as part of its “Made in China five-year license was rejected last year, the company is Chinese goods for tariffs, which it did on Television” at The London West Hollywood. — AFP 2025” industrial plan, the US official now seeking an 18-month one to prove to the authorities June 15. —Reuters said. Among its objectives, the plan aims that it has reformed. —Reuters 16 Established 1961

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

You may experience a sense of importance, emotional depth, and power in You feel as though you can accomplish anything you set your mind to. You your relationships today. Be sure to let others know how you truly feel and what they are driven and focused. You don’t meet a stranger. People are drawn to you and you mean to you. You have a strong desire for intimacy and need to know you are needed. make friends easily. You are a people person. You may find yourself in a position where You also need to remember you have needs too. It is okay to be vulnerable and share this you are led to take step out of your comfort zone and take a chance on an emotional lev- with those close to you. This vulnerability could lead to a much deeper connection with el that may lead to a great reward. Deep reflection into your past and emotions may find someone close to you. You may find your ideas and thoughts to be creative and bold you with a new outlook on life and love and find you at peace with all around you. You today. This is a great day for you to make some awesome choices regarding your future. find yourself at peace with who you are as a person and find that others are drawn to you as a result. This is a wonderful time in life for you.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Scorpio (October 23-November 21) You have done well. You work hard, you love hard and you have developed a desire for the finer things in life. Financially, this is a very good time for you. Be conser- vative with your spending and resist the urge to bring home everything that catches your You may feel as if you are encountering negativity and not everyone is sup- eye. Today may be the day the answer to that big decision you have been trying to make portive when it comes to very sensitive issues you are dealing with in your life. These seems to slap you in the face. You seem to not only be completing in touch with your issues are very personal, and you may just be sharing with the wrong people. You will emotions but also the emotions of those around you. You are content and extremely hap- find someone close to you who will serve as a confidant who is extremely understanding py with your position in life and where you are headed. Hard work pays off, Taurus, and and supportive of all that makes you unique. Scorpio, now is a great time to think outside you seem to be currently reaping the benefits of yours. of the box and follow that new path or project that is calling your name.

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Dancers from China’s Guangxi Cultural and Art Troupe perform during international music festival, at the Abdulhusain Abdulredha theatre in Kuwait City on June 24, 2018. — AFP Bodybuilding: The pursuit of beauty in war-torn Kabul

indi music pumps from the speakers as dozens of Despite a surge in bombings and suicide attacks, life goes Afghan men grunt and sweat their way through a on, he says, and young Afghans want to “make their mark”. workout beneath the watchful eye of a young One way is through sporting success. So, along with Afghan bodybuilders competing in a bodybuilding and fitness contest in Kabul. HArnold Schwarzenegger, whose muscle-bound Schwarzenegger, other stars from Hollywood and image hangs from the wall. The scene inside this Kabul gym Bollywood such as Sylvester Stallone and Salman Khan are by the country’s Olympic Committee in the 1970s. “Nowadays, bodybuilding clubs are everywhere in the is repeated at venues all-round the capital, where body- held up as heroes, and the gyms stay busy for hours, filled It is a long career, and at times a lonely one. Though city, and everyone has made a gym of his own,” he says. building has become ubiquitous since the fall of the with music and camaraderie as men tone their bodies to now a trainer himself, guiding hundreds of Afghan youths He has trained hundreds of bodybuilders in his career, but Taleban regime. The sport has a long tradition in perfection. through lifts and crunches, he never had the guidance of is suspicious of new methods employed by many young Afghanistan, and was even tolerated by the Taleban when one. Years ago he made the equipment and dumbbells in Afghans, including taking protein supplements to boost they ruled the country from 1996-2001 — so long as the The old days his gym from spare car parts as there was no place to their abilities. “I believe if you do sport or exercise natu- men wore long trousers as they lifted. But as security dete- It was not always so. Afghan bodybuilding legend Aziz buy them. “I have been a teacher of myself,” he says, rally, it is better than protein,” he says, warning of detri- riorated and the initial euphoria after the US invasion dissi- Arezo reminisces about his time as a teenage lifter, when adding that his dumbbells are “more efficient than for- mental side effects. “Before my workout... I was drinking pated into stress, trauma and loss, more and more young there were “very, very few people” in the capital who knew eign dumbbells”. carrot and banana juice, and post-training, I was taking men took to the gym. anything about the sport. He himself was only inspired to Under Taleban rule, he worked for four months in two eggs, three glasses of milk, one bowl of beans and “Everyone, everywhere in Afghanistan, wants to have a take it up after seeing movies and posters featuring for- Kabul before eventually fleeing again, fearing their lentils, and it was everyday food for me,” he says. beautiful body shape, and this sport is a favorite sport for eigners such as Schwarzenegger. “Arnold was my... role restrictions despite their views on bodybuilding. “Today’s bodybuilding is not natural.” every young man,” says Hares Mohammadi, a law and model,” he says, smiling as he remembers how expensive political science student turned champion bodybuilder who postcards featuring the star were. Speaking to AFP is also a trainer at one gym in Kabul. The 25-year-old, between lifting weights at his small gym in Kabul, Arezo- dressed in grey, strikes different poses showing off his his physique not quite what it was in his glorious body- Arnold was my... role model carefully honed muscles, and warms up his chest and building past-reels off his long list of accolades, including shoulders ahead of a regional bodybuilding competition. being named Afghanistan’s first master sport bodybuilder

Stress and frustration Regardless of the method, sport can help ease the psy- chological trauma of nearly four decades of war, says Ali Fitrat, a psychology professor at Kabul University. Afghans are stressed socially, culturally, financially and politically, he said, citing fighting, insecurity and poor economic condi- tions as some of the most devastating factors. As such, he says sports such as bodybuilding can play a “vital role”. But, like Mohammadi, he also suggests that young men in particular have a strong desire to make their mark. “They want to show their bodies, they want to attract the attention of the people, and they want to have different looks and to look different than the others,” he said. However, security continues to deteriorate in Kabul, where both the Taleban and the Islamic State group have stepped up their attacks. Many fearful residents now limit their movements. Arezo says his gym’s membership has shrunk. “Nowadays people are concerned about fleeing the coun- try rather than taking up sport,” he says. — AFP

An Afghan bodybuilder posing after competing in a body- Afghan bodybuilders warming up as they prepare to compete Afghan bodybuilders warming up as they prepare to compete building and fitness contest in Kabul. — AFP photos in a bodybuilding and fitness contest in Kabul. in a bodybuilding and fitness contest in Kabul. 20 Established 1961 Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Lifestyle Music & Movies

Bollywood film producer Boney Kapoor (center) receives the award for best performance in a leading role - female in behalf of his late wife and actress Sridevi for her role in ‘Mom’ while Bollywood actress Kriti Sanon (right) and Tarun Garg (left) executive director Maruti Suzuki and executive vice president of Nexa looks on during the IIFA Awards of the 19th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) festival at the Siam Niramit Theatre in Bangkok on June 24, 2018. Bollywood actress Rekha (center orange dress) performs with other actors and actresses at the closing of the IIFA Awards. — AFP photos

Bollywood actress Rekha (center) performs. Konkona Sensharma (left) receives the Best Debutante Bollywood actress Kriti Sanon (center) receives the Most Director award while directors Nitesh Tiwari (center) and Stylish Icon award from Bollywood actor Ayushmann Anurag Kashyap (right) looks on during the IIFA Awards. Khurrana (left) and Deepika K, director of brand marketing Myntra.com looks on during the IIFA Awards. ‘Bollywood Oscars’ honors drowned superstar

ollywood superstar Sridevi Kapoor was honored more than 850 million, the IIFA Awards-dubbed Outstanding Achievement Award vintage hits in a rare public performance, as well as rou- for her final role at India’s movie awards in Bollywood’s Oscars by some in the industry-is India’s Khan bagged the award for his role in “Hindi Medium”, tines from the likes of Ranbir Kapoor and Kriti Sanon. BBangkok, winning best actress at the celebration of biggest media event. It is also one of the world’s most- a film highly critical of India’s class divide in which he Organizers opted for a green carpet instead of red to dance, music and film just months after her shock death. watched annual entertainment shows, held outside India to plays a father trying to get his daughter into a prestigious raise awareness of environmental issues and it was Sridevi was considered one of the most influential demonstrate Bollywood’s global appeal. school. The subject of Sridevi’s last film “Mom” also graced by stars like Varun Dhawan, Konkona Sen Bollywood actresses of all time. Her death from acciden- Sridevi “was the queen of grace and worthy of every touched a sensitive topic in India-that of rape, with the Sharma, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Arjun Kapoor. tal drowning in a Dubai hotel room bathtub aged 54 in praise”, read a message from the IIFA’s Twitter account. actress portraying a mother seeking to avenge a sex However the National Film Awards, established in 1954, February left the nation in stunned grief. “I have mixed The ceremony saw India’s biggest stars descend on the attack on her stepdaughter. The event saw veteran actor are still considered India’s most prestigious film awards emotions today. I miss her every minute and second of Thai capital late Sunday for a riotous evening filled with Anupam Kher honored with the “IIFA Award for ceremony. IIFA will be broadcast worldwide on televi- my life,” her widower Boney Kapoor said as he collected glamour and stunning dance routines. But it was given an Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema”. The Indian sion on July 29. “The fact that we are 1.2 billion people in the gong on her behalf at the Indian Film Academy’s additional tinge of sadness as best actor went to Irrfan star is known abroad for his roles in “Bend It Like India helps” boost the audience, said Sabbas Joseph, the (IIFA) annual awards ceremony. Khan, known internationally for his roles in blockbusters Beckham” and “Silver Linings Playbook”. Best picture event’s organizer, adding that viewing figures are also “I still feel she is around... I want you all to support “Life of Pi” and “Slumdog Millionaire”, in his absence. went to “Tumhari Sulu” which stars Vidya Balan as a strong in the Middle East and in countries with large Janhvi like you supported her mother,” the Bollywood pro- Earlier this year the Indian actor, who was also in the 2016 housewife who becomes a DJ offering relationship advice Indian communities. — AFP ducer said in an emotional speech quoted by Indian media, film “Inferno” alongside Tom Hanks and is one of on a late-night radio show. Saket Chaudhary scooped best referring to the eldest of Sridevi’s two daughters who is Bollywood’s most globally recognized exports, revealed he director for “Hindi Medium”. The ceremony saw veteran set to make her Bollywood debut. With an audience of has a rare tumor and is being treated in London. actress Rekha, 63, roll back the years as she belted out

