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Violation of foreign Kuwait’s favorite grammar mistake workers’ rights streets. In this sentence, cars is plural, not possessive. Scribbler’s Notebook There are other uses for apostrophes and places where you shouldn’t use one at all. But the main problem By Jamie Etheridge here seems to be with adding them to plurals, so let’s stick with that. Local Spotlight [email protected] Here’s another simple example: Correct: How many CEOs are billionaires? hen a native English-speaker comes to Incorrect: How many CEO’s are billionaires? By Muna Al-Fuzai Kuwait for the first time, there are many Don’t get me wrong. The misuse of apostrophes is a Wunusual things that will catch their eye. Shisha global phenomena. There’s even a society in the UK for [email protected] smoking, for instance, or the tradition of the diwaniya. the ‘protection of the apostrophe’ and guerrilla grammar- But as a writer, one of the first things I noticed was the ians who stealthy correct billboards all across the UK an you imagine working in an arduous job in Kuwait unique and distinctly local misuse of English words and (the home of English!) painting over apostrophes in signs such as construction, for example, under the hot sun grammar. and hoardings. Cin the summer or in the cold in winter, and not get Take, for instance, the penchant for saloons vs salons. I’m no grammar police and I frequently misspell words your salary for months? You are forced to perform the work In the US, a salon is somewhere you get your hair cut or throw a comma where it shouldn’t be. But the apostro- with the same efficiency without demanding your rights! or nails painted. phe misuse can be devastating. Did she mean students or Foreign workers in private companies in Kuwait are fac- A saloon is a place in the Wild West that sold beer and student’s? ing recurring problems. Not all companies are alike, but the whiskey, and they often also had gambling and prosti- Another thing I’ve noticed is that people tend to throw repetition of such issues means that there is no final solution tutes. Imagine my first impression upon arriving to in the apostrophe whenever they have proper nouns or and the government is not serious in putting an end to these Kuwait and finding ‘saloons’ on every street corner! things they think - but aren’t sure - may be capitalized. problems, however small or limited. The failure to receive the The misspelling makes sense, however, if you under- Capitalization is another area of great confusion. agreed salary and other necessities is something that is stand basic Arabic. The word ‘salon’ would likely include Arabic doesn’t have capitals and so those whose first lan- offensive to all of us. I know that it may mean nothing to a ‘waw’ and thus could easily be transliterated with an guage is Arabic are often confused or unsure about wealthy officials, but it means a lot to poor and hardworking additional, albeit incorrect, O. which English words are capitalized and why. workers who are away from their families, waiting for their Another oft-used quirk of English grammar found in Suffice it to say, that is a full discussion in itself. In the meager salaries without a response. Kuwait is the misuse of the apostrophe. meantime, I would love to get to the root of the apostro- The issue is not limited to a company or certain num- It’s very commonly - though wrongly - applied at the phe case. Why do so many people in Kuwait use it wrong ber of workers, and affects the reputation of the country end of a plural. You see it in official government commu- and use it wrongly in exactly the same way? and reflects a shameful image of violation of human niques, in press statements, in emails, in letters to the I’m guessing that somewhere in history, a non-native rights. I believe that the fulfillment of salary contracts and editor, in the newspapers and online. English teacher learned the incorrect way and has labor rights are basic human rights, which must be moni- Apostrophes are used to indicate possession, not through the generations passed that mistake down to tored by various government bodies, because the prac- plurality. other English teachers, who in turn passed it on to their tices of some companies destroy the work of the state For instance, Kuwait’s weather is hot during winters students. and civil society institutions. and hotter during summers. Notice the apostrophe S at No doubt, children in school are still being taught the We are a country that relies on foreign workers for infra- the end of Kuwait’s? This is possession. Meaning that the incorrect usage of the apostrophe and once taught at the structure and public services such as construction, cleaning weather ‘belongs’ to Kuwait. fundamental level, it’s almost impossible to unlearn. and others. We must think about the rights of these poor Note: There is no apostrophe at the end of winters or people, which is indeed required under all moral and human- summers. These are instances of plurals, not possessives. What do you think? Do you know how to correctly use itarian principles. If we want to commission large develop- According to Strunk & White’s famous Elements of Style, an apostrophe? And what are the most common ment projects, we will undoubtedly need additional labor, so apostrophes are never used to indicate plurals. So one grammar/spelling/language mistakes you see in Kuwait? we must review the mechanisms of preserving their rights should never write: There are too many car’s on the Send us an email to [email protected]. and ensuring stability in the country, fight marginal employ- ment and combat iqama traders and law manipulators. It is necessary to move quickly and take appropriate measures to address the problems of workers of all kinds to protect their rights, because labor strikes distort the reputation of the country and undermine its status, Why homework is hated although Kuwait has a distinguished history in issuing labor legislation and establishing trade unions for more students have to meet the deadlines. Although schools have than five decades. IN MY VIEW tried to solve this problem by setting homework schedules, The Kuwait Human Rights Society (KHRS) has been there has been little effect. monitoring the problems of workers who have been com- By Unaisa Qidwai Matt Miller is a senior trainer and consultant with Red plaining of not receiving their salaries for up to 10 months, Education with over 20 years of experience in the industry. as well as not having their passports. Because of this, they [email protected] Last year, at the TeachTechPlay conference in April, he was have been violating the residency law and have accrued debating this very topic. On a visit to Ivanhoe Grammar fines because the company didn’t renew their residencies or omework is compulsory. But why do people hate home- School, he said that he was “horrified” by the amount of paid their salaries. Paying these workers their dues may end work? Why do they call it a waste of time? Mostly, homework he saw dished out. “I can’t think of very many jobs the problem, but it won’t be long until a similar issue arises. homework is based on the work students learn in class, where I would put in a full eight-hour day, come home, and I wonder if the company finally pays those workers, will H so that teachers can determine whether the students have then be expected to do four and five more hours of work. In a they still be fined for violating the residency law? I think this understood the lesson or not. However, teachers nowadays lot of jobs, that’s going to lead to burnout; that’s going to lead issue needs a mutual decision by the ministry of social give homework because they have to, not because it is need- to unhealthy lifestyles ... but that’s what we’re asking our kids affairs and labor and the ministry of interior to exempt these ed. Pupils and teachers both find homework to be a chore. to do.” workers from the fines, because it was out of their control. Teachers have to assess the homework, and it may even take Umair is a young boy aged 11. “Although I am in grade 6, I The government must take strict measures against compa- up to half an hour to correct just one student’s book. get a lot of homework. Every few days, I get projects to com- nies that violate local and international laws relating to People - old or young - want to do what they like all the plete, even for subjects that require only reading. The load of workers’ rights, especially since Kuwait has ratified seven of time - whether it is spending time with family, reading a book, homework is way too much. I barely get time for extracurricu- the eight fundamental conventions in accordance with ILO going out with friends, watching a movie or any other activity. lar activities. Isn’t the time we spend in school enough? Do we standards that guarantee the rights of workers. This is difficult when they still have to work after school. If we have to spend time at home doing schoolwork? These I believe that it’s time to consider the issues of these were to think deeply, we would realize that if a student did not moments will never come back. Young children should spend workers, starting with giving them their rights and salaries, understand an aspect of a lesson, they would ask the teacher. their youth having fun and not doing homework,” he argues. as well as respecting and not humiliating and exploiting Unfortunately, everyone is forced to complete their homework If homework is removed from the curriculum, students, them. Employers who don’t pay their workers should be assignments, even if they understand the subject. parents and teachers will have more time for their families and penalized, while the employment needs of violating compa- Moreover, every teacher assigns homework, and high hobbies. And perhaps those who are not good at studying nies should be reassessed. school students have many teachers daily! Not only that, but may turn out to be skillful at something else.

4 Friday Local Friday, January 19, 2018 Getting to Know Kuwait Welcome to

By Faten Omar The Gate mall is the only shopping center Mohammad Jaafar, 36, said the area is good near us. We can hardly spend the weekend and many people can find nice apartments bu Fatira is located in Mubarak Al- here with our kids,” she said. at reasonable rents, but the government Kabeer governorate, bordered by Ahmed Al-Azmi, 58, said residents of must work hard on making the area beauti- AFunaitees to the north, Egaila in the Abu Fatira suffer from a lack of supervision ful, as the trees are not watered for long south, Mubarak Al-Kabeer from the east by government agencies responsible for periods. He complained palm trees remain and Abu Al-Hasania on the west. Although carrying out infrastructure work and fol- dry all summer. He demanded the EPA to Abu Fatira is a quiet area with a good loca- low-up and maintenance of some second- look into this issue, and urged residents to tion, many residents complain about a lack ary roads and main roads damaged by the look after their area. “Trees are an impor- of services. use of trucks and heavy cranes, which tant component of the area’s overall green Um Khaled, a 41-year-old resident of affects all inhabitants. He noted that Abu infrastructure. You as property owners are Abu Fatira for the past five years, told Fatira has suffered delays in the completion responsible for maintaining and caring for Kuwait Times that the area suffers from a of infrastructure work including roads and your street’s vegetation, including water- lack of schools and hospitals, while the buildings, power transmission projects and ing,” he added. number of residents is growing. “We also ground structures. want some malls and entertainment places. In terms of tree cover in the area, Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat Friday 5 Local Friday, January 19, 2018 Abu Fatira 6 Friday

Local Friday, January 19, 2018 Regarding the salesperson “ entering the house, this is “ legal since the customer allowed them to enter.

By Nawara Fattahova

aavy consumers may be increasingly aware of in- ternet scams and phony salesman but even the Ssavviest will find it hard to push back against a pushy salesman who shows up at your door. One of the more common ‘sales schemes’ now in Kuwait is home service where salesmen bring products to your home to ‘test’ and then buy. Some of the products being sold in Kuwait in this way are vacuum cleaners, knife sets and cookware among other household items. Distributing companies often employ cold calling to target would-be customers. Salemen make appoint- ments to come to the customer’s home to give a demon- stration. These aren’t necessarily scams but the pushy sales tactics of the salesmen often make customers feel pressured. The promoter doesn’t give customers time to think and quickly convinces them to sign a contract and a debt approval form. The customer is later unable to change their mind, even if they don’t use the product. According to the consumer protection department of the ministry of commerce, if an electronic product has been removed from its carton, the customer does not have the right to return it. “If the product was taken out of its box, it can be ex- changed with a new one only in case of a manufacturing defect. This should be done within 14 days - after this period, it should be repaired by the company free of charge, unless it cannot be fixed,” an inspector told Kuwait Times. If the customer signs a contract for paying in install- ments, then they are committed to this contract. “The consumer protection department won’t be able to help the customer, as they are bonded to a legal contract. If the customer paid cash, the same conditions mentioned above will apply. But if the customer feels cheated, they can always visit our department and we will discuss the problem with them,” added the inspector. Attorney Mohammed Al-Otaibi explained that the debt approval form is illegal and has no power. “If the customer signed a contract for paying in installments, then they are bound to the contract. However, the cus- tomer can still withdraw from the contract, but will lose the down payment and whatever amount they have al- ready paid,” he explained. “The customer can complain or file a case if signing the form resulted in a travel ban, arrest order, or other sanctions for nonpayment. Re- garding the salesperson entering the house, this is legal since the customer allowed them to enter,” Otaibi added. There are other kinds of sales where the salesmen are pushy and may be selling something fake. “Most timeshare companies are scamming people with fake promises and illegal contracts. People have lost thou- sands of dinars in such deals and didn’t get anything that was included in the contract. Even I once went to a presentation promoting timeshares, and they tried to make me sign a contract. When I insisted to take the contract home to read it carefully and completely, they refused. So I left,” he said. The inspector at the consumer protection depart- ment spoke about other things that a customer may not know when they purchase various goods. “Most goods can be refunded or exchanged even if the store men- tions that it’s not possible, for instance during sale pe- riods. But there is a special return window for some items, such as evening dresses, which can only be re- turned on the same day. Undergarments can’t be ex- changed for any reason,” he noted. Friday 7

Local Friday, January 19, 2018 Book fair in Avenues’ corridors: An open invitation for reading

KUWAIT: The National Council for Culture, Arts and Literature (NCCAL) have always been taking care of spreading knowledge and literature in the country through organizing cultural event, exhibitions and festivals. Most important of these events are book fairs that are directly associated with people from the public putting words and knowledge in their hands. In an effort to spread cultural awareness in the society, the publishing and distribution department in the NCCAL held yesterday an exhibition for the council’s latest publications at the Avenues Mall, including other publications for authors from Kuwait as part of the activities of the 24th session of the cultural festival. — KUNA 8 Friday Local Friday, January 19, 2018 80% of Kuwaiti manpower work in public sector: Report

Private sector has over 60 percent of total manpower

By A Saleh question by MP Dr Waleed Al-Tabatabae about the topic, saying that these missions are KUWAIT: Kuwaitis continue to prefer working related to the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic in the public sector as evident in recent statis- Development, adding that those missions were tics which indicate that 80.2 percent of local to attend meetings and visit projects for follow manpower work in the public sector. Mean- up and evaluation. while, the private sector continues to have more than half of the total manpower, as its ca- Meters’ shortage pacity rose to 60.7 percent from 60.4 percent The Ministry of Electricity and Water faces in 2016. Kuwaitis’ share of manpower in the crises in supplying the required number of private sector is 4.3 percent of the total num- 200-ampere meters, which are necessary for ber of workers. new residential projects. Home owners com- plained that it is no longer easy to get that Missions abroad type of meters which are obtained through the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minis- ministry only. Informed sources said the min- ter Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah said that istry signed contracts with a company to im- his ministry sent expats abroad on 670 official port 2,000 meters of 200-ampere. duties to 89 countries. In his response to a

Surgeons of surgeons carried out the operation at the gov- Kandari announced yesterday. However, the ernment-run Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Future schools ministry is likely to end this experiment after Health Minister Sheikh Bassel Al-Sabah said in a recent study revealed that only one out of complete a statement. The transplanted liver was taken system could six public schools where it was implemented from a brain-dead donor after approvals were is actually adhering to this concept. “Consul- granted from the family of the deceased. tations were made and a proposal will be first successful The milestone comes amid a cooperation be canceled submitted to Education and Higher Education agreement between the ministry and the Liver Minister Dr Hamed Al-Azmi to decide Transplant Unit of Kings College Hospital in whether to continue with it or not,” Kandari liver transplant London, said the minister. The agreement is a By Meshaal Al-Enezi said. The future schools system was launched platform for the supervised formation of a per- 13 years ago as part of an educational over- manent liver transplant program in Kuwait, KUWAIT: The Education Ministry has not haul plan. It is based on group teaching meth- KUWAIT: Surgeons at Kuwait’s Health Ministry which will train local surgeons on how to carry made a final decision yet whether to cancel ods in which one teacher teaches several have successfully carried out their first-ever liver out the task, he revealed. King’s Liver Transplant the future schools’ system, Assistant Under- subjects instead of having a separate teacher transplant operation for a Kuwaiti whose liver Unit runs the largest transplantation program in secretary for General Education Fatima Al- for each subject. functions suffered chronic failure, the minister Europe, carrying out more than 200 procedures said on Wednesday. A joint Kuwaiti-British team a year. — KUNA 4th Ring Road Regaie traffic Sudden rise in light shut-down temperature By Hanan Al-Saadoun expected today KUWAIT: The traffic light at the Fourth Ring Road next to Al-Regaie will be put out of service as of today morning, the Interior Ministry’s Traffic KUWAIT: Kuwait is cur- General Department announced yesterday. It rently affected by sudden called upon motorists to take caution while driv- rise in temperature and ing along the highway opposite to Al-Regaie. strong activity of southern wind that will create dusty Fires weather today, meteorolo- Firefighters from three different fire stations gist Yasser Al-Bloushi said battled a blaze reported in a third-floor apart- yesterday. The weather ment. Firemen evacuated 60 residents from the yesterday was moderate building before they extinguished the fire. One and the wind speed was resident suffered smoke inhalation and was taken between six and 20 kilometers per hour. The max- to hospital. Meanwhile, firefighters put out a blaze imum temperatures was 22 C degrees, while the reported in a five-storey building, and no injuries minimum was 5 C degrees. — KUNA were reported. KUWAIT: Smoke can be seen coming out from an apartment in a Farwaniya building. Friday 9 Local Friday, January 19, 2018 MP Hayef threatens defense minister over women service

Anti-corruption body starts probe of helicopters deal

By B Izzak expressed his rejec- tion of any plan like KUWAIT: Islamist opposition MP Mohammad that. Islamist and Hayef warned he would grill Defense Minister conservative lawmak- Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah if he ers strongly oppose dance. I hope that you will have a chance to starts to admit women in military service as has the mixing of the Guyana visit our beautiful country that has very rich been announced earlier this week. sexes especially in nature. Guyana is using hydropower as it is Hayef said that the identity of the Kuwaiti so- the military. Embassy known as the land of many waters, and the ciety is a “red line” and stressed he will not ac- In the meantime, United Arab Emirates announced a $50 mil- cept plans to “Westernize” the society. He said the Public Anti-Cor- lion Caribbean development aid that also in- that the place of women is not in the army or ruption Authority said celebrates cludes Guyana for hydropower,” he noted other military services. He said that women have yesterday that it has MP Mohammad Hayef during the celebration. been allowed into some military services in the begun a probe into a “I would like to thank the Kuwait govern- interior ministry at certain departments only in military agreement seventh ment and His Highness the Amir for his sup- order to search women or organize places vis- with France to purchase about 30 Caracal heli- port, and the Kuwaiti Foreign Minister who ited by women. Sheikh Nasser said earlier this copters for over $1 billion. MPs have raised the anniversary visited Guyana previously and encouraged week that he was open to accept women in the issue recently and the prime minister ordered the Guyana embassy to be established here. defense ministry like in the interior ministry and that the whole deal be referred to the authority, I am working on increasing the trade ex- change between the two countries, as I want the national guard. But the minister insisted that the public prosecution and the Audit Bureau for By Nawara Fattahova there has been no official discussion on the issue an investigation. The issue was raised after press to secure any Kuwaiti investments in Guyana. in the assembly committees. reports said that a Kuwaiti middleman in the Within one year, we issued 13 visas for Head of the assembly interior and defense deal demanded commissions worth over 60 mil- KUWAIT: The Embassy of Guyana cele- Kuwaitis who went to visit Guyana, and I committee MP Askar Al-Enezi said a few days lion euros from the manufacturing company brated the seventh anniversary of its launch- hope soon the number will increase,” he told ago that the panel did not discuss the issue and which refused. ing in Kuwait yesterday at its premises in the Kuwait Times. West Mishref. The reception also included a The Republic of Guyana is a tropic coun- short presentation about Guyana addressed try situated in South America. It is the only by the spouse of the ambassador Dr Maryann country in South America where English is Kuwait backs Beebe- Ally. the official language. The name Guyana Professor Dr Shamir Ally, the Ambassador means ‘Land of Many Waters’ in the native of Guyana to Kuwait, said that the embassy Amerindian language. Guyana’s population UN efforts is celebrating its seventh anniversary in the consists of six main ethnic groups; Amerindi- same location. “I am pleased to welcome you ans, Africans, Indians, Europeans, Portuguese, to resolve all here today and I appreciate your atten- and Chinese. Libyan crisis

NEW YORK: Kuwait, in its first meeting in the Security Council to discuss the situation in Libya, reiterated its full and firm commitment to support all United Nations efforts aimed at end- ing the crisis in Libya, especially the plan of ac- NEW YORK: The Permanent Representative of tion for that country. Kuwait to the United Nations Ambassador This came in a speech delivered by the Per- Mansour Al-Otaibi speaks during a session of manent Representative of Kuwait to the United the UN Security Council to discuss the situa- Nations Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi during tion in Libya. — KUNA a session of the UN Security Council to discuss the situation in Libya on Wednesday. He said that a plan of action for Libya aims He said that Kuwait will spare no effort to en- to amend the Libyan political agreement, or- sure the unity of the Council in deterring every- ganize a national conference, prepare for the thing that would disturb the unity of the Libyan elections and provide humanitarian assistance people towards the achievement of security and to the needy during this critical phase in the his- moral stability under the political agreement, ex- tory of Libya. pressing belief that this is the best way towards Otaibi expressed appreciation for the stren- achieving a comprehensive political solution led uous efforts made by the Under-Secretary- by a Libyan leadership. General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman as In this context, he stressed the need for all part of his visit to Libya last week to consoli- Libyans to comply with the provisions of para- date the democratic transition process in Libya. graph 5 of Security Council resolution 2259 Four months after the Secretary-General pre- (2015), which affirms the rejection of all at- sented the plan of action, encouraging signs and tempts aimed at undermining the political important steps began to emerge in the frame- process led by Libya and facilitated by the work of activating the Libyan political process, United Nations. Otaibi welcomed the important he added, hailing at the same time efforts of role played by the Presidential Council of the KUWAIT: Dr Shamir Ally, the Ambassador of Guyana to Kuwait (second from left) is joined by Special Representative for Libya Ghassan National Reconciliation Government as well as others as they cut the cake during the ceremony. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Salama, which reflected the progress that has the role of all Libyan leaders in promoting na- taken place recently. tional reconciliation. — KUNA

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AKTOBE: A handout picture provided by the Kazakh emergency situations ministry shows a burning bus on a road in the region around the city of Aktobe. Fifty-two people were killed yesterday when the Russia-bound bus they were travelling in caught fire in Kazakhstan. —AFP 52 killed in Kazakhstan bus fire One of the deadliest accidents in five years ASTANA: Fifty-two people were killed yester- He said the fire spread very quickly. Kazakh news site BNews reported. Two of the tograph taken later showed the vehicle com- day when the Russia-bound bus they were trav- survivors suffered burns to their hands, emer- pletely charred. The ministry said the vehicle was elling in caught fire in Kazakhstan, the central Short circuit blamed gency services officials told AFP, while others a Hungarian-made Ikarus. These buses are still Asian nation’s emergency services ministry said. Regional emergency service officials initially suffered minor injuries. widely used in ex-Soviet nations, even though “On January 18 at 10:30 am, a bus caught fire ... blamed the fire on a The Kazakh emer- they are often decades old. 55 passengers and two drivers were on board. short circuit and said gency services ministry The accident is one of the deadliest in the last Five people who managed to escape are receiv- the bus was over- Survivors said it was travelling from five years, with the worst toll in Afghanistan in ing medical assistance. The rest died on the loaded, Interfax- the southern Kazakh town 2016 when two buses collided with an oil tanker, spot,” the ministry said, without elaborating on Kazakstan news climbed of Shymkent to the Russ- killing at least 73 people. The tragedy, which the cause of the blaze. agency reported. Min- through a door ian city of Samara on the struck in the area around the city of Aktobe, All those who died are believed to be Uzbek istry representative Volga river, a distance of highlights the high accident rate for passenger nationals, an interior ministry official told Inter- Imankulov did not con- and window almost 1,900 kilometers transport in the region. In October last year, a fax-Kazakhstan news agency. Kazakh media re- firm this however, (1200 miles). Video Kazakh-registered bus with Uzbek passengers ported they were migrant workers travelling to telling AFP: “It’s too broadcasts by Russian was hit by a train in Russia after breaking down Russia. Uzbekistan’s emergency services min- early to talk about the and Kazakh media on the tracks, killing 19 aboard the bus. In 2015, istry said it had opened a hotline. The vehicle reasons for the fire.” Panic broke out on board showed black smoke and flames billowing from 16 people, including three children, died in Kaza- was registered in Kazakhstan, emergency serv- the bus, hindering evacuation, while survivors the vehicle which had veered across a flat stretch khstan when a minibus collided with a van on ices ministry official Ruslan Imankulov told AFP. managed to climb through a door and window, of road carving through a snowy steppe. A pho- April 20, 2015.—AFP 12 Friday International Friday, January 19, 2018 IS poses threat to Iraq a month after ‘liberation’ IS fighters take refuge in the vast desert MOSUL: Barely a month after Baghdad declared and Hatra, both towns also recaptured last year victory over the Islamic State group, the jihadists from the jihadists. Hisham Al-Hashemi, a specialist could still recapture areas of Iraq, especially near on jihadist movements, said Iraq’s announcement the border with Syria, experts and officials say. in December of military victory “simply means Ali Al-Bayati, a commander of the Hashed Al- that the (black) IS flag is no longer flying” over Shaabi paramilitary units which fought alongside government buildings. To counter the threat of an Iraqi security forces in a grueling battle against IS resurgence, “several operations have been car- the group, said the Nimrud region of northern ried out south of Mosul” with US-led coalition Iraq could “fall at any time because security support to seize arms, said coalition spokesman there is fragile”. Colonel Ryan Dillon. Last July, the author- ities in Baghdad an- Active ‘sleepers’ nounced with much Jihadists build Louazi said that “geo- fanfare the “liberation” graphically, the territory of nearby Mosul, Iraq’s up stockpiles has been retaken... but second city. IS fighters not all the jihadists there who fled their former of weapons have been arrested”. “We stronghold and took are in the same security refuge to the west, in the situation as that which led vast desert towards the to the fall of Mosul” back Syrian border, have since launched attacks on in 2014, which came after the extremists had security forces and civilians, Bayati said. Hiding seized control of some areas, he said. To try to out in valleys and gullies as well as trenches dug avoid past mistakes, Dillon said, “the coalition has RAQA: Syrians ride a motorbike past damaged buildings in the northern Syrian city of Raqa after before their ouster from Mosul, the jihadists have trained Iraqi security forces to address the tran- a huge military operation led on the ground by Kurdish fighters and in the air by US warplanes de- built up stockpiles of arms, fuel, water and food. sition and future threats. We knew there would feated jihadists from the Islamic State group but also left the city completely disfigured. — AFP More than 4,000 jihadists have been arrested in be a transition from fighting to policing.” The Nineveh province since Mosul’s capture, accord- Hashed, which is patrolling the border with war- civilians and a Hashed fighter have been killed Al-Abadi to order security forces to “eliminate ing to police chief General Wathiq Al-Hamdani. torn Syria, says it faces infiltration attempts by ji- this month, according to security sources. They IS sleeper cells” and protect civilians. But But Aed al-Louayzi of Nineveh’s provincial hadists on a daily basis. Although IS is also on the said around 60 jihadists have also died in fight- Hashemi said the threat is more immediate. “This council said several civilians have been robbed or verge of overall military defeat in Syria, it sur- ing around Hawiyah, one of the last IS urban concept of sleeper cells is a mistake. They are killed inside the city itself, some by assailants dis- prised observers last week by announcing a strongholds retaken by Iraqi forces. On Monday, not sleepers, they are active,” he said. “They are guised as soldiers. He says the attacks have been comeback in the country’s northwest. In the a twin suicide bombing in Baghdad cost more capable of mounting attacks and even of taking the work of IS members from the areas of Tal Afar Hawiyah area of northern Iraq, at least three than 30 lives, prompting Prime Minister Haider control of zones.”—AFP

settlement outpost near the Palestinian town of Nablus Israel commandos kill who was shot in his car in a drive-by attack on Jan 9. “We will reach anybody who will try to harm Is- the Saudi authorities,” Amnesty’s a Palestinian gunman rael’s citizens and we will bring them to justice,” Prime Detained Saudi Middle East campaigns director, Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, commenting on the Samah Hadid, said. “The authorities operation, said during a visit to India. Tensions in the cleric Al-Awda must ensure that he receives all nec- JENIN: Israeli police killed a Palestinian gunman and region have risen since US President Donald Trump’s essary medical treatment, that he is captured another in a clash in the occupied West Bank announcement on Dec 6 recognizing disputed hospitalized allowed to communicate with his Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and at least 18 Palestini- family and a lawyer, and above all- yesterday, saying they were part of a cell responsible ans and one Israeli have been killed since. “The cell in that he is released from detention,” for an ambush in which a Jewish settler was shot dead. DUBAI: Prominent Saudi cleric she said. Two police commandos were wounded in the raid in Jenin is not the first and will not be the last,” Hamas Sheikh Salman Al-Awda has been Amnesty said Awda was arrested the city of Jenin, a spokesman said. Such flare-ups official Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement. “The crim- hospitalized after almost five months a few hours after posting a tweet have been rare in the West Bank, where Palestinian inal role of (Palestinian) security coordination (with in solitary confinement, human rights welcoming reports of a possible rec- security forces last year resumed cooperation with Is- Israel) will not succeed in preventing the resistance group Amnesty International said onciliation between Saudi Arabia rael despite the stalling of negotiations on statehood. from confronting Trump’s decision and protecting yesterday, citing family members. and neighboring Qatar. Saudi Arabia An official of the Palestinian health ministry said it had Jerusalem.” Awda was among more than 20 peo- and its allies cut off all diplomatic been informed by the Israelis the dead man was Hamas opposes coexistence with Israel. Trump’s ple arrested in a crackdown on dis- Ahmed Jarrar, a Hamas gunman and the son of a senior reversal of decades of US policy has enraged Pales- sent in early September and has and economic ties with the emirate in June accusing it of links to Islamic commander of the Islamist group, Naser Jarrar, who tinians, who want to create an independent state in- been held without charge ever since. cluding Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza He has reportedly been allowed just extremists, a charge Doha has cate- was killed by Israeli forces in 2002. Strip. Israel captured those areas in the 1967 Middle one telephone call, in October. gorically denied. According to his But the official said the Palestinian side had not Amnesty said he was admitted to family, the Saudi authorities had de- seen the body, and his family could not confirm the East War and annexed East Jerusalem in a move not hospital in the western city of Jeddah manded that Awda and other promi- death. Three other Palestinians were wounded, the of- recognized internationally. It says the entire city is on Tuesday and his family were de- nent figures publicly back the ficial said. Witnesses said the Israeli forces had bull- its eternal, indivisible capital. US-led peace talks be- nied any contact with him. “The hos- kingdom in the dispute but he re- dozed at least one building as they closed in on their tween Israel and the Palestinians broke down in pitalization of Sheikh Salman fused. Saudi activists have said targets, and that it was possible another gunman was 2014. A bid by Trump’s administration to restart Al-Awda, aside from being deeply Awda’s brother Khaled has also been buried under the rubble. Police spokesman Micky them has shown no real signs of progress. Vice worrying and traumatic for his family, detained for disclosing the cleric’s Rosenfeld said the commandos had gone after the sus- President Mike Pence is due to visit the region from highlights his shameful treatment by arrest.—AFP pected killers of Rabbi Raziel Shevah, a resident of a Jan 20 to 23.—Reuters Friday 13 International Friday, January 19, 2018 Violent storms batter the Netherlands Severe winter gales bring travel chaos

