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NEW YORK: A generic photo taken during a video game tournament in Long Island City, New York. The picture was used for illustrative purposes only. — AFP Gaming industry in Kuwait: Possibility or pipe-dream? See Pages 3 2 Friday Local Friday, September 21, 2018

We are not weak

figurines from stereoscopic images. Some people were change people’s religion and beliefs. I am really surprised Local Spotlight angered and labeled them as “idols”. by the extremism that some people have here. Frankly, I do There have been several opinions about the matter. not see such models having a potential spiritual effect, and Some said it is a devilish way to deprive people from Islam concerns of idolatry are mere speculations. Moreover, if and lead them away from worshiping Allah and towards this topic wasn’t on social media, not many people would By Muna Al-Fuzai becoming infidels. Others expressed concern over the pos- even think about it. But in Kuwait as usual, every week sibility of its effects on people, if not now, then maybe in a there is a new controversy on social media. [email protected] few years’ time. This subject was not important to me, but what both- Some people including MP Ahmad Al-Fadhl clearly stat- ered me was the attempt by some to emphasize that such ed that it is trivial to even consider or assume that anyone figurines will lead to idolatry. Why are we Muslims por- new print shop for manufacturing and selling high- would change their religion due to a colorful figurine. He trayed as weak in our faith? Who will change our religion tech figurines caused a ruckus in Kuwait between promised to take a “serious stand in the parliament” to stop just for the sake of a statue? We travel to many countries AIslamist activists and liberals. Some called it “the what he called a “vicious attack” on the products of the around the world and may happen to stay in a hotel that manufacturing of idols”, over which there is a dispute company, pointing out that ignorance is leading some mem- has a bar or casino, for example. Does this mean that you between scholars on its permissibility. Messages were bers of the Municipal Council and the National Assembly to will rush to it just because of its presence there? It is extensively circulated on social media following a report such actions. unfortunate that some insist on portraying Muslims as hav- about a shop in Kuwait that made high-tech 3-D human I wonder why some people think that such items could ing no logic and no minds…

Book bans and the challenge for activists

By Ahmad Jabr KUWAIT: Activists gathered at Kuwait’s early a hundred activists and book enthusiasts gath- Irada Square on September 15 to ered recently in Kuwait City to protest the govern- protest censorship and the banning of Nment’s ‘strict censorship’ that has reportedly resulted books in KuwaIt. It was the second in the banning of around 4,000 books from entering Kuwait protest in two weeks. between 2003 and 2007. The protesters’ demands were clear: — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat the government must respect the readers’ right to choose the books they want to read, and stop playing the role of a guardian who decides what kind of publications that the public should or should not have access to. Held at the iconic Irada Square that is situated just outside the National Assembly, the gathering was meant to send a message to lawmakers that they needed to act in order to pro- tect citizens’ rights. Perhaps to the surprise of few, the protest generated little to no reaction from the elected parliament. The government usually bans books that contain material deemed offensive or controversial, or discuss sensitive subjects that might entice public outcry, or worse, instigation. There is a special department at the Ministry of Information where staff members review publications pending entrance to Kuwait, and decide which books match the requirements and those that do not. In some cases, books are banned after MPs exert pressure on the Information Ministry, often forcing the minister to make a politically-motivated decision to order ministry officials to ban a publication, thus avoiding parliamentary criticism. The ban process follows a criteria set by rules and laws that were mostly prepared and passed in the National Assembly. While it is normal for politicians in the government or par- memorize the information handed over to them, and regurgi- Article 7 of law number 3 for the year 2006 on press and pub- liament to make politically-motivated decisions, the relatively tate memorized information during test time. lications states that “it shall be permitted to enter, circulate, or lackluster public response to the protest is what the organizers No surprise that students educated in this system fail to sell the prints that are imported from abroad after obtaining and freedom of choice advocates should really be alarmed by. value reading or understand its benefits. permission from the competent ministry and after checking At least compared to other topics of public interest such as Perhaps protestors should shift their focus to calling for an their contents regarding the prohibited contents in accordance demands for creating more public sector jobs for unemployed overhaul of Kuwait’s education system and integrating more with the articles stipulated under section three of this law.” citizens, granting more financial privileges and reducing the flexible curricula that encourage students to seek knowledge Subjects banned under section three include criticizing the retirement age, the call for more intellectual freedom remains through reading and research. While calls for developing edu- Amir, insulting religious figures and insulting public morals or further down the list of public priorities in Kuwait. cation are not new in Kuwait, most of the demands and subse- instigating to violate the public order. There are many factors that make this sad truth a reality, quent governmental action have so far been focused on The Information Ministry bans books for a variety of rea- perhaps the most glaring of which is the lack of curricula in the improving school infrastructure and quality of teachers hired sons, some social and cultural and others political. It may take education system that encourage a student to read and do from abroad. And while those two factors are important, they a preemptive decision, banning a book it deems unacceptable proper research. In most cases, a student in Kuwait is only pale in comparison to the curricula itself which has generally to avoid scrutiny or controversy. required to ‘memorize’ the information mentioned in their text- remained unchained for generations. It may also ban a previously allowed book after public out- books which are provided by the Ministry of Education. In Achieving an overhaul of such magnitude is not easy, and it cry or parliamentary inquiry. For example, Islamist MP Dr class, a teacher is required and expected to provide an expla- is a process that surely requires a lot of time, effort and Waleed Al-Tabtabei questioned the ministry over the Arabic nation only for the information mentioned in the textbook. A patience. But once that change in educational system is novel ‘Subartu’ by novelist Abdulhalim Yousef which was ini- teacher is obliged to strictly follow the curriculum, otherwise achieved, there will be more people who demand more reading tially allowed into Kuwait. Following this questioning, the they can risk facing criticism or even punishment for ‘going freedoms. Eventually, their voices will grow stronger, at which Information Ministry investigated the book and ultimately outside the textbook’, even in simple cases such as asking stu- point politicians will have no other choice but to listen. banned it, because as Information Minister Mohammad Al- dents to do online research regarding a certain topic. Until then, activists can stage as many sit-ins and protests Jabri said, the book “contained words and suggestions that are Throughout their entire educational process, students in the as they want, yet decision-makers will have limited interest in a contrary to Islamic teachings and public morals.” Arabic system - both public and private - are required to cause so sparsely supported. Friday 3 L o c a l Friday, September 21, 2018 Gaming industry in Kuwait: Possibility or pipe-dream? By Aakash Bakaya come more than just a consumer of gaming and actually take the reins of f you were to tell me 10 years ago game development? that Poland would be the home of For that to realistically happen, you Ione of the most critically-acclaimed would obviously need investment. games of the decade and the most an- Kuwait has lagged behind other coun- ticipated game of the last five years, I tries in the region when it comes to sta- would have laughed. Today both are a ble investment in other artistic fields like reality. For the uninitiated, I’m talking film, for example. But unlike film, I would about ‘The Witcher 3’ and the upcom- argue game development is much safer ing ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ from Polish game in terms of return on investment. Yes the studio CD Projekt Red. cost to publish and promote a game has A new trend that has shaped the steadily risen over the years but the gaming industry over the last few years channels to sell them have expanded is the growth of successful video game and diversified exponentially. Steam, development in unexpected places like GOG, Humble Bundle are just a few on- Poland, as well as Belgium, Czech Re- line stores publishers are using to sell public and India. their games, of course the mobile mar- The traditional gaming powerhouses ket stores are readily available in peo- - United States, Japan and to a lesser ple’s pockets everywhere. No it is not a extent the UK - are still home to the guaranteed money-maker by any biggest and most popular gaming stu- means but in a financially affluent coun- dios. But there’s been a major change try like Kuwait, risky business endeav- even there. With the advent of crowd ors are a dime a dozen. funding websites like Kickstarter, cre- ators and artists both old and new are Cogs in the machine getting the opportunity to fund their So say theoretically money isn’t an own projects and make a name for issue - what would be the next step? themselves. Titles like “Divinity: Original Like with any artistic or creative en- Sin 2”, “Pillars of Eternity” and “Darkest deavor, you would need to attract the Dungeon” are just a few examples of talent. For simplicity sake, I’ll divide the games that were developed purely on required talent into three distinct parts. the talents of the creators and the back- First you’ll need a programmer who will ing of a dedicated fan-base. create and handle all the background So the question that’s been poised coding needed to get a game working. to me is this: “What would it take for a Then you would need a conceptual country like Kuwait to get into the artist, someone to design the game and video game development industry?” As make it stand out. Finally a director is far-fetched as that might sound, the required to give vision and guidance in idea may actually have some potential order to fully realize the project. - both in an artistic sense and a busi- There are several other elements to ness one. Also since there’s approxi- game development but these three are mately zero progress for it at the some of the main cogs in the machine. moment, the only direction it could pos- Ideally though they would be hired as a sibly go is up. team but there have been massively successful games that have even less Reaching the mainstream than three people behind it (if you’re in- The popularity of video games is terested, ‘Stardew Valley’ and ‘Under- fast growing in the region, especially in tale’ were both made by just one Saudi Arabia and UAE. In Jeddah last person). Technology has allowed video week, ‘Gamer Con’ brought developers game development to be extremely and gamers together for a very suc- flexible and it is no longer the closed- cessful convention that revolved around off garden it once was. gaming culture and the ardent artists The possibilities are certainly there behind them. While in UAE, for those interested in game design in ‘BleedingEdge Studios’ has released Kuwait like it is in many other countries over 30+ games on Android and iOS all over the world. This year’s “Kingdom over a two year span. Kuwait hasn’t Come: Deliverance” was a game set in been left out completely either. 14th century Bohemia (modern day This year’s ‘Comic Con’ in Kuwait Czech Republic) and the studio behind was the biggest iteration of the conven- it put tremendous effort into recreating tion with a slew of gaming celebrities that era as a showcase of their history. attending which included Nolan North It was a huge success and got a global (the voice behind some of gaming’s audience interested in a time period most iconic characters) and Katsuhiro and place they probably never knew Harada (the lead creator of Tekken, a existed. So what is stopping someone massive fighting game franchise). I at- to create a game based around the Gulf tended Comic Con Kuwait and was War (something like ‘This War Is Mine’) pleasantly surprised at the size in terms or maybe even on other unique aspects of the event and the number of atten- of Kuwait or the Gulf region? As the dees. It really showcased how main- stigma surrounding gaming as a whole stream gaming as become. But could improves hopefully we’ll see Kuwait such events translate into an actual local and the rest of the Gulf make a signifi- gaming industry? Could Kuwait be- cant mark on it as well. 4 Friday Local Friday, September 21, 2018 A day in the life of a librarian in Kuwait

Only a handful of visitors utilize Kuwait’s public library in Khaldiya despite regular social events, lots of books and plenty of space to study. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

By Nawara Fattahova 9:00 pm, and this is when I come to work. The work is easy, and I just wait for visitors to come. t’s a common refrain that people in Kuwait When someone requests a book, I help them find don’t read, and modern technology has exac- it. Over time, I have learnt the location of all kinds Ierbated the matter. Yet there are dozens of of books,” Sayegh said. public libraries scattered throughout the coun- About 30,000 books are available at the try, mostly in the Kuwaiti neighborhoods. They Khaldiya Library. “The majority of our books are still open every day during the week, though few in Arabic, but there some English books too. We receive many visitors. At some libraries, if there also have periodicals and magazines, and a chil- are no social activities, some days see fewer than dren’s room with various books for kids. Unfortu- four visitors. nately, most of our books are old, as we haven’t Yousef Al-Sayegh, a 27-year-old librarian who received any new books since I started working has been in this job for over two years, is satisfied here. Also, not all books are the same in all libraries. with his work at the Khaldiya Library. “Although Recently, we started indexing, so we will be able to I’m not a huge fan of reading, I enjoy my work check where a certain book is. Libraries have also here. I benefit from the cultural activities held here started replacing books, so we expect to receive presented by professors and teachers from the many new books soon,” he pointed out. university and other institutes that have lots of The majority of visitors are students. “During useful information from different fields,” he told the school year, we have more visitors as students Kuwait Times. come to do research at the library, while during The Khaldiya Library is open Sunday to summer, the number of visitors is less. Also, at the Thursday in two shifts. The staff working during end of the summer vacation, teachers come to the morning shift from 8:00 am to 2:30 pm is dif- prepare for the school year. Sometimes we also Kids corner at the Khaldiya library. ferent from that working in the evening. “The li- have elderly people visiting the library to read,” brary reopens in the evening from 4:00 pm till Sayegh noted.

Friday 5 Local Friday, September 21, 2018 Few visitors, “ “ lots of time to read

Saud Abdulaziz at the library.

People can also borrow books to take home. smooth here. I’m happy with my job, but my only “The borrowing period is for two weeks. They problem is the salary. I have a bachelor’s degree in pay a KD 5 deposit, and if they don’t return after library sciences and information, but my salary is two weeks, we call them. If they ignore the call much lower than employees in other ministries who and don’t come in a few days, then we just take hold lesser degrees. This is why most of my class- the deposit. But during my two years of working mates refused to work in this field. I only get a KD here, I haven’t faced such a situation. We also 10 pay rise annually. So now I’m looking for a part- scan the borrower’s civil ID and take their con- time job in the morning to boost my income. Also, tact details. Most of the books have only one good relations with my boss - the director of this copy, and a few are available in two copies,” ex- library Manal Al-Suqoubi - has made me feel com- plained Sayegh. fortable in this job,” he concluded. The average number of visitor is around seven His colleague Saud Abdulaziz, a 24-year-old li- daily during the school year, while it’s around four brarian, joined Khaldiya Library two months ago. or five during the summer vacation. Attendance is He graduated from the same faculty as Sayegh, higher during social and cultural events. “At least and he likes the work. “I love reading and books, once a week an event is held here, and we are plan- so I’m happy to work here. I have a lot of free time ning to increase their number. The events are from so I can read a lot. Now I’m learning how to clas- different fields - sociology, medicine and many oth- sify the books and about the lending process. I ap- ers,” he told Kuwait Times. preciate the great efforts of Director Suqoubi, and Sayegh hasn’t faced any problems during his my colleague Yousef, who are training me,” two years at the library. “Everything is going stressed Abdulaziz.

Tables for visitors to use. Yousef Al-Sayegh cataloging a book at the Khaldiya library.

Friday 7 Local Friday, September 21, 2018 Kuwait Airways, Higher Education ministry sign memorandum of understanding

15 percent discount for Kuwaiti students studying abroad

By Nawara Fattahova ministry highlights their interest and caring for the students,” he pointed out. KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) This is not the first cooperation between signed a memorandum of understanding with KAC and MHE. “Last year we also signed a the Ministry of Higher Education (MHE) yester- memorandum with MHE for transporting the pi- day at the KAC premises for a 15 percent dis- lots studying in aviation colleges abroad on the count of market price for the Kuwaiti students expenses of MHE. Some of them will return to studying abroad. Kuwait this year and the others will be following According to this agreement, all Kuwaiti stu- in the coming years,” added Sharhan. dents studying abroad on scholarship by the Dr Subih Al-Mikhezim, Undersecretary of Ministry of Higher Education will be entitled to MHE, noted that “there are about 23,000 stu- a 15 percent discount on market price on airline dents studying abroad on the expense of MHE, tickets to all destinations and for unlimited times around 3,000 students studying abroad on their during the year. The special promotion includes own expenses under the supervision of MHE, in electronic tickets on flights starting from Kuwait addition to around 7,000 students studying and outside Kuwait. abroad financed by other governmental institu- Abdullah Al-Sharhan, CEO of KAC, said that tions. In the future, maybe more categories of the memorandum comes as part of KAC’s plan students will be included.” to support and encourage students. “The min- Mishaal Al-Mutairi, Manager of KAC’s Oasis istry will provide us with the names of around Club, noted that Kuwait Airways will offer addi- KUWAIT: Abdullah Al-Sharhan, CEO of Kuwait Airways Corporation (left) and Dr Subih 35,000 students who will be entitled to benefit tional 2,500 free miles to students’ accounts in Al-Mikhezim, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Higher Education (right) exchange the from this promotion, and the database will be KAC’s loyalty program Oasis Club, which will be agreements after signing them yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat systematically updated. This initiative from the added gradually by 500 miles every year.

Sabah further elaborated on a case that her laws of the country to educate their people.” “The Department of Domestic Workers re- Domestic workers’ society is currently working on. “We now have She affirmed that lawyers apply the law ceives complaints from maids who demand a case for a woman called Rosela, who asked even if the complaint comes from the do- their rights,” she said. rights discussed in her sponsor to let her go after she was abused mestic worker against the sponsor. “There “Eventually, the worker obtains all his and beaten up. The sponsor put a knife on her are 51 articles of the Domestic Employment rights including salaries, compensations and own chest and told Rosela that she would hurt Law,” she noted. “Three articles discuss the even passport. However, if the worker fails to Niqashna debate herself and accuse her. This sponsor has been duties of the worker, 10 discuss the duties perform his or her duties, the sponsor in that arrested before for blinding her previous maid. of the employer, while 30 articles discuss case would not be entitled for a refund of the By Faten Omar The law has been applied, but it did not pro- the organization of offices of domestic labor big amount of money they pay to recruit the tect the next maid, like Rosela who is working recruitment.” worker. Also, we have received many baseless KUWAIT: Niqashna held a civilized debate for this woman. I think the judiciary must be Hendal explained that the law today has in and malicious cases where some workers entitled ‘Domestic workers in Kuwait; have we more rigorous and protective to workers.” fact changed to become against the sponsor. blackmail their sponsors to get money.” become modern-day slave owners?’ on Sabah noted that Kuwait has slavery prac- Wednesday at promenade culture center in the tices such as freezing the worker’s salary, tak- Promenade Mall in Hawally. Niqashna (our de- ing away their freedoms, or threatening them. bate) is a community platform for open de- She added that while there are laws that pro- bates in Kuwait that aims to tackle an array of tect domestic workers, the sponsorship sys- important social and political issues by engag- tem has been exploited by the sponsors. “How ing all members of society. is it fair for a maid who have never received The discussion opened with Sheikha Bibi her salary in 11 years? And when she com- Nasser Al-Sabah, Niqashna’s founder, head of plained, she had to settle for half of her money the Social Work Society (SWS), and an activate before they deported her.” at the forefront of fighting for the rights of the “Embassies do not provide any guideline of disenfranchised migrant workers in Kuwait. workers’ rights, and if they do, it is only in Ara- She started by explaining human trafficking, bic and English,” she further indicated. “We saying that it is the trade of humans for the pur- are now working to provide awareness of pose of forced labor, sexual slavery, or com- workers’ rights in 15 languages so that it can mercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or reach everyone. We receive approximately others. “I have been fighting for the workers’ 600 cases per month. The worker cannot reach right since 2003 and I am glad that Kuwait is the employment management office because of one of the countries that signed the agreement the language barrier.” on supporting anti-trafficking,” she said. Meanwhile, lawyer Bushra Al-Hendal ar- “The cases we face in SWS represent pure gued that workers receive their rights in slavery, where bosses force domestic workers Kuwait. “We cannot deny that there are cases to work after working hours. They use force of injustice on workers, but we cannot say that and threats against the worker, for example Kuwait is at the global level of domestic vio- threatening to report them absconding from lence,” she said. work, which can automatically turn the “Kuwait is a country of law and order. Also, worker from being a victim to a guilty per- the workers understand their rights through KUWAIT: (From left) Lawyer Bushra Al-Hendal and Sheikha Bibi Nasser Al-Sabah. son,” she added. their embassies, which are obliged to learn the — Photo by Joseph Shagra 8 Friday Local Friday, September 21, 2018 US hails Kuwait’s efforts to tackle terrorism, terror financing Finance Minister, US Ambassador discuss bilateral ties

WASHINGTON/KUWAIT: The United States added. It went on to reveal ‘continued efforts by praised the Kuwaiti government for its efforts to IS to target Kuwait.’ The report commended combat terrorism and encourage moderation. Kuwait’s hosting of a pledging conference for This includes Kuwait’s implementation of United reconstruction efforts in Iraq following Bagh- Nations Security Council sanctions on both the dad’s defeat of IS in late 2017 alongside several Islamic State and Al-Qaeda groups, and joining global anti-IS meetings. Additionally, Kuwait’s initiatives to combat the financing of terror, the mediation role in the GCC dispute between State Department said in its Country Report on Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Terrorism. Bahrain, on the one side, and Qatar, on the other, Kuwait is a member of both the Egmont was also hailed. Group and the Terrorist Financing Targeting Separately, Finance Minister Dr Nayef Al- Center (TFTC), a joint US-Gulf Cooperation Hajraf discussed yesterday with the US Am- Council initiative announced during President bassador to Kuwait Lawrence Silverman and Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia in 2017. The the economic advisor at the embassy Joseph TFTC, agreed in October, put in place 13 desig- Ribli ways of boosting cooperation between nations of individuals and entities affiliated with the two friendly countries. The Finance Min- IS and Al-Qaeda. istry said in a statement that the meeting was Kuwait also signed a counterterrorism infor- held following the visit of His Highness the mation-sharing agreement with the US during Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- strategic dialogue talks held in Washington last Sabah and the official delegation to the United year, and has been active in fostering moderation States, during which he held official talks with KUWAIT: Finance Minister Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf meets with the US Ambassador to Kuwait Lawrence and addressing violent extremism, the report US President Trump. —KUNA Silverman. —KUNA

Marwan Al-Ghanem and the acting secretary general of the Jordanian KFAED, Jordan sign Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation Ziad Obeidat signed the agreement. In a statement, Obeidat said the agreement aims to Hot, humid weather schedule Jordanian debts accumulated as a result of 17 loans. It would deal to schedule be paid off during a period of 40 years with a 15-year grace period at a one-percent interest. Obeidat thanked the KFAED, the Kuwaiti govern- during weekend ment, and people for their generosity, affirming that Jordan welcomed $300.7m debt all gestures of solidarity during periods of economic strife. KUWAIT: Humidity and heat will dominate coastal areas in Meanwhile, Ghanem lauded relations with Jordan, stressing that Kuwait during the weekend, which in general will have light to AMMAN: The Jordanian government and Kuwait Fund for Arab Eco- Kuwait would help the fellow Arab country achieve economic stability. moderate winds coming from the northwest, a Kuwaiti mete- nomic Development (KFAED) signed yesterday an agreement to sched- During the Makkah summit in June, Kuwait, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia orologist said yesterday. The weather is expected to be hot and ule debts worth $300.7 million. KFAED’s operations department director agreed to provide $2.5 billion in economic aid for Jordan. —KUNA humid today with variable light to moderate winds at speeds of 8 to 30 km/h with temperatures soaring to 44 to 46 degrees Celsius, Meteorologist Ahmad Al-Qarawi indicated. The state of the sea will witness waves of light to moderate status reach- ing 1 to 4 feet. This evening will not fare any better as the weather continues to maintain its hotness and humidity with northwestern light to moderate winds at 6 to 28 km/h. Temper- atures will reach 27 to 29 degrees Celsius while the status of the sea will witness light to moderate waves at 1 to 4 feet. Tomorrow continues the same trend, with temperatures reaching 44 to 46 degrees Celsius during the day and 26 to 28 degrees during the evening, said Qarawi. He added that the northwestern wind speed, during the day and evening, would AMMAN: KFAED’s operations department director Marwan Al-Ghanem and the acting secretary general of the Jordanian Ministry Ziad Obeidat sign the reach between 6 to 26 km/h, a similar case with the sea as it agreement. —KUNA reaches between 1 to 3 feet. —KUNA

percent compared with August 2017, said the Inflation in Central Statistical Bureau in a report released yesterday. The annual price movement in Au- gust 2018 is as follows: Food and beverage Kuwait rose 0.89 group increased by 1.40 percent, cigarette and tobacco prices by 13.51 percent, clothing and percent in August footwear decreased by 1.03 percent, housing services decreased by 0.94 percent. Mean- KUWAIT: Basic consumer prices index rose by while, household furniture prices increased by 0.89 percent in August compared to the same 2.00 percent, health group rose by 3.11 per- month last year, the monthly report of the Cen- cent, transportation increased by 1.78 percent, tral Statistical Bureau showed. The Consumer communication group by 5.12 percent, recre- Price Index (CPI) increased monthly to 113.2 ation and cultural group by 3.83 percent, Edu- by 0.09 percent, as compared to July, as a re- cation by 1.71 percent. As to the prices of sult of high prices of major groups in the move- restaurants and hotels, they climbed by 1.34 ment of the indices. Annually, consumer prices percent, and miscellaneous goods and services registered in August 2018 increased by 0.89 by 2.48 percent. —KUNA Friday 9 Local Friday, September 21, 2018 MP Hajraf says grilling against commerce minister ready

By B Izzak misusing his post to benefit a company that 10 days ago he announced he would owned by his relative. They also include grill the commerce minister and “now, the KUWAIT: Opposition MP Mubarak Al- MP Al-Humaidi Al-Subaie who accused grilling is ready and will be submitted Hajraf said yesterday that he has prepared him of filing 449 incomplete cases to the soon.” He said the grilling will primarily a grilling against Commerce and Industry court regarding a major real estate cheat- focus on the state-owned fund for pro- Minister Khaled Al-Roudhan over alleged ing case. He also accused him of other vi- moting small and medium projects for financial and administrative violations and olations in the ministry. Kuwaitis which is under the commerce that he intends to submit the grilling soon. A large number of MPs have already ministry, adding that he had already cau- He called on the minister to choose be- threatened to grill several ministers when tioned the minister over major violations tween facing the grilling in the national as- the next term opens in October with ex- by the fund. sembly or stepping down from his post. pectations of highly tense political envi- He said that when he previously made Roudhan had come under increased ronment in the country. A number of MPs the announcement for the grilling, many pressure from several lawmakers who had have also warned to grill His Highness the Kuwaiti youths conveyed many complaints threatened to grill him over a variety of al- Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak about the fund, adding that the grilling is leged violations. They include MP Riyadh Al-Sabah. for the interests of Kuwaiti youths plan- MP Mubarak Al-Hajraf Minister Khaled Al-Roudhan Al-Adasani who accused the minister of Hajraf told reporters in the assembly ning to do their own projects.