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In this file photo Beyonce (left) and Jay-Z perform during (From left) Musicians Michael Clifford, Calum Hood, Luke Hemmings and Ashton Irwin of a Get Out the Vote (GOTV) performance in support of 5 Seconds of Summer attend the 2015 American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at the at LA. — AFP photos Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Australian rockers end Jay-Z, Beyonce No 1 debut streak

ustralian pop band 5 Seconds of 2011 as YouTube sensations when the then stu- poorly reviewed 2002 collaborative album with Summer stunned Beyonce and Jay-Z dents in Sydney uploaded covers of popular R&B singer R. Kelly. by opening Sunday at the top of the songs, becomes the first Australian act to top Beyonce and Jay-Z both opened at number US album chart, with the couple’s the Billboard 200, the benchmark US chart, one with their last solo albums, “Lemonade” surpriseA collaboration ending the superstars’ with three different albums. Jay-Z and and “4:44” respectively, despite refusing to streak of number one debuts. 5 Seconds of Beyonce, two of the biggest names in US pop stream them on Spotify. Number three on the Summer had stepped up promotion of their culture, put out “Everything Is Love” with no latest US album chart is “?” by the controver- album “Youngblood” after Jay-Z and Beyonce warning on June 16 after a concert in London. sial rapper XXXTentacion, with interest spik- dropped “Everything Is Love,” with the A musical celebration of their marriage, ing after he was shot dead on June 18 at age 20 Australians telling fans they were in a close “Everything Is Love” initially came out only on “?,” which sold 94,000 copies in the week, had race for number one and encouraging listeners Tidal, the fledgling streaming service led by opened at number one in March. over social media to stream their songs contin- Jay-Z, but went out widely including on rival XXXTentacion’s success took the music world uously to drive up their totals. Spotify on June 18 — the fourth day of the by surprise with his songs full of references to “Youngblood” wound up selling 142,000 counting period for the latest weekly chart. suicide and the rapper awaiting trial on copies or the equivalent in downloads and “Everything Is Love” becomes the first solo charges of beating his pregnant former girl- streams in the week through Thursday, edging studio album by Beyonce not to debut at num- friend. — AFP out “Everything Is Love” which clocked up ber one. All of Jay-Z’s studio albums have also 123,000 copies, tracking service Nielsen Music opened at number one since 1998’s “Vol. 2... said. 5 Seconds of Summer, who emerged in Hard Knock Life” with the exception of a Established 1961 21 Lifestyle Awards Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Nigerian singer-songwriter Davido accepts the award for best Best International Act during the BET Awards at In this file photo Meek Mill performs onstage. — AFP photos Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Freed Mill takes on police brutality at BET Awards

apper Meek Mill, free after a contro- versial jail sentence, returned to the stage Sunday with a vigorous attack on police brutality as he premiered a song Michael B Jordan (left) and director Ryan Coogler accept atR the BET Awards. The awards of Black Best Movie for ‘Black Panther’ onstage. Entertainment Television, broadcast live from Los Angeles, recognize the best of African American music and film and the blockbuster “Black Panther” won Best Movie. Mill was one of the night’s most memorable performers as he debuted his song “Stay Woke.” The 31-year-old rapper in April won his freedom five months after a judge jailed him over violations of proba- tion stemming from a 2008 arrest, a decision that triggered protests charging that it was overly harsh and racially biased. Mill performed “Stay Woke” on a set designed as a street scene in his native Philadelphia-a neighborhood that is unkempt yet also full of life with children playing. Police swarm onto the scene with force and a shot is heard. The song pauses and a little girl who was jumping rope is revealed to have been killed, her body then draped with an American flag. his bare hands. Gassama, who smiled and more attention to violence against women of “How can I pledge allegiance to the flag / US/Trinidadian rapper saluted the crowd in Los Angeles, was nick- color, and Anthony Borges, the high school When they killing all our sons and dads?” Mill Nicki Minaj performs named “Spiderman” and awarded French resi- student in Parkland, Florida who took five bul- raps. The singer Miguel contributes the chorus, onstage. dency even though he was in the country ille- lets as he rescued 20 classmates during the SZA receives the award for Best New Artist. which says, “Though it was designed for us to gally. Other award recipients included Naomi February massacre. lose / Nothing, nothing, nothing’s impossible / Wadler, the 11-year-old who gained wide Award presenter John Legend, the singer Believe it, we’re still undefeated.” attention with her poised speech before the known for his left-wing activism, contrasted Nicki Minaj put on the raciest and perhaps March for Our Lives in Washington urging the winners’ actions with the politics of most physically grueling performance of the President Donald Trump’s administration night as she sported a skin-tight latex red including separations of migrant children from dress, emerging with a dancing squad from a arrested parents. “We honor these heroes and smoke-filled Chinese archway for her martial thank them for giving us hope and reminding arts-themed song “Chun-Li.” She crawled us that everyone has an opportunity to do while twerking on stage and spread her legs to something extraordinary,” Legend said. “Black the sky in a medley that transitioned to her Panther,” the superhero movie about a fictional song “Rich Sex” and also featured YG, 2 African king that has become the third high- Chainz and Big Sean. While many of the music est-grossing film ever in North America, unsur- awards were presented off camera, hard-living prisingly took the top prize for cinema. Actor trap trio Migos won Best Group and the R&B Jamie Foxx, the BET Awards’ host, made a sub- singer and emerging feminist icon SZA took tle dig at Trump as he hailed the film: “We Best New Artist. don’t need a president right now, because we’ve got a king.”— AFP Honoring ‘Spiderman,’ young activist The BET Awards presented a special “humanitarian heroes” award to six people including Mamoudou Gassama, the Malian US singer-songwriter Anita US rapper Snoop Dogg (left) blows a kiss next to host Jamie migrant in Paris who saved a child hanging off Baker accepts the Lifetime Foxx onstage. a balcony by scaling an apartment block with Host Jamie Foxx speaks onstage. Achievement Award onstage.

US singer-songwriter Janelle Monae performs onstage. US rapper Snoop Dogg performs onstage. (From left) Takeoff, Quavo and Offset of Migos perform onstage.

BET Salutes Humanitarian Heroes James Shaw Jr, Anthony Borges, Naomi Wadler, Shaun King, Mamoudou Gassama and Justin Blackman. US hip hop trio Migos accepts the award for Best Group. 22 Established 1961 Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Lifestyle Features

Volunteers of Clean Futures Fund (CFF) hold a stray puppy outside the improvised animals hospital just near the Chernobyl power plant. A volunteer of Clean Futures Fund (CFF) calms a stray dog after it was operated in the impro- vised animals hospital just near the Chernobyl power plant. — AFP photos Chernobyl’s stray dogs offered new life in US

