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QIA acquires sizeable stake in Oryx Midstream Services QNA The total QIA to lead Oryx in partnership with TEXAS these world-class investors.” investment in Oryx The Co-founder and CEO of Investment Authority will be approximately Stonepeak, Michael Dorrell, for (QIA) announced yesterday that $550m. QIA has his part said: “We are delighted it acquired a significant stake in committed to invest to have QIA investing alongside Oryx Midstream Services (Oryx), Stonepeak in supporting Oryxs the largest privately-held in the development continued development. We midstream crude operator in the of Oryx alongside believe Oryx is a uniquely posi- Permian Basin from an affiliate Stonepeak. tioned strategic platform and a of Stonepeak Infrastructure core North American infra- Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Dr Issa bin Saad Al Jafali Al Nuaimi Partners (Stonepeak). structure asset. Stonepeak and in Singapore. The total QIA investment in provides consistent, reliable Oryx remain focused on pro- Oryx will be approximately service for its customers. viding critical midstream $550m. QIA has committed to The CEO of QIA, Mansoor Al services to accommodate invest in the development of Mahmoud, said: “We believe that growing Permian production, Qatar joins Singapore Oryx alongside Stonepeak. Oryx represents a strong mid- and QIAs commitment to Oryx Since its founding in 2013, stream platform with tre- meaningfully furthers this goal.” Oryx has established itself as one mendous growth potential, and QIA is a leading Sovereign Convention on Mediation of the leading midstream oper- we look forward to working with Wealth Fund in the world that ators in the Permian Basin in the our new partners at Stonepeak. offers economic strength for the QNA signatories to this model convention H E Al Jafali also pointed out Southwest of the United States. This acquisition is a further dem- future generations of Qatar. QIA SINGAPORE aimed at facilitating litigation pro- that Qatar’s joining of this The Oryx system transports onstration of QIAs strategy to is a major contributor to real- cedures and providing alternative agreement reflects the state’s crude oil to market hubs for increase the size of our US port- ising the Qatar National Vision Qatar joined yesterday the United means of resolving disputes in a keenness to support the interna- ultimate delivery to the Gulf folio, and to invest more in major 2030, by seeking to diversify and Nations Convention on Interna- quick manner, in accordance with tional system in all that would Coast. The system helps supply infrastructure projects.” maximize long-term invest- tional Settlement Agreements the latest methods in place to uphold the rule of law and provide domestic refineries and the The partnership is the latest ments and sustainable growth. Resulting from Mediation, known establish completed justice. the appropriate environment for growing US export market. in a series of investments under- Midland-based Oryx Mid- as the Singapore Convention on During the signing ceremony, security, peace and social justice. Upon completion of the taken by QIA across the US where stream is the largest privately- Mediation. which witnessed the presence of H E Al Jafali stressed that the remaining part of the system QIA aims to increase investment held midstream crude operator The Instrument of accession representatives from a number of Government of Qatar continues under construction, Oryx’s total to $45bn in the coming years. in the Permian Basin. The to the Convention was signed by countries of the world, H E the Min- to develop and modernise its legal transportation capacity will The CEO of Oryx, Brett Wiggs, company owns and operates a Minister of Justice and Acting Min- ister of Justice and Acting Minister system according to a deliberate exceed 900,000 barrels per day said: “The significant investment crude oil gathering and trans- ister of State for Cabinet Affairs H of State for Cabinet Affairs affirmed plan in line with the objectives and and access multiple takeaway and commitment from QIA portation system underpinned E Dr Issa bin Saad Al Jafali Al that Qatar’s signing of this important aspirations of Qatar National options, providing customers the alongside Stonepeaks strong by nearly one million acres Nuaimi, who heads the State’s del- agreement comes within the direc- Vision 2030. differentiated service flexibility operational and capital support under long-term dedications egation to the high-level con- tives of Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin The Qatari delegation will they need to maximise the value will allow us to continue to grow from more than 20 customers. ference on mediation and inter- Hamad Al Thani to establish a review the country’s legal expe- of their production. The Oryx our footprint in the Permian Stonepeak Infrastructure national dispute resolution cur- national legislative and legal system rience and discuss areas of coop- team is committed to a high Basin and deliver the highest Partners is an infrastructure- rently under way in Singapore. to keep pace with the rapid devel- eration and exchange of expe- standard of safety and environ- level of service to current and focused private equity firm with With this accession, the State of opments witnessed by the society rience in bilateral meetings with mental responsibility as it future customers. We are thrilled over $15bn of assets. Qatar is at the forefront of the and the world in all fields. a number of friendly countries.

Deputy PM gets Ashghal opens Umm Al Jamajim Street for traffic phone call from

QNA usiya Street and Street pursue traffic safety, a median has Al Furousiya Street and Al Waab World Athletics Championships Iranian Defence through Al Khufoos Street. been established to separates the Street. Doha 2019 is taking place in Sep- Umm Al Jamajim Street will two directions of the traffic, along “The opening at this time tember, the road will gain more Minister In preparation for the start of the enhance traffic in the area after with service roads. Pedestrian and coincides with the start of the significance as it will create 2019/2020 academic year and its huge development. The street, cycle paths are being completed new academic year to serve easier access to Khalifa Interna- QNA the launch of IAAF World which consisted of a lane in each on both sides of the road. many educational institutions, tional Stadium where the tour- DOHA Athletics Championships Doha direction, has been revamped Highway Project Department schools and kindergartens in the nament will be held,” he added. 2019, the Public Works Authority into a two-lane road in each Manager Eng. Bader Darwish area”, Darwish said. Umm Al Jamajim Street is Deputy Prime Minister and ‘Ashghal’ has announced the direction to accommodate about stressed that the opening of “The street will create better located in an area with many Minister of State for Defence opening of the 1,500M Umm Al 8,000 vehicles per hour, Umm Al Jamajim Street will traffic connection for businesses vital facilities such as Khalifa Affairs H E Dr Khalid bin Jamajim Street in Murraikh to reducing traffic time to more improve traffic movement for as well such as Villagio Mall and International Stadium, Aspire Mohamed Al Attiyah yesterday traffic to provide a direct than 60 percent. residents in Murraikh, , sport facilities like ; Zone, Villaggio Mall, and Eques- received a telephone call from movement between the Furo- As part of Ashghal’s efforts to and Muheirja and between and while the kickoff of IAAF trian Club. `P3 the Minister of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Brig- adier General Amir Hatami. Qatar, Ivory Coast to boost Bilateral relations between the two countries and ways of enhancing them were discussed ties and enhance trade during the call. The Iranian Minister praised SIDI MOHAMED “The opening of the Embassy reflects the wisdom of the Qatari lead- THE PENINSULA the will of the two countries to develop rela- ership in managing its crisis with tions and diversify relations in all political, neighbouring countries. He also The Ambassador of the Republic of Ivory economic and other fields,” he noted. invited H E the Deputy Prime Coast to the State of Qatar, Dr. Abdul Kadir He said that the Ivorian-Qatari Joint Minister and Minister of State for Cisse, expressed his delight at the official Committee’s initial activities are Defence Affairs to visit the inauguration of his country’s embassy in scheduled to take place in 2020 that will Islamic Republic of Iran. For his Qatar, stressing that they will do the best explore new fields of cooperation part, H E the Deputy Prime Min- to promote common interests and increase between the two friendly nations. ister and Minister of State for the volume of trade and economic rela- “This Committee will strengthen our Defence Affairs welcomed the tions between the two countries. strategic solidarity through mutual invitation of the Iranian Minister During an official opening ceremony support for the positions of the two coun- of Defence and stressed Qatar’s of the Embassy of the Republic of Ivory tries in the international arena,” the firm position that the security Coast in Qatar yesterday in the presence Ambassador added. and stability of the region is the of a number of Ambassadors and digni- On the official visits between leaders responsibility of all, which Falah at ‘Summer with Tarsheed’ camp taries, Cisse said that after six months of of both countries, Cisse said that in 2017 necessities all the different appointment as an ambassador in Doha Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al parties resort to the dialogue Kahramaa concluded ‘Summer with Trasheed’ camp, with the participation of Falah, he could say confidently that cooper- Thani paid an official visit to Abidjan, table, while stressing at the same the athletic falcon (the mascot of Doha 2019). The camp raised awareness and ation between the Republic of Ivory while Ivory Coast President Alassane time that the Islamic Republic introduced goals of sustainable development. Coast and the State of Qatar is going well Ouattara, visited Doha in 2018 and of Iran is a key player in the and in the right direction. earlier in 2013. `P2 region’s security and stability. 02 HOME THURSDAY 8 AUGUST 2019

PRAYER TIMINGS Back to School OFFICIAL NEWS FAJR 03. 41 AM SHOROOK 05. 04 AM Campaign from Amir greets President ZUHR 11. 40 AM MAGHRIB 06. 17 PM August 14 to 24 of Cote d’Ivoire ASR 03.08 PM ISHA 07. 47 PM DOHA: Amir H H Sheikh QNA Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani WEATHER TODAY DOHA and Deputy Amir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad The Ministry of Education and Higher Al Thani sent yesterday Education organises the sixth edition of cables of congratulations the annual Back to School Campaign for to the President of Cote the academic year 2019/2020 under the d’Ivoire, Alassane Ouat- slogan “With Education We Build Qatar” tara, on the anniversary of in collaboration with a number of his country’s Independence partners. Day. Prime Minister and The campaign will kick off at Kid- Interior Minister H E Sheikh Zania from August 14 to 24 and at Mall of Abdullah bin Nasser bin Qatar from August 16 to 24. The Back to Khalifa Al Thani also sent School Campaign aims to enhance com- a cable of congratulations The Chief of the Protocol, Ibrahim Fakhroo (left); Ambassador of Ivory Coast to munication with the public, prepare to Prime Minister of Cote Qatar, Dr. Abdul Kadir Cisse (second left); Dean of Diplomatic Corp and Eritrean school students and provide them and d’Ivoire, Amadou Gon Couli- their parents and the school staff with Ambassador, Ali Ibrahim Ahmed (right), during the official opening ceremony of baly. QNA support and awareness. the Embassy of Ivory Coast in Qatar, yesterday. Qatar condemns The Back to School campaign will include a variety of programmes and attack in Nigeria competitions related to the atmosphere Qatar, Ivory Coast to boost DOHA: Qatar voiced strong of study, science and scientific ambition, condemnation of the attack in addition to recreational, scientific and ties and enhance trade which targeted a town in northeast of Nigeria and cultural activities that are also related to FROM PAGE 1 health and safety and tips and guidance field, the Republic of Ivory Coast looks left deaths and injuries. The on traffic rules. “The opening of the Qatari Embassy forward to opening a “Qatar Charity” Ministry of Foreign Affairs This campaign is one of the successful in Abidjan in September 2018 and the office in Abidjan to support the govern- reiterated Qatar’s firm posi- o o initiatives of the Ministry of Education opening of the Embassy of Ivory Coast ment’s social and humanitarian pro- tion on rejecting violence 35 C 45 C and Higher Education in order to enhance in Doha in February 2019 show the will grammes, which focus on the con- and terrorism, regardless of Minimum Maximum the abilities and capabilities of students and desire of the two countries to struction of hospitals and health centres; motives and reasons. and develop and fuel the spirit of com- develop the existing strong and fruitful building schools and universities; and The statement expressed petition and creativity through a number relations,” he said. provide pure drinking water with elec- condolences of Qatar to the Hot daytime with blowing dust to dusty at of guidance and useful educational On economic bilateral ties, the trification of rural and semi-urban families of the victims, and some places at times and some clouds. advice, serving the educational process Ambassador said, the Embassy of Ivory areas,” the Ambassador said. He said the government and peo-

and the educational system in Qatar in Coast in Doha sets very important objec- Ivory Coast intends to stand side by side ple of Nigeria, wishing the