parliament, while it is possible for two MPs to join the cabinet, the Cabinet reshuffle sources noted. News in brief In the meantime, the sources believe that Commerce Minister Khaled Al-Roudhan will remain in the cabinet despite two ex- Bank armed robbery likely in first half pected grillings from MPs Mubarak Al-Hajraf and Al-Humaidi Al- Subaiee, as he would be backed by a parliamentary majority. reported yesterday of October Meanwhile the government rejects the parliamentary moves to approve the early retirement law as is. Sources said the govern- KUWAIT: A Gulf Bank branch was subjected to an ment told MPs that the proposal should be returned to the finan- armed robbery and no injuries to clients or employ- By A Saleh cial committee of the parliament to replace it with another, adding that some MPs agree with that because current one has no chance ees were recorded, the bank confirmed yesterday in KUWAIT: A cabinet reshuffle is expected to take place sometime to be passed. a post on its verified Twitter account. Necessary in the first half of October, sources said. The reshuffle is likely to measures were immediately taken and a case was happen after His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al- Housing welfare filed with concerned authorities at the Ministry of In- Mubarak Al-Sabah returns from a trip as he leaves on Monday to Housing Affairs and Services Affairs Minister Jenan Bushehri terior, the bank noted. It also expressed gratitude to chair Kuwait’s delegation to the United Nations, where he will de- issued a decision to form a committee to prepare a proposed law liver Kuwait’s speech. for housing welfare. The committee, headed by Director of Legal the Interior Ministry and security authorities for their The sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity said that Affairs Department Abdallah Al-Saqer, is to prepare an integrated quick response. His Highness the Prime Minister is still preparing the names of law for housing welfare that includes previous laws and legislative ministers who could leave the cabinet and their replacements. Ac- amendments, and to deal with any loopholes and meet the re- cording to the sources, ministers expected to leave include Social quirements of implementing plans. On the other hand, the minister Affairs Minister Hind Al-Sabeeh, Oil Minister Bakheet Al-Rashidi, said that implementation of Al-Mutlaa residential city is ongoing Girl charged in brother’s death Public Works Minister Hussam Al-Roumi, Housing Minister Jenan under special follow up, which includes daily reports by resident Bushehri. Meanwhile, Information Minister Mohammad Al-Jabri, engineers, in addition to monthly visits by Director of the Public Police arrested the sister of a Somali teenage boy the one of two elected cabinet members, could be returning to Authority for Housing Welfare Bader Al-Wuqayan. who died from a stab wound in the heart recently, and charged her with involuntary manslaughter, Al-Rai reported yesterday. While detectives handling the No labor strike case were questioning the victim’s family members, his 26-year-old sister confessed to stabbing him by mistake while they were playing, before their mother at South Mutlaa discovered the case. housing project Car stolen By Meshaal Al-Enezi

KUWAIT: Official spokeswoman of the Public Authority for Man- A citizen told Adan police that his vehicle was stolen power (PAM) Aseel Al-Mazyad commented on news regarding a after he offered it online for sale, Al-Anba reported. strike of laborers signed in the second contract of the South Mut- In his statements to police, the man said that a person laa housing project, who accused their company of failure to pay contacted him through WhatsApp, and they agreed their salaries for three months. PAM inspectors went to the facility and confirmed that the news were false as workers were assuming to meet at 1:30 am after he showed interest in buying their duties at work. The inspectors checked on the workers’ ac- the car. He said that they both agreed on the sale commodation to make sure that it meets health and safety condi- price of KD 18,000, then the suspect asked for a test tions. The authority urged employers and employees to comply drive, after which he drove off and disappeared with with the labor law to avoid punishments. Meanwhile, Deputy Di- the vehicle. The complainant described the alleged rector General for Implementation Affairs at the Public Authority for Housing Welfare Ali Al-Hubail said the authority is keen on en- thief as ‘very polite’ and ‘well dressed’. suring a smooth process of work in Mutlaa according to schedule. Hubail said that work is ongoing in the second contract in all areas, confirming that there was no strike or stoppage of work. Pigeons’ theft Education for all The cassation court ruled that education should be made avail- A citizen told Salmi police that an identified person able for all and the Ministry of Higher Education does not have broke into his farm and stole 200 pigeons worth KD the right to prevent anyone from continuing their university edu- 2,000, Al-Anba reported. The man said that the pi- cation. The ruling came in a case challenging a Ministry of Higher geons were kept in several cages, adding that the Education decision to disallow high school graduates from en- rolling in Kuwait University two years or more after obtaining KUWAIT: The accommodations provided for laborers signed in the second theft took place while the farm’s keeper was asleep. their high school degrees. contract of the South Mutlaa housing project. InternationalFRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 Giving birth in Afghanistan: Ghost properties: Cruel legacy of Venezuela’s migration crisis Inside MSF’s ‘baby factory’ Page 15 Page 17

TEHRAN: Iranian Shiite Muslims watch as they gather by a tent during the reenactment of the Battle of Karbala, in Tehran yesterday, during the annual Ashura commemorations. — AFP Jeans and chadors as Tehran marks Ashura The two settings reflect the increasingly contrast of Iran TEHRAN: A troupe acts out a scene from Islam’s at Karbala. For those watching, from pensioners vendors have served up food to passers-by for was at Aryashahr, says however such processions first century at a crowded tent in Tehran’s Grand to housewives and their children, neither the sti- decades during Ashura. But that’s not the case appeal to the younger generations. While the Bazaar, while in another part of town youths fling heat nor the fact that more than a millennia for all of Tehran. In the middle class neighbor- commemorations that older people attend might sporting tattoos and wearing torn jeans watch a has passed since Hussein’s death matter as they hood of Aryashahr, to the west of the city, many be more educational, “when it comes to our gen- procession. The two settings reflect the increas- beat their chests as a sign of grief. Many see the of the young men and women joining a late eration, the circumstances have changed” and ingly contrasting ways that people in the Iranian plays as an inspiration for their faith and the night Ashura procession sport tatoos and are many younger people don’t like them, says Hos- capital are marking Ashura — one of the holiest principles they believe Islam stands upon. Azam dressed in torn jeans and low-cut blouses — seini. “But the way someone dresses is just a mat- days in Shiite Islam which this year fell yesterday. Ardestani, a 49-year-old housekeeper, says hardly conforming to the strict Islamic dress ter of personal taste. It isn’t an indication of Ashura marks the murder of Hussein, a grand- Ashura “shows that we should only follow truth code. With police looking on, they mingle with someone’s beliefs deep down inside. Anyone can son of the Prophet Mohammed killed in the year and righteousness, and that we should be pre- ease and many strike up new friendships as mourn in their own way,” he says. 680 while refusing the Caliph Yazid’s right to pared to defend what’s righteous.” they wait for the procession to get underway. Khastou, the university professor, sees change rule the Islamic world. Every year for around two Although they aren’t widespread, such gather- as inevitable. “Just as the ceremonies today are weeks before Ashura which falls on the 10th day ‘Fight tyranny’ ings are growing and for the more traditional different from those 30 years ago, so were those of the Islamic month of Muharram, Iran under- For Sajjad Teymoori, a 28-year-old civil engi- minded they are an anathema. different from ceremonies held 60 years ago,” he goes a transformation to mourn his death, with neer, it’s a symbol of standing up to persecution. says. But while Khastou believes even the newer black flags hoisted and commemorations across “We value Imam Hussein because he gave every- Generational change ceremonies can help create cohesion among the the country. thing he had for God, to fight oppression and Ehsan Hesabi, a 34-year-old shoemaker who different strata of society, he warned about the “Every nation is kept alive by its culture, be- tyranny.” Ceremonies held in the Grand Bazaar attended the play at the bazaar, sees these new rituals losing some of their meaning. “Should liefs and rituals,” says Rahim Khastou, a lecturer are known for sticking to traditions and rigorously gatherings as the work of the enemies of Islam. there be a reduction in the dimensions of Ashura, on cultural studies at Karaj Azad University. abiding by the rules of Islam. Most of the men “They want to distance us from Imam Hussein. and should it lose its essential meaning and sub- “Ashura is one such instance that has had an watching on are dressed in plain black clothes and They want us to forget the blood he shed... The stance, then there is the potential for the ritual to defining role in the Iranian society.” The passion women are clad in full-length black chadors. enemy wants to culturally separate us from tra- become a carnival, where although the subject is play watched by hundreds of people at the A short distance away from the tent, men ditional mourning which sheds tears for Imam sorrow and grief, in practice it becomes a fun and Grand Bazaar is about Hussein and his last stand and women queue separately at stalls where Hussein.” Mehran Hosseini, a 34-year-old who recreational pastime,” he adds. — AFP Friday 11 International Friday, September 21, 2018 France’s Le Pen told to undergo psychiatric tests over IS tweets Charged with circulating violent messages

PARIS: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen for forcing a person to comply with such an expressed outrage yesterday after being or- order. The prosecutor’s office in the Paris sub- dered to undergo psychiatric tests for tweeting urb of Nanterre, where the court is located, pictures of atrocities committed by the Islamic said such tests were routine in cases involving State group. Le Pen shared the gruesome images the dissemination of violent messages. But in December 2015, a few weeks after IS jihadists there were howls of indignation from Le Pen’s killed 130 people in attacks in Paris, sparking supporters and allies nonetheless. Italy’s pow- widespread condemnation in France. erful far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini The 50-year-old leader of the National Rally tweeted his sympathy for Le Pen, along with a (formerly the National Front), who lost to Em- photograph of himself and the Frenchwoman manuel Macron in last year’s presidential vote, greeting each other, their arms outstretched was stripped of her parliamentary immunity over and faces wreathed in smiles. “A prosecutor has the pictures and charged with circulating violent ordered psychiatric tests on Marine Le Pen. messages that can be viewed by minors. Yester- There are no words. Solidarity with her and day, she tweeted copies of a court order requir- those French people who love liberty,” wrote ing her to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Salvini, whose League party is in an alliance Dated September 11, it calls for the tests to be with Le Pen’s faction. carried out “as soon as possible” to establish Rightwing eurosceptic Nicolas Dupont-Aig- whether Le Pen “is capable of understanding re- nan wondered whether the French justice system FREJUS: Leader of France’s Rassemblement National (RN) far-right political party Marine Le Pen (C) gestures marks and answering questions”. “It’s crazy,” was inspired by the Soviet Union, where political to supporters after she delivered a speech at a meeting. —AFP fumed Le Pen, herself a trained lawyer. opponents were thrown in psychiatric hospitals. “I thought I had been through it all: well, no! “Next step the gulag?” he asked in a tweet. Even For having condemned Daesh (IS) horrors in some of Le Pen’s opponents expressed misgiv- tween the jihadist group and her party. One of euros ($87,000). Another National Rally law- tweets, the ‘justice system’ is putting me through ings about the tests. the pictures showed the body of James Foley, maker, lawyer Gilbert Collard, has also been psychiatric tests! Just how far will they go?” she Her leftist nemesis Jean-Luc Melenchon, the an American journalist beheaded by the Sunni charged for tweeting pictures of IS atrocities. asked, repeating her view that it was part of a France Unbowed leader who once called Le extremists. Another showed a man in an orange The furore over the psychiatric tests government plot to discredit her. Speaking to re- Pen “half-demented”, tweeted his “total dis- jumpsuit being run over by a tank and the third comes as Le Pen attempts to rally support for porters in the halls of the National Assembly, Le agreement” with the court order. “It’s not these showed a Jordanian pilot being burned alive in her cash-strapped party ahead of European Pen said she felt “persecuted” by the state and kind of methods that will drive back the far a cage. “Daesh is this!” Le Pen wrote in a cap- elections next spring, in which she is hoping would defy the order. right,” wrote Melenchon, a fierce critic of tion, using an Arabic acronym for IS. to rebound from her presidential defeat. Last Macron, who denounced the court order as a She later deleted the picture of Foley after week, she repeated warnings that her party’s ‘I won’t go!’ “political decision”. a request from his family, saying she had been existence was at stake if it didn’t manage to “Of course I won’t go and submit myself to unaware of his identity, but she has denounced win back two million euros in subsidies this psychiatric evaluation,” she declared, dar- Party ‘risks death’ the case against her as a violation of her free- seized as part of an inquiry into claims it mis- ing the investigating magistrate to “force” her. Le Pen shared the IS images in response to dom of expression. If convicted, she faces up used millions worth of European Parliament Under French law there is no legal mechanism a French journalist who drew a comparison be- to three years in prison and a fine of 75,000 funds. —AFP

have failed, Nasrallah said. “If Israel imposes Hezbollah a war on Lebanon, it will face a fate that it never would have expected.” defies Israel, says Israel has fought several conflicts against told AFP after her release. Hezbollah, the last in 2006. The Israeli military Arab Israeli poet She added that she planned to publish a col- lection of poems and a novel on her experience believes Hezbollah has between 100,000 and has ‘precision in prison. International writers’ group PEN de- 120,000 short-range missiles and rockets, as jailed for online fended Tatour’s actions. She was “convicted for well as several hundred longer-range missiles. doing what writers do every day — we use our missiles’ Late Monday, an Israeli raid hit Syria’s north- incitement freed words to peacefully challenge injustice”, the western province of Latakia to prevent what group said. The offending verses were quoted in BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Hezbollah said yester- the Jewish state said were deliveries of ad- Hebrew in the charge sheet, but according to an day it had acquired “precision missiles” de- vanced weaponry to Hezbollah. JERUSALEM: An Arab Israeli woman jailed for English translation on the Arabic literature site spite extensive efforts by neighbor and foe Syrian air defenses downed a Russian five months for incitement to violence and sup- ArabLit, they contained the following: Israel to prevent the Shiite movement devel- military plane by mistake, killing all 15 on port for a terrorist organization in online poems “For an Arab Palestine, I will not succumb to oping this capability. “It has been done. The board. Russia also backs Syria’s government and other social media posts was released from the ‘peaceful solution,’ Never lower my flags, resistance now owns precision missiles” as militarily and it was the worst case of prison yesterday. Dareen Tatour posted a video Until I evict them from my land, Resist the set- part of its weaponry, Hezbollah chief Hassan friendly fire between the two allies since clip of herself reading her poem “Resist, my peo- tler’s robbery, And follow the caravan of martyrs.” Nasrallah said in a televised address during Moscow intervened in the conflict in 2015. ple, resist them,” in October 2015, accompanied Prosecutors said that on October 4, 2015 she also the key Shiite commemoration of Ashura. On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin by pictures of clashes between Palestinians and quoted a statement by Islamic Jihad calling for Israel this month acknowledged carrying Netanyahu said his country was “determined Israeli forces, according to authorities. “continuation of the intifada in every part of the The posts on YouTube and Facebook came out more than 200 strikes over the past 18 to stop Iranian military entrenchment in West Bank”, alleging it showed her support for as a wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence was months in war-torn Syria, where Hezbollah Syria, and the attempts by Iran, which calls the outlawed militant group. Tatour, from the erupting, including Palestinian knife attacks. Arab village of Reineh near Nazareth, was ar- fights alongside Israel’s arch-foe and Shiite for the destruction of Israel, to transfer to The 36-year-old Israeli citizen was sentenced powerhouse Iran in support of the Damascus Hezbollah lethal weaponry (to be used) rested a week later. Arab Israelis are descendants in July. She was released yesterday due to of Palestinians who remained on their land fol- regime. Israel has said it is working to stop against Israel”. Nasrallah accused the Is- time served before her conviction, she and a both Iran and Hezbollah from acquiring so- raelis of trying to kill him “day and night”. He lowing the creation of Israel in 1948.They ac- prison spokesman said. “Freedom is something count for some 17.5 percent of Israel’s population phisticated arms. “Attempts in Syria to block has lived in a secret location for decades and so sweet that I can’t even describe it,” Tatour and largely support the Palestinian cause. —AFP the way towards this (missile) capability” rarely appears in public. 12 Friday International Friday, September 21, 2018 ‘Parents’ worst nightmare’: Dutch railway collision kills four children Children involved in the crash came from three families

THE HAGUE: Four children from a Dutch daycare another when the crash happened. Gammeren centre died yesterday when a train smashed into refused to confirm that the driver had tried to their electric cart at a crossing in an accident de- stop but the brakes did not work, saying: “I can- scribed as the “worst nightmare of any parent”. A not comment on that at the moment, which is fifth child and the woman driving the vehicle were part of the inquiry”. The train, which was carry- critically injured in the accident in Oss, a town ing 57 passengers from the eastern town of Ni- near the German border around 110 kilometers jmegen to nearby Den Bosch, was equipped with southeast of the capital Amsterdam. a front-mounted video camera that will be used Police said they were investigating reports that in the investigation, officials said. Edwin Renzen, the brakes had failed on the cart, which was taking the founder of the Renzen company that makes children from daycare to school, as it approached the Stint wagons, was quoted by NOS broad- the crossing. “Today, every family is hit, and the caster as saying that “this is the worst nightmare accident leaves a big gap in families, the daycare of any parent.” centre and school,” said Wobine Buijs, the mayor “This is incomprehensible. We are parents and of Oss. The children who died were between four spent years developing the Stints ourselves. I and 11 years old, officials said. The five children in- don’t know what I can do, but I just have to go to volved in the crash came from three families, po- Oss,” he was also quoted as saying by the ANP lice chief Dianne van Gammeren said. The electric news agency. Around 3,000 Stints are in use V cart, known as a Stint, features a Segway-type throughout the Netherlands to transport around standing area for the driver at the back and a large 60,000 children weekly, according to Renzen. plastic box at the front where children sit. They are used by many daycare centers to ferry children around towns in the Netherlands, which OSS: Members of the emergency services investigate the scene of a train crash with a ‘Screamed for help’ has a huge network of bicycle paths that they can cargo bike on a rail crossing. — AFP Reports in Dutch media said the woman driv- take. Officials had earlier said that the children ing the wagon had screamed for help after some- were on a cargo bike, which is similar but smaller by the incredibly sad news from Oss where four to all families who have lost their children” The how ending up between the closed barriers of and relies on pedal power. young children have died in a horrible accident. head of the Dutch rail infrastructure firm Pro Rail the level crossing, and that children’s rucksacks “I wish everyone involved much strength with this said it was a “day of mourning and sadness.” “This could be seen flying in the air when it was hit by ‘Heavy loss’ heavy loss,” Rutte said. Queen Maxima of the is a rare blow. There will be a thorough investiga- the train. The cart had just dropped some chil- Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte tweeted Netherlands said she and King Willem-Alexander tion, and we will do our utmost to never let this dren off at a local school and was on its way to from an EU summit that he was “deeply affected “have no words” and that their “thoughts go out happen again.” — AFP

changed overnight allowing Tarasenko to claim victory. Sunday’s Russia invalidates vote was a second-round runoff after Tarasenko failed to win at least 50 percent of the vote earlier this month. French police seek ‘rigged’ vote In Moscow, electoral head Ella Pamfilova welcomed the decision, saying “there was no other way out in this situation.” Asked if she men over rape can guarantee that the next vote will be fair, she told Interfax news after protests agency: “Now only God can guarantee things.” New polls are sup- posed to take place in three months. posted online Pamfilova said Wednesday there were “serious violations” in the MOSCOW: Russian authorities yesterday cancelled the result of a vote and referred to instances of ballot-stuffing and bribes, but de- vote in an unprecedented move after claims of vote-rigging in favor nied that it was rigged in favour of the Putin-backed candidate. In a TOULOUSE: French police were searching yesterday for of a candidate backed by President Vladimir Putin triggered protests. sign of how rare official acknowledgements of vote rigging are in four men seen raping a woman outside a nightclub in south- An electoral commission in the far eastern region of Primorsky Krai Russia, the developments from Primorsky Krai — which borders ern France in videos that were shared on social media. Pros- took the decision to invalidate the results of a runoff governorship North Korea and lies on the coast of the Sea of Japan — were on the ecutors in Toulouse opened an inquiry late Wednesday for vote after the country’s election chief on Wednesday recommended front pages of the country’s top newspapers yesterday. gang rape after the 19-year-old victim confirmed she was re-running the election, citing numerous violations. It was the first An editorial in the liberal daily Vedomosti called the vote-rigging the woman in at least two videos posted first to Snapchat such case in the history of modern Russia. “the loudest election scandal in recent years,” saying that only “a and then Twitter, a source close to the inquiry told AFP. The crisis erupted after a Communist Party candidate accused a drop in the ocean” of election violations in Russia were punished by The videos of the attack prompted a wave of outrage on ruling party representative endorsed by Putin of “stealing” his victory courts. The pro-Kremlin media hailed the vote cancellation as ev- Twitter, with many users claiming to know the identities of in the vote last Sunday. The candidate of the ruling United Russia party, idence that authorities were committed to clean elections. the attackers, aged 25 to 30. “We need calm and discretion,” Andrei Tarasenko, accepted the vote annulment, saying there “have the source said when asked about the reported identifica- been too many complaints.” The Communist Party had earlier urged Rigged so blatantly on purpose? tions of the men. The local Depeche du Midi newspaper re- the authorities to call the race for its candidate Andrei Ishchenko in- But The Bell, a respected media startup run by investigative jour- ported that the rape occurred overnight Saturday in a stead of re-running it and said they would launch legal action. nalists, said, citing sources from Tarasenko’s campaign, that officials parking lot in Balma, a residential suburb east of Toulouse. rigged the vote so openly on purpose because it became clear the Local police were alerted to the attack after the videos ‘Criminal drama’ Kremlin-endorsed candidate was going to lose and asked Moscow were flagged to France’s national digital surveillance cell, and Communist Party veteran leader Gennady Zyuganov called the for help. While nearly every election in Russia is marred by claims of were already investigating Monday when a friend of the vic- local authorities, law enforcement agencies and election officials a vote-rigging, the opposition and ordinary Russians said ballot-stuff- tim told them the woman’s identity. The victim herself then “criminal gang” who had colluded to rig the vote. “You have to con- ing during the far eastern vote was especially brazen. came forward after learning the videos were circulating on duct an investigation and draw serious conclusions,” he said on According to the official results, Tarasenko won 49.55 percent of social media. Wednesday, calling the polls a “criminal drama.” the vote after a sudden surge, while Ishchenko received 48.06 per- “The way they broke me, the way they humiliated me, noth- Ishchenko, 37, said he would appeal the election commission’s de- cent. That result came despite the Communist Party candidate en- ing can relieve that. But the video, which will be shared, where cision in court and that he planned more rallies in Vladivostok, Pri- joying a five-point lead when more than 95 percent of votes were you see my body... It’s a vulnerability I’ll have to bear my entire morsky Krai’s main city. The Communist party said more than 2,000 counted. Voters across Russia are angry over rising poverty under life,” she told a local radio station Tuesday. — AFP people protested Monday. On Sunday he seemed poised to become Western sanctions and a controversial pension reform, which led to the next governor of Primorsky Krai until the results suddenly a major drop in Putin’s approval ratings. — AFP Friday 13 International Friday, September 21, 2018 Tensions rise as EU prepares for Brexit Two sticking points in the talks — must be ‘reworked’