he restricted zone around Chernobyl is the “Dogs of Chernobyl” adoption and vaccination who help find the new homes and provide all the back into the wild. None of the puppies caught in eerily quiet but one building near the scene scheme after being surprised by the number of necessary things to transfer the dogs to their new the zone were radioactive, but some adult dogs of the world’s worst nuclear disaster is full canines still in the area. families. The US-based volunteers spend time were. “We screen every dog before it comes into Tof barking and whining. The long, one- Dog-lover Hixson himself adopted a pet from with the puppies after they arrive from Ukraine, our hospital,” Hixson explains. If the volunteers do storey structure once served as a makeshift med- the exclusion zone in 2017, which he named too, and later help them get used to their new find some contamination, they wash the dogs, ical center for workers from the plant to receive “Dva”-the Ukrainian word for “two” as it was the owners. decontaminate them with a special powder and, if second dog to have been adopted from Chernobyl. The “Dogs of Chernobyl” program, which start- necessary, shave their fur off. “By the time the dog Both animals now live in the US. “One of the first ed last year, offers dogs under one year-old up for gets out, it’s just as clean as any other dog,” the things that you notice when you go to the plant is adoption in the US, while adult dogs are given American said. the dogs,” he told AFP. “The dogs can’t read radia- vaccinations, sterilized and sent back to the area Nadiya Apolonova, the representative of the tion signs-they run, they go where they want,” he where they were caught. People who want to Clean Futures Fund in Ukraine, said the life added. About 1,000 stray dogs live in the zone adopt the dogs fill out an online application form expectancy of a dog in the disaster zone is just five where people are not allowed to reside, according before a number of interviews and even home years, and not only because of the weather condi- to numbers from the Clean Futures Fund (CFF), the inspections by the fund and its representatives in tions and diseases in the wild. Over the last few US organization that oversees the dog adoption the US. And the response has been good, with 300 years, wolves have been responsible for around 30 project. offers for the initial 200 puppies in a short period percent of dog deaths. The volunteers believe that Some 150 live in the area of the power plant, of time, Hixson said. the program also helps to inform people about the another 300 in the city of Chernobyl, and the rest Hixson says the aim is to find families for 200 reality of Chernobyl. “There are a lot of percep- at checkpoints, fire stations and villages where a puppies over the next two years and to treat as tions about Chernobyl that are not realities,” few hundred people are thought to have unofficial- many dogs as possible. “This one is almost an Hixson underlines. ly moved in. These dogs have to endure severe American citizen,” said Nataliya Melnychuk, a dog While people might imagine deformed crea- winters, snow and rain, not to mention disease and trainer at the Slavutych shelter. The black and tures living in the exclusion zone, the puppies lingering radiation. And as the wildlife recovers in white puppy she was referring to is waiting for born there are just like any other. “People who this almost human-free spot, the dogs face another special documentation and will soon be trans- have never been here expect to see something serious threat-wolves. ferred to Chicago. In the shelter, these puppies without ever coming and looking for them- have a strict schedule-between walks and meals selves,” he says. He stops for a moment and Future American citizen they have extra exercises, massages and even a smiles: “These are the healthiest and smartest Stray dogs walk near assistance after the 1986 disaster. Today it is a There are currently 15 puppies in the hospital so-called beauty salon. “These are probably the dogs I’ve ever seen.”—AFP the Chernobyl Nuclear hospital for the stray dogs that remain in the 30- and after medical examination they will join other most treated dogs in Ukraine,” Hixson said. power plant. kilometre (19-mile) exclusion zone long after its young dogs at Slavutych, a city some 50 km from human residents were evacuated following the Chernobyl that was built mainly for workers of the Screen for radioactivity meltdown. Lucas Hixson first came to the plant after the explosion. The puppies will stay in The volunteers admit some of the older dogs Ukrainian disaster site from the United States in Slavutych for up to six weeks and then travel to are too wild to be adopted, and so they can only 2013 to work as a radiation specialist but set up new homes in the US. CFF has partners in the US be offered medical treatment and then released

On NY’s rooftops, old-style wooden water tanks hang tough

hey are part of New York’s skyline and mil- that much. They are also quicker to install-just Hillman. As with the Hochhausers and the Stokes, lions of people unknowingly depend on one day as opposed to at least a week for the Hall-Woolford is a family affair. Hillman’s son Tthem: behold, the venerable rooftop water other kinds. works at the company, as does 71-year-old tank, made of plain old wood. And forget about Robert Riepen, whose father and grandfather did technology and innovation and all that. The tanks Not in any books so before him. “It’s in my blood. Hands on. are more popular than ever in this city of sky- Up on the rooftops, Stokes is following in the Family-oriented. I love the business,” said scrapers. Here, any building higher than six sto- footsteps of his father, who retired three years Riepen, who has been at it since age 13 and left ries must be fitted to pump water to the roof for ago, and overseeing the work of a crew whose only to join the Marines and serve as a helicop- the higher floors, where it is stored in a tank. very specific skill is the company’s main asset. ter mechanic in the Vietnam war. That’s because the pressure in the city water “It’s a very dangerous job. At all times, you have system is too weak to get it up there. Gravity to be aware of what you’re doing,” said Stokes, a Wood is in fashion takes over for it to flow back downward. native of St Vincent and the Grenadines in the “The people that work for us are very special In this file photo South African photographer David Goldblatt poses at Henri Cartier-Bresson On this spring day, a tank-building foreman Caribbean. This particular building on and there’s no way that they’re being replaced Foundation in Paris, on the eve of the start of his exhibition ‘TJ 1948-2010’ (for Transvaal named Terrance Stokes and his crew are at work Lexington Avenue is just nine stories high. by robots or mechanized machines,” said Johannesburg). — AFP at a posh building on Lexington Avenue on But Isseks Brothers has also installed tanks Hochhauser. Business is good, says Hillman, Manhattan’s Upper East Side. In seven hours, atop the old World Trade Center and the new although he is cautious. He recalls how rooftop they will take down one four-meter-high deposi- one known as the Freedom Tower, which soars water tanks fell into disuse in Philadelphia, tory and replace it with a new one. Their 1,776 feet into the air, as well as many other Big where as recently as the 1970s, they were all S African anti-apartheid employer is Isseks Brothers, one of three com- Apple skyscrapers. The team works pretty much over the place. “The wood tank people didn’t panies that share the rooftop water tank market nonstop and by 3:00 pm, water is flowing into push as much as the New York people did. And in the most populous American city. In total, the tank. It leaks a bit but that’s expected-it will so the pump industry took over,” said Hillman. there are around 10,000 tanks. take the Alaskan cedar used to build the tank Now, Philadelphia moves its water with pipes photographer David The tools they use have evolved a bit, but for two or three days to swell and become water- and electricity. Hillman says he is confident that the most part, a water tank is set up today the tight. The tank lasts around 25 years. wood tanks have a future, as wood is in fashion same way it was in 1890, when the Isseks broth- Isseks Brothers’ supplier is the Hall-Woolford these days. “Some people don’t care about the ers, immigrants from Poland, founded their com- Wood Tank Company in Philadelphia, which cost. They want a wood tank. They want a natu- Goldblatt dies at 87 pany. “That’s the beautiful thing. It’s so simplis- provides it with the carefully cut boards that ral look,” he said. In fact, boards from old tanks tic,” said David Hochhauser, a co-owner of the make up a water tank. The 160-year-old suppli- are resold to make furniture or floor covering. firm. Wooden water tanks-which also serve as er’s workshop employs just seven people, and Indeed, says Hillman, the industry “will last outh African photographer David Two years later then president Jacob protection against fire-have lots of advantages some of the machines are older than the people longer than I will.” — AFP Goldblatt, whose work documented Zuma refused to sign the bill, which over tanks made from other materials, even atop operating them. Nothing is automated. Sthe abuses and divisions of apartheid, would have imposed penalties of up to a 1,300-foot-tall (400-meter-high) building. The Everything is guided by the human eye. “As far died in his sleep yesterday, a leading 25 years in prison for the release of top cost is reasonable-between $35,000 and as getting it right, there is no book that can teach gallery announced. He was 87. “He secret documents, and sent it back to $100,000 — as compared to what a tank made you that. It’s from generation to generation, from passed away peacefully in his sleep at parliament. “We have lost yet another of from fiberglass or steel goes for-double or triple one worker to the other,” said manager Jack 5:37 am (0337 GMT) in his home in our own celebrated photographers, who Johannesburg,” Liza Essers, the director through the lens built a reputation as of the Goodman Gallery, told AFP. He will one of the country’s leading docu- be buried today in Johannesburg. For mil- menters of the struggles of our people,” lions of people outside South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a Goldblatt work’s lifted the veil on the statement. “He captured the social and nightmare of apartheid, under which the moral value systems that portrayed white-minority government’s enshrined South Africa during a period of the racial divisions under law from 1948. apartheid system in order to influence In 1988, he was the first South African its changing political landscape,” said to be given a solo exhibition at the the president. South African art conser- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New vator Monique Vajifdar described York. A year later he founded the Market Goldblatt as “one of South Africa’s most Photography Workshop in Johannesburg accomplished social chroniclers.” “A in 1989, which has since become a hub for great tree has fallen and we have lost developing young talent in the city. In one of our national living treasures,” said post-apartheid South Africa, he remained Vajifdar. He is survived by his wife Lily, a revered figure and even turned down a three children and grandchildren. — AFP national honor in protest against a pro- A water tank can be seen on a Manhattan building in New York. — AFP Water tanks can be seen on upper east side buildings. posed state secrets bill in 2011. ClassifiedsTuesday, June 26, 2018

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VOLGOGRAD: Saudi Arabia’s forward Salem Al-Dawsari celebrates scoring his team’s winning goal during the Russia 2018 World Cup Group A football match between Saudi Arabia and Egypt at the Volgograd Arena in Volgograd yesterday. — AFP (See Page 27)