HIGH TIDE 12:38 – 21:30 LOW TIDE 04:59 – 17:22 all its aspects and dimensions at the tives to achieve at the level of economic with the brotherly people of Qatar in the injured a speedy recovery. Courtesy: Qatar Meteorology Department beginning of a new academic year. diplomacy. “In social and humanitarian hosting of the World Cup 2022 in Doha. QNA Qatar condemns two bombings in Kabul Ooredoo unveils amazing offers on Eid for Shahry customers DOHA: Qatar has strongly condemned the two bomb- THE PENINSULA months when they subscribe to an Inter- important to our customers, as is getting ings targeting two police DOHA national Pack 35 or International Pack great value for their money, so we’re stations in the west of the 50, while those signing up for a weekly delighted to offer these amazing deals to Afghan capital, Kabul, caus- Ooredoo yesterday announced a host of Passport pack will get 500MB extra ensure they can stay connected to friends ing deaths and injuries. amazing offers for Eid Al Adha, to ensure roaming data free and new subscribers and family via our Supernet during Eid Al The Ministry of Foreign customers can stay connected to friends to a monthly Passport pack will get 1GB Adha, for less. 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QNA THURSDAY 8 AUGUST 2019 HOME 03 ‘Summer centers achieved their goals’ Moroccan FM receives Qatari Ambassador’s credentials QNA Ministry of Education and year between the scientific, the activity of summer centers DOHA Higher, Dr. Ibrahim bin Saleh Al sports, cultural, recreational, this year in the framework of Nuaimi, told QNA that the artistic, community and tech- integration and cooperation The summer centers at the various activities of these nology, in a suitable envi- between different sectors of the Ministry of Education and Higher summer centers were organised ronment, attractive and compet- state. Education concluded its activ- by the Ministry in cooperation itive for the children, away from Head of Programmes and ities yesterday, which were with the Ministry of Culture and the home atmosphere and Activities at the Ministry of Edu- organised for more than three Sports and in partnership with stressors of the school, with the cation and Higher Education, weeks in 14 centres, including 7 Ibtikar Technology Solutions, full support of trainers and Fatima Yousef Al Obaidli for boys and the same for girls, where it has achieved its objec- supervisors. delivered a speech at the cer- taking into account the tives and enabled the partici- The Adviser to the Minister emony, in which she noted the geographical distribution of the pants to gain a variety of skills of Culture and Sports, Abdul- ministry’s continuous role in regions of the country, so those in the areas covered by the rahman Al Dosari, said that the developing students’ abilities, centers are close to the accom- events and has witnessed a large partnership between the Min- enhancing their talents in a way modation of participating turnout and interaction of stu- istry of Culture and Sports and that motivates them to serve students. dents and their parents, espe- the Ministry of Education and themselves and their community The Under-Secretary of the cially as it has integrated this Higher Education in organising positively. PHCC working hours Zakat Fund provides aid during Eid holidays worth QR25m in July QNA/DOHA Al Adha related expenses. The THE PENINSULA dental services at the Al Shamal fund of QR11,542,789 in July DOHA health centre will be available The Zakat Fund of the Ministry 2019 was for periodic assistance. between 7am and 2pm. of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs has One-time assistance totalled The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of The Primary Health Care Corpo- All specialised clinics will extended assistance worth over QR2,083,422 for the month. the Kingdom of Morocco, Nasser Bourita, received a copy of the ration (PHCC) has announced work daily in the morning from QR25m in July 2019 to the bene- Tuition fees and healthcare fees working hours of health centres 7am to 2pm, except on Friday. ficiaries of the registered were QR854,226 and credentials of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary during the Eid Al Adha holiday While, Dermatology clinics at families. QR694,048 respectively. of the State of Qatar to Morocco, Fahad bin Ibrahim Al Mana. The between August 11 and 15. health centres in Leabaib and The assistance included Assistance related to Eid Al Adha Minister wished Qatar’s Ambassador success in his mission, and The health centres in Al Rawdat Al Khail will open during tuition fees, healthcare and Eid were worth QR100,335,400. bilateral relations further development and prosperity. Shamal, Gharrafat , Al the holidays. Ophthalmology Sheehaniya, Al Kaaban and clinics will be open at health Rawdat Al Khail will receive centres in Rawdat Al Khail, urgent cases daily — around the , and Leabaib. During Umm Al Jamajim Street opens for traffic Eid holidays clock. The health centre in Abu the Eid holidays ENT clinics at Baker Siddiq will be receiving health centres in Rawdat Al FROM PAGE 1 for banks urgent cases daily from 7am to Khail and Muaither will be announced 11pm. Several health centres opened. There are also educational will open in two shifts from 7am Premarital clinics at Airport facilities and many schools in the QNA to 2pm and from 4pm to 11. Such health centre will open on area. Umm Al Jamajim Street DOHA health centres are in Madinat August 12 and at the Al Rayyan serves the areas of Baaya, Maherja Khalifa, Al Rayyan, Leabaib, health centre on August 13, from and . The importance of Qatar Central Bank (QCB) Airport area, , Omar 7 am to 2pm. the street and its connection to Al has announced that Eid Bin Khattab, Muaither, Rawdat Some health centres Henaizbiah Street, which makes Al Adha holidays for all Al Khail West Bay, Umm Slal, including those in , it easy to reach Al Waab Street banks operating in the Umm Ghuwailina, Al Shamal, Al Qatar University, Al Kaaban, and Furousiya Street. country will start on Khor, Al Sheehaniya, and Al Leghwairiya, , Al To complete the upgrading August 11. QCB said in a Wakrah. Daayen , , Abu Nakhla, works of the surrounding streets, statement yesterday that The health centre in Al Al Waab and Al Rayyan will be the Public Works Authority will the banks will be open to Jumailiya will operate 24 hours closed during the Eid holidays. close Al Baaya Street for 45 days the public on August 14 on call. Dental services will also Patients are required to call from Sunday. Meanwhile, (Wednesday). operate in two shifts from 7am 107 for appointments or for any travelers can use the parallel Al The Umm Al Jamajim Street in Murraikh after Ashghal opened it. to 2pm and 4pm to 10pm. But other information. Kharrara Street. 04 HOME THURSDAY 8 AUGUST 2019

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THE PENINSULA includes courses of calligraphy in themed summer camps will be run DOHA Kufic, Ruq’ah, Naskh, Nasta’liq or on August 21 for children aged 6 to 12 Diwani scripts and art workshops years old. Families and art enthusiasts still have exploring acrylic or glass painting, Inspired by the cartoon, children the chance to enjoy the series of drawing, geometry, clay sculpting and will make carpets and jewellery, hunt engaging workshops and activities much more. for Aladdin’s treasure in the museum offered at the Museum of Islamic Art Every day during this month, MIA and enjoy the original Disney cartoon, (MIA) this month. visitors also have the opportunity to of course. Places are limited so Taking inspiration from the explore the museum’s collection booking is essential. Those interested museum’s collection, which covers accompanied by a member of the can visit the website for further 1,400 years of history and a wide team of Museum Guides. In addition details. variety of materials and forms, the to the regular afternoon tours, The Summer Fun programme has activities include a wide selection of available all-year-round at 2pm, this been developed by MIA education art and calligraphy workshops as well summer visitors will also be able to department as part of the museum’s as daily in-depth guided tours of the enjoy an in-depth look at specific extensive learning programme, museum. objects during the new Islamic Art in offering visitors of all ages and back- Running until the end of this Focus short tours, taking place at grounds the opportunity to partic- month, MIA presents over 35 courses 10am and again at 12pm. Booking is ipate in a wide range of events, activ- developed by the Art and Calligraphy not required but further details are ities, research and learning opportu- team to cater to all age groups. The available on the website. nities designed for schools, families, exciting calendar of workshops, The last in the series of ‘Aladdin’ adult and specialist audiences.