SALZBURG: EU leaders met yesterday to pre- Irish talks pare for the final stretch of Brexit negotiations, French President Emmanuel Macron insisted after public clashes with Britain over who should Britain must still explain how it intends to avoid give ground but signs of a shift on both sides physical border checks in Ireland after leaving the over the key issue of Ireland. After pitching her EU’s single market and customs union. Both sides Brexit plan to the other European Union leaders have pledged to avoid a “hard” frontier in Ireland, over dinner on Wednesday, British Prime Minis- amid fears it could disrupt trade and upset the ter Theresa May will leave them to discuss their fragile peace on the island. Britain has put forward next steps without her yesterday. a proposal as part of its Chequers plan for post- The meeting in Salzburg, Austria, is the first Brexit trade ties, but accepts that some fallback of three summits in successive months, which plan is needed until this can be agreed. Brussels hopes will end with agreement on the The EU version of the so-called “backstop” terms of Britain’s withdrawal from the bloc set would see Northern Ireland alone continue to for March 29 next year. The Alpine summit follow many EU trade rules and regulations — began with a warning from EU Council Presi- but London says this would undermine the in- dent Donald Tusk that Britain’s offer on post- tegrity of the UK. May held one-on-one talks on Brexit trade ties and Ireland — the two sticking Thursday with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varad- points in the talks — must be “reworked”. kar, who had earlier told the BBC: “I don’t think May, who is under intense pressure from we’re any closer to a withdrawal agreement than Brexiteers back home, retorted that she had al- we were in March.” ready made compromises and it was now Brus- But there were signs of some movement, after sels’ turn. She told EU leaders that their proposal the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, SALZBURG: Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier poses at the EVP-Summit of the European to “carve away” Northern Ireland from the rest this week suggested any checks between North- Peopleís Party (EPP). — AFP of the United Kingdom, to avoid checks on the ern Ireland and the rest of the UK could be away border after Brexit, was “not credible”. from the border. May welcomed his willingness New Brexit vote on trade in goods has provoked a fierce backlash “The approaches remain very different,” to “find a new solution”, and conceded that some Both sides had been aiming for an October among eurosceptics in her Conservative party, re- Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz told re- checks were already carried out in the Irish Sea, EU summit as the deadline to reach an agree- newing speculation of a challenge to her leader- porters as he arrived for yesterday’s talks. on agricultural products. ment, to allow time for the deal to be ratified by ship. The political turmoil has sparked growing “Away from the discussion in the media, behind A senior British government official also said British and European parliaments before Brexit calls in Britain for a re-run of the 2016 Brexit vote closed doors, I have the impression that both it would bring forward a backstop proposal for in March. But with the talks deadlocked, Kurz — calls echoed by both the Maltese and Czech sides are aware that a solution can only be regulatory checks on goods crossing into and confirmed yesterday there would be a final leaders in Salzburg. However, May warned fellow found if both sides make a move towards one from Northern Ireland, raising the possibility of summit in November to clinch the deal. leaders it would not happen, nor would Britain another. “It will nevertheless still be a difficult a breakthrough. However, May repeated her Over dinner on Wednesday, May had her first consider delaying Brexit to allow more time for process.” Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier warning that Britain would never agree to any opportunity to present to fellow leaders her plan negotiations. “The UK will leave on March 29 next Bettel added: “It is an agreement, so we both “legal separation of the United Kingdom into for the post-Brexit trading relationship, which was year,” she said over dinner, adding: “The onus is have to find a compromise.” two customs territories”. published in July. Her proposal to follow EU rules now on all of us to get this deal done.” — AFP 14 Friday International Friday, September 21, 2018 Botswana fights claims of elephant poaching spree Claims led to global media attention CHOBE NATIONAL PARK: Botswana has re- babwe, showed six elephant carcasses, four of jected claims of a surge of elephant poaching which appeared to have been poached. made by a leading conservation charity and put “This is almost more than six months since it on display carcasses of animals allegedly slaugh- was killed,” said Collyer of one animal with dried, tered for ivory — some with tusks still intact. Ele- perforated skin and missing tusks. Around 20 kilo- phants Without Borders (EWB) claimed two meters away, another decomposed carcass was weeks ago that it had discovered at least 87 ele- found but when EWB led rangers to it, the tusks phant carcasses during a routine aerial survey of were still intact, suggesting it was not killed for conservation areas, suggesting a sudden spike in ivory. “The cause of the natural death could either killings in recent months. be from old age, from diseases, from starvation The claims led to global media attention and during the drought season,” said anti-poaching questions were raised about Botswana’s anti- deputy brigade commander George Bogatsu, a poaching efforts. But officials demanded to see six-year veteran of the fight against poaching. He EWB’s proof and subsequent visits to the Chobe stood next to the carcass with an assault rifle slung National Park located just 19 corpses — only six over his arm and a handgun tucked into the side of which were found to be poaching victims. pocket of his camouflage trousers. The animal was one of those counted by Elephants Without Bor- ‘Haven’t recorded any mass killing’ ders as poached. EWB said in a statement that “an “Last year, the whole year, we lost about 81 unusually high number of elephant carcasses were elephants. So I can say it’s just normal, like any seen by the survey team”. “Our current survey ad- other year, we haven’t recorded any mass killing,” heres to the highest international standards,” it said Churchill Collyer, the deputy director of the added. “There is no cemetery in the wild — ani- Department of Wildlife and National Parks. Offi- mals like elephants will take years and years to cials added that since the start of the year, a total completely disappear” from the spots where they of 63 elephants had died across the country and die, said Simon Barwabatsile, the country’s anti- that there had been no noticeable increase in ele- poaching coordinator. phant poaching. EWB had been contracted by Botswana to Around 40,000 African elephants are killed conduct aerial elephant population surveys. Be- CHOBE: Colonel George Bogatsu of Botswana Defence Force (BDF) moves near the marked every year for their tusks, according to conserva- fore concluding the work, the group’s director remaining of an elephant. — AFP tion groups. The elephants are illegally traded as Mike Chase said the survey pointed to elephant part of a multi-billion dollar industry that extends poaching on a scale “by far the largest” in Africa. He could not confirm how many weapons — Corry said he expected more reports “stirring from Africa to Asia and beyond. Botswana, which He said it coincided with the disarming of understood to be fully automatic rifles — had up panic over the increasing threat of poaching” has Africa’s largest elephant population, is on the Botswana’s rangers earlier this year. But the mil- been taken out of circulation. A group of other as groups raise cash ahead of a conference in frontline of the battle against the illicit ivory trade. itary insisted it remained ready to repel poaching wildlife conservation groups said last week that London on the illegal wildlife trade next month. This week, the country’s authorities took jour- gangs armed with high-powered rifles. Barwa- civilian rangers are still armed with “high-caliber But EWB insisted that “given the high number nalists to the vast Chobe National Park in the batsile said there had been “legal issues” about weapons, but no longer carry automatic assault of elephant carcasses seen during the survey, northeast which has more than 100,000 ele- rangers being armed with certain guns. “There’s rifles”. Some in the conservation community EWB felt it a moral and patriotic duty to imme- phants — the country’s largest concentration of been a withdrawal of some arms from the anti- have suggested that Elephants Without Borders diately report this.” “EWB’s sole concern is for the animals. Several hours spent flying over the poaching unit within the department of wildlife made such alarming claims because of “vested the wildlife and the natural heritage of our won- reserve which borders Namibia, Zambia and Zim- and national parks,” he said. interests”. Survival International’s Stephen derful country.” — AFP

residents there protested Saturday. Officials then moved Mexico official fired it to a prosecution storage facility in the city center, where it remains parked for now. News outlets broadcast footage Wednesday of the open trailer of the truck, with Trump suggested over odyssey of truck piles of bodies in black bags and a man in white boots step- ping on the bags. Sahara wall to with nearly 300 bodies Officials have said the bodies were of victims of violent crime, so under Mexican law they cannot be cremated. Au- thorities said they were looking for a longer-term solution. stem migrants GUADALAJARA: A state government in Mexico has fired a The coroner who was fired over this case, Luis Octavio prosecutor over a spectacle in which a fetid-smelling tractor Cotero, said the state government was working on a site to MADRID: Spain’s foreign minister revealed that US President Donald trailer carrying 273 bodies was driven around aimlessly for bury 800 bodies outside Guadalajara. The number of murder Trump suggested building a wall along the Sahara desert to stem the lack of room in the morgue. “I am not willing to tolerate this victims in Mexico has exploded in recent years. Since the arrival of migrants, as he plans to do on the Mexican border. “Closing kind of mistake, which shocks and horrifies public opinion,” government deployed the army to fight the country’s pow- ports is not a solution, and neither is building a wall along the Sahara said the governor of western Jalisco state, Aristoteles San- erful drug cartels in 2006, Mexico has been hit by a wave of like President Trump suggested to me recently,” Josep Borrell told a doval, as he fired prosecutor Raul Sanchez. violence that has resulted in more than 200,000 murders. lunchtime gathering this week, according to a video released by The state’s chief coroner was fired earlier in the week over Last year, the country registered a record 28,702 homicides. Spanish media. “‘Just build a wall that borders the Sahara’,” he quoted the sad drama in the state capital, Guadalajara. The bodies Mass graves are regularly discovered containing dozens Trump as telling him. “‘But do you know how big the Sahara is?’,” the were in the refrigerated truck because the morgue in Mex- or even hundreds of unidentified bodies. Nearly 4,000 such minister responded. ico’s second-largest city was full. Officials originally put the corpses have been found since 2007, according to the Na- He did not give any further details. The reported comments number of bodies at 157 but on Wednesday they raised it to tional Human Rights Commission. Some of the highest-profile come as EU leaders are locked in talks in Salzburg over how to 273. The truck was parked for two weeks at a warehouse in violence has been in Jalisco, home to the brutal Jalisco New deal with the number of migrants arriving in Europe. Spain is at a downtrodden neighborhood on the city outskirts until res- Generation Cartel. Other states hit hard by cartel violence the frontline of this issue, having overtaken Italy to become the idents complained of the stench and the flies it attracted. have also struggled with overflowing morgues in recent number one point of entry for migrants coming to Europe by sea The authorities then moved the truck to an empty lot in years, including Veracruz in the east, Guerrero in the south or by land from Africa. — AFP another poor neighborhood far from the city center, until and Chihuahua in the north. — AFP Friday 15

International Friday, September 21, 2018 Ghost properties: Cruel legacy of Venezuela’s migration crisis Deserted homes, desolate apartment blocks and stagnant markets

CARACAS: Three years ago, asphyxiated by switching on of lights at various times to ward off Venezuela’s economic meltdown, Francisco Rojas burglars. According to the United Nations, some and his wife Elena packed up four suitcases with 1.6 million Venezuelans have fled the country since the barest of essentials and walked out of their 2015 and a total of 2.3 million live abroad — some Caracas apartment. It has remained empty ever 7.5 percent of the total population of 30.6 million. since. Toothbrushes are still perched on the bath- room sink, the refrigerator runs with only ice and Buyers’ market tomato sauce inside, and the bar is empty except The Rojases were tired of the insecurity, the for a lone bottle of rum. lack of food and medicine and the inflation — Deserted homes, desolate apartment blocks predicted by the International Monetary Fund to and stagnant markets for both renters and buyers reach a staggering one million percent this year are yet another disheartening byproduct of the — that rendered their salaries practically worth- South American country’s dire economic straits, less. Hope springs eternal, though, even for those which have prompted a mass exodus. Elena, 33, who have already left. “If the situation improves, was offered a job in Ecuador and there was no we’ll see if we return to Venezuela or sell the looking back. She can now earn as much in one apartment,” said Francisco. Right now, it’s not a month as she did in four years in Caracas. sellers’ market. When the couple left Venezuela, they simply Roberto Orta, president of the Metropolitan locked the doors to the apartment rather than sell- Chamber of Real Estate in Caracas, says proper- ing it, even though the money would have helped. ties have lost 70 to 80 percent of their value over Bought for $100,000 in 2014, their home had al- the last five years. “An apartment that cost ready lost half of its value. “We wanted to see how $170,000 is worth no more than $70,000 today. CARACAS: View of the bedroom of an empty apartment. — AFP things would go. Now that we’re established, it Someone offers $50,000 and the owner prefers would be absurd to sell,” Francisco Rojas, a 28- to leave it locked,” real estate broker Carolina year-old sports journalist, told AFP from Quintero told AFP. that she and her family took off before it was too oblige proprietors to sign contracts with their ten- Guayaquil, Ecuador’s most populous city. Mariana Garcia, a 41-year-old accountant who late, worried that as international airlines shut ants of at least one year that must be extended for In Venezuela, more and more apartment blocks fled in 2017 with her husband and two children, down, they could be stranded in Venezuela. six months to three years. have turned into ghost buildings. Lights are never says her house “lost more than half its value” but According to Orta, the rental market is oper- turned on, parking spaces remain empty and mail- they held onto it. “We locked the house, (left it) Fear of squatters ating at just five percent of its potential. Carlos boxes are jammed with letters that are never intact, and left with just two suitcases,” she said As well as a reluctance to sell, homeowners who Gonzalez, president of the National Real Estate claimed. The crisis has sparked a new business — from the United States, where her husband ac- have moved abroad don’t want to rent their prop- Chamber, told AFP that “hyperinflation means it’s management of deserted homes. Such services in- cepted a job offer after first emigrating to erties for fear of being unable to reclaim them from not worth renting in bolivars,” but few people clude the payment of public services bills, repre- Ecuador. “Even if you have money, there’s nothing tenants, as authorities often prevent evictions, even have access to dollars which, since 2003, have sentation at condo meetings and even the to buy or there’s no water,” said Garcia, explaining in the case of rental contract violations. Rental laws only been available on the black market. — AFP

first round to the run-off second round three weeks later, Ibope’s Brazil’s presidential poll says they would finish level with 40 percent each. A reader who wrote in to the economic newspaper Valor summed up the campaign polarized mood with this comment: “I will never forgive Bolsonaro for forc- Pot ‘enthusiasts’ between left and right ing me to vote PT.” wanted to sample Lesser of evils? When it comes to the second round of voting it may well be a case of who voters hate the least rather than like the most. “Unless cannabis in Canada RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil looks to be charging headlong into a someone (else) bounces back, we will have an election like 1989 two-horse presidential race between the far right and the left in when Fernando Collor, a politician from an insignificant party, OTTAWA: A Toronto marketing company is looking to recruit what has been an at times surreal and unpredictable campaign. fought a duel with Lula,” and won, said Lincoln Secco, an analyst six “cannabis enthusiasts” to test strains of pot and report back But while right-wing Jair Bolsonaro and leftist Fernando Haddad and historian at the University of Sao Paulo. on their characteristics. So far, AHLOT says it has received more head opinion polls, they’re also the most hated candidates, some- The uncertainty of an election in which the initial frontrunner than 500 applications for the part-time positions — an over- thing that analyst Thomaz Favaro believes could pose a problem was languishing in jail while his main opponent recovered in hos- whelming number that is “slightly panicking” its marketing team. for the next president’s credibility. pital, shows no sign of abating. The Lula soap opera was a long The job, which is only open to Canadian adults, pays Can$50 “The fact that these options generate so much rejection can have drawn-out affair and while the 72-year-old premier from 2003- (US$39) an hour for up to 12 hours a month “to evaluate the serious consequences for the country,” said Favaro, from Control 2010 refused to give up on his bid to stand in the election, his con- best that Canada’s growers have to offer,” it said. “A self-avowed Risk consultancy. “It brings a problem of legitimacy for the next viction for accepting a seaside apartment as a bribe eventually interest in cannabis together with the ability to distinguish the government which will struggle to implement its reforms... whoever ruled him out of the running. often nuanced characteristics of different strains is desirable,” wins, he’ll come up against a lot of resistance in Congress.” Even while he tried to exhaust every appeal process available said the job posting. The selected pot “connoisseurs” will form In the latest opinion poll by Ibope, Bolsonaro led with 28 per- a “cannabis curation committee” whose advice will help deter- to him, Bolsonaro’s fate took a dark turn as he was stabbed earlier cent while Haddad climbed to second on 19 percent just a week mine which strains the company includes in sample packages after polling a mere eight, directly after his nomination by the this month by a leftwing activist while out on the campaign trail. once recreational-use pot becomes legal on October 17. Workers’ Party (PT) as their replacement candidate after former He has had two operations and remains in hospital recovering, The new hires would also be asked to write social media president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was barred from standing be- with his ability to return to the campaign trail even before the Oc- posts and appear in promotional videos for the company, as cause he is serving a 12-year prison sentence for corruption. But tober 28 second round vote looking increasingly unlikely. There’s well as attend corporate events. AHLOT itself does not produce 42 percent of respondents said they would never vote for Bol- nothing new about right versus left presidential races, particularly cannabis. Rather it has partnered with licensed grower Solace sonaro — a figure that has remained consistent amidst accusa- in Brazil, but the main protagonists are not what the country is Health to handle orders and distribute its branded products. tions of racism, sexism and homophobia against the ex-army used to. On the one hand, Bolsonaro has openly expressed admi- “The cannabis industry is one of the fastest growing industries captain over some controversial comments — while 29 percent ration for the much-hated military dictatorship from 1964-85 and in the country and come October 17th, Canadians are going to similarly reject Haddad. its use of torture, while Haddad, 55, is a virtual unknown outside be hit with a tsunami of choice,” chief executive Greg Pantelic In a further twist, should those two get through the October 7 of Sao Paulo, where he was once the mayor. — AFP said in a statement announcing the sample packs. — AFP 16 Friday International Friday, September 21, 2018 12 killed, dozens missing in new Philippine landslide

Typhoon Mangkhut pounds the nation’s north

NAGA: Twelve people were killed and dozens Upland town missing after a landslide unleashed by monsoon “There are more than 100 rescuers on the rains struck in the central Philippines yesterday, site. They are using backhoes (excavators) and inflicting more misery on the already storm-bat- other heavy equipment,” he added. Civil de- tered nation. The new tragedy comes just days fense officials in the region said landslides are after 2018’s most powerful storm, Typhoon fairly rare on Cebu, an elongated island with Mangkhut, pounded the nation’s north with low hills that did not take a direct hit from heavy winds and rain, sparking a separate land- Mangkhut. As yesterday’s search for survivors slide that left dozens dead. unfolded, efforts continued in the hunt for bod- Emergency workers in helmets and locals ies in the mining area of Itogon in the moun- with shovels rushed to search for survivors of the tainous north of the Philippines, which was the new disaster, which happened in the village of area worst hit by the typhoon. Tina-an on the popular tourist island of Cebu. Most of those killed in the storm died in Days of heavy monsoon rains caused a steep landslides in the Cordillera range, which in- slope of crumbly limestone and soil to collapse cludes Itogon and other towns in a region into at least 10 homes early yesterday when known for gold mining. many people would still have been in bed. Police said yesterday that the death toll rose “Even four-storey houses are buried,” said to 88, primarily due to corpses recovered from witness John Rhay Repuesto Echavez, who also the Itogon slide. Mangkhut swamped fields in saw the human toll of the slide. “(My neighbor) the nation’s agricultural north and smashed was crying right in front of her sister’s house. houses when it tore through at the weekend. There was nothing left, not even the rooftop was Itogon is one of the country’s oldest mining visible,” he told AFP. “Her sister’s whole family hubs, with known gold panning activity stretch- was buried.” Injured survivors were wheeled ing back to before the 17th-century Spanish into the back of ambulances and the dead were colonial conquest. Thousands of people from all laid on pews at a local church. “We have 12 dead over the country still flock to the upland town now,” civil defence spokesman Julius Regner told seeking their fortune in largely unregulated AFP, adding at least 50 people were still believed mining, which is accompanied by periodic NAGA: Residents dig amongst boulders as they search for survivors after a landslide triggered by moonson missing. deadly accidents. —AFP rains hit a village in Naga City, Cebu province in central Philippines. —AFP

us all along the path of truth,” he added, as his Malaysia ex-PM hit supporters cheered. He was released after agree- ing to post bail of 3.5 million ringgit. Mahathir, 93, lenged its long-held reputation for having a with 25 new charges who is in his second stint as premier after coming Indonesian city tolerant brand of Islam. Religious and sexual out of retirement to take on scandal-mired Najib, minorities have been subject to increasing over 1MDB scandal has ramped up probes in the 1MDB scandal and orders staff prejudice, from authorities whipping gay peo- vowed to have the ex-leader prosecuted. The raft ple in conservative Aceh province to Christian of charges filed yesterday accused Najib of re- congregations being targeted by suicide KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s ex-leader Najib ceiving vast amounts of money in a complex series to ‘pray or bombers earlier this year. Razak was hit with 25 new charges of money laun- of transactions. Many of the transfers happened Health officials in Aceh have struggled to dering and abuse of power linked to the 1MDB ahead of a hotly contested national election in roll out a child vaccination program over con- mega-scandal yesterday, including allegations hun- 2013, which Najib’s coalition won comfortably. get a new job’ cerns the medicine contains traces of pork — dreds of millions of dollars were transferred to his outlawed in Islam — while the country’s leader personal bank account. As hundreds of banner- Political blueblood JAKARTA: An Indonesian city has ordered its Joko Widodo drew criticism for picking a con- waving supporters gathered outside the Kuala Najib was first charged over 1MDB in July and Lumpur court, Najib pleaded not guilty to all top civil servants to visit their local mosque for servative Muslim cleric as his running mate in August, over allegations he pocketed money from counts, which represented the most serious in a dawn prayers or risk being sacked, underscoring next year’s presidential elections. a former unit of the fund, but the latest counts are string of charges he has faced over the alleged the growing influence of religion across the Palembang’s new rule, which started the most significant yet as they relate to key chap- looting of state fund 1MDB. world’s biggest Muslim majority country. Senior Wednesday, applies to Muslim members of its ter in the saga. For each count of abuse of power, Najib, whose shock election defeat in May bureaucrats in Palembang, co-host of last Najib faces up to 20 years in prison and for each 16,000-strong civil service although only ended his coalition’s six-decade stranglehold on month’s Asian Games, are now required to visit 1,100 senior staff will risk a sacking if they skip count of money laundering, he faces up to five power in Malaysia, was accused of abusing his po- years. When reports surfaced in 2015 that huge their local mosque at the crack of dawn — and dawn prayers. The city’s mayor plans to do sition to receive funds totally 2.3 billion ringgit sums from 1MDB flowed into Najib’s bank ac- they’ve been warned that a smartphone app was some spot checking to make sure officials ($555 million) between 2011 and 2014. The suspi- counts ahead of the poll, it dramatically ratcheted in the works to sniff out the less-than-devout. were complying until the local government cious transfers to his accounts were a key chapter up pressure on the leader and his inner circle over The order, which may be a first for Indone- launches a smartphone app to keep track of in the scandal, and Najib has previously insisted the scandal. As pressure mounted, Najib lurched sia, is aimed at helping bureaucrats better re- attendance, Sandy said. they were a donation from Saudi royalty — an ex- sharply to the right, sacking senior figures in his late to residents’ concerns while the early “If we find an official disobeying the regu- planation that was widely derided. coalition who dared criticize him and jailing polit- wake-up call could also boost productivity, lation we won’t immediately sack him. We will Allegations that Najib and his cronies pilfered ical opponents. city spokesman Amiruddin Sandy told AFP. summon him first and ask why he didn’t go to huge sums from 1MDB and spent them on every- The attorney-general later cleared Najib of any “By praying together at dawn with regular the mosque,” he said. “If you’re doing your thing from high-end real estate to artwork were a wrongdoing, saying the money was a personal do- people, we get a chance to hear from them di- prayers well then, God willing, everything else major factor in the defeat of his long-ruling coali- nation from the Saudi royal family, and closed rectly,” he said, adding that common com- will be good.” About 90 percent of Indonesia’s tion to a reformist alliance headed by Mahathir down domestic investigations. 1Malaysia Develop- plaints ranged from water not running to 260 million people follow Islam. Muslims are Mohamad. After being charged yesterday, Najib ment Berhad was set up in 2009 and overseen by broken street lights. required to pray five times a day starting from gave a defiant press conference outside court: “I Najib, with the purported aim of promoting eco- The edict comes as Indonesian society’s daybreak, but many do it alone rather than pray I will clear my name. I hope the rule of law nomic development in Malaysia, but accusations lurch toward religious conservatism has chal- going to a mosque. —AFP exists in this country. quickly mounted that it was a vehicle for the leader “We shall fight till the end and God will guide and his cronies to loot state coffers. —AFP Friday 17 International Friday, September 21, 2018 Giving birth in Afghanistan: Inside MSF’s ‘baby factory’

KHOST: The mother was admitted at 9:30 am, the Khoury, a Palestinian gynecologist who is medical birth recorded at 9:35. Women often arrive in ex- officer at the site. tremis at the Doctors Without Borders maternity If so that puts it within crying distance of the hospital in southeastern Afghanistan, one of the busiest maternity wards in the United States, where most active in the world, with more than 60 babies the Northside Hospital in Atlanta delivered 27,000 born daily. The early hours of the morning are the babies in 2016, the highest number in the country most feverish for the hospital — affectionately that year. “Here we are saving lives for free,” smiles known by the NGO as “the baby factory” — just Safia Khan, 24, the assistant manager of the mid- a stone’s throw from Pakistan’s tribal areas, in wifery team. Behind her, a young mother of twins Khost province. searches her skirts and hands her a folded ban- The Taleban are active in the region and roads knote. It is a traditional gesture of gratitude after are often dangerous after dark, so when 25-year- delivery, at times required in some hospitals but old Asmad Fahri felt her contractions begin at politely declined here. “It’s forbidden,” insists Khan. night she knew she would have to wait until day- break to begin the three-hour journey to the hos- More deadly than war pital. Finally she is resting, her infant tightly The UN and the World Bank put maternal mor- swaddled and asleep between her knees. On av- tality at around 396 deaths per 100,000 live births erage new mothers are kept in the ward for six in Afghanistan. But the figure is disputed, with ex- hours, but she has asked to leave after just three, perts pointing out it is an improbable fall from the KHOST: In this photo taken on August 9, 2018, an Afghan midwife from Doctors Without Borders (MSF) checks to ensure she reaches home before darkness falls 1,600 per 100,000 recorded in 2002. Such a de- a newly delivered baby at the MSF maternity hospital. —AFP again. Sometimes the mothers have to travel for cline would mean Afghanistan would have reached days, in pain and bleeding, over unpaved, insecure its Millennium Development Goal set by the UN roads in carts or by whatever mode of transporta- some five years early, a study published in the mortality rates in the face of these challenges they times been necessary, says Salamat Khan Man- tion they can find. In an opposite wing, the delivery medical journal the Lancet noted in 2017. The au- would need “three hospitals like MSF”, she says. dozai, a respected local figure who deals with se- tables continuously welcome newcomers. Most thors of that study say more credible figures re- curity for the hospital and has also acted as a only have time to lift the long layers of clothing leased by the Afghan government in partnership Pashtunwali community liaison. “In this rural environment, some hiding their bodies and wedge their colored veils with USAID suggest maternal mortality could still On top of war, poverty, and a galloping popu- women still prefer to give birth at home,” he notes. between their teeth, too rushed even to change be as high as 1,291 per 100,000 — meaning that lation, the medical staff face a further obstacle: the Going to hospital embarrasses them, agrees into MSF’s standard red pyjamas. giving birth is around five times more deadly for Pashtunwali, the patriarchal social code of honour Safia Khan — birth is a private matter. Dr Khoury The Khost Maternity Hospital (KMH) opened Afghan women than the conflict itself. If so, it is a that dictates life in the conservative Pashtun tribal says the hospital is aware that many women are at the end of 2012 in a medical desert in the con- staggering figure 17 years after the fall of the Tal- region where Khost lies. Under the Pashtunwali not coming to them, but adds that the families who flict-riven country with one of the highest infant iban regime, despite billions of dollars in interna- the genders must be segregated, and a woman do come do so “without hesitation”. For many, she and maternal mortality rates in the world. It was tional aid, in a country with one of the youngest, must never show her face to a stranger. adds, obstacles are not about culture, but finances an overnight success, with nearly 12,000 deliveries fastest-growing populations in the world. As such, medical staff at the hospital are exclu- — namely, paying for transportation — or safety in its first full year in 2013. By 2017 that figure had Dr Khoury says that MSF facilitates around 40 sively female, with the exception of some anaes- and security, especially at night. Women must also nearly doubled, to 23,000. This year the hospital percent of the births in Khost, which has an estimated thetists and the director of the neonatology wait until a man of the family is available to ac- is on track to deliver 24,000 babies, says Dr Rasha 1.5 million inhabitants. But to make a real dent in the department. Even so, a little persuasion has at company them, she says. —AFP