THE HAGUE: Severe winter gales battered southern Limburg. It was already grappling the Netherlands yesterday forcing Amsterdam with “a large number of breakdowns” which airport to cancel all flights, bringing Dutch meant even after the storm it could take some trains to a halt and toppling trucks as winds time for normal service to be restored, NS reached 140 kilometers (86 miles) an hour. added in a statement. The high winds were ex- “Due to severe weather conditions: all air traf- pected to decrease by later in the afternoon, fic has been suspended until further notice,” but Dutch officials had already closed to all Schiphol airport, one of Europe’s busiest flight traffic several more exposed roads and hubs, said in a tweet. Air traffic will “gradually bridges crossing different dykes. restart around 12:00 pm (1100 GMT)”, the All fishing boats were also sheltering in airport said. The cancellations notice came ports, while ferries to the far-flung northern shortly after the Dutch national weather serv- Texel island were stopped. Despite batten- ice upped its warning to the highest level. ing down the hatches for the storm’s arrival The westerly storms blowing off the North since Wednesday, there were still difficulties Sea meant “a code red is in force with very on the roads. Many streets were blocked by heavy gusts of up to 140 kilometers an hour falling trees and branches, while the national expected in some areas,” the national weather traffic service (VID) warned of major prob- service (KNMI) said. “Such heavy gusts bring lems on the motorways due to blown over with them a danger to people and traffic,” it trucks. By late morning the VID had counted added, warning of the risks of falling trees and 25 large lorries which had been toppled by urging people not to venture go into the seas, the gale-force winds, leading to huge con- with many Dutch surfers often seen seeking gestion on six of the country’s main road ar- out the highest waves. teries. Southern Rotterdam, Europe’s busiest NS, the Dutch national railway company cargo port, was now “virtually unreachable announced that “due to the storm all trains are from the north due to problems” on three of UTRECHT: Passengers wait as displays indicate that trains do not depart at Utrecht Central Station in halted until further notice” apart from a small the main motorways into the city, the VID Utrecht, The Netherlands yesterday. —AFP local service in northern Groningen and added.—AFP 14 Friday International Friday, January 19, 2018 Snowstorm and deep freeze leaves four dead in US South

Winter storm coats roads with ice

ATLANTA: A winter storm that caused at least day, about 470 flights had been canceled by four deaths in the US South brought record low Wednesday afternoon, according to tracking temperatures on Wednesday to parts of the re- service Flightaware.com. The sheriff’s office in gion, where it coated roads with ice, snapped Oconee County, Georgia, east of Atlanta, tried power lines and prompted public school closures. humor to keep people off icy roads. “I know you Frigid temperatures and snow were also forecast need cigarettes, beer and wine to get you for the mid-Atlantic region and much of New through having your kids at home. Can you just England through yesterday. The National do without for a day? Stay home,” the office said Weather Service (NWS) issued winter weather on its Facebook page. advisories and storm warnings for northern Georgia into Virginia Frosty south and from Massachusetts Wednesday’s storm to Maine. A vehicle plunges was not the first this win- In Austin, Texas, a ve- ter to bring a blast of hicle plunged more than over 30 feet off a frosty weather to the 30 feet off a frozen frozen overpass South, where parts of overpass late on Tues- Florida and the day, killing a man in his Louisiana coast saw their 40s, Austin-Travis first measurable snowfall RALEIGH: Dozens of people gather to sled at Dorothea Dix Park during a snow storm in Raleigh, North County Emergency in decades. Winter storm Carolina. — AFP Medical Service said on warnings and winter its Twitter feed. An 82-year-old woman who suf- weather advisories were posted across portions fered from dementia was found dead on of the Carolinas and southern Virginia. The gov- North Carolina, since Monday, with 6 inches or stay off the roads as only a few cars crept along Wednesday behind her Houston-area home, ernors of Georgia, North Carolina and Louisiana more measured at various locations across on typically packed highways. A few people bun- likely the victim of exposure to the cold, the Har- declared states of emergency because of severe southern Virginia, the NWS said. North Carolina dled up to go out in temperatures that were well ris County Sheriff’s Office said. conditions that made roads treacherous. In North Governor Roy Cooper warned at a news briefing below freezing in a city known for its sweltering In Georgia, two people were fatally struck by Carolina, where more than 2,000 snow-plow that cold temperatures Wednesday night would summer heat. “We don’t dare try to get the car a car that slid on an ice patch near Macon, local personnel worked to clear roads, the state High- make travel conditions even more hazardous. out of the garage,” said teacher Kimberly media said. At Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Inter- way Patrol reported nearly 1,600 traffic acci- “The snow is pretty but don’t be fooled,” Cooper Hodges, 40, who was walking her puppy in the national Airport, the nation’s busiest with a typ- dents during the first 12 hours of Wednesday. said. In Atlanta, many people appeared to be city’s East Atlanta Village neighborhood. “It’s a ical volume of 2,700 arrivals and departures a More than 9 inches of snow has fallen in Durham, heeding Georgia Governor Nathan Deal’s plea to mess out here.” — Reuters

ing our people and upholding our values as liberal UK, Italy bolster democracies in the face of any threat, whether at home or abroad,” May said in a statement ahead that authorities refuse to release the bodies troop presence of the summit. May will also discuss with the Tug-of-war in or provide autopsy reports. “The response French president their joint crackdown on online we received was that they are not going to in Africa’s Sahel extremism “to ensure that the internet cannot be Venezuela over hand over the bodies because they are used as a safe space for terrorists and criminals,” (being held) at the order of a military court,” according to the government spokesman. said Flores. The morgue itself was cordoned Britain is also expected to allocate £50 million rebels’ bodies off by five rings of armed soldiers carrying LONDON: Britain is set to send helicopters to bol- (56 million euros, $69 million) of additional aid for anti-riot shields. The blonde and telegenic ster a key French counter-terrorism operation in those affected by epidemics, natural disasters and Perez, 36, was known to Venezuelans as a Mali in a package of measures to be agreed at a conflict across west Africa. Earlier this week five CARACAS: Dozens of Venezuelan soldiers movie actor and member of an elite police summit near London yesterday. The commitment Sahel countries-Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Chad and ringed a Caracas morgue Wednesday where unit. But he gained national notoriety in June will come as Prime Minister Theresa May meets Burkina Faso-launched their second anti-jihadist the body of dissident former police officer at the height of anti-government protests French President Emmanuel Macron at an army operation in the troubled region, after talks in Paris Oscar Perez and six others were taken after against President Nicolas Maduro. base near the British capital, with immigration and with their partner France. The force has been op- being gunned down in a bloody police op- As street protests raged, Perez and ac- global aid also on their agenda. erating, with heavy French backing, to re-establish eration. Perez, Venezuela’s most wanted complices flew a stolen police helicopter In a separate move, Italy’s parliament on control in lawless frontier regions in the Sahel, man, had gone on social media while the op- over Caracas, dropping grenades on the Wednesday also approved a ramped up military south of the Sahara, where terror groups have been eration was under way Tuesday to say he Supreme Court and opening fire on the In- presence in Niger by agreeing to send an initial 120 able to flourish, particularly in the “tri border” area and his group wanted to surrender but were terior Ministry in what Maduro denounced troops with 350 more to follow as Rome looks to where Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso converge. under unrelenting sniper fire. That has as a coup. Since then Perez has taunted the stem migration and people-trafficking of African Italy’s focus is on Niger, a key transit country raised questions about the government’s ac- government from hiding, popping up on so- migrants. European powers are desperate to stem for tens of thousands of people arriving in Libya count that the seven were killed after open- cial media and at opposition rallies.In his the flow of African migrants crossing the Mediter- which is itself the launchpad for many Europe- ing fire on police who had come to arrest final video post during the assault, a blood- ranean and are spooked by increased militant ji- bound African migrants, from where they attempt them. “There was an extrajudicial execution ied Perez called on Venezuelans “not to lose hadism across the Sahel region. May is due to dangerous sea crossings to Europe. Last year, and we want to prove it,” said Winston Flo- heart. Fight, take to the streets, it is time we announce the deployment of three RAF Chinook some 115,000 landed in Italy, a figure down 32 per- res, an opposition lawmaker who heads a are free.” On Tuesday, his wife Dana Vivas helicopters to provide logistic support to French cent year on year, taking arrivals since 2014 to congressional committee formed to investi- demanded on Twitter that the government troops. The mission is focused on Mali, where the around 600,000. “This is a training mission in re- gate the deaths. allow his family to identify his body, and in- UN, EU and African Union all have military opera- sponse to a request from Niger, not a combat mis- Flores, a physician by training, told re- sisted it not be cremated. And his mother tions countering terrorism and illegal trade in peo- sion,” said Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti, porters outside the Bello Monte morgue echoed her, firmly. — AFP ple, drugs, weapons and wildlife. “Today’s summit speaking about the plan lawmakers approved on will underline that we remain committed to defend- Wednesday. — AFP Friday 15 International Friday, January 19, 2018 CIA agent’s arrest follows US spying debacle in China The third arrest in one year

WASHINGTON: The third arrest in one year of One of them was shot in front of his colleagues a US official suspected of helping Chinese spies to send a message, the Times reported. That de- has bared the tense battle between the two su- bacle severely damaged the US government’s perpowers’ intelligence agencies. The arrest late ability to collect secret information on its Asian Monday by US authorities of former Central In- rival. It also implied that the huge Chinese Min- telligence Agency agent Jerry Chun Shing Lee istry of State Security and the espionage arms was reportedly linked to Beijing’s brutal disman- of the People’s Liberation Army had been able tling five years ago of the CIA’s network of un- to penetrate US intelligence. dercover operatives and informants inside China. Chinese mole? That followed the Tense battle Lee, 53, was arrested June 2017 arrest of a between two late Monday after he former State Depart- landed in New York. A ment security officer, superpowers’ naturalized US citizen reportedly also an ex- intelligence who had lived for the CIA official, Kevin Mal- past several years in lory, on allegations that agencies Hong Kong, he served in he handed over US se- the US Army in the crets to Chinese agents 1980s and spent 13 years WASHINGTON: A view of Capitol Hill January in Washington, DC. — AFP for $25,000. Three from 1994 at the CIA, months before that, a China-based US diplomat, where he had top secret clearance. The charge Candace Claiborne, was charged for taking tens against him was limited to one count of unlawful extremely valuable to Beijing, had been provided to its national security from Chinese intelligence of thousands of dollars in cash and gifts from retention of national defense information. But the to the Chinese, or whether they had gained ac- collection operations,” said a November 2016 Chinese intelligence. details of an investigation spanning at least five cess to it otherwise. Citing intelligence commu- report of the US-China Economic and Security According to The New York Times, US years suggested much more. nity sources, the Times reported that Lee was Review Commission. In 2008 two US defense counter-intelligence has been working overtime The indictment said that in 2012 FBI agents one of those eyed for years by investigators as officials were arrested for passing secret mate- since at least 2012 to uncover a possible pro- had secretly examined Lee’s luggage while he a possible mole. rials to a US citizen originally from Taiwan, Tai Beijing mole within the ranks of America’s espi- was travelling. They found two notebooks Shen Kuo, who officials said was working for onage services. jammed with classified information including the Growing espionage threat Chinese intelligence. In 2010 agents discovered The Times reported last year that starting in identities of CIA covert agents and assets, notes US officials would not comment on the that an incoming 28-year-old CIA recruit, fluent 2010, to the end of 2012, the Chinese uncovered from their meetings, locations of covert facilities, newest case, but the government has been in- Mandarin speaker Glenn Shriver, was already on and killed “at least a dozen” sources the CIA had and phone numbers. The charge did not say creasingly worried about Beijing’s spying. “The the payroll of the Ministry of State Security, and inside China and imprisoned six or more others. whether this information, which would have been United States faces a large and growing threat had been tasked to infiltrate the agency. — AFP

changes include a call for the increased development of US nuke review calls low-yield nuclear weapons. These devices, also known as “tactical” nukes, are still extremely powerful and can pack for development of as much destructive punch as the bombs dropped on Hi- roshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II. Police comb filthy California Policymakers worry that regular, large-yield weapons low-yield weapons are essentially too big to ever be detonated, as their use would likely result in large-scale retaliation from an ad- home where starving versary and wipe too much of humanity off the map. The WASHINGTON: The US military wants to overhaul its Pentagon argues that by having more, smaller nukes it will siblings found atomic arsenal and develop a new type of low-yield counter adversaries’ “mistaken confidence” that the weapon that experts worry could lead to greater prolif- United States would not respond to another country using PERRIS: Investigators on Wednes- that may assist them in providing a eration and heighten the risk of nuclear war. The proposed its own low-yield bomb. “Expanding flexible US nuclear day conducted an exhaustive search full description of what was going on changes to the nuclear weapons program, outlined in a options now, to include low-yield options, is important for of the foul-smelling, filthy tract home there. “The whole house is a crime draft version of the Pentagon’s Nuclear Posture Review, the preservation of credible deterrence against regional east of Los Angeles where a Califor- scene,” he added. mark a significant break from the vision for America’s nu- aggression,” the document states. The proposed policy nia couple are accused of keeping Officers raided the house in the clear future under Barack Obama, who during a famous says the Defense Department and the National Nuclear captive and nearly starving their 13 small city of Perris, about 70 miles speech in Prague in 2009 called for the elimination of nu- Security Administration will develop a low-yield subma- minor and adult children, police said. east of Los Angeles, on Sunday after clear weapons. rine-launched ballistic missile for deployment. David Turpin, 57, and Louise Turpin, the 17-year-old, whose name was Arguing today’s security environment is vastly more Such a capability would ensure “a prompt response 49, were set to go before a judge in not released, called the 911 emer- complex than in 2010 - the last time the Pentagon pub- option that is able to penetrate adversary defenses.” Barry Riverside County on Thursday on gency number on a cellphone. She lished a nuclear review-the draft document states that the Blechman, co-founder of the Stimson Center, a nonparti- charges of torture and child endan- was so small and emaciated, officers US needs to realign its nuclear policy with a “realistic as- san anti-nuclear proliferation think tank in Washington, germent in the case, which came to at first thought she was about 10 sessment” of the threats it now faces, including from warned that the review contains major steps backward light over the weekend after their 17- years old. On Wednesday afternoon, North Korea, Russia and China. “Global threat conditions from the goals of previous administrations-to reduce the year-old daughter escaped through several investigators, some wearing have worsened markedly” since the 2010 nuclear policy risk of nuclear war and prevent nuclear weapons spread- a window and alerted police. black gloves, went in and out of the review, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis wrote in the docu- ing to additional nations. “Nuclear ideologues maintain “We have investigators on scene, house, frequently carrying boxes ment’s introduction, a leaked version of which was pub- that the US has to match the adversary’s arsenal, weapon combing through everything they and bags of material they placed in lished by the Huffington Post. for weapon, yield for yield, to deter nuclear use,” Blech- can find for additional evidence,” waiting vehicles. Inside the garage, “The United States now faces a more diverse and ad- man said in a statement to AFP. “There is no empirical Riverside Sheriff’s Deputy Mike floor-to-ceiling shelves that ap- vanced nuclear-threat environment than ever before.” The basis for this view, but it is widely held among civilians Vasquez said by telephone. “They’re peared to be stacked with DVDs new strategy calls for a continuation of the nuclear mod- being appointed to positions in the” administration of trying to gather more information could be seen. — Reuters ernization program ordered by Obama, but notable President Donald Trump. — AFP 16 Friday International Friday, January 19, 2018 South Africa’s Ramaphosa piles pressure on president

President Zuma under pressure to resign

JOHANNESBURG: South African ment policy reforms. The Gupta family authorities over work done with the Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and Zuma have denied wrongdoing Guptas include German software yesterday called on prosecutors to and say they are victims of a politi- maker SAP, auditor KPMG and con- act urgently in pursuit of a firm cally-motivated witchhunt. A sultancy McKinsey. owned by friends of scandal-plagued spokesman for Zuma and a lawyer for President Jacob Zuma, as pressure the Gupta family did not respond to Eskom in turmoil mounted on him to step down. requests for comment yesterday. McKinsey has apologized for Ramaphosa succeeded Zuma as head South Africa’s state prosecutor said working with Trillian at Eskom in 2016 of the ruling African National Con- on Wednesday it would serve a court without a contract and is offering to gress last month, making him likely to order on McKinsey relating to a 1.6 pay back its fee, but denies doing any- replace Zuma as the country’s thing illegal. Parliament is carrying next president in 2019 - or even out a wide-ranging investigation earlier, if Zuma resigns. In recent into Eskom, Africa’s biggest power days he has gone on the offensive Anti-graft push utility. The firm’s financial turmoil against companies controlled by puts global firms and allegations of mismanagement the Gupta family, businessmen and corruption are a major concern friends of Zuma accused of unduly under scrutiny for investors and ratings agencies. using political connections to win Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba work with the state. said yesterday the Treasury could JOHANNESBURG: Deputy President of South Africa, and newly elected African “We want to deal with the rot. not afford to bail out Eskom. National Congress (ANC) President, Cyril Ramaphosa (center) reacts while It is unacceptable, totally unac- Separately, South Africa’s com- flanked by Minister of Finance Malusi Gigaba (left) and Minister in the Presidency ceptable, that companies owned by billion-rand ($130 million) contract panies registry office is pursuing crim- for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Jeff Radebe during the Pre-World Eco- the nation and set up to benefit the with state utility Eskom that the global inal complaints against SAP, KPMG nomic Forum (WEF) Breakfast yesterday. — AFP people have been hijacked,” consultancy worked on with Trillian, a and McKinsey in relation to Gupta- Ramaphosa said at a meeting of busi- local firm that was then controlled by controlled companies. SAP, KPMG ness leaders and cabinet ministers. The Gupta family associates. “We welcome and McKinsey all said on Wednesday investigation found work done for company, said last year it had “let rand currency has rallied around 16 the actions they are beginning to take they were happy to cooperate with Gupta family firms “fell considerably down South Africa” by paying $7.7 percent since Ramaphosa’s ANC lead- and we encourage them to act with ur- any police enquiries. KPMG cleared short of KPMG’s standards”. KPMG million in commissions to Gupta-re- ership victory as investors bet he will gency,” Ramaphosa said. International out its South African leadership in denied it had done anything illegal. lated companies between December crack down on corruption and imple- firms being probed by South African September last year after an internal SAP, Europe’s biggest technology 2014 and November 2016. — Reuters

stricter sanctions on Moscow. In his diplomatic A year of Trump roundup of 2017 on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov repeatedly attacked the South African water usage awareness cam- US on virtually all topics, suggesting a disap- Cape Town paign. One of the measures, which the fails to improve pointment in the new president. “Unfortunately council will vote on Friday, is a punitive tariff the actions of the current administration are in line for the city’s thirstiest consumers. “Despite US-Russia ties of Obama’s, despite the line of president Trump water ration our urging for months, 60 percent of during his election campaign. In certain areas, Capetonians are callously using more than MOSCOW: Donald Trump said during his election they are even more assertive,” Lavrov said at an to be slashed 87 liters per day,” said De Lille, referring to campaign he wanted to improve relations be- annual press conference. the current daily water consumption limit. tween the US and Vladimir Putin’s Russia. But a as drought bites “At this point, we must assume that they will year on from his inauguration, ties between Wash- ‘Anti-Russian hysteria’ not change their behavior,” she said. ington and Moscow are at Cold War lows. As After accusing the Obama administration of The city has rolled out a string of proj- American investigators continue to probe Russian deliberately destroying Russian-American rela- CAPE TOWN: Cape Town will next month ects in recent months to increase its water involvement in Trump’s shock 2016 election vic- tions, Moscow had “big hopes” the election of slash its individual daily water consumption reserves, including efforts to drill into tory over Hillary Clinton, Moscow talks of the US Trump would improve the relationship, according limit by 40 percent to 50 litres, the mayor aquifers and the construction of desalina- president as a hostage to internal political strug- to Russian analyst Ivan Kurilla. “There is an im- said yesterday, as the city battles its worst tion plants. But De Lille said those meas- gles who is unable to improve ties. pression that the Russian elite continues to believe drought in a century. Mayor Patricia de Lille ures “will simply not be enough” and that “Russian-American relations deserve better, the Trump administration does not want full con- has warned that if rains do not materialize the chance of reaching “Day Zero” was our people deserve better,” the Russian Foreign frontation with Russia and a hope for improve- and drastic consumption reductions are not now “very likely”. “The crisis has reached Ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. ment remains,” Kurilla, of the European University achieved the normal water supply will be a new severity necessitating a series of “We were always in favor of developing bilateral in Saint Petersburg, told AFP. “If not this year, then shut off. Instead residents will have to queue new emergency measures,” she said. The relations regardless what president came to the next,” he added. at standpipes for daily water rations of 25 city, which attracts millions of tourists power in the US,” she said. Tensions between Vladimir Vassilyev, a researcher at the Institute liters. “We have reached a point of no re- every year, has enforced strict waste con- Washington and Moscow have continued to grow for US and Canadian Studies in Moscow, said turn... We can no longer ask people to stop trols including splash bans at municipal despite the promises of the then Republican can- there is a “paradox” in the current state of ties be- wasting water-we must force them,” De Lille pools and hauling wasteful homeowners didate and his early nomination of Rex Tillerson- tween the two countries. “The leaders of the two said as she announced a raft of tough new before the courts. Water consumption in who has personal ties to Putin-to Secretary of countries have called for an improvement of rela- measures to fend-off the so-called “Day Cape Town has nearly halved since early State. The Cold War rivals have clashed over tions, but they are only degrading,” Vassilyev told Zero” standpipe scenario, currently forecast 2016, but has remained stubbornly high at crises in Ukraine, Syria and Iran, with reciprocal AFP. While Moscow waits for ties to improve, a for April 21. around 620 million liters per day - 120 mil- expulsions of diplomats last year. year of Trump in the White House has been A typical shower uses 15 litres per lion liters above the city’s target. “Day Following Russia’s 2014 annexation of the marked by a series of new sanctions over alleged minute while a standard toilet consumes 15 Zero” has crept forward by a week since Crimean peninsula and the war between Kiev and interference in the US presidential election, on top liters per flush, according to WaterWise, a the beginning of the year. — AFP Kremlin-backed rebels, the US has imposed ever of its actions in Ukraine. — AFP Friday 17 International Friday, January 19, 2018 India test-fires intercontinental missile amid ‘perceived threats’ Three women killed as India, Pakistan trade fire

NEW DELHI: India tested its longest-range in- said they had evacuated villagers living near the tercontinental missile yesterday, the defense min- firing, which had killed an Indian soldier and a istry said, part of efforts to build a nuclear woman civilian in the northern state of Jammu deterrent against neighboring Pakistan and China. and Kashmir state late Wednesday. Meanwhile The 5,000-km range (3,107-mile) Agni missile a statement from the Pakistan army said Indian was tested from an island in India’s eastern coast soldiers had fired on villages across the border in the Bay of Bengal, the ministry said on its offi- in Sialkot in Punjab province late on Wednesday, cial Twitter account. It said the launch was “a killing two women. Both sides regularly trade fire major boost to the defense capabilities” of India. along the border, parts of which are disputed, The Agni-V is an advanced version of the indige- and civilian casualties are common. nously built Agni, or Fire, series, part of a program But this week has been particularly bloody. that started in the 1980s. It has been tested pre- On Monday Pakistan said four of its soldiers viously before. New Delhi were killed during In- says it faces a twin threat dian firing along the from both bitter foe Pak- heavily militarized Line istan, which is developing a ‘Major boost to of Control (LoC), the nuclear and missile pro- disputed section of the gram of its own, as well as India defense border in southern China. A long-running dis- capabilities’ Kashmir. Also Monday, pute over the Himalayan Indian soldiers killed border with China has five suspected militants flared in recent years. who they said were trying to infiltrate from India, Pakistan trade fire Pakistan-administered Kashmir. India frequently In another development, three female civil- accuses Pakistan of sending fighters across the ians and a soldier have been killed in cross-bor- LoC to launch attacks on its soldiers in Kashmir, der firing by the Indian and Pakistani armies, which has been divided between the two nu- JODHPUR: Indian Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gestures on board a Sukhoi 30 at officials said yesterday, taking the death toll clear-armed neighbors since partition in 1947. Indian Air Force Base in Jodhpur. —AFP along the frontier to 13 this week. Police in India Islamabad denies the allegations.—Agencies