Children enjoying summer workshops and activities at Museum of Islamic Art. THURSDAY 8 AUGUST 2019 HOME 05 Sidra Medicine appoints lactation Design expert Amir Berbic consultants to guide new mothers named Dean of VCUarts Qatar THE PENINSULA allowing students and faculty FAZEENA SALEEM breastfeeding. To reach the DOHA opportunities for cross-insti- THE PENINSULA goal of six months of tutional collaboration.” exclusive breastfeeding it is Amir Berbic, a professor Prior to joining the Uni- Sidra Medicine, as a tertiary very important to take time of design at the University versity of Illinois at Chicago hospital for women and in the beginning, and here of Illinois at Chicago, has in 2014, Berbić was on the Art children has implemented father’s role can be very been appointed dean of and Design faculty of the practices that protect and helpful,” they said. Virginia Commonwealth American University of promote breastfeeding, World Breastfeeding University School of the Sharjah. He was on the pointing out that the Week was officially marked Arts in Qatar (VCUarts American Institute of Graphic National Health Strategy between August 1 and 7 every Qatar) in , Arts (AIGA) Chicago board of 2018-2022 has been paid year to mark the anniversary effective August 1. directors from 2015-18, great attention to this aspect. of the Innocenti Declaration. Berbić previously Amir Berbic serving as vice president and As part of its family-cen- The aim is to draw every- served as associate dean co-chair of education. tered care for patients, Sidra body’s attention to strong for faculty affairs of the College of Archi- Berbić’s work has been recognized Medicine has hired lactation impact of breastfeeding to tecture, Design, and the Arts; chair of in numerous publications, conferences consultants. This is based on mother and baby’s wellbeing graphic design; and as acting director of and exhibitions including Design Issues, an increasing need to support The team of lactation consultants at Sidra Medicine. and better health. In Sidra the School of Design at the University of Visual Communication, Print, Graphis, and educate expectant Medicine this year a sym- Illinois at Chicago. He has worked in col- The Society of Typographic Arts, the mothers with important infor- team of lactation consultants ensuring that pregnant posium was held on August 1 laboration with cultural organizations, International Council of Design, AIGA mation about breastfeeding include Susan Clayton, Jane women, babies and mothers in the hospital for the staff and arts institutions and publishers. His Design Educators Community, TypeCon and to help guide new Maree Myers, Agnes Despi receive a holistic approach the workshop for parents on scholarly and creative work examines and Salone del Mobile in Milan. His work mothers on how to properly and Ada Vahtrik. to care – starting with pre- August 3 in The National the role design can have in shaping iden- is included in the permanent collection breastfeed their child. “We Speaking to The natal consultations all the way Library for Community. Both tities of places. of the Art Institute of Chicago. have only been open for Peninsula, they said, “We are to post-delivery counsel and were held in collaboration with “VCUarts Qatar is nimble, dynamic, Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, such a short time and with a on a journey of expanding guidance. Family, and espe- Health Promotion experimental, and it is a lab for inno- Berbić immigrated to the United States dedicated team of profes- the lactation services model cially the father’s support for Department and had great vative ideas that emerge out of research, in the 1990s where he completed his sionals with lactation within Sidra Medicine, in breastfeeding success is success. Statistics from the teaching and student initiatives within studies and worked in editorial design expertise. In Sidra Medicine addition the teams will have crucial, says members of the Ministry of Public Health in a very unique environment,” Berbić said. and publishing. He holds an MFA in we have four IBCLC (Interna- a contribution to the lactation team. 2018 revealed that 18.6 “I am inspired by the cooperation visual communication from the School tional Board Certified Lac- National Health Strategy “Breastfeeding is natural, percent of Qatari children and between VCU and Qatar Foundation to of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA tation Consultants) providing project to increase exclusive but at the same time it is a 36 percent of non-Qatari establish a world-class arts institution in graphic design from the University of support for inpatients,” said breastfeeding rates at 6 learnt skill that may take children exclusively in the Gulf — one that responds to the Illinois at Chicago. “It’s a pleasure to members of the lactation months. This will have a pos- time and can require dedi- breastfeed during the first six local context while having global impact. welcome Amir Berbić to VCUarts Qatar,” team. itive impact on maternal and cation and patience. Fathers months of life. This rate is way I am especially excited by the possibil- said VCU President Dr Michael Rao. “I Lactation consultants are child health outcomes.” can take care of keeping “a below the target set by the ities to expand on VCU’s relationships am confident the university’s legacy of professional breastfeeding The lactation consultants bubble for mum and baby” WHO for exclusive breast- with the other esteemed institutions in groundbreaking innovation and crea- specialists trained to teach at Sidra Medicine are part of undisturbed until they are feeding during the first six Education City, an academic envi- tivity will continue with Dean Berbić as mothers how to feed their a wider team of healthcare ready to interact with outer months of life, a minimum of ronment with colleges from worldwide leader. I look forward to working with baby. 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It is Unlimited Max plan and earning Ooredoo, said: “We’re delighted The Eid Al Adha promotion shop around town. 06 MIDDLE EAST / AFRICA THURSDAY 8 AUGUST 2019 Aden attack exposes splits in anti-Houthi alliance REUTERS The violence highlighted a rift within the Saudi- ADEN backed coalition battling the Iran-aligned Southern separatists clashed Houthi movement in a more than four-year war yesterday with presidential that has killed tens of thousands of people and guards in Aden, the seat of pushed Yemen to the brink of famine. Yemen’s government, and one person was killed and at least two badly injured, local officials for Yemen’s future, and a missile After the funeral, the vice- and residents said. strike in Aden last week that president of the separatist The violence highlighted a killed dozens of southern sol- Southern Transitional Council rift within the Saudi-backed coa- diers raised friction between (STC), Hani Ali Brik, called on lition battling the Iran-aligned them. Just before the clash, hun- supporters to march to the Houthi movement in a more dreds of separatist supporters palace and overthrow the gov- than four-year war that has attended a funeral for some of ernment, but there was no sign killed tens of thousands of the southern soldiers and a such a march had begun. people and pushed Yemen to the prominent commander near the The United Nations’ special Kurdish security forces stand guard at the site of an explosive-rigged vehicle that detonated in the brink of famine. The separatists hilltop presidential palace. envoy for Yemen, Martin Grif- town of Al Qahtaniyah, in the Hasakeh province of northeast Syria, yesterday. A car bombing claimed and the internationally recog- As the crowd chanted anti- fiths, expressed concern about by the Islamic State group killed five people, including three children. nised government of President government slogans, shooting the flare-up in Aden. Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi are was exchanged with presidential “I am alarmed by the mil- nominally united in their battle guards. The identities of the one itary escalations in Aden today, Turkey, US agree to set up ‘joint against the Houthis. dead and two injured people including reports of clashes in But they have rival agendas were not immediately known. the vicinity of the Presidential Palace. I am also deeply con- operation centre’ in northern Syria cerned by the recent rhetoric Houthis claim missile attack encouraging violence against AFP/ISTANBUL for the past 35 years. Islamic State group. Yemeni institutions,” he tweeted. The defence ministry said All sides agree that a buffer on Saudi military camp A senior United Arab Turkey and the United States in a statement that Ankara had zone is needed to keep the YPG Emirates (UAE) official, Anwar have agreed to establish a joint agreed with US officials to away from Turkey’s borders, but ANATOLIA/SANA’A Gargash, called for calm after the operation centre to manage “implement without delay the they have differed on how large violence, which he described on tensions between a US-backed first measures aimed at elimi- it should be, or who should Yemen’s Houthi rebel group claimed a ballistic missile attack on a Twitter as worrying, and said Kurdish militia and Turkish nating Turkey’s concerns. control it. military camp in southwestern yesterday. In a statement, escalation between the two sides forces in northern Syria, Ankara “In that framework, to The defence ministry said rebel spokesman Yehia Sarie said the attack targeted the camp in was not acceptable after attacks said yesterday. quickly create in Turkey a joint Turkey’s ultimate aim was to Najran province and the missile “perfectly struck its target”. claimed by Islamic State and Al The announcement came operation center to coordinate create a “peace corridor” that He said scores of Saudi soldiers and “mercenaries” were killed Qaeda in southern Yemen in after three days of tense nego- and manage the implementation can “ensure that our Syrian and injured in the attack. There was no comment from Riyadh recent days. The UAE supports tiations with US officials hoping of the safe zone with the US.” brothers will be able to return to or the Saudi-led coalition on the rebel claim. the anti-Houthi coalition but also to forestall a Turkish attack on Ankara has stepped up their country”. Yemen has remained wracked by violence since 2014, when backs the southern separatists. the Kurdish YPG group, which threats in recent days to launch Turkey has the highest Shia Houthi rebels overran much of the country, including the The southern port city of controls large swathes of an offensive against the YPG. number of Syrian refugees in the capital Sana’a. The conflict escalated the following year when Aden is the temporary home of northern Syria. That put the United States world at more than 3.6 million, Saudi Arabia and its Sunni-Arab allies launched a massive air Hadi’s government, though he Turkey sees the YPG as a in a difficult position as a Nato and has faced increasing campaign aimed at rolling back Houthi gains in Yemen and sup- himself is in Saudi Arabia and terrorist offshoot of the Kurdish ally of Turkey but also a sup- pressure domestically to speed porting the country’s pro-Saudi government. the presidential palace is largely PKK, which has fought a bloody porter of the YPG as its main up repatriations to peaceful empty apart from soldiers. insurgency inside its territory frontline partner against the parts of the country. Tunisia’s Islamist Ennahda announces presidential candidate Gaza journalists target of Israeli AFP/TUNIS following the death last month of Mourou is known as a mod- president Beji Caid Essebsi. erate and is one of the founding snipers Tunisia’s Islamist-inspired The Ennahda politician had members of Ennahda, which was Ennahda party announced a pres- previously served as the deputy launched in 1981. ANATOLIA/GAZA CITY idential candidate for the first time speaker, and changed roles after Presidential hopefuls have until yesterday, ahead of polls next the then parliamentary head August 9 to register, ahead of the Palestinian journalists covering month. “The party’s advisory Mohamed Ennaceur stepped up as election on September 15. the weekly protests against the council has voted by a majority of interim president. So far more than 30 people decades-long Israeli occupation 98 votes in favour of Abdelfattah The party’s announcement have submitted their candidacy to are complaining of being the Mourou’s candidacy at the presi- marks “the first time in its history the electoral commission, including target of Israeli snipers dential election,” Ennahda said in that the movement puts forward a media magnate Nabil Karoui. stationed along the border of a statement. candidate for the presidential elec- He was charged with money the blockaded territory. Ennahda “has taken a historic tions,” spokesman Imed Khmiri laundering in July, after stating his Since the protests began in decision,” council head Abdelkarim said. Ennahda won the first polls intention to stand in the polls. March of last year, two jour- Harouni said. “We cannot steer after the 2011 uprising which Karoui is a fierce rival of Prime nalists have been shot dead and Former Tunisian Defence Minister, Abdelkarim Zbidi, who is clear of (the polls) in 2019.” ousted autocratic president Zine El Minister Youssef Chahed, who is dozens injured by Israeli gunfire presidential candidate of Nidaa Tounes, registering his papers Mourou, 71, was appointed Abidine Ben Ali, and is currently standing in the presidential vote near Gaza-Israel buffer zone. for the presidential elections, in Tunis, yesterday. interim parliamentary speaker the largest party in parliament. with his Tahya Tounes party. Last week, two journalists were shot injured as they were covering protests against the Israeli occupation, according to Double suicide attack in the Journalist Support Com- mittee (JSC) in Palestine. Osama Al Kahlout, a pho- northeast Nigeria, 3 dead tojournalist, was shot in the leg with a live bullet while Hatem AFP/KANO, NIGERIA district spokesman Kotori, 12 kilometres Omar, working for China’s Adamu Mohammed, who (eight miles) outside Mai- Xinhua news agency, was Two female suicide gave the same toll, said duguri, Danbatta said, injured by a rubber bullet. bombers killed three the bombers waited until adding that no one was “No one has immunity along civilians and wounded around 8:30pm before hurt in that incident. Gaza border,” Al-Kahlout, 33, eight in a suspected Boko launching their attack. Boko Haram’s who was shot east of al-Bureij Haram attack in northeast Boko Haram has decade-long campaign of refugee camp in the central Nigeria, emergency been waging a 10-year violence has left some Gaza Strip, said. services said. The twin insurgency in northeast 27,000 people dead, dis- “The [Israeli] occupation blasts tore through a Nigeria that has seen it placed over two million forces target journalists, para- crowd late on Tuesday in repeatedly use female across the region and spilt medics, citizens and even the the town of Mafa, some suicide bombers to attack over into neighbouring handicapped,” he said. “Eve- 50km from regional soft targets such as countries. The militants ryone is within the target of capital Maiduguri. mosques, markets and have splintered into two Israeli snipers.” “The female bombers bus stations. major factions, after Al Kahlout said he had killed three people and Many of the bombers fighters loyal to the Islamic received a phone call from an wounded eight others,” are young women and State group broke away unknown number before being Bello Danbatta, head of girls. The last suicide from long-time leader shot in the leg. security for the State attack was in June when Abubakar Shekau in 2016. The photojournalist believes Emergency Management a triple bombing outside Shekau’s Boko Haram that “the call was from the Agency (SEMA) in Borno a hall where football fans group has tended to attack Israeli army so that he could be state, said. The assailants were watching a match civilian targets, while the accurately located and targeted entered the town among killed at least 30 people. Islamic State West Africa directly”. a group of local women Also on Tuesday, Province (ISWAP) faction He confirmed that he was who had gone to fetch fighters burnt 11 houses has ratcheted up assaults wearing a shield bearing a press firewood for cooking, and looted food in an on the military since July badge and was working in an Danbatta said. Local attack on the village of 2018. area relatively far from the demonstrators. According to al-Kahlout, Two Gambian soldiers jailed for coup plot four journalists had previously been injured while covering the AFP/BANJUL,GAMBIA the military said. the military court at weekly protests in the same The pair had used a Yumdum barracks heard area where he was shot east of Two Gambian soldiers Whatsapp chat group during proceedings. “Two al-Bureij refugee camp. accused of plotting to called “The True Friends” soldiers were today con- “Israeli forces target jour- overthrow the to discuss ways of staging victed and sentenced to nalists in an attempt to prevent government of President a coup with other members three-years imprisonment them from exposing their Adama Barrow were of the Gambian army while on various criminal crimes and violations against sentenced to three years on a 2017 peacekeeping offences,” army spokes- peaceful protesters to the in jail by a court martial, mission in Darfur in Sudan, person said. world,” he said. THURSDAY 8 AUGUST 2019 ASIA 07