sengers were safe. Another traveler said the Air pressure mix-up pilot did not make any announcement other than that the flight would turn back to causes mass Mumbai. “I was in the business class and The nun from the southern Indian state of the oxygen mask came down suddenly. One Vatican suspends Kerala has accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal, passenger came running from the back ask- who heads the Diocese of Jalandhar, of raping bleeding on ing everyone to put on the masks,” he told her repeatedly over a period of two years. The the NDTV news network. Indian bishop bishop has not been charged, but has given in- Jet Airways flight “All the passengers were panicking, terviews denying wrongdoing and saying he those sitting at the back and who were un- accused of rape wanted to defend his name. He wrote to the Vat- MUMBAI: A cockpit mix-up left more than able to wear the masks started bleeding ican on Sunday asking to step down temporarily NEW DELHI: The Vatican has accepted a re- 30 passengers on an Indian plane bleeding from their mouths and noses.” An official as protests and calls for his arrest grew in the quest from a bishop in India to be temporarily from their ears and noses yesterday after with India’s national aviation regulator told state. “Having considered all circumstances, the the crew reportedly forgot to flick a switch relieved of his pastoral duties as police ques- Holy Father has accepted this request,” the letter the Press Trust of India the crew “forgot to tioned him for a second day over accusations regulating cabin air pressure. The Jet Air- select (the) bleed switch” to maintain the said. The case comes at a time when the Chris- ways flight to Jaipur had to turn back due that he raped a nun. In a letter seen by Reuters, tian community, which accounts for 19 percent aircraft’s cabin pressure. Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the president of the to loss in cabin pressure, the airline said, Five travelers who suffered bleeding and of the state’s population, is reeling under an ero- with travelers describing “panic” on board. Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, said sion of trust as sexual abuse cases involving the were rushed to a Mumbai hospital were suf- The plane carrying 166 passengers Pope Francis had received the bishop’s request clergy pile up. The Catholic Church faces crises fering from mild deafness that would take to be temporarily relieved of his pastoral re- landed back in Mumbai and those affected worldwide involving sexual abuse of minors by some 10 days to recover, a doctor told re- sponsibilities. The Vatican had accepted the re- members of the clergy. —Reuters were given medical attention while alterna- quest, the letter said. tive flights were arranged, Jet Airways said. porters. The incident is the latest in a string The flight crew “has been taken off sched- of embarrassing incidents for the airline, which like other Indian carriers has been uled duties pending investigation”, the dren die before age five, compared to 37 deaths in company said in a statement. People on suffering financially. In January, two Jet Air- Child deaths plague ways pilots were grounded for getting into other social groups, according to the report released board posted photos and videos of the last week. The national average for malnutrition calamity online, with one purported pas- a brawl and storming out of the cockpit India’s tribal people among children is 35 percent, while researchers found senger, Darshak Hathi, uploading footage briefly during a New Year’s Day flight from that 42 percent of indigenous children are under- on Twitter showing travellers using oxygen London to Mumbai. In view of the latest MUMBAI: India’s indigenous children are far more weight. Researchers examined health conditions for masks. scare, India’s Civil Aviation minister Suresh likely to die or suffer from malnutrition than those India’s 104 million indigenous people, and called for “Panic situation due to technical fault in Prabhu has ordered a safety audit of all air- from other communities, according to the first gov- resources to be directed specifically towards improv- @jetairways 9W 0697 going from Mumbai lines and airports, asking the report to be ernment study on health among tribal groups. Among ing healthcare and food security among the country’s to Jaipur,” he tweeted, adding that all pas- submitted within 30 days. —AFP indigenous communities, 57 out of every 1,000 chil- 705 tribal groups. —Reuters 18 Friday International Friday, September 21, 2018 Two Koreas’ leaders in a mountain show of unity Washington ready to engage immediately in negotiations SEOUL: Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in visited ately in negotiations” to achieve the North’s de- the spiritual birthplace of the Korean nation yes- nuclearization by January 2021, Pompeo added terday for a show of unity after their North- — the end of Trump’s first term. Kim was hoping South summit gave new momentum to for a second summit with Trump “at an early Pyongyang’s negotiations with Washington. The date”, Moon said in Seoul after concluding his North Korean leader on Wednesday agreed to three-day trip, adding he would take the US pres- shutter the Tongchang-ri missile-testing site in ident a message from Kim when he meets him the presence of international observers, a move himself next week. the US welcomed by saying it was ready for im- mediate talks aimed at denuclearising the North. ‘Appease Trump’ Pyongyang also said it could dismantle its The nuclear discussions had stalled after the best-known nuclear facility at Yongbyon, if the first historic summit between Trump and Kim in US takes “corresponding measures”, as Kim Singapore in June, when Kim declared his back- and the South Korean president held their third ing for denuclearisation of the peninsula but no summit this year. It is an important caveat — details were agreed. Washington and Pyongyang Moon told reporters on his return to Seoul that have subsequently sparred over what that means the US would need to “end hostile relations and how it will be achieved, with the Trump ad- with North Korea and provide security guar- ministration consistently referring to the denu- antees for the North Korean regime”. But the clearisation of North Korea specifically. declaration appeared to break the North’s log- For its part, Pyongyang — which wants a for- jam with Washington. mal declaration the 1950-53 Korean War is over President Donald Trump welcomed the move, — has condemned demands for its unilateral tweeting that Kim had “agreed to allow Nuclear disarmament as “gangster-like”. Experts remain UNDISCLOSED LOCATION: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (2nd L) and his wife Ri Sol Ju (L) inspections, subject to final negotiations”, skeptical, pointing out that closing Tongchang- pose with South Korean President Moon Jae-in (2nd R) and his wife Kim Jung-sook (R) on the adding: “Very exciting!” Secretary of State Mike ri, also known as Sohae, would have no impact top of Mount Paektu. — AFP Pompeo also praised the “important commit- on the North’s ability to manufacture rockets. ments”, saying he invited his North Korean Pyongyang has used several other locations constrain North Korea’s nuclear program.” Their agreed that the North Korean leader will visit counterpart to talk next week on the sidelines of for missile launches and has repeatedly said it main purpose, he added, was “to appease Seoul “at an early date”. It would be the first the United Nations General Assembly, and rep- has no need for further testing. Many also be- Trump, so that Moon and Kim can keep their en- such trip by a North Korean leader since the resentatives of both sides to meet “at the earliest lieve the North has other covert nuclear facili- gagement alive”. Korean War ended in an armistice, leaving the opportunity” in Vienna — home of the Interna- ties. “The North Koreans are offering gestures peninsula divided and technically still in a state tional Atomic Energy Agency. that mimic disarmament,” arms control expert Peak diplomacy of war, and Moon said the historic journey could Washington was ready to “engage immedi- Jeffrey Lewis tweeted. “They don’t meaningfully At their Pyongyang summit, Moon and Kim happen later this year. — AFP

and 1913. To loud cheers of “banzai”-the Japan- Abe vows to ese equivalent of “three cheers”-from party members, a grinning Abe said: “The battle is Rights. The court ruling on the royal insult over. Let’s build a new Japan by joining hands Thais acquitted charge said the defendants’ actions were aimed tweak pacifist and uniting.” Shinichi Nishikawa, professor of at causing damage to the arches only, the rights politics at Meiji University in Tokyo, told AFP after torching group said. constitution after that the vote was effectively a referendum on While lese majeste cases shot up under the Abe’s record that he successfully negotiated. ruling junta that seized power in Thailand in party vote win “But he can’t wholeheartedly welcome the result king portraits 2014, convictions have declined in recent as he couldn’t win overwhelmingly.” Public sup- months, suggesting a change in attitude to- port for Abe-a political thoroughbred whose BANGKOK: Six young Thais accused of set- wards the strict defamation law. “The prosecu- TOKYO: Shinzo Abe vowed yesterday to press grandfather and father both held power-has re- ting portraits of the royal family on fire have tion of 112 cases has been very low this year, to on with revising Japan’s pacifist constitution after covered after he managed to survive a series of been granted rare acquittals, their lawyer said the point that it’s nearly non-existent,” Pawinee winning a historic third term as party head that cronyism and cover-up scandals. yesteday, escaping strict royal defamation Chumsri, a lawyer for the rights group that rep- set him on course to become the country’s Reconfirmed in power, Abe will head to New charges that can carry 15 years in jail. Thailand resented the defendants, told AFP. longest-serving premier. The 63-year-old con- York this weekend to attend the UN General As- has some of the harshest royal insult legislation She added that that verdicts now trend to- servative secured 553 votes against 254 won by sembly and hold a summit with US President Don- in the world and has policed aggressively any wards acquittals or charges that carry lesser former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba, a hawk- ald Trump. Abe and Trump, who enjoy each other’s perceived slight to the ultra-rich family, whose jail time. “It’s somewhat good progress to see company on the golf course and are close diplo- portraits are plastered across billboards 112 cases are not easily prosecuted,” she said. ish self-confessed “military geek”, in a two-horse race for leader of the Liberal Democratic Party. matic allies, are expected to analyse the latest inter- around the kingdom. Yingcheep Atchanont, from the legal monitor- Korean summit as well as trade disputes between The law, known as 112, carries a maximum ing group iLaw, said there have been four ac- “I will finally embark on constitutional revi- sion, which has never been achieved in the 70 them. The premier said he would seek a face-to- sentence of 15 years per count and trials are quittals this year and no new cases. Analysts years since the end of the war, and start building face meeting with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong often shrouded in secrecy behind closed doors. say the law could be wielded differently under a new nation as we look to the future,” Abe told Un to solve the sensitive issue of Japanese citizens But the six Thais were acquitted on appeal ear- the new reign of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, reporters after his victory. He said his election kidnapped by Pyongyang in the 1970s. lier this week after being arrested in 2017 for who took the throne in 2016 after the death of had given him “strong support” to suggest Nationalist Abe has frequently voiced his allegedly vandalizing ceremonial arches bear- his much-beloved father Bhumibol Adulyadej. changes to the text, which he would submit to wish to rewrite the charter, imposed by the vic- ing pictures of the current and former king in Sulak Sivaraksa, an elderly historian who parliament at the next session, expected to take torious US occupiers, which forces the country the northeastern province of Khon Kaen. They faced the charge after questioning accounts of place in the next few weeks. to “forever renounce war” and dictates that said they had been hired to do the job. an ancient elephant battle involving monarchs, The election win hands Abe three more years armed forces will “never be maintained”. Abe in- Initially convicted in January, they still face said it was the new king’s “grace” that led to as party leader, giving him the chance of break- sists any changes would merely remove the jail terms of three to nine years for criminal as- prosecutors declining to pursue the case further. ing the record for the nation’s longest serving country’s well-equipped Self-Defense Forces sociation charges and burning the property of But many are still serving time or in self-exile premiership held by Taro Katsura, a revered from the constitutional paradox whereby they others, according to Thai Lawyers for Human after being accused of the offence. — AFP politician who served three times between 1901 should not technically exist. — AFP Friday

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Franco-Egyptian actor Gamil Ratib dies at 92 amil Ratib, an award-winning Franco- ried “Comedie Francaise” before his big break Egyptian actor whose roles as villain or came when he was cast in the American movie Garistocrat made him a household name “Trapeze” (1956) along with Hollywood stars across the Arab world, died Wednesday, state Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis. media reported. He was 92. Ratib’s acting career His career took a giant leap forward when six - he appeared in about 100 films in both French years later he played an Arab named Majid in the and Arabic - began as early as the 1940s in Cairo 1962 classic “Lawrence of Arabia.” Meanwhile, when he landed a role in an Arabic adaptation of 1967?s “Peau d’Espion” led to him being “The Three Musketeers.” His scenes, however, awarded the Legion d’Honneur de Grade de were removed because his parents objected to Chevalier. Ratib returned to his native Egypt in him taking up acting. the 1970s when his leading roles in hit movies Ratib, who died of an unspecified illness in a and TV dramas earned him celebrity status Cairo hospital, later traveled to study law and across the Arab world. His roles were mostly the economics in Paris, but that did not make him lovable villain or the pompous aristocrat who is abandon his passion for acting. He joined the sto- contemptuous of the poor and ignorant. — AP This file photo shows actor Gamil Ratib, attends a funeral in Cairo, Egypt. — AP

LeBron teams with ‘Black In a first, American picked Panther’ director for ‘Space Jam 2’ to direct next Bond film

ilmmaker Cary Joji Fukunaga will become the first American to direct a James Bond movie, its producers announced FThursday, replacing British director Danny Boyle for the sto- ried spy franchise’s 25th installment. Fukunaga, a surprise pick not among the names touted to direct Daniel Craig in his final out- ing as 007, takes over after Boyle quit the project last month over “creative differences” with the producing team. The movie will begin filming in March ahead of its worldwide US director Cary Joji Fukunaga (left), US actress Emma Stone (second release on February 14, 2020. “We are delighted to be working left), US screenwriter Patrick Somerville (second right), and US actor with Cary,” Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli and Craig an- Justin Theroux pose on the red carpet upon arrival for the world pre- nounced on Twitter. “His versatility and innovation make him an miere of the film “Maniac” in central London. — AFP excellent choice for our next James Bond adventure.” Fukunaga is best known for directing the first season of the Emmy Award- winning series “True Detective” and Netflix’s first feature film something is slightly uncanny or just not quite right, it could po- “Beasts of No Nation” starring British actor Idris Elba-long tentially disturb suspension of disbelief,” he told The New York tipped as a future 007. The director partnered with the streaming Times for a profile this month. His unexpected appointment fol- service again on “Maniac”, a hotly anticipated 10-episode series lows the surprise departure of Boyle, who won an Academy Award set for release later this year. in 2009 for “Slumdog Millionaire” and had been due to partner again with screenwriter John Hodge on the new 007 movie. ‘Suspension of disbelief’ Boyle-a longtime franchise fan who included Craig’s Bond in the In this file photo LeBron James attends the John Elliott front row during Raised in California by a Japanese-American father and opening ceremony he directed for the 2012 London Olympics-left New York Fashion Week: The Shows in New York City. — AFP Swedish-American mother, Fukunaga first gained recognition for the project dramatically in August, with the producing team citing the 2009 Spanish language film “Sin Nombre”, which depicted “creative differences”. The decision, at the start of the casting wo months ago, basketball superstar LeBron James joined the violent world of Central American gangs-and an obsessive at- process, appears to have delayed the as yet untitled film, which was the Los Angeles Lakers. Now, he’s taking on Hollywood in tention to detail that he has since become known for. “Anytime originally planned for release in Britain on October 25, 2019. — AFP Ta big way. The long-awaited sequel to “Space Jam”-the 1996 live action-animated film starring NBA legends Michael Jor- dan, Larry Bird, Charles Barkley and Patrick Ewing-is finally mov- ing forward. King James’s production company, SpringHill Entertainment, on Wednesday tweeted an image of a locker room featuring the names of James, “Black Panther” director Ryan France offers bonus to back women filmmakers Coogler as the producer and... Bugs Bunny himself as point guard. rance is to give a major cash bonus to movies made by added. “The figures oblige us to act. As it stands, only one film “I loved his vision” for “Black Panther,” James said of Coogler women in a bid to try and bring gender parity to the film in six would qualify for this subsidy.” Subsidies are a key to The Hollywood Reporter. Independent filmmaker Terence industry, its culture minister said Wednesday. Francoise motor for the film industry, particularly in Europe, where many Nance-the creator of HBO’s quirky comedy “Random Acts of Fly- F Nyssen, who helped persuade the Cannes film festival to sign are sustained by seed cash and tax write-off schemes. ness”-is tapped to direct the film for Warner Brothers. The original the 50/50 charter on gender equality earlier this year, said film featured the Looney Tunes characters-Bugs, Daffy Duck and productions that are “exemplary” on equality will get an extra Sourcing gender balance data friends-who recruit Jordan to help them win a basketball game 15 percent subsidy. The new bonus will work on a points sys- The minister is also forcing the CNC to demand that pro- against the Monstars, a team of animated alien villains who steal tem, Nyssen said, with a production seeking a subsidy from ducers hand over detailed information on the gender balance the talents of other NBA icons. “Space Jam 2” has long been ru- the French film council, the CNC, given one point for a female of their movies, and how much men and women earn. Nyssen mored, but Wednesday’s tweet made it clear the project is a go. director, scriptwriter or chief technician. has been a vocal supporter of the #MeToo and Time’s Up This is not the first time that James, who signed with the Lakers A film will have to get eight points to qualify for the extra movements that were sparked by the downfall of Hollywood in July, has dipped his toe into the acting world, but this would be cash. The measures are specifically targeted at opening up mogul Harvey Weinstein. She has also made the campaign his first starring role. He made a well-received supporting turn in technical positions to women, which have remained an almost against sexism and the underrepresentation of women in the Amy Schumer’s “Trainwreck” (2015) and has a voice role in exclusively male preserve. “When things do not change them- film industry a priority. “We cannot let the wave that rose up Warner Brothers’ animated feature “Smallfoot,” which hits US the- selves or change too slowly, we have to change them our- last year fall away,” she told a meeting of a special commission aters this week. He also produced the HBO series “The Shop,” in selves,” she said as she announced the experiment, which will of filmmakers she assembled to tackle gender equality in the which big names in the sports and entertainment worlds talked initially last for a year. “We cannot wait any longer,” Nyssen cinema. — AFP about the big issues facing America in barbershops. — AFP Friday 21

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Millennium fortune: Morocco radio ban urged for singer Han Solo jacket up accused of rape for auction in London social media campaign has been launched to ban the songs of Moroccan pop star Saad Lamjarred on the country’s Aradio stations after he was charged in France in a third case involving rape charges. The 33-year-old singer, whose hit “Lmaallem” has been viewed more than 660 million times on YouTube, was detained on Tuesday over an alleged incident in a Saint-Tropez hotel. Lamjarred, who denies the allegations, had al- ready faced rape accusations in October 2016 and April 2017. So- cial media activists have started campaigning to silence Lamjarred under the hashtags #masaktach (“we will not be silenced”) and #LamjarredOut. Arabic-language website Hesspress on Wednesday posted a caricature of the singer in vanishing black ink against a Parisian backdrop next to the slogan “Salina, salina,” (it’s over, it’s over), the title of one of his love songs. The station Radio 2M said on Twitter that it had stopped promoting Lamjarred’s songs over the latest rape charge, while Hit Radio said it would poll its listeners Saad Lamjarred to decide on whether to keep his music off the air. — AFP

In this file photo the jacket worn by Harrison Ford’s character Newcomer Shah battles with Han Solo in the ‘Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back’ film is on Thai fans nabbed for show at the Imax in central London and will be auctioned. — AFP rock big guns Arctic Monkeys he jacket worn by loveable Star Wars scoundrel Han sneaking into airport to Solo in “The Empire Strikes Back” as well as Indiana TJones’s signature fedora are among rare movie mem- for Mercury Prize orabilia going under the hammer in London yesterday. More see South Korean star than 600 costumes and props from much-adored films and television series, including Marty McFly’s hoverboard in wo Thai fans were charged with trespassing Wednes- “Back To The Future Part II”, are being auctioned by Prop day after sneaking into Bangkok’s main airport by im- Store at the BFI IMAX complex. The film memorabilia seller Tpersonating customs officials to meet South Korean has held the annual auction since 2014, and expects this movie star Lee Jong-Suk, police said. The women, whose year’s collection to fetch a record £3.5 million ($4.6 million, names were not disclosed, entered the restricted zone of 3.9 million euros). Suvarnabhumi airport on September 14 using security The big-ticket item is the jacket worn by actor Harrison passes they obtained in a risky attempt to meet the Ford as smuggler Solo to dodge asteroids and shoot at celebrity. All went according to plan until one of the women Darth Vader in “Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes detailed the derring-do exploit on Instagram, raising con- Back”. It is expected to be the highest-selling lot and fetch cerns about airport security. Thailand receives about 35 up to £1 million in the sale, which gets underway at 1100 million tourists a year and the airport is its busiest hub. GMT. “It is a relatively simple jacket,” said Brandon Camera footage shows one customs official handing the Alinger, Prop Store’s chief operating officer, explaining pair security passes and leading them to the prohibited area how “Star Wars” creator George Lucas wanted workaday- where Lee was due to arrive. “The two women are now looking clothes rather than flashy costumes that might dis- charged over transpassing while two officials are wanted tract attention. for helping them to commit the crime,” airport police chief “There’s some very cool stylized elements, like this In this file photo British singer Lily Allen poses for a photo-call before Viroj Tudso told AFP. If convicted, they face fines and pos- triple-stitch banding on the sleeves.” Alinger noted the Chanel’s 2018/2019 fall/winter collection fashion show. — AFP sible jail terms of up to five years. jacket’s grey color, explaining how getting clothes to appear One of the women facing charges had thanked her friend the correct shade of blue on film can be difficult. “This color rctic Monkeys, Noel Gallagher and Lily Allen are among the in a post for helping find the actor’s flight details and an- hasn’t changed. This is exactly what the color is for ‘The Em- heavyweight contenders for Britain’s prestigious Mercury other person for leading her to the inner departure gate. She pire Strikes Back’.” Meanwhile Ford’s fedora hat in the In- Aaward yesterday, but newcomer Nadine Shah’s pro-immi- also described the ruse, in which they wore outfits that diana Jones franchise debut “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, and gration album “Holiday Destination” is favorite to win. Post-punk made them look like customs staff, and said she was thrilled his bullwhip from 1984’s “The Temple of Doom” are also singer Shah, whose father moved to Britain from Pakistan, uses her when it worked. “I was the first person to shake hands with featured. Signed by Ford on the inner sweatband, the rab- own experiences to explore the themes of xenophobia and immi- (him),” the woman said. “I won’t wash my hands.” An airport bit-felt hat is set to sell for up to £300,000. gration, with one track closing with a chant recorded at a pro- representative said stricter rules on staff security checks The fedora was “sat upon, wrung repeatedly and treated refugee rally. “I’m so glad that that’s on there,” she told the BBC. “I would be implemented in response to the embarrassing with bleach and dust” ahead of filming to achieve a worn wanted to be very direct and I wanted people to be very aware of breach. — AFP look, according to the auction catalogue. Another hot item the context of the album.” is the hoverboard ridden by actor Michael J. Fox’s character The award is presented annually for the best album released by Marty McFly in the “Back to the Future” trilogy. The board, a British or Irish artist, according to a panel of judges. Past winners expected to fetch £30,000 to £50,000, “is outfitted with include Primal Scream, Franz Ferdinand, PJ Harvey, The xx and neon-green and pink-coloured Velcro on top, and includes grime star Skepta, with yesterday’s victor earning £25,000 a furry pink foot strap,” the catalogue says. ($33,000, 28,000 euros) as well as a likely boost in album sales. For potential buyers on a lower budget, a piece of the London rapper King Krule, who draws on punk, jazz and electron- Death Star from the “Star Wars” saga is listed at £1,000. ica, is the bookies’ second favorite for his third album “The Ooz”. Items from the “James Bond”, “The Godfather”, “Harry Pot- Sons of Kemet bagged the shortlist’s usual spot for a jazz act ter”, “Batman”, “Aliens”, “Star Trek”, “Blade”, “Tomb Raider” with their anti-monarchy album “Your Queen Is a Reptile”, and are and “Men in Black” series are also up for grabs. Other clas- also expected to be serious contenders. Sheffield rockers Arctic sic movie items available include the robe worn by Brad Monkeys, the joint second most-nominated act in the Mercury Pitt’s Tyler Durden character in “Fight Club”, a Wonka bar Prize’s history, are in the running to become only the second artist from “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” and Johnny to win the award twice with their sixth studio album “Tranquility Depp’s unique costume in “Edward Scissorhands”. Prop Base Hotel & Casino”. The band’s departure to a more laid back Store acquires its wares from movie studios, crew members sound divided critics and some fans, but the record became their and other collectors around the world. — AFP sixth consecutive number-one debut in Britain, and the country’s Lee Jong-Suk fastest-selling vinyl record in 25 years. — AFP 22 Friday Lifestyle | Fashion Friday, September 21, 2018 Alberta Ferretti’s’ soft-toned urban explorers open Milan Fashion Week

Models present creations by Alberta Ferretti during her Women’s Spring/Summer 2019 fashion show in Milan. —AFP photos

he curtain went up on Milan’s fashion knitted brassieres and short dresses in week on Wednesday with a soft- broderie anglaise. For the evening, Ferretti’s Ttoned and feminine collection girls were more mischievous, with even designed by Italy’s Alberta Ferretti with shorter black dresses, see-through pleated urban safari-inspired looks. For the next six tops and above-the-knee A-line skirts as days the Italian capital of fashion will host well as skin-tight sheer dresses. Ferretti, one more than 140 catwalks and presentations of brands of the Aeffe group which also for the spring-summer 2019 collections, includes Moschino, in June unveiled sleek attracting buyers, designers, influencers and new uniforms for the airline Alitalia. fashion addicts. Milan is the third leg of the Clothes, bags and accessories make up 4 month-long catwalk seasons that started in percent of Italy’s economy, and 10 percent New York, moved to London and wraps up of the world’s luxury goods, according to a in Paris. study by Mediobanca’s research department. Ferretti temporarily moved away from her The country’s fashion chamber CNMI esti- signature flowing and delicate long designs, mates that this year sales in Italian fashion adventuring towards looks for an innocent and and linked industries - such as jewelry, cos- fresh-looking woman, caught between adven- metics and eyewear - will grow 2.8 percent, ture and travel. An explorer wearing wide in line with 2017, to just under 90 billion trousers under cardigans tied to the waist, euros. Later on Monday, Italian luxury out- Ferretti’s 1970s-inspired safari rangers also erwear group Moncler was due to unveil strutted in flared leggings matched with field another collection of its so-called “Genius” jackets or short skirts paired with cropped project, whereby monthly product launches jackets with pockets. To the rhythm of French replace the traditional biannual catwalk and Italian music from the decade, some mod- shows. Milan’s fashion week runs until els carried loose woven straw backpacks with Monday Sept 24, with catwalk shows from leather details and wore flat sandals. fashion houses including Giorgio Armani, But Ferretti returned to her traditional Prada, Fendi, Versace, Cavalli and Dolce & looks with ruched tops, pink overalls with Gabbana. —Reuters Friday 23 Lifestyle | Fashion Friday, September 21, 2018

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Friday, September 21, 2018 Lifestyle | Music & Movies U2’s Bono and Pope discuss Irish sexual abuse crisis

ono, frontman for Irish rock band U2, met Pope tected than the victims and you could see the pain in his Francis on Wednesday and said afterwards he is an face,” Bono said. “I felt he was sincere and I think he is an Bextraordinary man who is sincere in his pain over a extraordinary man for extraordinary times”. sexual abuse crisis in Ireland. Bono and the pope spoke for Years of sexual abuse scandals have shattered the cred- more than 30 minutes at a meeting to team up the rock ibility of the Church, which four decades ago dominated star’s ONE organization, a global campaign and advocacy Irish society. In the past three years, Irish voters have organization that aims to end extreme poverty, with a approved abortion and gay marriage in referendums, defy- papal group named Scholas Occurrentes, which helps fos- ing the Vatican. Bono also said he and the pope discussed ter cooperation among schools worldwide. development issues and the pontiff’s 2015 encyclical “Having just come from Ireland, inevitably, we talked “Laudato Si,” which backed moves to defend the planet about his (being) aghast about what has happened in the from global warming and climate change and called for a Church,” Bono told reporters afterwards. During his trip to more equal distribution of the earth’s resources. “We have This handout photo taken and released by the Vatican Media, Ireland last month, Francis begged forgiveness for the mul- to re-think the wild beast that is capitalism. Although it is shows Pope Francis (right) welcoming Irish band U2 Paul David titude of abuses suffered by victims in Ireland at the hand not immoral, it is amoral and it requires our instruction and Hewson, known by his stage name Bono, prior their meeting at of the Church over decades. “I explained to him how it he (the pope) is very keen on that,” Bono said. —AFP Vatican. — AFP looks to some people that the abusers are being more pro- All-star Mary Poppins sequel flies into view

view across the grimy rooftops of London? A nanny descending to earth with a flying umbrella? Dick Van ADyke? All are present and correct in the trailer for the “Mary Poppins” reboot that was released on Tuesday. Julie Andrews, who won the 1965 Best Actress Oscar for her per- formance in the original, is replaced in “Mary Poppins Returns” by Emily Blunt as the unconventional governess who arrives as if by magic to heal a family in need of love. In the sequel, it is 1932 and the boy, Michael Banks, has grown up and, helped by his sister Jane, is bringing up children of his own, in the absence of their mother. Lin-Manuel Miranda, the rapper and composer who created The trailer gives few other clues to the plot of the musical, the acclaimed musical “Hamilton”. The movie includes mixed but showcases a stellar cast of British acting talent, including live-action and animation scenes that are reminiscent of those Ben Whishaw, Colin Firth and Julie Walters. Meryl Streep also that were cutting edge in the mid-1960s but have a retro- Actor Jack Black poses with a plaque beside his features, as does Dick Van Dyke who played the chimney charm now. The original movie was based on the children’s Hollywood Walk of Fame Star during a ceremony in sweep Bert with the so-bad-it’s-good cockney accent in the books by P.L. Travers who famously objected to Walt Disney’s Hollywood, California. — AFP original. Now 92, the trailer shows him as lithe as ever, dancing embellishments to her stories. It was a huge success and on a table. The Bert character - Jack in this film - is played by became a classic. — Reuters