Indian boy shot dead in crossfire Myanmar makes

MATHURA: An eight-year-old boy was record drug bust shot and killed in police crossfire as he played outside with friends in northern YANGON: Myanmar has seized 30 million meth pills along India, an officer said yesterday. It is not with more than two tons of “ice” and heroin in a record bust, clear who fired the bullet that hit Madhav the government said yesterday, as drugs pour from labs in Bharadwaj, who was with his grandfather lawless border regions. The operation in a remote part of when he was shot late Wednesday as police northern Myanmar came after the Tuesday arrests of four apparently took on suspects in a robbery. suspected traffickers who led police to a house in Shan State’s Rajesh Kumar Sonker, superintendent Kutkai township where the haul was discovered, the Ministry of police in the Mathura district of Uttar of Home Affairs said in a statement. “It’s the biggest drug Pradesh state where the incident took place, seizure with the largest amount (by value and quantity) in told AFP an investigation was underway. (our) history,” a senior police officer from the anti-drug de- “We are probing the case and will soon get partment told AFP on the condition of anonymity as the in- to know how the child got hit and killed,” he vestigation was ongoing. said. Villagers, however, told local media In addition to the meth tablets, the authorities found 502 that only police were shooting. “Three po- MATHURA: Indian police and residents talk in the village where Madhav Bharadwaj, 8, kilograms of heroin and 1,750 kilograms of crystal metham- licemen came to the village and asked the was shot and killed in police crossfire in Mathura yesterday. —AFP phetamine, or ice, bringing the total estimated value to $54 (suspects) to gather at the terrace of a million, or one-fifth of the amount of narcotics seized in the nearby temple for a talk. But suddenly the country in all of 2017. A picture of the packages of drugs cops began firing,” the boy’s grandfather condolences to the family and compensa- other Indian states have been accused of told the Times of India newspaper. tion of 500,000 rupees ($7,835). The state faking “encounters” with suspects to carry stacked high on a table was published by the ministry. Myan- “My poor grandson was playing nearby has one of the highest crime rates in India, out extrajudicial killings. “Even if the law mar is the second largest opium producer in the world after and got hit. I froze for a moment. I was un- an issue that Adityanath pledged to tackle and order situation is grave, the state can- Afghanistan, but levels of poppy cultivation have declined as able to understand what had happened.” with tough policing when he was named not resort to such mechanism,” India’s Na- demand for methamphetamine surges, leading to numerous The boy’s cousin told AFP the three police chief minister last March. tional Human Rights Commission said in a multi-million dollar busts. Its lawless border areas are the officers fled the scene after he was hit. Rights groups have however accused statement responding to Adityanath’s hub for Asia’s meth producers, who pump out “yaba” meth “They ran away. We have one of the police- him of abusing his power after he report- comments. Uttar Pradesh police have killed pills and ice, the more addictive crystallized version, across men’s jackets and their motorcycle with us,” edly said at a rally that criminals would “ei- 33 people since Adityanath came to power, Southeast Asia. Drug trafficking has been increasing around said Manmohan Bharadwaj. Uttar Pradesh ther be sent to jail or killed in police according to figures in the Indian Express the country, especially in war-torn northern Shan State as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath offered his encounters”. Police in Uttar Pradesh and newspaper.—AFP many ethnic armed groups use it to buy weapons. —AFP 18 Friday International Friday, January 19, 2018 Nearly 7 decades of tensions between North, South Korea Two Koreas agree to march under a single flag

SEOUL: North and South Korea have agreed with numerous attacks. The secretive nation to march together under a single flag at the sent a team of 31 commandos to Seoul in a Winter Olympics opening ceremony, in the botched attempt to assassinate then-President latest sign that the crisis on the peninsula may Park Chung-Hee in 1968. All but two were be easing. The decision comes after months of killed. In the “axe murder incident” of 1976, tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile North Korean soldiers attacked a work party program, the latest phase in the turmoil that trying to chop down a tree inside the Demili- has persisted since the start of the Korean tarized Zone, leaving two US army officers War. Here is a timeline of relations between dead. Pyongyang launched perhaps its most the two Koreas, who audacious assassination remain technically at attempt in Myanmar in war: 1983, when a bomb ex- A latest sign ploded in a Yangon War but no peace mausoleum during a In June 1950 fight- that the crisis visit by South Korean ing broke out between President Chun Doo- the communist North may be easing Hwan. He survived, but and capitalist South, 21 people, including sparking a brutal war some government min- that killed between two isters, were killed. In and four million people. 1987, a bomb on a Ko- SEONGNAM: Israeli-made Spike missiles on parade during a ceremony marking the 65th an- Beijing backed Pyongyang in the three-year rean Air flight exploded over the Andaman niversary of the founding of South Korea’s Armed Forces at an air base in Seongnam, south conflict, while Washington threw its support Sea, killing all 115 people on board. Seoul ac- of Seoul. —AFP behind the South-alliances that have largely cused Pyongyang, which denied involvement. endured. The Koreas have been locked in a rean port of Gangneung, sparking 45-day one of its warships, killing 46 sailors. Py- dangerous dance ever since that conflict ended Direct confrontation manhunt that ended with 24 crew members ongyang denied the charge. November that in 1953 with an armistice rather than a formal The North’s founding leader Kim Il-Sung and infiltrators killed. year saw North Korea launch its first attack peace treaty, leaving them technically at war. died in 1994, but under his son Kim Jong-Il, it A clash between South Korean and North on a civilian-populated area since the war, continued to prod its southern neighbor. In Korean naval ships in 1999 left around 50 of when it fired 170 artillery shells at Yeon- Sending in the assassins 1996, a North Korean submarine on a spying the North’s soldiers dead. In March 2010, pyeong. Four people were killed, including Pyongyang has tested the fragile ceasefire mission ran aground off the eastern South Ko- Seoul accused Pyongyang of torpedoing two civilians. —AFP Japan, Australia push for defense Australia lifesaving pact amid tension drone makes first

FUNABASHI: The prime ministers of Japan and Australia toured rescue in ocean a military training ground outside Tokyo yesterday, as the two countries seek to bolster defense ties in the face of the North Korean crisis. Malcolm Turnbull and Japanese counterpart SYDNEY: A pair of Australian swimmers yesterday became the Shinzo Abe are hoping to thrash out a security agreement on first people to be rescued in the ocean by a drone when the aerial joint defense operations and exercises, with one eye also on lifesaver dropped a safety device to distressed teens caught in China as it expands its naval ambitions. rough seas. Australia is leading the use of the technology in surf Diplomats are putting the finishing touches to the proposed lifesaving, with dozens of drones being trialed on beaches around defense pact, which would be the first of its kind for Japan and the country. In what is believed to be a world-first drone surf res- would make Australia Tokyo’s closest military partner after the cue, two boys on Thursday got caught in three-meter swells while United States. The pact would reportedly lay the ground for swimming off Lennox Head in New South Wales, near the border Japanese military exercises out of Darwin, the northern Aus- with Queensland. Beachgoers onshore raised the alarm to the life- tralian city heavily bombed by Japan in World War II. “The (mil- guards who then alerted the drone pilot, and the aerial lifesaver itary) agreement, when concluded, will be a pillar of the was deployed in moments. Japan-Australia security cooperation,” said a Japanese diplomat “I was able to launch it, fly it to the location, and drop the pod ahead of the talks. all in about one to two minutes,” lifeguard supervisor Jai Sheridan Both sides say boosting military cooperation is vital given told the Gold Coast Bulletin. “On a normal day that would have the tense situation in the region, with North Korea’s missile pro- taken our lifeguards a few minutes longer to reach the members gram bringing the world closer to nuclear conflict than at any of the public.” Other than a little weary from their experience the time since the Cold War. China’s steady expansion of its military pair were reportedly unharmed. Along with their ability to spot FUNABASHI: Visiting Australian Prime Minister Malcolm and economic influence in Asia Pacific has also encouraged swimmers in trouble and deliver life saving devices faster than Turnbull (left) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe listen Japan and Australia to draw closer militarily. Standing in front traditional lifesaving techniques, like launching surfboards or rub- of Australian-made military equipment used by the Japanese to a briefing on the PAC-3 surface-to-air missile launcher ber dinghies, drones are being used in Australia to spot under- Self-Defence Forces, Turnbull urged the international commu- while visiting the Japan Ground Self Defense Forces’ water predators like sharks and jellyfish.—AFP nity to keep up the pressure on North Korea. —AFP Narashino camp yesterday. —AFP Friday

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This file shows Kim Kardashian attending the 2017 LACMA Art + Film Gala Honoring Mark Bradford and George Lucas in Los Angeles, California.—AFP

Kim Kardashian announces birth of third child via surrogate Page 20 20 Friday Lifestyle | Features Friday, January 19, 2018 Kevin Spacey investigated over third London assault

ritish police said yesterday they are in- The other two alleged victims said they were vestigating a man over a third sexual as- assaulted in 2005 and 2008 in the Lambeth Bsault, with the Press Association news area of the city where The Old Vic is located. agency reporting that US actor Kevin Spacey They came forward in the wake of the Holly- is the suspected assailant. The assault allegedly wood scandal which erupted last year after nu- occurred in central London in 2005, during merous claims of sexual assault and harassment Spacey’s 11-year tenure at The Old Vic theatre were made against mogul Harvey Weinstein. in the British capital. “On 13 December we re- Spacey has since faced a series of abuse alle- ceived an allegation that the man sexually as- gations, prompting The Old Vic to launch an in- saulted a man (Victim 3) in 2005 in vestigation into the actor’s tenure at the theatre Westminster,” a Metropolitan Police spokes- between 2004 and 2015. A total of 20 claims of woman told AFP yesterday. The force does not inappropriate behavior were received, covering name people before they are charged with a a broader period of 1995 to 2013, and have not This file photo shows host crime, but the Press Association said the ac- been verified. — AFP Kevin Spacey attending the cused was the same man from earlier com- 2017 Tony Awards - Red Carpet plaints. at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. — AFP

This file photo shows Kim Kardashian West (left) and Kanye West attending the ‘Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology’ Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. — AFP Kim Kardashian announces birth of third child via surrogate eality star Kim Kardashian and her rapper husband Kanye West Tuesday announced the birth of their Rthird child, a baby girl who was born via a surrogate. “She is here! We’re so in love,” Kardashian, 37, wrote in a post on her website which she then shared with her 58.3 million Twitter followers. In a brief message, she wrote that their “healthy, beautiful” daughter was born Monday at 12:47 AM local time, weighing 7.6 pounds (3.3 kilo- Top India court lifts ban on grams). The baby girl’s name was not announced. “We are incredibly grateful to our surrogate who made our dreams come true with the greatest gift one could give and to our wonderful doctors and nurses for their special care,” said Kardashian. release of Bollywood film “North and Saint are especially thrilled to welcome their baby sister,” she added. Kardashian and West mar- ndia’s top court yesterday overturned a ban imposed by sev- tional breakdown”, he told The Hindu newspaper. Last January ried in May 2014, and already have two children: daughter eral states on the release of a Bollywood epic about a myth- protesters from a hardline Hindu group attacked the film’s di- North, 4, and 2-year-old son Saint. The couple chose to Iical Hindu queen. The Supreme Court said the ban, which rector Sanjay Leela Bhansali and vandalized the set during film- use a surrogate as Kardashian suffered from placenta followed violent protests by members of the Hindu right who ing in Rajasthan. The leader of the group also offered 50 million accreta-a serious condition where the placenta becomes claimed the film falsely depicted a romance between the queen rupees ($769,000) to anyone who “beheaded” lead actress too deeply attached to the wall of the uterus-during her and a Muslim ruler, violated creative freedoms. India’s film cen- Deepika Padukone or Bhansali. second pregnancy, making a third pregnancy too risky, sor board had cleared “Padmaavat” for release subject to certain Protesters attacked another set near Mumbai in March, burn- according to celebrity website TMZ. TMZ also reported changes, but at least four states said they would ban its screen- ing costumes and other props. “Every story can’t be told how that the Wests paid $45,000 to the surrogate-who was ing. “Cinemas are an inseparable part of right to free speech and bullies want it,” tweeted author and screenwriter Chetan Bhagat banned from smoking and taking drugs as well as taking expression,” said Chief Justice Dipak Misra. in response to the court’s ruling. “Artists, just as anyone else, hot baths, dying her hair and eating raw fish during the “States... cannot issue notifications prohibiting the screening have freedom to express in India. The states involved should re- pregnancy. — AFP of a film.” Harish Salve, a lawyer representing the movie’s pro- spect decision and curb bullies.” — AFP ducers, said the states “cannot ban screening to appease their political constituency”. Such a move would “lead to constitu- Friday 21 Lifestyle | Features Friday, January 19, 2018 50 Cent blasts Jay-Z’s album

Cent doesn’t think Jay-Z’s ‘4:44’ res- maker - whose real name is Curtis Jackson - felt glasses and tie a sweater around my waist. It onates with young people. The 42- the need to clarify his thoughts on the record, was, like, Ivy League thing.” The rapper also 50year-old rap star has insisted that having previously said that the album was “too claimed that Jay’s age, 48, now counts against while he doesn’t wish to slam the New York smart” shortly after its release in 2017. him, suggesting that the genre is a young man’s star, he doesn’t believe that his much-discussed While the ‘Southpaw’ actor enjoyed listening game. He shared: “I’mma tell you the truth, album is relatable to the next generation. to the songs himself, he also felt it was a little n***** is hot out here. They don’t wanna hear Speaking to US TV host Conan O’Brien, 50 ex- too cerebral for a lot of music fans, while he also that s**t. They just wanna have a good time. plained: “Hip-hop culture’s connected to youth suggested that it didn’t chime with traditional You can’t be the best rapper at 47, because the culture. “He just had the maturity bleed off into hip-hop culture. He previously explained: “I new n***** is here.” — Bang Showbiz the material ... It’s cool for me, like, in my car, thought the s**t was a’ight. I liked the s**t, but I’m listening to it. But the kids, I don’t see them I’m gonna keep it 100, the s**t was too smart. actually listening to it.” The ‘Candy Shop’ hit- “I felt like I was supposed to be wearing

Marvel Studios release Madonna hits the image of Ant-Man and the Wasp studio in London arvel Studios have released a new image from behind the scenes of ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’. The upcoming sequel Mwill see Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly playing the two tit- ular superheroes and although not much of the plot is known, the studios have released an image showing the two actors in their shrinking suits. On Instagram, Marvel wrote: “Suit up for #AntManandWasp in theaters July 6! (sic)” In August, Lilly logged on to Instagram to show herself in character and pay tribute to Jack Kirby, the comic book artist who jointly created Ant-Man and the Wasp. Lilly’s accompanying caption read: “On set today, celebrating the artist who helped create this amazing character by bringing her to life! I am honored to be playing The Wasp on what would be Jack Kirby’s 100th birthday. All hail Jack Kirby and The Wasp! #ThankY- ouJackKirby #AntManAndTheWasp #bts ‘behindthescenes #onset adonna has been busy recording new music in a (sic)” Kirby along with Stan Lee and Larry Lieber created Janet van DJ Khaled’s ‘top London studio. The Queen of Pop - whose last LP Dyne, the mother of her on-screen character and the original Wasp, Mwas 2015’s ‘Rebel Heart’ - was spotted leaving the and Hank Pimm - the original Ant-Man - with the mighty miniature recording space in the British Capital on Wednesday and hero first making an appearance in the pages of Marvel comic Tales secret’ JLo and she also posted a photograph of herself singing into a mi- to Astonish #27 in January 1962. crophone, sharing how thrilled she was to be back at work. In ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’, Michelle Pfeiffer will portray Janet, She wrote across the photo posted on her Instagram: “Feels Cardi B collab the wife of Michael Douglas’ Hank Pym, in the upcoming sequel. In so good ... To be working on new music again! (sic)” In De- the comic books, Janet was the original Wasp and a founding mem- cember, the 59-year-old megastar teased that she is to em- J Khaled’s collaboration with Jennifer Lopez and Cardi ber of the Avengers, and continued as a superhero after her husband bark on a tour this year. Whilst, the ‘Material Girl’ hitmaker B is “top secret”. The ‘Wild Thoughts’ rapper teased that retired, but she eventually went missing in another dimension and has been spending the past 13 months living in Lisbon, Por- Dhe’s unable to give any more information about the track was assumed to be dead. The rest of the cast includes Hannah John- tugal after her son David, 12, joined football team Benfica he’s worked on with the Latin beauty and the ‘Bodak Yellow’ Kamen as Ghost, Walton Goggins as Sonny Burch, Randall Park as FC’s youth academy, she said she’s eager to get working on star, but he is “grateful” to get to work with both ladies. And Agent Jimmy Woo and Laurence Fishburne as Dr. Bill Foster. the production for a new run of dates for next year. the 42-year-old producer - whose real name is Khaled Mo- Michael Pena will also star in the film, which sees Peyton Reed, The ‘Hung Up’ singer was on ‘Live With Kelly & Ryan’ hamed Khaled - has also revealed ‘On The Floor’ hitmaker Jen- who helmed 2015’s ‘Ant-Man’, returning as director. Both Rudd and where she took part in a game of Sketching With The Stars, nifer has more music in the pipeline. He said: “Everything’s top Lilly are also set to appear as their superhero alter egos in the up- alongside her friend Anderson Cooper who asked her about secret, [but] I can tell you this: J.Lo’s got some new music com- coming ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ movie. ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ is her touring future. On when she plans on hitting the road ing. “I want to thank J.Lo for letting me be one of the producers scheduled for release in July 2018. — Bang Showbiz again, Madonna told Anderson: “Soon. I gotta get my show amongst other great ones, and a feature on the record. I’m together. 2017 was soccer mom in Portugal. 2018 ... I’m grateful.” The ‘I’m the One’ songwriter heaped praise on rising coming back, baby. I’m coming for you!” Madonna’s last ex- rapper Cardi, and how hard she has worked to get to where she tensive run was her 2016 ‘Rebel Heart World Tour’, which is. He told ‘Entertainment Tonight’: “Cardi B man, she’s doing concluded in Sydney, Australia on March 20. Meanwhile, her thing. God bless her. the ‘Vogue’ hitmaker - who also has Lourdes, 21, Rocco, 17, “To get in the game, these are the rewards and the accom- Mercy, 11, and five-year-old twins Stella and Esther - pre- plishments that we all work hard for, [like] her Hot 100s. “I re- viously said her youngest children are starting to learn member getting my first Hot 100 No. 1. I know the feeling. I about her worldwide fame now that they go to school in the know how exciting that is. It’s a drive to make you keep going city, as people are “always” asking if their mother is more and more and more and more. “Nothing but love for Cardi Madonna. She said: “They go to school in Lisbon right now, B and all the new artists out there doing their thing.” Khaled is and they’re wondering why everyone’s always coming up set to hit the road with Demi Lovato again, kicking off on Feb- to them and saying, ‘Is your mother, Madonna?’ Like, why ruary 26 at the Viejas Arena in San Diego. Teasing their new do they want to know who you are? “I mean, a lot of my show around Demi’s latest LP ‘Tell Me You Love Me’, he said: kids have grown up seeing me in concert, but there are cer- “She’s great. I love her story, meaning, it’s inspiring. It’s a bless- tain songs, like, the twins don’t know anything. They heard ing that she called me and gave me the opportunity to hit the ‘Holiday’ for the first time a month ago, so that was a fun stage with her. “It’s going to be like New Year’s Eve every night moment for them.”— Bang Showbiz “I got a lot of surprises. I’m coming with it. I’m lighting that stage up.”— Bang Showbiz 22 Friday Lifestyle | Features Friday, January 19, 2018

The metal band Zuriaake performing at a club in Beijing.

The metal band Zuriaake performing at a club in Beijing. — AFP photos Fans gesturing during a performance by metal band Zuriaake at a club in Beijing. ‘Lake of buried corpses’: Chinese metal band digs out ancient poetry

creaming Chinese-poetry inspired lyrics founder in the audience who gave the pseudo- low-eyed corpse make-up. But protesting ture held an emotional intensity and despair that like a demon bursting from the depths of nym VT. He called the process “our society mar- Christianity made no sense in modern China, paired well with the black metal aesthetic. Shell, the black-clad singer raises a white keting itself to itself.” “Young people don’t where Communist atheism has replaced Bud- “From that time on, Chinese poetry became chalice above his bamboo hat as fog enveloped necessarily believe in everything the government dhism and Daoism as the dominant dogma. Nor more and more formalized, and became increas- the stage. Powered by cacophonous guitars and says, but now that China is becoming a bigger did corpse paint, given that the Chinese imag- ingly sunny - it lacked darkness,” Bloodfire said. drums, the black metal band Zuriaake dips into global power, they still want to find things that ine zombies as stiff, hopping cadavers more hu- The band’s music, he said, tries to convey the the tenebrous depths of ancient Chinese culture fit with their Chinese identity” to be fans of, he morous than terrifying. feelings of bygone Chinese literati who sought to produce a unique blend of east and west. said. “Zuriaake fills that need,” he said, speaking “If you’ve understood the essence of a West- to “live in seclusion and not involve themselves Though the breed of occult darkness their music on condition of anonymity to avoid any political ern genre and are still just imitating the form, in worldly affairs, despite having a clear picture celebrates is unwelcome by authorities, the backlash against his label. you’ll slowly become mediocre. We’re playing of the world and its problems.” group is enjoying a new surge of popularity pure Western metal, but we’re unique,” Bloodfire among mainland listeners seeking music that re- ‘Chinese-style horror’ told AFP, refusing to give his real name. In China, ‘It speaks to me’ flects their growing national pride. “Out in the Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy horror is “more subtle and veiled, about the un- For nearly two decades, Zuriaake’s band land of bones, the hellfire lingers with shimmer- metal that rose to notoriety in the 1990s after known” rather than gore, he explained. “I want members have remained anonymous to their ing luminance,” the singer known as “Bloodfire” anti-Christian Norwegian bands that spear- to express Chinese-style horror, and ancient fans, using stage names and never speaking in howls at a crowd of hundreds in Beijing, silhou- headed the style burned churches and in one Chinese-style withdrawal from society, nobility character. Instead, they bow and make tradi- etted against a projected backdrop of an eerie case murdered a band member. It typically em- and virtue,” he said. To do that, the band turned tional hand gestures of respect towards the au- black-and-white forest. ploys nature imagery and promotes Satanism to the chaotic Spring and Autumn and Warring dience at the end of their sets. “We want people His shrieking lyrics are written in a dense and misanthropy in protest of mainstream cul- States periods from around 771 to 221 BC for in- to feel each person on stage is nothing but a style of ancient poetry that even those able to ture. Artists often perform in white-faced, hol- spiration-the last time they felt Chinese litera- symbol,” said Bloodfire. As the birthplace of make out the words of his throat-raking rasp Confucius, the group’s home province of Shan- would need a dictionary to decipher. Zuriaake, dong has always been “more conservative and formed in 1998, is one of China’s longest-running slower to be influenced by the West than other metal bands. Its name is an invented Chinglish places,” explained guitarist Sly. portmanteau meaning “lake of buried corpses”. While traditional culture industries boom Songs such as “Desolated Mountain” and there, there is very little by way of rock and roll. “Whispering Woods” get audiences head bang- “You can easily buy zithers, ink brushes, and ing to subtle verses packed with dark nature im- chess sets, but not electric guitars,” Sly laughed, agery. The band wears head-to-toe black, with adding that it was perhaps why they felt most their faces entirely shrouded under their trian- comfortable expressing themselves in ancient gular hats. Bloodfire also wears a woven reed verse. Zhang Xia, 32, flew from the southernmost raincoat. The costumes are meant to evoke the province of Guangzhou just to catch Zuriaake image of an old fisherman in a Chinese land- live in Beijing. “All of our music culture is imitat- scape painting, alone in his skiff and dwarfed by ing Western music, but they’re different,” she the nature around him. Lanterns and branches said. “I’ve always liked mystery and the occult, adorn their mic stands. but because of the traditional Chinese elements, The band has inadvertently ridden a rising Zuriaake speaks more to me.”— AFP wave of interest in nationalist pop culture as the ruling Communists trumpet messages of Chinese exceptionalism, said a black metal music label A crowd surfer among concert-goers during a metal rock band performance at a club in Beijing. Friday 23 Lifestyle | Features Friday, January 19, 2018