Migrant workers Lockdown in J&K flee Kashmir

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Hit by a complete security reviews situation lockdown in Kashmir, hundreds of poor migrant workers have IANS/AFP Officials said a begun fleeing the Himalayan SRINAGAR/SHOPIAN, J&K protesters has died region to return to their and more than 100 far-away villages in northern Days after the government have been arrested and eastern India. revoked Article 370 of the Some complained yes- Constitution that gave special since the curfew was terday that their Kashmiri status to Jammu and Kashmir, imposed in Kashmir on employers didn’t pay them any National Security Adviser Ajit Sunday midnight. salary as security forces began Doval was spotted yesterday imposing tight travel restric- having lunch with local residents tions over the weekend and here, in a bid to show that “The government will make asked them to leave their jobs. normalcy was slowly returning every effort to better the edu- The workers crowded yes- to the Valley. cation of the children in the terday the railroad station at Doval was in Kashmir to valley. It might not be as good as Jammu, the winter capital of assess the security situation in the private institutes, but you’ll Jammu and Kashmir state, as the state, which was put under definitely see an improvement,” they waited for trains bound for curfew hours ahead of the gov- he told the people. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Indian security forces personnel patrolling a deserted street during restrictions after the government ernment’s announcement. All Earlier, the NSA met Gov- Jharkhand. They carried their scrapped special status for Kashmir, in Srinagar yesterday. communication, including the ernor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj belongings on their heads and Internet and telephone (both Bhavan in Srinagar. He also under their arms, tied in bed- mobile and landline), were also addressed groups of Jammu and nagar, officials said yesterday. protests during the three-decade ministers Mehbooba Mufti and sheets. Jagdish Mathur, a snapped. Kashmir Police, Central Reserve Despite a paralysing curfew insurgency in Kashmir that has Omar Abdullah, along with worker, said many people The NSA was spotted sitting Police Force and the Indian Army imposed to head off unrest, spo- left tens of thousands dead. regional party leader Sajad Lone, walked for miles on a highway and interacting with a handful personnel to boost their morale radic protests have been A source said that at least six were placed under house arrest and hitched rides on army of local people outside shuttered in the state’s altered scenario. reported by residents in people have been admitted to at the weekend and then trucks and buses from Srinagar down shops in an empty market He said he was aware of the Srinagar. hospital in Srinagar with gunshot reportedly taken to a guesthouse to Jammu, a distance of 260km. place in South Kashmir’s danger the security forces in the A police official, speaking on wounds and other injuries from by the authorities. Every year, tens of thou- Shopian. state worked under as he himself condition of anonymity, said that protests. More than 100 people, Indian police insist that sands of people travel to Between bites of wazwan, had been a part of the security in one incident a youth being included political leaders and Kashmir has been mainly Kashmir from various Indian Doval was seen explaining to the set-up for the past 52 years. chased by police “jumped into activists, have been arrested as peaceful since the curfew was states looking for work, mainly people how the new set-up Meanwhile, a protester died the Jhelum river and died”. part of the lockdown for being a imposed at midnight on Sunday. masonry, carpentry and agri- would ease people’s lives by after being chased by police and The incident happened in threat to the peace in the Hima- Officials told PTI the only culture. Whenever the security improving health facilities and more than 100 people were Srinagar’s old town which has layan valley, officials told the disturbances were “very few situation deteriorates, they education. arrested during a curfew in Sri- become a hotbed of anti-India Press Trust of India. Former chief incidents of stone-pelting”. return homes. 23 properties Tears and tributes flow as nation bids farewell to Sushma worth Rs300cr IANS patiently hearing her husband. core of the Indian diplomacy”. seized in IMA NEW DELHI Vice-President M Venkaiah MEA spokesperson Raveesh Naidu too, visited the house of Kumar tweeted: #TeamMEA Jewellers case The last rites of former External the late Bharatiya Janata Party mourns the sad demise of Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj leader. former External Affairs Minister IANS were held at the Dayanand LK Advani, accompanied by #sushmaswaraj. Enjoying BENGALURU crematorium on Lodhi Road his daughter, also reached the immense respect within the here with full state honours house where Sushma Swaraj Ministry and outside, for her The Karnataka government has yesterday. had recently moved to after her compassionate and amiable seized 23 properties of IMA The 67-year-old veteran BJP last ministerial duties. personality, she has left a lasting Jewellers scam prime accused leader Sushma Swaraj passed Among the others who legacy for putting people at the Mansoor Khan valued at Rs300 away on Tuesday night fol- visited her residence to pay last core of Indian diplomacy.” crore in five districts across the lowing a cardiac arrest. Her respect were also Delhi Chief Sushma Swaraj, 67, has left state, an official said yesterday. body was kept at the Bharatiya Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his an indelible mark with her out- “We have seized 23 prop- Janata Party headquarters in the deputy Manish Sisodia. reach to the Indian diaspora erties valued at Rs300 crore of heart of the capital for public to Samajwadi Party leaders around the world. Any call for Khan in Bengaluru, pay homage. Ram Gopal Yadav and Mulayam help would be immediately Chikkamagaluru, Davangere, Prime Minister Narendra Singh Yadav also paid their last responded to by Sushma Swaraj Hassan and Kolar in the state Modi, Vice-President Venkaiah respects to Sushma Swaraj. during her five years as the Bharatiya Janata Party workers paying tributes to India’s former as part of the investigation in Naidu, BJP stalwart LK Advani, Trinamool leader Derek External Affairs Minister from External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj in Siliguri, yesterday. the multi-crore Ponzi scheme Union Ministers Rajnath Singh O’Brien was also present. 2014 to 2019. scam,” Bengaluru Urban Dis- and Amit Shah and senior Meanwhile, the Ministry of One of her tweets, posted on trict Deputy Commissioner K. leaders of other parties attended Modi yesterday also visited seen paying an emotional External Affairs (MEA) team June 7, 2017, and retweeted by Srinivas said here in a statement the funeral. Sushma Swaraj’s residence to tribute to Sushma Swaraj. He mourned the death of Sushma a follower, went: “Even if you in Kannada. President Ram Nath Kovind pay her their last respect. met her daughters and consoled Swaraj saying she left a lasting are stuck on the Mars, Indian The previous Congress- and Prime Minister Narendra A visibly upset Modi was them, and spend a long time legacy for “putting people at the Embassy there will help you.” JD(S) coalition government had set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) on June 11 to probe ED seeks warrant against Ratul Puri the scam in which about 40,000 people from across the IANS state and outside were allegedly NEW DELHI anticipatory bail application filed by duped of their hard-earned Puri. Puri is under the scanner of probe money they invested in Khan’s The Enforcement Directorate agencies for allegedly receiving kick- Ponzi scheme in the form of yesterday knocked on the doors of a backs in the AgustaWestland deal deposits, gold and jewellery Delhi court, seeking issuance of a non- through his companies. since a decade. “We are seeking bailable warrant (NBW) against The ED has alleged that accounts the special court’s permission Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal associated with firms owned and to interrogate Khan on the scam Nath’s nephew and industrialist Ratul operated by Puri were used to receive as he is lodged in city central Puri in the AgustaWestland case. kickbacks and launder money in the jail since August 1,” an SIT This comes a day after Special CBI AgustaWestland deal for VIP official said. Judge Arvind Kumar dismissed the helicopters. Floods displace thousands in Maharashtra

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At least 16 people have died in India’s western state of Maharashtra as heavy rains and overflowing rivers swamped five districts, forcing authorities to move more than

140,000 people to safer places, a Zc^ . Umm BabVc./TS%K1ZM Road / Qatar Petroleum government official said yesterday. To dukhan and Rivers in the region were flooded as authorities released water from dams that had filled after some dis- !  M tricts such as Kolhapur received as Al Kharaij Beach Road W@SALc TB . much as 670 mm (26.4 inches) of To Salwa Street and rainfall in a week. the intersection of Ameriya “Reservoirs in these districts are full. If we get more rainfall, then we ^ M ^ Dukhan Road Dukhan $c%S !   !!   umm Bab Road ZM have no option but to release water 2544.9'01°"N 5021.2'48°"E Doha Al kkhkharkharaigeharararaigege BeBeachach ?\SL%\6  TM Salwa Street !  W@SAL in rivers,” said Deepak Mhaiskar, Al-Kharaij Beach intersection of Ameriya divisional commissioner of Pune People wading through a flooded street in Sangli, Maharashtra. region. The weather department has on a national highway that connects affected districts have been closed forecast heavy rainfall in the region the financial capital Mumbai to infor- since Monday and are unlikely to in the next three days, prompting mation and technology hub Ben- open this week, said a government authorities to send more rescue galuru, because the road was sub- official. teams by air. merged in few places, Mhaiskar said. Floods in South Asia cause mass Thousands of trucks were stuck Schools and colleges in the displacement and deaths annually. 08 VIEWS THURSDAY 8 AUGUST 2019 Germany targeted far-right violence ESTABLISHED IN 1996 with laws. It wasn’t enough.