Cher turns back time with album of ABBA Female empowerment, 100 years ago, at cover versions heart of ‘Colette’ olette is not your usual period drama. Beneath the aking a cameo in the “Mamma corsets and petticoats lies a turn-of-the-20th- cen- Mia!” movie sequel gave Cher a tury real life tale of feminism and gender politics that taste for the music of ABBA. Now C M is just as relevant today, the film makers say. “Colette,” open- the singer and actor is releasing an album that ing in US movie theaters today, tells the story of French nov- will feature cover versions of the Swedish elist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (Keira Knightley) who mar- pop group’s hits, and going on tour to pro- ries charming older writer Henry “Willy” Gauthier-Villars mote it. “Dancing Queen,” to be released next (Dominic West) and moves from rural France to Paris. week, features Cher’s interpretations of 10 of Under pressure, she agrees to ghostwrite for her hus- the band’s songs, including “SOS,” band what turns out to be a best-selling novel. She later “Waterloo” and “Mamma Mia.” Cher, 72, said fights him over creative ownership of the book, divorces him the idea came to her after she performed the and embarks on a shocking gay love affair with androgy- song “Fernando” for the July 2018 sequel just thought that might be a cool thing to do,” nous artist Mathilde “Missy” de Morny. Knightley, whose “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” movie, she said of the new album. Cher said she had previous historical movies include “Pride & Prejudice” and whose story is built around ABBA songs. been advised not to include versions of “The Duchess,” said she was taken aback by how current Cher played the wealthy celebrity mother ‘Mamma Mia’ and ‘Waterloo’ on the album the “Colette” script felt. “The conversations we are having in of the character played by Meryl Streep, in because the originals are so well-known. the film about gender politics and sexual politics about femi- what was the singer’s first on-screen role in “And I went, nah, I love them. I don’t care how nism are still exactly what we are having today,” the British eight years. “I did ‘Fernando’ and then I did famous they are, I’m just going to do them, actress told Reuters. “There’s something kind of tragic that a the opening to ‘Super Trouper’,” Cher told because I want to do them, because I want to hundred years later we’re still talking about this and we still Reuters Television. “Somehow, it came from be able to sing them,” she said. —Reuters haven’t figured it out,” she added. — Reuters that ... I was going to go off on vacation and I 26 Friday

Friday, September 21, 2018 Lifestyle | Food

By America’s Test Kitchen 4 garlic cloves and bring to simmer. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, 3 ounces Spanish-style chorizo sausage and cook until potatoes are almost tender, about 10 min- his Spanish-inspired seafood dish is a simple one- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil utes. Pat cod dry with paper towels and season with salt pot meal. You can substitute halibut, sea bass, or 1/4 teaspoon saffron threads and pepper. Nestle cod, skinned side down, into skillet and Thaddock for the cod in this recipe. Other varieties of 1 (8 ounce) bottle clam juice spoon some broth over top. Bring to simmer, cover, and hard, cured sausage (such as linguica) can be substituted 1 bay leaf cook until potatoes are fully tender and cod flakes apart for the Spanish chorizo; we do not recommend using fresh 4 (6- to 8 ounce) skinless cod fillets, 1 to 11/2 inches thick when gently prodded with paring knife and registers 140 chorizo. Salt and pepper F, 10 to 15 minutes. When shopping for saffron, look for dark red threads 1 lemon While cod cooks, squeeze 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Mince without any interspersion of yellow or orange threads, and Fresh parsley 2 tablespoons parsley. Carefully transfer cod to individual be prepared for some sticker shock, they don’t call it the 1 loaf rustic bread shallow bowls. Using slotted spoon, divide potatoes and most expensive spice in the world for nothing, but its dis- chorizo evenly among bowls. Discard bay leaf. Stir lemon tinctive flavor is worth it. You will need a 12-inch skillet with Preparation: juice into broth and season with salt and pepper to taste. a tight-fitting lid for this recipe. Slice potatoes 1/4 inch thick. Chop onion fine and Spoon broth over cod, sprinkle with parsley, and drizzle mince garlic. Slice chorizo into 1/4 inch-thick rounds. Heat with extra oil. Slice bread and serve with cod. Cod in saffron broth with chorizo and potatoes oil in 12 inch skillet over medium heat until shimmering. Ingredients: Add onion and chorizo and cook until onion is softened Nutrition information per serving: Servings: 4 and lightly browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in garlic and 238 calories; 109 calories from fat; 12 g fat (4 g saturated; Start to finish: 1 hour crumble saffron into skillet and cook until fragrant, about 0 g trans fats); 45 mg cholesterol; 567 mg sodium; 9 g car- 4 ounces small red potatoes 30 seconds. bohydrate; 1 g fiber; 2 g sugar; 17 g protein. 1 onion Stir in clam juice, 3/4 cup water, potatoes, and bay leaf Friday 27

Friday, September 21, 2018 Lifestyle | Food Serve chicken cutlets with tart orange sauce and olives

By Sara Moulton them onto a plate, there’ll be some concentrated juices sitting Preparation: on the bottom of the pan. To deglaze the pan and dilute the Spread out the flour on a piece of parchment on the ow that my kids are on their own and cooking for brown bits, you’ll need to add liquid, usually something acidic. counter. In a large, nonstick skillet heat the oil in a large skillet themselves, both have thanked me for passing on one Wine is traditional, but a little vinegar and/or citrus can also over medium-high heat. Season the cutlets on both sides with Ntechnique in particular: how to cook a thin piece of do the job. salt and pepper and coat them with the flour, shaking off the protein and make a pan sauce from the drippings. It is indeed Next you’ll add some chicken broth, then reduce the liquid excess before adding them to the skillet. Reduce the heat to a quick, easy and affordable skill with endless variations. It a bit before returning the cutlets to the pan to finish cooking medium and cook the chicken until lightly golden, about 2 min- also guarantees a deeply delicious entree. Consider this recipe them gently as the flour coating thickens the sauce. The last utes per side. Transfer the chicken to a plate. - chicken cutlets topped with a tart orange sauce - the tem- touch? Add some butter to enrich and thicken the sauce a trifle Add the orange juice and vinegar to the skillet and simmer plate for the technique. further. That’s it. You’ve landed a delicious entree on the table until reduced by half, scraping up the brown bits in the bottom Whenever you use it, you have to start with a thin piece of in just 30 minutes. of the pan. Add the chicken broth and olives and bring the liq- protein to ensure that it cooks quickly and evenly. Here I’ve uid to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for a few minutes. chosen thinly sliced chicken cutlets. If the only breasts avail- Sauteed Chicken Cutlets with Tart Orange Sauce and Return the chicken to the pan, along with the orange segments able at your supermarket are large and thick, bring them home, Olives and any juices from the plate and simmer very gently, turning pop them in the freezer for 30 to 40 minutes (which firms them Ingredients: the chicken over several times, for 2 to 3 minutes until it is just up) and then, very carefully, slice them in half width-wise to Start to finish: 30 minutes cooked through. Do not let the liquid boil. Transfer the chicken produce two thinner cutlets. If you’d prefer pork to chicken, Servings: 4 to 4 plates and simmer the sauce until it has thickened. Add just buy half-inch-thick boneless pork chops and trim off any 1/4 cup all-purpose flour (preferably Wondra) butter to the skillet and swirl the pan just until the butter is in- excess fat. 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil corporated. Add salt and pepper to taste and spoon the sauce Before sauteing the meat, you’ll need to dredge it in flour. 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breast cutlets, preferably over the chicken. This step prevents the meat from drying out by coating and thin sliced insulating it. (Both chicken breasts and boneless pork chops Salt and black pepper Nutrition information per serving: are very lean.) It also serves to thicken the sauce when the 1 orange, peeled and cut into sections plus 1/3 cup orange 283 calories; 109 calories from fat; 12 g fat (1 g saturated; 0 protein is added back to the pan. My flour of choice is Wondra, juice (preferably fresh) g trans fats); 83 mg cholesterol; 533 mg sodium; 13 g carbo- a venerable brand favored by my grandmother that was mag- 1/3 cup vinegar hydrates; 1 g fiber; 5 g sugar; 27 g protein. ically designed not to lump up in gravy. It also produces a nice 1 cup chicken broth light coating for the cutlets. 1/3 cup chopped pitted green olives After you’ve browned the cutlets in a little oil and moved 28 Friday

Friday, September 21, 2018 Lifestyle | Travel Seven can’t-miss experiences in Gujarat

Temples atop Shatrunjaya hill

hough many travelers pass it by en route to Mumbai or Ra- best way to tackle it is to stay in its historic heart, preferably in a of India’s richest areas for handicrafts - have perfected their craft, jasthan, Gujarat is a terrific all-rounder: Ahmedabad draws characterful hotel, such as the Deewanji Ni Haveli, House of MG creating remarkably fine textiles of superb quality. But that’s not Tyou in with its remarkable architecture and dining scene, na- or French Haveli. all. Kachchh village communities, scattered around the arid tional parks shelter unique populations of Asiatic lions and wild Foodies have their work cut out, choosing between grazing at province, also specialise in wood carving, block printing, pottery, asses, and tribal villages in the remote countryside practice their street food stalls at Ratri Bazaar, tucking into thalis at the likes of bell making and more. Using the capital of Bhuj as your spring- centuries-old crafts of weaving and embroidery. There’s a spiritual Gopi Dining Hall and exploring Gujarati cuisine at atmospheric board, you can engage the services of a knowledgeable local aspect to Gujarat as well: Gandhi’s legacy is powerful here, while sa- Vishalla. With a reliable local guide, check out the unmissable Cal- guide, such as Salim Wazir or Kuldip Gadhvi, who can tailor your cred Jain and Hindu pilgrimage sites attract streams of the devout. ico Museum of Textiles, the splendid Hutheesingh Temple, visit to the villages of Kachchh according to your interests. Gandhi’s former headquarters at Sabarmati Ashram and the im- Standout artisans include Vankar Vishram Valji, a weaver family Ahmedabad pressive Jama Mosque and Siddi Sayid’s Mosque. If you have in Bhujodi; Parmath - specialists in Ahir embroidery; Traditional The intense, bustling capital of Ahmedabad, India’s first UN- time, head out of the city to see the remarkable Modhera Sun Rogan Art in Nirona keeps alive the ancient art of rogan painting, ESCO heritage city, is likely to be your first port of call in Gujarat. Temple and the Rani-ki-Vav, the elaborate step-will in Patan. while Dr Ismail Mohammed Khatri excels at block printing using A little overwhelming at first, it blows you away with its wealth of natural dyes. The Living & Learning Design Centre Crafts Mu- centuries-old mosques, mausoleums and temples and wins you Craft villages of Kachchh seum is a superb introduction to the region’s creativity, and if over with its excellent museums and its terrific dining scene. The For centuries, the craftsmen and craftswomen of Kachchh - one you’re short of time, you can pick up superb textiles and weavings Friday 29

Friday, September 21, 2018 Lifestyle | Travel at the Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan, Kala Raksha, Shurjan and Khamir cooperatives around Bhuj. A feast of festivals Gujarati cuisine is famous across India for its lavish spices and flavors, and chefs and street-food vendors go into overdrive for the state’s many festivals. During the Navratri festival in September or October, Hindu devotees perform mass dances to honour the nine incarnations of the goddess Durga, swapping the standard Gujarati menu for special dishes made without meat or grains. The Uttarayan Kite Festival in January is another extraordinary spectacle, filling the skies over Ahmedabad and other cities with a kaleidoscope of kites, from enormous whales and tigers to tiny 1-rupee fighting kites, while food carts serve seasonal treats such as jalebi (dough swirls soaked in syrup) and undhiyu, a stew of beans, yams and other vegetables, cooked in a buried pot heated from above. In November, attention shifts to the Rann of Kachchh, as a tent city emerges from the salt plains for Rann Utsav, hosting everything from dance and music performances to delectable Kachchhi foodstuffs. Champaner & Pavagadh Few sights in Gujarat make such an indelible impression as this UNESCO Heritage Site. Even if you’re not a pilgrim looking to pay your respects to the evil-destroying goddess Kali at the Ka- likamata Temple atop the sacred volcanic hill of Pavanar, it’s well worth tackling the three-hour pilgrim trail and ropeway for the all-encompassing views from the top. Nearby, the mosques inside the ruined, centuries-old Gujarati capital of Champaner feature some of the most exquisite stonework you’re ever likely to see, with standout sites being Jami Masjid, Nagina Masjid and and Saher ki Masjid. Gir National Park This hilly, forested, 1412-sq-km sanctuary between Veraval and Junagadh is the last refuge of the Asiatic lion, best spotted be- tween December and April. In terms of conservation, Gir is a mas- The Jama Masjid at Ahmedabad is one of the largest mosques in the Indian subcontinent. It was built in 1424 CE.

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Friday, September 21, 2018 Lifestyle | Travel

Champaner & Pavagadh sive success story, with lion numbers doubling since the 1960s, so snaking their slow way up Shatrunjaya hill - one of the holiest Wild Ass Sanctuary big cat sightings are pretty much guaranteed. The only access to Jainism sites. Most walk barefoot. Older pilgrims are carried by If you come out onto the barrel plains of the Little Rann of the park is via authorized safari, booked in advance; when you’re porters. Join the pilgrims, and it’ll take you less than two hours to Kachchh at dawn, they seem to sparkle like hoarfrost, with the driven through the thick forests at dawn, if you’re lucky, you may tackle the 3300 steps leading to the spectacular temple complex sun’s rays bouncing off the salty crust. Walk on it, and it crunches spot agile chinkaras (gazelles), dainty chital (spotted deer), nilgais at the summit of the hill, where Adinath, the founder of Jainism, is underfoot like snow. One of the harshest corners of Gujarat, Little (large antelopes) and elusive jaguars. Most visitors stay in the said to have meditated beneath the rayan tree. Don’t miss the Rann comprises the Wild Ass Sanctuary, home to the last remain- wildlife lodges and hotels in and around the little town of Sasan, wonderfully detailed carvings inside the splendid Adinath Temple; ing population of the chestnut-colored khur, the Indian wild ass; such as the Asiatic Lion Lodge or the Gir Birding Lodge. For then just allow yourself to get lost in the narrow walkways and they feed on the grassy hillocks that rise up from the salt flats. The something more luxurious, there’s the newly opened eco-resort, drink in the atmosphere. The pilgrimage is particularly impressive monsoon season between November and March attracts a vast Woods at Sasan. If you haven’t secured a safari permit in advance, during the Kartik Purnima festival, when the trickle of the devout birdlife population, including flamingos. The best way to explore you can still spot lions and jaguars in the Devalia Safari Park - a becomes a flood, flowing up the arid slopes of Shatrunjaya, and the Wild Ass Sanctuary is by staying at Rann Riders, Camp Zain- small reserve within a reserve. stopping at smaller temple tunks (enclosures) to pay their re- abad or Eco Tour Camp; all camps run 4WD safaris, giving you spects along the way. the chance to spot other wildlife, such as bluebulls, blackbuck and Shatrunjaya chinkara. (www.lonelyplanet.com) Most days, you see a stream of pilgrims dressed in their finery,

An Asiatic lioness and her cub in Gir National Park. A craft village in Kachchh Friday 31

Comic Friday, September 21, 2018

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You may be facing a very emotional issue in your life today. It Afghanistan 0093 Jordan 00962 Albania 00355 may seem your desire to be respected by others is very strong. Kazakhstan 007 Algeria 00213 Kenya 00254 You may find yourself even demanding this from others today. You may find Andorra 00376 Kiribati 00686 yourself becoming very organized and structured. A strong will takes hold. You Make a plan and put it in action. The ins and outs of your daily life have become mundane. You need excitement and change. Even though plans for a getaway Angola 00244 Kuwait 00965 may discover you may not only have a knack for organizing things, but you have Anguilla 001264 Kyrgyzstan 00996 one for organizing people as well. This makes you a great leader and this quality may not go smoothly, the actual trip is just what you need to refresh and reju- venate. Your focus tends to be centered on the wants and needs of those around Antiga 001268 Laos 00856 could be acknowledged in the workplace today. Aries, your ability to work with Argentina 0054 Latvia 00371 haste and little emotion makes you a natural in a position of leadership or man- you. This is a time in your life it will be best to put yourself first. Remember you Armenia 00374 Lebanon 00961 agement. You may find that you are not as appreciative of those around you. must first take care of yourself to be able to help others. Australia 0061 Liberia 00231 You will find others looking to you for support and advice and you are just the Austria 0043 Libya 00218 one to lead them in the right direction. Bahamas 001242 Lithuania 00370 Bahrain 00973 Luxembourg 00352 Bangladesh 00880 Macau 00853 Barbados 001246 Macedonia 00389 Taurus (April 20-May 20) Scorpio (October 23-November 21) Belarus 00375 Madagascar 00261 Belgium 0032 Majorca 0034 Belize 00501 Malawi 00265 Benin 00229 Malaysia 0060 Bermuda 001441 Maldives 00960 You are able to draw the attention of all who cross paths with you today. You People sometimes wonder about the secret to your contentment. It’s not some- Bhutan 00975 Mali 00223 are captivating and intriguing. Your imagination and creativeness are in over- Bolivia 00591 Malta 00356 thing you think about. You just go about each day being helpful and kind. You Bosnia 00387 Marshall Islands 00692 drive. Your mind is working faster than your hands can create or your mouth consider being reliable a part of who you are. You are not working at being can speak. This is a very productive time for you if you can exercise patience. Botswana 00267 Martinique 00596 happy, but happiness is a by-product of your lifestyle. If you could bottle and Brazil 0055 Mauritania 00222 Your may find yourself with a strong desire for power and control. Make sure sell it, you might become financially rich. But you know that money is not the Brunei 00673 Mauritius 00230 you work to fulfill these desires in a healthy manner, Taurus. key to riches. You reap your rewards by continuing to invest in others. Bulgaria 00359 Mayotte 00269 Burkina 00226 Mexico 0052 Burundi 00257 Micronesia 00691 Cambodia 00855 Moldova 00373 Cameroon 00237 Monaco 00377 Canada 001 Mongolia 00976 Cape Verde 00238 Montserrat 001664 Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) Cayman Islands 001345 Morocco 00212 Central African Republic 00236 Mozambique 00258 Chad 00235 Myanmar (Burma) 0095 Chile 0056 Namibia 00264 You are focused and very goal oriented today. It is as if you are on a mission China 0086 Nepal 00977 Solutions to old problems and breakthroughs in the workplace seem to be falling and will let nothing stand in your way. You are motivated and determined to fix Colombia 0057 Netherlands (Holland)0031 into your lap today. This is a great day to reach new levels of success. Hard work all that is around you this not just as you think it should be. You want things your Comoros 00269 Netherlands Antilles 00599 and determination have paid off for you. You have remembered the old saying, Congo 00242 New Caledonia 00687 way and refuse to settle for less. This day reveals itself to be a perfect time to “if at first you don’t succeed...” This has brought success into your world. It is Cook Islands 00682 New Zealand 0064 spend with a lover or someone close to you as you are feeling a desire to be a great time to celebrate and reward yourself for your success. Enjoy an evening Costa Rica 00506 Nicaragua 00505 needed and admired. You will find this will fulfill your needs and leave you with of spoiling yourself. Croatia 00385 Nigar 00227 a sense of completion. Your most productive time today will be spent at home. Cuba 0053 Nigeria 00234 Cyprus 00357 Niue 00683 Cyprus (Northern) 0090392 Norfolk Island 00672 Czech Republic 00420 Northern Ireland (UK)0044 Denmark 0045 North Korea 00850 Diego Garcia 00246 Norway 0047 Cancer (June 21-July 22 Djibouti 00253 Oman 00968 ) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) Dominica 001767 Pakistan 0092 Dominican Republic 001809 Palau 00680 Ecuador 00593 Panama 00507 You may find comfort staying in and spending some time with the family and Egypt 0020 Papua New Guinea 00675 You may have been so focused lately you have been missing out on a social life. El Salvador 00503 Paraguay 00595 loved ones today. A strong sense of needing to be needed may be overwhelming Today is a great day to get out and about. Hit the town but choose your company England (UK) 0044 Peru 0051 today and you will find just what your heart desires from these loved ones. Home wisely as not to experience any conflict while doing so. Surround yourself with Equatorial Guinea 00240 Philippines 0063 is where your heart is today. Cancer, you may feel as if you are being put in a like-minded friends. Choose friends who are positive and share your love of life. Eritrea 00291 Poland 0048 position to make choices that go against your values to further your career. This You may find yourself experiencing a real spiritual awakening and the desire to Estonia 00372 Portugal 00351 Ethiopia 00251 could be a very awkward situation for you. You may see this as a very crooked share this with others. You should be pleasantly please at how receptive your Puerto Rico 001787 road to success and feel you will be ignoring much of what you love if you Falkland Islands 00500 Qatar 00974 friends are. A great day for you where the lines of communication open in all as- Faroe Islands 00298 Romania 0040 choose to follow this path. Cancer, continue to follow your heart and know you pects of your world. will always be supported by the ones you love. 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 Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) Gabon 00241 Saint Pierre 00508 Gambia 00220 Saint Vincent 001784 Georgia 00995 Samoa US 00684 You may be feeling emotionally detached from your surroundings Germany 0049 Samoa West 00685 at this time. You tend to be viewed as detached by others when you are in all reality All that sparkles may not be gold, but it sure does catch your eye. You have deep Ghana 00233 San Marino 00378 your mind is highly focused and your wheels are turning. You are fascinated by the appreciation for the beauty surrounding you and find it hard to pass by any Gibraltar 00350 Sao Tone 00239 unusual and are finding yourself lost in your thoughts. You may find it hard to focus sparkling treasure in your path. Admire it and move on Aquarius, and this could Greece 0030 Saudi Arabia 00966 in the workplace today. Today may not be the best day for important decisions in be a very good financial period for you if you can resist the urge to spend. This Greenland 00299 Scotland (UK) 0044 Grenada 001473 Senegal 00221 the work place as you have lost yourself in your thoughts. You are quick witted and may be a time of change in your life. The changes you are about to make or may Guadeloupe 00590 Seychelles 00284 be making may not be supported by those close to you. You may experience are no stranger to finding yourself having to apologize for having offended some- Guam 001671 Sierra Leone 00232 one. Bite your tongue, keep it to yourself today as this could result in a battle of conflict or major pushback. You are longing to broaden your horizons, a longing Guatemala 00502 Singapore 0065 words with someone close to you. Leo, settle in with a book tonight and give your to grow and have new experiences. Remember, Aquarius, these things cannot Guinea 00224 Slovakia 00421 mind a break from reality. This will provide a much-needed escape for you. occur without change. 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 Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) Hungary 0036 Spain 0034 Ibiza (Spain) 0034 Sri Lanka 0094 Iceland 00354 Sudan 00249 India 0091 Suriname 00597 You may find yourself speaking before you think. You are somewhat direct with You may find yourself in a bit of a conflict when it comes to balancing your Home Indian Ocean 00873 Swaziland 00268 those around you today. Your emotions seem to be in overdrive and putting on Life and work life. You may find yourself passing an opportunity by at work be- Indonesia 0062 Sweden 0046 the brakes is not an option. You desire to make a fresh start. New surroundings, cause it will interfere with time with your family. This may be a hard decision to Iran 0098 Switzerland 0041 whether this means physically or surrounding yourself with new friends seems make at this time, but the payoff with your family will be well worth it. In a time Iraq 00964 Syria 00963 to be a goal you are ready to put in motion. This is a great time to make a move. for you to make sure your priorities are straight. You have a strong appreciation Ireland 00353 Taiwan 00886 Make wise decisions you have put much thought into because these changes of your past. You are able to reflect and realize the obstacles and problems of Italy 0039 Tanzania 00255 will have a great impact on your future. You may feel a heightened sense of con- your past talk to the lessons that made you and you are today. You are able to Ivory Coast 00225 Thailand 0066 Jamaica 001876 Toga 00228 fidence and independence now. Make sure the decisions are ones you can live appreciate hardships and look at them in a more positive manner knowing you Japan 0081 Tonga 00676 with when you are back to your normal self. will come at a stronger person in the end. 34 Friday Health Friday, September 21, 2018 Removing ‘zombie’ cells deters Alzheimer’s in mice