Woody Allen backlash grows as daughter says telling ‘truth’

oody Allen faced a growing Farrow’s brother, Ronan, the biological son backlash Wednesday after his of Allen and Mia Farrow, in The New Yorker Wdaughter revived child molesta- last October that helped end Weinstein’s tion allegations against the legendary di- career. Since then, a growing number of ac- rector, asking the world to finally believe tresses, including Greta Gerwig, Rebecca A woman sits next to a poster of Russian film ‘Going Vertical’ in a lobby of the Pioneer cinema in her as a sexual harassment watershed Hall, Ellen Page and Mira Sorvino, have an- Moscow. — AFP sweeps the United States. Dylan Farrow’s nounced they regret working with Allen. claim that the director sexually assaulted her as a seven-year-old first surfaced a ‘Must be re-examined’ quarter of a century ago in the wake of her “I believe Dylan,” Oscar-winner Natalie Record-breaking Russian mother’s bitter split from Allen, who ran off Portman told Oprah Winfrey in a recent in 1992 with his lover’s adoptive daughter group interview with other actresses who from a previous marriage, Soon-Yi Previn, included Reese Witherspoon. Hall, who ap- 21 years old at the time. pears in his upcoming movie “A Rainy Day film relives US-Soviet The famed American director of more in New York” and starred in his 2008 ro- than 50 movies, winner of four Oscars and mantic comedy “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” showered with awards in Europe, has al- announced on Instagram that she had do- ways denied the allegations. The claims nated her wage from his latest film to the hoops showdown were never proven and the 82-year-old di- Time’s Up movement. “I see, not only how controversial Olympic basketball show- pathises with Americans no less than with So- rector has continued to enjoy a glittering complicated this matter is, but that my ac- down between the Soviet Union and the viet players,” he said. In line with a recent trend career. But the sexual harassment firestorm tions have made another woman feel si- US has become the subject of a record- in local films, “Going Vertical” elicits Soviet nos- that has brought down Hollywood titans lenced and dismissed,” she said. A breaking Russian film, as the country’s sports are talgia, with the multi-ethnic USSR squad sym- such as Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Up-and-coming actor Timothee Chalamet, mired in a doping scandal and relations with bolizing harmony between Russia and the other Spacey has fueled a growing backlash who also stars in “A Rainy Day in New Washington are at a low point. “Going Vertical” republics in the union. against Allen. In the wake of the Time’s Up York” followed suit and also announced he shows Soviet players claiming victory over the But it also shows Soviet players receiving movement launched by Hollywood women was donating his entire salary from the film US in the final of the 1972 Munich Games, but salaries and medical care far inferior to Western to counter sexual harassment and sexism, to Time’s Up and other charities. skirts around the fact that the Americans never standards and resorting to smuggling contra- Allen’s estranged, adopted daughter said it “We are in a day and age when every- accepted defeat because of claims of incorrect band goods for extra cash. In one scene players was time for the world to finally listen. thing must be re-examined. This kind of refereeing. At a packed viewing in Moscow last bring tins of beluga caviar to America to sell, abuse cannot be allowed to continue. If this week, Russians teared up and broke into ap- while their luggage on the way back from an- means tearing down all the old gods, so be plause as photos of the USSR team were shown other foreign trip is stuffed with ordinary con- it,” wrote Sorvino in an open letter to Far- over the credits. Current scandals may have sumer goods like knitting yarn. The widows of row in HuffPost last week. Actor Alec Bald- boosted the film’s success, director Anton coach Vladimir Kondrashin and player Belov win, who won acclaim for portraying Megerdichev told AFP, but he said the “energy have sued the filmmakers over liberties taken in Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live, is of that match could not leave anyone indifferent”. the script, but director Megerdichev said the one of the few to publicly defend Allen in The Americans were leading by one point work should not be judged as a documentary. recent days, saying it was possible to sup- with three seconds left when Soviet Ivan port survivors of pedophilia and sexual as- Edeshko heaved a pass across the entire court Unclaimed medals sault, and also believe he was innocent. and his teammate Alexander Belov scored the The film ends on a high note and doesn’t Dylan Farrow detailed the alleged abuse winning basket as two US defenders fell over. delve into the fact that the US team refused their for the first time in her own words in an Edeshko, one of four surviving Soviet team silver medals and even decades later do not This file photo shows Woody Allen attending open letter published on a New York Times members, told AFP that the final-seconds, one- admit defeat. “We thought that the refereeing the ‘Wonder Wheel’ screening at Museum of blog in 2014. In a follow-up New York point victory was nothing short of divine inter- was improper and to this day our medals are sit- Modern Art in New York City. — AFP Times op-ed, Allen repeated his denial and vention. “It’s hard to win in three seconds ting in Switzerland,” said Tom McMillen, a for- launched a furious attack on Mia Farrow, without help, and that help came from God,” said mer member of the US squad. Megerdichev said denouncing her as “more interested in her Edeshko, now 72. he shot alternative endings, one of which showed “Why shouldn’t I want to bring him own festering anger than her daughter’s He recalled official expectations that his team the empty pedestal for second place, but settled down? Why shouldn’t I be angry? Why well-being.” Last December, Dylan Farrow could not beat the US, which had never lost at on a tighter finale. McMillen said the 1972 final shouldn’t I be hurt?” she told “CBS This wrote another op-ed in the Los Angeles the Olympic Games. “A second place was led to changes in the sport, encouraging the Na- Morning” in her first television interview, Times under the headline “Why has the planned for us, and when the Soviet Union, a tional Basketball Association to recruit interna- excerpts of which were broadcast on #MeToo revolution spared Woody Allen?” planned economy, plans, you can’t leap higher tionally. A rule barring professional NBA athletes Wednesday. The full interview is to air A New York judge who presided over the than that,” he joked. The movie has netted 1.82 from the Olympics was also eventually dropped. today. “Why shouldn’t I feel some sort of 1994 custody battle between Allen and Far- billion rubles ($32.4 million, 26.3 million euros) He said a symbolic rapprochement with Rus- outrage that after all these years, being ig- row ruled that the abuse allegations were since its December release, making it the coun- sia over the match was considered some years nored and disbelieved and tossed aside?” inconclusive, but at the same time lam- try’s highest-grossing film ever. ago and the US team even planned to meet Pres- Farrow added. Asked why people should basted the director as “self-absorbed, un- ident Vladimir Putin, but it fell apart, “I guess believe her now, she replied: “I suppose trustworthy and insensitive.” A Connecticut Soviet nostalgia from some geopolitical issues”. McMillen had that’s on them, but all I can do is speak my police investigation also failed to result in The Soviet players are portrayed as under- pitched the idea for the US team to accept dual truth and hope, hope that somebody will any charges. Allen remains with Soon-Yi dogs against their basketball-obsessed Cold gold medals, believe me instead of just hearing.” The film and the couple have two children. — AFP War rivals and the film was made by the Trite which would then be given to charity, but director’s agent did not immediately re- studio of Oscar-winner Nikita Mikhalkov, teammates “feel strongly that they have won the spond to an AFP request to comment. known for his nationalist views. However game” and refused, he said. “It’s one of those It was a devastating expose of alleged Megerdichev stressed the film has “absolutely controversies that will go on and on.”— AFP rape, assault and harassment published by no anti-Americanism”. “We’re proud that we show two points of view and the viewer em- 24 Friday Lifestyle | Fashion Friday, January 19, 2018 Men treated as dogs and pigs in Paris catwalk shows

File photo shows models present creations by Julien David for the Fall/Winter 2018/2019 collection as part of the men’s Fashion Week in Paris. — AFP photos

aris men’s fashion week began in earnest Wednesday with show by Flemish master Walter van Beirendonck presented two collections showing what dogs and pigs men can be, men as pigs. He led out his quirky collection with a litter of Pas the industry reels from a new sexual harassment scan- pig men in a seeming allusion to France’s answer to the dal. French designer Julien David sent out his models wearing #MeToo campaign, #BalancetonPorc (Squeal on your pig). dog’s heads, from a macho, man-spreading Doberman to an With little piggy ears sticking out of their hoods, and intellectual whippet and a splayed poodle in dungarees. “I strategically-placed holes over erogenous zones, the outfits wanted to study the human species with a bit of distance. It’s took a dark and world-weary take on the male condition. a bit of a human laboratory,” he told AFP of his show. “One-eyed monster... Dream daddy... pig,” read one of his Yet as David put the final touches to his study of male skin-coloured, skin-tight tops worn with leather breeches and types-including a very predatory-looking German Shepherd braces. But David said his canine imagery was more about with his tongue hanging out-little did he know that the fashion concentrating on the clothes, and said his dogs’ heads were world would be hit by new allegations this weekend that two about shifting the emphasis away from the models and onto star photographers had harassed a string of models. Later a his eclectic style.

Models present creations by Walter Van Beirendonck, during the men’s Fashion Week for the Fall/Winter 2018/2019 collection in Paris. — AFP photos Friday 25 Lifestyle | Features Friday, January 19, 2018

Thigh-high Ugg boots “When you look at the dog you don’t pay attention to his char- acter, and I wanted to have the same feeling here. If that guy on the top was a real person you would assume a lot of things about him,” he said. Real-life men rarely wear overly styled outfits, David said, but “bits of everything-things he has from the past, things he just got, sporty things” that are comfortable. So we shall see how many will be wearing thigh-high Ugg boots next winter. Lots if Y/Project designer Glenn Martens has his way. Like Baywatch star Pamela Anderson until she realized the boots were made from sheep, the Belgian is a big fan of the Aus- tralian sheepskin boots. “They are so comfortable it is like putting your feet into warm butter,” he told AFP. “So I thought why not put the whole leg in there.” “I’m very sorry for the animals, but we are very comfortable,” said the hip creator, who used fake leather in the rest of his over-sized collection which turned on two-in-one jackets and coats. “You have two coats and two jack- ets in one. It’s like merging two bodies together, a bit like love- making,” he said of their construction. Like Y/Project and a growing number of men’s collections, Japanese label Facetasm went for a co-ed show with male and female models, some of whom even smiled. It was dominated by a joyous oversized thrift shop look of crumpled denim, baseball jackets, Medusa hairdos and lots of lay- ering. Virgil Abloh’s Off-White label picked up on the “pulled shirt” look pioneered by Vetements in its markedly less casual show which went heavy on black, red and mothball-blue. Italian brand Valentino ended the day in much more classic territory with long black and grey winter coats worn with trainers and lifted with rare splashes of red, green and mustard. — AFP Models present creations for Facetasm, during the men’s Fashion Week for the Fall/Winter 2018/2019 collection in Paris. — AFP photos Contested Versace murder drama hits US television

ismissed as “fiction” by the Versace family and met with body in his arms is ridiculous,” he told the Observer newspaper nius and more on spree killer, social climber and compulsive liar mixed reviews, a controversial new drama depicting the last July. “Maybe it’s the director’s poetic license, but that is not Andrew Cunanan, who murdered four other gay men before D1997 murder of Gianni Versace makes its US television how I reacted.” killing Versace. His motives remain shrouded in mystery. Murder- debut Wednesday. “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: Ameri- ing men from San Diego to Miami, Cunanan was on America’s list can Crime Story” is the second edition of a crime story franchise ‘Love and respect’ of top 10 most wanted criminals for more than a month before the whose first iteration won rave reviews and a bevy of awards for “Its responsibility may be to just be true enough. But there’s Versace murder. Cunanan-portrayed by actor Darren Criss- revisiting the 1995 O.J. Simpson murder trial. The latest nine- something tragic and unfair about becoming a spectacle in death, comes across as an enigma, at times brilliant and charming but episode series begins airing on television network FX late especially in a spectacle that’s more about a murderer than any also narcissistic and violent. He committed suicide, aged 27, a few Wednesday, before being released on demand in Europe later this of his victims,” griped a New York Times review. The series is days after assassinating 50-year-old Versace. week. Like “The People vs. O.J. Simpson,” which won two Golden based on the book “Vulgar Favors: Andrew Cunanan, Gianni Ver- The 1990s were a time when living openly as a gay man was Globes and nine Emmy Awards, “The Assassination of Gianni Ver- sace and the Largest Failed Manhunt in US History,” by Maureen still met with prejudice and bigotry in the United States, 18 years sace” is a 1990s celebrity crime story, uniting fame and wealth Orth, which was published two years after the killing and retraces before the US Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage is a with the darker underbelly of human nature. Cunanan’s three-month murder spree. legal right. Orth suggests in her book that the lackluster investi- Like “The People,” which spun a larger narrative of racial ten- As such, the drama is centered less on the Italian fashion ge- gation into Cunanan’s murders stemmed at least in part from the sion between black and white Americans, “The Assassination” fact that the victims were gay. At least some filming took place in paints a wider portrait of gay life in America in the 1990s, preju- Versace’s Miami home, which is today a boutique hotel where dice, hostility and bigotry. Versace is played by Venezuelan heart- rooms can cost in excess of $1,000 a night. throb Edgar Ramirez, Oscar-winner Penelope Cruz is Cruz, whose performance has excited critics-and who has Donatella-the hard-headed sister who took over the label after worn Versace on the red carpet-said she won Donatella’s tacit her brother’s death-and singer Ricky Martin is Versace’s long- blessing before accepting the role. “If somebody was going to do term boyfriend, Antonio D’Amico. it, she was really happy that it was me, because I think she knows But publicity in the run-up to its release has been dominated what I feel for her,” she told US chat show host Ellen DeGeneres. by the Versace family, who released an angry statement from their “They’re the most generous, kind people. It’s important for me global fashion emporium in Milan on January 10. They slammed that when she sees what I’ve done, she can feel the love and re- the series as a “work of fiction,” saying they had “neither author- spect that I have put there,” she said. — AFP ized nor had any involvement whatsoever in the forthcoming TV series” and reacted with particular fury to claims that Versace was HIV-positive. “After so many years we still lack respect for the dead, we want to create a scandal around someone who can Actors Edgar Ramirez and Darren no longer defend themselves,” said Donatella. Criss attend the Build Series to D’Amico, who found Versace on the steps of his beachfront discuss “The Assassination of Miami mansion just moments after the July 15, 1997 killing, has Gianni Versace: American Crime complained that images he had seen online of his reaction in the Story” at Build Studio in New series are incorrect. “The picture of Ricky Martin holding the York City. — AFP 26 Friday MixTape Friday, January 19, 2018 Dark alleys of cinema: Art-house horror makes a bold comeback

Throwing a spotlight on ‘Killing of a Sacred Deer’ and ‘mother!’

By Aakash Bakaya

rt-house horror is a genre I’ve always been at odds with. On one hand, I love the risks and di- versions these films take with cinematic language. On the other hand, most of themy simpl Aleave me with a sense of shallow hollowness. I adore their creative bravery but loathe the in- herent selfishness that attitude creates. ‘Pretentious’ is a word I hate to use when describing a movie. All movies are ‘pretentious’, but some are simply more so than others. In hindsight, some of the best films ever made came down to the creat or’s intrinsic ‘pretentiousness’. I stress on this word because it has been commonly levied to Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ and Darren Aronofsky’s ‘mother!’ by both critics and audiences alike.

They were released mere months apart from each other but fused and rightly mortified. It’s an excruciatingly difficult film as much as ‘Deer’ was praised for its ingenuity, ‘mother!’ was to watch, starting off as your typical horror/thriller and then panned for its overwrought, mishandled symbolism. You could transforms into a disturbing, ‘Lynchian’ nightmare. interchange these descriptions and I wouldn’t bat an eyelid. ‘Killing of a Sacred Deer’ is more cinematic in scope and Both films are brilliant in their own ways but flawed in more more inclined to its dark comedic vibe that Greek director similar areas. Watching them one day after the other, I was left Lanthimos is known for. Sadly even with the small success of uneasy and tense - they were indeed good companion pieces his last venture ‘The Lobster’ and ‘Deer’ picking up best together and this was something I didn’t expect. They also re- screenplay at Cannes, ‘Deer’ played in a miniscule amount of juvenated my fascination with psychological horror. cinemas. Reaching a smaller audience has left ‘Deer’ with a The last few years have seen a new resurgence for the more positive response, so it’s hard to determine how that re- genre. From ‘Babadook’, to ‘It follows’ to 2017’s massive suc- ception could change if it reached as wide an audience as cess of Get Out’ and indie-darling ‘It comes at Night’, each has ‘mother!’ did. generated passionate discussion and solid followings online. But that got me thinking. What was the response to Stanley But ‘Deer’ and ‘mother’ have garnered slightly different re- Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’ and Roman Polanski’s ‘Rosemary’s sponses. ‘mother!’ was widely distributed by Paramount Pic- Baby’, two of my favorite horrors films, when they were re- tures, but this decision didn’t go like they expected. Marketed leased? Today they are revered as absolute pinnacles of the as a straight-forward horror flick, audiences were left con- genre, but they weren’t always looked at that way. Those two Friday 27 MixTape Friday, January 19, 2018

films are also often brought up as major thematic and tonal in- So will these films remain timeless? This of course is up to spirations for ‘Deer’ and ‘mother!’ respectively. So what makes time to decide, but I have an odd feeling they will. Huge block- horror films, specifically those that are still so highly regarded, busters filled to the brim with CGI always start showing their feel so timeless? age in time but thought-provoking horror and thriller films I think it comes down to fear being such a raw, primal in- have a way of staying relevant for many, many years. Their stinct. But there are obvious disconnects when those fears in- themes still revolve around those facets of humanity we hesi- volve the macabre - your brain naturally acknowledges the tate to speak on but can still relate to - it’s what makes cinema props and makeup. Psychological horror meanwhile invades such a thought-provoking medium. those caverns in your mind you rarely explore. They make you As much as I love the films ‘Deer’ and ‘mother!’ and what explore close relationships; they pose difficult questions and they draw their inspirations from, I am happier to see filmmak- never provide straightforward answers. The goal isn’t to simply ers play and innovate with cinematic tropes so blazingly, es- scare but to make you uncomfortable, distraught and troubled. pecially in the art-house horror genre. They might resonate How Director Martin Scorsese described the feeling of and disturb but they also produce discussion and analyses that watching Kubrick’s ‘The Shining particularly resonated with go beyond the traditional. If cinema bases its stories around me. He said “as a filmmaker you have to tell a story to the au- emotion, then these are the films that remain standing dience and in so doing, you have to translate it into an image. shrouded in the corner, compelling us to take a closer look. It’s This means you direct the eye and the heart to look at that not easy to recommend films that are the equivalent of a image in a certain way, the way you want it to be and the way stranger standing alone in a dark alley, but sometimes it’s im- you want them to see it. I’ve never seen any director do it like portant to take those chances. You’ll never know how you’ll Stanley Kubrick.” Basically what he’s saying is that certain come out on the other side. films might have scenes played out or acted a certain way, but the overall feel of the scene would be completely different. Both ‘Deer’ and ‘mother’ absolutely nail this aspect and it’s ‘mother!’ is a different beast altogether. Without giving what truly sets them apart from their modern peers. much away, the story is basically an allegory for The Bible with Till now, I’ve constantly brought up ‘Deer’ and ‘mother!’ to- the majority of the film revolving around the Old Testament. gether and that might give the impression that they share more You’ll never make that connection looking at the poster or the than just the genre they’re categorized in. The truth is that they trailers - you wouldn’t be able to connect those dots even after cannot be anymore different. ‘Killing of a Sacred Deer’ is a you finish watching it. But the symbolism, whether or not you modern-day retelling of the ancient Greek play ‘Iphigenia in choose to see it that way, is clear and present. To be fair, there Aulis’ that explores themes of retribution, guilt and remorse. are several more themes woven into the plot and characters It’s a beautifully shot tale of muted horror mixed with dark which aren’t all that difficult to piece together. One might comic undertones that leads to an ending both bizarre and imagine that I would endorse or even recommend ‘mother!’, tragic. It’s meticulously crafted with claustrophobic slow but I wholeheartedly do not. I do not want to be responsible zooms and unemotional wide shots that are favorably compa- for any post-screening trauma this movie might cause and it rable to Kubrick. is as traumatic as they come. There was no scene that could even be close to be classified The last 40 minutes of ‘mother!’ is the very definition of as horror but that subtle feeling of dread could not be shaken chaos. It’s also a brave, startling and absolutely iconic se- off. It was like looking into a pitch dark room before putting quence of cinema. I was sickened and awed in equal measure on the lights or the sudden urge to pull back the drawn shower and then “that scene” happened. You’ll know what “that scene” curtains in a stranger’s bathroom. It’s only in the second act is is when you watch it (again not recommended!) and it will where the film begins to falter. The plot continues to ramp up shake the very fibers of your being. It’s not overtly disgusting the strangeness to absurd levels, and you’re left questioning if and far from unnecessary but your mind will dwell on it for a you’re the only person taking all this seriously. That may have long time. The film as a whole feels like a love letter to Roman been the point and it’s a tone director Yorgos Lanthimosis Polanski’s most acclaimed works as its biblical themes and em- known for, but in this film - I don’t know how much I chewed phasis on location plays out like ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ , but made before I swallowed. by a genius-lunatic. 28 Friday

Friday, January 19, 2018 Lifestyle | Food

Ingredients

Start to finish: 4 hours (1 hour active) Servings: 8 to 10 For the dip: 1 cup finely chopped onion 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil 5 ounces baby kale, coarsely chopped 2 ounces light cream cheese 1 1/2 ounces finely grated Parmigiano- Reggiano One 8-ounce container sour cream 1 tablespoon minced jalapeno with the ribs and seeds, or to taste 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice

For the potato skins: 3 pounds russet potatoes 1 head garlic (about 2 inches across) 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh rose- mary

By Sara Moulton vor will improve if it’s allowed to sit in the re- in the oil over medium heat, stirring occasionally, (The garlic may be done before the potatoes.) frigerator for a while. until golden, about 8 to 10 minutes. Remove the sheet pan from the oven and let ’m not really sure why, but when sports fans Both dishes can be made healthier. Brush the Add the kale, increase the heat to medium- the potatoes and garlic cool for 15 minutes. In- assemble in front of their TVs to watch the potato skins with olive oil (mixed with garlic and high and cook, stirring, until all of the kale is crease the oven temperature to 425 F. Cut the ISuper Bowl, major sustenance seems to be rosemary) instead of butter and replace half of wilted, 2 to 3 minutes. potatoes in half lengthwise, and then each half in required. The big game clearly inspires its view- the sour cream with non-fat Greek yogurt. Remove the pan from the heat, add the cream thirds lengthwise. Scoop out the flesh, (reserving ers to go big. This recipe is made to order for Taste-wise, you’re welcome to swap in spinach cheese and Parmigiano-Reggiano and stir until it for another use) and leaving a 1/4-inch thick the occasion. In fact, it’s two recipes. The first is for kale, if that’s your preference. As for the the cream cheese is melted. Transfer the mixture layer of potato on the skin. Into a small bowl for potato skins lathered with roasted garlic chiles, I call for chopped fresh jalapenos, but you to a bowl and add the sour cream, jalapeno, squeeze out the garlic. Add the butter, rosemary rosemary butter and baked until crispy. The sec- can replace them with pickled jalapenos, minced lemon juice and salt to taste. Cover and chill for and 1/2 teaspoon salt to the bowl; mash and mix ond is for onion kale dip spiked with fresh chiles chipotles in adobo or hot sauce. And if you don’t at least 1 hour. well using a fork. (a variation of the classic spinach and onion like spicy food, leave out the chiles. Each of these Make the potato skins: Preheat the oven to Arrange the potato wedges on the sheet pan, dip). You can bake and scoop out the potatoes recipes is more than capable of standing on its 400 F. Prick each potato several times and skin side down, and divide the garlic butter a day ahead of time - saving the innards for de- own (although if you roll with the dip, you’ll need arrange them on a rimmed sheet pan. Cut off and evenly among the top sides of the wedges, lights such as hash browns or shepherd’s pie - to serve your favorite chips or crackers in place discard the top quarter of the head of garlic, spreading it to coat all of the surface. Bake the then just slather the skins with the butter and of the potato skins). But together? Touchdown! wrap the garlic in foil and add it to the sheet pan. wedges on the lower third of the oven until pop them into the oven about 15 minutes before Roast the potatoes and garlic in the lower third golden and crisp, about 18 minutes. Sprinkle the game starts. You can also prepare the dip Preparation of the oven until the potatoes are very tender lightly with salt and let cool briefly on a rack be- the day before. Convenience aside, the dip’s fla- Make the dip: In a large skillet cook the onion and the garlic is very soft, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours. fore serving. — AP Friday 29

Friday, January 19, 2018 Lifestyle | Food

Ripe Banana Pancakes

Ingredients Servings: 18 medium pancakes Start to finish: 25 minutes 11/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon granulated sugar 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 large egg, separated 1 cup milk 1 tablespoon white vinegar 1/4 cup cream or half and half 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted 1 ripe banana, mashed with a fork Salted butter and real maple syrup for serving Have some over-ripe bananas? Then make better pancakes

By Elizabeth Karmel extra time like beating egg whites, and the result- Preparation the pan, allowing room for the batter to spread ing pancakes were light and fluffy and toothsome Heat the oven to 250 F and set a sheet pan out. Unlike most recipes, I prefer not to “fry” the hate to throw over-ripe bananas away. It is all at once. with a rack. Set aside and whisk the flour, sugar, pancakes in oil or butter. I like a drier non-oily such a wasted opportunity for fresh fragrant The recipe is pretty basic with both sour milk salt, baking powder, baking soda, and nutmeg to- finish. If your skillet is non-stick, this will not be Ibanana bread. But, there is only so much ba- and cream used as the liquid. I had cream on gether in a large bowl. Combine the milk and the a problem. nana bread that one can eat. That is why I asked hand, but you could use half and half. I opted for vinegar in a 2-cup glass measuring cup and let Cook for about 1-2 minutes, depending on myself, what else can I make with over-ripe ba- cream because my milk was 2 percent and not sit 1-2 minutes. Add the egg yolk, and cream or size. When the pancake begins to bubble, use a nanas? And, since it was Sunday, banana pan- whole milk. If I had had whole milk in the fridge, half and half and mix well. Add the melted butter thin off-set spatula to gently flip to the other side. cakes popped into my head. I had never made I would have used whole milk and half and half. I to the milk and egg yolk mixture and blend with The pancake should be golden brown, if the heat banana pancakes with over-ripe bananas. I usu- also soured my milk with white vinegar, but you a fork until well combined. Pour the yolk and milk is too high, the pancake will burn on the outside ally make them with slices of firm, slightly green could substitute buttermilk for the milk and vine- mixture into the flour mixture and stir with a and be uncooked on the inside. Cook on the bananas because that is how I like to eat fresh gar combination. blending fork until barely combined. Mix the egg other side for another 2 minutes, or until the bot- bananas. As it turned out, the over-ripe bananas A touch of nutmeg accented the ripe banana. white in a small bowl until slightly foamy and add tom of the pancake is golden brown. Remove are way better for pancakes. I mashed the bananas as if I was making banana the egg white to the batter. Stir just until a thick from the skillet to the baking sheet and place the I also wanted to try a pancake technique that bread and added it to the batter right before I batter is formed. Set aside for 5 minutes. sheet in the oven while you cook all the batter. a friend of mine swears by. You separate the egg made the pancakes. The result was incredible Meanwhile, mash a ripe banana in a separate Scrape any stray crumbs or scraps out of the and blend the yolk and the white into the batter almost like banana bread pancakes. I love how bowl. Just before cooking, combine the mashed skillet as you make the pancakes or the fresh at different times. It is supposed to make the pan- the essence of banana was evident through the banana and the pancake batter. Heat a non-stick pancakes will pick up the burned bits as they cakes lighter. I am not sure that it made that much entire pancake but there were no discernable skillet over medium heat. When hot, use a spoon cook. Serve as soon as possible, with salted but- difference but it is easy to do, doesn’t take any chunks of fruit. or a ladle to drop batter in heaping spoonfuls to ter and maple syrup. 30 Friday

Friday, January 19, 2018 Lifestyle | Food

Turkey Burgers with Feta and Dill

Ingredients Makes 4 servings 1/2 medium red onion 2 small cloves garlic 4 stems fresh dill 1 pound to 11/4 pounds ground turkey (breast meat; see headnote) 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/2 cup crumbled feta 4 whole-grain hamburger buns Green-leaf lettuce leaves, for serving

By Bonnie S Benwick Adapted from “Prevention’s Mediterranean Preparations Grease both sides of each patty lightly with Table: 100 Vibrant Recipes to Share for Lifelong Heat a grill pan or cast-iron skillet over cooking oil spray, then place in the pan. Cook for his recipe goes to the head of the class, Health,” by the editors of Prevention Magazine medium-high heat. Meanwhile, cut the red onion about 4 minutes on each side, nicely browning turkey burger-wise. Its perfectly propor- and Jennifer McDaniel (Rodale, 2017). into thin slices, reserving 4 of them for serving. the exterior and making sure the interior is Ttioned, Greek-inspired combo of crum- We tested these using 16 ounces and 20 Finely chop the remaining red onion slices, garlic cooked through (165 degrees on an instant-read bled feta, red onion and dill makes the meat ounces of ground turkey, and we preferred the and dill; together is OK. Transfer to a mixing thermometer). While the burgers are cooking, flavorful and keeps it moist. It would fit right into thicker burgers from the 20-ounce portion. Both bowl, then add the ground turkey, salt, pepper you can toast the buns and gather condiments. a plan for eating better in the new year. You work fine. and feta. Grease the palms of your clean hands Place lettuce leaves on each bottom bun, then could serve this burger without any condiment, The burgers can be cooked on an outdoor with a light coating of cooking oil spray, then use the burgers. Put a slice of red onion on each but a dollop of tzatziki or squirt of Sriracha grill as well. Serve with baked sweet potato fries your hands to gently blend the mixture. Form burger, then finish with the top buns. Serve would cool it down or spice it up nicely. or a cucumber salad. into 4 equal patties that are 3/4 to 1 inch thick. warm, with condiments. Friday 31