Walking towards the car, Leila spotted Reem, did a lit- 2022 World Cup final will take place. Many Turkish ‘Because I can’: tle jump of joy on the sidewalk, and was already chat- Qatar’s new contractors are bidding for projects as Qatar pushes ting as she opened the door. “Oh my god I can’t believe ahead with infrastructure for the tournament, said it’s you. I can’t believe you’re here. I can’t believe I’m friends find Joseph Abraham, chief executive of Commercial Bank Ride-hailing app here,” Leila said. “I’ve been tweeting to my friends that of Qatar. my ride is coming and it’s a woman! And you’re so welcomes Saudi pretty! And I can sit in the front now-wait, can I actual- rich openings World Cup boom ly sit in the front next to you?” Huge construction projects are under way for the DOHA: Six months ago Serkan Ucar arrived in Doha World Cup. Seven new stadiums are being built, along women drivers ‘We automatically understand’ to scope out business opportunities - away from his with other infrastructure, sucking in building materials RIYADH: Reem Farahat waited for a ride request. Her Some 2,000 women have signed up to get their usual patch. The mission looks set to pay off hand- from far afield. Gypsum, used to make drywall, is phone pinged. “I’ve already cried twice,” she said, Careem licenses since September, said Abdulla Elyas, somely, as the Turkish entrepreneur expects to win a being newly imported from Iran, said a construction heading out to work as one of Saudi Arabia’s first co-founder and CPO-”chief people officer”-of the first contract to help build an iconic 2022 World Cup manager who declined to be named. Gabbro, used to female drivers for Careem. The Dubai-based ride-hail- ride-hailing app. They are all Saudi women, from their stadium. Since several Arab countries launched an eco- make asphalt and concrete, was now being imported ing app, along with global behemoth Uber, reacted to 20s to their 50s. Uber also plans to introduce women nomic boycott of Qatar a year ago, the tiny Gulf state from Oman instead of the UAE. While the World Cup Saudi King Salman’s September announcement of an drivers to their service this autumn. “They come from has had to find alternative partners for trade and means sporting drama and global prestige, the early end to the kingdom’s ban on female motorists by saying completely different backgrounds,” Elyas said. “We investment. Aided by its massive natural gas wealth, it stages of the boycott were all about urgent shortages it would hire women in the conservative kingdom. have women who have degrees, a master’s degree. We has rapidly made new friends. of basic products. On Sunday, when the king’s decree took effect, near- have women who have no degree at all. We have A year ago Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, When dairy, fresh milk and eggs disappeared from ly a dozen Careem “captainahs”-all Saudi women-were women who want to do this full time. We have women Bahrain and Egypt cut transport and trade links with stores, Doha airlifted in more than 3,000 cows on state ready to pick up riders.”This morning, when I got in the who want to do this part time (for) an additional Doha, accusing it of backing terrorism - a charge it airline Qatar Airways and imported eggs from Oman, car, I felt the tears coming,” Reem said as she stocked income, who are already working.” strongly denies. The boycott disrupted Qatar’s ship- which kept its shipping route with Qatar open when her car with chilled water bottles for her riders. “I Most of those who had been licensed by Sunday, like ping routes through the Gulf and blocked imports Dubai halted shipments to Doha. In Qatar’s supermar- pulled the car over and cried. I could not believe that Reem, had permits from foreign countries, enabling across its only land border with Saudi Arabia, previ- kets, Turkish brands like Ulker and Pinar soft cream we now drive... It’s a dream. I thought it would be them to skip driving courses and take the final exam for ously the route for its perishable food supplies and cheeses are doing well. totally normal, I’d just get in the car and go. I was sur- a Saudi license. The “captainahs” can pick up any cus- construction materials. “The Turkish market is very important to us,” said prised by my own reaction.” She took a long pause. “I tomer, man or woman. Both the driver and rider have In the bitter diplomatic and economic chill, Ankara Saleh bin Hamad al-Sharqi, director general at the Qatar didn’t expect it,” she said. “I’m doing this because I can. the right to end the ride at any point. Leila, a young sided with Qatar. Ucar, 28, saw openings. “They’ve Chamber of Commerce and Industry. “It’s geographical- Because someone has to start.” medical student with a pixie cut and bright smile, says been extremely welcoming for Turkish companies after ly close logistically, high quality and has competitive she would still choose a woman. “This automatically the blockade,” Ucar told Reuters at a hotel where he prices.” Imports from Turkey between June and ‘It’s you’ feels a lot safer... being a female and dealing with sex- was about to interview engineers for jobs at his new December 2017 grew to $523 million, 48.2 percent Seventy percent of Careem’s customers in Saudi ism on a day-to-day basis. There’s just something about office in Doha. His family business Referans Holding higher than in the same period the previous year. From Arabia are women, according to company statistics, a it that feels wonderful. But it’s not only that. It’s also expects to sign a contract soon to supply scaffolding Oman they jumped 150 percent to $575 million, accord- figure largely attributable to the kingdom’s now-obso- women joining the workforce,” she said. and aluminum and fit out Lusail Stadium, where the ing to International Monetary Fund data. — Reuters lete ban on women driving. Uber puts its equivalent fig- Sitting in the front passenger seat, she recalled pre- ure closer to 80 percent. At Careem’s offices on vious rides with male drivers. “Before, sometimes they not allowed to discuss the matter publicly. WhatsApp Sunday, staff gathered to celebrate the women’s first would stare at me from the mirror,” she said. “It’s just When a text can declined to comment on possible contact with Indian day on the job. Farahat’s first ride request came just like that thing we share with women, where we just government officials. Indian ministries of IT, home affairs hours after the ban was officially lifted. “This is my first automatically understand what it’s like to be in that and information and broadcasting did not respond to ride. I’m excited. I’m excited to know who I’m picking position where you feel their eyes on you but you can’t trigger lynching... requests for comment. up, what their reaction is going to be,” she said. say anything, you can’t do anything against it.” She The driver-who also works with her father as a qual- turned to chat to Reem, and sang a riff from a West Continued from Page 1 Privacy concerns ity control consultant, is training in life coaching, and Side Story tune before saying: “If you can do it, then I A deluge of hoax news incidents, several with fatal scuba dives with her sister off the Red Sea city of can do it.” “See? That’s what I was talking about,” helped to trigger mass beatings of more than a consequences, may bolster the Indian government’s Jeddah-picked up Leila Ashry from a local cafe. Reem said. “It’s that ripple effect.” — AFP dozen people in India - at least three of whom have attempts to get social networks to share more user data died. In addition, fake messages about child snatchers so that police can track down those spreading rumors. on Facebook, as well as some texts on WhatsApp, also That concerns privacy advocates who fear the authori- and investors fear Erdogan, a self-declared “enemy led to the lynching of two men in eastern India earlier ties will use such access against activists and political Erdogan wins of interest rates”, may pressure the central bank to this month. opponents, and not just against those spreading mali- cut recently hiked borrowing costs to stimulate eco- cious information. “Government restrictions on dissemi- sweeping new... nomic growth despite double-digit inflation. Seeking Whatsapp’s biggest market nation of false news are too often an attempt to shroud to reassure investors, Erdogan’s chief economic With more than 200 million users in India, government intentions of restricting freedom of expres- adviser, Cemil Ertem, told Reuters the new govern- WhatsApp’s biggest market in the world, false news and sion and criticism,” according to David Kaye, United Continued from Page 1 ment would focus on economic reforms and budget videos circulating on the messaging app have become a Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Freedom of discipline. He added that the central bank’s inde- new headache for social media giant Facebook, already Opinion and Expression. “The new regime that takes effect from today is a pendence was “fundamental”. grappling with a privacy scandal. In India, a country India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has major danger for Turkey... We have now fully adopted a The EU’s executive Commission said it hoped with over a billion phone subscribers with access to also recently floated a tender for a firm to scrutinize regime of one-man rule,” Ince, a veteran CHP lawmaker, Erdogan would “remain a committed partner for the cheap mobile data, false news messages and videos can social media posts of Indian users and identify fake told a news conference. The secularist CHP draws sup- European Union on major issues of common interest instantly go viral, creating mass hysteria and stirring up news. The Indian authorities have been signaling they port broadly from Turkey’s urban, educated middle such as migration, security, regional stability and the communal tensions. will take an increasingly harsh line with foreign compa- class. It won 23 percent in the new parliament and the fight against terrorism”. Turkey’s years-long EU acces- Those tensions can be high between the Majority nies who are providing Internet services in India. India’s pro-Kurdish HDP nearly 12 percent, above the 10 per- sion bid stalled some time ago amid disputes on a range Hindu community and the minority Muslim population central bank in April issued a directive compelling all cent threshold needed to enter parliament. of issues, including Ankara’s human rights record, espe- but also within the rigid Hindu caste hierarchy where the payments firms operating in the country to store pay- The HDP’s presidential candidate, Selahattin cially since the post-coup crackdown. Russian so-called Dalits at the bottom of the pyramid have faced ments data locally within six months for “unfettered President Vladimir Putin called Erdogan to congratu- Demirtas, campaigned from a prison cell, where he is attacks for trying to improve their position in society. In supervisory access”. Separately, Prime Minister late him but there were no reports of Western leaders detained on terrorism charges he denies. He faces 142 2017, at least 111 people were killed and 2,384 injured in Narendra Modi’s government is working on a data pro- doing so, underlining the chill in relations between years in prison if convicted. The Organization for 822 communal incidents in the country, according to the tection law that could force all foreign tech firms to Ankara and its traditional NATO allies. Security and Cooperation in Europe, a rights watchdog, federal home affairs ministry. It is unclear whether any store key Indian user data locally. said high voter turnout, at nearly 87 percent, demon- of these incidents were triggered by fake news mes- “There is a distinct link between fake news and laws strated Turks’ commitment to democracy. But the OSCE Amir calls Erdogan sages. WhatsApp said it is aware of the incidents in Meanwhile, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- being proposed undermining privacy,” said Apar Gupta, also cited some irregularities and echoed opposition India through media coverage. Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah called Turkish President a co-founder of advocacy Internet Freedom Foundation. complaints about heavy media bias in favour of “Sadly some people also use WhatsApp to spread Recep Tayyip Erdogan, congratulating him on his re- Meanwhile, the inflammatory hoax news messages keep Erdogan and the AKP. “The restrictions we have seen harmful misinformation,” WhatsApp said in a statement. election for a new term. His Highness the Amir noted coming. One floating in Bengaluru last month warned on fundamental freedoms (due to the state of emer- “We’re stepping up our education efforts so that people the trust bestowed by the Turkish people on President parents to take “extra measures towards the safety” of gency) have had an impact on these elections,” Ignacio know about our safety features and how to spot fake Sanchez Amor, head of the OSCE observer mission, told Erdogan, which reflect appreciation of the Turkish peo- children during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as news and hoaxes.” Group texts, where fake news a news conference in Ankara. ple of the leadership in the country. His Highness also they remain busy with prayers and shopping. spreads most easily, are still a minority: 90 percent of The MHP takes a hard line on the Kurds, making it praised the historic relations between the two countries More than 500 kidnappers have entered the south- messages are between two people, and the average less likely that Erdogan will soften his approach to and stressed the common desire to strengthen and ern state of Karnataka from western Rajasthan state and group size is six people, according to the messaging security issues in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey and develop the bonds to serve mutual interests of the two the cities of Chennai and Hyderabad, the message said. platform. WhatsApp also said it is considering changes neighboring Syria and Iraq, where Turkish forces are friendly countries, wishing him well-being, and the WhatsApp messages on organ thieves or child abduc- battling Kurdish militants. The Turkish lira and stocks Republic of Turkey and its people all prosperity and to the service. For example, there is now a public beta tions are just the tip of the iceberg though - fake reports sagged after initial gains, and economists said the out- development. For his part, President Erdogan test that is labeling any forwarded message. can range from incorrect medical advice to news about look was uncertain. “Any rally could quickly go into expressed his sincere gratitude and appreciation for The company is not planning any changes to its top jobs. A recent message circulating in India’s north- reverse if President Erdogan uses his strengthened the good wishes of His Highness the Amir, praising his encryption, which ensures messages are not read by east starts by saying the deadly brain-damaging Nipah position to pursue looser fiscal and monetary policy, as phone call which reflects the deep ties between the two anyone except the sender and the recipient. Facebook virus has arrived in Shillong city and advises parents to we fear is likely,” said Jason Tuvey, senior emerging friendly countries. Erdogan wished Kuwait and its peo- did not respond to a request for comment. Two senior keep children away from lychees, a popular summer markets economist at Capital Economics. ple progress and prosperity under the wise leadership Indian government officials told Reuters that New Delhi fruit. No confirmed cases of Nipah have been found yet The lira is down some 19 percent since January of His Highness the Amir. — Agencies had engaged with WhatsApp on the issue but they are outside of southern Kerala state — Reuters Established 1961 25 Sports Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Japan defy doubters to home in on World Cup last 16 Senegal coach admits Asians were the better side