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DR. KHALID BIN MUBARAK AL-SHAFI [email protected] LEONID BERSHIDSKY BLOOMBERG ACTING MANAGING EDITOR MOHAMMED SALIM MOHAMED nce the casualties from [email protected] the El Paso mass shooting are added in, statistics show that since 9/11, more people DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR O have been killed in the US by far right MOHAMMED OSMAN ALI terrorists (107) than by jihadis (104). [email protected] The urge to try to fix this with regu- latory measures is understandable, but it’s also worth looking at the German experience of fighting right-wing extremism and terrorism; despite tough policies against it, this kind of violence is still too frequent for EDITORIAL comfort. Germany has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the world population of right-wing radicals. The the news website Zeit Online and the (including a ban on automatic BfV’s annual reports contain rather daily Tagesspiegel last year found 169 Vibrant real estate sector weapons, a federal gun register and precise numbers of these people, who murders committed by right-wing other regulations that make it hard to are members of organizations con- extremists between 1990 and 2017; atar’s real estate sector is yet again witnessing a buy one gun, let alone multiple stantly watched by the domestic intel- only half of them were reflected in boom and has delivered a stellar performance in firearms), less than a fifth the US ligence service and unstructured com- official statistics on politically moti- Qthe first five months of this year. The sector has number of guns per 100 residents and munities of so-called Reichsburgers vated crime. In recent months, two witnessed deals valuing more than QR9.5bn during Jan- about one-nineteenth the US murder and Selbstverwalters (people who murders by far-right terrorists shook uary-May 2019, according to the data of Planning and rate. But in addition to that, Germany profess to live by the laws of the Germany: the assassination of the Statistics Authority, which shows the sector remains has specific safeguards against any German Reich rather than the Federal Kassel city government president attractive for investors. return to its Nazi past. Republic of Germany or merely by Walter Luebcke and the attempted The real estate sector witnessed a high growth rate, One is a strict hate speech law, their own laws). In 2018, for example, murder of an Eritrean immigrant. In both in terms of value and numbers despite the unjust which carries a maximum five-year the BfV counted 25,350 such people, both cases, the attackers were blockade imposed on Qatar. The blockade helped Qatar prison term for racist speech, compared with 25,250 the year before. described as “lone wolves,” but Lueb- undergo an economic transformation which resulted the including specifically the justification The BfV makes it its business to cke’s killer had been on a BfV watchlist state establishing the foundations of a flexible, independent of Nazi crimes, such as Holocaust attend and catalog all kinds of right- as a member of the far-right scene. and open economy. The maximum number of deals during denial. The law doesn’t just sit on the wing gatherings, including concerts by More than 1,000 violent crimes the January-May 2019 period was for vacant plots of land. books; it’s widely enforced, including musicians popular among members of are committed every year by the Among the municipalities, Doha Municipality was the most against social network posters. In the scene; it counted 270 such music German far right. If the murder sought as it witnessed highest number of deals in the 2018, the police took action in 1,472 events in 2018. numbers compiled by Zeit Online and country. “hate posting” The intelligence service doesn’t Tagesspiegel are correct, the loss of Real estate market in Qatar has evolved over the years cases, in 1,130 just analyze open-source data such as life linked to far-right activity is on with initiatives taken by the government to improve trans- of them against social network posts and speeches at the same order of magnitude as in the parency, ownership regulations and overall participation. people who public gatherings, as it did for a report US, though Germany is a much Authorities have taken several measures to further expressed far- on the far-right parliamentary party smaller country and mass shootings strengthen real estate sector. right Alternative for Germany that was are a rarity. (It’s possible, of course, One of major steps was the Germany views. Besides, leaked earlier this year. It also infil- that US statistics underestimate the approval by Cabinet, in March has some of the there’s a long trates suspicious groups and watches number of far-right killings because this year, to a draft law on the most restrictive list of banned individuals. The BfV’s cultivation of the racist motive isn’t always seen as regulation of non-Qatari own- gun laws in the symbols and informers within far-right groups the main one). In any case, all the Despite the unjust ership and use of real estate. propaganda came to light during the five-year trial government attention to the far-right siege, Qatar’s real The move is expected to world (including a materials, the of the so-called National Socialist scene in Germany fails to prevent estate sector has attract long-term capital in ban on automatic use of which is Underground, a neo-Nazi group that quite a lot of violence. demonstrated its Qatar’s resilient real estate weapons, a also consist- committed nine murders of immi- This doesn’t mean, of course, that sector. federal gun ently prose- grants and 14 bank robberies between the constraints and added safeguards resilience. All the “The recent reform to cuted (12,582 2000 and 2006. The last surviving are pointless. They probably municipalities change freehold ownership register and other such crimes core member of the group, Beate prevent more crimes than they fail to have witnessed law will contribute to a pos- regulations that were registered Zschaepe, was sentenced to life stop. But the solution to the right-wing mega deals. itive transformation of the real make it hard to last year). This imprisonment last year. violence problem is far more complex estate sector which will now approach The BfV informers apparently than simply crime prevention. Above embrace its cultural diversity buy one gun, let differs sharply failed to report the group’s activity to all, it’s a matter of keeping society through new initiatives alone multiple from the US police even though they’d known healthy and public debate respectful. designed to encourage investments and positively change firearms), less stance on free about it, which raised questions about Hate and rage aren’t chemical business perspectives to ultimately result in overall eco- than a fifth the US speech; there, the intelligence service’s relationship reactions in the brains of a small nomic growth,” Pawel Banach, General Manager of the same “hate with the right-wing scene. But the very number of crazy people; they are ValuStrat Qatar, said recently. number of guns posts” would fact that intelligence operations are social phenomena. In German society, Qatar’s real estate market has come a long way since per 100 residents have been con- being conducted against the far-right the recent increase in far-right activity June 2017. The sector is moving ahead with full steam. and about one- stitutionally groups in a society that makes a point which has sent the BfV to the par- The average monthly transactions have increased, which nineteenth the US protected. of rejecting surveillance and stresses a liament begging for more resources is shows the strength of real estate sector. Despite the unjust The other commitment to political freedom is associated with the consequences of siege, Qatar’s real estate sector has demonstrated its resil- murder rate. safeguard is quite remarkable. In the US, the law the 2015 refugee crises, mishandled by ience. All the municipalities have witnessed mega deals. essentially an enforcement effort against racist politicians. In the US, it’s the product A total of 1,754 transactions were registered in the first element of the police state - something extremism is weak and low-profile by of the same divisions that have led to five months of this year. January was the busiest month to which Germany is allergic in almost comparison. Donald Trump’s polarizing presidency. as 402 deals were recorded while April registered deals all other areas. One of the primary And yet Germany, despite going to Tough laws and their enforcement worth QR2.99bn, making it the month with the highest tasks of the Federal Office for the Pro- all those lengths, is experiencing a may be a good place to start, but we value of deals in the first five months. Residential supply tection of the Constitution (BfV) is to worrying increase in right-wing vio- should bear in mind that they only reached 294,700 units as of second quarter this year with keep a close eye on Germany’s lence. An investigation conducted by treat the symptoms. the delivery of 1,700 apartments and villas. Continued demand for real estate units is still con- sidered by a large segment of investors and savers as a safe haven because it is an investment capable of pro- tecting initial investment value of assets. The real estate A threat to both the US and China sector, supported by a series of policy-driven decisions, is staging a turnaround with residential properties THE WASHINGTON POST fallen from No. 1 to No. 3 on quickly intervened Tuesday to however, base policy on expected to increase in the years ahead. The real estate the list of top US trading stop its currency from objective economics, not a market remains steady and strong, showing that investors’ arkets are still partners, and from the Iowa declining too rapidly precisely general anti-China animus. trust in Qatar’s economy remains intact. trying to absorb soybean fields to the canyons because it could not afford an In that respect, his adminis- the impact of of Wall Street, people fret uncontrolled devaluation and tration’s mostly symbolic President Donald about the consequences of the capital flight that might decision to brand China a M currency manipulator was Trump’s latest escalation in what seems like a lasting breed. his trade war with China - rupture in trade relations. And, as we have said anything but reassuring: The and Beijing’s inevitable retal- No mistake about it: This before, some short-run uncer- fact is that, until Monday’s iation. Angry that China situation threatens economic tainty - even short-run eco- brief deviation, China had QUOTE OF THE DAY failed to deliver the increased growth both in the United nomic pain - might be a price been propping up its cur- agricultural purchases which, States and the world, because worth paying to negotiate rency to avoid capital flight, Continuation of our he claims, it promised earlier of the direct impact of higher China into a more sustainable which had the effect of kinsmen’s existence this year, Trump announced prices on US consumer economic relationship, one making US exports more in their historical a 10 percent tariff on $300 spending, and the indirect that did not involve so much competitive. Also misguided billion in Chinese consumer impact of the uncertainty that protectionism and intellectual is the president’s fixation on motherland Crimea, goods to take effect Sept. 1. In the US-China conflict is property theft on Beijing’s part. the bilateral trade-deficit protection of their response, China announced it sowing among investors. It’s Still, the risks are real, number, of which his identity and culture, would cut off US farm important not to exaggerate and Trump’s approach emphasis on guaranteed preservation of their imports and allowed its cur- these effects: A 10 percent tax inspires no confidence that soybean sales is a symptom. rency to drift lower - to on $300 billion worth of he has some strategic What matters are fair rules basic rights and which the Trump adminis- imports amounts to a $30 objective in mind, as of the game, not predeter- freedoms are Turkey’s tration responded by offi- billion hit to a $21 trillion opposed to the continuation mined outcomes. To the priorities. cially branding the country a economy; there were and are of conflict with China for its extent he’s asking China for Recep Tayyip Erdogan “currency manipulator” for plenty of other threats to own sake. We don’t expect the former, Trump’s position Turkish President the first time in a quarter- growth already, including the president to announce will gain legitimacy in both century.Partly because of the China’s own internal eco- his negotiating goals in the United States and impact of tariffs, China has nomic problems. China advance. He should, abroad. THURSDAY 8 AUGUST 2019 ASIA 09 Pakistan downgrades ties, halts trade with India over Kashmir INTERNEWS The National Security Inter-Services Intelligence, KARACHI Committee decides director-general Inter-Services Public Relations, secretary The National Security Committee to recall Pakistan’s foreign affairs and other senior (NSC) of Pakistan yesterday, in ambassador from New officers. light of India’s recent actions in Delhi and expel the On Monday, the government Jammu and Kashmir, resolved Indian envoy. of Indian Prime Minister to downgrade Pakistan’s diplo- Narendra Modi stripped Kash- matic relations with New Delhi miris of the special autonomy and suspend all bilateral trade. The premier directed the they had for seven decades The top security body’s armed forces to continue their through a rushed presidential meeting was presided over by vigilance. The meeting attended order. An indefinite curfew — Prime Minister Imran Khan to by the top civilian and military that entered its fourth day yes- review the situation after India’s leadership also decided to recall terday — was imposed in the ter- “unilateral and illegal actions” Pakistan’s ambassador from ritory and elected leaders were through which it scrapped the New Delhi and expel the Indian put under house arrest. special status for the disputed envoy. By repealing Article 370 of territory. “Our ambassadors will no the constitution, people from the The situation inside Indian- longer be in New Delhi and their rest of India will now have the held Jammu and Kashmir and counterparts here will also be right to acquire property in along the Line of Control was sent back,” Foreign Minister Kashmir and settle there perma- also discussed. Shah Mahmood Qureshi told nently. Kashmiris, as well as The meeting also decided to ARY News. critics of India’s government, see review the Pakistan-India The hours-long meeting was the move as an attempt to dilute bilateral arrangements, take the attended by the ministers for the demographics of Muslim- matter to the United Nations and foreign affairs, defence, interior, majority Kashmir with Hindu Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan (left) chairs a National Security Committee meeting along with observe the upcoming Inde- education, human rights, settlers. The Pakistan Army has Armed Forces chiefs and Cabinet members in Islamabad, yesterday. pendence Day on August 14 in Kashmir affairs and Gilgit- also said it “firmly stands” with solidarity with Kashmiris. Baltistan and law; finance Kashmiris. “PM directed that all diplo- adviser; chairman of joint chiefs Meanwhile, Prime Minister Parliament condemns India’s ‘unilateral’ move matic channels be activated to of staff committee, chief of army Imran Khan has constituted a expose brutal Indian racist staff, chief of air staff, vice chief seven-member committee to ANATOLIA Kashmiris and the international and “aggressive” actions by India regime, design and human rights of naval staff, special assistant recommend legal, political, and KARACHI community”. posed a grave threat to peace, violations,” a statement issued to the prime minister on infor- diplomatic responses to devel- The resolution opposes security and stability in South after the meeting said. mation, director-general opments in the Indian-held Pakistan’s Parliament yesterday “Indian plans to alter the demo- Asia, the resolution reaffirms and Kashmir, a notification read. passed a unanimous resolution graphic composition of IOK upholds the inalienable right to The notification said: “The to condemn India’s controversial (Indian Occupied Kashmir), as self-determination of the people Prime Minister has been pleased decision to strip the disputed well as take away protected, of Jammu and Kashmir as to constitute, with immediate Jammu and Kashmir region of inherent and established rights enshrined in the UN Security effect, a seven (07) member team its decades-long special status. of the people of Jammu and Council resolutions and as pro- who shall make recommenda- The resolution adopted Kashmir to citizenship, per- tected by international law. tions to formulate the legal/ during a joint session of the manent residence, acquisition Calling upon the UNSC to political/diplomatic response on upper house — the Senate , and of property, employment and take notice of the matter and the the latest developments related the lower house — the National education as provided under the UN Human Rights Council to to Indian Held Kashmir.” Assembly — rejects New Delhi’s repealed Article 35(A) of the constitute a Commission of According to the notification, “illegal, unilateral, reckless and Indian Constitution”. Inquiry, it also urges the Organ- the special team would comprise coercive attempt to alter the dis- It also decries “other isation of the Islamic Cooper- Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood puted status of Indian occupied regressive measures” to change ation (OIC) to “convene an Qureshi, Attorney General for Kashmir as enshrined in the Kashmir’s demographic extraordinary high level session Pakistan Anwar Mansoor Khan, UNSC resolutions”, state-run structure as well as “the recent immediately” and “work with Foreign Secretary Sohail Pakistan Television reported. surge in unprovoked firing and the UN for an end to repression Mahmood, and the PM’s special Denouncing the deployment shelling on unarmed civilian in disputed region. envoy Ahmed Bilal Sufi, as well of additional troops and “atroc- population across the Line of Foreign Minister Shah as the directors general of Inter ities in Indian occupied Control and use of cluster bombs Mahmood Qureshi said he was Services Intelligence (ISI), Mil- Kashmir”, it demands that “India by Indian forces in Azad Jammu leaving for China to discuss the Kashmiri people shouting slogans during a demonstration against itary Operations, and the Inter honours its own commitment to and Kashmir”. situation arising from India’s the Indian government, in Islamabad yesterday. Services Public Relations (ISPR). the UN Security Council, Stressing that “irresponsible” move in Kashmir. Death toll from 14 dead, over 140 hurt in NAB arrests rains in Pakistan another oppn rises to 134 massive Taliban attack AFP destroyed buildings in a PML-N leader INTERNEWS KABUL compound. ISLAMABAD Afghan authorities said at INTERNEWS At least 14 people were killed and least 10 civilians and four police ISLAMABAD Monsoon season is far from 145 wounded in a massive officers had been killed. Another being over but has already cost Taliban bomb blast in Kabul 145 people, including 92 civilians, Opposition Pakistan Muslim 134 lives since June 1 while also yesterday. were wounded. League-N leader and former injuring over 100 people in The bloodshed in the capital “As the air cleared, I saw finance minister Miftah Ismail Pakistan. The rains so far have comes amid an ongoing surge in several women crying, desper- was arrested by the National also caused considerable attacks across Afghanistan, ately looking for their husbands Accountability Bureau (NAB) damages to both public and where some 1,500 people were or children near the blast site,” yesterday after the Islamabad private properties. killed or injured last month local journalist Zakeria Hasani, High Court rejected his bail According to the National alone. who lives near the police station, plea. Disaster Management Authority A huge plume of black smoke said. Ismail had approached the Security officials inspect the site of the blast in Kabul, yesterday. (NDMA), the 134 causalities of was seen rising over western Shopkeeper Ahmad Saleh IHC for pre-arrest bail in what the rainy season included 46 Kabul following a massive said his store windows had is called the ‘LNG case’. His plea children and 28 women. explosion at the entrance to a blown out, sending glass flying. The Taliban ordered their 2017. The blast was not the only was heard by a division bench Some 300 houses, 45 shops, police compound around “My head is spinning and still fighters to “stand against” the violence to rock the Afghan comprising Chief Justice Athar 14 bridges, 3 powerhouses, and 9:00am (0430 GMT). I don’t know what has happened polls, and previous elections capital in the past 24 hours. Minallah and Justice Mohsin 34 link roads were also The Afghan interior ministry but the windows of about 20 have been rocked by frequent Afghan commandos stormed Kayani. reportedly damaged in the said the explosion was caused shops around one kilometre attacks by militants trying to three Islamic State group houses The PML-N leader was rains. by a car bomb, but the Taliban, from the blast site are broken,” undermine Afghanistan’s fragile in Kabul, officials said. taken into custody from outside The highest number of which claimed the attack, said it he said. democracy. The houses were being used the Islamabad High Court. people, 42 was reported to have was a much larger truck bomb. The attack came after the More than 1,500 civilians as bomb factories, the Afghan Last month the IHC had been killed in K-P, where rains An Afghan security official also Taliban warned Afghans on were killed or wounded in the intelligence service said in a granted interim bail to the also injured 32 people. The said it was a truck bomb. Tuesday to keep away from Afghan conflict in July, according statement. Two IS fighters and former finance minister in the monsoon also damaged 75 Images on social media public gatherings ahead of the to the United Nations, the highest three Afghan commandos were LNG case. Former prime min- houses, one mosque, 3 bridges, showed toppled blast walls sur- presidential election planned for monthly toll so far this year and killed in the raids. Explosives and ister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is 2 shops, 3 powerhouses and a rounding several largely September 28. the worst single month since May suicide vests were seized also arrested in the same case. link road. In AJK, 30 people died in rain related incidents which Australian publisher jailed for 13 years in Myanmar also caused injuries to 13 Sri Lanka charges Army spies persons. Some 94 houses, 3 AFP with assaulting journalist mosques, 3 bridges, 43 shops YANGON and one link road also got AFP damaged. COLOMBO magistrate that the two suspects, In Sindh, 23 people were A Myanmar court yesterday military intelligence officers killed and 12 got injured after sentenced a veteran Australian Sri Lanka yesterday charged two Prema Ananda Udulagama and first showers of rain. media publisher to 13 years in Army spies for a decade-old Rajapaksage Lalith Rajapakse, Some 33 houses also got jail after a police raid uncovered serious assault of a newspaper used sharp and blunt instru- damaged. In Punjab, the biggest a stash of drugs at his home last editor in the wake of the shock ments to assault the province in terms of population, year. assassination of high-profile Thennakoons. floods and rains killed 23 and Ross Dunkley, 60, has long anti-establishment journalist “The officers were attached injured 36 others. Some 32 had links with the media Lasantha Wickrematunge. to the Tripoli Military Intelli- houses were also damaged. industry across Southeast Asia, Rivira editor Upali Ten- gence platoon of the Sri Lanka In Balochistan, 10 people co-founding English language nakoon and his wife were lucky army,” Attorney-General’s were killed and 10 got injured newspaper The Myanmar Times to survive the attack in January department spokeswoman in rains and floods. Some 75 when the country was in the 2009 outside the capital Nishara Jayaratne said. houses, one mosque, 3 bridges, tight grip of a military Colombo as they drove to work. Investigators have said that A file photo shows publisher Ross Dunkleybeing escorted by 2 shops, 3 power houses and a dictatorship. It was the latest in a string of Wickrematunge was assassi- Myanmar policeman at the Kamaryut township court in Yangon. link road also got damaged. In He also used to be a co- violent attacks against jour- nated by members of the same G-B, six people died and 9 got owner of Cambodia’s Phnom nalists in Sri Lanka, and came military intelligence unit. injured. Sixty five (65) houses, Penh Post. during a June 2018 raid on his methamphetamine, low-grade two weeks after Wickrematunge But a decade after his death, 3 mosques, 11 bridges, 8 shops Police arrested him, his home in the commercial capital “yaba” pills, three opium cakes, was ambushed and stabbed to no-one has been indicted over and 32 roads were also business partner John McKenzie Yangon. Officers uncovered a marijuana and a small amount death as he drove to his office. the incident, which sparked damaged. and seven Myanmar nationals stash of crystal of heroin, police said. Prosecutors told a international outrage. 10 ASIA / EUROPE THURSDAY 8 AUGUST 2019 Kim says missile tests ‘warning’ to South Korea, US AP North Korea SEOUL has denounced US in talks with South Korea Washington and Seoul to hike payment for troops North Korea said yesterday that over their joint military leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live-fire demonstration of exercises, which began AFP between the two countries is a newly developed, short-range on Monday. WASHINGTON very good one!” The two coun- ballistic missiles intended to send tries have been in a security a warning to the United States US President Donald Trump alliance since the 1950-53 and South Korea over their joint reducing military tensions. He said yesterday his adminis- Korean war, which ended with military exercises. did not provide a specific answer tration is in talks with South an armistice rather than a The official Korean Central when asked whether Seoul Korea to pay “substantially peace treaty — with more than News Agency said two missiles believes the North’s weapons more” for protection against 28,000 US troops stationed in launched from a western airfield display will intensify. North Korea, with tensions the South to guard against flew across the country and over The KCNA said the launches rising on the Korean peninsula. threats from Pyongyang. the area surrounding the capital, early on Tuesday verified the “Over the past many But Trump has repeatedly Pyongyang, before accurately reliability and combat ability of decades, the US has been paid complained about the expense TOP: North Korea’s tactical guided missile hitting a targeted islet hitting an island target off its “new-type tactical guided mis- very little by South Korea, but of keeping US forces on the in the East Sea of Korea during its demonstration fire on Tuesday. eastern coast. siles.” Kim expressed satisfaction last year, at the request of Pres- peninsula, and Seoul said in Its four rounds of weapons and said the launches would ident Trump, South Korea paid February it had agreed to hike BELOW: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watching the missile demonstrations in two weeks send an appropriate level of $990,000,000,” Trump posted its payment for maintaining launch at an unidentified location in North Korea on Tuesday. come during a stalemate in warning to the military exercises on Twitter. American troops on its soil nuclear negotiations and after between the United States and “Talks have begun to from $850m to $924m in 2019 President Donald Trump South Korea that began on further increase payments to — 8.2 percent more than what repeatedly dismissed the signif- Monday, the report said. the United States. South Korea it offered under a previous five- icance of the tests, even though Pyongyang’s official Rodong is a very wealthy nation that year pact which expired at the the weapons show North Korea’s Sinmun also published photos now feels an obligation to con- end of last year. ability to strike at US allies South showing what appeared to be a tribute to the military defence The row had raised concern Korea and Japan and its military missile soaring from a launcher provided by the United States that Trump might use it as an bases there. installed on a vehicle and Kim of America. The relationship excuse to withdraw US troops. Lee Sang-min, spokesman smiling and celebrating with mil- from South Korea’s Unification itary officials. about 450km on an apogee of Washington and Seoul over their Ministry, said North Korea’s KCNA’s report came a day 37km before landing in waters joint military exercises. South recent testing activity doesn’t after South Korea’s military said off the country’s eastern coast. It Korea confirmed they started on help efforts to stabilise peace and it detected two early morning said the projectiles showed Monday but hasn’t given details called for Pyongyang to uphold launches that were likely ballistic similar flight characteristics to about the drills, which were an inter-Korean agreement missiles. short-range missiles North Korea expected to involve computer The North’s Foreign Ministry test and deploy the powerful reached last year to form a joint Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff fired on July 25. simulations and not troops or said on Tuesday the drills “com- physical means essential for military committee to discuss said the projectiles travelled North Korea has denounced equipment. pelled (North Korea) to develop, national defence.” HK facing biggest ‘Elder care’ trafficking ring crisis since busted in Spain