Comic Friday, January 19, 2018

Word Search DOWN 35. An electronic device that generates a CROSSWORD 1813 1. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two series of beeps when the person carry- parallel wooden bars supported on up- ing it is being paged. rights. 37. A man participant in his own mar- 2. American novelist (1909-1955). riage ceremony. 3. A region of Malaysia in northeastern 41. Japanese mathematical physicist who Borneo. proposed that nuclear forces are medi- 4. An involuntary vibration (as if from ill- ated by massive particles called mesons ness or fear). which are analogous to the photon in 5. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. mediating electromagnetic forces (1907- 6. The longer of the two telegraphic sig- 1981). nals used in Morse code. 42. Covered or protected with or as if 7. A unit of luminous flux equal to the with a case. amount of light given out through a solid 44. Being ten more than eighty. angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 45. Of or relating to the uvea of the eye. 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in 48. A silvery soft waxy metallic element all directions. of the alkali metal group. 8. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four 53. Having lips or parts that resemble strings. lips. 9. A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 55. Lower in esteem. 1/60th of an hour. 57. A Spanish female Gypsy. 10. Produced by inbreeding. 59. Imperial dynasty that ruled China 11. American professional baseball player (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth and expanded its boundaries and devel- (born in 1934). oped its bureaucracy. 12. German organist and contrapuntist 62. annoy continually or chronically. (1685-1750). 64. A plain plinth that supports a wall. 13. A spread made chiefly from vegetable 66. A theocratic republic in the Middle oils and used as a substitute for butter. East in western Asia. 14. A large number or amount. 67. A river in north central Switzerland 19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked that runs northeast into the Rhine. on a skewer usually with vegetables. 69. English actor noted for his portrayals 21. (of eggs) No longer edible. of Shakespeare's great tragic characters 25. A composer of sacred songs. (1789-1833). 26. An acute viral disease of the nervous 71. Harsh or corrosive in tone. system of warm-blooded animals (usu- ACROSS 46. The cardinal number that is the 72. Marked by the reception of pay. ally transmitted by the bite of a rabid an- 75. A clawed foot of an animal especially 1. Strong woody fibers obtained espe- product of 10 and 100. imal). cially from the phloem of from various 47. A primeval personification of air a quadruped. 27. A Chadic language spoken in north- plants. and breath. 76. A period marked by distinctive char- ern Nigeria. 5. 1 species. 49. Being five more than one hundred. acter or reckoned from a fixed point or 29. The Creator. 12. Pertaining to the forward part of a event. 50. A small drink of liquor. 33. Large long-armed ape of Borneo and vessel. 77. A form of address for a married 51. In a murderous frenzy as if pos- Sumatra having arboreal habits. 15. Any culture medium that uses agar sessed by a demon. woman. as the gelling agent. 34. Constituting the full quantity or 52. A plant fiber used for making rope. extent. 80. A mouth or mouthlike opening. 16. (Babylonian) Earth goddess. 54. A high wave (often dangerous) 17. A flat wing-shaped process or caused by tidal flow (as by colliding Yesterdayʼs Solution winglike part of an organism. tidal currents or in a narrow estuary). 18. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and 56. A sum of money paid in compensa- mother of Jacob and Esau. 20. Without braces or props. tion for loss or injury. 22. Having or joined by a seam or 58. According to the Old Testament he seams. was a pagan king of Israel and husband 23. A Greek island in the southeast of Jezebel (9th century BC). Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish 60. A trivalent metallic element of the coast. rare earth group. 24. (folklore) A small grotesque super- 61. The extent of something from side natural creature that makes trouble for to side. Yesterday’s Solution human beings. 63. A pale rose-colored variety of the 28. A soft heavy toxic malleable metal- ruby spinel. lic element. 65. Deciduous South African tree hav- 30. An intensely radioactive metallic el- ing large odd-pinnate leaves and pro- ement that occurs in minute amounts in fuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers. uranium ores. 68. Similar or related in quality or char- 31. Food mixtures either arranged on a acter. plate or tossed and served with a moist 70. A cleansing agent made from the dressing. salts of vegetable or animal fats. 32. United States physiologist (born in 73. A constellation in the southern Germany) who did research on hemisphere near Telescopium and parthenogenesis (1859-1924). Norma. 36. A cgs unit of work or energy. 74. South American cavy. 38. In bed. 78. The month following February and 39. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a preceding April. short wedge-shaped white tail. 79. Someone who tells a story. 40. (used with singular count nouns) 81. Being two more than fifty. Colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or 82. Used of a single unit or thing. `never a'. 83. The state of being elsewhere than in 43. A substance that oozes from animal particular place. or plant pores. 84. A doctor's degree in education.

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TV Listings Friday, January 19, 2018

09:30 It Takes A Killer 04:10 Art Attack 07:15 Right Now Kapow 03:25 Kate’s Wardrobe Secrets 10:00The Murder Of Laci Peterson 04:35 Loopdidoo 07:40 Disney Mickey Mouse 04:25 Martin Clunes: Islands Of 11:00 Cold Case Files 04:50 Calimero 07:45 Walk The Prank Australia 12:00 The First 48 05:05 Art Attack 08:10 Walk The Prank 05:15 Surprise Surprise 13:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 05:30 Henry Hugglemonster 08:35 Right Now Kapow 06:10 Masterpiece With Alan 01:05 S.W.A.T.: Under Siege 14:00 It Takes A Killer 05:45 Henry Hugglemonster 09:00 Right Now Kapow Titchmarsh 14:30 It Takes A Killer 02:40 Frontera 00:10 Sabrina Secrets Of A 06:00 Art Attack 09:25 Mighty Med 07:05 Cash Trapped 15:00The Murder Of Laci Peterson Kate’s Wardrobe Secrets 04:25 Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Teenage Witch 06:30 Henry Hugglemonster 09:50 Mighty Med 08:00 16:00 Cold Case Files 09:00 Martin Clunes: Islands Of Mutants 00:35 Binny And The Ghost 06:45 Loopdidoo 10:20 Star Wars: The Freemaker 17:00 Homicide Hunter Australia 05:45 The Net 01:00 Hank Zipzer 07:00 Henry Hugglemonster Adventures 18:00 It Takes A Killer 10:00 Surprise Surprise 07:40 The Reckoning 01:25 Alex & Co. 07:15 Calimero 11:10 Gamer’s Guide To Pretty 19:00 The First 48 10:55 Masterpiece With Alan 09:15 S.W.A.T.: Under Siege 01:45 Disney Mickey Mouse 07:30 PJ Masks Much Everything 20:00 The Murder Of Laci Titchmarsh 10:50 Crossfire 01:50 Evermoor Chronicles 08:00 P-King Duckling 12:00 Kid vs. Kat Peterson 11:50 Cash Trapped 12:25 The Net 02:15 Sabrina Secrets Of A 08:25 Jungle Junction 12:25 Two More Eggs 21:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 12:45 Emmerdale 14:25 Drop Zone Teenage Witch 08:40 Special Agent Oso 12:30 Kid vs. Kat 22:00 Cold Case Files 13:45 Coronation Street 16:15 Thor 02:40 Sabrina Secrets Of A 09:00 Handy Manny 12:55 Kirby Buckets 23:00 Killer Kids 14:15 Masterpiece With Alan 18:15 Larceny Teenage Witch 09:15 PJ Masks 13:20 Kirby Buckets Titchmarsh 19:50 Face/Off 03:05 Binny And The Ghost 09:30 Puppy Dog Pals 13:45 Supa Strikas 15:10 Cash Trapped 22:10 The Green Inferno 03:30 Binny And The Ghost 10:00 Mickey And The Roadster 14:10 Disney Mickey Mouse 16:00 Paul O’Grady: For The Love 23:55 Bus 657 03:55 Hank Zipzer Racers 14:15 Supa Strikas Of Dogs 04:15 Disney Mickey Mouse 10:25 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 14:40 Right Now Kapow 17:00 Paul O’grady’s Animal Or- 04:20 Hank Zipzer 10:55 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 15:05 Right Now Kapow 00:30 Kids Do The Craziest Things phans 04:45 Alex & Co. 11:20 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 15:30 Milo Murphy’s Law 01:20 NASA’s Unexplained Files 17:50 Surprise Surprise 05:10 Alex & Co. 11:50 The Lion Guard 15:55 Gamer’s Guide To Pretty 02:10 Freaks Of Nature 18:45 Emmerdale 05:35 Sabrina Secrets Of A 12:15 The Lion Guard Much Everything 02:35 Freaks Of Nature 19:45 Coronation Street 00:50 Untamed & Uncut Teenage Witch 12:45 Sofia The First 16:20 Two More Eggs 03:00 Ecopolis 20:10 Cash Trapped 01:45 Treehouse Masters 06:00 Sabrina Secrets Of A 13:10 Sofia The First 16:25 Lab Rats 03:50 Ultimate Survival 21:00 Paul O’Grady: For The Love 02:40 Bad Dog Teenage Witch 13:35 PJ Masks 16:50 Lab Rats 04:40 Tanked Of Dogs 03:35 Swamp Brothers 06:25 Binny And The Ghost 14:00 PJ Masks 17:15 Mech-X4 05:30 How It’s Made 22:00 Paul O’grady’s Animal Or- 04:00 Swamp Brothers 06:45 Disney Mickey Mouse 14:30 Doc McStuffins 17:40 Marvel’s Spider-Man 05:55 How It’s Made phans 04:25 Whale Wars 06:50 Rolling With The Ronks 14:55 P-King Duckling 18:05 Supa Strikas 06:20 Kids Do The Craziest Things 22:50 Emmerdale 05:15 Whale Wars 07:00 Jessie 15:20 Vampirina 18:30 Disney11 06:40 Kids Do The Craziest Things 23:40 Coronation Street 06:02 Wildest Middle East 07:25 Tangled: The Series 15:45 Sofia The First 19:05 Gravity Falls 07:00 Ultimate Survival 06:49 Untamed & Uncut 07:50 Tsum Tsum Shorts 16:10 Puppy Dog Pals 19:25 Milo Murphy’s Law 07:50 How It’s Made 07:36 Night 07:55 Hotel Transylvania: The Se- 16:35 Mickey And The Roadster 19:50 Marvel’s Rocket And Groot 08:15 How It’s Made 08:00 Night ries Racers 19:55 Mech-X4 08:40 Kids Do The Craziest Things 08:25 Swamp Brothers 08:20 Elena Of Avalor 17:05 Vampirina 20:20 Penn Zero: Part Time Hero 09:05 Kids Do The Craziest Things 08:50 Swamp Brothers 08:45 Bunk’d 17:30 Vampirina 20:45 Gamer’s Guide To Pretty 09:30 Tanked 09:15 Treehouse Masters 09:10 Stuck In The Middle 18:00 PJ Masks Much Everything 10:20 Ecopolis 00:00 Ancient Discoveries 10:10 Bad Dog 09:35 Miraculous Tales Of Lady- 18:25 Puppy Dog Pals 21:10 Kid vs. Kat 11:10 Penn & Teller Tell A Lie 01:00 Ancient Top 10 11:05 Wildest Middle East bug & Cat Noir 18:50 Sofia The First 21:35 Marvel’s Rocket And Groot 12:00 The Carbonaro Effect 02:00 The Colour Of War 12:00 Swamp Brothers 10:00 Miraculous Tales Of Lady- 19:20 Mickey And The Roadster 21:40 Disney Mickey Mouse 12:25 The Carbonaro Effect 03:00 In Search Of Aliens 12:28 Swamp Brothers bug & Cat Noir Racers 21:45 Lab Rats 12:50 How It’s Made 03:50 Ancient Aliens 12:55 Whale Wars 10:25 Lolirock 19:50 Doc McStuffins 22:10 Lab Rats 13:15 How It’s Made 04:40 Clash Of The Gods 13:50 Whale Wars 10:50 Lolirock 20:10 The Lion Guard 22:35 Phineas And Ferb 13:40 Kids Do The Craziest Things 05:30 Ancient Discoveries 14:45 Bad Dog 11:15 Sabrina Secrets Of A 20:35 P-King Duckling 23:00 Programmes Start At 6:00am 14:05 Kids Do The Craziest Things 06:20 Ancient Top 10 15:40 Wildest Middle East Teenage Witch 21:00 Vampirina 14:30 Tanked 07:10 The Universe 16:35 Untamed & Uncut 11:40 Sabrina Secrets Of A 21:30 PJ Masks 15:20 Ultimate Survival 08:00 The Colour Of War 17:30 Treehouse Masters Teenage Witch 22:00 PJ Masks 16:10 Ecopolis 09:00 In Search Of Aliens 18:25 Keeping Up With The 12:05 Hank Zipzer 22:25 Sofia The First 17:00 Penn & Teller Tell A Lie 10:00 Ancient Aliens Kruger 12:30 Alex & Co. 22:50 P-King Duckling 17:50 The Carbonaro Effect 11:00 Clash Of The Gods 19:20 The Lion Queen 13:20 Lolirock 23:20 Puppy Dog Pals 00:00 Tia Mowry At Home 18:15 The Carbonaro Effect 12:00 Ancient Discoveries 20:15 Bad Dog 13:45 Lolirock 23:45 Mickey And The Roadster 00:30 Tia Mowry At Home 18:40 Kids Do The Craziest Things 13:00 Ancient Top 10 21:10 Swamp Brothers 14:10 Miraculous Tales Of Lady- Racers 01:00 The Big Eat - Middle East 19:05 Kids Do The Craziest Things 14:00 The Colour Of War 22:05 Keeping Up With The bug & Cat Noir 01:30 The Big Eat - Middle East 19:30 How It’s Made 15:00 In Search Of Aliens Kruger 14:35 Miraculous Tales Of Lady- 02:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 19:55 How It’s Made 16:00 Ancient Aliens 23:00 Blood Ivory bug & Cat Noir 02:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 20:20 Tanked 17:00 Clash Of The Gods 23:55 Wildest Middle East 15:00 The Zhuzhus 03:00 Man Fire Food 21:10 Penn & Teller Tell A Lie 18:00 The Universe 15:15 K.C. Undercover 03:30 Man Fire Food 22:00 The Carbonaro Effect 19:00 Ancient Top 10 15:40 Bunk’d 00:15 Yukon Men 04:00 Chopped 22:25 The Carbonaro Effect 20:00 The Colour Of War 16:05 Disney Mickey Mouse 01:05 Madiba 05:00 Guy’s Grocery Games 22:50 Ecopolis 21:00 In Search Of Aliens 16:10 Elena Of Avalor 01:50 Deadliest Job Interview 06:00 Barefoot Contessa: Back To 23:40 Ultimate Survival 22:00 Ancient Aliens 16:35 Bizaardvark 02:35 Sean Conway: On The Edge Basics 23:00 Bible Secrets Revealed 17:00 Tangled: The Series 03:20 Street Outlaws 06:25 Barefoot Contessa: Back To 00:05 Benidorm 17:25 Descendants Wicked World 04:05 Alaska: The Last Frontier Basics 01:00 New Tricks 17:30 Tangled: Queen For A Day 04:50 Deadliest Catch 06:50 Bake With Anna Olson 02:00 Holby City 18:20 Miraculous Tales Of Lady- 05:35 How Do They Do It? 07:15 The Kitchen 03:00 Doctors bug & Cat Noir 06:00 Auction Kings 08:05 The Pioneer Woman 03:30 Eastenders 18:45 Hotel Transylvania: The Se- 06:23 Container Wars 08:30 The Pioneer Woman 00:50 Baby Vanished: People Mag- 04:05 Benidorm ries 06:45 How Do They Do It? 08:55 Siba’s Table azine Investigates 05:05 New Tricks 19:10 Star Wars Forces Of Destiny 07:10 How Do They Do It? 09:25 Siba’s Table 01:45 I Speak For The Dead 00:20 Swamp People 06:00 Doctors 19:15 Bunk’d 07:35 Alaska: The Last Frontier 09:55 Cooking For Real 02:40 Killer Confessions 01:10 Swamp People 06:35 Casualty 19:40 Girl Meets World 08:20 Auction Kings 10:25 Cooking For Real 03:35 Murder Book 02:00 American Restoration 07:25 Holby City 20:05 Sports Swap 08:45 Container Wars 10:55 The Kitchen 04:30 Baby Vanished: People Mag- 02:50 The Warfighters 08:15 Doctors 20:10 Liv And Maddie 09:10 Deadliest Catch 11:45 Cooking For Real azine Investigates 03:40 The Warfighters 11:15 Casualty 20:35 Jessie 09:55 Alaska: The Last Frontier 12:10 The Pioneer Woman 05:25 California Investigator 04:30 Swamp People 12:10 Holby City 21:00 Tangled: Queen For A Day 10:45 Deadliest Catch 12:35 The Pioneer Woman 05:50 California Investigator 10:10 Mountain Men 13:05 Eastenders 21:50 Hotel Transylvania: The Se- 11:30 Yukon Men 13:00 Siba’s Table 06:20 I Almost Got Away With It 11:00 Mountain Men 15:05 Casualty ries 12:20 Auction Kings 13:30 Siba’s Table 07:10 Nightmare Next Door 11:50 Mountain Men 16:00 Doctors 22:15 Bizaardvark 12:43 Container Wars 14:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 08:00 California Investigator 12:40 Mountain Men 16:30 Doctors 22:40 Stuck In The Middle 13:05 How Do They Do It? 14:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 08:25 On The Case With Paula 13:30 Mountain Men 17:00 Doctors 23:05 Rolling With The Ronks 13:30 How Do They Do It? 15:00 Chopped Zahn 14:20 Swamp People 17:30 Doctors 23:20 Miraculous Tales Of Lady- 13:55 Deadliest Catch 16:00 The Kitchen 09:15 California Investigator 18:30 Ultimate Wheels 18:00 Doctors bug & Cat Noir 14:40 Yukon Men 17:00 Cooking For Real 09:40 California Investigator 19:20 Counting Cars 18:30 Bad Move 23:45 Lolirock 15:30 Strip The City 17:30 Cooking For Real 19:00 New Tricks 10:10 Nightmare Next Door 16:15 Deadliest Job Interview 18:00 Chopped 19:45 Counting Cars 20:00 Father Brown 11:05 Disappeared 17:05 Sean Conway: On The Edge 19:00 Guy’s Grocery Games 20:10 Fifth Gear 21:00 Death In Paradise 12:00 Evil Stepmothers 17:50 Blowing Up History 20:00 Extreme Cake Wars 21:00 American Pickers 22:00 Poldark 12:55 On The Case With Paula 18:40 Tesla’s Death Ray: A Murder 21:00 Beach Bites With Katie Lee 21:50 Storage Wars 23:00 Doctors Zahn Declassified 21:30 Beach Bites With Katie Lee 22:15 Storage Wars 23:30 Bad Move 13:50 I Almost Got Away With It 19:25 Yukon Men 22:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 22:40 Forged In Fire 14:45 Nightmare Next Door 00:15 PJ Masks 20:15 Street Outlaws 22:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 23:30 Ultimate Wheels 15:40 Disappeared 00:30 PJ Masks 21:00 Diesel Brothers 23:00 Chopped 16:35 The Perfect Murder 01:00 PJ Masks 21:50 Supertruckers 17:30 On The Case With Paula 01:30 Art Attack 22:40 Fast N’ Loud Zahn 01:55 Henry Hugglemonster 23:30 Gold Rush 01:00 The First 48 18:25 California Investigator 02:05 Loopdidoo 02:00 Britain’s Darkest Taboos 18:50 California Investigator 02:20 Henry Hugglemonster 00:15 Places We Go 03:00 Footsteps In The Snow 19:20 I Almost Got Away With It 02:35 Calimero 00:10 Masterpiece With Alan 00:45 Miguel’s Feasts 05:00 The First 48 20:15 Nightmare Next Door 02:50 Henry Hugglemonster Titchmarsh 01:10 Food Lover’s Guide To The 06:00 Britain’s Darkest Taboos 21:10 Disappeared 03:05 Art Attack 01:00 Emmerdale Planet 07:00 Homicide Hunter 22:05 Grave Secrets 03:30 The Hive 06:00 Disney11 01:30 Coronation Street 01:40 Charlie Luxton’s Homes By 08:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 23:00 Evil Online 03:40 Loopdidoo 06:25 Supa Strikas 02:00 Coronation Street The Sea 09:00 It Takes A Killer 23:55 I Speak For The Dead 03:55 Henry Hugglemonster 06:50 Marvel’s Spider-Man 02:30 Cash Trapped 02:35 My Pacific Quest Friday 33

TV Listings Friday, January 19, 2018

03:30 Raw Travel 16:35 World’s Deadliest Snakes 03:25 Nella The Princess Knight 11:14 Food Factory USA 21:50 Little People, Big World 03:55 Raw Travel 17:30 South Africa: Cradle Of 03:36 Paw Patrol 11:38 How Things Work 22:40 The Undateables 04:25 The Food Files Killers 03:59 Little Charmers 12:26 Da Vinci’s Machines 23:30 Return To Amish 04:50 The Food Files 18:25 The World’s Most Wanted 04:11 Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom 13:14 Mythbusters 05:20 Cruise Ship Diaries Leopard 14:02 How Do They Do It? 05:45 Cruise Ship Diaries 19:20 World’s Deadliest 04:23 Dora The Explorer 00:25 The Late Bloomer 14:26 Food Factory USA 06:15 My Restaurant In India 20:10 Ultimate Animal Countdown 04:45 Max & Ruby 02:05 Without A Paddle 14:50 How The Earth Works 06:40 My Restaurant In India 21:00 World’s Deadliest Snakes 05:07 The Day Henry Met 03:45 Lies & Alibis 15:38 Da Vinci’s Machines 07:10 Charlie Luxton’s Homes By 21:50 South Africa: Cradle Of 05:12 Nella The Princess Knight 05:25 Almost Christmas 16:26 How Things Work 00:00 When Ghosts Attack The Sea Killers 05:35 Shimmer And Shine 07:20 7 Chinese Brothers 17:14 Mythbusters 01:00 Ghost Hunters International 08:05 My Pacific Quest 22:40 The World’s Most Wanted 05:59 Wallykazam! 08:45 Welcome Home Roscoe 18:02 How The Earth Works 02:00 Mysteries At The Museum 09:00 Raw Travel Leopard 06:21 Zack & Quack Jenkins 18:50 Da Vinci’s Machines 03:00 Top Secret Waterfalls 09:25 Raw Travel 23:30 Mission Critical 06:32 The Day Henry Met 10:40 Wayne’s World 2 19:40 Mythbusters 04:00 The Road Less Travelled 09:55 The Food Files 06:38 Blaze And The Monster Ma- 12:20 Leap Of Faith 20:30 Strip The Cosmos 05:00 When Ghosts Attack 10:20 The Food Files chines 14:15 7 Chinese Brothers 21:20 How Do They Do It? 06:00 Bizarre Foods With Andrew 10:50 Cruise Ship Diaries 07:00 Rusty Rivets 15:40 Down With Love 21:45 Food Factory USA Zimmern 11:15 Cruise Ship Diaries 07:13 Paw Patrol 17:30 Breaking The Bank 22:10 How The Earth Works 07:00 Mysteries At The Museum 11:45 My Restaurant In India 07:37 Dora The Explorer 19:20 Down To Earth 23:00 You Have Been Warned 08:00 House Hunters International 12:10 My Restaurant In India 00:12 Teenage Mutant Ninja Tur- 08:00 Nella The Princess Knight 21:00 Edtv 23:50 Da Vinci’s Machines 08:30 House Hunters International 12:40 Places We Go tles 08:10 Kid-E-Cats 23:05 The Love Guru 09:00 House Hunters International 13:05 Places We Go 00:36 Rabbids Invasion 08:15 Kid-E-Cats 09:30 House Hunters International 13:35 My Pacific Quest 01:00 Rabbids Invasion 08:21 Bubble Guppies 10:00 Salvage Dawgs 14:30 Raw Travel 01:24 Sanjay And Craig 08:44 Blaze And The Monster Ma- 10:30 Salvage Dawgs 14:55 Raw Travel 01:48 Sanjay And Craig chines 11:00 Hotel Impossible 15:25 The Food Files 02:12 Winx Club 09:07 Paw Patrol 01:15 Ask The Dust 12:00 Mysteries At The Museum 15:50 The Food Files 02:36 Winx Club 09:30 Shimmer And Shine 01:10 Secretary 03:15 Resurrecting The Champ 13:00 Mysteries At The Museum 16:20 Cruise Ship Diaries 03:00 Harvey Beaks 09:53 Nella The Princess Knight 03:10 Lawrence Of Arabia 05:15 The Dead Girl 14:00 House Hunters International 16:45 Cruise Ship Diaries 03:24 Harvey Beaks 10:15 The Day Henry Met 06:45 Newsies: The Broadway Mu- 06:45 Even Money 14:30 House Hunters International 17:15 My Restaurant In India 03:48 The Loud House 10:22 Paw Patrol sical 08:30 Snow Cake 15:00 House Hunters International 17:40 My Restaurant In India 04:12 The Loud House 10:45 Rusty Rivets 09:05 Noble 10:30 Havoc 15:30 House Hunters International 18:10 Places We Go 04:36 Breadwinners 10:56 Rusty Rivets 10:55 Yosemite 11:45 Snow Angels 16:00 Hotel Impossible 18:35 Places We Go 05:00 Breadwinners 11:05 Wallykazam! 12:30 Lawrence Of Arabia 13:25 Moonrise Kingdom 17:00 Salvage Dawgs 19:05 My Pacific Quest 05:24 Get Blake 11:28 Bubble Guppies 16:05 Hoosiers 14:50 Ask The Dust 17:30 Salvage Dawgs 20:00 Raw Travel 05:48 SpongeBob SquarePants 11:52 Team Umizoomi 18:05 The Challenger 16:45 Tiptoes 18:00 Bizarre Foods: Delicious 20:30 Raw Travel 06:12 SpongeBob SquarePants 12:15 Shimmer And Shine 19:45 The Inevitable Defeat Of 18:15 What Just Happened Destinations 21:00 The Food Files 06:36 Teenage Mutant Ninja Tur- 12:39 Shimmer And Shine Mister & Pete 20:00 Inside Out 18:30 Bizarre Foods: Delicious 21:30 The Food Files tles 13:01 Max & Ruby 21:35 Margot At The Wedding 21:45 The Matador Destinations 22:00 Cruise Ship Diaries 07:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Tur- 13:25 Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom 23:10 The Preppie Connection 23:30 If Only 19:00 Bizarre Foods With Andrew 22:25 Cruise Ship Diaries tles 13:47 The Day Henry Met Zimmern 22:55 My Restaurant In India 07:24 Rabbids Invasion 13:57 Blaze And The Monster Ma- 20:00 House Hunters International 23:20 My Restaurant In India 07:48 Get Blake chines 20:30 House Hunters International 23:50 Places We Go 08:12 Harvey Beaks 14:41 Zack & Quack 21:00 House Hunters International 08:36 Sanjay And Craig 14:52 Kid-E-Cats 21:30 House Hunters International 09:00 SpongeBob SquarePants 14:58 Kid-E-Cats 01:20 Help And Freedom 00:00 Married At First Sight 22:00 Off The Grid Living 09:24 Teenage Mutant Ninja Tur- 15:04 Shimmer And Shine 02:55 Emilie Jolie 02:00 Mistresses 22:30 Off The Grid Living tles 15:26 Nella The Princess Knight 04:15 DC Superhero Girls: Hero Of 03:00 Fashion Star 23:00 Building Off The Grid: Yel- 09:48 Henry Danger 15:38 Paw Patrol The Year 04:00 MAFS: The First Year lowstone River 00:10 Nazi Megastructures 10:12 Game Shakers 16:01 Little Charmers 05:45 Ozzy 05:00 Project Runway 01:00 Supercar Megabuild 10:36 Regal Academy 16:13 Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom 07:25 Louis & Luca And The Snow 06:00 Married At First Sight 02:00 To Catch A Smuggler 11:00 Winx Club 16:24 Dora The Explorer Machine 08:00 Mistresses 03:00 Science Of Stupid Compila- 11:24 SpongeBob SquarePants 16:46 Max & Ruby 08:50 Swan Princess: Royally Un- 09:00 Fashion Star tions 11:48 Teenage Mutant Ninja Tur- 17:06 The Day Henry Met dercover 10:00 MAFS: The First Year 00:05 Broad City 03:30 Science Of Stupid tles 17:12 Nella The Princess Knight 10:20 Bunny Tales 11:00 Project Runway 00:30 Idiotsitter 04:00 Nazi Megastructures 12:12 The Loud House 17:35 Shimmer And Shine 11:40 Last Wizard 12:00 Married At First Sight 00:55 Tosh.0 05:00 Crash Science 12:36 Rabbids Invasion 17:59 Wallykazam! 13:00 Help And Freedom 14:00 Mistresses 01:20 Tosh.0 06:00 Supercar Megabuild 13:00 Breadwinners 18:21 Zack & Quack 14:35 Quest For A Heart 15:00 Fashion Star 01:45 Tosh.0 07:00 Origins: The Journey Of Hu- 13:24 Massive Monster Mayhem 18:32 The Day Henry Met 16:05 Bunny Tales 16:00 MAFS: The First Year 02:10 The Opposition With Jordan mankind 13:48 Hunter Street 18:38 Blaze And The Monster Ma- 17:25 Moomin And Midsummer 17:00 Mistresses Klepper 08:00 Seconds From Disaster 14:12 I Am Frankie chines Madness 18:00 Devious Maids 02:35 Real Husbands Of Hollywood 09:00 The Indestructibles 14:36 The Thundermans 19:00 Rusty Rivets 18:50 Dwegons And Leprechauns 20:00 Project Runway All Stars 03:00 The Daily Show With Trevor 09:30 The Indestructibles 15:00 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn 19:13 Paw Patrol 20:30 Quest For A Heart 21:00 Grey’s Anatomy Noah 10:00 Explorer XL 15:24 Massive Monster Mayhem 19:37 Dora The Explorer 22:00 Swan Princess: Royally Un- 22:00 Grey’s Anatomy 03:25 Russell Howard’s Stand Up 11:00 The 90s: The Decade That 15:48 Massive Monster Mayhem 20:00 Nella The Princess Knight dercover 23:00 Mistresses Central Connected Us 16:12 Massive Monster Mayhem 20:10 Kid-E-Cats 23:30 Moomin And Midsummer 03:50 The Opposition With Jordan 13:00 Supercar Megabuild 16:36 The Loud House 20:21 Bubble Guppies Madness Klepper 14:00 Seconds From Disaster 17:00 The Loud House 20:44 Blaze And The Monster Ma- 04:15 Lip Sync Battle UK 15:00 Origins: The Journey Of Hu- 17:24 The Loud House chines 04:40 Workaholics mankind 17:48 The Loud House 21:07 Paw Patrol 06:50 The Jim Gaffigan Show 16:00 Explorer XL 18:12 The Loud House 21:30 Shimmer And Shine 08:55 Punk’d (Bet) 17:00 Original Sin 18:36 The Loud House 21:53 Nella The Princess Knight 00:05 Sisters 00:20 Say Yes To The Dress UK 09:20 Punk’d (Bet) 18:00 Drugs Inc 19:00 The Loud House 22:15 The Day Henry Met 02:05 Valentine’s Day 00:42 Say Yes To The Dress UK 09:45 Important Things With 19:00 Origins: The Journey Of Hu- 19:48 The Thundermans 22:22 Paw Patrol 04:10 Ride Along 2 01:05 90 Day Fianc?: Happily Ever Demitri Martin mankind 20:12 Ride 22:45 Rusty Rivets 05:55 Zoolander 2 After? 11:00 Kroll Show 20:00 Explorer XL 20:36 SpongeBob SquarePants 23:05 Wallykazam! 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COUNTRY CODES Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22)