PARIS: Eliminating dead-but-toxic cells eliminated signs of inflammation,” said senior occurring naturally in the brains of mice author Darren Baker, also from the Mayo designed to mimic Alzheimer’s slowed neu- Clinic. The mice likewise failed to develop ron damage and memory loss associated Alzheimer’s signature protein “tangles”, and with the disease, according to a study pub- retained normal brain mass. lished Wednesday that could open a new front in the fight against dementia. Keeping zombies at bay The accumulation in the body of “zom- A closer look revealed that the “zombies” bie cells” that can no longer divide but still belonged to a class of cells in the brain and cause harm to other healthy cells, a spinal cord, called glia, that provide crucial process called senescence, is common to support and insulation to neurons. all mammals. “Preventing the build-up of senescent glia Scientists have long known that these can block the cognitive decline and neuro- dead-beat cells gather in regions of the degeneration normally experienced by these brain linked to old age diseases ranging from mice,” Jay Penney and Li-Huei Tsai, both osteoarthritis and atherosclerosis to from MIT, wrote in a comment, also in Parkinson’s and dementia. Prior research had Nature. Bussian and his team duplicated the also shown that the elimination of senescent results with pharmaceuticals, suggesting that cells in ageing mice extended their healthy drugs could one day slow or block the emer- lifespan. But the new results, published in gence of Alzheimer’s by keeping these zom- Nature, are the first to demonstrate a cause- bie cells at bay. and-effect link with a specific disease, “There hasn’t been a new dementia drug Alzheimer’s, the scientists said. in 15 years, so it’s exciting to see the results But any treatments that might emerge of this promising study in mice,” said James from the research are many years down the Pickett, head of research at Alzheimer’s A new study is the first to demonstrate a cause-and-effect link between removing road, they cautioned. In experiments, a team Society in London. “zombie cells” in a mouse’s brain and a specific disease, Alzheimer’s. — AFP led by Tyler Bussian of the Mayo Clinic in For Lawrence Rajendran, deputy director Rochester, Minnesota used mice genetically of the Dementia Research Institute at King’s modified to produce the destructive, cob- College London, the findings “open up new Rajendran added. Several barriers remain Worldwide, about seven percent of peo- web-like tangles of tau protein that form in vistas for both diagnosis and therapy for before the breakthrough can be translated ple over 65 suffer from Alzheimer’s or some the neurons of Alzheimer’s patients. neurodegenerative diseases, including into a “safe, effective treatment in people,” form of dementia, a percentage that rises to The mice were also programmed to allow Alzheimer’s.” Up to now, dementia research Pickett and other said. The elderly often 40 percent above the age of 85. The number for the elimination of “zombie” cells in the has been mostly focused on the diseased have lots of harmless brain cells that look afflicted is expected to triple by 2050 to 152 same region. “When senescent cells were neurons rather than their neighboring cells. like the dangerous senescent cells a drug million, according to the World Health removed, we found that the diseased animals “It is increasingly becoming clear that would target, so the molecule would have to Organization, posing a huge challenge to retained the ability to form memories, and other brains cells play a defining role,” be good at telling the two apart. healthcare systems. — AFP

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VIENNA: In this file photo taken on May 25, 2017 Saudi Arabia’s energy minister and president of the OPEC Khalid Al-Falih (center) attends the 172nd meeting of the OPEC Conference at its head- quarters in Vienna. US President Donald Trump yesterday issued a fresh call on the OPEC to lower crude prices, saying the US was providing Middle Eastern energy giants with security. — AFP Trump tells OPEC to lower oil prices Stop buying oil from Iran or face sanctions, importers warned

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump yes- July 2016, according to the International Energy ability to compensate for a drop in Iranian sup- require OPEC to hold what it calls an extraordi- terday issued a fresh call on the OPEC oil cartel Agency, as top buyers India and China have dis- ply. “It’s complicated. Saudi Arabia has to bal- nary meeting, which is not on the table. to lower crude prices, saying the United States tanced themselves from Tehran. ance oil supply and demand, and it has to The weekend gathering will discuss how to was providing Middle Eastern energy giants In 2016, major producers both within and balance oil prices so they don’t rise too much share the previously agreed output increase and with security. outside OPEC agreed to slash production in an before the US elections,” one OPEC source said. examine whether the market needs more oil to “We protect the countries of the Middle East, attempt to boost prices following the 2014 oil “It’s also political because the Saudis don’t want offset the loss of Iranian supply as well as a de- they would not be safe for very long without us, market crash. to pump too much oil then the Iranians complain cline in Venezuelan output, the sources said. and yet they continue to push for higher and OPEC and its allies are unlikely to agree an to OPEC that it (Saudi Arabia) is taking (Iran’s) Two sources said the meeting could produce higher oil prices!” he tweeted. “We will remem- official increase in crude output when they meet market share. They also don’t want oil prices to a recommendation on dividing the increase, as ber. The OPEC monopoly must get prices down in Algeria this weekend, although pressure is fall too much.” most participating countries would be repre- now!” Trump has earlier called for members of mounting on top producers to prevent a spike in Under pressure from the US president, the sented. “There are no proposals for an extraor- the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting oil prices ahead of new US sanctions on Iran, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Coun- dinary meeting in Algeria,” another OPEC Countries-primarily cartel kingpin and US ally OPEC sources said. Saudi Arabia is worried that tries, Russia and other allies agreed in June to source said. The source added that the joint Saudi Arabia-to raise their production, and any sanctions-related spike in oil prices will trig- boost production by 1 million barrels per day, OPEC and non-OPEC ministerial committee warned importers to stop buying oil from Iran ger fresh criticism from Trump but is concerned having participated in a supply-cutting deal known as the JMMC, which meets in Algiers on or face US sanctions. about a lack of spare oil capacity to offset short- since 2017. Sunday, can still recommend to the wider coali- Two of OPEC’s founding members, Iran and ages, the sources said. The so-called “OPEC+” coalition meets on tion a further increase in output if needed. Venezuela, are under sanctions from Washing- The kingdom is caught between a rock and a Sunday in Algeria to discuss how to allocate that A separate OPEC source said: “To make a ton. A new set of US sanctions is due to hit the hard place, seeking to prevent prices from rising 1 million bpd increase within its quota frame- decision, you need to have all the ministers. Not Islamic republic’s oil industry on November 4. far above $80 a barrel ahead of US congres- work. OPEC sources say there is no immediate all ministers are attending but most delegations Output from Iran has hit its lowest level since sional elections while fending off doubts over its plan for any official action as such a move would will be represented.” — Agencies 38 Friday Business Friday, September 21, 2018 ‘High uncertainty’ hurting global growth, says OECD

Economists should have predicted Lehman collapse: Gurria

PARIS: Global expansion is likely to slow as ten- sions are leading to a rise in uncertainty that is sions kickstarted by US President Donald hurting both advanced and emerging market Trump’s protectionist policies hit world trade, economies. “A further rise in trade tensions the Organization for Economic Cooperation and would have significant adverse effects on global Development said yesterday. investment, jobs and living standards,” the re- “Global GDP growth remained solid in the port said. The OECD pointed to strong job first half of 2018, at around (3.75) percent, but growth particularly in advanced economies, but there are signs that the expansion may have also noted that “wage growth... remains mod- now peaked,” the OECD said. In a report titled erate”-leaving low-income households partic- “High Uncertainty Weighing on Global ularly vulnerable. Growth”, the OECD said it now expected It also said that the tariffs are already having growth to settle at 3.7 percent in 2018 and 2019 a palpable impact in some sectors. In the US, — down 0.1 and 0.2 points respectively from “imports of washing machines, solar panels and its May projections. steel and aluminium all began to decline in value Among the factors hurting growth are slow- terms in the first half of the year”, the report said, ing trade expansion, which slipped from 5 per- adding that “US domestic prices have risen cent in 2017 to around 3 percent in the first half sharply in the affected sectors”. of 2018, the report said. The drop comes as Trump’s “America First” approach has brought Banking crisis trade conflicts with China, the world’s second The head of the OECD said Friday that he re- largest economy, while also raising the pressure gretted the rich nations club’s failure to predict on its European trading partners. the crisis triggered by the collapse of Lehman Trump this week announced another $200 Brothers a decade ago, saying economic fore- PARIS: New Chief Economist of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Laurence billion worth of goods for his latest volley in the casts needed to better reflect reality. Boone addresses a press conference to present the OECD interim economic outlook at the OECD headquarters stand-off with Beijing, threatening even more “At the end of my first year in office, in June in Paris yesterday. —AFP tariffs could be in the pipeline if China doesn’t 2007, the OECD economic outlook stated ‘the play ball. current economic situation is in many ways bet- The new measures add to the $50 billion ter than what we have experienced in years’,” try,” Gurria added. “When one is so happy to be ber 2008, prompting the worst global economic worth of goods already targeted, taking the total Angel Gurria said. He told a meeting in Paris on professionally optimistic, then of course you dis- crisis since the 1930s. to about half of China’s exports to the US. lessons from the financial crisis that reading regard the voices that are warnings.” Gurria said the crisis had made clear that these words today feels “like stabbing myself”. Lehman Brothers, a 150-year-old investment “mainstream economic thinking and the models Impact on living standards “We were equally optimistic regarding the bank weighed down by risky debt holdings made it was based on did not reflect the reality either The OECD report warned that the trade ten- growing concern about the US mortgage indus- up of subprime mortgages, collapsed in Septem- of the economy or people’s life”. —AFP

Seeking to restore EM strategist at Credit Agricole. “We don’t have anything new, regarding a bad bank, regarding confidence, Turkey the treatment of (non-performing loans), re- market, including exporters. “Taking the ‘peak garding the foreign-exchange funding of the Now near 100m banking system or the foreign-exchange fund- demand’ argument forward, it is generally cuts growth forecasts thought that the world is on the brink of another ing of the corporates. It is lacking details and it energy transition, in which conventional sources is lacking news.” bpd, when will oil ANKARA: Turkey sharply cut its growth fore- such as oil will eventually be substituted away The lira weakened to 6.2962 by 1104 GMT, casts for this year and next yesterday, but dis- in favor of low-carbon sources.” from around 6.20 beforehand and a close of demand peak? appointed investors who had hoped for deeper OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad 6.2541 on Wednesday. Albayrak, Erdogan’s son- reductions that reflected the fragile state of the Barkindo told a conference in South Africa on in-law, had previously promised “realistic macro economy and a plan to help banks. LONDON: Sometime in the next few weeks, Sept. 5 that global consumption would hit 100 targets” and “right action plans”. Turkey has seen its lira currency plunge by global oil consumption will reach 100 million million bpd this year, sooner than anyone had “We will see a gradual growth increase from 40 percent this year on concerns over President barrels per day (bpd) - more than twice what it projected. With a sophisticated global infra- now on. Our main goal is to establish 5 percent Tayyip Erdogan’s influence over monetary pol- was 50 years ago - and it shows no immediate structure for extraction, refining and distribu- growth from 2021 onwards,” Albayrak said at icy, with the turbulence jolting financial markets sign of falling. Despite overwhelming evidence tion, oil produces such a powerful burst of the presentation in Istanbul. He did not take around the world. Finance Minister Berat Al- of carbon-fuelled climate change and billions in energy that it is invaluable for some forms of questions. “We will realize the necessary poli- bayrak hoped to use his medium-term economic subsidies for alternative technologies such as transport such as aircraft. cies and measures to ensure economic hard- plan to rebuild confidence by giving investors a wind and solar power, oil is so entrenched in the Of the almost 100 million barrels of oil con- ships are overcome,” he said. “We are aware of full account of the country’s economic modern world that demand is still rising by up sumed daily, more than 60 million bpd goes for the economy’s strong and weak points.” prospects. to 1.5 percent a year. transport, and alternative fuel systems such as He said growth would be 3.8 percent this There is no consensus on when world oil de- battery-powered electric cars still have little Inflation, unemployment year and 2.3 percent in 2019, both revised down mand will peak but it is clear much depends on market share. Much of the remaining oil is used The central bank hiked interest rates by 6.25 from forecasts of 5.5 percent. Sources, however, how governments respond to global warming. to make plastics by a petrochemicals industry percentage points last week in a bid to tame had said there was debate among top govern- That’s the view of the International Energy that has few alternative feedstocks. Although double-digit inflation and put a floor under the ment officials about the extent of the revisions, Agency (IEA), which advises Western government pressure to limit the use of hydro- lira. The currency had made moderate gains underscoring the delicate balance between Er- economies on energy policy. carbons such as oil, gas and coal is increasing, since the central bank’s action. dogan’s long-standing emphasis on credit-fu- As Bassam Fattouh and Anupama Sen of the few analysts believe oil demand will decrease in The finance minister’s economic program elled economic expansion and investors’ calls Oxford Institute for Energy Studies said in a the next decade. forecast that inflation would rise to 20.8 percent for greater austerity. presentation last month, the debate over peak If the current mix of policies continues, the this year before dropping to 15.9 percent in “At the moment the program is a disappoint- demand “signifies a shift in perception from IEA expects world oil demand to rise for at least 2019 and 9.8 percent in 2020. Investors want to ment. First, when you look at the growth fore- scarcity to abundance”, which is already chang- the next 20 years, heading for 125 million bpd see signs the government is moving away from cast, current account deficit forecast, they are ing the behavior of all players in the world oil around mid-century. —Reuters a decade and a half of growth driven by credit too ambitious,” said Guillaume Tresca, a senior and big infrastructure projects. —Reuters Friday 39

Business Friday, September 21, 2018 Canada PM: ‘More work’ needed to get a continental trade deal

As High-level talks resume, Trudeau brushes off US pressure

WASHINGTON: There is still a way to go to reach a and the dispute resolution provisions. new North American Free Trade Agreement, Canada’s However, Freeland declined to discuss specifics on prime minister said Wednesday, brushing off US pres- the status of the talks or whether any progress had sure for a quick deal as high-level talks resumed in been made in overcoming those differences. “Our ne- Washington. gotiators have been really hard at it including an all- Canada’s top diplomat Chrystia Freeland met night session last night of one team. So we are twice with US Trade Representative Robert working very, very hard,” she said earlier in the day. Lighthizer in Washington on Wednesday, and called In between meetings with US trade officials, some of the issues involved “fiendishly complex.” Freeland huddled at the Canadian Embassy with Negotiators have been in talks nearly non-stop for Ontario Premier Doug Ford, the Conservative a month as they try to overcome hurdles and agree leader of the province home to much of Canada’s on a NAFTA rewrite. The goal is “to see if we can get automotive industry. a good deal for Canada, a good deal for everyone,” The United States and Mexico sealed their own said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. two-way deal at the end of August, after reaching “We remain confident that there is always a deal agreement on auto content requirements. They plan possible, but it will take more work.” to sign the accord by December 1, and since then US President Donald Trump, who called NAFTA Trump has ramped up pressure on Canada to ac- “one of the worst trade deals in history,” spoke to cept his terms. Trudeau late Tuesday by telephone, and “the two But Ottawa has seemed reluctant to give in to leaders discussed trade,” White House press secre- Trump’s push to agree to a deal before US midterm OTTAWA: Ottawa and Washington remain at odds over Canada’s protected dairy sector and cultural tary Sarah Sanders said in a statement. elections in November, and the transfer of power De- subsidies —AFP Trump demanded the 1994 accord between cember 1 to Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Canada, the United States and Mexico be revised, and Lopez Obrador. Trudeau’s Liberals also need a win already sells five times more milk to Canada than This cost Canada Can$250 million (US$193 mil- the talks started a year ago. Trump has blamed the to hold up to voters when they return to the polls in Canada sells to the US. lion) in lost milk production, he said. The Canadian in- trade pact for sending many manufacturing jobs-no- one year. “We call on the government to ensure that any dustry is valued at Can$19 billion. tably in the auto sector-to Mexico. final NAFTA deal has no further negative impact on That also hurts associated industries, Lampron As the sides continue work towards a rewrite of Dairy farmers on edge our dairy sector,” Pierre Lampron, the president of said. “Enough is enough.” The government controls the 25-year-old pact, Freeland told reporters on Ottawa and Washington remain at odds over the Dairy Farmers of Canada, said at a news confer- production and prices of milk, eggs and poultry, re- Wednesday they already have tackled “a fiendishly Canada’s protected dairy sector and cultural subsi- ence. Flanked by dairy farmers from all of Canada’s sulting in higher prices for consumers but a stable in- complex set of issues and economically absolutely dies, as well as Canada’s demand for an international 10 provinces, he said Ottawa had given milk and come for farmers. core to the North American economic relationship.” system for resolving disputes. Dairy farmers publicly cheese carve-outs to the EU and 10 member nations “We will continue to defend supply management,” Now officials are working on the remaining disagree- urged Trudeau not to cave to demands for increased in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact in order to Trudeau said. “This is a system that works for Cana- ments, centering on Canada’s managed dairy sector, access to the nation’s dairy market, noting that the US secure free trade with those blocs. dians. It works for our agricultural industry.” —AFP

Turning to Brexit, Moscovici said the Euro- Keep your debt pean Union could not compromise on the “four freedoms” of movement of goods, capi- under control, tal, people and services that it says are integral own offer to value the prized company at to its single market. UK watchdog £24.5 billion. But he said the Commission was “totally The drawn-out pursuit comes as traditional EU tells Italy dedicated to a deal”, adding: “We are still calls auction to media giants are looking to beef up their cre- hopeful that we can make it.” On Wednesday, ative offerings to compete with Netflix and BERLIN: Italy must work to keep its national British Prime Minister Theresa May received other streaming services. Comcast is meanwhile debt under control, EU Economics Commis- less than glowing praise for her Brexit plan, end Sky takeover seen as favorite to win Sky after it dropped out sioner Pierre Moscovici said, by cutting with top EU official Donald Tusk saying Britain of a bidding war with Disney for film and tele- wasteful spending and prioritizing investment must rework its proposals for Northern Ire- vision operations of 21st Century Fox. and infrastructure spending to help stimulate land and trade. deadlock Comcast itself has said it would now focus growth and productivity. Asked about the probability of a no-deal on acquiring Sky. However 21st Century Fox is He said separately in an interview with Brexit, Moscovici said “a good deal ... is still LONDON: A battle to buy pan-European tel- still in the running after the UK government Reuters that the European executive was “to- doable, this is still feasible. And the Commis- evision broadcaster Sky is set for a rare auc- cleared the way for Murdoch’s group to take tally dedicated” to achieving a good Brexit sion is working in that direction, and only in tion to determine final rival bids by Comcast full control of Sky having agreed to address deal. Italy’s populist ruling coalition called on that direction.” and 21st Century Fox, a UK watchdog ruled media plurality concerns. Fox’s long-running Economy Minister Giovanni Tria on Wednes- With just over six months to go until Britain yesterday. pursuit of the 61-percent of Sky it does not own day to allow greater deficit spending in next leaves the EU, time is pressing and both sides An auction lasting a maximum of three had been plagued by government concerns also year’s budget in order to make good on its are keen to secure some kind of deal before rounds will take place tomorrow, the Takeover over broadcasting standards-and the influence campaign promises, reviving financial market the end of the year and ease concerns over a Panel announced in a statement, should the US of Australian-born US citizen Murdoch. Critics concerns about the country’s debt situation. disorderly Brexit, which could push the econ- media giants not table final offers by late Fri- argued that allowing Murdoch-who owns “I urge all the government in Italy to be omy into a downturn. day. “The auction procedure will consist of a major British newspaper titles The Times and clear and to stay where it has to stay - at the Turning to elections to the European Par- maximum of three rounds which will all take The Sun-to have also full control of Sky News core of the euro zone as a strong, credible liament next year, Moscovici, a former French place on 22 September,” the watchdog said in would hand him too much influence in the UK country willing to secure that its debt is under finance minister, did not rule out running as the a statement. news business. To remedy this, Fox has pro- posed to sell the rolling TV news channel to control,” Moscovici said. lead candidate for the Social Democrats Following the auction, Sky and its share- Disney should it win full control of Sky. Italy, like all other euro zone countries, will group. holders will have to decide the winning bid. Sky’s jewel in the crown is its live coverage have to submit its draft budget for next year by “That’s something which is not impossible,” Cable giant Comcast recently raised its offer for satellite-TV group Sky to £26 billion of English Premier League football, while the mid-October. The Commission could reject it if he said. “The time has not come for me to say ($34.3 billion, 29.3 billion euros), shortly after company provides also broadband internet it decides it is out of line with EU rules, a power precisely what I will do. Two or three weeks Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox hiked its and telephone services. —AFP that the EU executive has so far never used. from now I will give my intentions.” —Reuters 40 Friday Business Friday, September 21, 2018 Kuwait-backed Aston Martin targets £5.1bn IPO

LONDON: Aston Martin, the luxury British industrial, construction sectors. German car- sports car brand favored by fictional spy James maker Daimler also holds a 5.0 percent stake. Bond 007, said yesterday that its upcoming stock market flotation would look to value the ‘Marketing dream’ group at up to £5.1 billion ($6.7 billion, 5.7 bil- The vehicles have a long-running association lion euros). with James Bond, having made their debut in The glitzy carmaker’s latest starring role will 1964 film “Goldfinger” and more recently in be on the London Stock Exchange in October, 2015’s “Spectre”. the group revealed in a statement, in a plot twist The carmaker does however have a troubled that will make it the only listed British automo- history, having declared itself bankrupt multiple bile manufacturer. The part-flotation of Aston times. “Aston Martin has a chequered past, hav- Martin-whose top-end cars are cherished by ing gone bust seven times in its 105-year history, Hollywood actors, global sports stars and British though recent performance seems to be turning royalty-will carry a price range of £17.50 to a corner,” said Hargreaves Lansdown analyst £22.50 per share. Laith Khalaf. “By becoming the only automotive company “The luxury carmaker is looking to ramp up listed on the London Stock Exchange, Aston production, expanding into the SUV market and Martin Lagonda will provide investors with a fit- building its presence in China. “The key to suc- ting opportunity to participate in our future suc- cess will be increasing the number of models on cess,” chief executive Andy Palmer said in a the road while maintaining the exclusivity of the statement. brand. “On that front, having the world’s most fa- The group will sell 25 percent of its share mous fictional spy as a brand ambassador is an LONDON: British car maker Aston Martin is in talks with advisers for a potential share capital or almost 57 million shares. Final pricing asset most marketing departments can only float and is targeting $6.8 billion valuation in potential share offering. — Reuters is expected on October 3 when conditional deal- dream of,” Khalaf added. ing will start. Palmer also said yesterday that the com- workshop, has been transformed into an ultra- tiated exit”, he told the Mail on Sunday newspa- Kuwait-based ADEEM, a family investment pany’s turnaround over the last four years has luxury brand whose classic car owners include per. The UK’s wider car manufacturing sector house, has a 11.04% stake in Aston Martin had a “profound” effect on the UK economy, heir to the British throne Prince Charles. has repeatedly warned about potential Brexit Group, while Kuwait’s Investment Dar holds a having invested in manufacturing and engineer- fallout. While Britain has a strong automaking 2.48% stake. Tejara Capital, an investment bank- ing-and creating thousands of jobs. The hotly Brexit concern industry, the brands have fallen into foreign ing, advisory and asset management services anticipated initial public offering (IPO) will value Aston Martin boss Palmer recently sounded ownership over recent decades, with Ger- firm with offices in Dubai and London, has a it at between £4.0 billion and £5.1 billion, tar- the alarm over the possibility of Britain crashing many’s BMW buying Rolls-Royce and Mini, 4.72%. It’s part of International Oasis Holding geting institutional investors, employees, cus- out the European Union next March without a Volkswagen taking control of Bentley, and group, a Kuwait-based conglomerate with inter- tomers and owners’ club members. Aston divorce deal. Brexit is “a disaster for the industry Jaguar-Land Rover being snapped up by In- ests in oil and gas sector, cement industrial, steel Martin, which was founded in a small London on both sides of the Channel if there is no nego- dian giant Tata Motors. — Agencies

report came on the heels of data on Wednesday US consumer showing producer prices falling in August for the fall in Danske Bank’s share price this year is in- first time in 1-1/2 years. Under fire Danske vestor concern that it could have broken US prices rise slowly; The dollar, which has gained more than 6 sanctions, which could entail billions of dollars percent this year against the currencies of the in penalties. Danske Bank said on Wednesday United States’ main trade partners, is weighing Bank faces fresh it had not so far found any breach of sanctions, jobless claims on the prices of goods such as apparel. while Chairman Ole Andersen said it had as- August’s tepid consumer price gains did not corruption probe sessed whether it had violated US laws, but de- near 49-year low change expectations that the Federal Reserve clined to share its conclusion. will raise interest rates at its Sept. 25-26 policy meeting. The US central bank has lifted rates COPENHAGEN: Danske Bank faced a new Dan- While authorities in the United States have WASHINGTON: US consumer prices rose less twice this year. The Fed tracks a different infla- ish money laundering inquiry yesterday as polit- yet to say whether they are investigating the than expected in August as increases in gasoline tion measure, the personal consumption expen- ical anger spread over a scandal involving 200 payments, many of which came from Russia and other former Soviet states, Danske Bank’s and rents were offset by declines in healthcare ditures (PCE) price index excluding food and billion euros ($234 billion) in payments, many of and apparel costs, and underlying inflation pres- which were suspicious, through Estonia. case is already high on the agenda of European energy, for monetary policy. The core PCE price Union members. sures also appeared to be slowing. index increased 2.0 percent in July, hitting the Chief Executive Thomas Borgen resigned Despite the moderate consumer price in- on Wednesday after an investigation commis- European Justice Commissioner Vera Fed’s 2 percent target for the third time this year. Jourova said yesterday she will discuss the creases last month, inflation remains under- “Of course there is always significant month- sioned by Danske Bank exposed control and pinned by a tightening labor market and robust compliance failings, fuelling calls for more Danske Bank case with the finance ministers of to-month volatility in the subcomponents, but Denmark, Finland and Estonia on October 2. economic growth. Labor market strength was looking out longer-term we continue to believe stringent European Union rules after several reinforced by other data yesterday showing the such scandals. The bank’s report sparked vocal “I want to understand better where the main that the most likely outcome is a gradual firming errors happened, whether it was purely the number of Americans filing for unemployment political criticism and prompted Denmark’s Fi- aid dropped last week to near a 49-year low. in consumer price inflation,” said Michael Feroli, fault of the lack of due diligence done by the nancial Services Authority (FSA) to revisit a “With labor market conditions tight, wage an economist at JPMorgan in New York. “At this bank itself or whether there was also some case which it had put on ice earlier this year, growth accelerating and input prices being point in the cycle the Fed’s concerns appear to but is reported to have attracted the attention mistakes at the level of supervisory authori- pushed up by capacity constraints and recently be shifting from undesirably low inflation to un- of US authorities. ties,” she said. imposed tariffs, there is plenty of upward pres- desirably high inflation.” “We’re reopening the investigation of the Jourova told a news conference in Brussels sure on prices,” said Paul Ashworth, chief US An escalating trade war between the United bank that we initially closed in May,” FSA head that she will also discuss the case with the Eu- economist at Capital Economics in Toronto. States and China is expected to drive up infla- Jesper Berg told Danish broadcaster TV2. In ropean Banking Authority to see if supervisory The Consumer Price Index increased 0.2 per- tion. President Donald Trump last week threat- May an FSA report said it had found “serious mistakes were made. cent last month after a similar gain in July. In the ened duties on another $267 billion worth of weaknesses” in the bank’s governance and de- And in a sign of investor concern, Brussels- 12 months through August, the CPI rose 2.7 per- Chinese goods on top of a $200 billion tariff list manded reforms, as well imposing reprimands based consultancy firm Deminor Recovery cent, slowing from July’s 2.9 percent advance. that is awaiting his decision. Washington already and a higher capital requirement. Berg said the Service said it would seek shareholder backing Excluding the volatile food and energy compo- has slapped duties on $50 billion worth of Chi- FSA would use the new information from for an impartial investigation of the case at nents, the CPI edged up 0.1 percent. The so- nese imports, provoking retaliation from Beijing. Danske Bank’s report and focus on identifying Danske Bank’s annual general meeting in called core CPI had increased by 0.2 percent for Minutes of the US central bank’s July 31-Aug. a legal responsibility. March. Danish prime minister Lars Lokke Ras- three straight months. 1 meeting published last month showed “several In an indication of the penalties such lapses mussen voiced his concern over the failings ex- In the 12 months through August, the core participants commented that increases in the can entail, Dutch financial group ING agreed posed by the country’s biggest lender, saying CPI gained 2.2 percent after rising 2.4 percent prices of particular goods, such as those induced to pay 775 million euros this month after he was “shocked” at the scope of the suspi- in July. Economists polled by Reuters had fore- by the tariff increases, would likely be one money laundering through its accounts. cious payments and pushed the bank for more cast the CPI climbing 0.3 percent and the core source of short-term upward pressure on the in- One of the main factors behind a dramatic answers. — Reuters CPI gaining 0.2 percent in August. The inflation flation rate.” — Reuters Friday 41 Business Friday, September 21, 2018 China shrugs off concerns over trade war ‘obstacles’ Beijing can ‘outlast’ tariffs war