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AP Officials in Beijing were Police said yesterday they had HONG KONG “highly concerned” and studying broken up a family-run human the situation to decide on trafficking ring that smuggled Hong Kong is facing its “most measures to take, he said. Nicaraguan women into Spain severe situation” since its Hong Kong was returned to where they were forced to care handover from British rule in China under the framework of for old people. 1997 following weeks of demon- “one country, two systems,” All seven members of the strations and the central which promised the city political, gang, including two sisters, government is considering what civil and economic freedoms not were arrested during raids in measures to take next, the head allowed under Communist Party Madrid and the northeastern of Beijing’s Cabinet office rule on the mainland. regions of La Rioja and Huesca, responsible for the territory said However, many Hong Kong the Civil Guard police force said yesterday. residents feel Beijing has been in a statement. They all Zhang Xiaoming was increasingly encroaching on belonged to the same Nica- speaking to Hong Kong residents their freedoms. The protests raguan family. attending a seminar in the were set off by proposed extra- One of the ring leaders, a Chinese paramilitary police officers taking part in a drill in Shenzhen, in China’s southern Guangdong mainland city of Shenzhen just dition legislation that if passed 48-year-old woman, was province, across the border from Hong Kong. across the border from the Asian would have allowed some sus- arrested at the capital’s airport financial hub that has been pects to be sent to China, where as she arrived with three wracked by daily protests against critics say they could face pos- article in Hong Kong law that at the opening of an exhibition cherish our home.” Pro- “victims from Nicaragua who the administration of Chief Exec- sible torture and unfair trials. allows troops already stationed marking the 70th anniversary of democracy lawmakers con- were going to be exploited,” the utive Carrie Lam. China so far has not visibly in the city to help with “public the founding of the Communist tinued to criticise Lam’s handling statement added. Those protests are getting intervened in the situation, order maintenance” at the Hong state. of the protests. Claudia Mo told Police suspect that 50 increasingly violent and having though in editorials and state- Kong government’s request. “Over recent months, condi- reporters that Beijing and Lam women were brought from Nic- “an increasingly broad impact ments from officials it has con- Hong Kong authorities have tions in Hong Kong society have were employing a two-pronged aragua to Spain since 2016 and on society,” Zhang told the 500 demned demonstrators and said they don’t anticipate any been extremely unstable,” Lam strategy of using the police force forced to hand over virtually all attendees, who included protest organisers as criminals, need to bring in troops or police said in remarks distributed by to handle the protesters physi- of the money they earned by members of the Hong Kong and clowns and “violent radicals” and from China to help impose order. her office. “The special admin- cally while also attacking them looking after the elderly or seri- central government legislative alleged that they have been Observers say Beijing will likely istrative region government will ideologically by labelling their ously ill. and advisory bodies. inflamed by politicians from the try to wait the protesters out, certainly join with all of you to movement as seeking to destroy Relatives of the gang in Nic- “It can be said that Hong US, Taiwan and elsewhere. hoping rising violence and deal with it calmly, restore social the “one country, two systems” aragua would recruit “mainly Kong is facing the most severe Speculation that the military inconvenience will turn the tide order, safeguard rule of law and framework. More than 500 young women with little edu- situation it has faced since the could be deployed grew after of public opinion against them. cherish Hong Kong, cherish ‘one people have been arrested since cation”, by promising them handover,” Zhang said. Chinese officials pointed to an Lam reappeared yesterday country, two systems,’ and the protests began in June. well-paid jobs in Spain. Once they arrived, the gang would seize the women’s pass- ports and tell them that they Italian Senate backs Lyon-Turin Tweeting Australian official owed 6,000 euros ($6,700) for loses case against dismissal travel which had to be quickly rail link, widening coalition rift paid back. AP than 9,000 tweets in six years Germany seizes REUTERS CANBERRA while she was employed by what ROME was then called the Department 1.5 tonnes of Australia’s highest court of Immigration and Border Pro- The Italian Senate yesterday yesterday upheld a government tection from 2006 and 2012. The cocaine rejected a motion by one of the decision to fire a public servant tweets were often critical of gov- AP ruling coalition parties, the who used a pseudonym to crit- ernment policies, such as ban- BERLIN 5-Star Movement, to block an icise government immigration ishing refugees who attempt to alpine rail link with France, policy on Twitter. reach Australia by boat to camps Customs officials in Hamburg paving the way for the long- The High Court’s seven on the poor Pacific island nations have found 1.5 tonnes of contested project to continue. judges unanimously overturned of Papua New Guineas and cocaine on a container ship that The planned line, meant to a lower court’s decision that Nauru. arrived from Brazil, soon after connect the Italian city of Turin Michaela Banerji’s dismissal was A department investigation Germany’s biggest-ever single with Lyon in France, includes a not reasonable and that public discovered that Banerji was seizure of the drug. 58-km (36-mile) tunnel through service rules around the use of behind the tweets and had The port city’s customs the Alps. It is fiercely opposed by social media and making public breached the Australian Public office said Wednesday the new 5-Star but supported by its coa- comment “unacceptably tres- Service Code of Conduct, which shipment was found last week lition partner, the right-wing passed on the implied freedom demands civil servants appear in a container of tobacco League, and by most other of political communication.” The to be politically impartial. Her job cartons loaded onto the ship in parties in parliament. Community and Public Sector was terminated in September Rio Grande, Brazil and headed A file photo shows the tunnel entrance of the TAV high-speed train The upper house of par- Union, which represents public 2013. for Antwerp, Belgium. The 1,575 line between Italy and France, in Chiomonte, Italy. liament rejected the 5-Star’s servants, said the decision had The next month, she lodged packets of cocaine were hidden motion by 181 votes to 110. serious implications for free a claim for workers’ compen- in 64 sport bags. The 5-Star Movement is the A subsequent motion by the financial offers from the speech and could potentially sation for a post-traumatic stress The office estimated the largest party in parliament but opposition Democratic Party, in European Union and France had affect almost 2 million Aus- disorder that she blamed on her haul’s street value at about 350 it was outvoted by the combined favour of the TAV, was passed made the infrastructure, known tralians who work for the federal, termination. The claim was million euros. The Hamburg forces of the League and oppo- by 180 votes to 109. as the TAV, less costly for Italy, state and local governments. refused because her termination customs office seized 4.5 tonnes sition parties from the left and Prime Minister Giuseppe and it would now cost more to Banerji used the Twitter was deemed a “reasonable of cocaine last month in a con- right. Conte said last month that new block it than to complete it. handle “LaLegale” to send more administrative action.” tainer shipped from Uruguay. THURSDAY 8 AUGUST 2019 EUROPE 11