Aries, you desire to have the admiration of someone or several Libra, you have long wanted to go in different directions in sev- Afghanistan 0093 Jordan 00962 people; remember, it is important that you hold yourself in high regard before eral areas of your life. The new year opens with opportunities for extending your Albania 00355 Kazakhstan 007 Algeria 00213 others can. Yu will pull things together quickly and your confidence will rise; interests in very different subject matter. Remember that just because you study Kenya 00254 Andorra 00376 Kiribati 00686 goals seem to be in reach. Other parts of your life may be neglected just now something doesn’t mean you believe or buy in to it; we can learn what we don t because success in business and finances are what you want the most. Now is Angola 00244 Kuwait 00965 want by watching and listening not necessarily doing. You will have a positive Anguilla 001264 Kyrgyzstan 00996 the time to unite with others to formulate plans and action. You could seem more aura surrounding you and it will make a difference for you all day. A new client Antiga 001268 Laos 00856 attractive and available so take the time to submit your resume or otherwise let reveals some secrets about one of your competitors; you will have to decide Argentina 0054 Latvia 00371 yourself be noticed. You could come across as distant and aloof. Daydreaming whether to use it or not. The universe points to your taking the lead in whatever Armenia 00374 Lebanon 00961 may try to creep into your day and threaten to take you off course. The stars are you decide to do. Sit back and think of what you want to accomplish this year Australia 0061 Liberia 00231 arranged in your sign for victory, aries. and how you might do this successfully, Libra. Austria 0043 Libya 00218 Bahamas 001242 Lithuania 00370 Bahrain 00973 Luxembourg 00352 Bangladesh 00880 Macau 00853 Barbados 001246 Macedonia 00389 Taurus (April 20-May 20) Belarus 00375 Madagascar 00261 Scorpio (October 23-November 21) Belgium 0032 Majorca 0034 Belize 00501 Malawi 00265 Taurus, you will desire to escape the mundane in search of pro- Scorpio, you want respect from a person you admire. If you feel Benin 00229 Malaysia 0060 ductive, positive change. You may feel deep affection for a loved one, could be trapped or thwarted in some way this could be due to your own decisions; take Bermuda 001441 Maldives 00960 family or friend. Your libido will demand attention just now as will your need to a good look and you will find the answer. You may become overworked when Bhutan 00975 Mali 00223 be in charge and calling the shots. You could find yourself critical and prone to you refuse help on a certain large project. You are on the money when pairing Bolivia 00591 Malta 00356 negative opinions. Be mindful of your choices for they could need to be rethought people with duties but there are some things only you can do. You want sim- Bosnia 00387 Marshall Islands 00692 or completely done away with. You could find yourself in an interesting discus- plistic lines in your clothes and furniture and uncomplicated choices in your life. Botswana 00267 Martinique 00596 Brazil 0055 Mauritania 00222 sion with like-minded people regard new technology in the marketplace. Your When you feel problems are around every corner, review your choices to make concepts are easily relayed to others. You could find yourself very grateful for Brunei 00673 Mauritius 00230 sure you haven t painted yourself into a corner. Make sure you are kind to some- Bulgaria 00359 Mayotte 00269 your position in life with work, friends and family. Your energy will be easygoing one who wishes there could be more between you, even if there can t be! It is as you spend time with someone you love, taurus. Burkina 00226 Mexico 0052 easy for you to attract love and money this evening, scorpio. Burundi 00257 Micronesia 00691 Cambodia 00855 Moldova 00373 Cameroon 00237 Monaco 00377 Canada 001 Mongolia 00976 Cape Verde 00238 Montserrat 001664 Cayman Islands 001345 Morocco 00212 Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) Central African Republic 00236 Mozambique 00258 Chad 00235 Myanmar (Burma) 0095 Gemini, you could find that your objectives go against the grain Chile 0056 Namibia 00264 Sagittarius, it could seem that everywhere you turn you are met of your environment today. Perhaps disagreements and a sense of disrespect China 0086 Nepal 00977 with a very lagging energy, as though you are trying to run through deep water. seem to define your day. Conflicts with younger people could reach a boiling Colombia 0057 Netherlands (Holland)0031 You could make terrible decisions due to being discouraged. You should strive point; close your eyes and count to ten! Loved ones or belongings that are pre- Comoros 00269 Netherlands Antilles 00599 for right thinking; slowing down doesn t mean losing it could actually mean win- cious to you are accentuated now. You could say something that causes someone Congo 00242 New Caledonia 00687 ning! Stress is indicated on the domestic front, here, too, should be a cause to to have a bruised ego. You would like to be recognized for your abilities and con- Cook Islands 00682 New Zealand 0064 pause and consider. At least the tendency is not a downward spiral! Tone down tributions. Perhaps the kids in the neighborhood want a community park and ex- Costa Rica 00506 Nicaragua 00505 your sensitivity when someone approaches you regarding a touchy subject. Any ercise or play equipment. Someone in desperate need of your council could Croatia 00385 Nigar 00227 ongoing problem with a member of the family or a loved one will be solved at Cuba 0053 approach you. Spend time on yourself this evening by tending to personal Nigeria 00234 some point but not today. Overall the outlook is good for many happy times to Cyprus 00357 Niue 00683 grooming and perhaps a good read, gemini. come; a little rain must fall for nourishment, sagittarius. Cyprus (Northern) 0090392 Norfolk Island 00672 Czech Republic 00420 Northern Ireland (UK)0044 Denmark 0045 North Korea 00850 Diego Garcia 00246 Norway 0047 Djibouti 00253 Oman 00968 Cancer (June 21-July 22) Dominica 001767 Pakistan 0092 Capricorn (December 22-January 19) Dominican Republic 001809 Palau 00680 Ecuador 00593 Panama 00507 Cancer, you may long for exciting new paths to discovery; this Capricorn, some people may not like it when your head is in the Egypt 0020 Papua New Guinea 00675 cycle opens up opportunities for having a whole new attitude. Any area of im- clouds and you are contemplating what comes next. One who considers your El Salvador 00503 Paraguay 00595 provement or change can take place now through some form of discipline. You input incorrect could challenge your strategies. Be still and listen; there could England (UK) 0044 Peru 0051 could see amazing possibilities in the most unexpected places. The old ways seem be some truth in these words. Perhaps it s time to look at yourself in a new way. Equatorial Guinea 00240 Philippines 0063 useless with new theories and suggestions opening your mind to the future. You Read, write, paint or enjoy a movie. Exercise your creative mind to relieve career Eritrea 00291 Poland 0048 will have perfect timing and effective delivery of your thoughts and wishes. There pressures. Day to day chores may seem boring but you don t mind for what you Estonia 00372 Portugal 00351 could be someone that expresses doubt or lack of confidence in your methods. get in return. You happily perform daily tasks housekeeping, cooking, health care Ethiopia 00251 Puerto Rico 001787 Falkland Islands 00500 Qatar 00974 Separate yourself from all that seems negative and ill fitting. You have your finger - to insure comfort and well being on the human level; cappy loves comfortable, Faroe Islands 00298 Romania 0040 on the pulse of what the public is interested in hearing about; get some tips clean living! Relax this evening and let your thoughts run free, capricorn. tonight from a very interesting article, cancer. Fiji 00679 Russian Federation 007 Finland 00358 Rwanda 00250 France 0033 Saint Helena 00290 French Guiana 00594 Saint Kitts 001869 French Polynesia 00689 Saint Lucia 001758 Gabon 00241 Saint Pierre 00508 Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) Gambia 00220 Saint Vincent 001784 Georgia 00995 Samoa US 00684 Leo, before you begin a new project make sure you are aware of Germany 0049 Samoa West 00685 Aquarius, you feel a strong need to draw near to loved ones dur- Ghana 00233 all the facts; doing otherwise will put you in a really bad place. Don t be surprised San Marino 00378 ing the cycle you ve just entered. You desire to be recognized and thanked for Gibraltar 00350 Sao Tone 00239 when you present your new plans to the boss and they are rejected; there could all that you bring to relationships. Today is a good time to take a reasonable risk Greece 0030 Saudi Arabia 00966 be very valuable input here. Re-evaluate the goals and means of reaching them on something involving finances. You welcome a new challenge with open arms Greenland 00299 Scotland (UK) 0044 you have used; toss anything that is not creating profits. Try to hold your tongue and willing spirit. You will rediscover something lovely you had long forgotten. Grenada 001473 Senegal 00221 even when you are right; this could save a lot of despair. You will clean out closets, Go inward for a close look at your actions and deeds; have you done those things Guadeloupe 00590 Seychelles 00284 drawers or file cabinets as you seek to get thinks in perfect working order. The you committed totake stock of the growth you ve had and where it has taken you Guam 001671 Sierra Leone 00232 more you clear away, the lighter the load to carry; this could mean emotional or and those around you. The vibrations of love and unity are present now; your Guatemala 00502 Singapore 0065 physical. You could enjoy a most enlightening conversation this evening. Enjoy sensitivity to energy from the universe helps you spread the positive energy you Guinea 00224 Slovakia 00421 dinner at home with a loved one, leo. crave, aquarius. Guyana 00592 Slovenia 00386 Haiti 00509 Solomon Islands 00677 Holland (Netherlands)0031 Somalia 00252 Honduras 00504 South Africa 0027 Hong Kong 00852 South Korea 0082 Hungary 0036 Spain 0034 Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) Ibiza (Spain) 0034 Sri Lanka 0094 Iceland 00354 Sudan 00249 Virgo, the energy around you today is one of being unsettled and Pisces, you could feel a surge in curious energy when you want India 0091 Suriname 00597 unfulfilled. It could be one of those days that nothing goes right even the simplest to find a certain abstract item; your love for the unusual is well known. You could Indian Ocean 00873 Swaziland 00268 of things can t seem to click. If you can t take the day off, commit to ticking off want to do something you know is unfair or just plain wrong; think carefully be- Indonesia 0062 Sweden 0046 each thing on your list until you complete the day. There could be personal con- cause the karma we create is what we live with later. The limits of your body Iran 0098 Switzerland 0041 flict at the root of all of this negativity. Try to see what you have contributed to could be pushed later as you try to prove you can do something demanding. Re- Iraq 00964 Syria 00963 Ireland 00353 Taiwan 00886 this situation and change your behavior; this could make all the difference in the member that it is said, pride comes before the fall. You want nothing to do with gossip or petty foolishness; you could purposely avoid someone for this reason Italy 0039 Tanzania 00255 world. Could it be you are not in touch with the personal karma involved; not ad- Ivory Coast 00225 today. You could try a color today that is out of your usual taste. You could slip Thailand 0066 justing your attitude could break something that can t be repaired. Take a look Jamaica 001876 Toga 00228 and let the harsher side of your personality show today. Get busy with something at your natal chart to find some answers as to why you think or act as you do; Japan 0081 Tonga 00676 chin up, you re pretty awesome, virgo. you enjoy and really relax this evening, pisces. Friday 35

Health Friday, January 19, 2018 Worst-case global warming scenarios not credible: Study

PARIS: Earth’s surface will almost certainly ciency, and develops technologies to remove Cox and colleagues, using a new methodology, extremely hard to limit climate change accord- not warm up four or five degrees Celsius by CO2 from the air will determine whether cli- have come up with a far narrower range: 2.2 C ing to the Paris targets.” 2100, according to a study released Wednes- mate change remains manageable or unleashes to 3.4 C, with a best estimate of 2.8 C (5 F). If day which, if correct, voids worst-case UN cli- a maelstrom of human misery. But uncertainty accurate, it precludes the most destructive Pressure still on mate change predictions. A revised calculation about how hot things will get also stems from doomsday scenarios. The landmark Paris climate agreement in of how greenhouse gases drive up the planet’s the inability of scientists to nail down a very “These scientists have produced a more 2015 called for capping global warming at temperature reduces the range of possible simple question: By how much will Earth’s av- accurate estimate of how the planet will re- “well under” 2 C compared to a pre-industrial end-of-century outcomes by more than half, erage surface temperature go up if the amount spond to increasing CO2 levels,” said Piers benchmark, and pursuing efforts for a 1.5 C researchers said in the report, published in the of CO2 in the atmosphere is doubled? Forster, director of the Priestley International ceiling. The findings should not been seen as journal Nature. “Our study all but rules out That “known unknown” is called equilib- Centre for Climate at the University of Leeds. taking pressure off the need to tackle climate very low and very high climate sensitivities,” rium climate sensitivity (ECS), and for the last Gabi Hegerl, a climate scientist at the Univer- change, the authors and other experts said lead author Peter Cox, a professor at the 25 years the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on sity of Edinburgh who, like Forster, did not warned. “We will still see significant warming University of Exeter. Climate Change (IPCC) the ultimate authority take part in the research, added: “Having lower and impacts this century if we don’t increase How effectively the world slashes CO2 and on climate science-has settled on a range of probability for very high sensitivity is reassur- our ambition to reduce CO2 emissions,” said methane emissions, improves energy effi- 1.5 C to 4.5 C (2.7 to 8.1 degrees Fahrenheit). ing. “Very high sensitivity would have made it Forster. —AFP Established 1961

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China economy rebounds India planning to raise health South Korea Bitcoin market 39 in 2017 with 6.9% growth 40 spending by 11 pct in budget 41 unfazed by threats of ban

DUBAI: This file photo taken on September 14, 2017 shows an Airbus A380 of Emirates landing at the tarmac at Dubai’s International Airport. —AFP Emirates throws Airbus A380 a lifeline

Able to deploy it on different missions across our network

PARIS: Emirates Airlines said yesterday it has struck a $16 bil- buy 40 Boeing Dreamliners for more than $15 billion. Airbus’s staring down Emirates appeared to have paid off, saying the lion deal to buy 36 Airbus A380 superjumbos just days after decision in 2007 to pursue the A380, capable of packing in 853 program was now good to go on for at least another decade. the European manufacturer said it would have to halt produc- seats, was diametrically opposed to Boeing’s bet on the Dream- “This new order underscores Airbus’ commitment to produce tion without new orders. The company said it had placed firm liner, marketed as a more efficient plane that could be used for the A380 at least for another ten years. I’m personally con- orders for 20 of the double-decker aircraft with options for a both medium and long-distance flights. But the economics of vinced more orders will follow Emirates’ example and that this further 16. Deliveries are scheduled to start in 2020. Emirates the four-engine A380 have proved daunting, with airlines hav- great aircraft will be built well into the 2030s,” Leahy said. is already the world’s biggest customer for the A380 with 101 ing to operate every flight at full capacity in order to make a Airbus is hoping China will lead a revival in orders once de- in its fleet and 41 more firm orders previously placed. profit. mand for long-haul planes picks up, arguing that the plane is “This order will provide stability to the A380 production ideally suited for mass-market travel and for heavily congested line,” the airline’s chairman and CEO Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed ‘It buys Airbus time’ airports. Emirates operates a fleet of 269 wide-bodied aircraft Al-Maktoum said. “We’ve made no secret of the fact that the Airbus warned on Monday that it might have to end produc- and flies to 157 destinations. Airbus said it has delivered 222 A380 has been a success for Emirates,” he said in a statement. tion of the A380, having booked no new orders for the plane in A380s to 13 airlines so far. Stock market investors welcomed “Our customers love it, and we’ve been able to deploy it on dif- two years. It said it regarded Emirates as the only airline with the news of the order, pushing Airbus shares more than two ferent missions across our network, giving us flexibility in terms the capacity to place an order of the size required to keep pro- percent higher on the Paris bourse in mid-session business. of range and passenger mix.” duction going. “Quite honestly, if we can’t work out a deal with Calling the deal “a relief for Airbus”, independent commercial The Dubai-based airline said that with the new order it will Emirates there is no choice but to shut down the program,” Air- aviation expert John Strickland said it probably saved the A- have commitments for a total of 178 A380s worth $60 billion. bus sales director John Leahy said Monday. The company said 380 program. “Without it, production would likely have been The deal was expected to be signed during the Dubai Airshow it needed to build at least six of the aircraft per year for the terminated,” Strickland said. “It is not a guarantee of financial in November but was delayed without any explanation amid re- program to remain viable. success for the program but buys Airbus time to go out and se- ports of tough negotiations. Instead, Emirates inked a deal to Yesterday, Leahy seemed relieved that Airbus’ strategy of cure additional orders from other airlines,” he said. —AFP 38 Friday Business Friday, January 19, 2018 At factory, Trump highlighted, disappointment at lost jobs More than 500 layoffs at the Carrier plant alone

INDIANAPOLIS: Duane Oreskovic is disap- gress at stake. Weeks before being sworn into pointed in Donald Trump. In 2016, he voted for office, Trump personally intervened in the fate of the brash businessman in the hopes that the Carrier, making a $7 million tax incentive deal to take-no-prisoners Republican would save his keep the plant from moving to Mexico, and job at a Carrier furnace-making factory in the promising 1,100 jobs would be saved and more mid-western US city of created. A year on, Indianapolis. Now, as there have been more Trump’s first anniversary than 500 layoffs at the in office approaches, I was wrong. Carrier plant alone. Oreskovic is unemployed. Other plants nearby “When President Trump We were have closed up or cut came here and promised jobs. Trump’s deal with to save my job, I believed all wrong Carrier did save ap- him myself and a lot of proximately 800 as- other people,” Oreskovic sembly line jobs. But said last week at a rally workers here expected organized by a progressive political group in a more, Oreskovic says. “As of right now, everyone restaurant near the plant. “I was wrong. We were is blaming Trump,” he told AFP, adding that he all wrong,” he said. would not vote for the president again.

‘Everyone is blaming Trump’ ‘Pure and simple conman’ Of the many factors leading to Trump’s vic- Last week’s rally near the Carrier plant was tory over Hillary Clinton in November 2016, one organized by “Good Jobs Nation,” which aligns WASHINGTON DC: US President Donald Trump takes a drink of water as he speaks about his adminis- was the support the real estate mogul received itself with Bernie Sanders, the US senator from tration’s National Security Strategy at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.—AFP from blue-collar workers in manufacturing Vermont who challenged Clinton for the Demo- towns across America’s “Rust Belt.” Against the cratic Party presidential nomination. The group’s odds, Trump-the Manhattanite with a silver presence indicates a political opening for De- Twitter. Now, Jones is running for local office. Ball State University found 45 percent of voters spoon upbringing captivated voters in key states mocrats in Indiana, a traditionally Republican- “Donald Trump is a liar and an idiot,” he told in the state disapproved of the president’s job like Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan, where leaning state, in the wake of the chronic layoffs. rally participants. “He’s a pure and simple con- performance and only 41 percent approved. factories have been closing for decades and The disappointment has made a political star man,” he added. “I’ve talked to people who have Trump easily won Indiana-the home state of middle class wages disappearing. of the man who predicted what would happen: had to pull children out of college,” he said. Vice President Mike Pence-in 2016, by 19 points But in Indiana, at least some workers are Chuck Jones, who was president of the workers’ “Pretty soon, people’s homes are foreclosed on... over Clinton. “An argument can be made that questioning their support of the president or union when Trump announced the Carrier deal. by then, a lot of the individuals are ending up there are some promises made and maybe not have outright cast him aside, as the 2018 At the time, Jones questioned how many jobs with drug addiction or alcoholism.” delivered,” Chad Kinsella, a political science midterm elections loom, with control of Con- would actually be saved, earning Trump’s ire on A November survey conducted by Indiana’s professor at Ball State, told AFP. — AFP

can legally work, said David Leopold, a partner at US tech trade Ulmer & Berne LLP who specializes in immigration. through their own pipeline. Work to “It’s a disincentive to stay here.” The DHS notice did Iraq signs renovate a parallel Iraqi pipeline urge Trump to not give specifics, but said the agency was reviewing could take up to two years, accord- the final rule in light of the April 2017 “Buy American ing to experts. and Hire American” executive order by President new deal Kirkuk province now has a pro- let spouses work Donald Trump. duction capacity of 420,000 barrels In their letter, the groups urged the Trump adminis- a day (bpd), according to Baghdad, tration to keep the rule in place, “not just to attract and with BP retain talent, but to promote immigration to the United but only 120,000 barrels a day are SAN FRANCISCO: US technology trade groups yes- States on the basis of one’s skills and merit.” It noted being pumped and exports from the terday urged the Trump administration to retain an that competitors, including Canada and Australia, allow region are at a halt. Iraq, the second Obama-era rule that allows certain spouses of highly KIRKUK: Iraq signed a contract accompanying spouses to work. Changes to the largest producer in the OPEC cartel skilled guest workers to also work legally in the yesterday with British energy giant after Saudi Arabia, aims to increase spousal work program could limit “our access as a na- BP to develop oil fields in the north- United States. The call was made in a letter published tion to the most talented people who we need to help the output of the Kirkuk oilfields to on the website of the Information Technology Industry ern province of Kirkuk that were re- one million barrels a day, Luaybi drive our economy,” said Dean Garfield, chief executive taken from the Kurds last year. The Council, whose members include Apple Inc, of the Information Technology Industry Council, in a said in November. Amazon.com Inc, Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc’s agreement was signed by Iraqi Oil The Iraqi oil ministry signed a telephone interview. Minister Jabbar Al-Luaybi in Google, Microsoft Corp . Ten other national business Business groups that signed the letter include Com- consultancy contract with BP in groups also signed the letter. Kirkuk, north of Baghdad, where the 2013 to help the state-owned North pete America, CompTIA, the Council for Global Immi- The Department of Homeland Security indicated in North Oil Company has its head- Oil Company to develop the Havana gration, FWD.us, the National Association of a regulatory notice in December that it would at least quarters, AFP reporters said. and Baba Gurgur fields in Kirkuk Manufacturers, the Semiconductor Industry Associa- Iraqi forces reclaimed a string of province. But it was never imple- partially undo the 2015 Obama administration decision tion, the Society for Human Resource Management, major oil fields in Kirkuk after Iraqi mented as Baghdad lost control of granting work authorization to spouses of workers on TechNet and the US Chamber of Commerce. No deci- Kurds in September voted for inde- the fields to Kurdish forces the fol- H1b visas, which are used widely in the tech industry. In sion about the rule will be final until the rulemaking pendence in a controversial referen- lowing year. fiscal 2016, about 42,000 spouses, who entered the process has been completed, said Joanne F Talbot, a dum opposed by Baghdad. The Iraq reported its oil exports hit country on H-4 visas, were granted work authorization. spokeswoman for USCIS, in an email. “USCIS is focused Kurds had taken over the fields in 109.6 million barrels a day in De- The total exceeded 36,000 in the first three quarters of on ensuring the integrity of the immigration system and 2014 during the chaos of the Islamic cember, the same month that the fiscal 2017, according to data from US Citizenship and protecting the interests of US workers, and is committed State group’s rampage across the government announced victory Immigration Services, a component of DHS. to reforming employment based immigration programs country and exported oil to Turkey over IS. —AFP If the work authorization is repealed, H1b visa so they benefit the American people to the greatest ex- holders may move to countries where their spouses tent possible,” Talbot said. —Reuters Friday 39 Business Friday, January 19, 2018 China economy rebounds in 2017 with 6.9% growth China last posted double-digit growth in 2010