YEKATERINBURG: Attack-minded Japan have defied enough chances to win but ended up twice chasing the sceptics who said they would flop at the World Cup and match because of poor defending. instead go into their final group game on Thursday need- Even Senegal coach Aliou Cisse admitted the Asians ing just a draw to reach the last 16. Japan sacked their were the better side. In the Colombia victory in particu- coach just two months before the World Cup, throwing lar Japan were rewarded for Nishino’s adventurous their preparations for Russia into chaos. approach. On the eve of the Senegal showdown, in which Following a series of poor friendly results and reported Japan were again the underdogs, Nishino revealed that at clashes with senior players, the Japan Football Association half time against Colombia some of his players wanted to (JFA) gambled in getting rid of Vahid Halilhodzic and settle for 1-1. “But I said that we could win and we will replaced him with JFA technical director Akira Nishino. win so we went for victory and that is why I gave them The move in April was deeply attacking tactics and that is controversial, coming so close why we are top of the group,” to the World Cup, even if not said Nishino. Behind the quite on the scale of the risk rather dour demeanour, taken by Spain, who dumped Japan needs Nishino has shown himself to their coach on the eve of the have a dry wit. tournament. just a draw to Asked before the Senegal Philippe Troussier, a for- match how he would counter mer coach of the Asian side, reach last 16 their strength and height told AFP before the tourna- advantage, he replied tongue- ment that a team bereft of in-cheek: “For the past several confidence had “no chance” days I have been telling my of reaching the knockout players to gain five centime- stages. Japan may still fail to tres and five kilos, but it failed, get out of Group H, but they have surpassed expectations so we need other measures.” Unfortunate to be 2-1 down and play already eliminated Poland with their fate in their on 71 minutes, Nishino made what turned out to be a own hands. masterstroke against Senegal. He immediately hauled off It has been a roller-coaster few weeks for Japanese the ineffectual Borussia Dortmund attacking midfielder fans. Friendly defeats to Ghana and Switzerland following Shinji Kagawa and replaced him with 32-year-old Keisuke Nishino’s appointment deepened the sense of foreboding, Honda in a like-for-like change. KAZAN: Japan’s defender Tomoaki Makino (C) attends a training session in Kazan yesterday during the Russia although Japan did beat Paraguay just before the World He also replaced midfielder Genki Haraguchi with 2018 World Cup football tournament. — AFP Cup. From there they became history-makers when they Leicester City forward Shinji Okazaki as he went for beat 10-man Colombia 2-1 in their opening game, the first broke. Six minutes after coming on, Honda equalised. win, though Nishino said he was content with a point. the past for his buccaneering approach. “In the second Asian side to defeat a South American team at a World Knowing that victory would effectively seal a spot in the “I suggested some improvements and I thought we half we wanted to win and after twice equalising I put on Cup. They followed that up with a 2-2 draw against Sadio next round, Nishino threw on attacking midfielder Takashi could go for the win and I told them that (at half time),” Usami. There was an option to put on a defender, but I Mane’s Senegal on Sunday, a game in which Japan had Usami in the dying minutes. Japan looked more likely to said Nishino, a former Gamba Osaka coach criticised in chose to attack.” — AFP

Zlatan on the mind for wistful ‘Crazy’ or in love, World Cup Swedes Russia dances to

YEKATERINBURG: Zlatan Ibrahimovic retired from inter- Latin World Cup beat national football two years ago but Sweden’s former talis- man looms over their World Cup campaign like only he can. It is only too tempting for Sweden fans to wonder MOSCOW: Latin American countries have sprung a what might have been had the former Paris Saint-Germain World Cup surprise by filling Russia’s 11 host cities player been in the side for Saturday’s match against with tens of thousands of fans from Mexico and Germany, which ended in a painful last-gasp defeat. Or Colombia to Peru and Argentina. And some of the allow themselves to imagine what impact Ibrahimovic Europeans who did show up said their friends back could have had this Wednesday, when Sweden face home told them they were crazy to go. The contrast- Mexico in a make-or-break final group game in ing cast of supporters at the biggest event in sport Yekaterinburg. reflects Russia’s progressive creep away from Europe Now 36 and in the twilight of his career at LA Galaxy, in the 18 years of President Vladimir Putin’s rule. the giant forward hit 62 goals in 116 games for Sweden Moscow is now embracing new allies that happen before quitting the international scene in 2016. There was to worship football and where damning-and often speculation in the build-up to the World Cup that he might exaggerated-media stories about Russian hooligans make a dramatic return and the much-travelled MOSCOW: Former Swedish international footballer, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, gestures ahead of the Russia 2018 and poisoning cases are rare. This mix and the added Ibrahimovic, who also played for Manchester United and World Cup Group F football match between Germany and Mexico at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. — AFP ingredient of a more evenly spread-out global mid- Barcelona, mischievously dropped numerous hints. But dle-class with the means to travel the world has the Sweden coach Janne Andersson did not court him-”Zlatan streets of Russia dancing to a decidedly Latin beat. is very welcome to call me”-and Ibrahimovic ended up is he who said ‘no’.” Helwig and Bronk are such big unique player but he was always the spearhead, which “We didn’t expect it to be this beautiful and the being in Russia only for commercial reasons. Ibrahimovic fans that they will travel to the United States meant it was not always easy for the other players. people are amazing,” Mauricio Miranda said as he Swedish fans began trickling into Yekaterinburg, the in September to see him in action. Helwig, playing the “We need to build now with younger players,” said the waved a Colombian flag on the edge of Red Square in most eastern city at the World Cup, yesterday and mention Pokemon Go game on her smartphone as she ambled in 53-year-old from the city of Uppsala, outside Stockholm. Moscow. “We will definitely come back,” said the 30- of the swaggering Ibrahimovic brought wistful smiles. the sunshine, said Sweden would have at least drawn with “But unfortunately, there is not another Zlatan coming year-old. “Everyone misses Zlatan, but he does not fit into our new Germany had Ibrahimovic been on the pitch. through.” Philip Henriksen, with his parents and sister to Belgian public relations consultant Jo De Munter team,” said Maria Bronk. “I think so because he’s the best scorer in Sweden of all see their first game at the World Cup, is adamant. “He does not necessarily disagree. It is his friends who do. Companion Ditte Helwig, sporting a yellow hat, yellow time so it would have been a better result with Zlatan.” should be here, he is our best striker,” said the 18-year- “I think Europeans are a bit afraid,” the 46-year-old shirt and blue leggings with the word SWEDEN, dis- Peter Jonsson, freshly arrived from watching the agonising old. “The score would have been different against said while staring in the direction of Lenin’s loss to Germany in Sochi, said it was time to move on. “We Germany because he did not just score goals, he was our agreed. “I think he fits, but I think he’s had enough of it. Mausoleum. “In Belgium, everybody told me I was have a new team with a new spirit. Zlatan of course is a leader as well.”—AFP He’s not too old, but I think he does not want to be here. It crazy to go to the football.” World Cups come in all shapes and sizes and comparing ticket sales rarely tells the whole tale. goal is to guarantee first place and two results will remarks about France in the build-up to the tourna- Europeans and Latin Americans are naturally more Deschamps says allow that,” Deschamps told reporters at the Luzhniki ment, calling them “nothing special”. inclined to attend World Cups held in their regions Stadium yesterday. “Everyone is free to say what they want and accept because of the easier travel arrangements and “I would never say to my team that we’re playing for responsibility. It wasn’t a very nice thing,” said familiarity. France won’t offer a draw. I want my team to go out onto the pitch without Deschamps. South Africa in 2010 may provide a better exam- any ambiguity and to do everything to win this match. “The players read and listen more than me. They ple because it was a frontier football country with Denmark any favours “I’m sure Denmark will also be playing to win.” know very well what the coach said. specific security and logistical risks. Yet FIFA figures Deschamps admitted he could rest players in danger of “That’s not what’s going to fire up the players that showed almost 50 percent more Britons bought tick- suspension, with midfield trio Paul Pogba, Blaise are going to start tomorrow.” Title contenders France ets for the African continent’s first World Cup than MOSCOW: France coach Didier Deschamps said his Matuidi and Corentin Tolisso all a booking away from have yet to hit top gear in Russia, churning out a 2-1 this maiden one in eastern Europe. team will be going all out to win their final World Cup missing the next match. victory over Australia before scraping past Peru 1-0. Australians were in third place then but are just group game against Denmark today as they look to “If I can preserve them, it’s now,” Deschamps said. “I Varane believes there is much more to come from ninth in Russia. Germany and England bought the wrap up first place. won’t be able to that after that.” Real Madrid defender the team, particularly going forward. fourth- and fifth-most number of tickets. France was Deschamps is expected to make several changes for Raphael Varane looks likely to captain the side, with “I think we have progressed compared to the begin- ninth. But France dropped out of the top 10 in Russia the encounter in Moscow with France guaranteed a Steve Mandanda expected to start in goal ahead of ning of the competition,” Varane said. “We have while Britain slipped down to last place. Germany remained fourth. spot in the last 16 following wins over Australia and regular skipper Hugo Lloris. improved which is great and we need to carry on.” The United States has long led purchases among Peru. Denmark require just a point to join France in the “I have 23 players, they can all have a role to play “In attack I think we can still progress, we can still non-hosting countries because of its massive econo- knockout stages, and could even pip Les Bleus to top and start a match,” Deschamps added. “There are no hurt the opponent more,” he added. “We saw it in dif- my and large communities from football-mad Mexico spot in Group C with a victory. risks, if they’re here it’s because they’re ready to play.” ferent phases during our last game but we can do bet- and other Central American communities.—AFP “We are not going to give them a helping hand. Our Denmark coach Age Hareide made some unflattering ter. We have the quality to tear defences apart.” — AFP 26 Established 1961 Sports Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Sale dazzles with 13-strikeout as Boston Red Sox blank Mariners