BA resumes services after Zelenskiy urges Putin to resume peace talks system failures REUTERS “I said that this said of the phone call. “I beg you speak to French President KIEV doesn’t bring us closer to influence the other side so that Emmanuel Macron and German REUTERS to peace. I beg you they stop the killing of our Chancellor Angela Merkel about LONDON Ukraine’s President Volodymyr (Vladimir Putin) to people.” arranging more talks. The Zelenskiy (pictured) yesterday He said the Russian president Kremlin said Putin and Zelenskiy British Airways said its flights pressed Russian leader Vladimir influence the other had promised him something, had discussed the prospect of were returning to normal after Putin for a resumption of peace side so that they details of which would be dis- such a meeting. passengers had to endure talks after four Ukrainian stop the killing of our closed later. “It is necessary to meet with cancellations, delays and long soldiers were killed by shelling people,” Volodymyr Putin in turn said Ukrainian the leaders of the Normandy four queues at London airports as in the eastern Donbass border forces must stop the shelling of as soon as possible... And to end the airline suffered its third region. Zelenskiy said. settlements in the Donbass that this war,” Zelenskiy said. major computer failure in a Conflict between Ukrainian led to civilian casualties. Kiev accuses Moscow of little more than two years. troops and Russian-backed Both sides agreed to intensify waging an undeclared war in Yesterday’s woes are the forces has killed an estimated campaign pledge for Zelenskiy, work on prisoner exchanges. eastern Ukraine, supplying latest in a string of problems at 13,000 people since the year helping him to a landslide pres- Russia holds dozens of Ukrainian troops and heavy weapons to the BA, which was fined $230m last 2014. idential election victory in April. fighters and agree to relaunch captives from the conflict but it Donbass. month for a huge customer data A ceasefire deal brokered by He strengthened his power base peace talks. is unclear how many Russians Russia, which denies the breach and is bracing for France and Germany ended in a parliamentary election last Tuesday’s four deaths are being held in Ukraine. accusation, says Ukraine is not potential strikes in a pay major conflict in eastern Ukraine month. marked the highest toll of The leaders of Ukraine, honouring commitments under dispute with its pilots. in 2015, though small-scale He said that, in a phone call Ukrainian troops in a single day Russia, France and Germany last a ceasefire agreement brokered BA, owned by International clashes still occur regularly. with Putin yesterday, he had since Zelenskiy took office. met in 2016 for their “Normandy in Minsk in 2015, including giving Airlines Group, apologised to Bringing peace to the urged his Russian counterpart to “I said that this doesn’t bring Format” talks on the Donbass. a special status to the Donbass customers for yesterday’s dis- Donbass region was a top exert influence over the Donbass us closer to peace,” Zelenskiy Zelenskiy said he planned to region. ruption and warned it would take time for operations to return to normal. More than 60 flights to and Explosion at Danish Tax from Heathrow and Gatwick were cancelled and more than Agency a ‘deliberate act’ 100 were delayed, according to the departure boards at the two BLOOMBERG too early to talk of possible airports. COPENHAGEN terrorism. The problems started when “It’s a miracle that no one people tried to check in for the Danish police are investigating was seriously injured” despite first flights of the day and lasted an explosion that ripped through the “very violent explosion,’ Fre- for about 12 hours. the country’s national tax agency deriksen said at a press con- BA would not confirm how late Tuesday, in what authorities ference in Copenhagen. many people have been are characterising as a deliberate The attack targeted a key affected but said it had experi- act. piece of infrastructure in a enced a “systems issue” Tax Minister Morten Bodskov country that has one of the rich affecting check-in and flight said that it’s “pretty clear” world’s heaviest tax burdens. Tax departures at Heathrow, someone is behind the explosion, revenue made up 45% of Danish Gatwick and London City while Prime Minister Mette Fre- gross domestic product in 2018, airports. deriksen called the attack a marking one of the highest levels Customers could not check “serious crime.” in the OECD. The money is used in online, while others com- Police confirmed one person to pay for state services that plained of being stuck on planes was slightly injured. include free health care and edu- unable to take off for hours. Images of the building, which cation. Most polls show Danes, Passengers from as far away as is in the east of the capital who regularly top world hap- Director of the Danish Tax Agency, Merete Agergaard, and Minister of Taxation, Morten Boedskov, Japan and India complained of Copenhagen, show the front was piness rankings, are content to stand in front of the Danish Tax Authority at Oesterbro in Copenhagen, yesterday. delays. largely destroyed, with windows pay toward their prized welfare The IT failure occurred as shattered. The injured person system. “insane,” according to Ber- encouraging any witnesses to behind this.” tens of thousands of people in was a passer-by, who was hit by In elections in June, a centre- lingske. “The staff at the tax come forward, saying police Police ruled out any con- Britain prepared to jet off for flying debris, police said. right coalition that had sought to agency fight hard to make sure need all the help they can get to nection between Tuesday’s summer holidays on what is According to Chief inspector reduce taxes lost to a left-leaning that our welfare system works, investigate the matter. attack and an explosion that took one of the busiest weeks of the Jorgen Bergen Skov police were group of parties that pledged and they make sure that we all “This is not merely a prank,” place at the same tax agency’s year for the country’s treating the episode as a criminal more public spending. contribute what we owe to keep Bodskov said. “It’s a very, very offices on August 6, 2003, broad- airports. act. But Frederiksen said it was Bodskov called the attack everything in balance.” He’s violent explosion. Someone is caster TV2 said. Missing British scientist found dead in Greece island Man arrested in Spain over AFP Greek police had been port of Agios Kirykos. island of Fournoi, about 10km The incident comes three ATHENS searching for the 35-year-old She left their hotel for a jog away, without saying how it weeks after the murder of US alleged kidnap after she reportedly failed to on Monday morning but never might have got there. molecular biologist Suzanne The body of a missing British return from a run on Monday. returned, her partner told media. Greek media also reported Eaton on the Greek island of of daughter scientist has been found in a A Greek police spokes- “The couple talked by phone that traces of blood had been Crete. ravine on the Greek island of woman earlier said that a police around 10:00am (0700 GMT) found in the couple’s hotel room The 59-year-old had been AFP Ikaria two days after she disap- had late Tuesday joined Ikaria and she said she had gone for a and were being examined. attending a conference near the MADRID peared, Greek public television port patrols, firefighters and vol- run in the neighbourhood,” a Christopher, well known in city of Chania and gone out on reported yesterday. unteers already looking for the police spokesman said. Cyprus as an active sports- July 2 without taking her mobile Spanish authorities said The cause of death of scientist. The Cyprus Mail website said woman, was involved in several phone, the police said. yesterday that they have Nicosia-based astrophysicist According to Greek and Christopher’s companion social media projects, including Her body was found six days arrested an Algerian man who Natalie Christopher, who had Cypriot media, Christopher and notified the police that she had one — “Cyprus Girls Can” — later in an abandoned WWII allegedly snatched his two- been on holiday with her partner, her 38-year-old Cypriot partner not returned at around 12:40pm, which aims to break down bar- bunker near the town of Hania. year-old daughter at gunpoint was not yet determined, the ERT had arrived on the Aegean island while other press reports said her riers between Greek and Turkish A 27-year-old farmer con- in Britain and fled the country channel said. on Saturday and stayed near the phone has been traced to the youth on the divided island. fessed to killing Eaton. with her. The 44-year-old was detained on a plane at Madrid airport during a scheduled stop Support for Merkel’s SPD en route to Oran, Algeria’s second city, on August 1, the partner slips to record low same day he abducted his daughter in Nottingham, a BLOOMBERG Marcel Fratzscher, president police spokesman said. BERLIN of the German Institute for The man, who had lost Economic Research in Berlin, custody of his daughter, Support for Chancellor Angela said in a Bloomberg Television turned up at the house where Merkel’s junior coalition partner interview. she was staying “and took her slipped to its worst-ever in an ‘It cannot really act strongly by force after threatening the opinion poll published on on policy because it is very low staff with a firearm and tying Tuesday, strengthening the in the polls,’ Fratzscher said, them up,” police said in a possibility an already frayed adding that he didn’t see elec- statement. government could fall apart. tions as likely because neither “Officers located and The Social Democratic Party, ruling party wanted to risk fur- detained the fugitive in a plane or SPD, got only 11.5 percent in ther losses. which was about to take off. the latest Insa poll for Bild news- Many of the Social Demo- The girl was with him”. paper, the lowest ever in that crats, once Germany’s largest British police said reports survey and one percentage point political force, say they are being that the girl had been in a chil- down on the previous week, the punished by voters because too dren’s home were inaccurate newspaper said. few of their campaign promises and she was in fact taken from A police officer directing traffic in the town of Whaley Bridge after residents were allowed back into Merkel’s conservative CDU/ are being carried out in the Mer- a family home. their homes, in northern England, yesterday. CSU bloc scored 27.5 percent, kel administration. As part of the same inves- while the far-right AfD party was Disagreements between the tigation, British police have also Evacuated residents of UK town back to homes on 15 percent, both up by half a two coalition partners range arrested and charged a point. Backing for the Greens was from environmental issues to 43-year-old woman for child AFP/LONDON disintegrated Thursday fol- dedication to achieve this has down one point on 23.5 percent. immigration. abduction, possession of a lowing heavy rain. been quite simply incredible and Dwindling support for the The SPD is to elect a new firearm, false imprisonment Residents evacuated last week Hundreds of emergency means that I am now able to lift SPD, particularly in regional leadership later this year. and aggravated burglary. from an English town threatened workers had since worked the evacuation order placed on elections in three eastern Ger- The right-wing AfD party The girl was handed over with flooding after a nearby around the clock to pump water Whaley Bridge and the sur- man states this fall, may prompt and the Greens stand to gain to social services in Madrid until reservoir partially collapsed out of the reservoir to ease rounding area,” Deputy Chief party leaders already unhappy the most in September 1 elec- she can be returned to Britain, were allowed to return to their pressure on the wall. Constable Rachel Swann said in with Merkel’s coalition to jump tions in the eastern states of the Spanish police spokesman homes, police said yesterday. A military Chinook heli- a statement. ship definitively. Saxony and Brandenburg, the said. More than 1,500 people had copter also dropped hundreds “The danger posed by the That could mean Europe’s polls show. The man is waiting to been evacuated from the Der- of tonnes of stone and gravel in millions of tonnes of water, largest economy would either be The Insa survey polled 2,049 appear before a judge in Madrid byshire town of Whaley Bridge sacks to shore up the damaged which would have destroyed run by a minority government people from August to 5 and has who will decide whether to after part of the dam wall of the portion. homes and livelihoods, could not or face a snap election. a margin of error of plus or minus extradite him back to Britain to Toddbrook Reservoir “The hard work and be underestimated,” she added. ‘The coalition is weak,’ 2.5 percentage points. face trial, he added. 12 AMERICAS THURSDAY 8 AUGUST 2019 Trump consoles shooting victims, faces new criticism