BEIJING: Chinese officials are shrugging off in April that growth would slow to 6.4 percent in warnings that the trade spat with the United 2019, against 6.9 percent in 2017. States could slash the country’s economic But if Trump executes his threat to tax all im- growth, with state-run media saying Beijing can ports from China, Beijing could see that figure “outlast” the tariffs war. fall to 5.8 percent next year, warned Louis Kuijs, Donald Trump this week announced another chief Asia economist at Oxford Economics. That $200 billion worth of goods on which to foist would be the slowest rate since 1990, the year levies for his latest volley in the stand-off be- after the Tiananmen Square protests. tween the world’s top two economies, and threatened there could be more in the pipeline if ‘Few alternatives’ China doesn’t play ball. While there are hopes the two sides will be But while Chinese Premier Li Keqiang ac- able to resolve their difference, Kuijs warned the knowledged on Wednesday that the country is prospects for a deal remain low in the short term, facing “greater difficulties” in maintaining steady with the White House appearing certain it can growth in the face of the US onslaught, he win the war. quickly voiced confidence in its ability to “over- However, Beijing has so far weathered the come obstacles”. tariffs storm partly thanks to a sharp deprecia- The new measures add to the $50 billion tion of the yuan, which has lost almost a tenth of worth of goods already targeted. That amounts its value against the dollar since April, offsetting to about half China’s exports to the US, which the impact of tariffs, Capital Economics’ Williams BEIJING: A worker cleans the wall of a building in Beijing yesterday. —AFP generate roughly 1.3 percent of its gross domes- said in a note. tic product, said Mark Williams, chief China Secondly, he added that US companies will economist at Capital Economics. stay dependent on Chinese suppliers, because Even so, Li told the World Economic Forum that impact”, said Fang Xinghai, vice chairman According to the rating agency Moody’s, this “for many of the affected goods, there are few on Wednesday Beijing will not embark on a huge of the China Securities Regulatory Commission new escalation could cut as much as 0.5 per- alternative suppliers”. For the types of items stimulus drive similar that used to fend off the (CSRC). centage points from Chinese economic growth taxed by Washington, China is on average the global financial crisis 10 years ago. “We prepare for the worst, and we think the next year. The row comes at a tough time for source of half the goods, he said. While Trump insists that China is in a weak- economy will still be fine,” he said this week. Beijing, which has seen the world’s number two Authorities are also expected to take more ened state-it is straining under a colossal debt The state-run China Daily declared in an ed- economy run out of steam of late, hit by the gov- measures to boost domestic demand, such as mountain exceeding 250 percent of GDP-and itorial that the country would “outlast” the tariff ernment’s efforts to tackle a mountain of debt, lowering income taxes, increasing export-tax re- will cave in during trade negotiations, there is a war and will instead “emerge stronger”. And Li which led to a tightening of credit and a sharp bates, financing more infrastructure, and encour- stoic confidence in Beijing. Even if Washington saw historical precedents. “For the last 40 decline in infrastructure investment. aging banks to expand lending, according to taxed all imported Chinese goods, “China has years,” he said, “the Chinese economy has over- The International Monetary Fund predicted Oxford Economics. ample fiscal and monetary policies to cushion come all obstacles.” —AFP Bank of Japan

that will allow Ukraine to pass the election year mired in ‘mission IMF leaves Kiev freely and maintain financial stability,” Churiy said. A new agreement would give the govern- impossible’ without aid deal, ment some breathing space to manage its debt payments, which are set to peak over the next two years. It would help keep the currency sta- against deflation CB sees accord soon ble and retain the confidence of investors and Ukraine’s foreign allies. It would replace a $17.5 TOKYO: Former Bank of Japan member Sayuri KIEV: An IMF mission has left Ukraine without billion aid-for-reforms program that has Shirai fondly remembers when the bank decided TOKYO: In this file photo, Bank of Japan’s governor announcing a deal on new aid but a top central propped up Ukraine’s economy since 2015 on a massive program intended to perk up the Haruhiko Kuroda attends a press conference about the bank official said yesterday he expected an through a sharp recession following Russia’s an- world’s number-three economy and save it from monetary policy, at the Bank of Japan headquarters in agreement “in the near future” that would help nexation of Crimea and the outbreak of sepa- damaging deflation. “It was a very exciting time,” Tokyo. —AFP preserve financial stability during 2019, an elec- ratist fighting in the Donbass region. recalls the 55-year-old. “Globally a lot of people tion year. Analysts expressed surprise at the lack praised this massive monetary easing, the market of an IMF statement at the end of the visit, which ‘Bit surprising’ reacted positively, so I think I was really lucky. cluding corporate bonds. The idea was to flood ran from Sept. 6 to 19, though markets responded IMF aid has been frozen since April 2017 as It was a really good experience.” the banking system with easy cash, in the hope calmly, with Ukraine’s dollar bonds slightly firmer Ukraine welched on commitments to raise house- It was 2013. New Governor Haruhiko Kuroda that banks would pass on loans at cheap rates yesterday. hold gas tariffs-a potential vote loser next year- was blowing fresh air into a stuffy institution, and to consumers, encouraging them to spend and The IMF has been pushing Ukraine to raise and slammed the brakes on reforms to tackle there was a sense of optimism that his “Bazooka” boost the economy. “We got certain results. We household gas prices, which have been kept arti- entrenched corruption and modernize the econ- approach to monetary policy might finally help achieved yen depreciation and higher corporate ficially low since Soviet times, to market levels. It omy. “IMF leaving without a deal/statement.....bit Japan beat crippling deflation. profits,” says Shirai. was not immediately clear whether the two sides surprising as I think most people assumed this Deflation-or falling prices-is dangerous for “Whether it is sustainable or not is another had made progress in their talks on this issue. was a done deal,” said Timothy Ash of BlueBay an economy as consumers defer purchases hop- issue.” Indeed, five years later, the BOJ appears “There are productive negotiations on the new Asset Management in an email. Ukraine-focused ing goods will become cheaper. This harms con- to have painted itself into a corner. Inflation has program. Significant progress has been made. We economist Anders Aslund called it “surprising and sumption and therefore stifles growth. stubbornly refused to tick up towards the bank’s expect results in the near future,” Deputy Central disappointing.” A new deal would allow Ukraine Backed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his two-percent target; growth has remained slug- Bank Governor Oleh Churiy told Reuters, in the to go to the markets to issue new debt and would “Abenomics” policy, Kuroda injected first be- gish and the bank is stuck in neutral, without a first public comments by a senior Ukrainian offi- also pave the way for the European Union and tween 60-70 trillion, then 80 trillion yen ($714 major policy change in years. The bank is in cial a day after the mission concluded its visit. other foreign donors to disburse more aid to re- billion) a year into the Japanese economy by “deadlock,” Shigeto Nagai, head of the Japan “(There are) talks on a new IMF program plenish the government’s coffers. —Reuters buying government bonds and other assets, in- department at Oxford Economics said. —AFP 42 Friday Sports Friday, September 21, 2018 Indians walk off on Kipnis’ slam, rally for 4-1 victory

Buehler, Puig help Dodgers sweep Rockies

CHICAGO: Jason Kipnis hit a walk-off grand slam Mariners 9, Astros 0 with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning as Kyle Seager, Mitch Haniger and Guillermo the Cleveland Indians rallied for a 4-1 victory over Heredia slugged solo home runs, and Seattle the visiting Chicago White Sox on Wednesday. It claimed the season series with a victory at Hous- was the 17th homer of the season for Kipnis and ton. The Mariners took the rubber match of the his second career grand slam. It was also the three-game and season series by jumping to a 3- 1,000th career hit for Kipnis and the 10th grand 0 lead on Astros left-hander Dallas Keuchel (11- slam homer hit by the Indians this season. Josh 11) in the first inning and never looking back. Donaldson led off the ninth with an infield single Houston won the season series from all four of its off reliever Juan Minaya, and Rajai Davis entered American League West rivals last season and as a pinch runner. Caleb Frare (0-1) replaced Mi- needed a win over Seattle to accomplish that feat naya and was greeted by a ground single to left by again. Instead, the Mariners won for the seventh pinch hitter Yandy Diaz that sent Davis to second. time in nine games in Houston, stalling the Astros’ After Melky Cabrera popped out to Frare trying postseason march. The Astros’ magic number to to sacrifice, Ian Hamilton replaced Frare and hit secure a postseason berth remained at two. Yan Gomes with his first pitch to load the bases. Kipnis then worked the count to 3-2 and before Rays 9, Rangers 3 drilling a changeup 399 feet into the bleachers in Tommy Pham had three hits including a pair of right field for his fourth career walk-off hit. solo home runs as part of a 16-hit barrage as vis- iting Tampa Bay remained the hottest team in Yankees 10, Red Sox 1 baseball with a win over Texas to sweep a three- Luke Voit went 4-for-4 with homers in con- game series. The victory was the fifth in a row for secutive at-bats off David Price, and New York the Rays and their 14th in their past 17 games, all beat Boston at Yankee Stadium, preventing the in September. Tampa Bay stayed 5 1/2 games be- Red Sox from clinching the American League hind Oakland for the second American League East title. Voit hit a solo homer to right to start the wild-card spot with 11 games left in the season. fourth inning and give the Yankees a 4-0 lead. In his next at-bat, the burly first baseman hit a two- A’s 10, Angels 0 run homer into the first row of the right field Brett Anderson combined with three relievers seats-in nearly the same spot as his first-for a 6- on a four-hit shutout, and Stephen Piscotty 1 edge. After replay confirmed that a fan did not matched a career-high with five RBIs, delivering SAN DIEGO: Eric Hosmer #30 of the San Diego Padres scores ahead of the throw to Nick Hundley #5 interfere by reaching over, Voit’s second homer Oakland a victory over visiting Los Angeles. Jed of the San Francisco Giants during the second inning of a baseball game at PETCO Park on Sep- knocked out Price (15-7). New York’s Luis Sev- Lowrie and Ramon Laureano drove in two runs tember 19, 2018. —AFP erino (18-8) won for the first time in four starts by apiece for the A’s, who snapped a three-game los- pitching one-run ball for seven innings. The Red ing streak during which they allowed 21 runs. An- Sox maintained a magic number of two to clinch derson (4-5) retired the first eight batters he and is 9-for-17 with two homers during that span. Gonsalves pitched six strong relief innings, and their third straight division title and 10th overall. faced and took a three-hit shutout two outs into Minnesota completed a three-game sweep at De- the seventh inning before giving way to right- Phillies 4, Mets 0 troit. Gonsalves (1-2) allowed one hit, one walk Dodgers 5, Rockies 2 hander Ryan Dull. The veteran lefty struck out Zach Eflin struck out nine over five scoreless and struck out four to earn his first career major Walker Buehler struck out a career-high 12 three and did not walk a batter. innings, and Rhys Hoskins and Odubel Herrera league win. Robbie Grossman and Ehire Adrianza batters, and Yasiel Puig had a pinch-hit, three-run each homered as Philadelphia kept its flickering each had three hits and Tyler Austin added two home run in the seventh inning as Los Angeles Brewers 7, Reds 0 playoff hopes alive by beating visiting New York. hits and two RBIs for the Twins, who have won widened its lead in the National League West Gio Gonzalez pitched six shutout innings, and The second straight win by the Phillies kept them four in a row. The Twins have a 10-6 lead in the with a victory over visiting Colorado. The Jesus Aguilar drove in four runs, three on a third- 5 1/2 games behind the National League East- season series with the Tigers. Dodgers finished off a three-game sweep, boost- inning home run, lifting Milwaukee to a victory leading Braves heading into a four-game series ing their lead in the division to 2 1/2 games, their over visiting Cincinnati. Manny Pina also had a beginning Thursday at SunTrust Park. The Mets Pirates 2, Royals 1 largest advantage at any point this year. Los An- three-run homer for the Brewers, who moved (70-82) have lost four of five and are assured of Adam Frazier hit a go-ahead solo home run in geles went 12-7 against the Rockies this season. three games ahead of St Louis in the race for the their second straight losing season. the fifth inning to give Pittsburgh a win and a Los Angeles, which was nine games out of the di- first National League wild card. Starting for the three-game series sweep of visiting Kansas City. vision lead on May 9, has won seven of eight third time since joining the Brewers in a trade from Padres 8, Giants 4 The Pirates won each game in the series by one games. The Rockies have lost five of six and are 1 Washington in August, Gonzalez (9-11) allowed a Freddy Galvis had a homer and four RBIs, and run. They have won five straight games and six of 1/2 games out of the NL’s second wild-card spot. second-inning single to Phil Ervin and a fourth- Wil Myers capped a five-run second inning with seven in their quest to finish above .500. They also inning single to Scooter Gennett in his six innings. a tiebreaking, two-run homer to lead San Diego have an eight-game home winning streak. Adal- Diamondbacks 9, Cubs 0 He walked two and struck out five while improv- to a victory over visiting San Francisco. The win berto Mondesi hit a solo homer for Kansas City Christian Walker, Chris Owings and Jeff Mathis ing to 2-0 with a 1.65 ERA as a Brewer. snapped the Padres’ six-game losing streak to the (52-100), which reached 100 losses for the fifth homered, and Robbie Ray threw six scoreless in- Giants and prevented San Francisco from sweep- time this century. The Royals have lost four nings as Arizona used an unorthodox lineup to Braves 7, Cardinals 3 ing back-to-back series at Petco Park for the first straight. break a four-game losing streak with a victory Freddie Freeman had three hits, one of them time since the ballpark opened in 2004. Eight of over visiting Chicago. Patrick Kivlehan tied a fran- his 23rd homer, to help Atlanta snap a four-game the game’s 12 runs were scored in the second, in- Orioles 2, Blue Jays 1 chise record with two triples, and Owings had losing streak and beat visiting St Louis. The win cluding five by the Padres, with Myers’ 414-foot DJ Stewart homered, doubled and scored three hits in a game in which manager Torey trimmed Atlanta’s magic number for clinching the drive into the San Diego bullpen being the deci- twice, and Cedric Mullins added an RBI single in Lovullo gave regulars Paul Goldschmidt, David National League East to six. The loss ended a sive blow. Padres starter Robbie Erlin (4-7) broke the seventh inning as host Baltimore defeated Peralta, A.J. Pollock and Eduardo Escobar the three-game winning streak for the Cardinals. a four-start losing streak by allowing three runs Toronto. Toronto saw its four-game winning night off. Ray (6-2) gave up only Addison Russell’s Freeman broke open the scoreless tie with a two- on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts streak end. Jimmy Yacabonis was a last-minute third-inning single while striking out eight and run homer to left-center in the fourth inning. He over five innings. starter for the Orioles. The right-hander went four walking four. The Cubs did not have another hit, added an RBI single in Atlanta’s three-run fifth in- shutout innings and gave up two hits. Mike Wright and they did not have more than one runner on ning and finished 3-for-3 with a walk, a run and Twins 8, Tigers 2 Jr. (4-2) then came on for two scoreless innings to base in any inning. three RBIs. Freeman has hit safely in four straight Willians Astudillo had three RBIs, Stephen get the win. — Reuters Friday 43 Sports Friday, September 21, 2018 ‘Italian job’: Giorgi ends Wozniacki’s Tokyo reign Azarenka thrashes Australia’s Barty TOKYO: Italian Camila Giorgi dashed Caroline ings following a lengthy custody battle over Wozniacki’s hopes of a winning a third consec- baby Leo, will be the fresher of the two play- utive Pan Pacific Open title with a stunning am- ers. Currently ranked 63rd and competing as a bush of the top seed yesterday. Giorgi, ranked wildcard, she clinched the opening set with a 35 places below Wozniacki at 37th in the world, thumping pass that was too hot for Barty. completed a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 upset in Tokyo to set Azarenka raced to a 4-1 lead in the second and up a quarter-final with another former number closed out proceedings by jamming up Barty one, Victoria Azarenka. Azarenka thrashed Aus- tralia’s Ashleigh Barty 6-4, 6-2 as the Belarusian seeks a return to the top echelons of women’s tennis after becoming a mum in late 2016. Croatian Vekic Giorgi reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals beat Britain’s earlier this year and showed exactly why as she took just 38 minutes to take the first set with Johanna Konta some brutal hitting. The Italian sealed the advan- tage with a looping forehand that nibbled the back edge of the baseline, wrong-footing Woz- niacki, who cut a forlorn figure as she trudged back to her seat shaking her head. with a vicious kick serve into the ribcage on Wozniacki hit back to take the second set, the her second match point. “That makes me feel a Australian Open champion leveling with a fero- little old,” said the 29-year-old when informed cious backhand that forced Giorgi into a wild she had reached the quarter-finals for the first shot. But Giorgi dug in and broke for 4-3 in the time since 2012. “I’m just trying to look day by decider with another murderous forehand before day and see what happens.” Czech Barbora delivering the coup de grace in a little over two Strycova won a tempestuous encounter with hours with a fizzing backhand that Wozniacki Estonian Anett Kontaveit 7-6, 3-6, 7-5 and could only waft into the net. “It was a good match, next faces Japan’s newly crowned US Open TOKYO: Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark hits a return against Camila Giorgi of Italy during their nice court, it was fun,” said Giorgi, who will hope champion Naomi Osaka. women’s singles second round tennis match at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in for more of the same against Azarenka today. “I’ll Eighth seed Strycova took the first-set Tokyo yesterday. — AFP just try to focus on my game plan as always and tiebreak 7-5 but both players screamed in frus- hope to play very consistently, like today.” tration at their wastefulness in a contest that points with a passing shot that replays showed Elsewhere, Croatian Donna Vekic beat Britain’s lasted well over three hours. Having used all her missed the line by some margin. But the Czech Johanna Konta 6-3, 7-5 to advance to the last Custody battle challenges, Strycova huffily staged a sit-down returned to her task and closed out the match eight, where she faces second seed Caroline Azarenka, who has tumbled down the rank- protest after Kontaveit saved one of eight match when Kontaveit whiffed a drive-volley long. Garcia of France. — AFP

It will be his ninth Ryder Cup appearance, hav- Garcia looks for ing won 22.5 points since becoming the event’s youngest-ever player as a 19-year-old in 1999. “I don’t need to show anyone. The only lift-off at Ryder thing I have to do is go out there and help Djokovic to provide fire power Team Europe-my team-mates and my captain Cup tune-up and vice captains-not only with the game on the golf course but outside, in the team room for Team Europe at Laver Cup and everything,” he said. “There are things CHICAGO: The second installment of the Laver “We’re here to defend our title,” Borg said, LISBON: Sergio Garcia will hope to use this that are important to have in a team. I think Cup comes at just the right time for 14-time “And we’re going to keep the cup in Europe.” week’s Portugal Masters as the springboard that is one of the reasons why Thomas picked Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic who is Jack Sock, Nick Kyrgios, John Isner, Frances for a successful Ryder Cup after a difficult me, not only because of the game he knows I back in top form after winning the US Open. Tiafoe, Kevin Anderson and Diego Schwartz- season that has seen the Spaniard record just can play, but what I can bring outside of the Djokovic is making his debut in this week’s man are representing Team World. McEnroe one top-10 finish since April. The 38-year-old golf course into the team room and stuff.” Eu- three-day team event which has been dubbed sees the partisan crowd as a key to Team was selected as one of four captain’s picks by rope are unbeaten on home soil since 1993, the Ryder Cup of tennis although it lacks the World’s success. “I’m very much looking for- European skipper Thomas Bjorn for the Sep- but they were beaten 17-11 by the US at tradition of golf’s premier event. “I would like ward to coaching this team,” said McEnroe. tember 28-30 showdown against the United Hazeltine two years ago. to play with (Djokovic),” said event founder “We’re excited about getting the home-court States at Le Golf National just outside Paris. The Americans will bring a power-packed and Team Europe star Roger Federer. “I hope advantage, hopefully, in Chicago, which is a “I told Thomas, ‘if you end up picking me, I’ll line-up to France, with Jim Furyk able to call he feels the same way.” great sports town. I think we’re looking forward make sure that I play something coming into upon nine major champions-including the The exhibition event will take place on US to showcasing our talents this weekend. “We the Ryder Cup’,” Garcia said on Wednesday, resurgent Tiger Woods-in his 12-man team. soil for the first time this week when 12 of the have four of the six core guys from last year. ahead of the tournament at the Algarve resort Only Phil Mickelson, appearing at his 12th world’s top players square off against each We’re hopeful that the crowd is as involved or of Vilamoura. Ryder Cup, has more experience than Garcia other in a three-day team event in Chicago. The more than they were last year.” The inaugural “I didn’t want to be without playing for four across the two teams at this year’s competi- tournament begins today and pits a team of six tournament took place in Prague in September or five weeks coming into such a big and amaz- tion. “Everyone knows how much I love the of the best ATP Tour players from Europe which Team Europe won 15-9. The format calls ing event. “Portugal seemed like a good fit and Ryder Cup, and that hasn’t changed, so I’m re- against a six players from the rest of the world. for shorter matches. If the players split sets, they I’m happy that I decided to come here. Obvi- ally excited about it,” said Garcia. “Being the Bjorn Borg’s favored Team Europe will try to go straight to a 10-point tiebreaker. The event ously the course is nice, it’s going to be a good top points scorer in European history doesn’t defend their crown against Team World which marks a bit of a homecoming for the South test and I’m excited for it.” Garcia, the 2017 really matter to me. What I want is to get the will be captained by the legendary John McEn- African-born Anderson as the world No.9 spent Masters champion, has dropped to 28th in the cup back, that’s the important thing. “If I can roe. Federer, Djokovic, Alexander Zverev, two years at the University of Illinois. “My wife’s world rankings, but his Ryder Cup pedigree help by winning a lot of points, that’s great, but Grigor Dimitrov, David Goffin and Kyle Ed- family is from just 20 minutes north of here,” counted strongly in his favor with Bjorn as the at the end of the day the most important thing mund will play for Team Europe. said Anderson. — AFP leading points scorer in Team Europe history. is to get the job done.” — AFP Friday 44 Sports Friday, September 21, 2018 Russian athletes to return to competition; ban lifted World Anti-Doping Agency lifts ban on Russia