BEIJING: China’s economy grew a forecast- dangerous pollution-particulate PM2.5 — beating 6.9 percent in 2017, picking up steam dropping by more than 50 percent in the final for the first time since 2010 despite its battles quarter of 2017. But the latest data showed the against a massive debt and polluting factories, economy expanding 6.8 percent in the last official data showed yesterday. The world’s quarter of 2017, matching the third quarter fig- number two economy eclipsed the official tar- ure though it was below the 6.9 percent from get of about 6.5 percent and picked up pace the first half of the year. from the 6.7 percent growth seen in 2016, Ning dismissed questions on the reliability of which was the slowest for more than a quarter China’s statistics raised after the coastal city of of a century. The robust economic expansion Tianjin and the autonomous region of Inner indicated stability after slowing down since Mongolia admitted to inflating certain 2016 data. China last posted double-digit growth in 2010. “The system for calculating China’s statistics “The national econ- data is not affected by a omy has maintained the small number of places, momentum of stable and Pressure to or some places, or some sound development and companies” having ac- exceeded the expecta- prevent a curacy issues with their tion with the economic data, he said. The GDP vitality, impetus and po- credit crisis reading follows strong tential released,” Na- trade data last week, QINGDAO: This picture taken on January 17, 2018 shows a Chinese worker cutting steel. —AFP tional Statistics Bureau which showed the hum- head Ning Jizhe said in a ming global economy report. “We should also had propelled China’s has largely relied on debt-fuelled investment and dollar of debt is producing diminishing returns be aware that there are still difficulties and chal- export machine. “This momentum, especially the exports to drive its tremendous economic for China’s economy. China’s leaders appeared lenges confronting the economy and the im- part fuelled by external demand, may carry on growth of the past four decades but it is now to wipe away some of those concerns at a criti- provement of quality and efficiency remains a well into 2018,” said Wei Yao, chief China econ- seeking to move its economy to more sustain- cal planning meeting in December. daunting task,” Ning said. omist at Societe Generale. able consumption-based growth. While vowing a crackdown on financial risk The reading-which beat the 6.8 percent pre- The latest figures show the services industry and local government debt, leaders called for a dicted by analysts surveyed by AFP-comes as Debt fears grew eight percent for the year with retail sales reasonable credit expansion this year. That flew in China kicks its war on pollution into gear, halv- The country is also facing pressure to pre- spiking 10.2 percent, good news for the transi- the face of IMF and other economists warnings ing industrial production for some steel smelters vent a credit crisis, with local government debt tion. The International Monetary Fund has re- that China must deleverage. Last year China and mills this winter. The battle has brought un- growing 7.5 percent last year to $2.56 trillion, peatedly warned of risks stemming from China’s brought down the pace of debt accumulation but usual blue skies to Beijing, with the density of according to figures released Wednesday. China ballooning debt, saying last year that each extra allowed overall credit growth, analysts say. —AFP

ther together or on their own. The women also club together in levels across the entire area. Bakayo Nahiro, a widow and mother Drought-hit Kenyan savings groups of at least 15 people, who put away anything of six, belongs to the Namayana women’s saving group in Kargi from 400 shillings a month each, and make loans to members at in Marsabit. She has amassed 25,000 shillings in savings, but women trade their an interest rate of 5 to 10 percent. Habibo Osman, a mother of said profit margins go down in drought periods as people take five who was in the same group as Turuga, has been able to sup- shop goods on credit when they have no livestock to sell. port her family even after divorcing her husband. The 1,200 way out of poverty shillings she earns each week from the shop she established as Money is power a BOMA business has enabled her to enroll her eldest child, Jane Naimirdik, a BOMA trainer and mentor, said communi- aged five, in nursery school. She is now hoping to save enough ties in Marsabit are highly patriarchal, but the program helps MARSABIT: Widow Ahatho Turuga lost 20 of her goats to to buy her own land. women gain a voice in society. The practice of grouping women drought early last year, but the shopkeeper is planning to rein- in threes creates mutual accountability but also offers protec- vest in her herd once she has saved enough money. “I think I No more aid tion from husbands who may want to take money from them, she will start with four goats and see how it goes,” she said, rear- Ahmed “Kura” Omar, BOMA’s co-founder and deputy coun- added. “We once handled a case where the husband tried to ranging soap on the upper shelf of her shop in Loglogo, a few try director, said his native Marsabit is one of Kenya’s driest take the wife’s savings by force, but we approached (him) and kilometers from Marsabit town. She recalled how frequent counties. It is often hit by prolonged drought, with many families told him the money did not belong to his wife but to the women’s droughts had left her on the edge of desperation, struggling to losing livestock in its mainly pastoralist economy, he added. savings group and he understood,” said Naimirdik. care for six of her own children and four others she adopted “Given that there is no foreseeable end to these drought pat- Moses Galore, Kargi’s village chief, said no such incidents had been reported to him, and men appreciated their wives’ fi- after their mother died. terns, we need to stop relying on food distribution and aid But Turuga is finding it easier to cope since taking part in a nancial contribution to the household. Magatho Mifo, a BOMA money, and create more sustainable, life-long solutions,” Kura business owner, said her husband was happy about her com- rural entrepreneurship program run by The BOMA Project, a told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. mercial activities as she could now provide for her family while non-profit helping women in Kenya’s dry northern areas beat BOMA CEO Kathleen Colson said the program aimed to help he travels for days in search of pasture for his herd. extreme poverty and adapt to climate change. The US and break the cycle of dependency on aid, giving women power over Her neighbors’ wives and children buy goods on credit when Kenya-based organization provides two years of business and their lives and the means to move out of extreme poverty. “Peo- the men are away looking for grazing, and repay her when they life-skills training, as well as mentorship. Groups of three ple need to be treated with dignity and be empowered to return. This helps the community during lean times and gener- women are each given a start-up grant of 20,000 Kenyan achieve self-sufficiency and effect change on a community ates more income for her business, she said. “My husband some- shillings ($194.55) and a progress grant of 10,000 shillings to level,” she said. times gets angry when I attend the women’s group meetings, set up a business. BOMA asks villagers to help identify the poorest women because they can last a long time, but once I arrive home with a After graduating, they carry on operating their businesses - among them to participate in the training. After completing the bag of food or something else, all is forgotten,” said Khobobo mainly small shops selling groceries and household goods - ei- program, they help other women, a process that raises income Gurleyo, another entrepreneurship program member. —AFP 40 Friday Business Friday, January 19, 2018 India planning to raise health spending by 11 pct in budget

Funds needed for expanding vaccination coverage

NEW DELHI: India is poised to raise its public comment, while the health ministry did not re- health spending by 11 percent in the annual spond to requests seeking comment. The budget next month, after rejecting the health budget for the financial year ending March minister’s demand for a much bigger increase 2019 will be presented on Feb 1. to ramp up disease control, according to gov- Shamika Ravi, a member of Modi’s eco- ernment sources and documents. Health Min- nomic advisory council, said she wasn’t privy ister JP Nadda sought a “bare minimum” to the final budget numbers, but described a budget of nearly $10 billion for 2018-19 - 33 $8.2 billion annual health budget as “not suffi- percent higher than last year - in a letter to the cient”. “If we underspend on health, it will im- finance minister on Nov 26, which Reuters has pact India’s overall GDP by lowering reviewed. productivity in the long term,” said Ravi, who Nadda argued the funds were needed for ex- is also a research director at Brookings India. panding vaccination coverage and free drugs Ravi however said she would continue to ad- distribution, and also to vise the government to ward off a growing threat allocate more funds for of non-communicable healthcare to achieve its diseases, such as cancer 2025 GDP target. and diabetes, which killed 6 million people in India Looks like a Economy vs health MUMBAI: Indian workers pose outside the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) during celebrations marking the in 2016. His request was herculean task Last year, the gov- benchmark 30-share index SENSEX crossing 35,000 points. —AFP not approved: the health ernment intensified ef- budget is expected to forts to overhaul the rise by 11 percent to $8.2 public healthcare sys- nance ministry. Initially, the finance ministry gets, means that the budget for other sectors billion, three government tem. It capped prices of had earmarked only a five percent increase in will be squeezed. officials told Reuters. several medical devices the budget, but that was increased after fresh In his letter, Health Minister Nadda made a They declined to be named or be identified fur- to help the poor, ramped up screening of non- representations by the health ministry, the of- case for a significant increase in his ministry’s ther as the discussions were confidential. communicable diseases and, on top of that, also ficial said. allocation, saying investments in public health Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s govern- raised the federal health budget by more than a Collections under the new national goods would eventually result in a “tenfold return for ment last year set a target of raising annual quarter. But the health budget increase for 2018- and services tax system stood at $12.6 billion the economy”. Low public health spending health spending to 2.5 percent of India’s GDP 19 will be lower as the government’s finances are in November, the lowest since its launch in leads to “catastrophic” medical expenses for by 2025, from 1.15 percent now - one of the stretched by slowing economic growth and tax July, which finance officials say have upset the people, he wrote. India’s overburdened health lowest proportions in the world. The health collections that have lagged under a new sales goverment’s overall revenues and their budget system remains plagued with an acute short- budget this year will put that pledge at risk. tax regime, the officials said. calculations. In recent months, the finance age of government hospitals in rural areas. In “What’s the point of having a (2025) GDP tar- It was difficult to get the 11 percent hike ministry has said it wants to boost spending 2016, more than 1 million children died before get? With this funding, it still looks like a her- approved, according to one of the officials, on sectors such as infrastructure, including turning five, the highest number for any nation culean task,” said one of the officials who said that it took many rounds of discus- ports and roads, to boost economic growth. in the world, a United Nations report said last interviewed. The finance ministry declined sions between the health ministry and the fi- That, along with the need to stick to fiscal tar- year. —Reuters

fordability, he said during a visit to Mumbai Poor urban this week. “Poor planning regulations are responsible planning to for unaffordable housing in many prosperous cities,” Bertaud told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. He pointed to Mumbai’s Floor blame for India’s Space Index (FSI), which regulates the amount of floor space in a building relative to the size of the plot of land it sits on. The FSI pricey housing in Mumbai is set fairly low, which means there is less space available for residences and businesses. The policy has contributed to MUMBAI: Urban planners in many cities huge imbalances, said Bertaud. around the world are imposing regulations Mumbai has some of the priciest real es- that discourage the creation of affordable tate in the world, while more than half its housing while slums expand, experts said. population lives in slums. Instead of imposing Nearly 55 percent of the world’s population such strict regulations, planners should allow lives in urban areas, a proportion that is ex- the market to determine how much floor pected to increase to two-thirds by 2050, ac- space a building should have, Bertaud said. cording to data from the United Nations. He said that would encourage the develop- KOLKATA: Indian laborers work in a road construction site at the Rajarhat area. —AFP At the same time, the number of people ment of lower cost housing, which is in high living in slums and informal settlements in demand. cities is also rising, UN data showed. Much of “The market will happily serve the poor if planners urgently need to change their ap- slums, because they would otherwise face their need for affordable housing could be regulators allow it, with basic health and proaches and use land more efficiently. long and expensive commutes to their places met if city planners eased regulations that safety guidelines and fewer limits,” said Bimal Investing in public transport infrastructure of work. “Cities like Seoul, Shanghai, Hong govern the use of land, said Alain Bertaud at Patel, president of the Center for Environ- is also important, as it would provide people Kong and Singapore prove that with the right New York University’s Marron Institute of mental Planning and Technology, a University with quicker access to suburban areas where policy, cities can grow rapidly while improv- Urban Management. They should instead in Ahmedabad. With urban populations rising they could afford housing, said Bertaud. ing their infrastructure and their environ- allow markets to determine density and af- rapidly in India, Patel and Bertaud said that Many people are forced to live in inner city ment,” he said. —Reuters Friday 41

Business Friday, January 19, 2018 Old hands in South Korea Bitcoin market unfazed by threats of ban Restrictions would be relatively easy to circumvent

SEOUL/HONG KONG: Threats of a potential VPNs, offline wallets cryptocurrency trading ban in South Korea have According to industry experts, the first step to scared many investors away, but some veterans of circumventing a ban is hiding IP addresses from the young market are defiant, saying restrictions authorities via virtual private networks (VPNs). would be relatively easy to circumvent. Although Traders can then continue business as usual. De- the cryptocurrency market lost about $200 billion centralized exchanges, such as Shapeshift or Stel- this week, or a third of its value, these investors - lar Dex, do not require identification and can be known within the community as “hodlers” after a accessed from anywhere. Cryptocurrency wallets misspelled meme that went viral during Bitcoin’s such as Exodus and Jaxx are linked to such ex- early days - are used to rollercoaster rides. changes, so trading and storing the assets can still China’s shutdown of local exchanges in Sep- be anonymous. Authorities in countries with strong tember, for instance, caused a 50 percent drop in legal protections may need a warrant to check Bitcoin, but prices rebounded eight-fold to almost computers or smartphones for proof of such ac- $20,000. Currently valued around $10,000, Bit- tivity. Even then, unless caught in the act, the coin could be poised for a similar whirlwind this holder can claim no trading has taken place since the legislation was approved and has forgotten the time around, some say. password for the wallet. “In case the government Some decentralised shuts down all local ex- exchanges offer derivative changes, investors can al- Investors products that allow bet- ways go abroad and ting on the price of a open an account there,” can always cryptocurrency against a said a South Korean stu- fiat currency, including dent who declined to be go abroad the Korean won and Chi- TEL AVIV: An Israeli consultant trades the cryptocurrency, bitcoin, online, in the Israeli city named because of legal nese yuan. But cashing of Tel Aviv. —AFP risks. “I can ask my out in fiat is not possible friends who study abroad on such exchanges. An or travel there myself. It’s option in that case is to trade all cryptocurrencies claims to hold “about $1 million” in various cryp- counts overseas proves difficult, friends, family or not that big of a problem.” for a top one such as Bitcoin, Ethereum or Lite- tocurrencies. the local Bitcoin community can help. Another op- Cryptocurrency experts say the student prob- coin, and sell it at one the 2,064 crypto ATMs in tion is to find someone with access to an exchange ably has good reason to be relaxed. A ban could 61 countries, although the transaction fees can ex- Crossing borders - preferably using encrypted social media apps discourage new market entrants, but the ceed 10 percent. If need be, coins can be stored A 30-year-old nurse in Seoul said she had al- such as Whatsapp or Telegram - and sell to them anonymity of buyers and sellers and the ability to on offline “wallets” the size of a USB stick. ready switched to Hong Kong-based exchange Bi- at a discount. But fraud is a risk. move digital assets anywhere in the world with a Alternatively, holders can open bank accounts nance before the government’s warnings hit the “There could be a black market where people click makes it hard to impose restrictions on ex- in countries that have not banned Bitcoin, then market. Company officers at Seoul-based ex- who can cash out offshore can pay you in won isting participants without a global consensus. join a local centralized exchange where they can changes say, anecdotally, such moves have acceler- for your Bitcoins,” said Aurelian Menant, chief Places like Singapore and Hong Kong maintain trade cryptocurrencies for fiat. “I hold every- ated. “All this could lead to serious money outflow executive of Hong-Kong based exchange Gate- light regulations, while neighbouring Japan has en- thing in a hard wallet the size of my thumb. I have and only the government is not aware of it,” one of- coin. But that leaves the door open to “dodgy couraged a vast ecosystem of companies and in- copies of my private keys in a safe. I have ac- ficer said, requesting anonymity. stuff,” Menant said, adding that the fear of scams vestors around digital assets by pioneering a set counts on four exchanges on three continents. If South Korea accounts for between 5 and 15 in the aftermath of a ban may deter new in- of rules for the industry. Germany has said national any government wants my money, good luck to percent of daily Bitcoin trading. The value of all vestors, potentially shrinking Korean trading restrictions may be useless. them,” said a Hong Kong-based investor who Bitcoins is around $200 billion. If opening ac- volumes “from billions to millions.” —Reuters

Apple said it will now use a large chunk of the overseas cash ready spent billions of dollars on a new headquarters in its Apple set to pay for US investments. It said it expects to spend more than $30 bil- home city of Cupertino in Silicon Valley. Apple will also boost lion in direct capital expenditures in the US over the next five the size of its Advanced Manufacturing Fund fivefold, to $5 bil- years, creating roughly 20,000 new jobs, and claimed the move lion, with the money earmarked to back expansion projects of $38 bn in taxes would contribute $350 billion in economic activity on home soil. suppliers in the US. “Apple is a success story that could only have happened in Apple and Trump have disagreed over a number of issues, but America, and we are proud to build on our long history of support the president on Wednesday praised the company’s move to invest SAN FRANCISCO: Apple announced Wednesday it would pay for the US economy,” said Apple chief executive Tim Cook. “We in high-tech manufacturing in the United States. “I promised that about $38 billion in taxes-likely the largest payment of its kind- believe deeply in the power of American ingenuity, and we are fo- my policies would allow companies like Apple to bring massive on profits repatriated from overseas as it boosts investments in cusing our investments in areas where we can have a direct impact amounts of money back to the United States. Great to see Apple the United States. The iPhone maker said in a statement it plans on job creation and job preparedness. We have a deep sense of follow through as a result of TAX CUTS,” Trump said in his tweet. to use some of its foreign cash stockpile, which qualifies for re- responsibility to give back to our country and the people who Tax reform recently passed by the US Congress has been touted duced tax rates under a recent bill, to invest in new projects. A help make our success possible.” by Trump as a way to stimulate investment and hiring, despite crit- source close to the company confirmed that Apple is sharing some icism that it mostly benefits corporations and the wealthy. of the wealth with employees worldwide through bonuses of Second campus $2,500 worth of restricted shares of stock. Apple plans to spend more than $10 billion on US data cen- Record-high “Huge win for American workers and the USA!” President ters, which play an increasingly important role as the California- Apple shares closed the official Nasdaq trading day at a record Donald Trump said in a tweet. Apple, which claims to be the based iPhone maker focuses on increasing revenue from services high of $179.10. Late last year leaked financial documents known largest US taxpayer, is also one of the biggest beneficiaries of a and content based in the internet “cloud.” The company also said as the Paradise Papers revealed that Apple shifted much of its off- tax bill passed by Congress in December which lowers the rate of it will establish a second Apple campus, at a location to be dis- shore wealth from Ireland to a tax haven in the British Isles. After repatriated profits to around 15 percent and cut the corporate tax closed later this year, that will initially house technical support for the US technology colossus stated publicly in 2013 that it was rate to 21 percent from 35 percent. The tech giant had built a customers. paying its proper share of taxes, it moved the bulk of its untaxed stockpile of more than $250 billion in overseas holdings, claiming As is the case with Apple’s other US facilities, the new cam- overseas cash to Jersey, a British dependency in the Channel Is- it was not in the interests of shareholders to repatriate the money pus will be entirely powered by renewable energy, the company lands, various media organizations reported, based on the once- with a 35 percent tax rate. said. Apple, which employes 84,000 people in the US, has al- secret cache of documents. —AFP 42 Friday

Sports Friday, January 19, 2018 Kuwait shooters stand out with seven gold medals at Amir Int’l Grand Prix Kuwait is home for best ranges complex at the world level

KUWAIT: (From left), Alessandro Chianese, Ahmed Al-Afasi and Saad Al-Mutairi Obaid Al-Osaimi and Adnan Al-Ibrahim with the Double Trap winners.

By Abdellatif Sharaa

KUWAIT: HH Sheikh Al-Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Seventh Shoot- ing International Grand Prix competitions continued yesterday at Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex. Vonn sets the pace Kuwait dominated the gold medals by winning seven of them, the latest being the double trap in which Ahmed Al-Afasi outlasted again in Cortina Italy’s Alessandro Chianese while third place went to Saad Al-Mu- tairi. The Grand Prix received wide ranging praise from participants, as heads of delegations were keen to thank Kuwait Shooting Sport CORTINA D’AMPEZZO: American alpine skiing star Lindsey Club for the facilities they extend, and having officials ready to meet Vonn again set the pace dominating for the second day of all requirements by their guests. downhill training ahead of the women’s World Cup at Corina International Shooting Federation (ISF) Vice President, Presi- d’Ampezzo yesterday. dent of Italy’s Shooting Federation Luciano Rossi lauded the sup- Vonn-the 2010 Olympic downhill gold medallist-clocked port of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of 1min 36.87sec, over a second faster than her leading time on the shooting sports and its athletes, and having patronized an an- Wednesday down the Olympia delle Tofane course in the Ital- nual tournament carrying his name. ian Dolomites. Liechtenstein’s Tina Weirather was second He said the great interest by chairman and members of the Luciano Rossi Butros Jalakh fastest at 0.96sec with American Jacqueline Willes posting higher organizing committee, as well as working committees in ad- the third fastest time at 1.25sec. Italy’s Sofia Goggia, who lead dition to the outstanding results by Kuwaiti shooters, was among an Italian sweep in Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria last week, was the factors that distinguished the 7th Grand Prix. ums. He lauded the preparations for this international event, espe- fourth and American Mikaela Shiffrin fifth fastest a full 1.76sec He said Kuwait is home for the best ranges complex at the world cially that it carries the name of HH the Amir of Kuwait. Butros finally off the pace. level, and has a distinguished group of shooters, as he lauded the congratulated Kuwaiti people and government for the success that Last year’s downhill winner Lara Gut of Switzerland was performance of Shahad and Sarah Al-Hawal who won the gold and makes everyone proud. seventh fastest. The 33-year-old Vonn has achieved 11 of her silver medals in the women trap event. Meanwhile, Double Trap gold medallist Ahmad Al-Afasi dedi- 78 World Cup wins in the Italian resort, most recently the Vice President of the Asian Shooting Confederation Javid cated his medal to HH the Amir and Kuwait people. He said this win downhill and Super G in 2016. With the Winter Olympics Loudhi thanked Kuwait for hosting a tournament that many coun- came after strong competition with a group of best shooters around looming Vonn is chasing her first downhill win this season with tries long to participate, adding that the tournament is like an Asian the world. her one World Cup success in the Super-G at Val d’Isere, Olympiad, and results cannot be achieved easily, and need good He said Kuwait’s preparations came as planned through training France. The 22-year-old Shiffrin, who has won nine of her last preparation. camps, in addition to having HH the Amir Grand Prix that remains 10 races, including five in succession in the World Cup, has He said “we are used to the outstanding organization of tourna- as an ideal preparation for upcoming tournaments. been in sensational form ahead of the Pyeongchang Games. ments by Kuwait, besides having one of the best shooting complex Shooter Saad Al-Mutairi said, his winning the bronze medal was Two downhills-including one replacing the cancelled Val in the world, and a professional administration. against expectations in the presence of shooters from Italy and d’Isere leg in the French Alps-are scheduled on the slopes in On his part Lebanon’s Shooting Federation President Butros Russia. He said he is looking forward to continue making such the Italian Dolomites on Friday and Saturday with the Super- Jalakh said Kuwait’s Tournament was great success, which is not achievements in the tournaments he will participate in, especially G on Sunday. —AFP strange for Kuwait who accustomed everyone on accuracy in or- that preparations will begin immediately for the World and Arab ganization, and its shooters are always found on the crowning podi- Championships. Friday 43 Sports Friday, January 19, 2018 Jones laughs off England’s Six Nations injury crisis

England’s back-row problems extend beyond Vunipola

TWICKENHAM: Eddie Jones joked his Eng- first team to win three successive outright land side “might as well not turn up” to the Six Championship titles. “If you read the papers, Nations Championship after injuries and sus- then we might as well not turn up,” Jones told pensions left the reigning champions without reporters at Twickenham yesterday. 13 players ahead of next month’s tournament “I don’t even know why we’re having this opener against Italy. press conference,” added the Australian after Jones named a 35-man squad featuring unveiling his first England squad since the eight uncapped players yesterday for the Rugby Football Union (RFU) announced his Rome match on February 4. Injuries and sus- contract was being extended until 2021 — two pensions have robbed Jones of several senior years beyond its original cut-off point follow- figures, with wing Elliot Daly (ankle) and No 8 ing next year’s World Cup in Japan. Billy Vunipola (shoulder) set to miss the entire “Ireland are dominating Europe, their sides tournament. are going well. They England’s back-row have this central con- problems extend be- tracting system that al- yond Vunipola. Nathan If you read the lows them to have their Hughes is currently players at their peak. sidelined with a knee in- papers, then we “As you’ve seen, we’ve jury while James Haskell might as well got 13 players out. So has been ruled out of we’ve got no hope.” Eddie Jones the Italy fixture and the not turn up England, however, are following week’s clash 10/11 odds-on favourites against Wales because with leading British bet- convening at their Pennyhill Park training base have blighted his club and England career. “I’d of a suspension re- ting firm William Hill and on January 29. Although there are several new- like to see him get fit,” explained Jones. “I think ceived while on club duty-as has prop Joe Jones, on a more serious note, said: “I’m not comers, the rest of Jones’s squad, that includes Leicester would like to see him get fit. If he Marler. bookmaker but I know we have a squad that’s regular Test captain Dylan Hartley, have 898 does that, he’ll be a chance to get selected.” England, unlike rival nations such as Ireland, good enough. “We’ve had good practice (at Test caps between them. do not centrally contract their players, who are being without players) over the last 12 months. IMPROVING ITALY primarily paid by their clubs. Yet the fact re- “At the end of the day, we’ve named a squad TUILAGI WAITS England have won all 23 of their previous mains that since Jones took charge following of 35 and there are still a lot of good players But there was no place on Thursday for Tests against Italy but former Australia and the then hosts’ first-round exit at the 2015 being left out.” Following this weekend’s club Manu Tuilagi. The powerhouse Leicester cen- Japan coach Jones believes the Azzurri will World Cup, England have won 22 out of 23 fixtures, the England squad will travel to Por- tre is currently making his way back from a prove difficult a stern challenge at Rome’s Tests and they are now bidding to become the tugal for a week-long training camp before re- knee problem, the latest of several injuries that Olympic Stadium. —AFP Dustin dreaming of Augusta Garcia’s 2018 campaign in Abu Dhabi off to good start