Tampa Bay complete three-game sweep of New York Yankees

BOSTON: Chris Sale struck out 13 in seven innings Plawecki had a homer and a career-high four RBIs as the Boston Red Sox defeated the visiting for the Mets, who have lost six straight and 18 of Seattle Mariners 5-0 on Sunday afternoon at their past 22. Fenway Park. Sale (7-4) allowed only four hits and walked one. Mitch Moreland homered for the Red BRAVES 7, ORIOLES 3 Sox, who took two of three games in the weekend Nick Markakis had two hits and drove in a run series after splitting a four-game set last week in against his former team to help Atlanta defeat vis- Seattle. Joe Kelly and Matt Barnes each pitched a iting Baltimore. Markakis, who played for the perfect inning of relief for the Red Sox to com- Orioles from 2006-14, was 2-for-4 and went 6- plete the shutout. Sale didn’t reach a three-ball for-14 against the Orioles in the three-game series. count on a batter until walking Guillermo Heredia Brandon McCarthy (6-3) earned the win in his first with two outs in the seventh. Seattle left-hander start since June 15 as the Braves salvaged a game Marco Gonzales (7-5) matched Sale for the first in the weekend series. The big right-hander four innings before running into trouble in the fifth allowed three runs on five hits in five innings, and taking the loss. striking out five. He gave up home runs to Trey Mancini and Mark Trumbo. REDS 8, CUBS 6 Pinch hitter Jesse Winker smashed a three-run TWINS 2, RANGERS 0 homer and Joey Votto hit a go-ahead, RBI double Jose Berrios struck out a career-high 12 batters as host Cincinnati rallied to win its seventh during seven shutout innings as host Minnesota straight game and sweep a four-game series from snapped Texas’ seven-game win streak. Berrios Chicago. The Reds won the (8-5) allowed just three hits game with a seven-run sev- in picking up his fifth win in enth inning that included his past six decisions. He RBI hits by Winker, Votto, Hernandez and walked two and left after Tucker Barnhart and Jose throwing 107 pitches, 70 of Peraza, who had two run- Bellinger hit which were strikes. Robbie scoring plate appearances Grossman and Eddie in the frame with a single two homers Rosario each had two hits and a walk. The Reds for the Twins, who snapped scored a run earlier as for Dodgers a three-game losing streak. pitcher Michael Lorenzen Fernando Rodney struck hit a pinch-hit solo homer. out the side in the ninth to It was his third career pick up his 17th save. homer. Chicago, which blew a five-run lead, was swept in a four-game series by the Reds for the CARDINALS 8, BREWERS 2 first time since April 1983. Jose Martinez capped a five-run fourth inning with a three-run home run, sending St. Louis past RAYS 7, YANKEES 6 (12 INNINGS) host Milwaukee. Luke Weaver (4-6) struck out Rookie Jake Bauers homered on the first pitch nine in 5 2/3 innings, limiting Milwaukee to two in the bottom of the 12th inning as host Tampa Bay runs as the Cardinals gained a split of the four- completed a three-game sweep of New York in St. game series. Christian Yelich homered for the Petersburg, Fla. Bauers lifted a fastball from Brewers, who had allowed three or fewer runs in BOSTON: Mitch Moreland #18 of the Boston Red Sox hits a two-run home run against the Seattle Mariners Chasen Shreve (2-2) over the center field fence. It eight of their previous 10 games. in the sixth inning at Fenway Park on Sunday in Boston, Massachusetts. — AFP was his second career homer and Tampa Bay’s first hit since the third inning. It also occurred after WHITE SOX 10, ATHLETICS 3 Bauers nearly hit a grand slam off Shreve in Oakland set a major league record for consecu- the win, and Tyler Clippard pitched the 10th for Saturday’s 4-0 win, and four innings after tive road games with a home run, but host Chicago GIANTS 3, PADRES 2 (11 INNINGS) his fourth save. Giancarlo Stanton hit a game-tying homer off erupted with two big innings for the win. Yoan Hunter Pence connected on his second career Vidal Nuno. Moncada went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run walk-off hit against San Diego closer Brad Hand, a MARLINS 8, ROCKIES 5 and a career-high six RBIs for the White Sox. bases-loaded, two-run double in the bottom of the Derek Dietrich homered for the third straight INDIANS 12, TIGERS 2 Chicago scored five runs in the fifth inning and 11th inning to give host San Francisco the win. The game and tied a career high with four hits, and Jose Ramirez had a home run among his three five more in the sixth to salvage a series split. Giants responded after Manuel Margot celebrated visiting Miami overcame the loss of starter Caleb hits, Edwin Encarnacion hit a grand slam, and Mark Canha’s blast in the fifth gave Oakland a a return to the leadoff spot by walking and scoring Smith to beat Colorado. Dietrich matched his Adam Plutko gave up two runs over six innings in home run in 25 games in a row on the road. That the go-ahead run on a two-out single by Cory career high with four hits, first accomplishing the his return to the rotation as host Cleveland surpassed the previous mark of 24 straight road Spangenberg in the top off the 11th, giving the feat earlier this month at St. Louis. extended its winning streak to seven games by games with a homer, which was set by a 1996 Padres a 2-1 lead. Seeking his 22nd save of the Nolan Arenado and Gerardo Parra homered for beating Detroit. Ramirez extended his on-base Baltimore Orioles squad that featured Brady season, Hand (1-4) struck out Brandon Belt to start the Rockies. The start of the game was delayed 1 streak to 31 games as the Indians moved to a sea- Anderson, Rafael Palmeiro, Bobby Bonilla and Cal the 12th before Andrew McCutchen laced a dou- hour, 31 minutes when heavy rain and hail hit son-best 10 games over .500 with the three-game Ripken Jr. ble. The Padres intentionally walked Buster Posey, Coors Field shortly before first pitch. Smith exited sweep. Francisco Lindor and Jason Kipnis also hit but Hand hit Brandon Crawford in the back to load in the second inning due to left shoulder tightness. home runs. Tigers starter Matthew Boyd (4-6) ASTROS 11, ROYALS 3 the bases with one out. Pence then sliced a liner He is day-to-day. Drew Rucinski (2-1) tossed 2 2/3 lasted just three-plus innings as Detroit saw its Yuli Gurriel recorded three extra-base hits, past Padres first baseman Eric Hosmer. innings for the win, and Kyle Barraclough earned losing streak reach five games. including a grand slam to cap an eight-run second his seventh save. inning, pacing host Houston in the rubber match BLUE JAYS 7, ANGELS 6 (10 INNINGS) DODGERS 8, METS 7 (11 INNINGS) of the three-game series with Kansas City. Gurriel Kendrys Morales’ two-out, pinch-hit home run DIAMONDBACKS 3, PIRATES 0 Justin Turner capped a homer-happy game for finished 3-for-5 with two doubles and two runs, in the top of the 10th inning lifted Toronto over David Peralta and John Ryan Murphy hit early Los Angeles by hitting a solo shot in the 11th but it was his second career grand slam that Los Angeles in Anaheim, Calif. Morales was pinch- homers to power Arizona to a four-game series inning to beat host New York at Citi Field. Enrique turned the tide fully in favor of the Astros. He hitting for Aledmys Diaz, who homered earlier in sweep of host Pittsburgh. After a strong start, Hernandez and Cody Bellinger hit two solo homers struck the decisive blow in the two-out rally the game. Angels reliever Hansel Robles threw a Arizona’s Clay Buchholz (2-1) left after five apiece for the Dodgers, who swept the three-game against Jason Hammel (2-9), posting his fourth 2-1 slider that Morales hit into the right field innings because of tightness in his left side. He series and have won nine of 12, while Max Muncy home run of the season and second in as many bleachers for his eighth homer of the season. The gave up two hits while striking out five and walk- and Joc Pederson had a solo shot apiece. The sev- days to double the Houston lead to 8-0 in the Blue Jays hammered four homers in the game, also ing none. Buchholz later said he hoped he would en homers tied for the second-highest single- second. Astros right-hander Gerrit Cole (9-1) getting long balls from Devon Travis and Curtis be ready for his next scheduled start. Brad game total in team history, and the seven solo struck out eight while throwing five innings of Granderson. Justin Smoak chipped in with three Boxberger pitched the ninth inning for his 17th shots matched the major league record. Kevin one-run ball. hits, including two doubles. Ryan Tepera (5-2) got save. — Reuters