AFP “I think my rhetoric frequented by many Hispanic DAYTON brings people people. together. My critics Local Democratic congress- President Donald Trump woman Veronica Escobar said consoled victims of a mass are political people, she would not meet the pres- shooting in Ohio yesterday but they’re trying to make ident. “From my perspective, he protesters and opponents points. In many cases is not welcome here. He should denounced what they say is his they’re running for not come here,” Escobar said on extremist rhetoric on race and Tuesday. immigration. president,” Donald Even the city’s Republican The president’s trip to Trump said. mayor offered only a grudging Dayton, where nine people were welcome, stressing icily that he gunned down over the weekend, simply demanding that politi- would greet Trump in his “official was to be followed immediately cians “Do something!” A Trump capacity.” after by a stop in the border city baby blimp, an inflatable effigy Trump pushed back before of El Paso, Texas, where 22 were of the president in nappies, made leaving the White House earlier murdered. an appearance. yesterday. In Dayton, Trump and his “We don’t want him here,” “I think my rhetoric brings President Donald Trump arrives at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to visit mass shooting sites in wife Melania spent most of their one resident, Lynell Graham, people together,” he said. “My Dayton, Ohio, yesterday. time meeting patients and staff said, echoing earlier comments critics are political people, at Miami Valley Hospital, White by Dayton’s Democratic Mayor they’re trying to make points. In Trump is infuriated by accu- immigrants. anything more than random, House spokeswoman Stephanie Nan Whaley, who said she many cases they’re running for sations that his administration is Trump has also railed crudely localised events. Grisham said. planned to tell Trump “how president.” deliberately dividing the United against a string of ethnic minority But Trump on Monday said Trump told shooting sur- unhelpful he’s being.” One of those critics, Demo- States on racial lines. Democratic opponents. he had told the FBI to treat such vivors, “you had God watching. There were, however, other cratic frontrunner Joe Biden, was “I am the least racist person. Where Trump and his mostly crimes as “domestic terrorism.” I want you to know we’re with protesters expressing support for to pile on the pressure with a Black, Hispanic and Asian Unem- leftist opponents agree is on the Yesterday, Trump also said you all the way,” according to the Republican president, illus- speech accusing Trump of ployment is the lowest (BEST) in unambiguous designation of the that Republicans and Democrats Grisham. trating just how divided the fanning “the flames of white the history of the United States!” two events as terrorism. were “close” to agreeing on But Trump’s job of consoler country is ahead of next year’s supremacy.” he tweeted on Tuesday. Massacres by mostly lone stronger background checks for in chief is complicated by elections. “Trump offers no moral lead- But his campaign speeches gunmen are all but routine in the people purchasing firearms — a charges that his own messaging Trump’s next stop in El Paso ership, no interest in unifying the and tweets repeatedly link His- United States, where guns are measure opposed by gun rights — in particular his vilification of was likely to be even edgier. nation,” the text of Biden’s panic migrants to murder, rape easy to obtain legally and mass lobbies. However, he said “there illegal immigrants — has There, a gunman who speech said. “We have a pres- and invasion. As recently as May, killings have taken on a sort of is no political appetite” for emboldened political extremists. echoed Trump’s repeated use of ident with a toxic tongue who has the president laughed and made cult status in extreme circles. banning military style assault Protesters gathered, holding the word “invasion” to describe publicly and unapologetically a quip when a supporter at one Hardline defenders of gun weapons, which are widely signs that called for restrictions illegal immigration, conducted embraced a political strategy of of his rallies yelled that they ownership have long resisted available and are often chosen on gun buying and in one case his massacre at a Walmart store hate, racism, and division.” should “shoot” illegal portrayal of such tragedies as by mass killers.

Former Brazil ‘Most wanted’ millionaire arrested for strangling wife leader da Silva AFP “Today is sweet. We appre- Mexico to dump the victim’s wife in a dispute over the said David Singer of the federal LOS ANGELES hended a fugitive on America’s body. financial consequences of a pos- US Marshals. to be transferred Most Wanted List,” Orange But US police officers who sible divorce. Following notice of the to penitentiary A British-born millionaire who County district attorney Todd arrested Chadwick a few miles Chadwick, who made his $100,000 reward, a tip helped went on the run for more than Spitzer said, adding: “Let’s not north of the border spotted fortune in real estate, was track Chadwick to Mexico, where AP four years has been arrested in forget it’s bitter — there’s a scratch marks on his neck and released in December 2012 on a he had apparently been living the SAO PAULO Mexico and extradited to the US victim, a loving wife of 21 years, traces of dried blood under his $1m bond and surrendered his whole time, Singer said. to face trial for the murder of his a mother of three kids.” fingernails. US and British passports. Chadwick was in possession A judge yesterday ordered the wife at their California home. In 2012, Chadwick had called They discovered a crime But in 2015 he fled, appar- of forged identity documents and transfer of former Brazilian Peter Chadwick, a 55-year-old police and claimed that a scene at the couple’s home and ently drawing inspiration from lived in a large apartment in President Luiz Inácio Lula da naturalised American citizen, was handyman had killed his wife the suspect eventually drove books explaining how to change Puebla, a town near Mexico City Silva from a lockup in the south located near Mexico City thanks Quee Choo Lim before taking them to a dumpster near San his identity and live on the run. popular with US expats. of the country to a penitentiary to a tip after authorities offered a him hostage. Diego, California, where he had He tried to trick police by If convicted of murder, for common criminals in Sao $100,000 reward, police said at a Chadwick said the murderer concealed the body. leaving behind clues indicating Chadwick could face a life sen- Paulo state. Attorneys of the press conference. had forced him to drive to He allegedly strangled his he had absconded to Canada, tence in state prison. left-leaning leader said they would challenge the move in court. Judge Paulo Sorci ruled the Democrats prepare lawsuit to force former president should be transferred from an isolated former White House counsel to testify single room in federal police facilities in the city of Curitiba to the Tremembe penitentiary, BLOOMBERG have called for opening McGahn, a key witness in 155km northeast of Sao Paulo. WASHINGTON impeachment proceedings Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s The date of the transfer is against Trump, a move resisted report on Russian election inter- yet to be set and it is not clear Democrats planned to file a so far by Pelosi. ference and potential obstruction what kind of cell the 73-year- lawsuit aimed at enforcing a The Judiciary Committee had of justice by Trump, was sub- old da Silva would be put in. subpoena for former White made no announcement about poenaed in April to testify before Earlier, Judge Carolina House counsel Don McGahn to the anticipated filing. the House Judiciary Committee. Lebbos authorized the move at testify before Congress. House Oversight Chairman Even though McGahn left the the request of Brazil’s federal “No one is above the law,” Elijah Cummings of Maryland White House in October, he police, who said da Silva’s sup- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said at the National Press Club acquiesced to a White House porters are troubling neigh- said, citing the planned litigation yesterday that he backs Pelosi’s instruction not to appear under bours of the prison in Curitiba. in a memo to Democratic position “that the time for a broad assertion of immunity. Da Silva’s attorneys said colleagues. impeachment may come.” The full House voted to hold they weren’t consulted about Police officers during a security operation after armed robbers The move is significant as Invoking the Democrats’ McGahn in civil contempt on the transfer and said it would stole gold coins, outside Casa de Moneda in Mexico City, yesterday. part of an effort to revive con- efforts to seek backing in the June 11. be a risk to his security. gressional investigations of Pres- courts for congressional sub- Last month, the Judiciary Da Silva’s Workers’ Party Armed robbers steal $2.5m in ident Donald Trump that have poenas, Cummings said, “The panel filed suit asking a federal said in a statement that the been stymied by the White day that any administration dis- court to force the release of move “is yet another illegality House’s refusal to let current and obeys a court order, then I’m for grand jury information from and gesture of persecution gold coins from Mexico mint former officials appear. impeachment because, you see, Mueller’s investigation. The suit against Lula, for it arbitrarily REUTERS at least $2.5m. It also comes as a growing by that time, we’re in trouble. explicitly cited Congress’s denies him the prerogative of MEXICO CITY The coin was first minted in number of House Democrats We’re in big trouble.” impeachment authority. a former president. 1921 to commemorate the 100th Armed robbers broke into a anniversary of Mexico’s inde- Mexican government coin pendence from Spain, according manufacturer and filled a to the central bank. Production US warns off Venezuela’s supporters backpack with more than $2m was suspended in 1931, but the worth of gold coins from a vault coin was re-minted beginning that had been left open, security in 1943 due to demand for gold AFP Bolton urged Russia not to by the Trump administration officials said. coins. LIMA “double down on a bad bet,” and through arbitrary economic ter- The daylight robbery was One side bears Mexico’s coat told China that “the quickest rorism against the Venezuelan the latest high-profile crime to of arms, with an eagle perched Washington warned China and route to getting repaid” for its people.” hit Mexico City, where crime has atop a cactus, and the other fea- Russia to avoid doing business loans to Venezuela was by sup- The meeting in Peru’s capital increased during record law- tures the capital’s iconic Angel with the Venezuelan regime of porting “a new legitimate was called by the Lima Group, lessness plaguing the country. of Independence monument Nicolas Maduro, as delegates government.” which includes a dozen Latin Two people, one wielding a backed by the majestic Iztacci- from some 60 countries The Trump administration is American countries and Canada, firearm, broke into a “Casa de huatl and Popocatepetl vol- discussed ways of ending the determined to force Maduro from most of which support Guaido Moneda” branch in the morning canoes. The coins, 1.46 inches in crisis in South American nation. power and support opposition As the conference ended, after throwing a security guard diameter, have a gold fineness The admonition came a day leader Juan Guaido’s plans to Peruvian Foreign Minister Nestor to the ground and taking his gun, of 0.900, or 90% purity. after President Donald Trump form a transitional government Popolizio said of the new US Mexico City police said. The same Casa de Moneda ordered a freeze on all Vene- and set up new elections. sanctions: “We know they are One of the robbers then branch was also broken into last zuelan government assets in the “There is no need to risk your But Russia’s foreign ministry going to have real impact on the went to the vault, which was year while the building was United States and barred trans- business interests with the said there was “no legal basis” Maduro regime and we hope open, and filled a backpack with being renovated, according to actions with its authorities. United States for the purposes of to freeze Venezuelan assets and they make way for the departure 1,567 gold coins, police said. Mexican media. “We are sending a signal to profiting from a corrupt and added that “no state has the right of that regime sooner rather than The coins, known as “cen- Mexico is suffering from third parties that want to do dying regime.” to dictate its desire to another later.” tenarios,” have a face value of record murder levels that have business with the Maduro He aimed a specific warning through economic repression.” The Lima meeting came as 50 pesos, but trade for 31,500 made the capital, long regarded regime: Proceed with extreme at Maduro allies China and The sanctions have drawn an representatives of Maduro and pesos ($1,610) apiece, according as a relatively safe haven, caution,” said Trump’s National Russia, telling them their angry response from Caracas, Guaido are involved in “con- to Mexican bank Banorte. That increasingly prone to violent Security Advisor John Bolton “support to the Maduro regime which denounced the US move tinuous” negotiations mediated makes the total value of the haul crime. (pictured), speaking in Lima. is intolerable.” as “another serious aggression by Norway.