ABU DHABI: World No. 1 Dustin Johnson spearheads a stellar cast SINGAPORE: Masters champion Sergio Garcia got his 2018 when the $3 million Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship tees off in the campaign off to a good start at the Singapore Open yesterday, UAE yesterday-but his mind is firmly on the US Masters. Johnson firing a five-under-par 66 to share the lead. will battle returning former world No. 1 Rory McIlroy, current No. Garcia, who began a spectacular 2017 in Singapore last 6 Justin Rose, and Henrik Stenson, Paul Casey and Matt Kuchar year, began slowly but picked up the pace around the turn, and who are all within the top 15. fired an eagle and four birdies in his first tournament of the The reigning Europe No.1 Tommy Fleetwood is the defending year. The Spaniard, who won his first Major victory at Augusta champion. Johnson, 33, is returning to Abu Dhabi Golf Club’s Na- ABU DHABI: Dustin Johnson of the United States plays during round last April and was named 2017 European Golfer of the Year, tional course having finished second to Fleetwood last year and one of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship at Abu Dhabi Golf ended the day tied for the top spot with American Kurt Ki- just like in 2017, is in blistering form at the start of the year. In the Club yesterday. —AFP tayama. World number 10 Garcia converted an 18-inch birdie PGA Tour’s year-opening Tournament of Champions in Hawaii, the putt at the par-three 17th, then eagled a par-five 18th from American nearly aced a 433-yard par-4 hole en route to winning three feet. He fired a birdie at the second hole, then picked up the champions-only event by a whopping eight shots over Jon had a really good run leading into Augusta. another shot at the par-five fourth. Rahm. Last year, after his runner-up finish in Abu Dhabi, he had “So it’s definitely good. I’ve been working hard on the game, “I’ll probably chill a little bit. I did a lot of things right, but I won three tournaments in February and March before a freak ac- but the golf swing feels like it’s finally getting back to where it was. still have lots to work on. I’ll try to stay cool, have a nice dinner cident on the eve of the Masters ruled him out of the first major of “I played well in Hawaii, but that was two weeks ago. This is a com- and get ready for tomorrow,” the 38-year-old said. the season. Doing well in the Masters is certainly a goal this year pletely new week and everybody starts at even par, so I’ve got to “This is a great tournament to start the year with.” Thailand’s for Johnson, but before that he wants to go one better than his 2017 start over again.” Tirawat Kaewsiribandit was threatening to share the lead be- result in Abu Dhabi. “I felt like this golf course suits me pretty well fore play was suspended due to lightning risk with a five- and I like the setup of it. Last year was the first time being here, ‘ROLL WITH IT’ under-par through 16 holes at the Sentosa Golf Club’s obviously playing four rounds in the tournament definitely helps,” Johnson said he was eager to get back to Augusta National and Serapong course. Seventy-eight players have yet to complete said Johnson. compete in the Masters after missing the event last year when he round one. Play will resume early Friday. Kitayama shot six “I kind of struggled for a little while last year after Augusta, but reportedly slipped on a wet staircase and hurt himself on the eve birdies and was bogey-free for 17 holes before dropping a I finally felt from the FedEx Cup Playoffs through now, the game is of the tournament. “I was very disappointed I didn’t get to play stroke at his final hole of the day. —AFP starting to get back into the form it was this time last year where I last year, but things happen,” he said. —AFP Friday 44 Sports Friday, January 19, 2018 Warriors equal team record with 14th road win in a row Toronto hold on for a home win over Detroit

WASHINGTON: The Golden State Warriors held the Bulls to 12 points in the third quarter after Chicago had a 66-point first half, en- abling the defending champs to rally for a 119- 112 victory Wednesday night in Chicago. The win was the Warriors’ fourth straight to begin a five-game trip and extended Golden State’s road winning streak to 14 games, equaling the third longest in NBA history. The Bulls used a 17-0 run bridging the first and second quar- ters to help build a 66-63 halftime advantage. The Warriors countered with a 19-0 flurry of their own in the third quarter to take a lead they never relinquished. Klay Thompson had 38 points and Stephen Curry 30 for the War- riors, whose 21-3 road record is better than their 16-6 home mark. Nikola Mirotic had a team-high 24 points for the Bulls, who had won their previous three games.

HORNETS 133, WIZARDS 109 Michael Kidd-Gilchrist scored 21 points as Charlotte welcomed the return of coach Steve Clifford to the bench with some record of- fense in a win over visiting Washington. Clif- ford, 56, missed 21 games across five weeks because of severe headaches associated with sleep deprivation. The Hornets made their first 10 shots from the field, the best stretch to start a game for the franchise in 15 years. That led to a franchise-record 77 first-half points. Kemba Walker’s 19 points and Dwight Howard’s 18 points and 15 rebounds also gave the Hornets a lift. Bradley Beal poured in 26 points and reserve Mike Scott racked up 18 points for the Wizards.

HAWKS 94, PELICANS 93 Kent Bazemore scored 20 points, includ- ing a go-ahead jumper with two seconds left, to lift Atlanta past visiting New Orleans. The Hawks erased a 15-point halftime deficit with MEMPHIS: Enes Kanter #00 of the New York Knicks dunks against Tyreke Evans #12 of the Memphis Grizzlies yesterday at FedExForum in Memphis, a big third quarter. Ersan Ilyasova (15 points) Tennessee. —AFP connected on key 3-pointer in the final min- utes of the fourth quarter to help Atlanta win RAPTORS 96, PISTONS 91 the Grizzlies up by three, New York’s the foul line while blocking six shots as the consecutive games for the first time this sea- CJ Miles scored 21 points off the bench, his Kristaps Porzingis (21 points) was called for Heat won for the ninth time in 11 games. son. New Orleans’ DeMarcus Cousins scored biggest output since scoring 22 on opening a loose-ball foul going for the rebound with Miami also got 15 points apiece from Goran 19 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, but he night, and Toronto held on for a home win 25 seconds remaining. The Knicks then ap- Dragic and Kelly Olynyk. Khris Middleton led missed a shot at the buzzer as the Pelicans over Detroit. Kyle peared to force a Milwaukee with 25 points. Giannis Antetok- had their three-game winning streak Lowry had 18 points, turnover with 17 sec- ounmpo added 22 for the Bucks. snapped. Anthony Davis, who was coming off nine rebounds and five Khris Middleton onds left, but the ref- back-to-back 45-plus-point performances, assists, and Jonas erees ruled a jump ball THUNDER 114, LAKERS 90 finished with only eight points and seven re- Valanciunas posted 17 led Milwaukee and slapped New Carmelo Anthony scored 27 points, and bounds. Jrue Holiday scored 22 points to lead points and 16 rebounds York’s Courtney Lee Steven Adams chipped in 21 points and 10 re- the Pelicans. for Toronto. DeMar with 25 points with a technical foul bounds as Oklahoma City toppled visiting DeRozan also scored for arguing. Evans (23 Los Angeles. Russell Westbrook added 19 SPURS 100, NETS 95 17 points as the Rap- points) made the free points, six boards and seven assists for the LaMarcus Aldridge scored 23 of his 34 tors overcame 21 throw for a four-point Thunder, and Paul George tallied 13 points. points in the second half as San Antonio beat turnovers. Andre lead, and he added an- Oklahoma City has won three consecutive Brooklyn in New York. Patty Mills added 25 Drummond paced the Pistons, who have lost other pair three seconds later after winning games following a three-game skid. The Lak- points on a night the Spurs were without three straight, with 25 points and 17 re- the jump ball. ers fell to 0-8 without rookie guard Lonzo Kawhi Leonard (quadriceps) and Manu Gino- bounds. Avery Bradley tossed in 19 points for Ball, who missed a second consecutive game bili (right thigh contusion). Leonard is out in- Detroit. HEAT 106, BUCKS 101 with a knee injury. definitely, while Ginobili is day-to-day. Allen Hassan Whiteside notched his 14th dou- Los Angeles’ Julius Randle scored 16 Crabbe led the Nets with 20 points while Joe GRIZZLIES 105, KNICKS 99 ble-double of the season, finishing with 27 points, all in the first half, while Kentavious Harris scored 18 points, but Brooklyn lost its Memphis ran off to an 18-point, third- points and 13 rebounds in Miami’s win at Mil- Caldwell-Pope posted 10 points in the first fifth straight home game and fell for the sixth quarter advantage, then held on through a waukee. Whiteside hit 10 of 12 shots from the quarter before leaving in thesecond with an time in seven games. wild finish to defeat visiting New York. With floor and connected on 7 of 9 attempts from ankle injury. —Reuters Friday 45 Sports Friday, January 19, 2018 Federer shines as Djokovic survives brutal heat test

Struggling Wawrinka’s early exit from Open

MELBOURNE: Defending champion Roger had a much tougher time, coming through a Federer cooly swept into the Australian Open four-setter against Gael Monfils in a thorough third round yesterday as Novak Djokovic sur- examination after being out for six months with vived a gruelling fitness test under the brutal an elbow injury. He lost the first set before Melbourne sun. But with temperatures touching Monfils began struggling in the second and an energy-sapping 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) was heard at one point telling the umpire: “I’m and ice-towels in use, third seed Garbine Mugu- tired and dizzy.” ruza and 2014 winner Stan Wawrinka both The Frenchman remarkably recovered to wilted and were knocked out. make a fight of it before a relieved Djokovic, Maria Sharapova, in seeded 14, came through contrast, laid down her 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3. “It title credentials with was tough conditions, dominant win against brutal, especially the 14th seed Anastasija If you want to get first 90 minutes,” he Sevastova. World num- said. ber one Simona Halep to the top, you’ve “I’m still not 100 per- was also convincing in got to play in cent, but building. I have her straight demolition a lot of faith and self- of Canadian Eugenie all conditions belief.” The heat took its Bouchard. toll on a host of players, Swiss 19-time including Wimbledon MELBOURNE: Switzerland’s Roger Federer plays a forehand return to Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff Grand Slam champion Federer disposed of Jan- champion Muguruza, who suffered with heat- during their men’s singles second round match on day four of the Australian Open tennis tournament Lennard Struff 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4), avoiding the blistered feet. She was knocked out by 88- in Melbourne yesterday. — AFP worse of the furnace-like conditions in his night ranked Hsieh Su-wei from Taiwan 7-6 (7/1), match. “I practice with him so I had the infor- 6-4 but refused to make excuses. mation I needed,” he said, adding that the heat “I maybe could have done things better, but weather as she showed why she should be again “You know, it was a warm day. I did my job doesn’t bother him. at the end, she deserves to win,” she said. taken seriously in dismantling Sevastova 6-1, 7- in two sets against someone that’s been trou- “If you want to get to the top, you’ve got to Wawrinka also failed to progress, clearly still 6 (7/4). bling in the past for me,” she said afterwards. “I play in all conditions.” It was never going to be struggling from a lengthy knee injury lay-off in It was the Latvian who ended her Grand think I deserve to smile out there after that vic- easy for the German. While Federer had made his straight sets defeat by American Tennys Slam comeback in the last 16 of the US Open in tory.”Being unseeded means she has her work at least the third round each year since his Sandgren. 2017 as she returned from a drug ban. But not cut out to reach another final. Next up is in-form Melbourne Park debut in 2000, Struff had this time. Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam 2016 Australian Open champion Angelique Ker- failed to go further than the second round at ‘DESERVE TO SMILE’ winner and the 2008 Australian champion, was ber, who beat Donna Vekic in two easy sets as any Grand Slam. Russian drawcard Sharapova was on Rod unstoppable in racing through the first set be- she starts to rediscover her best again after a Six-time Melbourne champion Djokovic Laver Arena early and avoided the brunt of the fore a battle in the second. miserable last year. — AFP

2016 to end-2017, Kohli scored 2,203 Test runs Kohli crowned at an average of 77.80 including eight centuries. He accumulated 1,818 runs in the one-day format ICC cricketer including seven centuries. The 29-year-old was also bestowed a rare honour-selected to captain the ICC’s Test and ODI sides, a team in name of the year only that comprises the best players from around the globe. India emerged as the world’s best Test side in NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli yesterday was 2017 under Kohli, with an unbroken series win- crowned cricketer of the year by the sport’s ning streak at home. He also leads the ODI and world governing body, capping off a strong in- Twenty20 teams for the subcontinent. But it has nings for the Indian skipper across all three for- not always been smooth sailing for Kohli, whose mats of the game. Australian captain Steve Smith men were defeated 2-0 in a Test series against was named Test player of the year as the Inter- South Africa that wrapped up Wednesday, national Cricket Council unveiled its annual prompting criticism about his team selection and awards. Kohli is just the fourth Indian to win the India’s poor Test record away from home. prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy, following Smith meanwhile, who sits atop the Test bat- in the footsteps of batting greats Sachin Ten- ting chart, had little competition this time around dulkar (2010), Rahul Dravid (2004) and team- for the prize he also won in 2015. The Australian mate Ravichandran Ashwin (2016). “It’s the first captain played 16 Tests during the 15-month vot- time winning the Garfield Sobers Trophy, and it’s ing period, scoring 1,875 runs at an average of CENTURION: File photo taken on January 17, 2018 shows Indian Captain Virat Kohli (C), South African a huge honour for me,” Kohli said in a statement. 78.12, with eight hundreds and five half-cen- Captain Faf du Plessis, and bowler Lungi Ngidi (L) waiting on the side for their post match interview. “It’s probably the biggest of all in world turies. “I’ve had a really good year. I think I’ve Kohli yesterday was crowned cricketer of the year. — AFP cricket and two Indians getting it back-to-back scored six hundreds in the year and more impor- makes it more special.” Kohli was also crowned tantly led the team to an Ashes victory, which is something that is really important to me,” said your skills and your mind the most.” The Aus- spinner Yuzvendra Chahal won international the world’s best one-day batsman, winning that tralians have taken home the award in four of the Twenty20 performance of the year for his in- title for the second time since 2012. Smith. “I am incredibly humbled and I love play- ing Test cricket. It’s the game that challenges last five years, with Mitchell Johnson winning in credible haul of 6-25 against England at Banga- During the voting period from 21 September 2014 and Michael Clarke in 2013. Indian leg- lore last February. — AFP 46 Friday Sports Friday, January 19, 2018 Chelsea through on penalties, Bournemouth lose to Wigan Bony scores winner as Swansea beat Wolves 2-1

LONDON: Chelsea won a penalty shootout to against Norwich will have done little to convince beat second tier Norwich City on Wednesday and fans they have turned a corner. They did at least sneak into the FA Cup fourth round following a find the net, however, which they had not done in tempestuous replay that ended 1-1 after extra time their last three matches, with Batshuayi tapping with the Premier League champions reduced to home Kenedy’s cross from close range. nine men. Yet most of the drama was still to come and Chelsea manager Antonio Conte was fuming at Norwich levelled when Lewis headed home a dev- the final whistle after Pedro and Alvaro Morata ilish Timm Klose cross in stoppage time. Chelsea were dismissed in extra time and two penalty ap- were aggrieved not to get a penalty when Willian peals had been waved away, but the Premier appeared to be tripped in the area only for referee League champions regained their composure to Graham Scott to wave away his appeals, even after win the shootout 5-3. consulting the Video Assistant Referee (VAR). Eden Hazard stroked Worse was to come home the winning penalty for Chelsea as Pedro was to decide what had begun It has been a dismissed for a second as a dire spectacle until booking and Morata got Michy Batshuayi gave dismal start his marching orders when Chelsea the lead in the he was adjudged to have 55th minute, before Jamal to 2018 for dived in the box and re- LONDON: Norwich City’s Northern Irish defender Jamal Lewis (C) scores his team’s first goal during Lewis levelled in stop- Chelsea ceived a second caution. the FA Cup third round replay football match between Chelsea and Norwich City at Stamford Bridge page time for the Cham- The shootout, how- in London on Wednesday. —AFP pionship side. ever, went like clockwork Swansea City, the for Chelsea as they con- overcame a weakened Bournemouth side with at the far post to complete a superb victory Premier League’s bottom team, also reached the verted all their kicks after Nelson Oliveira had a first-half effort from Sam Morsy and quick- for the lower league side. fourth round with Wilfried Bony grabbing the win- failed to score Norwich’s first. Norwich manager fire second-half goals from Dan Burn and Cal- Jordan Ayew gave Swansea the lead after ner in a 2-1 victory over Championship leaders Daniel Farke thought the game was there for the lum Elder. Bournemouth made eight changes 11 minutes with a superb goal reminiscent of Wolverhampton Wanderers but it was a grim night taking. “To be honest it’s big disappointment, some to the side that had beaten Arsenal on Sunday, Ricky Villa’s famous Cup final replay winner for the top flight’s Bournemouth as they were of the lads are sitting with tears in their eyes in the clearly signalling where the FA Cup lies in for Tottenham Hotspur against Manchester dumped out after an embarrassing 3-0 replay de- dressing room,” he told the BBC. their priorities as they battle to steer clear of City in 1981. Wolves, however, equalised after feat at third tier Wigan Athletic. the Premier League relegation zone. 66 minutes through Diogo Jota only for Bony It has been a dismal start to 2018 for Chelsea, WEAKENED BOURNEMOUTH Morsy swept home after Will Grigg’s initial to poke in at the other end three minutes later who came into Wednesday’s match having drawn Wigan, who won the competition five years effort was saved, substitute Burn volleyed in after the visitors failed to deal with Tom Car- their previous four games, and the performance ago but have since slipped down the divisions, from Max Power’s cross and Elder headed in roll’s cross. —Agencies

in 2009. United have won four and drawn one of their last fiveaway Stoke City v Huddersfield Town Bullet point previews of league games, scoring at least twice in each of those matches. Sean Stoke have conceded the most league goals this season (50). Stoke last Dyche will take charge of his 100th league game on Saturday with hosted Huddersfield at the bet365 stadium in 2001, when both sides were Premier League matches Burnley seventh in the standings. Paul Pogba has notched four of his in the third tier and played out a 1-1 draw. nine assists in his last two appearances for United. The Frenchman also Huddersfield have won just two league games on the road this season. LONDON: Match-by-match facts and statistics ahead of round 24 of the has the league’s joint-most assists, along with Manchester City’s Kevin Paul Lambert’s side have conceded three or more goals in three home Premier League. De Bruyne, but has achieved that number in 10 fewer games. United are league games this campaign, more than any other team.Huddersfield’s five- 12 points behind league leaders City in second position, a gap they pre- game winless run has dropped them to 14th in the league while Stoke are Brighton and Hove Albion v Chelsea (1230) viously overhauled to win the title in 1996. 18th and on a three-game losing streak. In nine previous meetings between the two clubs, Chelsea have won seven and lost once. Brighton have won once in their last 12 league games, Everton v West Bromwich Albion West Ham United v Bournemouth failing to score in six of their last eight matches. Only Liverpool and Man- West Brom have beaten Everton in only one of the last 10 league Bournemouth last won away at West Ham in a league game in 2015. chester City have beaten Brighton at the Amex Stadium this season. meetings between the clubs - a 1-0 win at Goodison Park in 2016. After This match will mark Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe’s 100th league Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata did not have a single shot on target against halting a 20-game winless run in the league, West Brom have the chance game in charge, making him the third youngest English manager to Leicester City last weekend and has failed to score in his last three league to win back-to-back league games since their opening victories this cam- achieve this feat, at the age of 40 years and 52 days. West Ham have won starts. Brighton have dropped to 16th in the standings whileChelsea are in paign. Everton are winless in their last five league matches, failing to score three and drawn one of their last five league games, helping them climb fourth position, level on points with third-placed Liverpool. in four of them. Everton striker Wayne Rooney has scored 14 league goals to 11th in the standings. West Ham playmaker Marko Arnautovic has in 13 previous starts against West Brom. West Brom are 19th in the stand- scored six goals and provided three assists in his last seven league ap- Arsenal v Crystal Palace ings, two points adrift of safety. Everton are ninth. pearances. Bournemouth are 14th in the league and are unbeaten in their Arsenal have lost one of their last 16 matches against Palace, an away last four games. league defeat last April. Arsene Wenger’s side have scored in all their last Leicester City v Watford 25 home league games. Palace are unbeaten in their last fiveaway league Watford have scored the most (five) and conceded the most (four) Manchester City v Newcastle United (1730) games. Hector Bellerin has scored or assisted a goal in three of his last goals in the 90th minute or after in the league this season. Watford have City last lost a league game to Newcastle in 2005 and have gone on to five league games, scoring in two consecutive matches for the first time lost seven of their last 10 league matches, collecting five out of 30 avail- win 17 and draw three of the subsequent fixtures. Rafa Benitez’s side have in his career. Palace have climbed to 12th in the standings while Arsenal able points. Leicester’s Riyad Mahrez has scored at least once in each of won just two of their last 14 league matches. Despite their unbeaten league are sixth. his last four league games against Watford. run coming to end against Liverpool, City have not lost their last 23 home Watford forward Richarlison has attempted 71 shots this season. Only league games. City striker Sergio Aguero has been involved in 13 league Burnley v Manchester United Tottenham’s Harry Kane and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah have more. goals against Newcastle, scoring 11 and providing three assists. City have Burnley have beaten United just once in the last 24 meetings be- Leicester have won five and drawn two of their last 10 league games to a 12-point lead atop the table while Newcastle are three points above the tween the two sides across all competitions - a league win at Turf Moor climb to eighth in the standings while Watford are in 10th. relegation zone in 15th position. —Reuters Friday 47 Sports Friday, January 19, 2018 Missed Messi penalty costs Barca in cup derby defeat

Costa strike not enough as Sevilla down Atletico

MADRID: Lionel Messi missed a penalty as Es- “This victory is important for the history of panyol struck in the dying moments to consign the club and to break down all those walls,” said Barcelona to their first defeat since August, 1-0 Espanyol coach Quique Sanchez Flores. “It was in the first leg of the Copa del Rey quarter-finals telling how long ago it had been since we’d won on Wednesday. Oscar Melendo slotted home a against Barcelona, now the counter is back zero neat finish with two minutes remaining of a tem- and we’re immensely happy about that.” peramental derby cup tie, racing onto Marc Navarro’s low cross to punish Messi for missing ATLETICO STUNNED a 62nd-minute penalty Diego Costa’s third and send the home goal in four matches crowd into raptures. wasn’t enough for “We knew this day Atletico Madrid as would come, we tried to We knew Sevilla twice scored late delay it as much as pos- to stun their hosts 2-1 in sible but it couldn’t be this day the first leg at the Wanda today,” said Sergio Bus- Metropolitano. Costa quets after the match. would come struck for dominant “The good thing is that Atletico on his first ap- we have the second leg pearance since being to try to mount a come- sent off for wildly cele- back. We are lucky to have that game at home, brating his last goal, in a 2-0 league win against and we will have to win whatever happens.” Getafe, this one a superb first-time shot past In a match of few chances Barca’s penalty, Sevilla keeper Sergio Rico after the ball rico- CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT: Espanyol’s defender Didac Vila (L) and Espanyol’s goalkeeper Diego Lopez which came after a foul on Sergi Roberto, looked cheted to him in the 73rd minute. (R) vie with Barcelona’s defender Gerard Pique during the Spanish ‘Copa del Rey’ (King’s cup) quar- to be the decisive moment for the away side, but However Sevilla grabbed a hugely fortunate ter-final first leg football match between RCD Espanyol and FC Barcelona at†the RCDE Stadium in Cor- Espanyol keeper Diego Lopez dived superbly to and barely deserved equaliser seven minutes nella de Llobregat . — AFP his left to push Messi’s powerful shot wide. later when a speculative cross deflected off Navarro then came close to giving the hosts Atletico defender Lucas Hernandez and was the lead in the 83rd minute with a dipping free- then inexplicably pushed into his own net by minutes from time, Joaquin Correa racing on to in 17th place in La Liga and are just two points kick that forced an excellent save from Jasper keeper Miguel Angel Moya. Wissam Ben Yedder’s knock-on and tucking a above the relegation zone, but Goncalo Guedes Cillessen, before five minutes later setting up the New Sevilla coach Vincenzo Montella sealed fine finish past Moya. and Rodrigo scored in nine second-half minutes goal that gave Espanyol their first win over his third win since arriving in Spain-all of coming Valencia came close to being shocked at their to overturn Ruben Sobrino’s 66th-minute opener Barcelona in nearly nine years. them in the cup-with a much better goal two Mestalla stadium by Alaves, who are languishing for the away side. — AFP

would also likely involve a £20 million sign- Man Utd set to ing-on fee and a £10 million agent’s fee. The Sun reports however that Arsenal could still make Sanchez refuse to allow Sanchez to leave if they do Kuwait jumps 15 not find a replacement. However, Arsenal manager Arsene highest-paid Wenger at yesterday’s press conference said spots in latest the deal was probably going to be done. “I worked on transfers for 30 years so it is likely EPL player to happen but at any moment or minute FIFA ranking things can break down,” said Wenger. “As long as it’s not over the line you have to ac- LONDON: Manchester United are set to cept it may not happen. KUWAIT: Kuwait jumped 15 spots in the FIFA land Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal by making These kind of things are not guaranteed.” ranking following its participation in the 23rd Ara- him the Premier League’s highest paid player, Wenger, whose failure to keep key players bian Gulf Cup after its ban was lifted. The first according to several reports yesterday. The and perceived inability to replace them with FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking of 2018 ranks Chilean striker would earn between 400,000 similarly talented stars has seen support Kuwait in the 174th position, up from 189 in the and 500,000 pounds ($555,000 and drain away amidst sections of the club’s sup- previous ranking. The 15-spot leap is the biggest $690,000) a week before tax by moving to porters, said he had no problem with the jump in the latest FIFA ranking. Old Trafford, according to The Sun, the Daily amounts being mentioned in the press of Germany remain at the summit of a static top Telegraph and other newspapers. what United were prepared to pay two-time ten, while Iceland (20, up 2) are the only team to The 29-year-old’s wage demands are said Copa America winner Sanchez. “I respect enter the top 20, with the Netherlands (21, down 1) KUWAIT: Kuwaiti striker Abdullah Al-Buraiki re- to have scared off Manchester City and United because they generate the money dropping out. Croatia (15th, up 2) also made some acts after scoring a goal during the 23rd Ara- Chelsea, leaving United as his main suitors. they pay by their own resources,” said ground, and there were more substantial rises fur- bian Gulf Cup which concluded in Kuwait two The Daily Telegraph reported that United Wenger, who revealed German star Mesut ther down the order. Tunisia (23rd, up 4), for exam- weeks ago. — AFP have offered Sanchez a four-and-a-half-year Ozil would not be joining Sanchez in quitting ple, built on the gains made during their successful contract and he would move for a £30 million North London.”United is a club very well FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, while transfer fee it is relatively low because he managed financially and of course on the Kuwait, Sudan (124, up 12), and El Salvador (90, up (75, up 5) all reached their best-ever Ranking po- could leave for free at the end of the summer. pitch so that’s why I don’t have any problem 10) all registered double-digit jumps. Chinese sitions. The next FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking The deal for the former Barcelona player with the money they pay.” — AFP Taipei (134, up 1), Lebanon (84, up 1), and Palestine will be published on 15 February 2018. Established 1961 h i il i h bi lf

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