where it spread to Persia and developed into Indian prodigy the “Game of Kings” it is today. However in modern times it only achieved major popularity in India when Vishwanathan the impending storm and she decided chess champ at 12 Anand became the country’s first grandmaster Allen ekes out to call it a day. “All day we had a toss aged 18 in 1988 and dominated the game in the up with the weather,” the world silver 2000s. On Sunday the five-time world champi- medallist told NBC Sports after win- NEW DELHI: A 12-year-old Indian boy on congratulated Praggnanandhaa. hurdles win ning the event at 4.80m. described as “unstoppable” by his proud father “Welcome to the club & congrats An anticipated challenge by Jenn has become the world’s second youngest chess Praggnanandhaa!! See u soon in Chennai,” he wrote on Twitter. “He plays other outdoor Suhr fizzled early as the 2012 Olympic grandmaster ever. Rameshbabu over Holloway Praggnanandhaa, the son of a bank employee sports too when he wants to relax his mind,” the champion went out at 4.60m to finish from the southern city of Chennai, achieved the prodigy’s father said. “When his focus is not on behind Katie Nageotte (4.70). Wind feat with some aggressive play at an event in the board, he is quite a handful. But he saves IOWA: Devon Allen beat collegiate played a big role in the performances, northern Italy that ended Sunday. most of his aggression for the chessboard,” he champion Grant Holloway by two- Morris said. Praggnanandhaa-whose 17-year-old big sis- said. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, India’s sports thousandths of a second to win the “We had swirling winds and head ter Vaishali Rameshbabu is also no slouch at the minister, said Monday that the government was 110m hurdles, and world indoor cham- winds, which really affect you in the game, being a two-time youth chess champion- awarding Praggnanandhaa 400,000 rupees pion Sandi Morris took women’s pole pole vault because your pole is pretty was aged 12 years, 10 months and 13 days when ($5,900) plus 100,000 rupees from the National vault honours at the weather-hit US much like a sail,” she said “You catch he won the title. Sports Development fund for training. — AFP championships in Iowa on Sunday. the wind and it messes up your un a But this was too old to beat the current Olympian Allen eked out the victory little bit.” A large field did not help record-holder, Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine, in 13.452 seconds to Holloway’s 13.454 either. “It took a hour and a half before who was 12 years and exactly seven months when he made the grade in 2002. in the final event of the four-day I even took my first jump,” Morris said. Praggnanandhaa’s father said that his son, who championship that was halted by rain “Then I got in a really good roll,” Kuwait awarded membership of FIP she said of five consecutive first- practices six hours a day and watches past and lightning for more than three matches online, was not even four when he first attempt clearances. “Then at the end I KUWAIT: Kuwait obtained membership of as of June 18. Polo is relatively a new sport hours. “It came down to a race off the started taking an interest in chess. However he had to be cut short.” Her only miss the Federation of International Polo (FIP) in Kuwait, Kharafi said, noting that FIP last hurdle and I came out on top,” said the family could not afford to pay for extra and authorized for organization and arbi- includes 86 mem—KUNA Allen told reporters. before the failure at 4.94m came on travel and training for both the boy and his sis- her first attempt at 4.55m. Before the tration of the sport, head of the Kuwaiti “I’ve been working on my speed so ter. “But the passion in him to play chess was polo committee Houssam Al-Kharfai said rains came, former world silver medal- I knew if I was in the race the last hur- unstoppable, I had to give in and put him in yesterday. He lauded that national commit- list Shamier Little posted the second dle I would have a chance and that’s coaching classes. And he has been unstoppable tee for the achievement amid the “tough best women’s 400m hurdles time of what it came down to.” World record since,” the 53-year-old, who has the same circumstances” the Kuwait sports are fac- the year (53.61 seconds). name as his son, told Indian media. holder Aries Merritt finished fourth in ing on the international scene. After a year Iowa native Shelby Houlihan, who “He was just six years old when he came 13.52, just behind Jarret Eaton (13.51) of hard work and relentless endeavors, in a race run into a head wind. won the 1,500m on Saturday, gave the second in the under-eight national champi- onship. That is when I knew that I can’t hold FIP’s President Nicholas Colquhoun- Morris had just missed her only small Des Moines crowd something Denvers announced the committee, an else to cheer about by winning the him back because of our financial situation,” he attempt at a 2018-leading 4.94m when affiliate of the Kuwait Olympic Committee FIB - Head of the Kuwaiti polo com- 5,000m in 15:31.03. — Reuters told online paper The News Minute. A prede- the competition was halted because of cessor to chess is thought by some to have (KOC), as a full member in the federation mittee Houssam Al-Kharfai. originated in India in the sixth century AD, from Established 1961 27 Sports Tuesday, June 26, 2018

SNIPPETS Saudis stun Egypt 2-1 in World Cup farewell despite Salah strike Egypt finish in last place with no points VOLGOGRAD: Saudi Arabia pulled off a last- gasp 2-1 win over Egypt as the two sides depart- ed from Russia yesterday, with the Saudis notch- ing their first World Cup victory since 1994 and adding to the misery of Egypt’s prolific striker Mohamed Salah. The Liverpool forward put Egypt ahead but wasted a golden opportunity to double the lead, giving Saudi Arabia the chance to claw their way back into the game that was settled by a 95th- minute winner by midfielder Salem Al-Dawsari. The result meant Saudi Arabia finished third in Group A as they scored their only goals of the tournament and vastly improved on a 5-0 thrashing by hosts Russia in their opening game. Egypt finished in last place with no points, a result likely to heap pressure on Argentine coach Hector Cuper. It was a sad send-off for Salah who missed the opening game of the tournament with the injury he picked up during Liverpool’s Champions League final defeat to Real Madrid in May. Both sides were already packing their bags before they met in the heat of the Volgograd Arena, having failed to pick up a single point between them in their previ- ous group matches. VOLGOGRAD: Saudi Arabia’s forward Salem Al-Dawsari (L) is held back by Egypt’s defender Ahmed Fathi Nonetheless, Egypt’s hordes of supporters during the Russia 2018 World Cup Group A football match between Saudi Arabia and Egypt at the roared on Salah whenever he got near the ball and Volgograd Arena. — AFP he opened the scoring in the 22nd minute when he raced on to Abdallah Said’s long pass and kept his cool to lob Saudi goalkeeper Yasser Al-Mosailem. awarded Saudi Arabia a penalty and Salman Al- his left hand to shove Fahad Al-Muwallad’s strike That was Salah’s second goal in the two games Faraj converted from the spot. on to the bar and away. Saudi Arabia pressed for a he has played in Russia and he should have had Minutes earlier, Egyptian keeper Essam El- winner in the second half but the game appeared another almost immediately but somehow missed Hadary had marked his record-breaking appear- to be heading for a 1-1 draw - which would have when put clean through. He was made to pay for ance as the oldest player to play at a World Cup at meant Egypt finished third in the group - until the wasted opportunity deep into first-half stop- 45 years of age with a spectacular save from Abdullah Otayf teed up Al-Dawsari to angle his page time when Colombian referee Wilmar Roldan another penalty, diving to his right and sticking out shot past El-Hadary. —Reuters Uruguay punish sluggish Russia to top Group A