VICTORIA: The World Anti-Doping Agency lowing revelations of a vast Russian-backed (WADA) yesterday lifted a ban on Russia’s anti- scheme to avoid drug testers. A WADA report by doping agency, paving the way for Russian ath- Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren accused letes to return to competition across all sports. Russian authorities of running an elaborate dop- “Today, the great majority of WADA’s Executive ing program with the full support of the Russian Committee decided to reinstate RUSADA as Ministry of Sport and the Russian secret service compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code (FSB). WADA announced last week that it had re- subject to strict conditions,” WADA president ceived an internal recommendation to lift the sus- Craig Reedie said. Reedie said the decision “pro- pension of RUSADA. vides a clear timeline by which WADA must be The softening of WADA’s stance has triggered given access to the former Moscow laboratory outrage from athletes and national anti-doping data and samples”. He said that if the commitment agencies around the world, who have accused was not met, WADA would reinstate the ban on WADA of caving in to pressure from the Inter- the Russian anti-doping agency. national Olympic Committee. Leading athletes The decision was taken at a meeting in WADA signed a joint letter this week against the plan to in Victoria, capital of the Indian Ocean island of reinstate Russia saying WADA “owe it to all clean Seychelles. The Russian government applauded athletes to be the guardians of clean sport”. Jim the decision to lift RUSADA’s three-year suspen- Walden, the lawyer of Russian doping whistle- sion, saying it was the result of “enormous work” blower Grigory Rodchenkov, led the first wave of by Russian authorities to improve their proce- outcries at yesterday’s decision. “WADA’s deci- dures. “We welcome WADA’s decision,” Deputy sion to reinstate Russia represents the greatest Prime Minister Olga Golodets was quoted by treachery against clean athletes in Olympic his- Russian news agencies as saying. “Russia con- tory,” said Walden, whose client lifted the lid on firms its adherence to the principles of clean Russia’s doping scandal in 2015. sports competition,” she said. “Over the past RUSADA’s reinstatement could have far- VICTORIA: Executive committee members of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) attend a meet- years Russia has done enormous work to create reaching implications across the sports world. ing yesterday in Victoria, capital of the Indian Ocean island of Seychelles. WADA lifted a ban on transparent and understandable measures to pre- Most significantly, it removes a key obstacle to Russia’s anti-doping agency, RUSADA, paving the way for Russian athletes to return to compe- vent doping,” she said. lifting the suspension of Russia by the Interna- tition across all sports. — AFP She said those measures included criminal tional Association of Athletics Federations prosecution for those who force someone to take (IAAF), track and field’s global governing body. banned substances. WADA suspended RUSADA The IAAF has taken a hardline stance on Russian lift its ban shortly before the European Champi- once more at its council meeting in Monaco in in 2015 after declaring it to be non-compliant fol- athletes since the scandal emerged, refusing to onships. The IAAF will review Russia’s status December. — AFP

eradicated. The IAAF suspends the Russian London Olympics and Sochi 2014, where Russia Russian scandal athletics team. WADA also suspends Russia’s topped the medals table. national anti-doping body, RUSADA, over non- VICTORIA: The World Anti-Doping Agency compliance. December 2017 (WADA) yesterday lifted a ban on Russia’s anti- Vitaly Mutko, Russia’s deputy prime minis- London Marathon doping agency, RUSADA, paving the way for January 2016 ter, uses a speech before the draw for the 2018 Russian athletes to return to competition across WADA’s second report into doping and World Cup in Russia to slam doping allegations raises record $84.21 all sports. Here are the main events in the long- corruption is published. It says high-ranking as “an attempt to create an image of an axis of running Russian doping controversy: IAAF officials must have known about the wide evil”. Following its own investigations, the IOC scope of doping. bans the Russian Olympic Committee from the million for charity December 2014 Pyeongchang Games but says clean Russian German broadcaster ARD airs documen- May 2016 athletes will be able to take part as neutral com- tary alleging systematic doping in Russian ath- Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of petitors. Mutko receives a lifetime Olympic ban. LONDON: Runners at this year’s London Marathon raised letics. A week later, Russian athletics chief and Moscow’s anti-doping laboratory, goes public 63.7 million pounds ($84.21 million) for charity, setting a the treasurer of world athletics body IAAF, with details about an organised Russian doping January 2018 new world record for an annual single day fundraising Valentin Balakhnichev, and IAAF marketing campaign at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Russian Olympic officials say that 168 of event for a 12th successive year. The organizers said the consultant Pape Massata Diack, son of then- their athletes take part in Pyeongchang. CAS new record was an increase of more than 2 million pounds IAAF president Lamine Diack, step down. The July 2016 (Court of Arbitration for Sport) registers an on the previous record total of 61.5 million pounds from World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) sets up Barely two weeks before the Rio Olympics, anti-doping case against bronze medal-win- 2017. The total raised for charity since Virgin Money took an independent commission headed by its for- Canadian law professor Richard McLaren re- ning Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky. over as title sponsors of the annual 26.2 mile race in 2010 mer chief, Dick Pound, to investigate the claims. leases an explosive report for WADA which is now more than 500 million pounds. “We salute every outlines state-run Russian doping at the Sochi May 2018 runner who has contributed to this amazing world record August 2015 Olympics and other major sports events. WADA WADA contacts RUSADA, offering a com- total of £63.7 million, a truly incredible sum from a one day ARD airs a second documentary with new calls for Russia to be banned from Rio. The In- promise solution with an eye to ending the ban. event,” event director Hugh Brasher said in a statement accusations aimed at Russian and Kenyan ath- ternational Olympic Committee (IOC) stops yesterday. letes based on a leaked IAAF database with short of an outright ban and says individual September 2018 “We are constantly working to grow the event and its details of 12,000 blood tests from 5,000 com- sports federations will have to decide whether WADA lifts ban on RUSADA, paving the positive impacts as society, health services and charities petitors which revealed “extraordinary” levels to allow Russian athletes. The IAAF suspends way for Russian athletes to return to competi- face ever-increasing pressure on their services and funding. of doping. Russia, as does the International Paralympic tion across all sports. The Russian government “The London Marathon Charitable Trust has enabled hun- Committee. praises the decision as the result of “enormous dreds of thousands more people to get active through its November 2015 work” by Moscow to improve testing. But Jim funding of a huge range of recreational projects.” Eliud Kip- WADA’s report calls on Russia’s track and December 2016 Walden, the lawyer of whistleblower Rod- choge, who broke the world record in Berlin last weekend, field team to be banned from international Second part of McLaren report is published, chenkov, says the reinstatement “represents the took his third London title in April and fellow Kenyan Vivian competition, including from the 2016 Rio alleging state-sponsored Russian doping between greatest treachery against clean athletes in Cheruiyot won the women’s race. The event featured a Olympics, until “state-sponsored” doping is 2011 and 2015, with sample-tampering at the 2012 Olympic history”. — AFP record 40,273 finishers. — Reuters Friday 45 Sports Friday, September 21, 2018 Man City struggling to find Champions League magic City suffer surprise home loss to Lyon MANCHESTER: Manchester City looked far threatened in the box. Ilkay Gundogan had an from potential Champions League winners as effort disallowed after Italian referee Daniele they fell to a surprise 2-1 loss at home to Orsato ruled that Raheem Sterling was offside Olympique Lyonnais on Wednesday with a flat but City’s frustrations in attack were not their performance leaving them with plenty of work only problems. Fekir, who was strongly linked to do to progress from Group F. The Premier with a move to City’s Premier League rivals Liv- League champions, favorites with some book- erpool in the close season, then made it 2-0 to makers to win Europe’s top club competition this the French side in the 43rd minute, bursting clear season, were well below their best throughout and beating Ederson with a low drive after Fer- and now face a serious challenge to progress nandinho had given up possession in midfield. from a group which also features Germany’s Hoffenheim and Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk. Smart finish City manager Pep Guardiola, serving a suspen- It could even have been 3-0 when Memphis sion, was forced to watch the game from the Depay hit the post on the hour after a magnifi- stands as his assistant Mikel Arteta took charge cent through ball from Tanguy Ndombele. After and it was a frustrating night for the pair, whose that let-off, City earned themselves a lifeline side have now lost four games in a row in the through Bernardo Silva, who produced a smart Champions League. finish after a superb jinking run from substitute In contrast to a flat-looking City, Bruno Gen- Leroy Sane. City’s attempts to get an equalizer, esio’s Lyon delivered a tactically superb display, defending in numbers to nullify City’s normally however, were foiled by a combination of a well- MANCHESTER: Manchester City’s English midfielder Raheem Sterling (center) dives over Lyon’s dangerous forward line and then counter-at- drilled Lyon defence, which kept chances to a Portuguese goalkeeper Anthony Lopes (center) during the UEFA Champions League group F foot- tacking at pace. City fans do not seem fired up minimum, goalkeeper Anthony Lopes, who pro- ball match between Manchester City and Lyon on September 19, 2018. — AFP by European competition and there were empty duced a fine save to deny substitute Sergio seats in the Etihad Stadium, which lacked any Aguero and some poor decision-making from real atmosphere. City’s performance on the field, City’s forwards. last-16 clash against Basel. “Really disappoint- great achievement and a deserved one. We were however, hardly helped to raise the volume. The City sorely missed their injured Belgian mid- ing. To concede two goals like we did is very very, very good in the first half defensively and visitors took the lead in the 26th minute through fielder Kevin De Bruyne and without his domi- frustrating,” said City defender John Stones. we also created chances,” said Genesio. “We Maxwel Cornet, who drove home after Fabian nant presence in midfield they struggled to “We came in at halftime a bit deflated. We had an opportunity to make it 3-0 that I think Delph made a hash of clearing a Nabil Fekir change the tempo of the game and were far too picked ourselves up and played a better second would have completely killed the game off. We cross from the left. one-paced. The defeat was a fourth straight half but it was frustrating.” suffered a bit towards the end as their changes City’s Brazil striker Gabriel Jesus had a strong Champions League disappointment for City, Lyon looked far better than a team in seventh meant they had more pace on the pitch and they appeal for a penalty turned down but that was who lost both legs of last season’s quarter-final place in France’s Ligue 1, after two wins from five upped their rhythm, but we stayed solid and one of the few moments in which he really against Liverpool and the second leg of their games, and their coach was delighted. “It’s a worked for each other.” — Reuters

The top two teams from the Super Fours will India rout play the final in Dubai on September 28. “Our spinners kept it tight, got the odd breakthrough, SCOREBOARD Pakistan by but the wickets in the first couple of overs were very important,” said Sharma, standing in for DUBAI: Completed scoreboard of the Asia Cup Group A match between Pakistan and India in regular skipper Virat Kohli rested for this event. Dubai yesterday: 8 wickets “It was important to get early wickets because Pakistan Pandya 4.5-0-24-0, Chahal 7-0-34-0, Yadav Pakistan have got some quality in the batting. So Imam-ul-Haq c Dhoni b Kumar 2 8-0-37-1, Rayudu 0.1-0-0-0, Jadhav 9-1-23-3. in Asia Cup we didn’t want to make things easy for them. We Fakhar Zaman c Chahal b Kumar 0 kept things on the stumps and we spoke about Babar Azam b Yadav 47 India not giving Pakistan room.” Pakistan skipper Sar- Shoaib Malik run out 43 R. Sharma b Shadab 52 DUBAI: India crushed Pakistan by eight wickets fraz Ahmed blamed poor shot selection for his Sarfraz Ahmed c sub (Pandey) b Jadhav 6 S. Dhawan c Azam b Ashraf 46 in their long-awaited Asia Cup match which failed team’s demise. Asif Ali c Dhoni b Jadhav 9 A. Rayudu not out 31 to live up to its hype in Dubai on Wednesday. Pace Shadab Khan st Dhoni b Jadhav 8 D. Karthik not out 31 spearhead Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3-15) and part ‘Batted poorly’ Faheem Ashraf c Dhawan b Bumrah 21 Extras: (nb2, w2) 4 time off-spinner Kedar Jadhav (3-23) sent Pak- “We didn’t have a good start,” said Sarfraz, Mohammad Amir not out 18 Total: for two wkts; 29 overs 164 istan, who won the toss and batted, collapsing to whose openers departed for just three runs. “Lost Hasan Ali c Karthik b Kumar 1 Did not bat: K. Jadhav, M. Dhoni, H. Pandya, just 162 all out in 43.1 overs at Dubai Stadium. two wickets in the first five overs. Then regular Usman Shinwari b Bumrah 0 K. Yadav, Y. Chahal, B. Kumar, J. Bumrah Skipper Rohit Sharma then struck three sixes and wickets meant we couldn’t come back into the Extras (lb6, nb1) 7 Fall of wickets: 1-86 (Sharma), 2-104 six boundaries in his 39-ball 52 while fellow game. You can say we batted poorly.” Once Pak- Total (all out; 43.1 overs) 162 (Dhawan) opener Shikhar Dhawan hit a six and six fours in istan’s unpredictable batting crumbled, Wednes- Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Imam), 2-3 (Zaman), 3-85 Bowling: Amir 6-1-23-0, Shinwari 4-0-27-0 his 54-ball 46 as India romped home in 29 overs. day’s match turned into a damp squib for a (Azam), 4-96 (Sarfraz), 5-100 (Malik), 6-110 (1nb), Hasan 4-0-33-0, Ashraf 5-0-31-0 (2w, Ambati Rayudu and Dinesh Karthik both fin- near-capacity crowd comprising of Indian and (Asif), 7-121 (Shadab), 8-158 (Ashraf), 9-160 1nb), Shadab 1.3-0-6-1, Zaman 6.3-0-25-0, ished on 31 not out as India exacted some revenge Pakistani expats living in the United Arab Emirates. (Hasan) Malik 2-0-19-0. for their humbling 180-run defeat against their Kumar ran through the top order by dismissing Bowling: Kumar 7-1-15-3, Bumrah 7.1-2-23-2, Result: Indian win by eight wickets arch-rivals in the final of the Champions Trophy in openers Imam-ul-Haq (two) and Fakhar Zaman London last year-the most recent match between (nought) inside five overs, before Babar Azam (47) the teams until Wednesday. Both Pakistan and and Shoaib Malik (43) rebuilt the innings during six and one four in a vigilant innings which lasted by Asif Ali after setting off for a quick single. Pace- India had already qualified for the Super Four their 82-run stand for the third wicket. But after 67 balls. Sarfraz (six) became Jadhav’s first wicket, man Jasprit Bumrah took 2-23 but India lost all- stage of the Asia Cup and will meet again in Dubai Azam was dismissed in the 22nd over, bowled by holing out to long-on where substitute fielder Ma- rounder Hardik Pandya to injury. Bowling his fifth on Sunday. Bangladesh and Afghanistan meet in left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav, Pakistan lost their neesh Pandey completed a brilliant catch, throw- over, Pandya fell in his follow through and was Abu Dhabi in the last Group B match on Thursday, last seven wickets for 77 runs. Azam hit six bound- ing the ball back into the field to avoid running stretchered off with a lower back injury, the extent having already qualified for the second round after aries in his 62-ball knock while Malik, dropped on over the rope and completing the catch. But it was of which was being assessed by the India team’s Sri Lanka crashed out. 26 by MS Dhoni off Hardik Pandya, cracked one Malik’s run out which derailed Pakistan, sent back medical staff. — AFP 46 Friday Sports Friday, September 21, 2018 Classy Pogba steers Man Utd to 3-0 victory at Young Boys Mourinho unhappy with Young Boys’ artificial pitch BERN: Captain Paul Pogba produced an out- clipped the outside of the post with a flicked standing performance garnished by two goals to shot in the 22nd minute, United’s nerves were help Manchester United to a resounding 3-0 win settled when Pogba broke the deadlock out of at Swiss debutants Young Boys Bern in their nothing thanks to a piece of sublime individual Champions League Group H opener on skill. Young Boys’ hopes of a comeback evapo- Wednesday. Pogba bossed midfield on the arti- rated after Pogba confidently converted the ficial pitch and fired United ahead in the 35th penalty and Martial, enjoying a rare start up minute with a goal of the highest quality, drilling front, made no mistake at the near post as United a left-foot shot into the top corner from the edge maintained cruise control in the second half. of the penalty area after side-stepping his marker. Mourinho unhappy The France World Cup winner made it 2-0 Meanwhile, Manchester United manager Jose with a contentious 44th-minute penalty, harshly Mourinho said there were fears his players awarded by German referee Deniz Aytekin after would suffer injuries on Young Boys Bern’s arti- Luke Shaw’s cross struck Kevin Mbabu’s arm as ficial pitch and questioned UEFA’s willingness to the defender tried to avoid contact. A darting run accept such surfaces. while upbeat about his by Pogba midway through the second half re- team’s performance the Portuguese manager leased Anthony Martial and the forward scored took aim at the pitch. “Now I can say, I don’t un- with a clinical finish from eight meters after his derstand how you can play the best club com- compatriot’s good work left him with time and petition on artificial pitch,” said Mourinho, who space to find the back of the net. Roared on by had declined to comment on the surface before a vocal home crowd, Young Boys charged at the game. United in the opening 30 minutes, forcing two “You know, probably some fear injuries. I had saves by David De Gea as the Spain goalkeeper some players after training yesterday - light BERN: Young Boys French forward Guillaume Hoarau (center) fights for the ball with Manchester kept out long-range efforts from Mohamed Ali training - and they were feeling ankles, back United’s French midfielder Paul Pogba (right) and Manchester United’s English defender Chris Smalling Camara and Christian Fassnacht. pains, sore. “It’s not easy, especially not for peo- during the UEFA Champions League group H football match between Young Boys and Manchester United’s defense looked vulnerable on either ple who are not adapted to it. Also a little bit of United on September 19, 2018. — AFP flank to the home team’s breakaways, although a fear in the duels. “People are used to great sur- 19-year-old Portuguese right back Diogo Dalot faces in England, always watered if not rain - the Before the game, Mourinho had urged his team winning on different surfaces. Italian champions showed pace going forward on his debut for the clubs they provide the water and the football is to follow the example of Swiss tennis great Juventus and Spain’s Valencia will also visit Bern Premier League side. After Marcus Rashford much more beautiful that way,” Mourinho said. Roger Federer and show they were capable of in Group H. — Agencies

Sao Paulo state league in Brazil. Since the start of 2015, When 2 Red Bulls 12 players have gone from Salzburg directly to fast-ris- ing RB Leipzig, who under German rules cannot offi- cially be called “Red Bull”, in the bigger Bundesliga. collide in Europa, They include Naby Keita, who moved from Salzburg to Leipzig for 15 million Euros in 2016 and then to Liver- Dembele and Messi pool for an estimated 75 million euros this summer. Red the sponsor wins Bull are not alone. partnership fuelling PARIS: When two Red Bulls clash in the Europa Professor Simon Chadwick of the University of Sal- League yesterday, it will only be possible because their ford in England told AFP that there are “between 15 sponsor has tried to ensure that the two “brothers” are and 20 entities” who have embarked on a multi-club Barcelona goal rush not quite as similar as they appear. RB Leipzig and Red strategy. They range from AS Monaco, which has Bull Salzburg wear the same colors. Their shirts carry bought Cercle Brugge of Belgium, and the Italian Pozzo family which owns Udinese of Italy’s Serie A and Pre- BARCELONA: Lionel Messi’s blossoming partnership with electric winger the same sponsor and almost identical club badges, all Ousmane Dembele has helped Barcelona to four straight wins at the start showing the charging bulls logo of the Austrian en- mier League Watford and also owned Granada FC in Spain, to the global ambition of Red Bull or the City of the Liga season and the pair will be gunning for more goals at home to ergy-drink company. The two clubs symbolize the ris- fellow Catalan side Girona on Sunday. While some concerns remain about ing power of football franchising designed to enhance Football Group. The Abu Dhabi owned company largely avoids problems with UEFA by controlling Barca’s away performances, following scrappy wins at Real Valladolid and both squad and brand building. Real Sociedad, Ernesto Valverde’s side have been frighteningly good at UEFA, the governing body of European football, in- clubs in different continents: Manchester City, New York City, Melbourne City and Club Atletico Torque in home this season, scoring 15 goals in three games at the Nou Camp. troduced a rule to protect the “integrity of European Messi and Dembele have been the architects of their dominance. Messi club competitions” in 1998, after British holding com- Uruguay, although it has stakes in Yokohama Marinos in Japan and Girona of La Liga. typically hogged the headlines after scoring a record eighth Champions pany ENIC bought, or took stakes in, half a dozen League hat-trick in a 4-0 win over PSV Eindhoven on Tuesday but the clubs: Tottenham Hotspur, Slavia Prague, Glasgow “Purely in football terms, as football clubs, this is very much about building a talent acquisition network,” bigger surprise was the performance of Dembele. The Frenchman has en- Rangers, Vicenza, Basel and AEK Athens. Two clubs joyed a superb start to the season and has already matched his goal tally with the same owner cannot play in the same compe- Chadwick said. “To win football matches, you need the best possible talents and to get the best possible tal- from the whole of the last campaign by scoring five times in six games. tition, yet yesterday two Red Bulls collided. That is pos- With his last campaign marred by injury problems and struggles to sible because, “following a long investigation” ents, if you operate on a network basis you have more people in more places watching more games, scouting adapt to his new surroundings after a big-money move from Borussia completed in June 2017, UEFA decided they did not Dortmund, Dembele has been playing with renewed confidence and is hav- share an owner. more players” But Red Bull, which is also heavily in- volved in motor sports, ice hockey, extreme sports and ing a huge impact this term. The Frenchman’s bursts of pace and his ability They accepted that Austrian drinks billionaire Diet- to dance past defenders have given Barca an outlet they have lacked since rich Mateschitz had surrendered direct control of sailing, and the City group have bigger aims. “It’s about brand visibility” and “trying to cultivate a new type of the departure of Neymar to Paris St Germain last year. He has also proved Salzburg, remaining only as the shirt and stadium spon- decisive, scoring winning goals at Valladolid and Sociedad and in the sor. Yet Salzburg still appear to function as part of a global fan” who supports an entire network of clubs, Chadwick said. Commercially, whatever the final score Spanish Super Cup win over Sevilla while striking the second goal which supply chain which also includes the New York Red killed off PSV. — Reuters Bulls of the MLS and Red Bull Brasil, which plays in the when Leipzig play Salzburg, Red Bull will win. — AFP Friday 47 Sports Friday, September 21, 2018 Ronaldo sent off but 10-man Juventus ease past Valencia A tearful Ronaldo leaves the pitch in disbelief VALENCIA: Juventus believe they can win the “You could say he’s increased the players’ desire Champions League with Cristiano Ronaldo, but to prove themselves,” Allegri said. “He’s raised they had to start by beating Valencia without him the bar for everybody.” after he was controversially sent off on his debut in the competition for the Italian champions on Boos and jeers Wednesday. A tearful Ronaldo left the pitch in Juventus have claimed seven Serie A titles in disbelief in the 29th minute, having aimed a a row but the Champions League is the one they petulant, but seemingly harmless, kick at Valen- want. They last won that in 1996 when Ronaldo cia defender Jeison Murillo. The Portuguese was 11 and still playing youth football for Na- player then made contact with Murillo’s head cional. Valencia fans lined the streets outside just while urging him to get up. to witness the buses pull in, booing the visitors Ronaldo dropped to the floor like the tourna- and Ronaldo, in particular. They also jeered him ment was lost after German official Felix Brych during the warm-up, during which Ronaldo brandished the red card but Juve showed more replied by banging a ball into the open net from composure, Miralem Pjanic scoring twice from two yards. Valencia’s last game in the Champions the penalty spot to clinch a comfortable 2-0 win. League was Gary Neville’s first as manager and Valencia were even awarded a third spot-kick of there have been four more in charge since. Jose the match deep into injury-time but Daniel Gaya and Parejo were the only players left on Parejo missed. It remains to be seen how UEFA Wednesday from that night but change has not judge Ronaldo’s offence, and dissent, but he is yet bridged the gap with Europe’s elite. set to miss the next European game at home to “We are not prepared to compete consis- Young Boys on October 2. After that comes the tently with teams at this level,” Valencia head more threatening double-header against Man- coach Marcelino said. Ronaldo started brightly, chester United. with an ambitious shot from distance, and then “I can only say that VAR would have helped had a hand in teeing up two glorious chances. He the referee make the right decision,” Juventus first crossed for Federico Bernardeschi to set up coach Massimiliano Allegri said afterwards. Sami Khedira, before misfiring into the path of VALENCIA: Juventus’ Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (right) vies with Valencia’s Spanish midfielder UEFA are yet to approve the technology in Eu- Mario Mandzukic six yards out. Each fluffed Daniel Parejo during the UEFA Champions League group H football match between Valencia CF and Ju- rope’s premier club tournament. Valencia fans their lines. Valencia had openings too but lacked ventus FC at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia. —AFP celebrated Ronaldo’s dismissal at the Estadio punch. Michy Batshuayi, on his first start for the Mestalla like a goal had been scored but, in truth, club, twisted round Giorgio Chiellini but was de- their team missed a golden chance to gain a nied at the near post. italizing, Valencia twice capitulated. First, Parejo stroke of half-time, the next six minutes after. Va- foothold in Group H. Instead, Ronaldo’s absence Then, the moment the match will be remem- missed a high ball and kicked Joao Cancelo be- lencia probed but even when Daniele Rugani had little effect. The Italians won-with ease. bered for-Ronaldo let frustration get the better fore Murillo took a risk by bundling down collided with Gabriel for a third penalty, Parejo’s “Come on Cristiano, give us Europe,” read the of him and Murillo made the most of it, falling in- Leonardo Bonucci. Pjanic stepped up for both shot was saved by Wojciech Szczesny. There was headline in Italian daily Gazzetta dello Sport. stantly. Brych was convinced. But instead of cap- spot-kicks and scored both, the first on the never any hint of a comeback. — AFP

seem very foolish if they pursue glamour at the Unsung heroes nice to see how Daniel performed tonight and Liverpool’s band expense of substance,” was the verdict of But aside from the Brazilian’s late interven- he paid 100 percent back.” That strength in Britain’s Guardian newspaper. tion, it was the more unsung heroes of Jordan depth will be needed to maintain a bid for both Despite their shortcomings, the sheer Henderson, James Milner and Georginio Wijnal- a first Premier League title in 29 years and of brothers fire amount of individual star quality should still en- dum who controlled the game in midfield. Milner Champions League glory. — AFP sure PSG have enough to see off Napoli and scored the penalty won by Wijnaldum for Liver- Champions Red Star Belgrade to make the last 16. Even pool’s second and dispossessed Mbappe to set though he was kept quiet for almost the entire up Firmino’s winner. “We look now much more Matches on TV 90 minutes, Mbappe seized the one big chance tuned than it maybe was in the past,” said Klopp. League warning that came his way to make it 2-2 seven minutes “We played a midfield who played a lot of times (Local Timings) from time. But on this evidence, only one team last season together, that was the reason for that from Group C look like serious contenders to performance. LIVERPOOL: Liverpool turned the page on end Real Madrid’s dominance of the Champions The three in midfield did an outstanding job.” defeat in May’s Champions League final and League in the Spanish capital next June. “It’s By the time Liverpool got to Kiev in May they SPANISH LEAGUE showed whey they are even stronger candidates true we expect a lot from our front three and were running on empty as a thin squad ran out Huesca v Real Sociedad 22:00 perhaps today it was tough for them. We have of gas, particularly when talisman Salah was to win a sixth European Cup this season as they beIN SPORTS HD 3 launched their campaign in style against Paris to improve all over the field,” admitted PSG boss forced off early by injury. When Klopp looked to Saint-Germain. The home side left it late to seal Thomas Tuchel. his bench he had Adam Lallana and Emre Can on ITALIAN CALCIO LEAGUE the win at Anfield on Tuesday, with Brazil’s “Maybe we need to improve our intensity in their return from injury, Alberto Moreno, Roberto Firmino coming off the bench to edge a games like this but it is early days in the Cham- Nathaniel Clyne, Dominic Solanke and Ragnar US Sassuolo Calcio v Empoli 21:30 five-goal thriller 3-2 in stoppage time. pions League and there is time to improve.” Klavan to choose from. beIN SPORTS HD 4 But the scoreline did not reflect the gap in Much has been made of Liverpool’s own signifi- On Tuesday he had Firmino, having not felt quality between Jurgen Klopp’s well-honed unit cant strengthening in the transfer market to turn pressured to field him from the start due to GERMAN LEAGUE and a PSG side that still looks like a collection the progress made under Klopp into trophies. Daniel Sturridge’s return to form and fitness, VfB Stuttgart V Fortuna D¸sseldorf 21:30 of star individuals. PSG fielded a £400 million Yet, other than goalkeeper Alisson Becker, who along with more than £100 million worth of beIN SPORTS HD 5 ($525 million) frontline of Neymar, Kylian did not make a save of note, Klopp included no signings in Naby Keita, Fabinho and Xherdan summer signings in his starting line-up. Liver- Shaqiri. “It’s the moment when you have to Mbappe and Edison Cavani, but once again on FRENCH LEAGUE pool rode the firepower of their own fantastic show faith in the squad,” said Klopp. “When a Champions League night away from the Monaco v Nimes Olympique 21:45 French capital the visitors wilted. “Football still front three of Firmino, Mohamed Salah and you have Bobby Firmino available, you actually beIN SPORTS HD 6 has the capacity to make the richest of men Sadio Mane to reach the final last season. always think ‘come on, bring him’, but it was Established 1961 h i il i h bi lf

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VALENCIA: Juventus’ Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (center) reacts after receiving a red card during the UEFA Champions League group H football match between Valencia CF and Juventus FC on September 19, 2018. — AFP Ronaldo sees red as Juve beat Valencia See Pages 47