SAMARA: Uruguay burnished their World Cup cre- dentials with a 3-0 victory over 10-man Russia yes- terday, finishing top of Group A with a perfect record while dampening the hopes of the tournament hosts, who had to settle for second. Luis Suarez grabbed his second goal of the tour- nament to open Uruguay’s account with a free kick after 10 minutes and they doubled the lead with an own goal from Russia’s Denis Cheryshev soon after. That silenced a vociferous home crowd who had been in party mode after Russia’s opening two victo- ries and were not expecting their final group contest to be effectively ended in the 36th minute when Igor Smolnikov was sent off for a second booking. Edinson Cavani bundled home a third goal for Uruguay at the death to wrap up their third straight victory, ensuring they finished above the Russians, who will now have to face the winners of Group B in the last 16. Uruguay, who kept their sixth straight clean sheet, will face the runners-up from Group B, SAMARA: Russia’s forward Artem Dzyuba heads the ball with Uruguay’s midfielder Lucas Torreira (L) which will be decided when Spain, Portugal and Iran during the Russia 2018 World Cup Group A football match between Uruguay and Russia at the battle it out for two last-16 spots later. While Russia Samara Arena in Samara yesterday. —AFP had confounded those who predicted a group stage exit with resounding victories over Saudi Arabia and Egypt, there was still a question mark over how they decisively against them. They went behind in swel- Oscar Miguez having scored more for the South would perform when they faced stronger opposition. tering conditions at the Samara Arena when Suarez Americans with eight. Russia doubled their lead in Twice World Cup winners Uruguay offered them struck a low free kick into the bottom corner that the 23rd minute when Diego Laxalt’s shot from the the chance to show they truly belonged among the should have been easy pickings for Russia keeper edge of the area deflected off Cheryshev, leaving elite, but it was an opportunity wasted, merely serv- Igor Akinfeev. Sadly for the home fans, who had cre- Akinfeev wrong-footed. It should have been 3-0 ing to give ammunition to their doubters. ated a deafening din in the opening minutes, Akinfeev before Smolnikov departed, but Akinfeev made a “I believe that when we had 10 people in the pitch inexplicably vacated his bottom left corner, moving good save to deny Rodrigo Bentancur when the mid- we were running and wanted to attack more,” said back to the side of the goal his wall was guarding and fielder was played through by Suarez. With qualifi- Russia coach Stanislav Cherchesov. Yet while leaving space for Suarez to stroke the ball home. cation already assured, Cherchesov had made three Smolnikov’s sending off may have ended Russia’s It was Suarez’s second of the tournament and sev- changes to his starting line-up with Smolnikov among hopes, in truth the encounter had already swung enth World Cup goal overall for Uruguay, with only those drafted in. —Reuters

here to make a result, we are professionals. “We are fered a fracture in his left hand that means he will be No mercy for Messi, here to defend the colours of Nigeria and we know in forced to wear a cast if he is to face Argentina. football there is no mercy, no pity, everybody wants “The captain has a fracture of the third metacarpal to win and we cannot make any gifts even if we like of the left hand. It’s not so big fracture, it’s a little one, promise Nigeria very much this player.” but he has to play with a cast,” added Rohr. “We have Messi carried Argentina through a troubled quali- to ask to the referee to accept, but it is hard plastic fying campaign but has so far failed to fire in Russia, so I think it is ok. (He has) not so many pains and he ahead of WCup missing a penalty in a 1-1 draw with Iceland before will be ready I think.” — AFP Croatia thrashed the two-time world champions 3-0. showdown Nigerian defender Brian Idowu admitted he would love Messi’s shirt as a momento, but also insisted he wants to send Argentina packing. “Our main goal is SAINT PETERSBURG: Nigeria will take delight in that it will be Messi’s last World Cup game, as much ending potentially Lionel Messi’s last World Cup for as footballers we love watching him play,” said Today’s Matches (All local timings) Argentina despite their love and admiration for the Idowu, who was born in Saint Petersburg and still five-time world player of the year, promised Super plays his club football in Russia for Amkar Perm. Denmark 17:00 France Eagles coach Gernot Rohr. “I would love of course to swap jerseys with him but I would love to swap jerseys with many players in Victory for the Africans in Saint Petersburg today 17:00 will send Argentina home in disgrace after failing to the Argentinean side. “They have many very good Australia Peru win a game in Russia and send Nigeria into the last players and I watch them all play on TV, so it is not just Messi.” 16. “We love this great player, Messi, everybody loves Nigeria 21:00 Argentina him,” said Rohr yesterday. “The question is not if it is Nigeria moved into second place in Group D the last World Cup for him or not, the question is for behind already qualified Croatia by beating Iceland us to be qualified. 2-0 thanks to an Ahmed Musa double. However, that Iceland 21:00 Croatia “We are not here to watch him playing. We are victory came at a cost as captain John Obi Mikel suf- Established 1961 Sport

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Iran snatch late draw with Portugal European champions will meet Uruguay in round of 16

SARANSK: Portugal’s forward Cristiano Ronaldo and Iran’s goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand (C) vie for the ball during the Russia 2018 World Cup Group B football match between Iran and Portugal at the Mordovia Arena in Saransk yesterday. — AFP

SARANSK: Portugal advanced to the World Cup from the right flank and curled the ball past the out- pulled off a heroic save to deny the European champi- back and defended stoically but did not have enough round of 16 behind Spain from Group B after Ricardo stretched hands of goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand with ons a 2-0 lead. men going forward. Quaresma’s stunning strike on the stroke of halftime the outside of his boot. Caceres consulted with VAR to award the penalty Carlos Queiroz’s men relied mostly on counter was cancelled out by a dramatic stoppage-time penalty Iran were awarded a penalty in stoppage time after for Morteza Pouraliganji’s foul on Ronaldo amid vocif- attacks and while forward Sardar Azmoun showed by Iran’s Karim Ansarifard yesterday. Paraguayan referee Enrique Caceres used the video erous protests from the Iranians and their numerous plenty of glimpses of his talent, it was not enough to Portugal finished tied on five points with Spain, who assistant referee (VAR) system to rule that Portugal’s supporters at the Mordovia Arena. deny the Portuguese. Portugal had faced a lot of criti- drew 2-2 against Morocco to top the group by scoring Cedric Soares had handled the ball in the box. The Real Madrid forward, however, failed to convert, cism for their lacklustre display and inability to hold more goals, and set up a second round clash with Ansarifard converted the penalty to make it 1-1, also losing the chance to tie England’s Harry Kane at possession in their 1-0 win against Morocco but they Group A toppers Uruguay in Sochi on Saturday. pushing Portugal to second spot in the group behind the top of the scorers’ list on five goals. Iran, needing a appeared determined to set that right against the Asian Making his World Cup debut at the age of 34, Spain. Portugal were left to rue a missed penalty by win to have any realistic chance of advancing to the powerhouse. Spain will meet hosts Russia at Moscow’s Quaresma played a one-two with Adrien Silva to cut in Cristiano Ronaldo in the 51st minute after Beiranvand knockouts for the first time, were well organised at the Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday. — Reuters

between Sergio Ramos and Andres Iniesta to race through Last-gasp Aspas and slide the ball calmly through David De Gea’s legs. Spain were level five minutes later when some crisp passing sent Iniesta free inside Morocco’s box. He cut sees Spain draw back with the outside of his right boot to Isco, who fired into the roof of Monir El-Kajoui’s net from six yards. The Real Madrid playmaker was at the heart of every Spain 2-2 with Morocco attack, caressing clever passes to teammates and weaving KALININGRAD: Iago Aspas scored a VAR-assisted past wrong-footed defenders. Boutaib missed a glorious equaliser in injury time as Spain scrambled a 2-2 draw chance to restore the advantage when he found Spain’s with Morocco yesterday in a dramatic finale to their centre backs sleeping off a quick throw only to fluff the Group B campaign. Aspas’s winner, initially disallowed one-on-one with De Gea. but awarded after intervention from the Video Assistant But La Roja should have gone in ahead at half-time, Referee, saw Spain stumble into the last 16 as group win- with Iniesta’s square pass missing Diego Costa’s out- ners. The Spaniards will now face World Cup hosts Russia stretched right boot by millimetres from point blank. in the second round after Portugal were held to a 1-1 draw Morocco sat back in the second period and invited Spain by Iran in the night’s other game. Spain survived a real to try to break them down. When they regained posses- scare from a spirited Morocco side who had been leading sion they broke with pace and purpose, and nearly took 2-1 when the 90th minute began. Aspas’ clever flick from a the lead after 55 minutes when Noureddine Amrabat’s wide free kick was initially adjudged by the assistant refer- right-foot scorcher from distance cannoned off the ee to have been offside. crossbar. But after intervention from VAR it was given as a goal, Isco’s header on the hour mark forced a goal-line clear- much to the consternation of the Moroccan players and ance from Ghanem Saiss, chosen by Renard to start over substitutes, some of whom stormed the pitch in protest. captain Mehdi Benatia. Morocco were aggrieved not to be Morocco coach Herve Renard said before the game his awarded a penalty 10 minutes from time when the ball team, the first to be eliminated this tournament, had been struck Pique’s fist in the area. They weren’t complaining victim to “total injustice” in their opening 1-0 losses. The minutes later, however, when substitute Youssef En-Nesyri North Africans, who had yet to score a point or even a goal headed home the corner that followed to the rapture of the before Monday, started brightly, compact without the ball Moroccan supporters. But Aspas’ late equaliser took some KALININGRAD: Morocco’s midfielder Mbarek Boussoufa (L) vies with Spain’s midfielder Thiago Alcantara during the Russia 2018 and breaking at speed. Morocco took the lead on 14 min- of the gloss of what had been a spirited and well-drilled World Cup Group B football match between Spain and Morocco at the Kaliningrad Stadium in Kaliningrad yesterday. — AFP utes when Boutaib took advantage of a horrible mix-up performance. — AFP